Hebrews 13:17-19
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
What is a leader ?
Why should we let them lead?
How do we let them lead?
What is a leader?
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Lead the Church – 1 Tim 5:17, Titus 1:7, 1 Peter 5:1-2
Teach and Preach the Word – 1 Tim 3:2, 2 Tim 4:2, Titus 1:9
Protect Church from false teachers – Acts 20:17, 28-31
Visit the sick and pray – James 5:14, Acts 6:4
Judge doctrinal issues – Acts 15:6
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
James 3:1
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
Increased responsibility means increased accountability
Provision of Truth & Protection from Lies
Why should we let leaders lead?
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
How to let them lead?
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Hebrews 12:2
(run the race)…looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.