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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 19 2011, 08:51 PM (88 Views) | |
| MarkStaneart | Jan 19 2011, 08:51 PM Post #1 |
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One of the most common pitfalls that men in ministry fall into is the idea that as God’s servant and appointed leader of the people, he has to do everything himself. It was of primary importance to Paul in both his pastoral exhortations to Timothy and Titus to "appoint" leaders to assist in the work of the ministry (1st Timonthy 3, Titus 1). The Apostles, in Acts 6, recognized this problem arising in their own ministries and this appointed seven men for the work of the deacon (administrators). Compare the following verses: Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to Godward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: (Exodus 18:19 KJV Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables…. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. (Acts 6:2,4 KJV) It is treacherously easy and a primary weapon of the evil one, to keep the men of God so busy with issues of leading, that they forget that their primary role is one of following the Most High. You can’t see where you are going when you are constantly looking behind you. This has resulted in a great number of sincere men trying to do what is right, leading their congregations off course and often into the ditch. The pattern established by Jethro’s advice is the standard by which the synagogue is governed. A group of less than ten households is simply a gathering. A quorum of ten men is required for the establishment of a synagogue, under the auspices of a single rabbi or leader. A congregation of twenty households has two men governing them. A congregation of fifty has six, one for each group of ten and one for the five. No one man is thus ever in the position of managing the welfare or providing oversight to more than nine other households. We will learn later that this is not the only division of leadership in the congregation. There will be an establishment of both "captains" (or judges) and "elders" who perform distinctive roles in the community. Dr. Ron Mosely, in his article, "Synagogue Functionaries in the Local Church," identifies no less than five distinctive roles and titles within the synagogue community which our Christian organization has often tried to roll into one (or possibly two) super-pastor. The result is usually, at best, a disappointing failure for everyone involved. For more, see my book Decently and in Order
Edited by MarkStaneart, Feb 11 2012, 05:44 AM.
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