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Godly , and therefore good , leadership , there are some unbiblical points of view and directives pertaining to submitting to leadership .7 I believe that these unbiblical items contradict what the Scripture conveys , in that leadership is functional rather than positional . Leadership builds up men , instead of making it subservient

Another point which I strongly object to is Bevere 's ideology that believers have to submit to authorities of their church even when these authorities are errant . Remember , Bevere said that if one disobeys his leader , that person is disobeying God , too . Thus , Bevere

imparts that God will honor a person for submitting to his leader . However , if one rebels against his pastor

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or leader , God will consider that disobedience with the same severity as disobedience to Him , because according to Bevere , God set this leader over that person . I don 't remember learning that in the Bible . The apostles always encouraged the followers to obey God instead of man

I believe that there are some doctrines which Bevere espouses which could

be dangerous . In these days , men are considered as heads of church bodies and programs . Systems of authority are stressed over personal relationships , and a need to know Christ and submit to directives from the Holy Spirit . In my perception , Bevere 's unbiblical notion of authority will encourage the current errors in the clergy /laity

Bevere also explains that five gifts to the ministry in Ephesians 4 :11 are offices .8 I am deeply convinced that these gifts are merely .gifts , nothing more . It is Bevere 's position that these offices ' should be obeyed without question .9 This is contrary to the teaching of the New Testament . In the NT , we are taught to honor those laboring amongst us (not over us , and to heed...