partiality
There is a current trend among ministers today, just as there was a trend among the Jewish priests after God's people returned from their exile and rebuilt God's temple. And this trend is to show partiality in how much of God's law is presented, both in word and deed.
"So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction (Malachi 2:9 NASB)"
The result of this lack of shepherding was to be expected. The people lived apart from their covenant responsibilities, leading to marrying outside of the faith and giving up on their marital commitments.
Just as Paul in Acts 20:27 preached all of God's purposes and counsel to believers and non believers alike, so too must we not fear from presenting all that God has in His word. Just as Jesus preached through the prophets about Himself, so must we reveal and live out what even the hardest books of Scripture have to say.
2 comments:
Hey man! Great meeting you at iGo! Still digesting all that we learned there. God bless yourr ministry!
Hey, saw the article in the Roanoke Times about the baptisms! That is really cool (though the picture was kind of small.
Got if from the BMH blog.
I'll tell you what - we'd freezing up here if we tried baptizing in creeks! Then again, any creek around here deep enough to baptize in probably flow so fast they'd get swept downstream.
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