Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
FALSE AND CORRUPT LEADERS Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
Passage to memorize Psalm 86:9-12 Teach me your way O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you o Lord my God with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.
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No organisation can prosper without good leadership People suffer with poor leaders at the helm. Isaiah 3: 1-4
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Jeremiah and the false leaders. Jer 14: 14-16 Don’t speak out of your turn or give merely what people want to hear as a leader
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God’s moral and sovereign will • His Moral will. • His Sovereign God instructs us will. God may to lead with a choose to use heart of integrity. any leader to We must not lead accomplish His without his purposes. It is approval. But it is God’s choice. our choice. Lesson learnt Lesson learnt from from false Nebuchadnezzar prophets Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
False leaders • Spoke only what people feel good • Give direction tide to temporary pleasure • Lost their lives because of what they said
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False leaders • Were motivated by selfish gain and popularity
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Jeremiah • Spoke the truth when it hurt • Constantly checked and purified his motives • Gave direction tide to eternal hope • Was eventually proven right
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Leadership and Power • Leaders who use their power or influence for personal gain offend God • Jeremiah 22: 6-30 cautions leaders who build their own kingdoms • God considers such misuse of power grounds for removal Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 1. Leaders who destroy the people instead of developing them. (v.1)
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Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 2. Leaders who scatter their people instead of uniting them in cause (v.1)
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Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 3. Leaders who abandon their people in fear instead of remaining responsible. (v.4) Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
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"I Will Not Abandon You"
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Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 4. Leaders who act in selfserving and unjust ways instead of standing for the truth. (v.10)
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Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 5. Leaders who lie, as though there were no God (v.11)
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Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 6. Leaders who lead their people ashtray instead of guiding them into security (v.13)
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Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 7. Leaders who foster evil and deceit instead of integrity and honesty (v.14)
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Characteristics of the kind of leaders God promise to replace. Jer 23: 1-16 8. Leaders who fill people with false hope rather than speaking God’s word (v.16)
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Jesus' story of the unrighteous manager teaches as lessons about screwed business: Luke 16: 1-13
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The lousy (living example) leader … • Violated rule number one: Leadership is not to be used for personal benefit • He forgot that leadership is about giving, not getting • Leaders loose their right to be selfish Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
The lousy (living example) leader … • Learned that a leader cannot hide his heart • Leadership rises or falls to the level of the leader’s integrity. • Leaders are vulnerable
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The lousy (living example) leader … • Was proactive in facing problems • He surmised how he could address the problem. • Good leaders aren't afraid to face reality
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The lousy (living example) leader … • Understood the value of relationships • He utilized the relationships he had developed already • He received a return on his investment
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The lousy (living example) leader … • Understood the nature of his influence • Since leadership is influence, leaders know with whom they have influence- and they go there
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The lousy (living example) leader … • Learned the keys to motivating others • Everyone is motivated in different ways • He find ways to make friends and get results
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The lousy (living example) leader … Reminds us the value of godly leadership
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The man of Sin.
2 Thess 2:
1-11 • Will be an extremely influential leader • Powerful and prideful • Will usurp a divine place in the world • On Biblical texts will be the “Antichrist” or “Beast” Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
God calls his leaders to be both great and good
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Great leadership • • • • •
Has to do with our competence Makes us effective in our work Enables our cause to progress Means we have good heads Ensures our skills and influence
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Good leadership • Has to do with our character • Makes our work constructive • Enables us to choose the right cause • Means we have good hearts • Ensures our service will impact
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Prayer Focus • Father, In the name of Jesus, I surrender myself to walk in the Word. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world. • The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me. • I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living
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Jehovah
Jehovah (Jehovah) Redeem er (Redeemer) Is the name of my God Compassion (Compassion) And Mercy (and Mercy) Is the name of my God Lamb that was slain Giver of life, beginning and end Jesus the Christ King of kings And Lord of life Is the name of my God
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Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25
• “Do not m erely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. • Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the m irror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. • But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV) Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
Learning, application and commitment • One of the Biblical truths (principles) that I have learned from this lesson was … • I intend to apply this truth (principle) in my business/Ministry by: ….. • With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately. I ask and expect my group to hold me accountable for this and to check with me periodically to determine if I am doing so. Please ask me ….. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: False and
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
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