Everytime a news on accident would flash on tv, grilling for the offender appears to be a tough job. No one is admitting the fault and while investigation is on going, the blame starts whirling around passing from one person to another. If somebody found guilty he would invent all scheme of denial and even bribe the authority to stand for him. This would be the worst scenario ever, to let the guilty one slip away especially when the accident was intentional.
It was my first time to witness a church offender being presented to the congregation. As the pastor pronounced the person’s guilt, the offender undauntedly face the congregation in total silent; submitting himself to church’s forgiveness and prayer. My heart leaps with joy for witnessing a man who has the courage to strip himself of the pride in front of the congregation considering that not all the people attending the church are members, some maybe attending for the first time and myself included. I have been to other Christian churches and been a member of quite a number already since I became a believer but I hadn’t heard any tradition, policy nor witnessing such scenario inside the church. The irony , a faction is taking toll on the church instead. Those hidden guilt that supposed to be exposed serves as a defensive wall, no one is admitting the fault until the faction starts to eat up the portion of the church.
Admitting our fault is one step to stripping ourselves of the pride.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride is the sin that caused the fallen angels to banish them from the kingdom of heaven. It is pride that caused the horrible death of king Herod. Pride continues to attack every man’s sensibility.
What is the price of swallowing our pride? The guilty offender was prayed over by the congregation, he was not condemned and instead extend their mercy to the offender. Yet the offender has to undergo testing of time, he has to take seminar on correcting his behavior and was relieved from the post he presently hold. He gladly accepted all the consequences. When passed the test, he was installed for a new position with a renewed spirit. This how the body of Christ called the church works amazingly with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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It was my first time to witness a church offender being presented to the congregation. As the pastor pronounced the person’s guilt, the offender undauntedly face the congregation in total silent; submitting himself to church’s forgiveness and prayer. My heart leaps with joy for witnessing a man who has the courage to strip himself of the pride in front of the congregation considering that not all the people attending the church are members, some maybe attending for the first time and myself included. I have been to other Christian churches and been a member of quite a number already since I became a believer but I hadn’t heard any tradition, policy nor witnessing such scenario inside the church. The irony , a faction is taking toll on the church instead. Those hidden guilt that supposed to be exposed serves as a defensive wall, no one is admitting the fault until the faction starts to eat up the portion of the church.
Admitting our fault is one step to stripping ourselves of the pride.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride is the sin that caused the fallen angels to banish them from the kingdom of heaven. It is pride that caused the horrible death of king Herod. Pride continues to attack every man’s sensibility.
What is the price of swallowing our pride? The guilty offender was prayed over by the congregation, he was not condemned and instead extend their mercy to the offender. Yet the offender has to undergo testing of time, he has to take seminar on correcting his behavior and was relieved from the post he presently hold. He gladly accepted all the consequences. When passed the test, he was installed for a new position with a renewed spirit. This how the body of Christ called the church works amazingly with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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