God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
A pastor …
The pastor must talk to
God about the church members' problems,
teach them God's laws
and commands, and show them
how they should live and
what they should do
(Ref.: Exodus 18:19-20).
Pastors must stand
before God together with the elders.
God's response to Moses,
the leader of the Israelites, in prayer was,
"Go on ahead of the
people. Take with you some of the elders
of Israel
and take in your hand
the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
I will stand there
before you by the rock at Horeb.
Strike the rock, and
water will come out of it for the people to drink"
(Exodus 17:5-6).
So Moses did as he was
instructed, in the presence of the elders of Israel.
A praying pastor must
act according to the prayer response received from God.
They should go forth,
not complaining, before the congregation they lead.
The pastor should stand
before God with the elders.
Additionally, they
should obediently believe in
and act upon the
miraculous command of God, as in the past, "Strike the rock with the
staff."
At that time, when God
parted the Red Sea to make a way,
He will also bring forth
water from the rock for the congregation to drink.
Those who believe in
Christ, who is the Rock,
will have streams of
living water flowing from within them,
just as the Scripture
says (John 7:38).
Pastor, please convey
the word of God as it is.
A pastor must preach the
word of God as it is
(Ref.: Exodus 19:25).
Pastors should not
handle donations carelessly!
Pastors should not
dishonor God's holy name
by mishandling the holy
offerings that believers give to God
(Ref.: Leviticus 22:1).
Rather than hearing the
word of God through a pastor ...
It is better to hear God
speak directly to us
than to hear Him speak
through a pastor
(Ref.: Exodus 20:19).
Can a pastor marry a
prostitute?
In Leviticus 21:13-15 of
the Modern Korean Bible,
God says: "The high
priest must marry a virgin.
He must not marry a
widow, a divorced woman, or a prostitute,
but must marry a virgin
from his own people.
Otherwise, his children
would be defiled among their people.
I am the Lord, who makes
him holy."
To the prophet Hosea,
God said:
"Go, marry a
promiscuous woman and have children with her,
for like an adulterous
wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord"
(Hosea 1:2).
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