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JUDGMENT ON PROFESSIONAL PASTORS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Isaiah 56:9-12
Psalm 33:6-11
"By the word of the LORD
were the heavens made…"
JUDGMENT ON PROFESSIONAL PASTORS
While the Lord is ever merciful to the repentant and conscientious, He cannot condone those servants who forget their commission and neglect their duties. He is against the shepherds of Israel, the priests and the prophets turned professional. Micah, who lived in the time of Isaiah, thundered, "The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money..." (Mic 3:11).
These shepherds were worse than the sheep dogs they reared to help watch over the flock. Hence they were called blind, ignorant, dumb dogs that could not bark (Isa 56:10). They took their job for a sinecure, so that during working hours they would be lounging around, falling into siesta. And when they woke up they would acquire a good appetite. They were called greedy dogs, never satiated. They were called shepherds that could not understand, but they knew how to enrich themselves. They got drunk and got others drunk together with them. A devil-may-care attitude pervaded this frivolous fraternity of blind professional watchmen over the house of Israel. Ezekiel 34:1-9 has a scathing indictment against the shepherds, yea the pastors, of his day. Bishop J.C. Ryle noted that the great majority of the clergy of his day knew little beyond the Name of the Christ they preached. They were a similar, accursed race, who occupied a holy office but made it thrice unholy by their professionalism. So it is with our day. The churches abound with false pastors.
As a result, the sheep without proper care or nurture are scattered. In judgment God sends them wild beasts to devour them. So, as the Church provides little to feed the flock, the flock scatters, eaten up by the wolves of temptation and lust. And who is to blame? The blind shepherds, the Dumb Dogs (D.D.), notwithstanding their titles by the same initials! Church leaders, pastors, session members, beware!
THOUGHT: I must pray for the leaders in my church.
PRAYER: (Use John 6:27.)
Posted in Adult RPG
Isaiah 56:9-12
Psalm 33:6-11
"By the word of the LORD
were the heavens made…"
JUDGMENT ON PROFESSIONAL PASTORS
While the Lord is ever merciful to the repentant and conscientious, He cannot condone those servants who forget their commission and neglect their duties. He is against the shepherds of Israel, the priests and the prophets turned professional. Micah, who lived in the time of Isaiah, thundered, "The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money..." (Mic 3:11).
These shepherds were worse than the sheep dogs they reared to help watch over the flock. Hence they were called blind, ignorant, dumb dogs that could not bark (Isa 56:10). They took their job for a sinecure, so that during working hours they would be lounging around, falling into siesta. And when they woke up they would acquire a good appetite. They were called greedy dogs, never satiated. They were called shepherds that could not understand, but they knew how to enrich themselves. They got drunk and got others drunk together with them. A devil-may-care attitude pervaded this frivolous fraternity of blind professional watchmen over the house of Israel. Ezekiel 34:1-9 has a scathing indictment against the shepherds, yea the pastors, of his day. Bishop J.C. Ryle noted that the great majority of the clergy of his day knew little beyond the Name of the Christ they preached. They were a similar, accursed race, who occupied a holy office but made it thrice unholy by their professionalism. So it is with our day. The churches abound with false pastors.
As a result, the sheep without proper care or nurture are scattered. In judgment God sends them wild beasts to devour them. So, as the Church provides little to feed the flock, the flock scatters, eaten up by the wolves of temptation and lust. And who is to blame? The blind shepherds, the Dumb Dogs (D.D.), notwithstanding their titles by the same initials! Church leaders, pastors, session members, beware!
THOUGHT: I must pray for the leaders in my church.
PRAYER: (Use John 6:27.)
Posted in Adult RPG