Reality Check on Pastors *
Reality Check on Pastors
Christians should respect the born again godly man who preaches the Word truthfully and faithfully, who is in the position of leading and watching over and feeding Jesus flock until He returns.
In 1990 all protestant Churches wouldve easily been able to do that at any local congregation they attended. However today that is no longer true.
The world invited the unsaved into the churches, became seeker and then secular sensitive, and allowed doctrines of demons in and by the unsaved and false converts permeating the congregation like the weeds among the wheat, [recent research shows only 10% of church goers are actually saved], [the 90% there are unsaved and] they have subtly taken positions in the churches such as teachers, decons, those who have influence, and eventually in pastor positions. They cause problems too, and hope to shipwreck your faith on all those ways they can (since they're led by demons).
Colleges and seminaries embraced demonic doctrines and worldly views, and raised up many false preachers and teachers under those demonic doctrines, and they are reigning over congregations.
Pastors started not protecting the flock, not being faithful, and embraced those unbiblical beliefs, and over time the majority of protestant churches are now led by unsaved men who do not hold the Word if God as the authority, they have become idolators, and are teaching doctrines of demons (subtly &/or outright) and most congregants are unaware of all of it.
On top of that many today who grew up in the church since 2000 have no clue what true Christianity and a true biblical church looks like. These charlatans masquerading as preachers and men of God will be punished by God, as will the unfaithful cowards who claimed to be preachers but allowed this to enter the church since the 90s.
Today 63% of pastors do not hold to a biblical worldview. Most do not hold to the authority of Scripture, and are highly likely not even saved. Only 37% of pastors hold a biblical worldview. This is why you will have a hard time finding solid biblical churches today. And it is even harder for small town folk, who might not even find one if they drive 75 miles to attend one.
Another reason is the decons and supposed mature men in the congregation did not hold the pastor accountable when he introduced false teachings and heresies, and did not replace him with one who was a biblical pastor. Most pastors became one by studying under the pastor in the pulpit and were apprenticed there and took over that pastors position when he retired or because the congregation grew and the church had need of additional pastors there. This was replaced by just hiring people from random colleges and seminaries without confirming what that school taught and what that pastor actually believed. And some just open their own false church to get rich, decieve people, and seek power and attention - Christ is not in them, but they are slick like Satan and led by him to present also as an angel of light but only deception and darkness reign in their heart & life, and they subtky decieve masses of people online, on tv, by books, and/or in their "church".
In addition, [typically by the unsaved ones], some pastors exercise illegitimate authority over their churches, with a level of involvement in their members' lives that borders on abusive or dictatorial. It's not the pastor's role to tell his people where they should live, where they should work, whom they should marry, or to exert that kind of control in other areas of their lives.
The only biblical authority a pastor has comes from the Word of God and the Holy Spirit working through his teaching in the lives of his flock. In effect, he's not a source of authority himself, but a conduit from the Lord to His people. That's the authority God's people need to submit to – the work of the Spirit through the faithful, consistent teaching of God's Word.
So I am saying this to warn you.
>>First always look for a biblical church that upholds the truth and rejects culture.
>>And secondly to wake you up that you cannot revere a pastor but only the biblical office.
Pastors at many churches have no one holding them accountable (in their teaching or in their lives), and have no one as their peer or above to have as admonishers, correctors, and ensuring they live godly lives.
Even biblical preachers sin as all believers do. Many fall into sins that will wreck their ministry and their family.
Find a church and pastor who fears the Lord, holds to its authority, preaches the truth of Scripture, and desires accountability.
If you are currently in a church where a pastors scandal rocks the church, do not be surprised, do not let it shake your faith. You do not follow the pastor you follow Christ. If it is a situation where he should lose his position, repent, and go move in to another church, or if it is a situation he can be restored after repentance, or if he wont repent and the church wont vote him out (and possibly splits the church), you can leave and find another church. I have been through these and other situations with nefarious church members in power or who have held power there since long ago, and you will need to decide for you and your family how you will move forward. If it isnt something in Scripture that disqualifies him as pastor, we should seek to restore just as we do for all believers who sin, as we all sin. It can be a lesson for young ones on the power of forgiveness, godly love and restoration.
Make sure you read and study Scripture well, not just on the essentials of the faith, not just about false teachers, not just about qualifications and expectations of pastors and leaders, not just on Matt 18, not just on sin, not just on forgiveness, but also on how you are to live the Christian life, and what your role and job and function in the congregation is to be. And also at home in the family unit. If you study these well yoc can handle what happens in your church and it will not wreck your faith.
I am warning and encouraging you in advance so you weather the storms and do not lose hope nor sink if the ship goes down, and all seems lost. Jesus will help you walk on water and get you through that storm.
The local church needs more mature men of the Word, and all need to be using the gifts the Holy Spirit has given them. Make sure you are.
Here is information on church splits
Here is information on realities of pastors
Here's information on false teachers & preachers
Pray for your pastor daily.
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