Hirelings in the Churches

Church attendees need to forget about having a pastor and allow all the men in the group to teach and preach. That way the "pastor" does not become the idol of those who will not read their Bibles. If every believer read their own Bible and sought the Holy Spirit they would all have something to share in the gathering.

There is no model in the Bible of a man from a distant city "candidating" for a position in the local church. All those who are elders are taken from within the local gathering, everyone will know their life. There will be a proven testimony of godliness for the ones who are chosen as elders and those who choose them will be led by the Holy Spirit, they are not chosen on the basis of their "education."

1 Corinthians 14:28-30 "29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. 30And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should hold his peace.…"

1 Corinthians 14:26 "26 What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church. "

Romans 12:6-8 "6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness."

The one-man pastor system was not given by God. According to the scriptures, there should be several men who are called elders who preach and teach in the church gathering. The one-man pastor system came out of Catholicism and has led to pew sitters who do and say nothing during the gathering. The pew people do not participate and believe without question their paid pastor. God calls them hirelings!

John 10:12-13
"He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep."

Most pastors today rely on their seminary training to carry them without depending on the Holy Spirit. Most seminaries today have serious errors in their teachings, even some have unsaved profs teaching the students.

The hirelings are more interested in keeping their job and being popular than they are in bringing truth to the people. Even if the hireling is not thinking consciously these things they are motivated by them.

Most hirelings set themselves up as "experts" as though no one has the right to question or rebuke them. They resist correction and even drive out those who are godly who attempt to bring everything back to scripture.