Posted by Bigfish69 on 7:41 pm | Categories: authority, church, discipline, dreams & visions, elder, leadership, pastor
church leadership
- Man's Kingdom: The designated leader is unable, even unwilling to leave the flock in any other hands for fear of loss.
- God's Kingdom: The designated leader is released by a well nurtured and equipped flock to go and find the lost.
disciplinary action
- Man's Kingdom: When people stray and allegedly function disloyally to community or leadership, they are disciplined and exiled to some degree. They might be allowed to return after a process of proving loyalty again, but even so never really trusted again.
- God's Kingdom: When people stray and allegedly function disloyally to community or leadership, they are loved; sought after and welcomed back before needing to hear ANY reason.
eternal inheritance
- Man's Kingdom: Inheritance is apportioned to the deserving (human measure & standard) usually by merit or pecking order. (i.e. each person gets a slice of a pie, its size determined by external reasons)
- God's Kingdom: Inheritance is always shared to the nth degree with ALL, ALWAYS; whatever the circumstances (unconditional). (i.e. every person gets the whole pie, while simultaneously sharing all of it with everyone else)
