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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

What are the practical benefits of having more than one elder? 1. It balances pastoral weakness. 2. It diffuses congregational criticism. 3. It adds pastoral wisdom. 4. It indigenizes leadership. 5. It enables corrective discipline. 6. It defuses “us vs. him” (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).
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We must not lose sight of the fact that God’s wrath is very real and very justified. We have all sinned incessantly against a holy, righteous God. We have rebelled willfully against His commands, defied His moral law, and acted in total defiance of His known will for us. Because of these actions were justly objects of His wrath.
Jerry Bridges