Practicing Christian Leadership, Student Workbook, SW11

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b. They possess no authority to destroy or tear down, only to edify the saints, 2 Cor. 13.10.

c. We as leaders are to see God’s people fulfill God’s desire that they might represent him with honor in the world as his people and his witnesses, Eph. 2.10 .

3. The Leader is finally a Representative of the Christian faith .

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a. They are to contend for the faith, Jude 1.3 .

b. They are to equip others to share their faith, Eph. 4.11-12.

Bob Webber in his book Worship is a Verb highlights eight indispensable principles of participating in worship. They are: 1) worship celebrates Christ 2) worship tells and acts out the Christ-event 3) in worship, God speaks and acts 4) worship is an act of communication 5) in worship we respond to God and each other 6) return worship to the people 7) all creation joins in worship 8) worship is a way of life

II. Giving God His Due: Leading God’s People into Worship

A. Definition: the practicing Christian Leader is one who ushers the people of God into the presence of God by giving God his due in acceptable worship.

1. Ushers the people of God into the presence of God: the leader, as a worshiper of God, is charged with ushering God’s people into his very presence .

a. Rom. 15.15-19

b. Paul’s aim is to so minister among the Gentiles that they might bring glory to God through his ministry, Rom. 1.5.