Here are some of the lessons i learnt from the bible study meeting. Brother Eli of blessed memory started the bible study by reading from the book of Jeremiah 23:30 Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against(A) the prophets(B) who steal from one another words supposedly from me”.
He emphasized that there are thieves and robbers of the Word of God, they rob men of their money, salvation and benefits that God have intended for men.
Brother Eli went further to read from Ezekiel 3:17-18 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(A) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(B) 18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(C)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood”.
Bro Eli said it is possible for a man to know the true doctrine of God while he is still alive, it is the responsibility of the pastors to preach the true doctrine of God.
Another point bro Eli highlighted that most people feel it is not proper for their pastor to work, they say it is not proper because they misunderstood what Christ said in Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he. will hate the one, and love the other; or else. he will hold to the one, and despise the other, Ye cannot serve God and mammon”.
They misinterpret it wrongly by saying they cannot serve God and work. But they got it all wrong because the verse doesn’t mean since you are working, you are already serving mammon, bro Eli said you are just working to meet your needs and that of those around you. Even Apostle Paul worked and there is evidence in Acts 20:33-34 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me”.
From the above verse, we can see that saying it is prohibited for your pastor to work is wrong.
Brother Eli said, In the Bible, there is no contradiction, all the words of God in the Bible are correct. He said the contradiction exist among pastors who contradict themselves, one pastor would say Christ is human, another would say Christ is God, another would say Christ is the Father. And so on. But we can see from the Bible that Christ is the Som of God and the Knowledge of the Father is in Him and also the knowledge of the Son is in the Father. Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him”.
