Doc, Glad the situation turned out well. It is true that we are not called to know the secret sins of those in our flock. Though once those sins are exposed we have the duty to deal with them. It sounds like you handled the situation well. Pax, Steve Dpowellaz2@... wrote: > In a message dated 2/10/2007 2:00:05 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > bctexan@... writes: > > As a Pastor of a New Testament Baptist Church I have the > responsibility to deal with open sin within and without the Church > in which the Holy Spirit has placed me there as an overseer. Yes, > the Holy Spirit does convict however, He uses the preaching of the > Word of God by His Servants. Open sin must be deal with openly, > private sins should be deal with privately. > > I am also the Pastor of a New Testament church. I teach the word of > God unadulterated! With that, though, I had to deal with this issue. > We had a family with two young children join the church. They were > members of our church for about two years before I found out that they > had been married, gotten a divorce and then chose to just live > together. I was taken completely unaware. I had wondered why, when I > considered them for positions of leadership, the Holy Spirit never > would give me a peace. Finally we had a marriage retreat and they > confessed that they were no longer married. No one in the church had > the slightest idea. After some counseling I married them and they are > very faithful but still waiting to take positions of leadership. The > pastor and even the church members don't always know everything about > each other! > Doc > > */Shalom Alechem...Barukh Hashem Y'shua!/** * > (*Peace and Blessings in Jesus' name!*) > Pastor David Powell > > To subscribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-join@... > > To unsubs > cribe, send a message to: pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > > > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pastor Steven G. Rockhill Lisbon Reformed Presbyterian Church PO Box 88 Lisbon, NY 13658 315-393-9041 revrock@... http://lisbonrpc.port5.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++