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Mistaken Leadership

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 18, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 3.

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Mistaken Leadership

A young man who thought he had been converted in some special meetings, joined the church, and for a while left his old companions. It was not for very long, however. The church people "froze him out," to use his expression. He contended that they did not make him feel as much at home as they might have done. They were at fault, without doubt; but the young man was more so. Instead of following Christ, he was following his own longing for social recognition.
And this is sometimes the case with prospective church-members, and again with those who are already members. Instead of being controlled by their own or their fellows' mistakes and offenses, all men need still to give to Christ the control of their lives. Christ is not divided, nor has Christ offended. Shame the day, then, when any man called a Christian could be turned away from the Master by a fellow disciple's fault! Judas is not our leader — no, not even Peter, but Jesus the Christ. Not until the honest conscience has found a flaw in Him need any disciples think necessary to leave the fellowship of His followers.—Sunday School Times.