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Brother Bruce:
A big Amen to what you have written below. You are
playing my song, or to be more correct, you are
playing the Lord's song. "Those who have ears to hear.."
Terry
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Date: Monday, July 14, 2003 22:19:30
Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Jesus is Jehovah]
Hi Izzy,
You wrote: I ordered the book you recommended; sounds good. We support a
friend (who married us, actually) who quit the pastorate to be a traveling
missionary to Asia. It is a calling I am relieved not to have, but I'm happy
to support those who do. I am sorry to hear of your illness--are you well
yet? Will
pray..."
Glad to hear you ordered a copy of KP's book. It is a heart-searching and
very worthwhile read!
I too "quit the pastorate" about 25 years ago as I began to realize there
was no scriptural distinction between "clergy and laity". They are both the
very same group of people as far as scripture is concerned!
-All believers are priests I Peter 2:4-9;
-all are LAOS "the people of God" I Peter 2:10;
-all are gifted for ministry I Peter 4:10,11;
-all are God's KLEROS (clergy) "heritage" I Peter 5:3;
-all are ordained to bear fruit that remains John 15:16! and
-all are called by our faithful God to the fellowship of His Son, Jesus
Christ! I Cor.1:9
That is why the emphasis of ministry of new covenant saints is not from a
hierarchical, top down pyramid structure like that of the kings of the
Gentiles (Luke 22:24-27), but a mutually edifying "one-anothering" ministry
of a variety of members in one Body under the Headship of Christ!
Every artificial distinction of men's invention between believers which God
has joined together in Christ, i.e. "clergy and laity", "spiritual
work/secular work", "this denomination against that" etc are positive
hindrances to the work which God has purposed to do among us! Oh, that we
might realize who we are in Christ, that we might go in for living for Him
and serving one another that Christ might be seen in us by the world around!
Thank you for your prayers! About a week and a half ago I got a really sore
throat, coughing, running nose, temperature etc. Those symptoms have mostly
dissipated but I have no energy and after the least bit of exercise or
exertion, I sleep for a couple of hours! So at this point, I'm not much use
in the very physical work of tree removal!
Your brother in Christ,
Bruce
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