Behind which Curtain?

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Let's play Lets Make a Deal.

Behind which curtain can you find that rascally single top of the heap 'pastor'! Let us begin?

Note the letter head of each letter. The good Reverend is in there somewhere surely!

Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:

1Cor.1:2 Unto the ekklesia of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

2Cor.1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the ekklesia of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia.

Galatians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, Who raised Him from the dead;) And all the brethren which are with me, unto the ekklesia of Galatia.

(Remember now, as soon as you see the executive 'pastor', push the button in front of you and you'll win a big screen tv). High definition of course!

Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the overseers and table servants, (elders).

Colossians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse:

1Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the ekklesia of the Thessalonians .....

2:Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the ekklesia of the Thessalonians .......

Timothy, Titus, and Philemon in Pauls stead were given instructions. Recognizing elders and such. Timothy and Titus being young were encouraged to stand strong and bear up, letting no one despise them. They were elders in the sense of their experience and knowledge. They were to teach those things necessary.

James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad....

1Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia...

2Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us....

1John 1:1-3 unto you...

2John 1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children......

3John 1:1 The elder unto the well beloved Gaius..(a fellow laborer) . John wrote unto the ekklesia but Diotrephes who wanted to be senior 'pastor' opposed John. Read.

Jude writes to the beloved, the ekklesia warning of wolves and apostasy.

Not one letter written to 'Pastor' so and so or Reverend so and so of the First Church of Impact!

Im glad you couldn't find the executive 'pastor' in the word of God! I don't have a big screen tv to give away! He-he!
 

JesusLives

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Oct 11, 2013
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Blond is so confused......What did you need a curtain for?
 

crossnote

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Nov 24, 2012
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Blond is so confused......What did you need a curtain for?
For the great coverup.

He's actually wondering if the concept of under shepherd (from which we get the word 'pastor') is Scriptural.
Yet has yet to figure out that those gifted to teach are to feed and guard the flock...just like a shepherd.

Acts 20:28 (KJV) Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
 

Utah

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[h=2]Behind which Curtain?[/h]
The Steel Curtain won four Super Bowl Championships.
 
Apr 15, 2014
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Seriously? I don't read in this forum much because arguments make me itchy, but this guy posts about this topic in a new thread at least every day.

Talk about being a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
 
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BarlyGurl

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...puts a pretty bow on a bottle of calamine lotion....passes it to Olerica.