Why would a Pastor do this to me ? - Page 20

pelathais · #**191** 03-25-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephanas

If a pastor tells a good saint to leave, it makes you say, "Why?"

If the second pastor tells the same saint to leave, it makes you say, "Hmmm."

If the third pastor tells the same saint to leave, it makes you say, "Ah-ha."

If the fourth pastor tells the same saint to leave, it makes you say, "Goat."

What if the roles were reversed? Saints come and go from your churches, they say they're "not being fed..." You live in a city of millions and you run about 25 or 30 steady maybe up to 100 when things are really kicking.

You visit a larger church nearby and count 20+ people singing in the choir who used to go to your place at one time or the other. You meet people in the stores and about who are attending churches in other denoms and they look happier and healthier than you'd ever seen them.

Is this pastor a "shepherd" or a "goatherd?"

pelathais · #**192** 03-25-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by YEPhesMycousin

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Originally Posted by pelathais

nope. He fired me a few months later. He was convinced that "God" had shown him something dire about me and how that I was "hindering revival." Of course that leads to the story I'm not supposed to keep repeating here...

I think a lot of times what people call discernment is just evil surmising.

He fell into another man's sins at that same point in time. Ended up driving all the saints away. Had the hardest time finding a new pastor to take over; ran off several candidates, a few left in fear.

When he finally turned the place over to a new guy, the new guy kicked the old man out along with his entire family. It was sad. I took no joy in the comeuppance, in fact it angered me a bit.

But it was my attitude that was the problem all along. My way of looking at things. My way of saying things (I used to be positive and perky). I was "hindering revival..." I was sleeping with my own wife and no one else.

Apparently, I was doing everything wrong.

CC1 · #**193** 03-25-2009, 04:39 PM

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He fell into another man's sins at that same point in time. Ended up driving all the saints away. Had the hardest time finding a new pastor to take over; ran off several candidates, a few left in fear.

When he finally turned the place over to a new guy, the new guy kicked the old man out along with his entire family. It was sad. I took no joy in the comeuppance, in fact it angered me a bit.

But it was my attitude that was the problem all along. My way of looking at things. My way of saying things (I used to be positive and perky). I was "hindering revival..." I was sleeping with my own wife and no one else.

Apparently, I was doing everything wrong.

Hopefully you learned your lesson?

pelathais · #**194** 03-25-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CC1

Hopefully you learned your lesson?

Uh... yeah. But I'm still a bit squeemish about anything other than monogamy.

BTW- I what's with the "QUOTER" now? I'm quoting CC1 who was quoting me. I refuse to edit HTML markup that should be done by the robots.

HeavenlyOne · #**195** 03-25-2009, 04:47 PM

Edit your post to take out the second '[ quote]' at the top.

Sherri · #**196** 03-25-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pelathais

Uh... yeah. But I'm still a bit squeemish about anything other than monogamy.

BTW- I what's with the "QUOTER" now? I'm quoting CC1 who was quoting me. I refuse to edit HTML markup that should be done by the robots.

This is very confusing, reading the last few posts.