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All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership.

All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership.

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All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership.

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  1. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership.

  2. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • As we have seen it begins with a failure of the home. We live in a culture where the role of men is under relentless attack.

  3. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • As we have seen it begins with a failure of the home. We live in a culture where the role of men is under relentless attack. • Sadly, the church is seeing a feminization of the role of men. What does God want? (Eph 6:4)

  4. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Ephesians 6:4 (NKJV)4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

  5. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Many godly women are forced by the abandonment of their leadership to step up and lead.

  6. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Many godly women are forced by the abandonment of their leadership to step up and lead. • It is from our homes we “grow” elders.

  7. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • When God’s people fall away the first ones to be called into account in the leadership

  8. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • When God’s people fall away the first ones to be called into account in the leadership • This was true in the nation of Israel. (Isa 3:14; Ezek 8:11-13)

  9. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Isaiah 3:14 (NKJV) - The Lord will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes: “For you have eaten up the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.

  10. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Ezekiel 8:11-13 (NKJV) - And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

  11. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • 12Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” • 13And He said to me, “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.”

  12. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • This was true in the Lord’s church. (Heb 13:17; Acts 20:26-32)

  13. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Hebrews 13:17 (NKJV) - Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

  14. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Acts 20:26-32 (NKJV)26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.27For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. 28Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

  15. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • 29For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

  16. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • 32“So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

  17. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • The people of God must not tolerate the wrong kind of leaders. (Jer 5:29-31)

  18. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Jeremiah 5:29-31 (NKJV)29 - Shall I not punish them for these things?’ says the Lord. ‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’ 30 “An astonishing and horrible thing Has been committed in the land: 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

  19. All apostasy is driven by a failure of leadership. • Those who seek to change the church into the image of the current culture know very well that the change of the leadership is a first priority!

  20. Headship as designed by God. • There is an established order by God. (1 Cor 11:3)

  21. Headship as designed by God. • 1 Corinthians 11:3 (NKJV)3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christis God.

  22. Headship as designed by God. • The example of the order is shown by Jesus as head of the church. (Eph 5:25-29)

  23. Headship as designed by God. • Ephesians 5:25-29 (NKJV)25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

  24. Headship as designed by God. • 28So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

  25. Headship as designed by God. • Jesus nourished, provides and loves the church.

  26. Headship as designed by God. • Jesus nourished, provides and loves the church. • He also is head given all authority by God. (Mt 28:18)

  27. Headship as designed by God. • Matthew 28:18 (NKJV)18And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

  28. Headship as designed by God. • There are other kinds of “headship” where we must learn to submit! (Heb 13:17; Eph 6:5, 8; 5:21)

  29. Headship as designed by God. • Hebrews 13:17 (NKJV) - Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

  30. Headship as designed by God. • Ephesians 6:5 (NKJV) -Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; Ephesians 6:8 (NKJV)8knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

  31. Headship as designed by God. • Ephesians 5:21 (NKJV)_ submitting to one another in the fear of God.

  32. Headship as designed by God. • Rebellion towards authority is praised by the world but God hates it.

  33. Headship as designed by God. • Rebellion towards authority is praised by the world but God hates it. • One who is to submit is not inferior.

  34. Headship as designed by God. • Rebellion towards authority is praised by the world but God hates it. • One who is to submit is not inferior. • How should a husband be head of his home?

  35. Headship as designed by God. • Rebellion towards authority is praised by the world but God hates it. • One who is to submit is not inferior. • How should a husband be head of his home? • He must make understanding a priority. (1 Pt 3:7)

  36. Headship as designed by God. • 1 Peter 3:7 (NKJV)7Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

  37. Headship as designed by God. • As a husband I put my wife’s needs before mine. If she is unhappy and hurting I look and examine the kind of head that I am.

  38. Headship as designed by God. • I rarely make decisions without carefully consulting her. I almost never make decisions that we don’t both agree on.

  39. Headship as designed by God. • I rarely make decisions without carefully consulting her. I almost never make decisions that we don’t both agree on. • I have a great blessing in that I married someone who loves the Lord. Things likely would be very different if I had not. (Lk 1:5-6)

  40. Headship as designed by God. • Luke 1:5-6 (NKJV)5There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  41. Headship as designed by God. • A husband cannot force his wife to submit! She must choose to obey God.

  42. Headship as designed by God. • Problems can be caused in local churches when men fail to be heads of their home.

  43. Headship as designed by God. • Problems can be caused in local churches when men fail to be heads of their home. • Women have a great influence in the church when they follow their God given role. (1 Pt 3:3-4; Eph 5:28)

  44. Headship as designed by God. • 1 Peter 3:3-4 (NKJV)3Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—4rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

  45. Headship as designed by God. • Ephesians 5:28 (NKJV)28So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

  46. Headship as designed by God. • There are some bad examples in the old testament of women who dominated their husbands and forced their will. (Ex. Jezebel and Ahab)

  47. Headship as designed by God. • Still there are many good examples of women who did much good by living by faith. (Prov 31:10-12, 23, 26-31)

  48. Headship as designed by God. • Proverbs 31:10-12 (NKJV)10 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.

  49. Headship as designed by God. • Proverbs 31:23 (NKJV) - Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.

  50. Headship as designed by God. • Proverbs 31:26-31 (NKJV)26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her: 29 “Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all.”

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