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Friday,Feb 22 2008, 02:05:21 AM SPIRITUAL MOTHER OR FATHER
AS A SPIRITUAL MOTHER OR FATHER, YOU SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED AN INDIVIDUAL AND SENT THE FLOCK INTO MATURITY, RATHER THAN TOSSING AN INNUENDO AND SENDING THE FLOCK INTO IMMATURITY. ON ANOTHER NOTE, LEADERSHIP MUST NEVER USE INNUENDOES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVULGE ANY WEAKNESS OF THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE ONCE CONFIDED IN THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST SAY ONE OF YOUR SONS OR DAUGHTERS HAS EXPRESSED TO YOU THAT THEY ARE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, AND HIS OR HER ACTIONS HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE POINT OF AN OPEN REBUKE. IT MUST NOT BE SAID BY THE LEADER ON THE TAIL END OF THE REBUKE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL OPENLY, 'NOW, SON, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.' THIS IS A DIVULGING OF A PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATION BEING TAGGED ONTO AN OPEN REBUKE.
THIS IS WHY GALATIANS 6:1 SAYS: BRETHREN,IF ANY PERSON IS OVERTAKEN IN MISCONDUCT OR SIN OF ANY SORT, YOU WHO ARE SPIRITUAL [WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO AND CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT] SHOULD SET RIGHT AND RESTORE AND REINSTATE HIM, WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF SUPERIORITY AND WITH ALL GENTLENESS, KEEPING AN ATTENTIVE EYE ON YOURSELF, LEST YOU SHOULD BE TEMPTED ALSO.

