He says only one is your leader, that's Christ.

Earlier he said, one is your teacher, that's probably the Holy Spirit.

Verse 9, he says, don't call anybody on Earth Father,

for one's your father.

You got the whole Trinity there. The spirit is your teacher,

God is your father, Christ is your leader, all you are is brothers. Don't get an

elevated view of yourself. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. It said you can't become a

saint by comparing yourself with a sinner. In other words, the only comparison that matters

is how you compare with the highest of all standards, Jesus Christ.

Still, that doesn't mean there's nothing to be learned, that there's no benefit to be

gained by looking at those who set a bad example. John MacArthur considers that point today

on Grace to you as he continues his study titled Heaven's Heroes. Today he turns

his attention from the great examples of faith in the Bible and looks at some bad examples

What he calls the anti-models of spiritual leadership and with that here is John with a lesson.

I want to draw your attention to Matthew chapter 23.

We have been dealing with three models of spiritual leadership, Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus.

Philippians chapter two gives us these three men as illustrations of those who in humility and without complaint in

difficult circumstances worked out their salvation in effective service to Jesus Christ.

In contrast to that, as if set apart in bold relief, I want to share with you from this chapter

the anti-model of spiritual leadership. What a spiritual leader is not.

Now it is obvious that there have always been false profits, false preachers, false teachers, false teachers false

teachers false leaders false shepherds even false Christ's as we read about in the

...