PASTOR BOB 'KEEP OUT' - PASTORS PLEASE UNIFY

 

 

 

Why did the Ephesian elders need to be kept together? Look at Acts 20:29: “For I know this, that after my depart­ing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock”. The first reason elders must guard their unity is, if the elders or pastors of a communicable area are not of one accord, they are also unable to keep the wolf from coming in from outside. Paul also said, “Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” (Acts 20:30). I can think of case after sad case down through the years where somebody wanted their own following. He deliberately thought up some kind of a phony teaching—not because he was convinced that he was right, but because it’s a point of deviation that he could use to draw people unto himself. Now if the college of eld­ers in an area is in unity, and one of their brothers starts to create division in order to build his own personal follow­ing, the solidarity of that college of elders will say, “Brother, we forbid you to do that,” and their unified word will carry authority.