Day 109
Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:
God sets up leaders. Leaders are to be humble. Leaders are to satisfy the flesh. Leaders are to be of believers in the one who set him up, the Lord. Leaders are to know the Scriptures in its entirety. Leaders are to stand true and not waver. Leaders are responsible to the next generation.
Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:
God sets up leaders. Leaders are to be humble. Leaders are to satisfy the flesh. Leaders are to be of believers in the one who set him up, the Lord. Leaders are to know the Scriptures in its entirety. Leaders are to stand true and not waver. Leaders are responsible to the next generation.
Deu 17:14-20 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD
thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt
say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about
me;
Thou shalt in any wise set him
king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy
brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over
thee, which is not thy brother.
But he shall not multiply horses to
himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should
multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth
return no more that way.
Neither shall he multiply wives to
himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to
himself silver and gold.
And it shall be, when he sitteth
upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a
book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
And it shall be with him, and he
shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD
his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
That his heart be not lifted up
above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to
the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his
days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Practical - Works
that apply Biblical Principle:
This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in
your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical
ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important
to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.
Beginning with the leader, the elder, God’s plan is to teach the truth. God tells who, how, when, and where this is to be done. God also tells what the result will be if done right and if done wrong. We have a battle to fight. Fight right and lead right. Fight right and follow right.
1Peter 5:1-11 The elders which are among you I exhort, who
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a
partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
1Pe 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the
oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy
lucre, but of a ready mind;
1Pe 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage,
but being ensamples to the flock.
1Pe 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
1Pe 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the
elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you.
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1Pe 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto
his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make
you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1Pe 5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
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