It was yesterday; that I realized I’m so blessed with such a fantastic pastor. Pas said this is his note for the church at this website too. http://faithfamilychurch.org.sg/pastoral/the-pastor-and-the-local-church/
The true shepherd loves the sheep. He’d rather die than to see them hurt. He wants to see the sheep blessed and helped more than anything else.
In the natural realm, children in a family sometimes get into disobedience and need a father’s guidance. Sometimes the father of a family needs to provide correction. When your children need discipline, you don’t call an outsider in to take care of disciplining them, do you? Of course not!!
It’s the same way in the local body. That local pastor is like the daddy of the local church. The sheep in a church body need the shepherd to nurture them with the Word of God and care for them in the sheepfold. And if they need discipline, they need a pastor who has their best interests at heart to administer biblical correction in a loving way.
Ada (from Singapore) Jan 03, 2008 