Leaders Section
Titus 3: 1-2
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and
authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no
one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.
Leaders are reminded that
they are to submit to the will of God in their lives and to live as true
believers in Jesus Christ bearing the characteristics of Jesus. When we are
totally walking in the steps of Jesus we will then be able to receive the blessing
of eternal life with Him.
In turn our godly
lifestyle will be seen by others and the way we lead and deal with the people
would also be a blessing for others. As we follow Jesus Christ, then our
followers would then be able to follow us. This is the way that Jesus had
instructed us to live and we will then be able to leave behind a godly legacy
after we leave the Church.
To be able to live like
Jesus, we need to pray and ask Him to teach us true humility in our lives that
we would be doers of the word and not just preaching the word. What we teach
and preached must be accompanied by our commitment to the teaching that we
bring. We need to be proof producers of the gospel that we preach.
Therefore every leader
must first examine their lives so that they will be a good role model for the
Church to follow. The apostles all walked the talk, they lived the way they
taught and preach. They were doers of the word and not preachers only.
Public Section
2 Peter 1: 16
We did not follow
cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
The apostle Peter reminds us that as believers of Jesus
Christ our testimony to our lives must be that in whatever that we speak; it
must be plain and be the truth. The people in the world like to boast and yarn
like the tales of fishermen. They also express themselves by stretching out
their arms when they narrate the size of the fish that they missed. This is
called the fishermen’s yarn or a white lie.
In Christianity, there must be no lies or exaggeration; there
must be complete humility and truth in what we speak. Zechariah 8: 16 These are the things that ye shall do,
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgement of truth
and peace in your gate. Another reminder from Peter is that when we preach
the gospel we must not exaggerate or promise something that is not for us to
deliver.
For example, there are some who promised all kinds of
blessings to the non-believers when they believe in Jesus. For example I have come
across some people who promised the non-believers in great financial distress
that Jesus will prosper them when they believe in Him. Jesus did not promise
this in the Gospel, therefore no one should also promise this as when the
promise does not come to pass, and then the name of Jesus would be tarnished
because of our wrong teaching.
Therefore let us speak only the truth in all occasions, we
must never cheat or lie to win non-believers. Only the Satanic religion does
this to convert people into their faith.
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