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Jesus: The Mega church leader with a servant heart.

 

Jesus: The mega church leader with a servant heart.

A few months ago I uploaded a blog referring to Jesus as the first mega church leader. This was a little tongue in cheek dig at modern day mega church leaders and their attitudes. I would like to take up this theme again. I do this as a protest against those mega church leaders and those who think like mega church leaders. I am not here to bash anyone, but the more I hear of events at the Hillsong church in New York, the angrier I get with leaders who forget where they have come from, who they represent and who they serve.

Mega Church leaders walk around wearing the latest designer fashion, they do this partly to never grow old and always be relevant to the youth they appeal too, and also to make them trendier when appealing to the celebrities that attend their churches. They drive around in the newest SUV to make sure the status symbol is seen. They make sure the house they live in is in an upmarket suburb and that they have plenty of room to host parties for their inner circle. They make sure they hire someone to walk their dog, look after their children and security to help them feel safe. On Sundays at their mega churches they sit in the green room watching  sport on TV until it is their turn to perform.

Let me state categorically that it is not about the cloths we wear, the car we drive, nor the house we live in. Nor is it about any of the other things I have mentioned. It is about an attitude of the heart. It is about being a servant.  Jesus our prime example was "the suffering servant", He wasn't surrounded by bodyguards, when his own disciples tried to protect him he rebuked them.

Let me remind you where you have come from; You like all of us are a sinner saved by grace. Never forget this. Stay humble keep praying.

You represent the body of Christ. You are called into the ministry to serve, not to be served, I don't care how big your church is or how many people you have in your church. Do not alienate yourself from people, Jesus never did. You may have an Ephesians 4:11 ministry, but all this means is that you are called to a higher standard and should be held to a higher standard.

You are there to serve not with fancy slogans or new age mumbo jumbo, but with the gospel of Christ to a lost and dying world. You are there to bring sound biblical teaching, based on scripture not on the latest fad. Neither are you there to get more money to finance your latest Gulf Stream jet. Jesus and the early church never profited from those that followed them. If you are on $300 000 salaries shame on you.

I have been in many mega churches and in many I have enjoyed the experience. But let me state to all the mega church leaders out there; You are not the king ,you bend your knee and bow to 'The King', if you do not then God will not be mocked.

 


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