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Subject: Should a member rebuke an elder? |
Bible Note: Hi, Bereaniam... They are dealing with you properly. Since it is not a matter of church discipline, they are coming to you -- two at a time, to insure that you understand they are speaking one voice, and yet taking care that they won't be misquoted -- and kindly encouraging you to find a place where you can believe in the leadership. They are making every effort to insure that you are being dealt with directly, personally, and with the least disruption to the rest of the congregation. Jesus would deal with this differently, since He would know very precisely what issues in your life needed dealing with the most. He would place His finger on them and -- like the woman at the well -- He would not allow any theological questions to distract the two of you from dealing with those issues. When He was finished, you'd look more like Christ, and you'd love Him more. I fear that when there is such turmoil and stife over some point of church administration or leadership inadequacies, most frequently God is trying to deal with you. The elders are men who will have to give accounting of their dealing with you and the others (Hebrews 13:17). It is well within their purview to do so in this private manner. Regardless of their failings, their inability to lead, or their improper handling of doctrine... none of that will make any difference when you face our Lord. Therefore, I humbly suggest, make use of all this to address the issues in your own heart, lest in all your exhortation, you yourself be find wanting in that Day. Our primary job as believers is searching out the fault in our own heart, rather than the faults in others. Perhaps this is what God has been attempting to do with you all along. In Him, Doc |