Re: Evangelical Ted Haggard
Link said:
True prostitution is where any man/women gather (we call them churches in the US) and let another "HUMAN" tell you how to live your life.
Link, that is a pretty strong statement, and one I will have to disagree with. The Bible tells us to "not forsake the assembling of ourselves together." Why, because we need each other. The Bible also tells us not to be blown around by every wind of doctrine. When we try to go it on our own, without anyone coming along side of us to help us and encourage us, it is easy to create our own god and worship him the way we want, instead of what G*d wants. (Look at what happened in Genesis - Abel gave an offering that God wanted, Cain did not).
When a church is functioning the way I feel it should, it should not be one person lording over the rest, but body of believers who are encouraging each other, helping each other, developing relationship with one another. It should become a way of life, not just seeing the back of people's heads one time a week. But it should be people helping people, a spiritual family, if you will, protecting each other, watching each others back, and encouraging each other on in the faith, at the same time providing a place for instruction, worship, and discipline (what kid doesn't need that in a family),
It should never be a place of prostitution, taking from others and telling them HOW to live, but it should be a place where we can SHOW and DEMONSTRATE how to live. And there should never be a double standard between the leaders and the followers.
