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Show POINTING THE WAY "BE YE FOLLOWER OF ME, EVEN " AS I ALSO AM OF CHRIST. (1 Corinthians 11: 1) Leadership is a matter of following Christ and having others follow you. In his book Presumed Innocent, author Scott Turow tells of a prosecutor named Rusty who explained His approach to jury this way: a "This how I start: I am the prosecutor. I represent the state. here to present to you the evidence of a crime. I am Together you will weigh the evidence. You will deliberate upon it. You will decide if it proves the 1 defendant's guilt. This man-and here I point. .. If you don't have the courage to point... You can't expect them to have the courage to convict. And so I point. I extend my hand across the courtroom. I hold one finger straight. I seek the defendant's eye. I say, "This man has been accused galvanize their courage. People need leaders to point, to take a stand, to say what they believe." The Apostle Paul wants those who are responsible members of the Church of Jesus Christ to point the way, to be examples of what it means to follow Leaders need to I " ... Christ, to show others the way. 2 hymn goes this way: "Let your little light shine, shine, shine. Let your little light shine, shine, shine. There maybe someone down in the valley trying to get home." The The Leader Has A Leader As we come to the end of one year approach the start another, it is leadership time and good effective leadership is about pointing the way. The text says, "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." The key here is that and the leader has a leader. He is a follower perfect example who never He is committed to being the can be just like Christ is. He of Christ, the sinned. best he operates with the has. He is a new same mind that Christ creature in Christ. I recommend that every teacher has 3 a teacher. Every pastor needs a pastor. That way whatever we do is copied from the one who provides us with the example. Everybody ought to find yourself a good example to follow. Follower The Leader Further, the spiritual leader ought to by those who would be spiritual. "Be ye followers of me Jesus departed but promised to not leave us alone. He assigned His disciples to carry on by the power of the Holy Spirit in His absence. Once those disciples received the authority, they began carrying the word of God in word and work. It is not enough to only talk and profess. One needs to walk the talk, live the life, practice the profession. I think that is what Jesus was talking about when be followed " ... 4 He called the Salt of The Earth and the us Light of the difference W orld, We so that others are can to make make a a walking down by the Jordan when the disciples of John the Baptist saw Him. They left difference. One day Jesus was John and became followers of Jesus. In 1, after Judas had denied Jesus and killed himself, the disciples used as Acts criteria for his replacement, one who was numbered with them and had obtained part of His ministry. As we search for those who would lead this we need to look for those of following because of Christ. 5 congregation, who are worthy they are followers |
