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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
James and Peter address Paul and Barnabas. James is definitely have a level of leadership of elder which gave him the ability to tell everyone to shema unto him, Acts 15:13-18. Submit yourself one unto another as far as ministry can only be achieved through ability. Not talking about how we are all brothers in the Lord. But eldership cannot operate when you are connected to full blown knuckleheads. Imagine you TM if you were in an eldership who were diametrically opposed to what you believe? You wouldn't be able to operate. Or if you were in a submit yourself one to another plurality of elders who were spiritually immature, or mentally immature, you would be greatly as restricted as being under a despot. Unless you walk a mile in another man's Tony Lamas you just can't imagine the actual difficulties of what we believe a doctrine "Should Be" |
I think the key is the Holy Ghost leading and guiding us unto all truth. Knuckleheads are not being led by the Holy Ghost. The example of Brother Phil White is an example (I believe) of something that could be remedied by a healthy dose of plural elder leadership. Think about this instruction from Paul, which is one of the other "two or three" comments that you don't hear that much about;
1Cor.14
[29] Let the prophets speak
two or three, and let the other
judge
I am not talking isolated scripture here. There are several examples of proceeding with caution and having reasoned, methodical, scripture basis for teaching and preaching. The snake handlers are an example of taking one passage and emphasizing it above others. (There is also a school of thought (mine) that believes that this may be where the tradition of running the backs of pews came from. Just kidding.)
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