tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16413529.post2897829257081558489..comments2023-09-03T06:38:13.721-04:00Comments on Crocker Chronicle: Eddie Long & How to Respond When Pastors Failscottmcrockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443168472392620197noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16413529.post-28310305527636755462010-09-25T08:41:37.881-04:002010-09-25T08:41:37.881-04:00My brother, I am certainly mindful of John 8:7 whe...My brother, I am certainly mindful of John 8:7 when considering this matter...!<br /><br />While I would not hesitate to speak out about this matter if he were in fact undeniably...and proven guilty, especially by his own admission...today I refrain ...from doing what we "church people" have become notorious for doing...turning on, and eating our wounded.<br /><br />This general of spiritual warfare, in spite of his methodology or practice is still responsible for raising the banner for Christ, and for leading many lost souls away from the nasty grip of satan...the ENEMY OF US ALL.<br /><br />While this nasty sin of homosexuality is indeed running rampant through the church, it must also be said that it runs through the church of the "lost & confused', those who choose to ignore the Supremacy of God in Word and Deed. There are still "Mighty Men of Valor", who would bow down and lap like dogs, without hesitation.<br /><br />We should seek to be in that number.<br /><br />_______<br /><br />Lam 5:16, KJV - The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!<br /><br />As I have so often taught, and believe...Redemption, Reconciliation and Restoration must be preceded by Repentance...the acknowledgment of our deprivation and loss without God…an unequivocal and clear understanding in the stated truth that "all have sinned, and come short of His Glory. {Rom 3:23}.<br /><br />Let's see this for what I pray is the intention of the Holy Spirit..."A WAKE-UP CALL".<br />_______<br /><br />The church of today has lost her spiritual anchor.<br /><br />Plagued by scandal, fractured by schism, rendered powerless, irrelevant, anything but holy, she is adrift in a sea of excessive materialism, greed, mediocrity, compromise and Spiritual Death.<br /><br />There can be no doubt whatsoever that most, if not all of the troubles in the Church today are due to a departure from the Word of God as the absolute sole authority in all matters of true Christian Faith and Practice.<br /><br />Her confusion and lack of authority is evidenced by, and can be seen through the introduction and acceptance of various "alternative and pluralistic" heresies which attempt to ignore a pattern of lifestyle and moral poverty which typified the fallen state of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the foolishness which often typified a fallen Israel.<br /><br />We so desperately need a ChurchQuake...and I believe it has begun.<br /><br />and just like King David, he will be judged accordingly.Benjamen Long, Pastornoreply@blogger.com