11/05/21 AN OPPORTUNITY AND A DANGER
During my Bible college days I was part of a denominational, nation wide ministry that brought a team of Christians together, in a chosen local church for a weekend. The team was hand picked by a team leader (in the fashion of the "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" team). The team leader chose people he knew who had strengths in various areas of ministry, such as youth workers, musicians, married couples, men's and ladies ministries, Bible study leaders. The team would converge on the host church and spend the weekend in sharing, teaching, fellowship, prayer, serving, with the intent of stirring the local church in its relationship with God.
I always found it disturbing when I met sincere Christian team members who chose to remain in "churches" and pastors which were not Bible believing or Christ following. Those team members were sincere, but very shallow and unlikely to reach their spiritual potential.
The same is true today. Christians spend their time, energy, talents in dead or dying "churches." Though it is not written in stone, there is a principle that a Christian will not go any further than his pastor leads.
The point is, don't be misled by errant leadership and don't neglect following the spiritual leadership God provides.
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