Paul and Jesus
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:58 am
I believe Paul and Luke who wrote a lot about him but there are some apparent differences between his teachings and certain of Jesus teachings. One of the apparent differences is about Pastors and teachers.
In John 10.16 Jesus is called the "sole pastor" and Matt 23.8-10 "sole teacher." The greek word for Pastor was "poimen" & is also used for Shepherd. In Eph 4.11 Paul uses the phrase "some pastors" as a title for certain people in a church. Paul gave the reasons for the various gifts he said God gave these various people in Eph 4 , but it seems to contradict Jesus teachings in the gospels about everything going through Him singularly.
There are other issues like this such as Pastor compensation,church structure, salvation,repentance but i won't get into that now.
I suspect that the answer may have to do with the fact that Paul was commissioned to bring the gospel to the gentiles & Jesus was gone so there had to be a delegation of responsibilities of some kind since the gentiles had no knowledge of God/Jesus or even the OT. So you need a shepherd, a teacher, a leader as long as they don't Lord over the brethren. What do you think?
In John 10.16 Jesus is called the "sole pastor" and Matt 23.8-10 "sole teacher." The greek word for Pastor was "poimen" & is also used for Shepherd. In Eph 4.11 Paul uses the phrase "some pastors" as a title for certain people in a church. Paul gave the reasons for the various gifts he said God gave these various people in Eph 4 , but it seems to contradict Jesus teachings in the gospels about everything going through Him singularly.
There are other issues like this such as Pastor compensation,church structure, salvation,repentance but i won't get into that now.
I suspect that the answer may have to do with the fact that Paul was commissioned to bring the gospel to the gentiles & Jesus was gone so there had to be a delegation of responsibilities of some kind since the gentiles had no knowledge of God/Jesus or even the OT. So you need a shepherd, a teacher, a leader as long as they don't Lord over the brethren. What do you think?