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Originally Posted by OilCityCajun
"Obey them that have rule over you, for they watch for your soul"
"He that receives me, receives he that sent me"
"And such like"
"Feed my sheep"
"Whatsoever you bind on Earth..."
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This needs to be revisited.
The first I can accept as true to a degree. Some people only have rule over us because we allow them, though, and do NOT watch for our souls, but only for their own stomachs. This verse doesn't hold true as a pat answer for why we should obey anyone who says they are a pastor.
The second was said by Jesus, not a pastor. (and is the reason for this small commentary-that kind of proof texting is very dangerous-anyone that doesn't look it up could misunderstand the intent.)
I can only assume that the third is in reference to
Gal 5:19-23 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Beards, wedding bands "and such like" hardly fit with the rest of the context that "such like" refers to here.
The fourth says "feed", not "set additional rules for."
The fifth was Jesus talking to Peter. Do we all have the keys to the kingdom now? Do all who call themselves pastors?
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