“Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.” – Psalms 7:7
If we look close…we can glean some profound things from this short verse.
I think we misinterpret why we love our pastors sermons so much.
It is not because he is a special Christian with a special calling over us. We may believe that, but I don’t believe deep within that is why we love to hear him.
I believe it is because he is doing what we all are called to be doing. He is obedient and courageous enough to share Jesus Christ during the Christian gatherings. He is letting his light shine. And during Christian meetings we are not doing those things, and are not even expected to be by our church culture.
But Jesus himself does want that from us, despite what we want, or our pastor wants, or our church tradition wants. Jesus who lives deep within us wants that. So I think part of us craves that we too would share Jesus with the boldness and the obedience that our pastor has.
All the lies we are told and tell ourselves about our need for endless sermons. And the setting up of hierarchies. And some great man being in charge of the meetings.
And who clergy is in relation to us and who we (laity) are not in relation to them, that came later. It was not started by the Lord Jesus. And we just are continue it by tradition.
It bothers me to hear church leaders criticizing their younger peers for doing better what they taught them to do by example.
I read an article by the leader of the Christian band Skillet . He was criticizing worship leaders for explaining why they no longer believe in God.
Him criticizing other worship leaders for voicing their loss of faith. Reminds me of an older pastor criticizing a young pastor for drawing a bigger crowd by using the same techniques he’s used for a lifetime …only better. The young guy sometimes just do it better. It’s a natural evolution of their worldly way of doing church. The kids just do it better, don’t criticize them, just begin to do it the Lords way.
I remember as a child an anti-smoking commercial a young boy yelling back at his father “I learned it by watching you.”
Similarly, “Worship leaders” which are not even really a thing from scripture, using their celebrity to voice doubt publically is sort of the natural evolution of entertainment-church mindset.
Entertainment church leaders need talented entertainers, not apostles and not necessarily even Jesus followers. Just musical talent and the desire to put on a great looking and sounding show.
Of course some of them will use their influence to pull people away from the Lord. Were they ever really with Jesus or just playing the part you provided for them? Didn’t you see that coming Mr. Skillet? Godless things devolve, they decay, they erode and are undone even at church.
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
English