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People Follow Leaders
Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. --1
Corinthians 11:1
The history of Israel and Judah points up a truth taught
clearly enough by all history, viz., that the masses are or
soon will be what their leaders are. The kings set the
moral pace for the people....
Whatever sort of man the king turned out to be the
people were soon following his leadership. They
followed David in the worship of Jehovah, Solomon in
the building of the Temple, Jeroboam in the making of a calf and Hezekiah in the
restoration of the temple worship.
It is not complimentary to the masses that they are so easily led, but we are not
interested in praising or blaming; we are concerned for truth, and the truth is that for
better or for worse religious people follow leaders. A good man may change the moral
complexion of a whole nation; or a corrupt and worldly clergy may lead a nation into
bondage....
Today Christianity in the Western world is what its leaders were in the recent past
and is becoming what its present leaders are. The local church soon becomes like its
pastor.
"That's a heavy responsibility for any leader to bear, Lord, but it's one I realize
we have to carry. That makes moral failure or even carelessness and lax
discipline so tragic. Strengthen me in the power of Your Holy Spirit today, that I
might be a leader worth following. Amen."
A.W. TOZER
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