Do I have to obey my Pastor?

Tom Brown

Today’s Question: I read your article on God’s Timing (Winter/Spring 1998, Vol. 8, No. 3), and was really blessed by it, but it also brought discourage-ment. I’m at a point in my life where all I want to do is be about my Father’s business. I have such a passion and desire to teach the Word and to win lost souls, but when I went to my pastor, his response was, "No, wait and submit." I was so hurt because I totally feel that God is pleased with these desires. I’m not a novice—I’ve been Spirit-filled for fourteen years, and I have submitted and served. It makes me wish I never would have gone to my pastor for permission. Now, I’ve left that church. Can you point me to any where in the Scriptures where it says we have to get permission to teach or evangelize?

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