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• Challenge what we have learned
• in religious matters, 1 Jn. 41, 6
• Cannot accept thats the way it is
• Cannot accept family tradition
• Test all by Gods word
• Open-minded without brains falling out

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• Test hold fast what is good,
• 1 Thes. 521
• Will find a lot of false
• Also find truth
• Hold to it

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Pastors
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Areas of agreement So prevailing is the
pastor in the minds of most Christians that he is
often better known, more highly praised, and more
heavily relied upon than Jesus Christ Himself!
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Areas of agreement The word is used in the
plural. It is pastors. Consequently, there is no
biblical support for the practice of sola pastora
(single pastor).
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• Areas of agreement
• Modern pastor-system wrong
• 1 Cor. 46 Acts 1025, 26
• Acts 1423 2017 Phil. 11

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Rails against priesthood of almost any kind With
the Fall came an implicit desire in people to
have a physical leader to bring them to God. For
this reason, human societies throughout history
have consistently created a special caste of
revered religious leaders.
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Rails against priesthood of almost any kind We
see it again when Moses ascended Mount Horeb. The
people wanted Moses to be a physical
mediator between them and God because they feared
a personal relationship with the Almighty (Exodus
2019).
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• Rails against priesthood of almost any kind
• God made many special caste
• Patriarchs
• Melchizedek, Heb. 71
• Moses, Aaron, Levites, Ex. 281

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• Rails against priesthood of almost any kind
• Israel feared Godperiod!
• God appointed Moses a physical mediator, Ex.
  415, 16 241, 2 Num. 161-35
• DOES NOT mean a clergy in NT,
• 1 Pt. 29

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No pattern for leadership in the NT Church Up
until the second century, the church had no
official leadership But leadership was
unofficial in the sense that there were no
religious offices.
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• No pattern for leadership in the NT Church
• The apostles, Acts 61-6
• Office of bishop, 1 Tim. 31 Acts 120
• Qualifications, 1 Tim. 31-7 Titus 15-9
• Duties, Titus 19 Acts 2028-32
• 1 Pt. 51-4 Heb. 137, 17

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No pattern for leadership in the NT Church In
striking contrast to the Old Testament
provisions made at Mt. Sinai, neither Jesus nor
Paul imposed any fixed organizational
patterns for the New Israel.
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• No pattern for leadership in the NT Church
• Elders in every city, Titus 15
• Elders in every church, Acts 1423
• Elders in Jerusalem, Acts 156
• Elders in Ephesus, Acts 2017
• Elders in Philippi, Phil. 11

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No pattern for leadership in the NT Church Also
present besides overseers were extra-local
workers who planted churches. These were called
sent ones or apostles. But they did not take up
residency in the churches for which they cared.
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• No pattern for leadership in the NT Church
• Paul 1 ½ years at Corinth, Acts 181-11
• Paul 3 years at Ephesus, Acts 2031
• Philip over 20 years at Caesarea,
• Acts 840 218

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Sermons a post-NT insertion The earliest
recorded Christian source for regular
sermonizing is found during the late second
century.
Preaching
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Sermons a post-NT insertion They were stolen
from the pagans. A polluted stream made its
entrance into the Christian faith and muddied its
waters.
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• Sermons a post-NT insertion
• Main teaching method of prophets, Deut.
• Ezra Levites, Neh. 81-8
• Pauls practice, Acts 207
• Jesus Sermon on the Mount, Mt. 5-7
• Jesus Sermon on the Plain, Lk. 617-49

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Sermons impede growth true worship How can the
pastor learn from the other members of the body
of Christ when they are muted? How can the church
learn from the pastor when its members cannot ask
him questions during his oration?
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Sermons impede growth true worship How can
brothers or sisters learn from one another if
they are prevented from speaking in the meetings?
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• Sermons impede growth true worship
• Bible classes
• One speaker, women silent, 1 Cor. 1426-35
• Singing, Col. 316

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The style / format of sermons is corrupt The
original proclamation of the Christian
message was a two-way conversation
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The style / format of sermons is corrupt The
Puritans borrowed the preaching method from
Calvin. It was the systematic exposition of
Scripture week after week.
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The style / format of sermons is corrupt The
Puritans also invented a form of preaching called
plain-style. Their dividing, subdividing, and
analyzing of a biblical text raised the sermon to
a fine science.
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The style / format of sermons is corrupt We do
not grow by passive listening week after week.
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• The style / format of sermons is corrupt
• Format feedback varied, Mt. 5-7 2215-46
• Stephens systematic exposition, Acts 7
• Rightly divide, 2 Tim. 215 1 Tim. 41-16
• Did apostles grow by passively
• listening to the Lord?
• Active listening brings growth

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Pastors
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• Challenge what we have learned
• in religious matters, 1 Jn. 41, 6
• Cannot accept thats the way it is
• Cannot accept family tradition
• Test all by Gods word
• Open-minded without brains falling out

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• Test hold fast what is good,
• 1 Thes. 521
• Will find a lot of false
• Also find truth
• Hold to it