Hey Keith, we have a show here called "Iron Chef" which I love! I don't like the American version but the original one in Japanese with English overdubbing. This show become so popular that now they do an American version. Is the "Top Chef" a different show? More on point now with your teaching, I totally agree with you that there should be no competition to be Top Chef in the church. But many church leaders and people in the fellowship of believers have become tainted and influenced by the world. They follow the world's standards on what it takes to be successful and seek after positions with titles and status. I'm not saying that is all bad as I believe God gives us talents and wants us to be the best that we can be at whatever we do, but only with Him in it and at the centre and for His glory, not ours, and certainly not for worldly purposes. In Matthew 22 we learn about the top two commandants: 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. This tells me that love and service are requirements in both church leaders and christian believers. (Ditto to Lara's comments) |