21/08/2023
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A prophet has to serve under a pastor, the body of christ needs all the 5 arms of gifts to operate,
1.pastor
2.shepherd
3. Teacher
4. Prophet
5. Apostle
All these can operate under the same leader a pastor
That is right...
A prophet must grow under the guidance of a pastor,
Just sometimes, people get excited when they discover they have certain spiritual gifts, especially healing, miracles and prophecy...
And they begin to think they are better than their pastor, especially when the Pastor doesn't seem to have those gifts as much as these newbies...!!!
Every Chuch must indeed have all these gifts fully functional and deployed.
But also some Pastors feel intimidated by these gifts, in fear that they will endear the congregation to the handlers of these gifts,
And so the Pastors can work hard to suppress or stop the administration of those gifts.
Then some people who feel on fire with their gifts will run away from those pastors in search for where the employment of their gifts will be appreciated. If they cannot find accormodation, they may most likely even start new Churches, irrespective of whether they carry the leadership competence or not, irrespective of whether they have learned the mystery of the faith or not.
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True, because Pastors are supposed to be overtaken by the VISON AND MISSION of CHRIST, so much that they dont see themselves standing in the way of the GLORY OF GOD IN CHRIST'S WORK.
BUT WE LEARN THAT WE MUST ALL BE HUMBLE BEFORE GOD AND BEFORE OUR FELLOW BRETHEREN, AND RESPECTING AUTHORITY THROUGH OBEDIENT SUBMISSION, ESPECIALLY IF THE AUTHORITY IS FOCUSSED ON GLORIFYING GOD.