His NAME is Jesus!
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Originally Posted by good samaritan
Someone told me recently that they got the Holy Ghost under Bro. so and so. I asked them was it hard
receiving with someone on top of them. lol. I told them I was just kidding, but at the same time we have
been taught these unbiblical terms. We are called to be ministers and not lords. (1)I give honor to those
who labour in the gospel, but we can sometimes exalt someone beyond measure.
I have heard people say that (2)God will not call a man to a specific work without first speaking to his pastor.
I just don't find that to be biblical. We should submit ourselves one to another and (3)seek counsel from the
pastor in our lives, but we are not to seek God through a middle man. We should have reverence for all the
family of God and not just a select few.
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(1) Honor is not the sole prerogative if the Ministry;
(2) the laying on of hands corresponds to the presbytery (full Ministry), and
not solely to a "pastor". A pastor may be led to submit (recommend) a person to
the presbytery, but if he (the pastor) is the sole Minister as a sole "church", well...
(3) we could seek counsel from a Minister, but eventually the presbytery (2-3
Ministers), should be involved.
It seems that the calling and authority of the apostle has been supplanted
by today's modern pastors.
Brother Villa
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