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Originally Posted by edjen01
as an educator i have learned that good teaching does not equal good learning. a mature pastor does not produce mature believers....believers who study, learn, and continue to grow...grow into maturity. if this were not true then believers who had inmature pastors could not grow in maturity...no matter what they did.
i do believe in the work of the ministry....but I do not believe that a believers maturity is regulated by what thier pastor chooses to be or not be.
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Then as an educator you should also know that it works both ways. A child can not teach itself otherwise we would not need people like yourself. I would say there should not have to be a direct correlation between a teachers maturity and the maturity of the student but to many times I have seen it. This spiritual birthing is very much like natural. In the natural traits are passed on. Well in the spiritual traits get passed on also. Should my maturity level be based on what my pastor's maturity level is? No, but often times it is. Thankfully I have had mature teachers. Just like abuse. In a family where the father abuses his wife and kids, to often the kids abuse their wives and kids when they have them. Should they? No but as we all know to often they do.
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