Pastors bleeding the flock???) was getting rediculous...
"Timothy Litteral" (brotim@gte.net)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:48:10 -0400
My Bro.
My point is that you can't have totalitarians (which do TREMENDOUS
wounding to the saints of God) if standards are not placed on the same
keel as scripture, or made a test of fellowship or salvation. If we
willingly place stumblingblocks in front of saints, are we not
responsible if they fall?
My God:
Ezekiel 34
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the
shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed
the flocks?
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are
fed: but ye feed not the flock.
4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which
was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye
brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which
was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became
meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:
yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did
search or seek after them.
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and
my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no
shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds
fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will
require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the
flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will
deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my
sheep, and seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep
that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out
of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Luke 6:26
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