CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP 1 Thessalonians 5:12 -- Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,... (Taken from Guzik Bible Commentary, Bible Hub) Recognize those who labor among you: Christians are to recognize their leaders, and leaders are described in three ways. i. Those who labor among you. LEADERS ARE RECOGNIZED NOT BY THEIR TITLE BUT BY THEIR SERVICE. A title is fine; but only if the title is true and if the title describes what that person really is before God and man. ii. And are over you in the Lord. Leaders are recognized as being “over” the congregation in the sense of ruling and providing headship, as a shepherd is over the sheep. This describes a clear and legitimate order of authority. iii. And admonish you. Leaders are recognized as those who admonish the congregation. To admonish means “to caution or to reprove gently; to warn.” Morris says of this word, “While its tone is brotherly, it is big-brotherly.” iv. “The Greek construction is three participles united under one article, thus indicating that they are not three distinct groups but one class of men discharging a threefold function.” (Hiebert)
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