"that every difficult matter they shall bring unto you but every simple matter they shall judge,"

"And let them judge the people at all seasons and it shall be that every difficult matter they shall be"

"and place such over them to be rulers of thousands and rulers of hundreds rulers of fifties and rulers of tens"

"In addition choose out of all the people able men such as fear God men of truth hating covetousness;"

"And teach the people Gods ordinances and laws and show them the way wherein they must walk and the work they must do"

"Do what I say I will give you counsel and God shall be with you bring the causes [needs] of the people unto God"

"both you and this people for this thing is too heavy for you You are not able to perform it by yourself alone"

"And Moses fatherinlaw said unto him [The thing that you do is not good you will surely wear away"

"when they have a matter they come unto me and I judge between one and another and I teach them the statutes of God and his laws"

"And Moses said unto his fatherinlaw because the people come unto me to inquire of God;"

"and go to be promoted over the trees?] [Judges 9:12, 13]"

"And the [vine] said unto them [should I leave my vine which cheereth God and man,"

"[Then said the trees unto the [vine] come though and reign over us]"

"Not how the [fruitful vine] responded in Jothams parable"

"Only the [thorny fruitless bramble bush] responded to the call to be a ruler"

"In this parable none of the [fruitbearing trees] or vines would accept summons to rule over the people"

"The parable of Jotham [a relative of Gideon] is found in Judges 9:7-21"

"i] The parable of Jotham:-"

"[I will not rule over you neither shall my son rule over you the LORD shall rule over you] [Judges 8:23]"

"Centuries before Christ the Israelites tried to make their deliverer Gideon a King wisely responded"

"Those trained for leadership must understand this important principle"

"In the New Testament the Greek word for [antichrist] not only means [against Christ] but in some passages [in the place of Christ]"

"Any church leader who tries to take the place of Jesus is in danger of operating as an [antichrist]"

"This place is reserved for Jesus alone He alone has any right to rule in the church as the [chief cornerstone]"

"The [chief corner stone] was the topstone [or headstone] in the pyramid"

"The foundation of a building is under it in a supportive role not over it dominating and holding it under dominion"

"This teaches us the leadership [apostles and prophets] are foundational ministries in the church"

"Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone [Eph 2:13-20]"

"The apostle Paul affirmed this in his writings. But now in Christ Jesus ye are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets"

"[If I then your Lord and master have washed your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet][John 13:14]"

"Rather he wanted them serving UNDER the people bent low washing their feet like a lowly slave"

"The Lord did not want his apostles ruling OVER"

"but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many [Matt 20:20-28]"

"[And whosoever will be chief among you let him be your slave even as the son of man came not to be served"

"and they that are great exercise authority upon them But it shall not be so among you let him be your servant]"

"Jesus replied [ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them,"

"and the other on the left in your Kingdom"

"She said unto him grant that these my two sons may sit the one on your right hand"

"And he said unto her what do you want?"

"[Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons worshipping him and desiring a special request of him]"

"They thought leadership would mean a high position in which they would receive praise and honour"

"His disciples did not understand this"

"Jesus did not exercise dominion as a selfserving dictator Jesus saw his role as a servantruler"

"[For even the son of man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many] [Mark 10:45]"

"forgive sins and heal the brokenhearted [See Luke 4:18] All this pleased His Heavenly father"

"He used his leadership position to teach bless heal break bondages cast out demons"

"Using dominion as Jesus did was legitimate [I do always those things that please the Father [John 8:29]"

"Hence we need to understand the Bible model for leadership"

"Ruling according to the Biblical model is quite different from the way most leaders in the world exercise their authority"