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, Ко је Творац неба и земље и свега што је унутра. Бог је исти, јучер, данас и заувек. 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, регенерација, and during their leadership in church, they shouldn’t be appointed and teach in the pulpit and lead the church (Скупштина верника).
This may be hard to read and some people may find this ruthless. Међутим, 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. Међутим, 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. (Прочитајте такође: 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. Прељуба се не дешава само тако. Pants don’t fall down themselves. Ne, 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.
Сада су дела тела очигледна, који су ови; Прељуба, Bludniиenje, nečistoća, ласцивност, Идолатрија, чаробњаштво, мржња, варијантност, емулације, гнев, шприцати, седиција, херес, Завист, убиства, пијанство, отпаднике, и слично: од онога што сам вам раније рекао, као што сам вам такође рекао у прошлости, да они који тако чине неће наследити Царство Божије (Galatima 5:19-21)
Umrtvite dakle udove svoje koji su na zemlji; Bludniиenje, nečistoća, umerena naklonost, zla požuda, i pohlepa, što je idolopoklonstvo: За које ствари’ ради гнев Божији долази на децу непослушности: U kojoj ste i vi neko vreme hodali, kada ste živeli u njima. Али сада и ви одложите све ово; љутња, гнев, злоба, богохуљење, прљава комуникација из ваших уста. Не лажите једно другом, видећи да сте одбацили старца са његовим делима; И обукли новог човека, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Где нема ни Грка ни Јевреја, обрезање нити необрезивање, Варварин, скитски, везани нити слободни: али Христос је све, и у свему (Колошанима 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 (which are also The commandments of Jesus).
Only if you keep the commandments of God, you walk in love. Знајући ово, 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, душа, ум, и снага.
When a person commits adultery, the person loves himself, чудна жена (или човек) and above all the lusts of the flesh.
The person doesn’t keep the second commandment either, који је, љубићеш ближњега свога као самога себе, but rejected it. Since the adulterer didn’t remember his wife (or her husband) and the wedding vow he (или она) направио.
When people commit adultery they don’t love their neighbor (њихов супружник) but themselves. They want to satisfy their (привремен) 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) име Исусово, and defiles His church, and mocks His redemptive work. (Прочитајте такође: Да ли је Исус промотор греха?).
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. Стога, 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. Зашто? Because of his deed that originated from his wicked heart. (Малахија 1:2-3, Римљанима 9:13, Јеврејима 12:16-17 (Прочитајте такође: Možete li odoleti iskušenju?)).
Много је хришћана, 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, пожуде, 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, баш као и фарисеји.
The Pharisees appeared beautiful, charismatic, piously and righteous on the outside. Међутим, inwardly they were full of extortion, nečistoća, hypocrisy and iniquity (безакоње).
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. (Прочитајте такође: Да ли црква види или слепа?)
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, на пример, 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 (истрајати у греху).
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. (Прочитајте такође: Шта је Павле мислио под изненадним полагањем руку ни на кога)
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.
Jer to je volja Božija, čak i vaše posvećenje, da se uzdržavate od bluda: Da svako od vas zna da poseduje svoj sud u posvećenju i časti; Ne u požudi požude, kao neznabošci koji ne poznaju Boga: Da niko ne ide dalje i ne vara brata svoga ni po čemu: jer je Gospod osvetnik svih takvih, kao što smo vas i mi upozorili i svedočili. Jer nas Bog nije pozvao na nečistoću, nego svetosti. Onaj dakle koji prezire, ne prezire čoveka, ali Bog, koji nam je takođe dao Svog Duha Svetoga (1 Солуњанима 4:3-8)
Is God love, merciful and forgiving?
People say God is love, merciful and forgiving. Али да ли је то истина? 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. Међутим, God is also righteous and many times they leave that part out.
The love of God is a righteous love and not a љубав новог доба. (Прочитајте такође: Свети Дух вс Нови дух аге, Који дух пребива у вама?)
Исус рече фарисејима (старо телесно стварање) that they obeyed the lust of their father and not of God. (Прочитајте такође: Воља Божја вс воља ђавола).
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 (ово важи и за мушкарце и за жене) 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; Реч каже, али је горд, бунтован, 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, апостоли; и неке, Proroci; и неке, Evanđelisti; и неке, пастири и учитељи; За усавршавање светих”
И дао је неке, апостоли; и неке, Proroci; и неке, Evanđelisti; и неке, пастири и учитељи; За усавршавање светих, за рад министарства, ради сазидања Тела Христовог: Док сви не дођемо у јединство вере, и о познању Сина Божијег, савршеном човеку, у меру раста пуноће Христове:
That we henceforth be no more children, бацио тамо-амо, и ношен сваким ветром учења, лукавством људи, и лукаво лукавство, при чему вребају да преваре; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head, чак и Христа: 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 (Ефесцима 4:11-16)
Све Свето писмо је дато Божјим надахнућем, и користан је за доктрину, за укор, за исправку, за поуку у праведности: Да би човек Божији био савршен, потпуно опремљен за сва добра дела (2 Тимотеј 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.
Исус им је одговорио, Веома, веома, Кажем ти, Ко год да је Синхрет Син је слуга греха (Јохн 8:34)
Они тврде да познају Бога; али у делима Га се одричу, бити одвратан, и непослушни, и на свако добро дело зло (Титус 1:16)
Јер се свима људима јави благодат Божија која доноси спасење, Учи нас томе, поричући безбожност и светске пожуде, треба да живимо трезвено, праведно, и богоугодни, у овом садашњем свету; Тражећи ту блажену наду, и славно јављање Бога великог и Спаситеља нашега Исуса Христа; Који је дао Себе за нас, да би нас Он откупио од сваког безакоња, и очисти Себи особен народ, ревнујући за добра дела.These things speak, и опомињу, и прекори са свом влашћу. Нека те нико не презире (Титус 2:11-15)
Пробудите се за праведност, и не греши; јер неки немају познање Бога: Говорим ово на твоју срамоту (1 Коринћанима 15:34)
Знамо да свако ко је рођен од Бога не греши; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not (1 Јохн 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, бунтован, и непослушни, the sheep will follow the example of the fallen pastor or other fallen church leaders and shall also walk in pride, побуна, и непослушност Богу и Његовој Речи.
The same (нечисти) spirit that dwells in the pastor (or other church leaders) shall come over the church.
Као резултат, the church members shall bear the same fruit as the church leader. They shall walk in wickedness and uncleanness. (Прочитајте такође: Многи пастири воде овце у провалију).
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, упозоравати, correct and chastise a church member in these areas and forbid fornication and adultery? Exactly the church leader can’t.
Као резултат, 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
Следите мир са свим људима, и светост, без које нико неће видети Господа: Пажљиво гледајући да ко не изгуби благодат Божију; да вас не би узнемирио какав корен горчине који никне, и тиме се многи оскрнаве; Да не буде блудника, или профана особа, од Исава, који је за један залогај меса продао своје првородство. 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 (Јеврејима 12:14-17)
У Новом завету, у 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. Ипак, 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. Међутим, they forget the Scriptures about carnal leaders, who are sensual and unspiritual and have the mind of the world and are addicted to pornography, Masturbacije or involved with other sexual uncleanness and commit fornication, Preljuba, живе заједно unmarried, have a хомосексуалан relationship, су разведен and remarried and therefore the spouse of more than one women, чинити идолопоклонство, чаробњаштво, украсти, превара, (pathologic) лагати, have an зависност од алкохола, итд. 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 Коринћанима 15:34, 2 Коринћанима 6, Galatima 2:17-21;5:13-26, Ефесцима 4,5, 1 Тимотеј 3; 5:19-25; 6:2b-12, 1 Титус 1:6-9, 2 Петер 2, 1 Јохн 3,5).
Does the intentional sinning of church leaders have consequences
If an apostle, јеванђелиста, Prorok, пастир, учитељ, старији, 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.
Будите дакле следбеници Божији, као драга деца; И ходај у љубави, као што је и Христос заволео нас, и даде Себе за нас на жртву и жртву Богу на мирисни мирис. Ali blud, i svaku nečistoću, ili pohlepa, Neka se ne imenuje među vama, kao što i priliči svetima; Ni prljavština, niti glupo pričanje, niti šala, koji nisu zgodni: već davanje zahvalnosti. Za ovo znate, da nema kurva monger, niti nečista osoba, niti pohlepan čovek, Ko je idolopoklonik, ima bilo kakvo nasleđe u carstvu Hristovom i Božijem. Нека те нико не превари сујетним речима: јер због тога долази гнев Божији на децу непослушности. Не будите, дакле, саучесници с њима (Ефесцима 5:1-7)
What does the Bible say about someone who habitually commits sin?
Whosoever commits sin transgresseth also the law: јер грех је преступ закона. И знате да се Он јавио да узме наше грехе; и у Њему нема греха. Ко год пребива у Њему не греши: ко греши не виде Га, нити су Га познавали. Мала деца, Нека вас нико не превари: онај који је праведност праведан, Чак и док је он праведан. Онај који прави грех је од ђавола; за врага Синнетх од почетка.
У ту сврху се манифестовао Син Божји, да би могао уништити дела ђавола. Ко је рођен од Бога, не чини греха; јер семе његово остаје у њему: и не може грешити, Јер је рођен од Бога. У то се деца Божја манифестују, и деца ђавола: Ко год не праведност није од Бога, Ни он који не воли ни свог брата (1 Јохн 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, charismatic, an eloquent speaker, богат, 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.
„Буди сол земље“
