I am sorry that I have not posted in awhile but my distraction was a joyous one. My baby sister is now a married woman: all the planning and shopping culminated in a beautiful day. May her marriage be guided by Christ. With this in mind, I will only write one paragraph on the Pat Robertson controversy.
I wonder how guilty we are as Christians that condone putting away a spouse as Pat Robertson. As irresponsible as his statement was Christians still divorce all the time for many reasons. Some then remarry, yet are still accepted by their congregations. It is hard for me to imagine that any preacher would encourage their congregation to abandon their spouses the way Robertson did (but we do). Why are we not outraged when the Body of Christ is scandalized daily when we allow one another to divorce and remarry on grounds the Lord does not allow. We as Christians do not take our Lord’s restriction of divorce and remarriage seriously–––by not getting divorced and remarried except for fornication. Instead of berating Robertson, we need to look inside to see that he is only voicing what we have allowed. May the Lord have mercy on the entire body of believers, who claim Christ as their Lord, yet find ways of rationalizing behaviors that He clearly condemns. I tell you, as I pen this blog, I am contemplating how my own sins scandalizes the body of believers as well.
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