Mandate of deliverance: Isaiah 61
1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Mandate of Restoration: Ezekiel 37:1-14
1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
7So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Mandate of Rebuilding the Temple that was devastated for many generations: Haggai 1
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.
3Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
9Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
13Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
14And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
15In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
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I believe that if the reason for the so-called ‘church-hopping’ is selfish then it is wrong. Carnal Christianity is very wrong. However I also believe that there is a spiritual war going on (and particularly in local churches) and sometime a Christian truly committed to obeying Christ and developping a personal relationship with Him may feel persecuted in their spirit and feel ‘mal-nurished’ in a place-a local church- (I am talking about real meat) then as Jesus said in Matthew 10:22-24 they should flee (not fight back or slander anyone) to another place that can properly father them
Matthew 10:22-24 (New International Version)
22All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
There are a lot of abuse in the church today so we need to help the sheep also and not drive them away by calling them something that they may are not. The Bible talk about this in Ezekel 34
Ezekiel 34 (New International Version)
Shepherds and Sheep
1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? 3 You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. 4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.
7 ” ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD : 8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, 9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the LORD : 10 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.
11 ” ‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.
17 ” ‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?
20 ” ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the LORD have spoken.
25 ” ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. [a] I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. 30 Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Sovereign LORD. 31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are people, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”
some shepherd do abuse the sheep and some more senior believers sometime also abuse the weaker sheep by some hidden tactics and in so doing drive them out of the church so that the ‘wild animals’ can eat them up.
This dangerous trend is really a wake up call for church leaders not the ‘hoppers’ to do what God has really called them to do in Ezekiel above as well as in Ephesians 4.
” 7But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8This is why it[a] says:
“When he ascended on high,
he led captives in his train
and gave gifts to men.”[b] 9(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
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Members of a church are like children in a family, just because one is acting up does not mean it is not your child. Furthermore, if a child is becoming adult do not treat them as if they are children or giving them the same food as when they were a baby.
I believe church leaders today should research and understand the reason why people are hopping and feed/shepherd them properly instead of driving them away by classifying them negatively
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The Lord Jesus taught about the leadership style He expects in the New Testament church and contrasted the New Testament leadership styles to the way of the world and then to the way of the Pharisees. This teaching finally makes it very clear how the ministers of Jesus in the New Testament are to lead the people of God.
Does Jesus Teach us to Adopt the World's Leadership Style in the Church?
Because we live in the world, though we are not of the world, and we are supposed to be the leader of the world, we must have attractive ways of leading the people, which will testify of our belonging to Him. This will lead to more people wanting to serve God because of the excellent leadership of the people of God. Jesus wanted the New Testament believers to know the difference between His leadership style and the leadership style of the world. The basic is teachings of Jesus about leadership style in the church are in the following passage of Scripture:
“Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:20-28
The style of leadership of the world is characterized by the following facts: 1.the leader of the world exercises authority over the people by lording over them, having an elite group who consider themselves higher than the rest because of their position.
2.The world uses domination i.e. they use controlling, manipulating and intimidation styles to lead the people who have to obey by fear for the leader.
3.The world leaders use their leadership position as an end in itself for their self glorification
4.The motives of the world are not the same as God’s, their goal in life is to achieve prestige and not necessarily serving the people the best way they can.
5.The people in the world want to be the head because they want to be like those that have already achieved it. They covet the title. Titles mean everything for them; they treat people good or bad based on their title.
It is clear that the ways of leading people in the world is based on selfish goals and Jesus wants us to be aware that we cannot do the same.
In the following section we are going to deal with another example Jesus commands not to follow: the way of the religious leaders who were hypocrites.
How does the Lord Feel About the Leadership Style of Hypocrite Religious Leaders?
Jesus wanted the New Testament believers and His called ministers to know what style they are to use in the Church by comparing the new style to the ways of the Jewish religious leaders of His time. The following passage of Scripture summarizes the teaching:
“Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.” Matthew 23:2-13
First of all, this is not contrasting the New Testament leadership styles to the Old Testament leadership styles because whatever Moses taught is still good because Jesus said to the people to do what the religious leaders teach from Moses but not do what they do. This means that these religious leaders were not living what they preached. They also like to design additional rules for the people to follow but they themselves do not follow them. They actually put bondage on people instead of helping them grow spiritually to get to a point where God can use them for His purpose. They use their position as the world does, so they in fact follow the world’s way instead of being an example to the world.
The religious leaders of Jesus time like titles and use them to impose on the people. They seem to be more concerned about the outside appearance than the inward appearance. To summarize, they were hypocrites because they were not who they teach nor were doing what they preached.
These ungodly leadership styles that Jesus was teaching His disciples to avoid are being used in the Church today. So this teaching is still very relevant to help the New Testament ministers avoid the pitfalls of the Pharisees.
The Pharisees are only example for us today that we are not to follow.
New Testament Leadership that is ordained by Christ
By contrasting these two styles we learn a great deal of how the ministers of the New Testament ought to lead. Jesus said:
“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
By this we know that as Christian believers we have one leader, the Lord Jesus, that all our authority comes from God and not our body or appearance, education, status or titles. While the world considers the title to be a sign of greatness, Jesus teaches that the title is for service to the people. While the world or the Pharisees consider their positions as a way to have the people serve them as kings, the Lord teaches that we are to serve the people instead. We are to train them to grow to spiritual maturity. While the world or the Pharisees ways is to elevate themselves above the common people, the Lord teaches us to humble ourselves by being the servant of others. Jesus Himself gave the example by being a servant of all instead of having people serve Him and he expect His ministers to do the same and not to follow the ways of the world or of the Pharisees (which is hypocrisy). Jesus lived what He preached, therefore the New Testament ministers must live what they preach in contrast with the Pharisees way.
Concerning the styles of leading the people in the New Testament, Jesus taught,
“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20: -28
Jesus forbids styles of domination, intimidation and control and commands us to be servant to others and not trying to demand that others serve us. Here also the Lord Jesus gave the example of Himself by living what He was preaching, by being a servant of all instead of seeking subjects to serve Him.
It is quite sad when we see many Christian churches using the ways of the world and of the Pharisees and not even realize that they are doing it. Some even have Scriptures that they use about the authority of the minister in the leadership position, how the people must be submitted to them without questions, however they often times ignore this teaching by Jesus Himself. No wonder why the world no longer respect the church and many of its leaders. It is because the church is trying to follow the world, but because the world is excellent in its own ways the church has nothing to offer to the people of the world. So people are turned away from becoming believers in Christ. I pray that the light shines over every church that the ways of the world and the Pharisees be completely eradicated from the church. In Jesus name Amen.
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The Lord Jesus taught about the leadership style He expects in the New Testament church and contrasted the New Testament leadership styles to the way of the world and then to the way of the Pharisees. This teaching finally makes it very clear how the ministers of Jesus in the New Testament are to lead the people of God.
Does Jesus Teach us to Adopt the World's Leadership Style in the Church?
Because we live in the world, though we are not of the world, and we are supposed to be the leader of the world, we must have attractive ways of leading the people, which will testify of our belonging to Him. This will lead to more people wanting to serve God because of the excellent leadership of the people of God. Jesus wanted the New Testament believers to know the difference between His leadership style and the leadership style of the world. The basic is teachings of Jesus about leadership style in the church are in the following passage of Scripture:
“Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:20-28
The style of leadership of the world is characterized by the following facts: 1.the leader of the world exercises authority over the people by lording over them, having an elite group who consider themselves higher than the rest because of their position.
2.The world uses domination i.e. they use controlling, manipulating and intimidation styles to lead the people who have to obey by fear for the leader.
3.The world leaders use their leadership position as an end in itself for their self glorification
4.The motives of the world are not the same as God’s, their goal in life is to achieve prestige and not necessarily serving the people the best way they can.
5.The people in the world want to be the head because they want to be like those that have already achieved it. They covet the title. Titles mean everything for them; they treat people good or bad based on their title.
It is clear that the ways of leading people in the world is based on selfish goals and Jesus wants us to be aware that we cannot do the same.
In the following section we are going to deal with another example Jesus commands not to follow: the way of the religious leaders who were hypocrites.
How does the Lord Feel About the Leadership Style of Hypocrite Religious Leaders?
Jesus wanted the New Testament believers and His called ministers to know what style they are to use in the Church by comparing the new style to the ways of the Jewish religious leaders of His time. The following passage of Scripture summarizes the teaching:
“Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.” Matthew 23:2-13
First of all, this is not contrasting the New Testament leadership styles to the Old Testament leadership styles because whatever Moses taught is still good because Jesus said to the people to do what the religious leaders teach from Moses but not do what they do. This means that these religious leaders were not living what they preached. They also like to design additional rules for the people to follow but they themselves do not follow them. They actually put bondage on people instead of helping them grow spiritually to get to a point where God can use them for His purpose. They use their position as the world does, so they in fact follow the world’s way instead of being an example to the world.
The religious leaders of Jesus time like titles and use them to impose on the people. They seem to be more concerned about the outside appearance than the inward appearance. To summarize, they were hypocrites because they were not who they teach nor were doing what they preached.
These ungodly leadership styles that Jesus was teaching His disciples to avoid are being used in the Church today. So this teaching is still very relevant to help the New Testament ministers avoid the pitfalls of the Pharisees.
The Pharisees are only example for us today that we are not to follow.
New Testament Leadership that is ordained by ChristBy contrasting these two styles we learn a great deal of how the ministers of the New Testament ought to lead. Jesus said:
“But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
By this we know that as Christian believers we have one leader, the Lord Jesus, that all our authority comes from God and not our body or appearance, education, status or titles. While the world considers the title to be a sign of greatness, Jesus teaches that the title is for service to the people. While the world or the Pharisees consider their positions as a way to have the people serve them as kings, the Lord teaches that we are to serve the people instead. We are to train them to grow to spiritual maturity. While the world or the Pharisees ways is to elevate themselves above the common people, the Lord teaches us to humble ourselves by being the servant of others. Jesus Himself gave the example by being a servant of all instead of having people serve Him and he expect His ministers to do the same and not to follow the ways of the world or of the Pharisees (which is hypocrisy). Jesus lived what He preached, therefore the New Testament ministers must live what they preach in contrast with the Pharisees way.
Concerning the styles of leading the people in the New Testament, Jesus taught,
“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exerci
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