JohnD Posted April 9, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 904 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,642 Content Per Day: 2.03 Reputation: 5,830 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted April 9, 2018 My ministry it seems is getting blue in the face trying to get believers to abandon the traditions of men which nullify the Word of God (Mark 7:13) and are the hallmark of the Church Organization... to return to Holy Spirit led doctrines as HE interprets from the Bible HE wrote (2 Peter 1:20-21) and return to being the Church Organism HE shepherds (eliminating all divisions overnight). We see almost daily the pratfalls of doing things man's way (which is the devil's way). Even in the best of congregations we orbit around the Old Testament division between clergy and laity... so we can lead as worldly a life as possible... and pass all the burden on to the "professional" Christians. Revelation 1:6, Revelation 5:10, and 1 Peter 2:3-9 teach we are a kingdom of priests (everyone of us) echoing the Lord's intent in Exodus 19:6 (which was blown in Exodus 32 necessitating the division from then on in the Old Testament). Then we hamstring the leaders by expecting only positive sermons, and omitting negative Bible passages. And to make matters worse, we put them up on a pedestal of expectation and moral requirements we would never put on ourselves. And when one falls from grace... our hopes are dashed. ← the culprits in most cases. Next time you see your overworked underappreciated pastor or spiritual leader ask them if and how you can help them! It's the least you can do. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frienduff thaylorde Posted April 10, 2018 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 17 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 13,256 Content Per Day: 5.35 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 62 Joined: 07/07/2017 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/25/1972 Share Posted April 10, 2018 John you just raise those hands and praise the Lord . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamptlneb Posted April 10, 2018 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 48 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 44 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/26/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted April 10, 2018 Great message and very true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted April 11, 2018 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 686 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 221 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/16/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 10:27 PM, JohnD said: Next time you see your overworked underappreciated pastor or spiritual leader ask them if and how you can help them! It's the least you can do. James chapter 3 verse 1, 2 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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