Leadership Judges 2:11-23

Effective Leadership• Leader sets the pace• Determines whether there is

success

Peter Drucker• “The manager is the dynamic,

life-giving element in every business. Without his leadership the ‘resources of production’ remain resources and never become production. In a competitive economy, above all, the quality and the performance of the managers determine the success of a business, …”

Peter Drucker• “… indeed they determine its

survival. For the quality and performance of its managers is the only effective advantage an enterprise in a competitive economy can have.” (Taken from The Practice of Management)

Effective Leadership• Leader sets the pace• Determines whether there is

success• True in any organization

Three Areas• Society- civil government• Home- husband/father• Church- elders

Objectives • Establish God’s plan from the

Bible• See what happens when it is

followed or not followed

Society • Anarchy without leadership

– Imagine a game without rules– Everyone does as he pleases

(Judges 21:25)– Period of the Judges

Society • God’s provision

– Patriarchs: Senior member settled disputes (Genesis 13)

– Law of Moses was civil and religious rule (Exodus 20-23)

– Civil government today (Romans 12:19-13:6)

– Submission required (Acts 5:28, 29)

Family • No doubt here

– Man’s leadership role (Genesis 3:16)

– Divine order of headship (1 Corinthians 11:3)

– Husband’s role like that of Christ (Ephesians 5:25, 28, 31, 33)

Family • Not followed

– Eli (1 Samuel 3:13)– Ahab (1 Kings 16:29-35)– Compare to Abraham

(Genesis 18:19; 22:1-12)– Submission required

(Ephesians 5:22, 24, 33; 6:1-3)

Church • Christ’s authority

– King of Kings (1 Timothy 6:15)– Has all power (Matthew 28:18)– Head of the church (Colossians

1:18)

Church • Elders lead the church

– Appointed (Acts 14:23)– Philippi (Philippians 1:1)– Titus to appoint them (Titus 1:5)– Limitations (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2)– Leaders, not lords (1 Peter 5:3)– Submission required

(1 Thessalonians 5:17; Hebrews 13:17)

Conclusion • Should be thankful for God’s

plan• Are we following God’s plan?