A Word To Leadership

Your preaching out of emotions due to some event becomes law for the whole organization.

Isaiah 11:2-3

2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of

the fear of the LORD;

3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

NO LACK

2 Corinthians 8:14-15

14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there

may be equality:

15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

Seek to develop a church where it is the mind of the saints to have all things common. This is the precedence that was set by the early church. It is also the mind and heart of God.

ALL LEADERS ARE INSTALLED BY OTHER LEADERS

Hebrews 5:1-4

1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also

is compassed with infirmity.

3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

I want us to go back to the beginning of formal organized ministry. It was the Levitical Priesthood that was first structured by God through Moses to minister to and for the people of God.

In the church it is the apostles and other members of the clergy who ordain and install leadership. This assures accountability and apostolic order.

The Character of Leadership

Paul instructed Timothy as to the character a leader of God’s people must walk in.

Titus 2:6-7

6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

A pattern of good works: You be the example of the word you preach, teach, counsel, or testify of.

Uncorruptness: purity, soundness in the faith and integrity in your dealings.

Gravity: dignity or sobriety of bearing; importance, significance, seriousness

Sincerity: honesty of mind; freedom from hypocrisy

Titus 2:8-10

8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Sober minded: to be of sound mind, which for the sons of God, is to walk in the mind of Christ. This allows you to

exercise self control and to examine yourself for loyalty to the faith.

Purloin: to separate, withdraw covertly, embezzle, and appropriate for one’s own use.

Fidelity: persuasion, to show that you are morally convicted of the truthfulness of God or His instituted authority in your life.

Adorn: to put in proper order, to make ready or apply the Word (doctrine of God), in all situations, under any circumstances or relationships.

The Bishop

Titus 1:7-11

7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake

We forget the Word when we do not practice that Word. Create a culture of hunger for the Word of God in your heart. This hunger will come forth in your ministering and will also influence the culture of the church. Results speak the truth. Don’t overlook this truth. All will know the kind of minister you are by the fruit you produce. Where your affections lie is a magnet that pulls you out of the faith. Wisdom from above is easily entreated. When ministry disturbs the God given peace of the saints who are listening with a pure heart, there is something wrong with that minister’s delivery. You must be led by God when delivering His Word. You must abide in the anointing while ministering. When you are ministering in the anointing of God, you are then most vulnerable to praise. Tone and verbiage in ministering matter greatly. When God points it out (error), your response is judged. That judgment will affect your future ministerial opportunities. God will not be able to trust you with His truth or His people.

The more people see of you, the less they see of God unless you are one with Him. When you are offended with the sin of others, you disqualify yourself as an intercessor. The

example is Steven as they stoned him, he forgave. We refuse to forgive those who beguile and mislead the Body. You don’t have the right to condemn any soul to hell or damnation. When these things are spoken they must be God speaking expressly. At the pool of Bethesda, it only took healing one of many to glorify God. Keep your focus on the power which is of God.

Sit and talk about the points of the message you just heard. This allows you to digest the Word. Endeavor to keep the unity of the faith. If Babel could do all they imagined, then what of the unified church?

1 Corinthians 7:17

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.