tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post8383687802894354463..comments2024-03-27T11:13:34.520-05:00Comments on The Dunamis Word: Mary, Mary, Forgiveness & RestorationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-65272038865062104412011-07-20T23:04:49.923-05:002011-07-20T23:04:49.923-05:00Great insights Marcia. You're absolutely corre...Great insights Marcia. You're absolutely correct. It is a problem when the church becomes more engraciating to the offender than the victim. So engraciating that we don't make the offender accountable...we simply want to display our version of "love"...<br /><br />Man rapes or molests an underaged girl and the church says, "We'll stand by him because we know him"...while the victim, is given the cold shoulder because she wasn't "saved" anyway. No, what that means is that she didn't give in teh offering or wasn't a tither...<br /><br />Sad situation, but GOd's got it under control.District Supt. Harvey Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315686602819371111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357475346759651140.post-46058472038750320542011-07-19T07:48:37.114-05:002011-07-19T07:48:37.114-05:00AMEN!!! Great article. Oh how many times have I tr...AMEN!!! Great article. Oh how many times have I tried to explain this to people, and they look at me as if I have two heads! <br /><br />You said:<br />"Repentance was never without obligation to restore, as much as is possible, them that had been sinned against" <br /><br />You know, this is a concept that our tort system is based upon. When you are found to have wronged someone, you have to pay them restitution. I work for the clerk of court in my county. I am responsible for sealing cases, along with records archiving etc. All criminals have to pay restitution to their victims. Now they do it not out of repentance but because they are ordered to by a judge. It is only AFTER they have completed this obligation to pay restitution and whatever else the court orders that their cases can be "sealed/expunged". In my state that means that you can legally say you were never convicted of a felony. It is wiped out of the system.<br /><br />Now if this is how these offenses are handled in the natural, how do we think that God would require any less than His Word says? <br /><br />This is a very thought provoking article. Just recently there was a pastor on the front page of our newspaper for molesting his granddaughter, the sad thing is that there was an eye witness, and his church is still standing behind him!!! I am just floored that there was not more of an outcry over this in that church! <br /><br />This church has taken the stance of "we forgive him." so he will be in the pulpit preaching on Sunday! THAT CHURCH NEEDS TO REPENT!!!Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792859219207652984noreply@blogger.com