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1 | What do you think? | Luke 6:42 | prayon | 144889 | ||
Greetings Ed, np using my post - I don't mind. Your statement "Sure people get hurt, and that is a shame but to use it as excuse to justify being out of relationship with God is without support" I don't agree with you 100 percent - 90 percent yes but not 100 percent. I know of someone who loved church - who was raised in the church and loved God. They went to a church and got extremely hurt and offended by the pastor. This pastor (a male) who claimed to be so righteous but yet made a pass at the person I know who is also a male. He felt so violated by this pastor that he did not trust any pastor anymore - which is a shame. It has taken years for this person to go back to church but the whole time he kept up his relationship with God by prayer, Christian music and occationally a bible study that was not a church along with associating with other Christians. It is a horrible fact but there are a few rotten pastors heading churches that are giving most pastors a very bad image. Agape, prayon |
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2 | What do you think? | Luke 6:42 | EdB | 144911 | ||
Prayon Nothing I can think of is FOULER than a bad pastor, but pastors are human and they do fail. If we put our faith in them instead of the One we should put our faith in we will get hurt. I hear the excuse “I was hurt by a bad pastor.” But let us bring this into perspective. If people stopped doing whatever because they got hurt eventually nothing would get done. If a person with a serious medical condition is betrayed by a doctor do they stop seeing doctors? NO they find another one a better one. If people get hurt by the people at a grocery store do they stop buying food? No they go to a different store. If we are cheated by our mechanic do we stop having our car fixed? No we find a new mechanic. Why do we think church is so optional that if something happens we have every right not to attend? In fact in many cases unless everything is perfect in our view we don’t attend. This is nothing more than another lie of the adversary to keep people from facing the truth and out of church. I will agree that there are more than a few bad pastors and yes they are giving all pastors a bad image. But sometimes I wonder if it isn't some these pastors own fault. Instead of confronting the sin, exposing the sin many times other pastors help sweep the sins under the carpet. There is such a vale of secrecy surrounding the church today I wonder what is being hidden and who are we hiding it from? I'm glad to hear your friend is getting back into the church. I hope this time he realizes it isn't man but Christ that needs to be in control of his life. EdB |
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3 | What do you think? | Luke 6:42 | prayon | 144917 | ||
I just wish as you did - that people would truly see the truth. prayon | ||||||