1 Peter 5:1-4
“1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.”
One thing that saddens me greatly is to see a man who has been called to the ministry who lords over a group of people or tries to govern over them as if they are his own little kingdom. God's Word is clear on this matter. We are called to be ministers for a reason(look of the definition of the word minister). The verses above give a good example of how the Elders of the Lord's Churches are to be.
A course in humility with the Bible as our text book would do a lot of us some good. Along with a refresher course every few years.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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