{"id":792,"date":"2022-01-22T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elshaddaichristian.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2022-01-22T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T09:00:03","slug":"the-160-rule-of-navigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewjob.store\/pastorglenn\/the-160-rule-of-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1:60 Rule of Navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How many times do we hear people say things like it was only a white lie, or nobody got hurt, or it really wasn\u2019t that bad? Sometimes, referred to as small sins or \u201csecret sins\u201d.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0A small sin can be the cause of a Christian&#8217;s stumbling block if not dealt with properly. It is like a cancer that grows and destroys our soul. If you are a pilot or navigator of a ship or aircraft, there is a rule that you use when planning how to get to the destination in case you get off course. It is called\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the 1:60 rule of navigation. As Christians, we should use the same rule when planning our life and where we are headed as Christians. As we all know a circle contains 360\u00b0. If a navigator (the Christian) is off track by just 1\u00b0 it would not seem like much. That is not the truth. The rule states that for every 60 miles you travel if you\u2019re off just 1\u00b0 you are now 1 mile off track. If you\u2019re planning to travel from let\u2019s say New York to Barcelona, Spain that is approximately 3,836 miles. By the time you get there, assuming you\u2019re only off 1\u00b0 you are 60 miles off track and could be in a different country. The same with our Christian walk except we&#8217;re talking a lifetime. We also need to remember that my example is only 1\u00b0 off. What if we are 10\u00b0 or 20\u00b0 or even 50\u00b0 off where will we end up? If we use the 1; 60 Rule of navigation as a guide I think you\u2019ll see what I mean. Let\u2019s use the example I set as traveling from New York to Barcelona, Spain as the 2000 years of history. The pastors or leaders of a church could be paralleled to the navigator of the church.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Studies of effective leaders suggest an average tenure of 11.2 to 21.6 years, so for this example let\u2019s say fifteen years as an average. Using these numbers would give us a little over 130 pastors during that time span. If only 25% were off on doctrine just 1\u00b0 then the church\u2019s doctrine will be off by 32.5\u00b0. If you are navigating to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Barcelona,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Spain you would end up 2,084 miles south of Barcelona which would be somewhere in the middle of the West African coast probably around the country of Senegal or Guinea. What if they are 5%, 10 %, or even more. So you can see it would not take much to be way off course. This is why the apostle Paul is constantly saying to check the spirits, refer to the manual which is the Bible. The Bible is our navigational map through life. Without it, we would be lost, literally. So many times decisions are made to increase the size of the congregation or some other decision but unknowingly in the process compromises are made. The problem with these tiny compromises is that we don\u2019t even realize their accuracy according to Scripture until we&#8217;re in another country so to speak.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times do we hear people say things like it was only a white lie, or nobody got hurt, or it really wasn\u2019t that bad? Sometimes, referred to as small sins or \u201csecret sins\u201d.\u00a0A small sin can be the cause of a Christian&#8217;s stumbling block if not dealt with properly. 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