The True Government of the Body of Christ

Over the next several posts I will be commenting on the True Government of the Body of Christ.
It is not an organization made by man. Its roots are found in the writings of Paul the Apostle.
The government which we see in the evangelical church of today is not what was seen or known in the early years of the Church after the Day of Pentecost.
Terms and titles that men use are bantered about without much thought.
Ministers giving themselves titles and offices are now status quo. Titles are taken to feed ones' ego and not the will of God.
Paul wrote that all ministries have one and only one reason for a task to be accomplished. That task is found in Ephesians 4:(12)

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
(13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

There is very little unity found in the earth. All one has to do is listen and read to various ministries to realize that fact. Everyone is looking out for one thing and one thing only, themselves
The Body of Christ needs to turn and go back to the scriptures and begin to allow the head of the body of Christ be the true Head, being The Lord Jesus Christ.
The favourite titles lately to have are: Bishop or Prophet. The scriptures have much to say about these offices those titles refer to.
Just because one has a gift of prophecy does not make that person a prophet.
The title Bishop sounds lofty, but according to scripture and doing a word study the word bishop and pastor are inter-changeable.

1Ti 3:1-7
If a man desired the pastoral office, and from love to Christ, and the souls of men, was ready to deny himself, and undergo hardships by devoting himself to that service, he sought to be employed in a good work, and his desire should be approved, provided he was qualified for the office. A minister must give as little occasion for blame as can be, lest he bring reproach upon his office. He must be sober, temperate, moderate in all his actions, and in the use of all creature-comforts. Sobriety and watchfulness are put together in Scripture, they assist one the other. The families of ministers ought to be examples of good to all other families. We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils. He must be of good repute among his neighbours, and under no reproach from his former life. To encourage all faithful ministers, we have Christ's gracious word of promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, Mat_28:20. And he will fit his ministers for their work, and carry them through difficulties with comfort, and reward their faithfulness. (Matthew Henry Commentary)

I would strongle recommend to the reader to go back and read the certain portions of scriptures.
Here they are:
a:) 1Co 12:28-31 KJV
b:) Eph 4:11-13 KJV
c:) Rom 12:1-21 KJV
d:) 1Ti 3:1-16 KJV
Those are just four portions of scriptures, but there is alot within those writings to keep one studying for many hours and days.
My prayer is that the Holy Ghost would begin to move among those in the Body of Christ and show them how Jesus Christ looked ahead in time and saw how the Body of Christ and its' government an hierarchy

(2 a : a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it; especially : the bishops of a province or nation b : church government by a hierarchy
3 : a body of persons in authority
4 : the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing; also : the group so classified should look like.)

Join me in study and prayer what God really wants for His' government over the True Church.
Until next time, Happy Studying.