1 Samuel 24:6 “And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.”
However unworthily a pastor, evangelist or missionary is acting, they have been permitted to hold those offices by God himself, and God can just as easily remove them from those offices. God is still on the throne and nothing that men do has ever taken Him by surprise. Even David, who knew he was appointed to reign in place of Saul, and whose life Saul had sought to destroy, knew that he did not have any right to take away his life; He is my master, I am his subject. He is the Lord’s anointed, and therefore revered in the Lord’s sight.
1Peter 2:17 “Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”
1Timothy 5:19 “Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.”
Be very cautious of speaking, and receiving, evil reports against those whose business it is to preach to others. Do not even consider an elder as guilty of any alleged crime, or wrong doing, unless it is proved by two or three witnesses. This the Law of Moses required in respect to all. Those whose business it is to correct others will usually have many enemies; great caution, therefore, should be used in accusations against such persons.
As I travel the highways of this land, I am hearing an ever increasing number of accusations being brought against those who God has established as pastors, evangelists and missionaries. Worse yet, folks are casting these reproachful remarks in a public forum.
The Bible says, “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.” Matthew 18:15
That is what we all seem to forget. Instead of accusing and attacking those who may have deviated from the Word of the God, we should first, pray for them, and second, we should go to them according to the methodology plainly given in Matthew 18:15-17.
However unworthily a pastor, evangelist or missionary is acting, they have been permitted to hold those offices by God himself, and God can just as easily remove them from those offices. God is still on the throne and nothing that men do has ever taken Him by surprise. Even David, who knew he was appointed to reign in place of Saul, and whose life Saul had sought to destroy, knew that he did not have any right to take away his life; He is my master, I am his subject. He is the Lord’s anointed, and therefore revered in the Lord’s sight.
1Peter 2:17 “Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”
1Timothy 5:19 “Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.”
Be very cautious of speaking, and receiving, evil reports against those whose business it is to preach to others. Do not even consider an elder as guilty of any alleged crime, or wrong doing, unless it is proved by two or three witnesses. This the Law of Moses required in respect to all. Those whose business it is to correct others will usually have many enemies; great caution, therefore, should be used in accusations against such persons.
As I travel the highways of this land, I am hearing an ever increasing number of accusations being brought against those who God has established as pastors, evangelists and missionaries. Worse yet, folks are casting these reproachful remarks in a public forum.
The Bible says, “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.” Matthew 18:15
That is what we all seem to forget. Instead of accusing and attacking those who may have deviated from the Word of the God, we should first, pray for them, and second, we should go to them according to the methodology plainly given in Matthew 18:15-17.
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