POWER BLOG

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I guess it may look hypocritical to some folks that on occasion I sign my letters as "Pastor" Dan Douglass, (technically, it's Reverend) when I've made it clear that I don't believe in using a title that would leave the impression that any one person is actually of a higher rank or status than the rest of the church or congregation of Jesus Christ.

There is only one head of the Christian Church, Jesus (the) Christ. So, why do I do it? I do it for the benefit of those that are in deep distress, have no hope or have lost faith. To tell someone how to get God to answer their prayers or receive a miracle, is received gladly if they believe they are receiving it from someone in authority. On the other hand, it is hardly received at all if it is from "Joe the mechanic".

I'll be honest though, Joe the mechanic may have better advice to offer than me. Maybe Joe had cancer and God healed him from it. I haven't! If you were to write in because you had cancer, who would you rather get advice from? Me? or Joe the mechanic?

Pastors are only human. They have no more of a "Red Phone" line to God, than you do! People want to believe that their pastor is Holier and ranked higher than they are, and the pastors wallow in it like a pig wallows in the mud. I'm sorry, this is just simply "Not True".

If you are depending on your pastor to get you to heaven, then you are on the wrong train. You need to know that not everything your pastor teaches you is correct! You would be hard pressed to find even two pastors who agree on everything, even within the same denomination.

God never intended for you to find a disciple of Christ, then follow him around the rest of your life. God intended for you to "Be the Disciple!" He intended for you to "make disciples" and then set them free to do the same. Jesus never intended for us to be forever dependant on a church or so called Church leader.

"You" are to be the leader! "You" find out where the water is, then "You" lead people who don't know where the water is, to the water. Then you let "them" drink it! Then they will be able to lead other people who are thirsty to the water, because they know where it is.

The problem with the modern Church is that preachers are not leading you to the water. Instead, they keep the water locked up and ration out just enough to make you feel good, but then you have to return to them later for more! Then they teach you to recruit other people to come to "them" for the water. Soon they are as much a captive as you are.

Captive? Yes, I'm talking to you. Jesus "is" the water. Matter of fact, he referred to himself as the "living water" and he is. Jesus made it very easy for you to be saved and go to heaven. However, most preachers make it "very hard" for you.