How to Tell if a Bad Christian Leader has Become a Good Christian Leader

 

So a Christian leader has been caught * doing something bad, whether that be in their business, ministry or personal life and they go public with admission of guilt and apologies. How do you tell if they are sincere or not?

If they are sincere, the first ☝️thing they will do is completely step back from the entire situation to take time to evaluate where they are, question what led them to this and spend time alone with Jesus to learn what to do next.

If they just keep on doing business as usual or keeping up with their preaching and speaking engagements as if nothing has happened, that's a red flag warning. 🚩 

If no steps are taken to correct their mistakes or make amends to anyone they hurt or set up a better way of being accountable in the future, that's another red flag. 🚩

If they continue to do things behind closed doors and are still not transparent that's another red flag that nothing is different. 🚩

Let's have a look at a Biblical example.

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It revolves around a Chief Tax Collector named Zacchaeus who lived during Jesus's time. He was a very corrupt and very short man who lived near Jericho and had previously heard about Jesus.

“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.”

Luke 19:1-6

And after only a few hours with Jesus this is how Zacchaeus was transformed.

“But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

Luke 19:8

Not only did the guy turn honest and make amends for his previous sins he actually became generous! 😃

Let's take a look at another corrupt Tax Collector who was cheating people and who had a run in with Jesus.

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“As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.”

Matthew 9:9

BOOM❗️

DONE❗️

One look from Jesus 

(one verse in the Bible) and Matthew walked away from his previous job and life to dedicate himself to Jesus. He became one of the twelve Apostles and God inspired him to the write the book of Matthew, which is the first book of the New Testament!

Are you seeing THAT level of change in the Christian leader we are discussing?

Is he truly owning the sin (or sins) he committed and dealing with them thoroughly or is he (or she) still dancing around the issue, trying to sweep it under the carpet and looking for a way to get 

past it with as little collateral damage as possible?

These are NOT signs of true repentance and no repentance means no forgiveness.

I would also like to mention the asterisk * I put up before. There is a MAJOR difference between whether a person gets CAUGHT doing something wrong or steps forward to CONFESS when they weren't in any trouble because nobody knew about it. 🤨

To boil it down …

the proof is in the pudding, talk is cheap, actions speak louder than words and

  … "the truth (or guilt) is written on all our faces." 

Keep your eyes open,

 your Bibles open, 

your hearts and minds guarded and 

your focus on Jesus.

The Truth with Love,

Always Laura-Lee 

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS  in Christ Jesus.”

(emphasis mine)

Philippians 4:4-7

Treat for scrolling to the end.

The Hymn, "Rejoice, the Lord is King" with some spice added by

Phillips Craig and Dean.

"REJOICE❗️🤗 The Lord is King" 🎶 by Phillips Craig and Dean 😎

PS.

To  those who have done wrong but are frightened by facing the consequences which may be quite severe, here's some advice born from experience.

Ultimately there is no running from it once you belong to Jesus because He won't leave you alone until you and He are restored to a right relationship again. The struggle against Jesus is a waste of time and energy. Better to yield to God's will SOONER than LATER. be reconciled to Christ and let Peace and Joy into your life again, which I suspect has been seriously lacking while you've been creeping around trying to find ways to cover your butt.

Here's a Phillips Craig and Dean double play.

"Tell Your Heart to Beat Again" 🎶 by Phillips Craig and Dean

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BTW. I'm 60 years old. I didn't have time for my usual (Oops❗️🫢...) thing today.

Sexually Deviant Behavior (Simplified)

 

Because this is one of my areas of expertise (I wish it wasn't), I often get asked questions along this line. So let's tackle it head on because as I always say, "Defining the problem is the first step to finding the solution", and with people's moral values being all over the place and everyone doing only "what is right in their own eyes" (Judges 17:6) we need to quickly and clearly get to the heart of the matter.

I will NOT be looking to modern psychology for this answer because, quite frankly, they STILL don't know and in their ignorance and continuing debate over simply defining deviant sexual behavior  they have become a major part of causing it to get worse. 

For example.  Homosexuality was originally defined as "deviant behavior" or a "perversion", then as a "mental illness", and now as just an "alternate lifestyle". 

All the other letters of the LGBTQ+ have traveled this path too and now we are seeing Pedophilia travel this same well worn path and is currently emerging as mainstream and acceptable.

Plus, ☝️try and get a modern psychologist to even define "What is a man?" or "What is a woman?" and after stumbling through some GobbledeeGook, they will leave the room in a huff. (As Matt Walsh demonstrated to us).

So where do we get our answer❓️ 🤔

We are going straight to the words of the God who designed and made us.

"So God created mankind in his own image,

    in the image of God he created them;

    male and female he created them."

Genesis 1:27

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"The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 2:18

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"Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones

    and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called ‘woman,’

    for she was taken out of man.”

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."

Genesis 2:22-24

There it is! God's way. The RIGHT way of doing it! 

Simple. 💁‍♀️Right? 🤨

Anything NOT done the right way is a DEVIATION from it.

A PERVERSION of the perfect way it was set up to be.

So, it isn't just things like Homosexuality or being a Pedophile but it also includes ADULTERY and FORNICATION.

So, all you "consenting adults" considering yourselves morally superior to the people in the LGBTQ community better think again❗️because if you have not followed God's mandate of "One man married to the same woman for an entire lifetime" you have perverted God's perfect way and participated in SEXUALLY DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.

What you do about your perverted ways is between You and God and I will leave it to you to take it up with Him directly from this point.

It is only my responsibility to bring you...

The Truth with Love,

 Always Laura-Lee 

"Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral."

Hebrews 13:4

PS.

While the previously smug older folks are pondering (and sweating) over what I just said, let me give some hope to you younger people who come to me doubting that Love for a Lifetime is even possible.

Let me assure you that it is! 😃

It has been my privilege to see many marriages at the end of people's lives who were still married to the same person as one of them bid farewell to the other. And the love they shared on that day went  far beyond the love they shared for each on their wedding day.

I have been related to many and known many.

Love for a Lifetime and finding the person God has designed to be YOUR other half that completes you is completely in your grasp. So don't give up hope in finding them.

But we'll talk more about that on another day.

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Taking a moment to honor Reverend  Bryan Norford and his beautiful wife Ann who were the leaders of my home church, "Boundary Road Assembly" while I was growing up in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Love for a Lifetime❓️

Completely "DO-ABLE"❗️

Move along! 🫱

 Nothing to see here.

NOTE.

As I previously stated Pedophilia is moving into mainstream within the laws in various countries and ALL over the internet as the Pedophiles seek to lure children in.

BEWARE of any site, game or app that would appeal to children.

You are looking for this version of the LGBTQ rainbow and the word "MAP" hidden somewhere.

MAP = "Minor Attracted Person"

KEEP  YOUR  KIDS  SAFE❗️