Religious leaders do you have spiritual qualifications to readjust others and keep an eye on ourselves too?
Question by Divine Truth: Religious leaders do you have spiritual qualifications to readjust others and keep an eye on ourselves too?
How is this said in your own Bible? The key to the good and bad actions of all mankind at Galatians 6:7-10 “Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap; because he who is sowing with a view to his flesh will reap corruption from his flesh, but he who is sowing with a view to the spirit will reap everlasting life from the spirit. So let us not give up in doing what is fine, for in due season we shall reap if we do not tire out. Really, then, as long as we have time favorable for it, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those related to [us] in the faith.” We are to love our enemies, neighbers, but more so our brothers in the faith. How are we all doing in all the above if honest with ourselves?
Jesus called religious leaders of his day whitened gravestones [tombs] would he do the same today?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100417/ap_on_re_eu/eu_pope_s_unlikely_lawyer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_re_us/us_pope_church_abuse
“The Vatican Press”
Worries about Calif. priest came early in career
The Papacy and the Vatican Slideshow makes me think of Matthew 23:27,28 World English Bible, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, [religious leaders in Jesus day] hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs [gravestones], which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.” [or lawlessness] http://bible.cc/matthew/23-27.htm
Matthew 23:38 “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. This was the consequence of refusing to come to Christ. The temple is the house meant. God will abandon it and leave it desolate. He will no longer accept its worship.” (People’s New Testament)
Outwardly appear beautiful [or righteous to men], but inwardly are full lawlessness? Do we see that today too? God will abandon it also? Has he already done so? Will the human laws keep resisting the pleas of the children much longer? How much more has not come to light yet? Will there be true repenting now? How deep and real will it be in truth? That is the key question we need answered! Don’t put on a show of righteousness, be righteous in fact! People are sick of what they are hearing and seeing all over the the Internet and news! It cannot be ignored any longer can it?
“And this lust problem is not limited to Catholic priests. It crosses all religious boundaries and denominational lines.” No matter who we are there are two main ways we act, by the flesh or the spirit. We allow one or the other to control us. When we weakly allow our imperfect flesh to rule us we hurt others and ourselves some times in little things and some times in big things. Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, and they are fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, idolatry, practice of spiritism, enmities, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, contentions, divisions, sects, envies, drunken bouts, revelries, and things like these. As to these things I am forewarning YOU, the same way as I did forewarn YOU, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s kingdom.” Not one of us will inherit God’s kingdom who practice such things. Fornication, fits of anger, drunken bouts, lust for children all SINFUL! Repent see Galatians 5:22-26!
URGENT NEED FOR ALL, Galatians 5:22-26, 22 “On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. Moreover, those who belong to Christ Jesus impaled the flesh together with its passions and desires. If we are living by spirit, let us go on walking orderly also by spirit. Let us not become egotistical, stirring up competition with one another, envying one another.” No law against all of us doing good to one and all. In agreement with golden rule at Matthew 7:12. But there is laws against doing bad things to others for one and all! All must repent! Do we have spiritual qualifications to readjust others and keep an eye on ourselves knowing we can as well be tempted? See Galatians 6:1 “Brothers, even though a man takes some false step before he is aware of it, YOU who have spiritual qualifications try to readjust such a man in a spirit of mildness, as you each keep an eye on yourself, for fear you also may be tempted.” Is this a fair way to fix things aright for us all?
Best answer:
Answer by Dave P
The way to fix things is to get rid of religious leaders. Let each person find his own spirituality. If you want to follow Jesus then pray in a closet, not a church, as he ordered you to. (Matthew 6:5-6)
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