The Transformational Leadership of Prophets: A RANT转型的领导先知： rant

In my OT course (which is my final class at seminary!) we are reading在我的酒店，当然（这是我最后的阶级在神！ ）我们现正读
through the prophets.  Every week we have to evaluate our reading from the通过先知。每星期我们要评估我们的阅读从
OT.  One of the questions is: "in which way does X demonstrate职能治疗。的问题之一是： “以何种方式是否x证明
transformational leadership?"  The way most denominational leaders转型领导？ “的方式最教会领袖
and ministry professors evaluate leaders is by their outcome.  Whenever和部教授评价领导人是由他们的结果。每当
one privileges outcome too highly, faithfulness usually loses out to success. 1特权的结果，也高度，忠诚，通常失去了成功之路。
The church growth movement itself points to growth as a sign of faithfulness.教会增长运动本身的增长点，作为一个忠实的迹象。
Obviously, the prophets were pretty faithful and blessed, but few listeners显然，先知被漂亮的忠实和有福了，但很少听众
caught on to their message.捕获到他们的讯息。 Jesus himself was more of a "prophetic"耶稣自己更多的是“先知”
leader than a "transformational" leader.领导人比一个“转型”的领导人。 In fact, the only reason事实上，唯一的理由
that the numbers came in Jesus’ ministry was because he rose from the dead and该号码来在耶稣部是因为他从死亡
poured out his Spirit.倾注了他的精神。 Unless we too, have this strange power, we shouldn’t be除非我们也有这个奇怪的权力，我们不应该
too quick to look at him for a model of "success", unless, of course,太快，看他为模型的“成功” ，当然，除非
our definition of success is faithfulness.我们的定义是成功的忠诚。

Jesus "sucked" as a leader of a large group.耶稣“吸”作为一个领导人，一个大的集团。 People followed him in a人跟随他在一个
mostly marginal way.大多边际的方式。 And when he got a large following (who were mostly around而当他得到一个大以下（谁大多靠近
because he did miracles), he was intensely NOT seeker sensitive.  He told因为他没有创造奇迹） ，他是激烈的导引头不敏感，他说
them dumb things like "eat his flesh and blood."他们笨拙的东西一样， “吃他的血肉” 。 The truth is, we事实是，我们
build our own 21st century version of what it means to be a leader out of the建立我们自己的21世纪的版本是什么意思是一个领导人出来的
scraps of consumer capitalism and western rugged individualism and then we签名的消费者资本主义和西方崎岖的个人主义，然后我们
anachronistically delve into the Gospels to see the ways in which Jesus fits anachronistically进去，深不福音，看看如何在耶稣适合
our model of leadership.我们的领导模式。 Jesus’ leadership had VERY LITTLE to do with耶稣的领导很少做
technique.技术。 It had more to do with his love, his miraculous deeds, and his它已更多地与他的爱，他奇迹般的事迹，和他的
spiritual depth.精神引向深入。 He listend to the Spirit.  He did what he saw his father他listend向精神。他做，他看到他的父亲
doing.  We shouldn’t emulate his encounter with the woman at the这样做，我们不应该学习他所遇到的与该名女子在
well.  We should follow the same Spirit that led Jesus to that以及我们应该遵循同样的精神，导致耶稣说，
woman.女人。

In the end, as we read in Acts, he was rejected like every other prophet.在年底，正如我们在阅读的行为，他被拒绝一样，每一个其他先知。 That那个
is his legacy.是他的遗产。 Instead of trying to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, why are we so而不是试图跟随在耶稣的后尘，我们为什么要这么
eager to make Jesus follow in ours?   A few years ago, I was told in渴望，使耶稣的后续在我们的呢？几年前，有人告诉我，在
a preaching class not to preach James 4 in such a way that was too challenging.一，鼓吹阶级不是鼓吹詹姆斯四，在这种方式太具有挑战性。
I was told to make the following verses ENCOURAGING, since preaching is有人告诉我，作以下的诗，鼓励，因为说教是
supposed to be about gathering seekers:是为了收集有关人士：

4You adulterers! 4you奸淫！ Don’t不
you realize that friendship with this world makes you an enemy of God?你知道，友谊与这个世界上让你的敌人是神吗？ I say it我说这
again, that if your aim is to enjoy this world, you can’t be a friend of God.再次，如果您的目的是要享受这个世界上，你不能有一位朋友上帝。 5What do you think the Scriptures 5what你认为经文
mean when they say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us,意思时，他们说，圣灵的人，上帝放在我们，
jealously longs for us to be faithful?   6He gives us more and more strength to stand against多头小心翼翼地为我们的忠实？ 6he给我们更多的力量去反对立场
such evil desires.这种邪恶的欲望。 As the Scriptures say,正如圣经中说，
"God sets himself against the proud, “上帝集作对而感到自豪，
but he shows favor to the humble."但他表明，主张以谦卑“ 。
7So humble yourselves 7so谦卑自己
before God.上帝面前。 Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.   8Draw close to God, and God will抵制魔鬼，他将逃离你。 8draw接近上帝，上帝会
draw close to you.靠拢给您。 Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you请洗手，你的罪人;净化你们的心，你
hypocrites.伪君子。

I was told that the challenge should come via small groups or discipleship有人告诉我，这一挑战应透过小团体或门徒
class.  That way, people can come and explore our faith before they are一流的。这样，人们可以来探讨我们的信心之前，他们是
challenged too much.挑战太多。

So, leader.  If you want to follow Jesus’ "model" for因此，领导人如果你想要跟随耶稣“模型”
leadership, be a prophet.  You may gather a crowd for a while, but in the领导，是一个先知，你可以收集人群了一会儿，但在
end, you will suffer and possibly die alone.  That is the burden of最后，你会受苦，并可能死于单，这是负担
prophets.  If you’d rather gather a happy crowd and spoon feed them先知。如果您想要，而不是收集有一个愉快的人群和勺子，给他们
spirituality according to their comfort level, be a transformational leader.灵性根据自己的舒适程度，是一个转型的领导人。

for further reading .为进一步读。 . 。 . 。

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