COVENANTAL
LEADERSHIP
Key Model Developed by Ray Sutton
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KEY
QUESTION:
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COVENANT
MODEL:
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ISSUE:
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| Who
Is In Charge Here? |
Transcendence
& Sacredness
Only
God has intrinsic authority. Right to rule = Best qualified
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God
is God and you are not
One
who faithfully rules under God will rule over creation
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| Who
Do I Report To? |
Authority
& Hierarchy
Representational
Leadership Delegated, qualified authority from the bottom
up; multiple courts
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"You
gotta serve somebody"
Men
mediate God's covenants; "without a vision people
perish"
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| What
Are The Rules? |
Ethics
& Law
Absolutes:
revealed "true truth" in structure (Bible)
and person (Spirit)
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God's
laws truth description
Not
random or arbitrary but personal, covenantal and relational
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| What
If I Do Or I Don't? |
Oath
& Sanctions
Break
covenant: be broken. Mercy linked with covenant
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Trust
God or Die
God
is committed not only to His children's' actions but
to their lives
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| Does
This Have A Future? |
Continuity
& History
Succession
and dominion by fresh ordination and faithfulness
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Give
you a hope and future
Only
one empowered by the Spirit can obey, succeed and inherit
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