tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203174451356862507.post3489442726794277422..comments2023-05-20T06:30:03.560-05:00Comments on Jon's Journey: Who One AnotherJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266729238990589293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203174451356862507.post-80092968134472773102012-04-16T18:59:05.514-05:002012-04-16T18:59:05.514-05:00In my experience the people least willing to pract...In my experience the people least willing to practice the one another instructions are hired pastors. They will not be mutual. They will not receive teaching or spurring etc.. They see themselves as experts and the rest of the saints as lesser dumber sheep with nothing to offer them except $ and compliments.. They see themselves as doctors and the rest of the saints as unlearned patients. The saints like this patronizing approach also. So the very ones instructed with "setting the example" in spiritual matters will exemplify the opposite of Gods design. After all, how can one man be mutual with 100 to 5000 people? He cannot by virtue of the system that requires at least 75 people to pay his salary. Their excuses are many. <br /><br />As a pastoral student 30 years ago I was taught to maintain a professional distance from the sheep. You will be ruined in your "leadership" if you are mutual and intimate and transparent. What a tragic perversion of Gods design for His people. The chief shepherd is ALWAYS mutual with ALL His sheep. Human shepherds should be just like that.Tim Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099983903222184138noreply@blogger.com