Just trying to bring the eternal truths of the Bible today into our churches and even more into our way of thinking. Ask yourself, if you had any authority over who could or could not play a role in the work of the local church, would you allow any of these people in?
This man fell for the wife of
one of his servants. He sent his servant
to the front of a battle so he would be killed, and he could take the man’s
wife as his own. This was necessary
because she had become pregnant in this adulterous affair. Could this man serve in your church? (2 Sam. 11)
This man, ruler of a great
kingdom that God had richly blessed, proceeded to marry hundreds of wives and
concubines, and place altars for other gods on the Mount of Olives across from
the Tabernacle of the Lord. Could this
man serve in your church? (1 Kin. 11)
This man conceived twins by
his daughter-in-law, who had posed as a prostitute, and after the act admitted
she had been more righteous than he.
Could this man serve in your church?
(Gen. 38)
This man pretended to be his
brother, so that his aging father would give him the blessing over his brother,
whose right it was as the firstborn.
Through deception he gained the blessing that started with Abraham and
is passed down to us today. Could he
serve in your church? (Gen. 27)
This man, after seeing
historic miracles of God, led the anxious masses to take their gold, and
fashion it into a calf and altar for the people to worship.
Could he serve in your
church? (Ex. 32)
This man spent three years
walking naked and barefoot through Egypt and Ethiopia as a sign to the peoples
of those nations. Could he serve in your
church? (Is. 20)
This man, after having spent
three years walking with Jesus, denied knowing Him publicly three times. Could he serve in your church? (Matt. 26)
