Hebrews Part XXII(22):Leadership In God's Church(Hebrews 13:7-21)
Key verses for encouragement:
Heb 13:5(b) ~ For He has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you."
Heb 13:8 ~ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Careful when using verses to encourage. Must not run out of context.
Heb 13
(v1):Let brotherly love continue.(Context: Keep on loving your brothers)
(v2):Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing so some have unwittingly entertained angels.(Context: You entertain strangers)
(v3):Remember the prisoners as if chained with them-those who are mistreated-since you yourselves are in the body also.(Context: You visit prisoners)
(v4):Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled; but the fornicators and adulterers God will judge.(Context: You keep the marriage bed pure)
(v5):Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."(Context: You are freed from the love of money)
Quote: Text taken out of context is a pretext.
vs 6-helper=boethos=reinforcements
Leaders mention THREE times in passage(vs 7-24)~vs7, 17 & 24
Q:Why did the writer of hebrews end hebrews with leadership?
A:B'cause everything rises and falls on leadership!!
1) What's responsibility of a leader?
As SENIOR PASTOR:
~I) speak the Word of God to us(congregation)
~preach w/out fear of men. [Heb 13:13-all kinds=poikilais=variegated, many-colored ; Heb4(for ppl with hardened hearts)vs 12-13-laid bare=trachelizo=to stick out neck=God will HOLD U BY THE THROAT for u to listen]
~II) be a good role model to us(congregation)
~Must live out what is being preached! James 3:1=teachers of the Word-doubly judged. Therefore, must haf 2 non-negotiobles-1)must be doctrinally pure; 2)must be morally clean
~III) keep watch over us(congregation) spiritually
~Heb13:17-keep watch=gruno=stay awake on your behalf, be vigilante, warn us of danger, be out watchman.
2) What's responsibility of one being led?
~I) remember your leaders(v7)
~Stay on your leaders side/God's side. Don't help satan in breaking up God's church!! He does enough damage as it is. If u want to leave a church, exit gracefully.
~II) obey your leaders/submit to their authority(vs 17)
~Obey=patheo=to be persuaded in a trusting way; submit=upeiko=to yield willingly
~III) pray foor your leaders(vs 18)
~ Pray for your pastors, leaders as they are often targeted by the evil one to be tempted, stayed, etc.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
The tongue
James 3:1-12
1.My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgement.
2.For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3.Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
4.Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
5.Even so the tongue is a little member and boast great things. See how great a forest a ittle fire kindles.
6.And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, sets on fire the course of naure; and it is set on fire by hell.
7.For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
8.But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9.With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
10.Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not be so.
11.Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?
12.Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or grapevine bear figs? Thus, no springs yields both salt water and fresh.
Summary:
The tongue needs constant guarding and requires constant taming. For humans may be able to tame all the beasts in the world, but not the tongue. The tongue, the greatest weapon in the world.....
1.My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgement.
2.For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3.Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
4.Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
5.Even so the tongue is a little member and boast great things. See how great a forest a ittle fire kindles.
6.And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, sets on fire the course of naure; and it is set on fire by hell.
7.For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
8.But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9.With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
10.Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not be so.
11.Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?
12.Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or grapevine bear figs? Thus, no springs yields both salt water and fresh.
Summary:
The tongue needs constant guarding and requires constant taming. For humans may be able to tame all the beasts in the world, but not the tongue. The tongue, the greatest weapon in the world.....
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