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In the nation of Israel, it was David. When Jesus ascended
to heaven, He gave gifts to men for the equipping of the
church – apostles and prophets were given for the founding
of the church (Ephesians 2: 20) and pastors and evangelists
were given for the vision and encouragement of the church
(Ephesians 4: 11).
In Revelation 1:20, John saw the glorified risen Christ in
the midst of the 7 churches holding 7 stars in His hands.
These 7 stars in Jesus’ hand were the messengers (pastors)
of each church. They are referred to as stars because they
have spiritual wisdom and are responsible for leading many
unto righteousness (Daniel 12: 3).

In Deuteronomy 1: 1, Moses gathered all the people of
Israel – elders, leaders, husbands, wives and children and
spoke to all the people according to all that the Lord has
commanded him to tell them.
Every pastor is given as a gift to his church in order to be
a spiritual covering for the congregation – including the
husbands, wives and children. Through the pastor’s love
and caring as a shepherd and a teacher of God’s Word, he is
to encourage the congregation with the spiritual vision and
the spiritual nourishment which they need for their lives.

Now here is a really important principle which unfortunately
is not taught enough in the body of Christ: “EVERY PASTOR
NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO A MORE MATURE AND
EXPERIENCED PASTOR WHO BECOMES A SPIRITUAL
COVERING FOR HIM.” Why is this necessary? There are 2
main reasons:

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