SPEAKING SOLEMNLY
Anyone living in sexual sins (fornication, adultery, pornography, etc), has no place in Christian ministry. Immorality is a very big deal, scripturally. The believer's BODY is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Yes, the BODY. Therefore, what you do with God's dwelling place must be of colossal significance. Don't you see it?
And, because of the sacredness of Christian ministry, while you can legitimately be a struggling Believer for a season, you cannot be a struggling minister, if the struggle is that you have not overcome sexual immorality. In this regard, the category of a struggling minister does not exist, biblically considered.
This is not about being a "wounded soldier." But in any case, if a soldier takes a bullet during combat, we don't hand him over to the enemies, yes. And we also don't leave him in the frontline to continue fighting – with his wound. We take him out and away for treatment. Whether he can even return to active duty later on depends on the severity/impact of the 'wound' sustained and the assessment of the team managing his case. Taking him out of combat is a responsible act of love and not a case of "condemning our own."
Back from the digression. It is alien to the spirit of Christ, to say someone is a minister of the gospel, even though he commits immorality. The practice of immorality cannot coexist with legitimate practice of ministry. A fornicator or an adulterer is not a Minister. Cannot be.
A minister of the gospel MUST be above reproach. People MUST be safe under his care. Money, too, MUST be safe under his care. The bible insists that he sustains a high level of integrity – morally, ethically, socially.
This is why the Charismata, the gifts of the Spirit are never mentioned as qualification or eligibility for ministry. Check the texts.
So, the practice of equating giftedness with eligibility for ministry is unbiblical and should be discouraged. Being a gifted speaker, for instance, does not qualify anyone for Christian ministry. If you know all the Rhema in the book, and all the historic fine points of orthodoxy, but you're an intermittent fornicator/adulterer, you are ineligible for Christian Ministry. You need to be discipled, you should not be discipling anyone, at all.
Read the passage below carefully, to the very last verse, please: It says a Pastor:
"...must be a good man whose life cannot be spoken against. He must have only one wife, and he must be hard working and thoughtful, orderly, and full of good deeds. He must enjoy having guests in his home and must be a good Bible teacher. He must not be a drinker or quarrelsome, but he must be gentle and kind and not be one who loves money. He must have a well-behaved family, with children who obey quickly and quietly. For if a man can’t make his own little family behave, how can he help the whole church? The pastor must not be a new Christian because he might be proud of being chosen so soon, and pride comes before a fall. (Satan’s downfall is an example.) Also, he must be well spoken of by people outside the church—those who aren’t Christians—so that Satan can’t trap him with many accusations and leave him without freedom to lead his flock"
On the last point above, many people who work in Hotels don't take the church seriously because the see the behind-the-scenes lifestyle of Pastors. A minister must have one life, must be not be two-faced. And he must be an example to both insiders and outsiders.
If the church is weak, Satan is only a remote cause. If the church is weak anywhere, the church is the reason why.
And now, may the glorious Lord of the church step into this seeming perpetual desolation, and pour us the blessing that is Revival.
#CryForRevival
I lost of of the best men I ever dated in this my life over malice. We had an issue, 2 weeks, we didn’t speak to each other and I was the champion of that malice. He tried to communicate, I refused, so he left me. By the time I’ve had enough and I called him, so we can talk. He told me he was done, thst he can’t be with a woman that doesn’t love him, that only someone who doesn’t love another can go that long without speaking to their partner. Everywhere first blur. I begged ehnn, firsy guy I ever begged in my life, but the deed was already done. He was a man with a lot of respect for himself, so it didn’t work and it ended.
My sister has identical twins
She’s so tired this evening and I’m on the phone with her and one of them is bothering her and she went like “Nathan… or Ethan… or whoever you are…”
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Lol i always found all these “when you marry, you will understand” talks funny. There is no special “wisdom” attainable just by virtue of being married. Also any problem you think is affecting men will also affect women.
Being a godly man goes way beyond “ I don’t fornicate “ . It goes beyond performative Christianity . Godliness is seen in your ability to respond correctly and appropriately to people , especially that woman in your life .
Most men seem to think that the appropriate way to respond to a woman saying many sisters are struggling to find men they find Christian virtue in is to DISMISS the concern .
That right there is the problem !
I was like that before I got married .
As you grow you will realize that the best response to a woman’s feedback is to listen attentively without feeling judged or needing to defend yourself .
This capacity for emotional intelligence to be able to understand a woman’s needs before trying to provide solutions is what many men , including I struggled with .
So , I don’t fornicate , I pray , I go to church is the barest minimum .
When you marry , it will be clear to you.
If you don’t understand.
Relax , in due time , you will .
We need more godly men. Not more men that know ‘game’ or are grounded in red pill, not just more materially successful men. We desperately need fathers, brothers, friends, young men that truly revere the living God. The absence of this has cost us so much already as a society.
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Cohabitation will only lead to fornication and many other sexual immorality that will make a mess of you! God’s standard remains the standard! Cohabitation does not glorify God!
The real test of spirituality is not in the gifts of the spirit
It is in the fruits
The fruits will show you what kind of tree it is
Always.
The fruits will NEVER LIE.
CHECK THE FRUITS!!!
See how non challant he was at the beginning because he wasn’t expecting much.
But it then turned to excitement and then tears.
If you like let these zero effort women manipulate you to settle for less. You will just die young.
I rather remain single than put up with nonsense.