Disturbing Incident~Spiritual Immaturity~

[George]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Like Mark pointed out, God takes care of problems like this in His own way and in His own time. I have seen people who disrespected men and women of God, and ended up in dire straits because they were unrepentant and rebellious.

I'm not talking about situations where an angry preacher threatened the wrath of God because someone dared disagree with him--I'm talking about ACTUAL cases where people have been reduced to nothing, financially, physically, and otherwise, because they treated Christians, (elders or not) with disrespect and worse.

That's nothing to rejoice over, btw, but it is true that you WILL reap what you sow, God sees to it that His laws are fulfilled. Repentance and God's grace is the only way to overturn that "law."

A very wise elder of mine once told me to never seek revenge, because if we seek our own revenge, God doesn't have to (or won't) take up our cause. I don't know how true that is, or scriptural, but I do think we are better off if we leave it to God to sort out.

You are right. Scripture says not to touch the anointed of God and do His prophets no harm. It also says vengeance is the Lord's. If you leave it in God's hand, He will whip up on those people harder than we ever could. I would never wish bad to anyone, but they do reap what they sow. Someone gave my pastor big trouble and that person is now dying of cancer.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by George

You are right. Scripture says not to touch the anointed of God and do His prophets no harm. It also says vengeance is the Lord's. If you leave it in God's hand, He will whip up on those people harder than we ever could. I would never wish bad to anyone, but they do reap what they sow. Someone gave my pastor big trouble and that person is now dying of cancer.

Yes...however if we are ALL filled with the Spirit of God...the same Spirit then aren't we ALL "The Anointed OF God"?

1Jn 2:27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything--and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you--abide in him.

Kings were anointed and that verse usually quoted referred to the kings of Israel. David would do Saul no harm though Saul was wrong and David had been anointed King already.

But the bible says we are a kingdom of Priests. We will rule and reign with Christ.

We should touch not anyone not just pastors or elders. We should have mutual respect for each other as brothers and sisters in Christ...a class of Priests