This highly misused and heavily abused religious title of a "man of God" was used only once in the entire New Testament Bible or in the Early Church despite the fact that there were so many pastors, evangelists, teachers and apostles in the local Churches throughout the Early Church from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria and to the ends of the 1st century world. Paul the Apostle called Timothy a "man of God" once in the Book of 1 Timothy 6:11 and was never used it again or repeated it the second time throughout the New Testament Bible. Here Paul the apostle was giving his final spiritual guidance to Timothy the pastor by charging him to continue to be a blameless example of a true Christian minister in words and also in deeds or actions.
Today, many pastors all over the human universe hide their unbiblical teachings and ungodly deeds under the biblical immunity of the clause "man of God". They think that the clause "man of God" is a title that puts them above all Christians that are not pastoring Churches. They think that the title of the "man of God" that was used once and never twice by Paul the apostle now puts them above biblical scrutiny, or it empowers them today to do whatever they desire to do whether it is biblical or not and without facing any challenge, opposition or questioning from their so called "non men of God". Any Christian that is truly doing the work of the kingdom of God on earth in words and in deeds is a "man of God" in all ramifications. In the New Testament Bible, all believers in Christ Jesus are called by God to do his work on earth. All believers are called by God as his kings and priests on earth in this Church Age. Paul the Apostle was a great man of God, but the Berean Christians put the word of God above this great man of God in all reality. They believed the word of God not because Paul the great "man of God" taught it, but because it is written in the infallible Holy Scriptures.
"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:" - 1 Timothy 6:11-14.
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