Christmas Trees

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Charles L. Collins wrote:
> 
> Interesting question regarding Pastor's  authority to lead others by his
> advice.  Conversely,  is a pastor permitted to authorize himself and his
> parishoners to ignore MAN'S LAW just because of being spirit filled??  What
> are the limits of the ministry??  For example, someone mentioned in another
> email comment about cocaine, earrings on men, etc.  What if a Pastor felt
> that drug use was O.K. - can the ministry authorize ignoring MAN'S
> LAW??????

As saints, we are supposed to obey all the laws of Man (including the speed limit...oops!), and 
every ordinance and commandmant set forth in the scriptures.

If a pastor say's it's ok to use cocaine, then he's wrong. Of course, that's a legal issue 
anyway, so of course we know that's wrong. Or if the pastor say's it's ok to not pay taxes 
because we are under God's law...well, I'll visit you in jail...we are to obey every law set 
forth by the state and the Word of God.

What I was saying that for a pastor to make a rule based solely on his opinion is also wrong. 
Certain pastor's don't like people wearing red because of what it used to stand for, but does 
that make it a sin? No, it's his/her opinion. A certain pastor says not to each chocolate...does 
that make chocolate a sin? Of course not...that would be ridiculous! My point is, how far are 
pastors allowed to go in making their personal opinion part of the doctrine, thereby making many 
people transgressors? Because while the chocolate bar is not a sin, the disobedience definitely 
borders on being a sin.

Are we just to obey the pastor whatever rule or ordinance he/she sets forth that's not based on 
the Bible? To me, that is going in the direction of a cult, and not a Bible-believing church.