God appoints people to different leadership positions in
his church in order to teach and help discipline those who have come
to know him as their Lord and Savior. The leadership positions are
each a little bit different from each other, but all ultimately are
there to help teach others the truth about who God is, how he wants
us to act, and how to best live our lives for him.
Not many of you
should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we
who teach will be judged more strictly. James 3:1
People in leadership positions in the church, whose job
it is to teach others about God and his will for our lives, are held
to a higher standard than for others. Why would those in a
leadership position in the Church be judged more strictly? Because
it is their job to teach others what God wants. If they teach
falsely, not only they will be led astray, but all who hear them is
in danger of being led astray.
They are also judged more harshly because the leaders of
the church are being watched by both Christians and non-Christians
alike in order to see what a servant of God should be like. If a
person in leadership position falls into sin, it can cause a
stumbling block to the people he is leading, and make the Gospel look
worthless to the non-Christians who see the sin.
Being in a leadership position is a great
responsibility, but if God calls you to the position, he will give
you the ability to see it through, and you will never be happier than
when you are fulfilling God's purpose for your life.
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