heymikey80
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I think I have to argue that to your pastors, the issue of your faith is somewhat [more] important than the issue of your fornication. I get the feeling that they didn't want to ask of you more than you can bear -- for Christ does forgive as you grow in repentance and faith. I don't envy their attempts to draw lines in redemptive ways.
Yes, they should have represented God's morality more consistently. I hope you would please grant them their faults like any other Christian. They're probably constantly dealing with people whom they think, if only the new Christian would grow just a bit more, they would come to recognize God's will for their lives and be married, or quit drug use, or drunkenness. It's a tough range of people that ministers minister to.
It's a tough thing to walk the line of redeeming people, yet recognize their newfound faith as well. I've been in that situation in my own church -- we generally don't admit unmarried, sexually active couples to membership, but invite them into participate in every other opportunity where they can grow to see God's claims on their lives.
Yes, they should have represented God's morality more consistently. I hope you would please grant them their faults like any other Christian. They're probably constantly dealing with people whom they think, if only the new Christian would grow just a bit more, they would come to recognize God's will for their lives and be married, or quit drug use, or drunkenness. It's a tough range of people that ministers minister to.
It's a tough thing to walk the line of redeeming people, yet recognize their newfound faith as well. I've been in that situation in my own church -- we generally don't admit unmarried, sexually active couples to membership, but invite them into participate in every other opportunity where they can grow to see God's claims on their lives.
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