Does a Man ( Bishop) Control the Lords Supper?

In my article series testing a lone ruling bishop Mark Bullen, point #5 is the issue:

Does a man ( a unbiblical lone ruling Bishop in his case ) in the body control the Lords Supper?  

Mark teaches yes he does and I say no per God's Holy Word, he does not.

Here you see in Marks own words from his writings that he believes he needs to judge and decide who gets the Lord's Supper.

While it is true if a person is caught in public sin and needs to be church disciplined per Matthew 18 then indeed he would be cut off from the Lords table until he repents. In this, there is NO dispute at all. But that is NOT the issue here.

The dispute comes in when Mark OVER steps his bounds and as he told me, "HE must judge men to decide if they get the Lord's Supper". This is VERY unbiblical for 1 important reason:

God's Word does NOT teach this!

It is more of a roman-ist way handed down by the pagan roman catholic faith via their pagan false priesthood. 

Let's go to the Word of God......

Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 11 does NOT say let the elders or a Bishop judge who gets to take the Lord's Supper.

No, he says this:

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

1 Corinthians 11:26-29

Mark says "you can't just let people judge themselves" but God's Word says...let each man examine himself.

This shows How mark ignores scripture to build a false way to control his people. It is shameful.

We are to examine ourselves per the bible then we take or not partake of the table. This goes perfectly with 2 Corinthians 13:5  "examine yourself" and no bishop is mentioned there either.

There is no way Mark or any leader can see into a man's mind, heart or private life to discern who gets the Lords Supper. ONLY public sin will cause a person's removal and by then, they should not even be in the body gathering at all but put out till they repent, per Matthew 18.

This cannot be disputed using God's Word alone.

There is another issue at stake here:

Mark also told me that no one in a body can EVER take the Lord's Supper without him there controlling it all. Again this is roman-ist false ways at work in him. His excuse is we are all to take it together, not apart. The issue comes in the fact that there is only one body per Paul, not many bodies. see 1 Corinthians 12:12 
So if your theology is like Marks, that you can't take the Lords Supper apart from the rest of the body, then he is in sin. Why? 

*In Marks town and state there are many other believers that he is NOT taking the Lords supper with, is he? 
*How about the man in prison who needs to do it alone or with prison visitor believers who come see him. 
*What about the family who left their apostate body due to sin or a controling pastor ( like Mark ) can they NOT take the Lords supper together on their own and glorify God? 
*What about those who are sick and ill at home?

In the years when Mark admits he wandered around seeking a body after leaving false Baptist religion, did he NOT take the Lord's Supper without a bishop there? 

More foolishness at the hands of man made traditions. Jesus hates those, see mark 7:6-9.

You see, this is all a lording over false tactic by men like Mark Bullen and others. He stands in his man made Sunday ritual pulpit of power and he thinks he alone is able and worthy to hand out the body and bread of Christ in the symbol of bread and wine. This is usurping what is NOT His, it demeans Christ as THE head of the body and it is more heresy out of him and it must be refuted.

There is NO scriptural restriction on believers taking the Lord's Supper in their own in their homes apart from church leadership. In fact, the early bodies all met in homes and the Lord's table was taken of often and freely. 

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

1 Corinthians 16.19

Peter tells us we are all priests now..... 

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

1 Peter 2:9

To tell a man/priest he CANNOT offer his family as the leader, the Lord's Supper whenever he is led to in his own home.... is more rank heresy for control.

Mark Bullens religious building is in a building added on to his home. No harm there except that he is using it as a lording over way and wrongly controlling men. Lording over anything, including the Lord's Supper is NOT what Jesus said His disciples would EVER do. ( Mark also holds them to unbiblical man made "Sunday ritual religion in a one place meeting" when the saints in Acts met daily and house to house! )

 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Matthew 20:26-27

 Lastly mark says "the Bishop must judge them in the body" but he is wrong again. In 1 Corinthians 5 where Paul is addressing the man in sexual sin he says this:

 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Paul tells them to deal with the man and put him out of the body.

And who is this Corinthian letter addressed to, a Bishop or the entire body? 

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:2-3

The entire body is addressed here per Paul.

Note: this is also proof that the Corinth body had no real eldership there yet and in 1 Corinthians 11 what do they partake of, the Lords supper with NO bishop in charge. 

Just as it was then, no qualified elders to lead them but a traveling Apostle Paul, so it will be so today in the last days per Paul, Peter and Jesus. They paint a picture of few saints, corrupt bodies and mass apostasy all over the place. My wife and I can attest to that for sure all over America as we travel and preach the gospel and see the mass of sin and carnality in the so called house of God. 

Of course there can be and was at times later multiple elders to oversee as that is the desired design by God. Later Paul appointed them via Timothy. But it is also true at times there was no elders in place in the early bodies and it was the body in general that had to conduct themselves in proper order still. Here it was dealing with sexual sin and so it is when dealing with the Lords supper as well. 

More evidence that one ruling bishop is NOT God's design but the pagan roman-ist design. It was multiple elders to oversee in mature established bodies, never one man. See the article exposing that ill theology here of one bishop rule:

https://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2017/07/one-bishop-in-charge-is-not-biblical.html

It is clear from God's Word that Mark Bullen's program ( his favorite word not mine ) is NOT in line with God's Word and his lording over the communion table is another sad example of this. 

Note: Mark does call himself the Chairman of the board of his body so his lording over should be no surprise us. See it documented on the link below....

Go here to see Mark Bullen exposed on various unbiblical issues:

https://bewareoffalse-unbiblicalteachers.blogspot.com/2017/07/living-faith-christian-fellowship.html

Do not be deceived by such men with roman-ist false and unbiblical ways. 

See our biblical resources below to help you in the true faith and let us know how we can help you?

God be praised

Jim 

www.dontperish.com

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Do You Need a Bishop/Body To Teach You?

In the continued series I am doing that refutes ruling bishop Mark Bullen of Living Faith Christian Fellowship in Brookfield, Mo. ( see them tested at the link below ) we now come to point #4:

Do You Need a Bishop or Body To Teach You?

Mr Bullen is set on convincing his people in the pews that they CANNOT function, learn or grow in Christ out side of his lone bishop rule over them and their Sunday ritual system ( much like a Ind Baptist system ) He boasts he built that body and it seems he fears he could loose it so he twists scripture, uses fear & programming to his gain as a lone ruling bishop.

What is true per God's Word?

I would be in error if I did not teach that it is INDEED God's design for true saints to gather, love, encourage, teach and hold each other accountable as the scriptures show the early saints did. And godly elders ( not one Bishop ever ) is the way per God once you have them trained up. In fact, Ephesians 4 tells us it is the real purpose of the NT body, training up the saints for ministry. 

But having said that, Mark CANNOT biblically teach others that you can't grow in the Word without a Bishop / body of others around you. 

There a several reasons this is so:

1) There were NO biblical leaders in the first formed bodies until men matured and grew into those roles. (Some scholars say it was a decade later when Paul appointed multiple elders / not one Bishop over these bodies.) Did the men there grow before that? Of course they did!

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee.

Titus 1 

2) We see in scripture men where trained up and grew outside of the perfect NT body life. The Apostle Paul went into Arabia alone for 3 years and was trained there by who? The Spirit. 

 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Galatians 1 

3) The Word tells us it is the Holy Spirit that does the real training within us not men.

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 
1 John 2:27

4) Many people come to Christ and are cut off from ANY other believers but through the Word and the Holy Spirit they are trained up in God. This would be those in prison and those in non Christian nations like Islam not near a single true believer. 

Jesus said this on leaning the truth of God:

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26

5) Lastly, those who live in America with apostate ungodly bodies and lording over leaders all around them are commanded to NOT unite with others sin / bad doctrine per Romans 16:17. So it is clear per John 14:15 they MUST strive on in the Word and truth to obey and not use the "I have no Bishop or body" excuse before God. They have the Spirit and Jesus says........ it is enough!

Paul says this in Colossians 2:10
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.


While leaders like Mark Bullen try to convince men they MUST sit in his pews, Paul says if you have Christ you are complete and it is enough! 

I am going with Apostle Paul, thank you. 

6) Jesus asked would there be any true faith when he returns Luke 18:8 and Paul promises a great falling away in the last days in 2 Timothy 3 and 2 Timothy 4 not a revival. This means many of us should be prepared to go it alone as FEW will find the narrow road, NOT many. See Matthew 7

More examples:
If we look back at the Old Testament which is a model for us in many things, we see men like Noah who stood strong for God and he stood alone. How about the Prophets who were led of God and often proclaimed truth to a wicked people with NO supporting group around them. One of my favorites is John the Baptist. A strong man of God led by the truth of God and NOT a system of others around him that we can see in any tangible way. 

The point is this:
I fear ruling bishop Mark Bullen would have persecuted and discouraged Noah, the Prophets, John the Baptist and Apostle Paul and for what you ask? For NOT having a ruling bishop over them or a godly body with them so they could learn. That is twisted scripture teaching folks and it cannot stand without being refuted in the Word lest others are deceived!  

If you have a godly group of elders ( not a lone bishop ) biblically overseeing a group of holy saints striving in the fullness of all of God's truth, who, that is born of God, would NOT want to be united to them? (Show me that body as we want to come and support them!!! ) You need to be faithful to God and that body and learn grow and contribute there as the Word commands. While it is true that is prescribed example we see in the epistles, only a man set on lording over as a Bishop and scripture twisting could ignore the same scriptures that teach us to WARN, REJECT and LEAVE any man or body that goes off into sin, false doctrines or leaves the traditions Paul handed down, see 2 Thessalonians 2:15

See this article on separation:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2014/01/separation-is-biblical.html

If you find yourself in the place where God's truth and Word is your lone driving force and bodies or their corrupt leaders around you are all in sin and will not repent, you have NO choice but to leave them and continue striving in obedience to God on your own. 

1 Peter 1:15 says be holy... that means set apart for God.

Perhaps He will give you others or He may not for a season. I can tell you that the times we struggled on our own, looking to God alone, it was THE most rewarding and growth filled time we every had our walk with Christ. For Mark to tell me , no Jim or anyone else,  "you never had a chance on your own" is arrogant, unbiblical and sinful of Him. I fear it shows how small his god is and I want better for him, I really do. 

Remember Mark Bullen admits, he was once wandering around ON HIS OWN with no biblical body or a bishop over him ( he left them all but he still learned ) 

Oh how did he EVER survive???? 

I trust you get me point as I make a obvious point....

To be clear:
If you have a body and biblical leaders, enjoy them please. 
If you have to stand up to them and expose some sin and ask them to repent, do it and if they won't; how could you ever unite there? ( the LFCF body needs to call Mark out for his various sins but wait, they can't as he is the Chairman of the Board, his own pathetic quote! )

If you don't have a body, enjoy your walk in Christ alone as you are still COMPLETE still in Him and the Word and Spirit will guide and grow you up! 

Warning: if you go looking and compromising/moving just to have others near you in this age of false bodies and sinful leaders, you will go backwards not up and on in Christ.

I end this article with this scripture form my Lord and Savior:

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 4:4

Point #5 is up next so stay tuned...........

See Mark Bullen tested here with his many unbiblical ways documented:
https://bewareoffalse-unbiblicalteachers.blogspot.com/2017/07/living-faith-christian-fellowship.html



See our biblical resources below and let us know how we can help you in the faith.

God be praised

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http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html

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http://www.dontperish.com/10-point-biblical-test.html

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Mark Bullens PROGRAMING ways / His Sermon # 684 Tested to God's Word

In the past, I have lovingly warned of the lone ruling Bishop Mark Bullen of Living Faith Christian Fellowship's unbiblical theology based on my personal communication with him and a close biblical testing of his teachings. You can see that all documented here at our testing of him below.

Recently, I listened in to see what Mark has been teaching on line. In Dec 2017 Mark did a sermon #684  "Is My Church Good Enough" where he said various unbiblical and concerning things that need to be addressed. We do this for the love of God's truth and as a teaching moment for us all.

 First, Mark Bullen is known for his teaching that you must be in a program to be saved and I have said all along he uses it so much, it seems like a brain washing tactic on his people. 

In fact I just learned this; in his book Salvation Strait and Narrow on page 29 Mark says this:
"the clinic is the local NT church. This is where much of the sanctification and "brain washing" takes place". 

Does Mark aim to brainwash the people in his pews? Well, in this sermon he uses the NON biblical term Gods' PROGRAM .... 

53 times in a 57 minute sermon to brainwash those in the pews perhaps.  ( His word, brainwash ...NOT mine.)

This is rather troubling!

He also made the following statements that are just not biblical.

1)  He stated 3 times: "your salvation is directly linked to your effort to maintaining the covenant in the church body". 

That is a lie....God's Word never says that!

2)  He states the Synagouge was God's model for the NT church

That is a lie......God's Word never says that!

3) He states the NT churches always had 1 bishop with deacons

That is a lie.....God's Word never says that!

4) He says the early saints gathered on the Lord's Day weekly.

That is a lie.....God's Word never says Sunday is the Lords day!

5) He says the early saints took up offerings each week.

That is a lie.....God's Word never says that!

6) He says they had local church membership

That is a lie.....God's Word never says that!

7) Mark says his PROGRAM message is THE most needed message in America.

That is a lie as preaching the gospel/Christ far surpasses Marks PROGRAM theology!

It is obvious that Marks goal is to scare people into believing they MUST be in his pews with him over them as the ruling Bishop or they are lost and that is plain..... HERESY!

If you go to this link below where we list all of the unbiblical reasons we could not unite with Mark; you will see over time how we are going over each one in detail using the Word of God to refute his ill ways:

https://www.dontperish.com/-living-faith-christian-fellowship-brookfield-mo-mark-bullen.html

After all of my study and testing over the years that I have known of Mark, it is my opinion that he is a lording over man who was a Independent Baptist once and by his fruit, he has never really left their power seeking false controlling modern pastor ways. Add to that his false theology and I must say to you in love;
please be warned of him.

Jesus said lording over would NOT be His peoples way. 
see Matthew 20

We do this in love and pray he repents. More to come on Mark Bullen so stay tuned for God's glory. 

See our biblical resources below and let us know how we can help you? 

God be praised

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http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html

Here is a 10 point biblical test:

http://www.dontperish.com/10-point-biblical-test.html

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His true people follow Him in spirit and truth (John 4:24) NOT.... man made false ways or today's denominational religion.

Is The Modern Pastor Role Biblical?

Do you know the role of the modern priest/CEO pastor: one man in a pulpit running the service, doing all the teaching, putting on a weekly show in total charge of the entire body is NOT found ANYWHERE the bible? Only one New Testament bible verse mentions the pastor role and it is a “servant” not the ‘lording over’ modern pastor position we see today.  Many men are to share and teach, not just one!

Fact: Man created the all-powerful CEO pastors role, not God.
Jesus said in Matthew 20: “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Jesus never lorded over others so why should any pastor?

Fact: Many men are to be active in the body's gathering. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 14:26
“Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification”. 

Fact: Do you know that a group of godly elders were to oversee the body, not one hired man to run and rule it? Paul said in Titus 1 “that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you”

*Multiple elders was the rule in the New Testament church. see: Acts 14, 15, 21, 1 Timothy 5:7, Titus 1:5, Hebrews 11:2, James 5:14.

Here is a article about lone Bishop rule and how unbiblical it is:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2017/07/one-bishop-in-charge-is-not-biblical.html

The modern pastor is a handed down falsehood. The result is that God's pure design is tossed away for man's rule. God’s Spirit is not allowed to move as He, "the Creator“, desired and the product of modern religion is most often biblically ignorant, lazy, disobedient, worldly people who don't follow all of His truth. They would NEVER be called Christ's set apart Holy bride in the early New Testament body so why should they be considered His bride today? Please don’t stay in error and instead seek the true biblical New Testament body for God’s glory.

They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish Jeremiah 10:15

Fact: The pastor's role is shepherding (Ephesians 4) he is not to “lord over” the body and run it.   (See Matt 20 )

Over time, man's traditions have perverted it and this steals from God's glory as His Spirit no longer leads the body but one man does. Study the real New Testament church and see God's design for His body. Jesus Christ is the HEAD of His church (1 Corinthians 11) not any man in a lifted up pulpit as we see today all over denominational America. They have left His full teachings so can these places be His true church? Now, some of the people there may be His and they might find truth and salvation in the end, but surely if they are striving in His Word they will work to change their body or leave it for His glory. We pray you are one of them.

Here again are the scripture verses to point you to the correct function in God’s true New Testament body.

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you Titus 1:5 

Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 1 Corinthians 14:26

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5

*The Modern pastor is often lifted up or found “lifting himself up” in his modern role.

But Jesus said: "And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." Matthew 23:12

God’s Word warned that wolves would come in: Acts 20:29 “For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock”.
(Beware of modern wolves in the pulpit.)

Biblical bodies encourage the priesthood of all believers, not one paid clergy position to usurp control. Jesus died to allow us all access to God through Him (1 Peter 2 / Mark 15:38)

 *Often modern CEO pastors are looked upon as closer to God or as the "head" of the church when that role is for "Jesus Christ" alone! (Colossians 1:18)
 
*Men are not to have lifted up titles such as reverend.
(Only God is called reverend / see Psalms 111:9 )

*The paid “salaried positions “ of CEO modern pastors are NOT biblical as being practiced. Let's remember that Paul worked to support himself so as not to be a burden to the body. (1 Corinthians 9)

*Seminary trained leaders were never Christ’s standard as He chose and trained “regular men” for ministry.   Man makes a professional career out of what was to be a lowly servant of God in full obedience to His Word.

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Why Do You Have a Ruling Man Up On a Stage Today? This error comes from pagan Rome. The 4th century emperor put priests (as paid staff) to rule over the crowds packed into pews of once pagan temples, which is in violation of God’s plan of the priesthood of each believer. (See 1 Peter 2) Then when the reformation occurred that same perverted system was left in place, removing the priest and adding a lording over “pastor”, again in violation of God’s true plan. (See Matthew 20 / 1 Peter 5 )

Do you know that modern denominations often run their organizations like a business with CEO pastors who are not following God's full truth? This is all because of sin and false teachers who have crept in over time. (See false teachers like Peter Drucker, Bill Hybels and Rick Warren who compromise the gospel and teach lies just to fill buildings.)

The true biblical body is to consist of many saints participating, not just a few lifted up clergy types doing all of the teaching, functions and actions. That is not found in God's Word at all. Sitting in a pew watching error filled, man-made shows does not grow godly men.

Is your religious group functioning in line with God's Holy ways or are you following man's created false, wayward traditions? Multiple elders are to oversee, not lord over it or force everyone else to be only spectators. God's plan has been stolen by pagan practices (and men) throughout history and they continue the falsehoods today against the Word of God Almighty.
God’s Word Has Spoken on Modern Pastors.

It is God’s design that must be followed and practiced not man’s system of the modern pastor role.

The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
1 Peter 5:1-4

Fact: Pastors/elders are to be holy examples and not bosses that lord over you, controlling the entire gathering of saints. Will you follow God’s plan or man’s?

Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand. 2 Corinthians 1:24

Are you seeking (daily) for deeper truth and higher holy ground in Christ? This is part of the sanctification process that all true believers must be in for God's glory. Men, are you willing to step up in the body or will you just pay another man to do it for you? The bible says:
“Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless indeed you are disqualified.” 2 Corinthians 13:5

Are you examining yourself?  Or like many will you just compromise on man’s traditions as you sit idle under a modern unbiblical pastor; all against God’s design?

Recap on the False Modern Pastor Role
*The bible shows us that early New Testament congregations were overseen (not run) by a multiple of elders.  (Acts 20:28, Titus 1 and 1 Peter 5) 

*The male New Testament members were responsible for exercising their spiritual gifts in the body in open participatory gatherings (Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 2) not just one man. 

*A pastor role is a gift not an office, and various male members may exercise it freely. (Ephesians 4) It means to shepherd others.

*Unlike the modern bodies of today, the elders (or pastors) were entrusted with responsibility for the oversight of the body but not to lord over it and control everything. (See Matthew 20)

*Many men should step up and use their gifts in a gathering not just watch. (1 Cor 14:26)

*No lady pastors or elders are allowed in God’s true church  (1 Timothy 2 / Titus 1)

*The modern pastor  role is not found in the bible.

Do you see how different the function of God’s body is compared man’s false ways?

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