The Sin of the Church:Ommission
The Church Must Take the Blame
Sometimes we are so heavenly minded that we are of no earthly use. We preach holiness and transformation with no real grasp about how we can do these things. Our society as a whole may value how to raise children, how to have healthy marriages, and how to help people with mental, emotional and spiritual sicknesses, but they have trouble accepting how many problems there really are, and are even more clueless about how to address such problems. We want everyone to be shiny, glossy and perfectly happy all the time. "Give it to the Lord," they say with smiles, and we say, "How? I want to. Pray for me please, show me some scripture, anything."
The church, as a whole (and there are exceptions) have swept the whole sexual issue under the proverbial rug, We do not teach on many key areas regarding to sexuality to our kids or adults in church. Here are some topics that should probably be discussed in church:
1. How should women deal with their men who are having issues with porn
2. How should men deal with women who don't enjoy or like having sex
3. How should parents monitor the use of internet and tv in their home
4. How should men and women go about learning to have really good sex, sex that honors God.
No, I am not condoning a church that only talks about sex, I am providing topics that could be given in special classes at churches: Such topics as "Sexuality in Marriage," and "Raising a healthy and pure sexual appetite in your children," etc. If men are so afraid of women's response to their issues of porn, then the church needs to be training men on how to deal with these issues, and women on how to deal with their men who have these issues. Divorce is not a beneficial choice, though some may argue it is permissible.
But, if the church - who is God's messenger to the people will not speak on the struggles of sin that folks are having, then there will never be an avenue - other than God's Holy Spirit for people to see transformation. And no doubt, the Holy Spirit is our primary source for conviction of sin...but the Holy Spirit often uses people to get his work done,
Even Paul suggests this model for the church:
1. If you see someone in sin confront them
2. If they don't change their ways bring another witness to confront them
3. If they still don't change announce it in front of the church and treat them as you would a non-believeer. In other words love them and talk to them, but don't give them any spiritual authority in your church.
We as a church should lead in helping people with the practical issues and struggles they are going through. We can talk about holiness until we are blue, but we must also have strageties for helping one another to overcome struggles and adversities. The Church, if it ignores such issues, especially at the leader level, when no doubt raise a generation of people who are also avoiding the issue.
Sometimes we are so heavenly minded that we are of no earthly use. We preach holiness and transformation with no real grasp about how we can do these things. Our society as a whole may value how to raise children, how to have healthy marriages, and how to help people with mental, emotional and spiritual sicknesses, but they have trouble accepting how many problems there really are, and are even more clueless about how to address such problems. We want everyone to be shiny, glossy and perfectly happy all the time. "Give it to the Lord," they say with smiles, and we say, "How? I want to. Pray for me please, show me some scripture, anything."
The church, as a whole (and there are exceptions) have swept the whole sexual issue under the proverbial rug, We do not teach on many key areas regarding to sexuality to our kids or adults in church. Here are some topics that should probably be discussed in church:
1. How should women deal with their men who are having issues with porn
2. How should men deal with women who don't enjoy or like having sex
3. How should parents monitor the use of internet and tv in their home
4. How should men and women go about learning to have really good sex, sex that honors God.
No, I am not condoning a church that only talks about sex, I am providing topics that could be given in special classes at churches: Such topics as "Sexuality in Marriage," and "Raising a healthy and pure sexual appetite in your children," etc. If men are so afraid of women's response to their issues of porn, then the church needs to be training men on how to deal with these issues, and women on how to deal with their men who have these issues. Divorce is not a beneficial choice, though some may argue it is permissible.
But, if the church - who is God's messenger to the people will not speak on the struggles of sin that folks are having, then there will never be an avenue - other than God's Holy Spirit for people to see transformation. And no doubt, the Holy Spirit is our primary source for conviction of sin...but the Holy Spirit often uses people to get his work done,
Even Paul suggests this model for the church:
1. If you see someone in sin confront them
2. If they don't change their ways bring another witness to confront them
3. If they still don't change announce it in front of the church and treat them as you would a non-believeer. In other words love them and talk to them, but don't give them any spiritual authority in your church.
We as a church should lead in helping people with the practical issues and struggles they are going through. We can talk about holiness until we are blue, but we must also have strageties for helping one another to overcome struggles and adversities. The Church, if it ignores such issues, especially at the leader level, when no doubt raise a generation of people who are also avoiding the issue.
posted by friend | 8:41 AM
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