overseers

What are elders and why should we care about that, and what do they do, and how should they do it, and why? I. The elder's office, v1. II. The elder's responsibility, v2. III. The elder's attitude, vv2-3. IV. The elder's reward, v4. 

Representatives from the council of overseers overlighting the planetary ascension speak on how to hold a resonance of peace in times of conflict, to work magic for ourselves and the collective consciousness. 

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John Royse, elder for The Hills Church in Fort Worth, TX shares a potpourri of insights and suggestions regarding the way elders can organize themselves, how they may relate to ministers, the 2-seat model of member engagement, advice for smaller churches, encouraging people to use their God-given gifts, elder visibility, vision-casting, and more.  This is Part 2 in Kerry's conversation with John.

How should elders organize themselves to do the work of the Lord in a local church?  There is no direct reference in the Bible to how they should be organized.  In this episode of the podcast, John Royse, one of the shepherds of The Hills Church in North Richland Hills, Texas, describes the unique model their elders use to organize themselves and some of the benefits of this model.

In 1 Timothy 2:8-15, Paul recommended appropriate discipline for disruptive and injurious behavior. His recommendations took into account not only the sin committed, but also the heart motivation of the offender. In 1 Timothy 3:1-12 the women and men leaders who had been disciplined were encouraged to aspire to, and to resume, ministry in the church.

In these verses, Paul did not teach any doctrine of “authority-of-a-husband,” or “leadership-by-men” in the church. Instead, he drew a picture of various Christian men and women actively serving Christ, having been made faithful by Jesus, the Word!

How did we get here? Likely, much of what we have just covered is not what you have heard before about 1 Timothy 2-3. We faced the same thing in our studies of Ephesians 5-6 and Genesis 2-3. For me, the findings of my wife’s research into Genesis 3:16 makes all the difference. She found that in God’s eleven Hebrew words in Genesis 3:16 God didn’t curse Eve or limit woman in any way.

God showed love and mercy to Eve in the Garden of Eden. But Satan, the murderer and liar, wants us to think God cursed her. 

She unmasked his attack at the tree but he is still the enemy of the woman. He wants us to take as many shots at her as he can get us to!

Sadly, translators and theologians have been tricked into playing on his side. They have mistranslated Genesis 3:16 and they have also mishandled other Bible passages related to God’s words to the woman like 1 Timothy 2-3.

That’s why we have produced these studies. That’s why we have written The Book of Eden, Genesis 2-3. 

Where they have gone astray Bible translations need to be corrected based on the true words of Genesis 3:16. That’s the challenge of the Tru316 Project: to bring about change in all the passages that need correcting in the light of what God really said in Genesis 3:16. 

I invite you to get involved and join the work. You can start at Tru316.com.

 The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.” Once Genesis 3:16 is made clear the other passages on women and men become clear too. You are encouraged to access the episodes of Seasons 1-11 of The Eden Podcast for teaching on the seven key passages on women and men. Are you a reader? We invite you to get from Amazon the four books by Bruce C. E. Fleming in The Eden Book Series (Tru316.com/trubooks). Would you like to support the work of the Tru316 Foundation? You can become a Tru Partner here: www.Tru316.com/partner

Elders are entrusted to oversee the church toward gospel fidelity, doctrinal purity and fulfilling Jesus' mission for the church.   They do this not for personal gain or positions of power and status, but rather to serve.  They are shepherds not members of a corporate board.  And the church is blessed to have them.

In this episode, Arnie and Fred complete the discussion in the previous episode on The Church Belonging To Christ, noting several passages we were not able to discuss in that episode that related to the universal or general assemble of the Lord's saints. The majority of this episode deals with the assemblies of Christ that are in various localities. First, we discuss the fact that the New Testament contains the Lord's pattern for His local assemblies to follow in its membership, organization, worship, work and name. we then note that each local group of saints are organized according to the same pattern. We see that every Christian must identify to a local assembly in order to do the work the Lord assigns to His people in this New Testament period. We discuss the elders that are part of the pattern and their work in that regard. Take about 30 minutes to listen in on our discussion. Have your Bible handy in order to verify what we are saying.