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Originally Posted by bearbear

It seems like whenever there is a good thing born of the Holy Spirit, Satan always focuses his attacks on this work. All Satan needs is a little opening. He knows if he can tempt a church leader into obeying his temptation, he'll have the legal right to control him if he doesn't repent (Romans 6 says we are slaves of the one we obey).

Whenever a spiritual leader has entered in the kingdom of darkness it seems like the whole congregation is often doomed if he was the only man in charge. Perhaps that's why popery was not encouraged in the early church, instead they had a plethora of leaders and apostles.

The biggest danger to the church of God are her leaders. The ones who are most blessed by god, are the ones we should fear the most. The ones who appear to be the most influential and fruitful, are the same ones who have the potential to do the most damage.