SPIRITUAL LEADERS

Hebrews 13:17
Obey your spiritual leaders
and do what they say.
Their work is to watch over your souls,
and they know they are accountable to God.
Give them reason to do this
joyfully and not with sorrow.
That would certainly not be for your benefit.



The spiritual leaders mentioned here are the elders or ministers that correctly teach the Word of God. That said, not all religious leaders qualify because some are a counterfeit that would knowingly, and sadly sometimes unknowingly, lead people away from salvation in Christ and toward destruction. Obey those spiritual leaders that lead you to take Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. Salvation can only be obtained through Christ according to the Bible as taught in John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Salvation is something that we can't earn, obtain through our own personal efforts, through a religion, or even through a spiritual leader. This is why we need to take care to properly identify those spiritual leaders that teach people to follow Christ. If a spiritual leader is teaching correctly and you obey the teachings, you'll find yourself often in the Word, in prayer and in blessings.