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I agree Izzy and this is what is
so troubling to me. The pastor had not dealt at all with the conman who is
still in leadership as I write but he did talk to our son-in-law about examining
his own motives. I do see your point about his culpability. At the
start of the "business" venture my husband asked him if he was sure this was the
way to go and his reply was that he thought it was because his partner was a
"godly" man. His partner didn't lose money on stocks or anything like
that; he mishandled it, paying himself $8,000 per month before the business got
off the ground and taking out a line of business credit on the quiet.
Thanks for sharing how God
used similar circumstances in your life, I hope our son-in-law will be able to
regroup without becoming embittered over this. Noone keeping the wolf
away from the door at that Church. jt
From: "ShieldsFamily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jt, it sounds like it’s time for the pastor to take
the Amway-kinda-guy out to dinner and give him a printout of scriptures on
repentance. Also, I’m afraid your son shares some of the culpability.
I got “ripped off” like that once myself. The lesson I learned from
it was worth every dollar I lost. Izzy
jt:
Paul dealt with the man having an affair with his father's wife. Peter dealt
with Annanias and Sapphira for lying about money. Paul wrote to Timothy telling
him to deal with those who sinned before all so that they would learn to
fear. Our son-in-law has been conned and scammed out of tens of thousands
of dollars by a person in Church leadership who has done the same thing to two
other families and this person declared bankruptcy last week so the money
is probably gone for good but the problem is still leading singing and teaching
in the Church. This must be a stench in God's nostrils just
like perverted priests in the RCC. These things ought not to
be. The pastor takes our son-in-law out to dinner and gives him
printouts of scripture to look at and meditate on.
John how
would you have handled something like this in your Church? They talk
about business and Church matters having to be separate etc. but our
son-in-law never would have met this person or gone into business with him had
he not been at this particular Church and made such a good
showing after the flesh. His outward appearance is perfection, clean
and pressed, brand name clothes, drives an Expedition; but he has an Amway
mindset and the big break is always on the way - in the meantime he rips
off God's people. Is Church discipline the answer to
this?
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