Pharos Journal of Theology (Apr 2023)
Opus Dei: a Challenge for Church Leadership
Abstract
Opus Dei (God's work) is all life in the world, but God's work has been tainted by human evil. Man tends to ignore God's justification. Opus Dei should be the mission of all believers, but especially the leaders in churches. The purpose of this article is to answer several questions including: What does justification mean in the Bible? What are the characteristics of leadership? How is Opus Dei in the world: A Doctrine of Justification Educational Challenge for Recipients of the Relay of Church Leadership? A literature study informed this work that demonstrated that: (1) Justification belongs to God and is given to man. God removes guilt and punishment for his sins. (2) The factors that influence the success of leadership are: being an effective leader, implementing Christian leadership, everyone being a leader, and deciding God-centered policies. (3) The Holy Bible justifies and bases the type of testimony it makes on church leadership. The Doctrine of Justification Education to receive the witness of the church is mandatory throughout one's life: (a) learning to know about the messages that God has sent through the Bible. (b) learning about the values of living in Opus Dei so that one can become a doer of the word. (c) learning to live together with the church. (d) learning to be yourself as a process of a leader as God's representative in the church. (e) A righteous life in God's eyes means that the church leader places himself in public view as a complete human being. He or she should not enter and become trapped in the secular world, bute master and use God's truth to develop His church ministry. A church leaders must lives in Opus Dei.
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