Foreword:
The following exerpt is taken from The Ten
Commandments by Arthur W. Pink
(BAKER BOOK HOUSE, 1994 GRAND RAPIDS, MI)
In this blog series I will work through this very
important article a paragraph at a time – asking my reader comprehension style
questions at the end. I have been much convicted by the writings of Pink and I
pray your walk will also be strengthened meditating on his teaching of
scripture …
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT PART V
Finally, we should mention pastors and their flocks,
ministers and their people, for between them also is such a relation of
superiors and inferiors as brings them under the direction of this fifth
commandment. "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that
they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for
you" (Heb. 13:17). Christ has so vested his servants with authority that
He declares, "He that heareth you heareth Me; and he that despiseth you
despiseth Me" (Luke 10:16). So again, "Let the elders that rule well
be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the Word and
doctrine" (1 Tim. 5:17). This "double honour" is that of
reverence and maintenance. "Let him that is taught in the Word communicate
unto him that teacheth in all good things" (Gal. 6:6 and cf. 1 Cor. 9:11).
How solemn is this warning: "But they mocked the messengers of God and
despised His words and misused His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose
against His people, till there was no remedy" (2 Chron. 36 :16).
1) Do you bring joy to your pastor? What ways can a
person bring joy to their pastor and church elders? What ways do people bring
grief to their pastor and church elders? Let your response to this question be
turned into a prayer.
2) What are the reasons we should bring joy rather than
grief to our pastors and church elders as scripturally listed by Pink in this
paragraph? Can you think of any more?
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