Conclusion: Dont Touch the Lords Anointed - serve them instead! True shepherds with a Biblical attitude will seek to serve and build up the flock and not force people into submission (1 Peter 5:1-3). Part of the role of overseers is to uphold the Truth (Acts 20:27-29; 2 Tim 4:1-5; Titus 1:5-9). The Apostles themselves commended those who tested their teaching against the Scriptures (Acts 17:11). Biblical leadership is not afraid of honest criticism - indeed even welcomes and expects it. A leaders response to valid criticism is often the test of the genuineness of their character. Sadly, some leaders today do claim for themselves a special anointing which they somehow see as putting them beyond criticism from ordinary Christians seeking to test things Biblically. We should not be intimidated by such claims. Such leaders are in danger of committing the very crime they accuse others of by harming the Lords anointed through distorting the Truth. For such the Scripture reserves its strongest warnings (Matthew 18:3-6; 2 Peter 2).
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 16:39:06 +0000
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