Comment to John Owen on the Ruination of Christianity
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    Should you be surprised, again I ask? Surprised that the Almighty would require us to be our brother's keeper? The average person and average Christian would only associate overseeing (bishoping) with the pastors, priests, and clergy. WRONG! Likewise with "pastoral visitation". It's also relegated to these same persons. But does not the son of God declare, not to the clergy but unto everyone, that He was in prison and sick and got no visits. See Matthew 25. Worse still, the modern definition of visit is not the biblical one. To visit meant providing for - not a mere social call. 
