Bible Question: My church is going through a difficult time. A member of our church and her husband were involved in a child molestation , the wife denied knowing but at the same time she was involved in soliciting women and men for threesomes with her husband. Her husband is now in jail for statutory rape of a child and she is in church proclaiming her claiming to be innocent of all involving a child. She continues to tell lies about all in my group of motorcycle riders that have been attending this church for about 8 years now. All but my husband and I have stopped going to church because this woman is not only being embraced by all church members, but she is leading bible study and calling the congregation to the front for prayer. She seems to me to have no remorse and worst of all , she has sent text messages to all the club members asking us to leave her alone. Not one member has had any contact since the rape was found out. She sent me a text stating she "forgives" me . I have done absolutely nothing to this woman and I don't intend to do anything to her. I hope this newfound enthusiasm for the church and religion is sincere. I for one will wait to see. My question is how can I continue to go to this church and not feel such anger for this hippocrite? She has betrayed many members and the pastor and his wife don't seem to see that. I'm praying God will take the anger away from my heart and give me peace to remain in this church. |
Bible Answer: In addition to CDBJ's good answer, I can offer one more bit of guidance and refer you to the way Jesus responded to His betrayal. We all remember the story of Judas' betrayal kiss and Jesus' horrible mockery of a trial with the resulting execution, history's most gruesome and painful way to die. But my point is He took it all in with complete submission to His Father. What is my point to you? Now that your whole congregation knows about the goings-on of this errant person, I'm sure the true christians in your group will treat the person with the right amount of love so as to aim for their repentance. That love might have to be "tough love" and mean a reasonable amount of distrust and caution when it comes to all relationships. BUT the most important point is this all MUST be done with love toward their coming back to the Lord in repentance. If it helps re-read the whole story of Jesus and His Journey to the Cross. None of us have a reason to complain. Just my thoughts. Go with God in all things, Bill |
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