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Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth

of God. You're listening to Daily Truth. In all these ways, an elder must be able to say to

those in his church, follow me as I follow Christ.

He must be able to set an example for the flock.

That's 1 Peter 5, not domineering over those in your charge.

Dominering meaning not pushing and prodding the sheep by coercion. But as we said last week, but rather persuasion.

Now, there are many in the church today in America, not saying this church necessarily, but

in the church today in America who would interpret persuasion as coercion. I don't like the way you're talking to me. You made it feel as though

if I was to take any other position than the one you espoused, I would be wrong. We have to ask,

is that domineering? Is that coercion? Is that spiritual abuse? Or is that just good preaching?

John MacArthur holds as a position that a Christian should not drink alcohol.

And he has preached on more than one occasion, an entire sermon in his church,

devoted to binding every conscience in the room to not drinking a drop of alcohol.

I disagree.

R.C. Sprole, Lord knows that man disagreed. I'm not saying that he abused alcohol, but it's a

Presbyterian, Ligonier cruises.

There was some whiskey on those cruises.

I'll just leave it at that.

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