Leaders Mocking God

Dietrich Bonhoeffer argued, in a radio broadcast on February 1, 1933, two days after Hitler took over leadership of the government, in speaking of the Fuhrer Concept:

"...that should the leader "surrender to the wishes of his followers, who would always make him their idol - then the image of the Leader will gradually become the image of the 'misleader'...Leaders or offices which set themselves up as gods mock God." " (Deitrich Bonhoeffer, A Biography, Eberhard Bethge, Fortress Press, page 260).

We would do well to ponder that "Leaders or offices which set themselves up as gods mock God."

We would do well to look at ourselves, to look at the church, and to look that the images and people we follow.

If we don't think we are sheep that are prone to follow we are fools. This is why we must cultivate an ear to hear only one voice - the voice and Word of our Good Shepherd Jesus Christ. Otherwise we shall go meekly, dumbly, and in jubilation to the butcher shop. Of course, our bodies need not be butchered if our minds have already been.

Bonhoeffer's radio address was cut off - the plug was pulled. It seems a stretch to believe that it was a technical malfunction.

If "leaders or offices which set themselves up as gods mock God," what shall we say about those who follow such leaders? What shall we say about ourselves...lest we stray from our beloved Lord Jesus?