Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Our Leaders Are Highly Important


Click here to watch a video of C.J. Mahaney of Sovereign Grace Ministries speak on the importance of the Leadership within their local churches. (I think this attitude should be seen in all churches)

Cultivating Biblical Relationships in Difficult Times (Sermon notes from Aaron Turner) 1 Th. 5

Four types of People:
1. Spiritual Leaders vs. 12
Spiritual Leaders labor (work hard to the point of exhaustion). They oversee & watch out for your souls. Spiritual Leaders are supposed to watch the lives of the flock. This kind of oversight is impossible without structure. It's almost unheard of in our day. There is such rugged individualism in our culture that it's "no one's business" what goes on in our life. It is a labor to over see the flock. The fear of man has to constantly be fought. This is, in essence, a biblical or "reforming" church. Spiritual leaders encourage the flock, when they are going in the right direction, and admonish when the are going in the wrong direction. Admonish means to put knowledge into one's mind.
How do we treat our Spiritual Leaders? We are to know or consider them. We are to respect and perceive them. We are to appreciate and esteem them. We are to esteem them because they labor to oversee us. This results in peace among the flock (quietness, unity, and prosperity). Unity is submission to leadership.

2. Unruly People (out of order-out of place.)
When people get out of line and are warned, and we buddy up to them, while looking over or excusing their fault, we are being ungodly. Warn means to alert someone in advance of something that's going to happen. Good warning begins with confession. We need to receive warning, because it's a sign of love.

3. Feeble-minded People
Comfort the feeble minded, those who are of low spirit, or faint hearted.

4. Weak People
Support the weak. This can be mental, emotional, or physical.

Side notes:
One size does not fit all:
Do not warn the weak
Do not comfort the unruly

Be patient with all of these people. Have control in dealing with things. Do not act out of the emotions.

Seek the good of those who seek to do us harm.

We can only do any of this with the Holy Spirit.
Posted by Jeremy Turner :: 10:27 AM :: 1 comments

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