Ministers Jeopardizing The Entire Fold

Ministers

Jeopardizing The Entire Fold

♥♪· I Worship You With All Of Me ♥♪ (exerpt only)

The following is from Evangelical Outreach:

Ministers who "marry" two people that are not eligible for marriage, because of a past marriage, are helping to perpetuate this rampant problem with adultery. To teach contrary to the Scriptures on any issue, including divorce, can stumble others and bring judgment down on the teacher(s):

(a) They are causing another to commit adultery through their teachings:

" 'But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble' " (Mal. 2:8).

(b) Such ministers would also be indited by Lk. 17:1-3:

"Jesus said to his disciples: 'Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. So watch yourselves.' "

Jeopardizing The Entire Fold(c) For ministers to have known illegitimately married couples, that is adulterers as God sees them, in their folds and to extend the right hand of Christian fellowship toward them, is to jeopardize the spiritual well-being of the entire congregation:

"Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast--as you really are" (1 Cor. 5:6, 7).

Christians are commanded under grace not to associate with or even to eat with a person who is sexually immoral and claims to be a Christian:

"But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat" (1 Cor. 5:11).

Ministry is not a popularity contest. A true shepherd is to preach the truth, and guard the sheep that have been entrusted to him, even if it is unpopular as it was for John the Baptist. Think about Judgment Day. God bless you.

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I agree with the pastors wife here, maybe you can call her on the phone and talk to her. you are condeming yourself cammie. There are situations in which divorce is permissable and remarrige is blessed and it not just in death, its in the bible, I gave you those scriptures. There is only one unpardenable sin and thats against he Holy spirit.

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angelrose
Comment from angelrose2u - 10/8/05 12:20 AM


only widow/er(s) may remarry and the marriage not be an adulterous relationship.
Comment from yeshuaessenor - 10/7/05 11:51 AM


How can ... advice saying to DISREGARD what JESUS said
help me?

Those who remarry commit adultery.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Luke 16:18

Luk 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Pro 14:12 and Pro 16:25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Gal 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Comment from yeshuaessenor - 10/7/05 11:47 AM


Cammie,

I emailed my pastor's wife about what she thought about the struggle you are going through. Here is her reply:

The divorce issue is so touchy.

About 50% or more of the women in our Bible studies have been divorced and remarried. They are already hurt enough without our telling them that they are living in adultery. I Will talk to you about this personally – but it is too much to put in an e-mail. So let’s talk about it…but do not let your friend heap that kind of condemnation on on herself because she thinks SHE is an adulterous. That is playing the judge and jury. She needs to come in and talk to me and let me help her get over some of the condemnation and lies that she is hearing from the enemy.


Now obviously you can't come in to talk to her, but I think you need to talk to a pastor or a pastor's wife who is knowledgeable in these things so you can get some answers and find some peace.

betty
Comment from lv2trnscrb - 10/7/05 8:42 AM