Fundamentalism, Gnosticism, and Quaker "inner light"

Pastor_Bob · Dec 27, 2002

Now, all in a church cannot oversee, or rule — there must he some to be overseen and ruled; and we believe that the Holy Ghost appoints in the church of God some to act as overseers, while others are made willing to be watched over for their good. All are not called to labor in word and doctrine, or to be elders, or to exercise the office of a bishop; nor should all aspire to such works, since the gifts necessary are nowhere promised to all; but those
should addict themselves to such important engagements who feel, like the apostle, that they have “received this ministry.” (2 Corinthians 4:1.)

No man may intrude into the sheepfold as an under-shepherd; he must have an eye to the chief Shepherd, and wait his beck and command. Or ever a man stands forth as God’s ambassador, he must wait for the call from above; and if he does not so, but rushes into the sacred office, the Lord will say of him and others like him, “I sent them not, neither commanded them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.” (Jeremiah 23:32.)
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Lectures to My Students - Lecture 2 - The Call to the Ministry Charles H. Spurgeon

Refreshed · Dec 27, 2002

So, am I to believe that one of the main characteristics of the gnostics is that they believed God actually led them, even in their steps?

Pastor Bob, thanks for the Spurgeon quote.

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