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Re: Submitting to Spiritual Authority and Such


I'm glad to hear that. Sometimes we need clarification like yesterday when Thorn thought I was against all leadership. Sometimes we don't realize how others are interpreting our posts. It's good to ask for clarification to see if there is a misunderstanding.


Here is more thought to your original post on the submission issue. This scripture tells the spiritual leaders to provide oversight to the flock as an example. It says they are not to lord over the people. No one person, no matter how much authority he has over you, has a right to play God over your life. It is your responsibility to learn to hear God's voice speaking to you and to obey God over any leadership. If the leadership is godly, it should agree with what God is speaking to you. If you can't hear God, you may need to depend more on leadership. Make sure your choice is a godly leader. Be aware that some groups preach submission to a level that is not what God ever intended and is very unhealthy.

"1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock." 1 Peter 5:1-3 King James Version


 

 
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