Christian Leadership!

There is just far to much leadership out there today and not enough “follow-ship“ that leads to true fellowship! We all should be flowerers of Christ. But, there are some who do not but call themselves Christian, anyway!
If you are starting a new church and want to add to your roster, just promise everyone leadership positions and you will have a full church in no time!
This is one of the tools mentioned in the do it yourself church books that you can find on the shelves of your local Christian book stores today! But the number one selling book of all times, the bible instructs us to preach the gospel and God will add to the church as He sees fit!
If you could stand and look out over a sea of Christians, they should be as a calm sea, level and standing shoulder to shoulder. But when one looks out at the sea of Christianity today, it is a raging, roaring sea of religion with all of its beliefs and doctrines with all of its denominations! With some up on their soapboxes and some standing in pits. It is so wild that one would have a problem seeing that it is supposed to be a church (or a level sea)!
Some on their soapboxes preaching “me” instead of “Him“ [Jesus]!
Some in pits, looking up, trying to find someone to feel sorry for them!
We are supposed to be a level sea so that if one starts to fall, he is braced by the one next to him.
But, if one starts to fall next to the one on his soapbox (false teaching), he will fall!
And if the one standing next to the one in the pit (the poor me, pity party) they will surely fall too!
You see God often uses the term sea to represent mankind and it talks about a time when a beast will come out of the sea in: (Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.) (The false church) This is the coming one-world government leader.
My friends this is the antichrist, pointing to the wide gate that leads to destruction, whereby many will go in there at! And there is another beast that will come, he will be the leader of the false one-world church.
And He will point to the fist beast, (the antichrist) in: (Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,) This is Satan’s usher pointing everyone to the wide gate!
Satan has a counterfeit for everything that is God.
Does he counterfeit the Trinity of God? Yes Satan (the little “g“ god of this world), the first beast (the anti-christ false savior of the world), and the second beast (the religious leader that points to anything than the true Christ).
What happened to Christmas? Supposed to be about the birth of Jesus, but has become a day that a fat little man in a red suit comes and gives gifts, but even he cannot out give God, who gave His Son! The biggest lie here is that Jesus was not even born in December)!
How about Easter? When we are supposed to celebrate the Resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. Well, who do you supposed came up with the easter bunny and easter eggs?
The day of the Lord is at hand, but the day of Satan is every year on Halloween!
If you ask children all over the world who Santa Clause is or the easter bunny is, they can go into great detail about them. But if you ask the same children about Jesus, only a few will even begin to be able to tell you a little about Him. There is a very important message about leadership here! Shouldn’t leadership start at home? If we lie to our children then we will lie to a congregation!
Back to Satan’s counterfeits, his best and most laid out plan, the counterfeit church! With all of his counterfeit pastors and teachers (leadership) and members. It is called the new age movement or church.
Put it side by side with the true Christian church and it is hard to see much difference, listen to what they are saying, sounds pretty much the same, However their leaders are saying and preaching two different things, The true Christians are preaching Christ and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness And you know what? It is still a stumbling block today! And it is still foolishness to the ones who refuse Christ! The false christian churches are preaching man, the things of this world and the answer to the biggest questions asked today in most churches, “what’s in it for me?” when they should be saying “I am in it for Him!”
If we are to be true leaders in the church today, we must first learn to become servants just as Jesus showed us in: (John 13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.)
Jesus gave us a very good example of what leadership in the church should be and you surely do not see this in the Christian churches today!!
God has put watchmen on the walls of the church and given them discernment, to cry out when they see a fox in the hen house or a spirit not of God in the church. But what good are they if no one listens to their cry?
Leadership starts with a man of God, led by Gods Holy Spirit through his Faith in Jesus Christ on his knees before God, seeking His wisdom and righteousness and not his own!
You know if we would just follow Jesus and not men we would understand that He is in charge and really doesn’t need our help, we should be but tools in the Masters hand, not telling Him what we want to do but be ready able and willing to do as He instructs us. Some times we need to go out into the wilderness just you and the Lord and get away from the troubling noise and commotion of the world with all of it’s distractions so that we can hear the voice of the Lord. Just like Elijah was in: (1 Kings 19:10-13 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?) Elijah was jealous or zealous for the Lord, he wanted to be in His presence, he did not go into a town or city where all the noise was no, he went to the mountains (wilderness) and waited in a cave upon the Lord! We go to our churches today looking for the Lord, not with all the noise and commotion we couldn’t hear Him if He were to speak to us.
Now it says in verse 11 that a strong wind rent the mountain …….but the Lord was not in the wind (the wind of doctrine). And then a earthquake hit and the lord wasn’t in it (earthshaking new prophecies and men’s teachings) And then a fire, and again the Lord was not in it (the hell fire and damnation messages)! Then finally came a still small voice and Elijah went and stood before the Lord!
The main point of this, is that Elijah knew the voice of the Lord and what did Jesus teach us in: (John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.) Just like Elijah did not listen to the wind, the earthquake or the fire but knew the true voice of the Lord, so should we, the lambs of His flock know His voice, It is the same voice that Elijah heard!
So what is leadership in the church? A true leader will always point you to Jesus and will use new testament scriptures to lead lost souls to a much needed Savior and when this happens in reality, Jesus will take over and teach this lost soul by the Holy Spirit of God, which will lead to rebirth in the spirit and the knowledge and wisdom of God! So what is there for the leader to do? Well, A true leader will always point you to Jesus and will use new testament scriptures to lead lost souls to a much needed Savior. and then? A true leader will always point you to Jesus and will use new testament scriptures to lead lost souls to a much needed Savior!
A leader of men will lead you to the things of man. But the leader of God will always lead you to the things of God! In: (1 Corinthians 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.) This is why we must be taught and listen to Gods Holy Spirit.
There are many, many people misrepresenting themselves as leaders from God, who do not know up from down, left from right, light from dark nor Jesus from man! (Isaiah 5:20-23 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight! 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink, 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man!)
I can go and set in the garage and say that I am a car, but that just doesn’t make it so and I would be fooling no one but myself.
So to sum it all up “Leadership in the church begins with following Jesus!