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Handle Pastors Well
Sun 5/25
By: Matthew Kruse
Confusion reigned at Ephesus when it came to understanding the role of a pastor… and the role of a congregation in response. Some thought the pastor was an untouchable Messiah figure. Others treated the office with contempt Still others wanted their buddies to be pastors, and fast. And the false teachers added to the confusion by filling the office in a way that was worthy of no honor at all. Paul challenges Timothy to call the people to an appreciation of the intense call that a pastor has and to the need for godliness in their dealings with them. Pastors should be honored, loved and compensated well for their work. Accusations against a pastor should be received with care, remembering how easy of a target any pastor is. And if it should be determined that a pastor is caught up in intentional, Christ-disgracing sin, he needs to be corrected in public because as role models for everyone else, in and out of the church.
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