Respect and Esteem

1 Thessalonians 5: 12 - 13

¹² We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, ¹³ and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work.

John MacArthur said and I quote regarding the role of the Pastor/Shepherd:

“There are always people eager to falsely accuse a man of God. They may do so because they resent his calling, reject his teaching,

resist biblical authority, resent virtue, or are jealous of the Lord’s blessing on his life.”

I’ve been around people who wish to make accusations against the Pastor.

We sometimes just pass it off as not being a big deal, but many don’t consider it sinful, when it actually is.

The devil himself, uses false accusations to bring destruction to the ministry of the church.

Private forms of accusations are really considered whispering, which God really does hate.

There’s a right way of going about bringing correction to a Pastor, but most people don’t practice it.

God takes attacks on His man, very seriously.

Paul is telling the church at Thessalonica, that Shepherds must be respected and esteemed.

Do you respect your Pastor? Do you esteem his work of handling the Word of God?

I wonder what might happen, if we held ourselves responsible, to the level we hold our Pastors to?

The wicked one is always looking to stir up confusion, that in the end harms the community of Christ.

How might you help your Pastor, so his work of bringing about the Word of God, doesn’t become laborious