Logic and common sense are not how the Christian is to live her life. Or approach ministry.
She is to be led of the spirit above all things, and sometimes the leading of the Spirit seems absolutely ridiculous.
We can see this in the periodic comments of the apostles about what Jesus was doing (or not doing.) to the point where most of them eventually ditched him for not meeting their expectations.
The kingdom of Jesus Christ is like an orchestra.
Jesus’ church aka the Ecclesia is like an orchestra or chorus, (not a one man performance). Every one making beatiful music together. Being quiet at times and making noise at other times all at the right time. Responding back and forth, one too another and in response to the conductor. It is a collective performance of beautiful “music”. There were no spectators.
And the conductor is the spirit of Jesus Christ, not the elders.
The leaders were simply other very experienced players (elders/ pastors) who taught the new players how to focus on the conductor and play HIS songs in accordance only with his movements and his promptings.
The leaders (elders) would stand up for a short time to train the new members, (and only as necessary) then would sit down for their true love, to perform music with the others as equals.
Thought of becoming the preeminent and dominant conductor is offensive, idolatrous, and worldly.
Over time the music to this Jesus orchestra so beautiful the line to get into the orchestra is a mile long, so we have to plant “orchestras” in every town.
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All teachings and declarations of truth in the church was designed to have checks and balances. There should not be top-down, one-shepherd feeding many sheep the word of God. At least not beyond an initial phase of training and discipleship (maybe a year).
Periodic times of special teaching are fine, but this is rare and only by an equal member of the body. Or special teachings come by someone outside the body who come to help a group get through a problem. These equal members are not permanently above in some hierarchy over the other members. In all things there is to be equality. These are a few of the ways that bodies of Christ functioned in the New Testament.
A permanent class or office of “word of God teller” who receive tithes from to a large group of inactive “Word of God hearers.” Otherwise known as tithe payers, is just not scriptural…it is actually unbecoming a Christian fellowship. In whom Jesus himself dwells. I realize that is hard to hear by someone raised in a church system but it is true nonetheless.
Christians are equal and we work out the mind of Christ together in back and forth spiritual fellowship and conversation. All Christians are intended to be word of God tellers and word of God hearers.
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