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never turn from Jesus Christ. Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22: 6. But if your children are demons, it is normal that they will never change despite all your efforts to correct them. And it is not with demon children that you will lead the Church of Jesus Christ. You will find today many so-called servants of God who are divorced. Note that a Child of God who has divorced cannot be an elder. A Child of God having an unbelieving wife or witch or not submissive wife, rebellious wife cannot be an elder. A Child of God who is polygamous cannot be an elder. And if a polygamous puts out one or several wives in order to remain with just one, he becomes a divorcee and for that reason cannot be an elder. We only consider as polygamous, men who had been legally married to many wives before their conversion. They have to be accepted in the Church. And if their wives believe in Christ, they will also be accepted in the Church. They all have the right to be baptised in water and same right to salvation as all those who have accepted Jesus Christ.

What is to be done if a man is appointed elder and afterwards turns from the truth? That should not have been the case; but since men in times of ignorance commit errors, that is possible. You could as human beings make errors of judgements or of appreciation or of precipitation. But that should not be a reason to keep you and the people of God captive forever. Many men of God have remained prisoners of their errors of the past. They suffer with false elders whom they have appointed by ignorance in the past. When I meet them they tell me they do no longer know what to do. They say that before these men where appointed elders they were very zealous. And in their ignorance they leave these fools with their titles as elders to go about slandering the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Note that if an elder is appointed and afterward turn away from the truth, he should simply be driven from among the Saints. Beloved, know that it is not committing an error which is the real problem for us before God; rather it is the unwillingness to correct that error which is serious.

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Are there women elders?



The answer is No. In the Church of Jesus Christ there are no female elders. But in the church of satan and in the assemblies of demons there are jezebel elders, that is to say female pastors, female evangelists, female doctors etc. Note that satan and his agents are there only to oppose God. Do not fall in their traps. I heard demons saying that if in the Bible there are no female elders, it is because God had not yet finished writing the Bible. They say that the apostles were dispersed and killed earlier than planned without them having finished writing the Bible. And these demons declare that they are in that process of completing the Bible. They are really strong to the point of being able to help God in His weakness and His inability. God has been incapable of finishing the Bible, so they do it for Him. They help God to finish the Bible. Do not be surprised beloved: This is the spirit of antichrist.

These demons say that if Paul had asked women to remain silent in the churches, it was for certain reasons: And they cannot give you those reasons. And since the women of today are different from those of that time, this teaching is no longer for them. They add that Timothy said a woman should learn in silence with all submission because Timothy had a problem. And they cannot tell you the problem that Timothy had. These demons do not even know that Timothy said nothing at all. They no longer bother of what comes out of their mouths.

Deacons: The choice of deacons is not very different from that of elders. Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain. They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience. They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons. In the same way, their wives are to be women worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything. A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well. 1Tim 3:8-12

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ELDERS, PART ONE This teaching is the 1 st part of a series of two teachings. To totally benefit, you need to read the second part.

Who Are Elders? Elders whom the Lord also calls Bishops are men whom God has given authority over His people. They are men whom God has established to watch over His people and shepherd the Church of the Lord. Know that there is no difference between an elder and a bishop. I do make this precision because, there are some sects that teach that there is a difference between an elder and a bishop up to the extent of saying which is greater than the other. These elders have different titles depending on the ministry that God has confided them. We have apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, pastors and other elders. You may ask yourself if an apostle is an elder: the answer is yes. On many occasions, in the Bible, the Lord speaks of apostles and elders separately. That is what we are reading in the following passages. This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. Acts 15:2 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them. Acts 15: 4;

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The apostles and elders met to consider this question. Acts 15: 6 ; Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers. Acts 15: 22;

They wrote this letter by them: The apostles, the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Acts 15: 23; As they travelled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. Acts 16: 4 This could make one think that an apostle is not an elder. The Lord has simply chosen in the appellation to distinguish apostles from other elders. An apostle is above all, an elder. To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow-elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: 1 Peter 5: 1

Who Appoints Elders? According to the word of God, elders are appointed by apostles or by apostles’ instructions. In other words apostles are those who appoint elders or make them appointed as say the following passages: Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. Acts 14:23 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. Titus 1:5

Who Can Be An Elder? To this question, the Lord has clearly answered in the passages of 1 Timothy3 and Titus1, which we are going to study together. These passages clearly expose the criteria of nominating elders also called bishops, and the conditions to be

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ELDERS, PART ONE fulfilled by all those who desire to become elders. All these various quoted criteria are summed up in this one rule:

The elder must be above reproach Why does the Lord want an elder above reproach? Because of the role an elder is called upon to play over the people of God: An elder has the task to teach, correct, rebuke, encourage and sanction. And to fulfil this task, he should necessarily be a model to imitate. An elder is supposed to have authority, a man whom people have to submit to. If he cannot be a model, this authority would be destroyed and those who are supposed to submit to him would not be able to. That is why today, pastors have lost their authority because of their belly. All they have left to do now is to use intimidation and threats to get Children of God submit to them. Because of that, the spirit of domination has filled churches. An elder is like a giver of lessons; it is necessary that he put efforts to be able to do that which he tells others to do. He should make an effort to put into practice the teachings he gives.

Be my imitators Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. Philippians 3: 17 How many elders can still hold this language today? They all act corruptly, they all wander away from the truth. Being possessed by the love of money, they have wandered from the faith, and have run away from the holy doctrine. They have all taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error. Being full of pride, they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion. They all have the same language like the catholic priests, even though they are not as courageous as those priests to openly declare, “ do what I ask you to do and not what you see me doing”. Those are their words. They serve nothing but their stomachs. They run after money and glory. And to obtain their goals, they must compromise to the maximum; they completely twist the word of God.

1 Timothy 3:1-7 An elder should be a husband to one wife: This does not mean that an elder must be married as say many false teachers today. The Lord is saying that if an elder is a married man, he should have only one wife. The Lord makes this precision because polygamous couples could be in the Church. Note that a Child of God has no right to become polygamous but a polygamous has the right to become a Child of God.

An elder should be apt to teach: An elder should be able to teach. Even though all elders are not teachers, that is to say, even if they do not all have the ministry of teaching, each one of them has to be able to teach with precision the basic foundations of spiritual life to Children of God. Today one finds thousands of elders, that is what people call pastors, evangelists, teachers or doctors, apostles and others, who do not understand anything in the word of God. People who normally are supposed to teach others. All these because today anyone can become en elder. If you are one of the senior staff in a bank, you are sure to become an elder in one of the newly created titles, that is, either regional pastor or pastoral delegate etc. They are in a great number today, who make themselves to be called pastors and who are unable to give the least message to the faithful. Their messages are on pieces of papers, which they read while trembling and stammering. And when they begin reading, they cannot take of their eyes from the paper else they will be lost. When you perfectly do the will of the guru, he appoints you. If you spend your time betraying, slandering and doing much gossip against other pastors, you will be appointed as a district pastor or a regional pastor or pastoral delegate. The Church of Jesus Christ has become a political party, in which dupery methods are employed so as to be appointed. If you are a senior staff in an enterprise, your title is certain. If you are a businessman you will be one of the fortunate elects. That is the falling away (apostasy)! Brethren do not let yourselves be troubled, all these had to come to pass.

PAGE 3 their time thinking of new methods to extort money from the faithful and influence people to give more money. Pastors have become civil servants with regular salaries. They are being posted, they are being appointed, they receive salaries, bonuses, material advantages, promotion etc. And because of this abomination, none can teach the truth. Each seeks to preserve his salary, his title, his position, his advantages, all these are done to the detriment of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not caring for the salvation of souls for which Jesus gave His life. Because of greed, rosicrusians and freemasons are elders in most churches today. And even many of the satanic radio stations, which are ignorantly called christian radio stations, are financed by rosicrusians and freemasons. That is why all true messages are censored in these radio stations.

An elder should be one that rules well his own house: If he is married, his wife has to be totally submissive and if he has children, his children have to be models.

An elder must be spiritually matured: Many of those who are appointed elders today are young converts. One finds even some who are not converted yet. Agents of satan have used these abominations, which they call bible schools and bible institutes to destroy the people of God. Whenever a young man believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, just with a little zeal, he is rapidly orientated to one of the graveyards called bible school from which he comes out after some months later, completely dead spiritually, totally corrupted and soiled with false doctrines, having the title of pastor or evangelist etc. And since water baptism means nothing to them today, one finds in those so-called bible schools even people who are not baptised in water. At times it is in the bible schools, few days or weeks to their graduation that some are baptised in water. As soon as they graduate, they are given titles. As a result you find yourself with many elders who have not encountered the least trial in their spiritual lives yet.

Elders should not have the love of money:

Can people who have not received the Holy Spirit baptism be appointed elders?

This is the trap in which satan has caught elders. They do not have the hatred for money; they thirst after money and riches. That is why today, all their messages are centred all on tithes and offerings. They spend all

If you understood the word of God, this question would have never been asked. According to the word of God, it is abnormal to find Christians who are not yet baptised in the Holy Spirit, what more of an elder?

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Titus 1:5-9 and 10-11 The condition to appoint an elder is that he must be above reproach. All the children of an elder must believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. Today one finds people who call themselves elders with big titles they have created. Some of them have wives who are sorcerers, children who are robbers, thieves, pagan children. And when this teaching is given, these sorcerers frame up some false testimonies to seduce themselves and Children of God. They tell you that they know testimonies of great men of God who have robbers as children.

The Disqualified In the light of the word of God as we have just studied, many people are disqualified from the ministry of an elder. Among these: young converts; polygamous; divorcees; men having rebellious wives; men having pagan wives; men having witches as wives; men having children who are pagans or robbers or thieves or rebels or not submissive; men who are unable to teach; greedy men; men not baptised in the Holy Spirit and men not attached to the sound and faithful word as it has been as taught. All these are disqualified from the duty or title of elders, that is to say they cannot in any case be appointed elders. With this teaching, you understand then that many of those who call themselves elders, apostles, evangelists, prophets, doctors, and pastors are disqualified before God. This means that in the eyes of God, these men are not elders and will never become one. Note very well that if all the children of a man are not true believers, totally submissive, faithful and honest, he cannot be an elder. That is to say he can neither be an apostle, pastor, evangelist, prophet nor a teacher. So therefore, do not fall anymore in the traps of calling men of God these agents of satan who call themselves apostles or doctors or evangelists or pastors or those who have titles created by themselves and have for children robbers or unbelievers or thieves, delinquents or stubborn or disobedient or children who are not at all submissive and totally faithful to the Lord. Very often people ask me the following questions: “ if somebody brings up his children in the fear of God and afterward they turn from God, is he to be held responsible? Does this disqualifies him from being an elder?” Retain that this kind of language is a pure seduction. If your children are really children and if you bring them up in the doctrine of Jesus Christ, they will

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