Hi All,
A thought to Disfellowshipping...whether it be your family or a friend..Let's read Matt. 13:24-30 24 Another illustration he set before them, saying: “The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man that sowed fine seed in his field. 25 While men were sleeping, his enemy came and oversowed weeds in among the wheat, and left. 26 When the blade sprouted and produced fruit, then the weeds appeared also. 27 So the slaves of the householder came up and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow fine seed in your field? How, then, does it come to have weeds?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy, a man, did this.’ They said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go out and collect them?’ 29 He said, ‘No; that by no chance, while collecting the weeds, ? YOU ? uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the harvest season I will tell the reapers, First collect the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them up, then go to gathering the wheat into my storehouse.’” The witnesses claim it's biblical because of 1 Cor. 5:1, this is a specific incident. A man is sleeping with his Mother-in-Law & it's mentioned that type of sexual immorality is the kind the pagans do not tolerate, now let's go to Lev. 18:8: The nakeness of your father's wife you must not lay bare. It is your father's nakedness. Lev. has all the rules to who you should or should not sleep with..very specific..
Look at the illustration of teh weeds & the wheat Matt. 13:24-30, This illustration Jesus gave indicates there is danger in removing the weeds from the wheat field, even when you know absolutely which is weed & which is wheat. Could there be a greater purpose for weeds & wheat to dwell together until the harvest ? Leaving them together they both stuggle to survival. It's possible some of the wheat can be choked out, but by the same token struggle produces strength. Do Christians need to be able to deal with these kinds of problems and build strength while doing? If we nver have to answer questions of why we do what we do and do so without the minister intervening, what kind of strength are we building?
I think this would be a good defense if anyone comes up against being disfellowshipped, even it the ORG. still disfellowships you, family or friend, by bringing out what you have just read...it will leave the elders with something to think about, & like the truth, they'll never forget it.
It's easy to say it's scriptual until it's your turn....I hope that I may not be disfellowshipped but if so, they can shun me all they want, but no man or organization should keep a person from God. God nevers shuns, even if at times we shun him, he will wait for us patiently, just like the prodigal son. Did he Shun David, Paul, etc....David committed adultery & killed, & today we are still reading his Psalms. Man loves to ostersize.
These folks are going to have answer to God...of that we can depend on...or at least I hope so...how do they interpret do not judge or else you'll be judged?
Just something to think about.
Be Well,
Legacy
