Elders are to rule, but not domineer (the actual meaning of 1 Pet. 5).
Implicit to "rule" (and the obedience required of the congregation to the
elder in Heb. 13) is a distinction between elders and laity.

--
Pastor Chad Richard Bresson
Clearcreek Chapel
Springboro, OH
http://breusswane.blogspot.com


On 2/28/06, H Dorrington <hjdinfl@...> wrote:
>
> "The Bible teaches that every child of God is a priest and there is but
> one high priest, the son of God. Every person on earth who has been called
> from darkness into light, every one who has laid hold on the mercy of God.
> "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, and a
> people claimed by God for his own, to proclaim the triumphs of him who has
> called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. You are now the people
> of God, who once were not his people; outside his mercy once, you have now
> received his mercy" (I Peter 2:9,10). The word "people" is a translation of
> "laos" from which we get "laity" All of God's laity are priests. The royal
> priesthood is composed entirely of the laity of God. Let us go one step
> further: God's laity is His clergy. The word "clergy" is from "kleros" which
> means "heritage." This is the word used in I Peter 5:3 where the elders, or
> bishops, are instructed not to lord it over God's heritage. The heritage is
> equated with the flock
> of God. The word of God knows nothing of a clergyman or layman."
>
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