The sinning of church leaders not only reveal their nature and state, but also the nature and state of the church. Although many churches (worldwide) make changes and compromise and adjust the words of God and lower God’s standards, God and His Word will never change. We serve the Almighty God, Who is the Creator of heaven and earth and all there is within. 神は同じです, 昨日, 今日もそして永遠に. God shall never compromise and adjust His word and lower His standards. He still speaks and acts according to His Word that stands forever. God is very clear in the Bible about sin and the consequences of sinning willfully. Is it the will of God that fallen pastors and leaders stay appointed in the church and preach behind the pulpit or not? What does the intentional sinning of church leaders say about them?
Do pastors and other church leaders, who are sinning willfully, belong in the pulpit?
Church leaders who are sinning willfully don’t belong in the pulpit. If church leaders keep on sinning willfully after their repentance, 再生, and during their leadership in church, they shouldn’t be appointed and teach in the pulpit and lead the church (信者の集まり).
This may be hard to read and some people may find this ruthless. しかし, a sinning pastor or church leader has consciously made a choice to disobey God and His Word and serve the flesh and do something that opposes the will of God.
That’s why in the Old Covenant there was a difference in sin. Everything a person does that opposes the words and will of God is sin. しかし, there is a difference in the kinds of sin.
Someone can unconsciously say or do something that is not good and during or afterward be confronted and corrected by the Holy Spirit. But someone can also consciously say or do something with premeditated intent. This means that a person knows that it’s not good and not according to the will of God and diametrically opposes His Word, but the person does it anyway, because the love for the flesh is stronger than the love for God and His Word. (こちらもお読みください: What is a sin not unto death and a sin unto death?)
Take for example adultery.
Is adultery a premeditated sin?
Adultery is a premeditated sin. 不倫はただ起こるものではない. Pants don’t fall down themselves. いいえ, a person has consciously made a choice to commit adultery, despite the knowledge of the truth and God’s will. Every Christian knows, that adultery is a sin.
今、肉の働きが明らかになりました, これらはどれですか; 姦通, 姦淫, 汚れ, 好色さ, 偶像崇拝, 魔術, 憎しみ, 分散, エミュレーション, 怒り, 闘争, 暴動, 異端, 羨望, 殺人, 酩酊, お祭り騒ぎ, など: 前にお話ししたことのうち, 以前にもお伝えしたように, そのようなことをする者は神の国を受け継がれないであろう (ガラテヤ人への手紙 5:19-21)
したがって、地上にいるあなたのメンバーを屈辱的にしなさい。; 姦淫, 汚れ, 異常な愛情, 邪悪な思い込み, そして貪欲さ, それは偶像崇拝です: 何のための’ 神の怒りが不従順の子供たちに降りかかるからです: あなたもしばらく歩いたその道で, あなたがそれらに住んでいたとき. しかし今、あなたはこれらすべてを先延ばしにしています; 怒り, 怒り, 悪意, 冒涜, あなたの口から出る汚いコミュニケーション. お互いに嘘をつかない, あなたが老人の行いを無視したのを見ると、; そして新しい男を着た, それは、彼を創造した彼のイメージに従って知識において新たにされる: ギリシャ人もユダヤ人もいないところ, 割礼も循環もありません, 野b人, スキタイ人, 債券も無料: しかし、キリストがすべてです, そしてすべてにおいて (コロサイ人への手紙 3:5-11)
adulterers don’t love God and their neighbor but themselves?
When a person commits adultery, the person doesn’t walk in love toward God. Not walking in love toward God means, that the person doesn’t keep God’s commandments (それも The commandments of Jesus).
Only if you keep the commandments of God, あなたは恋をします. これを知って, if a person knows the truth (adultery is sin) and God’s will but consciously rejected God and His word, then the person doesn’t walk in love.
The person shows through his deed that he doesn’t love God with all his heart, 魂, 心, そして強さ.
When a person commits adultery, the person loves himself, 奇妙な女性 (または男) and above all the lusts of the flesh.
The person doesn’t keep the second commandment either, それは, you shall love your neighbor as yourself, but rejected it. Since the adulterer didn’t remember his wife (or her husband) and the wedding vow he (または彼女) 作った.
When people commit adultery they don’t love their neighbor (彼らの配偶者) but themselves. They want to satisfy their (一時的) sexual feelings of the flesh.
When church leaders commit adultery they forget their responsibility for the precious souls of the saints
When a pastor or other church leaders commit adultery, they don’t remember the precious souls of the saints. They don’t remember their responsibility for the saints and the consequences of their selfish deed to the church. Since the uncleanness of sin defames (disgraces) the Name of Jesus, and defiles His church, and mocks His redemptive work. (こちらもお読みください: イエスは罪を助長する者ですか?).
And so the adulterous pastor or other church leader despised God, by rejecting both the words of God and his wife (or her husband) and disobeying the words of God, breaking the wedding vow, not remembering the souls of the saints, and defiling the church.
God hated Esau, who sold his birthright to satisfy his hunger
It’s just like Esau, who didn’t consider his birthright from God a privilege and precious. したがって, Esau sold his birthright to satisfy his temporary hunger. This act of Esau was abominable to God.
God didn’t say about Esau that He loved him but that He hated him. なぜ? Because of his deed that originated from his wicked heart. (マラキ語 1:2-3, ローマ人 9:13, ヘブライ人への手紙 12:16-17 (こちらもお読みください: 誘惑に抵抗できますか?)).
クリスチャンはたくさんいます, who jeopardize their relationship with Jesus Christ and the Father and the abiding of the Holy Spirit and eternity, by prioritizing their feelings and the will, 欲望, and desires of the flesh and putting them above the Word
The blind guides and white Sepulchers
It’s already bad that adultery happens among Christians, who don’t hold a leadership position in the church, but that adultery also takes place among church leaders is really bad.
Because how can they, who are spiritually blind themselves and led by their flesh and don’t live a disciplined life after the Spirit in obedience to God and His Word, but reject God and His Word and walk in disobedience in darkness and sin willfully, teach the members of the church and expect the believers to walk after the Spirit in obedience to God in holiness in the Light?
These pastors and church leaders are blind guides and white sepulchres, just like the Pharisees.
The Pharisees appeared beautiful, カリスマ性のある, piously and righteous on the outside. しかし, inwardly they were full of extortion, 汚れ, hypocrisy and iniquity (無法).
Although the Pharisees taught the people in the Law and Prophets, and made God’s will known to them, they didn’t submit to the Law and the prophets and didn’t walk in the will of God. (こちらもお読みください: 教会は見えるか盲目か?)
And so there are many pastors and church leaders, who have not truly repented and are not born again in Christ. They don’t walk after the Spirit in obedience to God.
Why do many pastors and other church leaders fall?
Many pastors and other church leaders fall, because they have not crucified their flesh in Christ. If they had crucified their flesh, they wouldn’t keep sinning and, 例えば, commit adultery. Adultery is a work of the flesh.
The work of their flesh shows that they walk after the flesh. They don’t fear the Lord and don’t take the Word seriously, because they consciously keep sinning (罪を貫く).
These church leaders assume they can keep sinning without consequences, since they remain appointed in the church anyway or they leave the church temporarily and after some time are reinstated in the same office again.
And the carnal church that makes decisions on the basis of feelings and emotions instead of the Word of God, substantiates this wicked behavior. The carnal church gives a foothold to the devil and accepts and supports sin, by keeping the fallen pastor or other leader in their office or reinstating the fallen leader in their office after some time. (こちらもお読みください: パウロが誰にでも突然手を置くというのはどういう意味だったのでしょうか)
What is the will of God concerning His sons and daughters?
It is the will of God that all His sons and daughters, who are born of Him and have His nature and represent Him on earth, walk after the Spirit in holiness and not in uncleanness, fornication and the lust of concupiscence, as the Gentiles do, who don’t know God and are not born of Him and walk in disobedience to God and His Word in the will of their father in darkness.
これは神の意志です, あなたの聖化さえ, あなたがたは淫行を控えるべきだということ: あなた方一人一人が聖化と名誉で彼の船を所有する方法を知っているべきだ; 濃度の欲望ではありません, 神ではない異邦人としても: 誰もいないことを超えて兄弟を詐欺します: 主がそのようなすべてのアベンジャーであるから, 私たちもあなたを告げて証言しました. 神は私たちを汚れに召されていないからです, しかし、神聖さに. したがって、彼はそれを軽spします, 男ではないことを軽spします, しかし、神, 誰が私たちに彼の聖霊を与えた (1 テサロニケ人 4:3-8)
Is God love, merciful and forgiving?
People say God is love, merciful and forgiving. でもそれは本当ですか? God is absolutely loving, merciful and forgiving if someone truly repents and not because someone is caught in the act and asks forgiveness out of a religious habit and after some time falls back into the same sin. しかし, God is also righteous and many times they leave that part out.
The love of God is a righteous love and not a new age love. (こちらもお読みください: 聖霊 vs 新時代の霊, あなたにはどの魂が宿っているのか?)
イエスはパリサイ人に言った (古い肉欲の創造物) that they obeyed the lust of their father and not of God. (こちらもお読みください: 神の意志と悪魔の意志).
Would God trust and appoint a worker of iniquity in the church?
How can God trust and appoint a leader in the church to raise His sons (これは男性と女性の両方に当てはまります) and teach them in the Word, so that they get to know the will of God and lead them into the truth and grow up into spiritual maturity in Christ after His image, if the leader is not spiritually mature?
How can God appoint a leader who doesn’t walk as a mature son of God after the Spirit and doesn’t submit to the Head Jesus Christ and don’t do what Jesus; 御言葉は言う, しかし誇り高い, 反抗, carnal and does the will and the works of the flesh and keeps sinning willfully?
Would God trust His sons to someone, who claims to know God, but doesn’t listen to Him and doesn’t do what He says and deny God through His works? Does this worker of iniquity belong to God?
“He gave some, 使徒達; そしていくつか, 預言 者; そしていくつか, 伝道者; そしていくつか, 牧師と教師; 聖徒たちの完成のために”
そして彼はいくつかを与えました, 使徒達; そしていくつか, 預言 者; そしていくつか, 伝道者; そしていくつか, 牧師と教師; 聖徒たちの完成のために, 省の仕事のために, キリストの体の徳を高めるために: 私たち全員が信仰の一致を得るまで, そして神の御子についての知識, 完璧な人間に, キリストの満ち足りた身長に合わせて:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head, キリストさえも: From whom the whole Body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the Body unto the edifying of itself in love (エペソ人への手紙 4:11-16)
すべての聖書は、神のインスピレーションによって与えられています, そして、教義のために利益をもたらします, re責のため, 修正用, 義の指導のために: 神の人が完全であるかもしれないこと, すべての良い作品に提供されています (2 ティモシー 3:16)
What does the intentional sinning of a pastor or other church leaders say about them?
The intentional sinning of a pastor or other church leaders say that the pastor or other church leader is carnal and walks in darkness and does the will of the flesh. The intentional sinning of a pastor and other church leaders testify that they are a slave of sin. Sin still reigns as king in the life of the pastor or church leaders and the wicked one aka the devil still has a hold on the church leader. This should already be a warning to the church.
イエスは彼らに答えました, まさに, まさに, 私はあなたに言います, 罪を委任する人は誰でも罪の召使です (ジョン 8:34)
彼らは神を知っていると公言します; しかし作品の中で彼らは神を否定します, 忌まわしいこと, そして不従順な, そしてあらゆる良い仕事に対して、反逆者たち (タイタス 1:16)
救いをもたらす神の恵みがすべての人に現れたからです, それを私たちに教えてくれるのは、, 不敬虔と世俗的な欲望を否定する, 私たちは地味に生きるべきだ, 正しく, そして敬虔な, この現在の世界で; その祝福された希望を探して, そして偉大な神と私たちの救い主イエス・キリストの栄光の出現; 私たちのためにご自身を差し出してくださった方, 神が私たちをすべての咎から救い出してくださるように, そして奇妙な民を自ら清めてください, 良い行いに熱心である.These things speak, そして勧めます, そして全権をもって叱責する. 誰もあなたを軽蔑してはならない (タイタス 2:11-15)
義に目を覚まします, そして罪ではありません; 一部の人は神の知識を持っていません: 私はあなたの恥にこれを話します (1 コリント人への手紙 15:34)
神から生まれた者は誰でも罪を犯さないことを私たちは知っています; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not (1 ジョン 5:18)
What is the danger of appointing a fallen pastor or church leader in the church?
The danger of appointing a fallen pastor or other fallen church leaders in the church is that they not only despised God and His Word and defiled the church, but Christians will follow their example.
If a pastor or other leaders in the church, who should be born again and spiritually mature and should know the will of God, refuses to submit to God and His Word and therefore is prideful, 反抗, そして不従順な, the sheep will follow the example of the fallen pastor or other fallen church leaders and shall also walk in pride, 反乱, and disobedience to God and His Word.
同じ (unclean) spirit that dwells in the pastor (or other church leaders) shall come over the church.
その結果, the church members shall bear the same fruit as the church leader. They shall walk in wickedness and uncleanness. (こちらもお読みください: 多くの牧師が羊を奈落の底に導いています).
How can a fallen pastor or other fallen church leaders expect from the believers that they submit to God and obey His Word, when they don’t do it themselves?
If a preacher or other church leaders commits fornication and adultery, how can the preacher confront, 警告, correct and chastise a church member in these areas and forbid fornication and adultery? Exactly the church leader can’t.
その結果, the church shall compromise and allow sin in the church and approve of Christians living in sin.
Putting the relationship with Jesus at stake and playing with eternity to fulfill the lusts of the flesh
すべての人とともに平和を追い求める, そして神聖さ, それなしでは誰も主を見ることができない: 神の恵みを逃す人がいないように熱心に目を向ける; 苦い根が湧き出てあなたを困らせないように, そしてそれによって多くの人が汚されることになる; 淫行者が出ないように, または不敬な人, エサウから, 一口の肉のために長子の権利を売った人. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears (ヘブライ人への手紙 12:14-17)
新しい契約で, で dispensation of the Holy Spirit, Paul mentioned the thoughts of God regarding the profanity and act of Esau, who despised the Lord by rejecting his birthright for the temporary carnal lusts and desires. Paul warned the believers. それでも, there are many pastors and church leaders, who say they have knowledge about God’s Word and claim to see, but don’t care about Paul’s warning and disregard this Scripture.
Many people object to women in ministry but don’t mind male church leaders who are sinning willfully
It is remarkable, that so many people object to women in ministry and substantiate their objection with two Scriptures. しかし, they forget the Scriptures about carnal leaders, who are sensual and unspiritual and have the mind of the world and are addicted to pornography, オナニー or involved with other sexual uncleanness and commit fornication, 姦通, 一緒に住む 未婚, have a 同性愛者 relationship, は 離婚した and remarried and therefore the spouse of more than one women, 偶像礼拝を犯す, 魔術, 盗む, 詐欺, (pathologic) 嘘, have an アルコール依存症, 等. These sinning male church leaders get free rein and are appointed in leadership without any objection.
No objections and Scriptures are cited with them, while there are many Scriptures in the Bible to exclude these males from ministry. (a.o Romans 1,2,6,7,8, 1 コリント人への手紙 15:34, 2 コリント人への手紙 6, ガラテヤ人への手紙 2:17-21;5:13-26, エペソ人への手紙 4,5, 1 ティモシー 3; 5:19-25; 6:2b-12, 1 タイタス 1:6-9, 2 ピーター 2, 1 ジョン 3,5).
Does the intentional sinning of church leaders have consequences
If an apostle, エバンジェリスト, 預言者, 牧師, 教師, 長老, deacon, worship leader or anyone else, chooses deliberately to obey the will of the flesh above the will of God, then the person has made a conscious decision to reject God and His Word and shall bear the consequences thereof.
したがって、あなたがたは神に従う者となりなさい, 親愛なる子供たちとして; そして愛の中を歩む, キリストも私たちを愛してくださったように, そして私たちのためにご自身を、甘い香りを求めて神に捧げ物といけにえをささげてくださいました。. しかし淫行, そしてあらゆる不潔さ, または貪欲さ, あなたたちの間で一度も名前を出さないようにしましょう, 聖人になるように; 不潔でもない, 愚かな話もしない, 冗談でもありません, 不便なもの: むしろ感謝を捧げる. このことについては、あなたは知っています, 売春婦ではない, 汚れた人でもありません, 貪欲な人でもない, 偶像崇拝者は誰ですか, キリストと神の王国に何らかの相続財産を持っている. 誰も無駄な言葉であなたを騙さないでください: これらのことのせいで、不従順の子供たちに神の怒りが下るからです。. したがって、あなたがたは彼らに参加しないでください (エペソ人への手紙 5:1-7)
What does the Bible say about someone who habitually commits sin?
Whosoever commits sin transgresseth also the law: 罪は法律を犯すことだから. そしてあなたがたは、神が私たちの罪を取り除くために現れたことを知っています。; そして彼の中には何の罪もありません. 神のうちにとどまる者は誰でも罪を犯さない: 罪を犯した者は誰でも神を見たことがない, どちらも彼を知りませんでした. 小さな子供たち, 誰にも騙されないでください: 正義を行う者は正義である, たとえ彼が義人であっても. 罪を犯す者は悪魔に属する者である; 悪魔のために、最初から罪を犯します.
この目的のために、神の子は現れました, 彼が悪魔の働きを破壊するかもしれないと. 神から生まれた人は誰でも罪を犯さない; 彼の種は彼の中に残っているからです: そして彼は罪を犯すことができない, 彼は神から生まれているからです. この中に神の子たちが現れています, そして悪魔の子供たち: 義を行わない者は神から出た者ではない, 兄弟を愛する者もいない (1 ジョン 3:4-10)
Even if the person is famous, influential, and powerful in the church world or bears the name of a famous father, mother or any other relative, or is a theologian, カリスマ性のある, an eloquent speaker, 豊か, and seems to be sincere and piously from the outside, God is not a respecter of persons.
God is not misled by words and outward appearances, but God looks at the heart, since all the works of a man derive from the heart.
When church leaders keep sinning willfully their flesh is alive and their heart unchanged
As long as church leaders willfully keep sinning it proves that the flesh is still alive and the heart unchanged. The intentional sins that derive from the heart testifies that the heart and nature of the person are not changed and the person is not born again and doesn’t walk after the Spirit.
The heart is still of stone and that person doesn’t belong in church leadership of the church of Jesus Christ.
「地の塩となれ」
