Thursday, June 20, 2013

Television Pastors

Paul admonishes the Thessalonians to know their leaders (1 Thessalonians 5:12) . . Scripture tells us to observe the leaders lives as an encouragement to grow in our faith and as a way to imitate their faithfulness to Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1; Hebrews 13:7).

It is impossible to know personally a television or radio pastors whom you have never spent time with them. They may be excellent speakers and encouragers of our faith, but they cannot pastor us. They will not visit us in the hospital, come to dinner in our homes, weep with us, laugh with us, or share their lives with us.

God never meant for television speakers to substitute for being involved in the local church.