The dangers of not having a Pastor in your Life...

[Pastor Keith]

Originally Posted by jaamez

And neither should we! It is ERROR (false-doctrine, heresy) to insinuate that pastors are put in our lives to "hear from God for us." They do NOT speak for Jesus to us. Jesus speaks DIRECTLY to us through His Word and His Spirit. The notion that the upper class "ministry" is somehow in a more direct channel with God that the lower class "laity" is unscriptural. You'd have to bend and murder a lot of scripture to find that in the Bible.

This abominable doctrine asserts that "pastors" are those who sit in "Moses' seat," with Moses as the giver of the law (the first covenant). In the church, it is actually JESUS who sits in "Moses' seat" as the giver of the law (the NEW covenant, the law of the Spirit). For a pastor to say he sits in Moses' seat, he is actually dethroning Jesus and usurping His power.

The church DOES need pastors. YOU need a pastor. You just need to be careful who you choose as your pastor. The sins of some don't negate the value of others who are aligned with the Word and Spirit of God.

And that same Jesus uses his body to manifest himself on the earth and a vital and significant part of that body is leadership gifts, they are all the body and don't play the only role, but to diminish their role it to try and exist with parts of your own body missing. Good luck in trying to function in life with members misssing.