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urch is not just a straightforward democracy, for in churches ther is a common recognition of our fallen state, our tendency to err, and, on the other hand, of the inerrancy of God's Word. So the members of a Church congregation are democratic, perhaps only in the sense that they work together as a congregation to try to understand God's Word.
urch is not just a straightforward democracy, for in churches ther is a common recognition of our fallen state, our tendency to err, and, on the other hand, of the inerrancy of God's Word. So the members of a Church congregation are democratic, perhaps only in the sense that they work together as a congregation to try to understand God's Word.He says, "I certainly do not believe in the inerrancy of the congregational votes. Before I came to the their pastor, I spoke very openly to the congregation where I now serve, telling them that if I were to be their pastor I needed to know that I would be ultimately not working for them but for God. They could instruct the pastor to do this or that, but the pastor must not mistake such congregational input as, necessary, divine guidance."
As leaders and congregation, we strive for the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace; we work together for what we believe would be best for the church. And we work together so long as our understandings of God's Word and His will are sufficiently in line - "in sync" with each other - in order for us to do so.
All that to say that, as our country looks for the new constitution, Christians must have an understanding that God's Word is infallible, without error. It is a standard above any human constitution and its claims on the affairs of men should be the basis of any country's laws. This is because the demos, the people as they make decision are prone to err and pull the rope towards favoring their fallen tendencies.
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