January 20, 2013|7:32 am
Pastor,
have you ever asked the question, "Who am I, and what do I spiritually
need?" Or have you ever thought about your pastor and asked, "Who's my
pastor, and what does he need in order to remain spiritually healthy and
to grow in grace?" Does it seem right and healthy to you that in many
churches no one gets less of the ministry of the body of Christ than the
pastor? Does it seem best to you that most pastors live outside of and above the body of Christ?
If
every pastor is in the middle of his own sanctification, shouldn't he
receive the normal range of essential ministry from the body of Christ
that God has ordained for every member? Is there any indication in the
New Testament that the pastor is the exception to the normal rules that
God has designed for the health and grow of his people? Is it possible
that we've constructed a kind of relationship of the pastor to his
congregation that can't work? Could it be that we're asking something of
our pastors that they'll be unable to do? Is it biblical to tell
pastors that they won't be able to be true friends with anyone, that
they must live in isolation that we'd say is unhealthy for anyone else?
No comments:
Post a Comment