WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE SINNING GENERAL OVERSEERS:
HELP THEM TO GET UP AGAIN - A post by Pastor Dele Johnson
The process of helping a fallen soldier of the cross is through discipline and spiritual retreat.
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During the process of such spiritual retreat and discipline. The ministry should be left in the care of trusted church fathers or mentors in faith who have proven records of character and integrity. Surprisingly most of these church leaders who derail and fall into sexual sins do not have spiritual fathers!
The duty of the spiritual fathers and mentor is to supervise the spiritual retreat, ensure the spiritual welfare of the congregation and also supervise the restoration of the Pastor back to faith.
Sexual sins by church leaders must not be covered up in anyway. This is not scriptural at all. I believe this is God’s wisdom to deter men and women from sin and of course raise the standard of holiness. We must not cover up this sin with silence or with much activities. You must not attempt to cover up sexual sins by painting the victim as bad or demonic in order to exonerate yourself in the eye of the public.
I am convinced that only a person with Christian integrity, who has heaven in view will follow this bible order for restoration of a leader who fell into sexual sin. The easiest and cheaper way is to cover-up, but this is a damning way!
It is very crucial that followers or members of churches are not brainwashed. Where a leader is an unrepentant sexual offender, you must consider your spiritual future first. Eternity must be your focus. You only follow the man that is following Christ. Don’t sacrifice your eternity upon the altar of money, position or power. Sinning leaders will only breed sinning followers. They are all Hell bound.
Hear this, no man carries the grace to sin! When you sin regardless of your achievement, fame or perceived success you will sink and stink. It is a question of time. Your sin will catch up with you. You cannot continue to sin and expect the grace of God to abound – God forbid it!
I am very sorry for those members of churches where their leaders are impenitent sex offenders and yet they justify the sins. You will blame yourself if you don’t wake up from your slumber. No man died for your sin. Only Jesus is the author and finisher of your faith. No man, No bishop, No Apostle, No reverend, No man but Jesus who hung on the cross to redeem you of your sin. Don’t be a partaker of another man’s sin.
Beware of those “Do as I say not as I do leaders” All Christian leaders are accountable to their congregation to live a Holy life.
Another feeble excuse is that, these man have a blood running in their veins, they are human. Some even play the devil’s advocate they quote Jesus “He who is without blame, throw the first stone”. Now this statement does not seek to justify the sin or the sinner in anyway, but rather it was addressing another issue of hypocrisy. You cannot be a judge over a matter that you are also a culprit. The point is, go and also deal with your own sin, don’t cover it up with the distraction of another person’s sin, all sinners must deal with the sin problem. Finito.
Some people as expected have asked, why are the fathers of faith not making clear statements to condemn these recklessness of sin on the pulpit?
They ask, is it because they think the matter is non of their business or that they feel that they are not qualified to judge these cases? My take is this. Fathers of faith and everyone who love Jesus have a responsibility as custodian of the doctrines of the kingdom of God to defend the sanctity of the gospel. I believe strongly that we shall all stand before God on his judgement seat to account for our silence on this issue.
I am convinced that these are the grand designs of Jezebel to pollute the body of Christ by lowering the standard of Holiness and glorifying sin.
If you think you stand, take heed lest you fall, this is the wisdom of God for all of us who have eternity in view. You take heed when you deliberately account to those who are ahead of you in the race and are living right. You take heed when you call sin by its real name and you flee from it, you take heed when you are never alone with the opposite sex.
My close observation is that most of these leaders who fall on the laps of Delilah are loners, they don’t have true friends in the body of Christ. The people they sometimes refer to as friend a merely the people they rub shoulders with, of course they don’t confide in them. They cannot tell each other the truth.
In conclusion it is the truth that sets free. Falsehood, and all the charade, and stage acting to cover up cannot submerge the truth. Remember there is only one end for the unrepentant sinner. "Death in all its ramifications".
Maranatha.
HELP THEM TO GET UP AGAIN - A post by Pastor Dele Johnson
The process of helping a fallen soldier of the cross is through discipline and spiritual retreat.
...
During the process of such spiritual retreat and discipline. The ministry should be left in the care of trusted church fathers or mentors in faith who have proven records of character and integrity. Surprisingly most of these church leaders who derail and fall into sexual sins do not have spiritual fathers!
The duty of the spiritual fathers and mentor is to supervise the spiritual retreat, ensure the spiritual welfare of the congregation and also supervise the restoration of the Pastor back to faith.
Sexual sins by church leaders must not be covered up in anyway. This is not scriptural at all. I believe this is God’s wisdom to deter men and women from sin and of course raise the standard of holiness. We must not cover up this sin with silence or with much activities. You must not attempt to cover up sexual sins by painting the victim as bad or demonic in order to exonerate yourself in the eye of the public.
I am convinced that only a person with Christian integrity, who has heaven in view will follow this bible order for restoration of a leader who fell into sexual sin. The easiest and cheaper way is to cover-up, but this is a damning way!
It is very crucial that followers or members of churches are not brainwashed. Where a leader is an unrepentant sexual offender, you must consider your spiritual future first. Eternity must be your focus. You only follow the man that is following Christ. Don’t sacrifice your eternity upon the altar of money, position or power. Sinning leaders will only breed sinning followers. They are all Hell bound.
Hear this, no man carries the grace to sin! When you sin regardless of your achievement, fame or perceived success you will sink and stink. It is a question of time. Your sin will catch up with you. You cannot continue to sin and expect the grace of God to abound – God forbid it!
I am very sorry for those members of churches where their leaders are impenitent sex offenders and yet they justify the sins. You will blame yourself if you don’t wake up from your slumber. No man died for your sin. Only Jesus is the author and finisher of your faith. No man, No bishop, No Apostle, No reverend, No man but Jesus who hung on the cross to redeem you of your sin. Don’t be a partaker of another man’s sin.
Beware of those “Do as I say not as I do leaders” All Christian leaders are accountable to their congregation to live a Holy life.
Another feeble excuse is that, these man have a blood running in their veins, they are human. Some even play the devil’s advocate they quote Jesus “He who is without blame, throw the first stone”. Now this statement does not seek to justify the sin or the sinner in anyway, but rather it was addressing another issue of hypocrisy. You cannot be a judge over a matter that you are also a culprit. The point is, go and also deal with your own sin, don’t cover it up with the distraction of another person’s sin, all sinners must deal with the sin problem. Finito.
Some people as expected have asked, why are the fathers of faith not making clear statements to condemn these recklessness of sin on the pulpit?
They ask, is it because they think the matter is non of their business or that they feel that they are not qualified to judge these cases? My take is this. Fathers of faith and everyone who love Jesus have a responsibility as custodian of the doctrines of the kingdom of God to defend the sanctity of the gospel. I believe strongly that we shall all stand before God on his judgement seat to account for our silence on this issue.
I am convinced that these are the grand designs of Jezebel to pollute the body of Christ by lowering the standard of Holiness and glorifying sin.
If you think you stand, take heed lest you fall, this is the wisdom of God for all of us who have eternity in view. You take heed when you deliberately account to those who are ahead of you in the race and are living right. You take heed when you call sin by its real name and you flee from it, you take heed when you are never alone with the opposite sex.
My close observation is that most of these leaders who fall on the laps of Delilah are loners, they don’t have true friends in the body of Christ. The people they sometimes refer to as friend a merely the people they rub shoulders with, of course they don’t confide in them. They cannot tell each other the truth.
In conclusion it is the truth that sets free. Falsehood, and all the charade, and stage acting to cover up cannot submerge the truth. Remember there is only one end for the unrepentant sinner. "Death in all its ramifications".
Maranatha.
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