We do have to remember that people choose those who tickle their ears. All those who will ask God to show them pure truth will not be deceived by these pastors. People often choose to be deceived because they base their choices on what they like rather than what is true. I have tried to expose some false teaching in the church and have been met with hostility nearly every single time. It is one thing to disagree it is another to isolate and demean the one who brings the truth.
Almost all churches today have been drawn into the one-man pastor system modeled by the Catholic church in which there is a hierarchy. God gave leaders to the first-century church to lead by example and teaching, not to make rules God never made imposing them on the church.
"Christians" now look to the pastor for truth rather than to Christ and the pastors often intimidate them into silence when they wish to correct or want a deeper explanation. They have become "protestant popes."
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