Why I belive that Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart can preach and be in service even after two deep fall!
I've written
a lot about Jimmy Swaggart, and the response has been very good!
But I have
defended that Jimmy Swaggart after two giant fall, not to be absent from
service. It has wrong some heavy chest. For others as they share my opinion. I
will try to explain why I believe it is justified that Jimmy Swaggart can
preach and serve the Lord again. Even for adultery and breach of trust against
the church.
Photo by Donnie Swaggart and Debbie as Donnie, Jimmy Swaggart son has been married twice. After having been separated from her in when Donnie afterwards married blonde Judy Dove which he later divorced in from and married Debbie again. What Jimmy Swaggart has done, reminiscent of King David, who received pardon and partial restoration. But there is always a big but with such restoration, then one has applied to both themselves and others mad with suffering and loss.
This was the
Lord's words of King David:
1 Sam. 12.
10 Hereafter shall the sword shall never depart from your house, because you
have despised me and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite. 11 Thus saith the
Lord: Behold, I will bring evil upon you from your own house. I will take your
wives before your eyes you and give them to another man. He shall lie with them
in broad daylight. 12 For you have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in
the sight of all Israel in broad daylight. "13 David said to Nathan,"
I have sinned against the Lord. "Nathan replied," The LORD also has
taken away your sin. You shall not die. 14 But because you did this and
despised the word, he will die, the son you've got. "15 Then Nathan went
home.
It is always
great and profound implications and results of sin and disobedience.
I read from
the Evangelical Free Church their statuettes on this topic, small excerpt here:
1.
Protection of learning and life in preaching and pastoral care
Protection of life and doctrine happening in the church normal life through preaching and teaching that will aim that the church can not be "tossed to and fro and carried about by every gust of new learning, so we fall prey to human fake games and cunning, seductive ploy. But we must be faithful to the truth in love and in all things grow up into him who is the head, Christ. " (Ephesians 4.14 to 15).
Especially
in pastoral care ensured this protection of life and doctrine to members who:
- Leading
learning that is contrary to God's word and the Evangelical Lutheran Church
confession,
- Live in
blatant and unsettled sin,
- Displays
contempt for the means of grace by no reason to stay away from the church's
worship.
The Church,
and especially those who have learning and pastoral service, imposed a soul
make risk responsibility for all ward members. They should include them with
love and care, watch over them and guide anyone who shows signs of dullness and
delusion.
As long as a
relationship is treated in this pastoral plan must confidentiality observed. It
as a matron, elder or another counselor has learned through confession or other
forms of confession must not be disclosed.
2. Provision
for the protection of life and doctrine
In cases
where the preaching and pastoral care in the church's normal life does not lead
to confession and settlement, uses the church the authority it has been given
by her Lord to bind and loose people who sin, through an arrangement which is
practiced out of Matt 16,19; Jn 20.23 and 18.15 to 20 Matt.
This
arrangement is used for them who sin and go astray. It comes as an extension of
the responsibility and care which finds expression in the admonition and
reminder. The intention should always be to bring wayward and faithless back to
communion with God in his church.
This
protection of life and doctrine are also performed for the church's sake. Here
lays the church down its strongest right to vote against sin and heresy and
seeking to prevent this get spread in the congregation.
When this
scheme is used, they may lose the right to hold services and offices in the
church and denomination, and possibly deprived of voting rights. Unless
repeated admonitions leads to repentance, a member may also be excluded from
the church's communion.
Our arrangement can be divided into two phases:
A. Temporary
loss of one or more of said rights.
This is a
precaution that elders can implement while the matter is investigated and
prepared.
B. Loss of
one or more of said rights.
This means
that elders can deprive competent leadership positions in the church, depriving
the person to vote, and exclude from the Eucharist. Elder Council resolutions
communicated to the congregation. Elder Council decision can be claimed treated
by church meeting. When such matters are dealt with in the church meeting,
treatment should be carried out in a closed ward meeting.
Are there
complaints about a church naughty, vicious rumors, heresy or blatant sin, and
the matter is not resolved at the personal and pastoral plan, the case of
elders and possibly church meeting as described below.
3.
Guidelines
1. When a
member is accused of a sin against another, the controversy is sought settled
through talks between the accuser and the accused. If this is not successful,
discussed the matter in the elders with the two people. Finds of elders that
the accusation is unfounded, the Council shall ensure that defendants receive
full reparation. Should the council get to that accusation is justified and the
accused will not let themselves rebuking, determines elders what further should
be done.
2. Is it
evil rumors about a church naughty, the teacher or one of the oldest initiate
conversation with that person. Can not disproved the rumor, and it does not go
to confession, must elders investigate and decide what further should be done.
3. If a
member gives public expression of not sharing the Evangelical Lutheran
confession, leading teacher or one of the oldest conversations with them. If
this fails, the case must proceed to the elders.
4. In such
cases as referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the elders implement the
measures described above under System for the protection of life and doctrine.
The parties have the right to carry assessor.
5. When this
process leads to the result that the person concerned has confessed his sin or
deviation, will refrain from their sin and - as far as possible - make the
damage good again, the matter shall be stopped on the plan when it is located.
The case will not be mentioned for the congregation without the terms expressly
wish.
6. It is the
body of elders which takes decisions on a member shall be deprived of
leadership positions in the church, deprived of voting rights and / or excluded
from the Eucharist. Elder Council resolutions communicated to the congregation.
Elder Council decision can be claimed treated by church meeting. Demands for
such treatment brought within two months after the elders have decision on the
case and communicated this to the / those terms. Both the case and any minority
elders have the right to demand treatment of church meeting.
7. The
parish meeting's decisions may be appealed to presbyteriestyret by both
parties. Rejects presbyteriestyret appeal, the matter may be appealed to
synodestyret. Taking presbyteriestyret appeal to follow, sent the case back for
retrial in church meeting. Maintains congregation its decision, the case goes
to presbyteriestyret again. Presbyteriestyret may annul the decision and issue
a new decision in the case. Presbyteriestyrets decision can be appealed by
either party to synodestyret. Synodestyrets decision on the case is final. Any
appeal must be submitted in writing and justified. New decision on the matter
made by the appellate court will also be on the grounds.
8. When the
person deprived of voting repent and ask forgiveness, regarded the case as
closed. The person is then re-voting member. On first tillyste congregation
meeting made this known and competent unraveled brotherly hand of the ward
matron and elders.
(end of
quote).
Jimmy
Swaggart had two fall - the first time he was arrogant and did not receive
help. The second time he humbled himself completely, and received all the help
he could get. Then it has gone to fight well for him the last 24 years!I stood up in this with Jimmy Swaggart then, and I remember very well what he said after the second and final assault. He said these freely reproduced:
"I will
and have now booked professional counseling and medical care both externally
and within its Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. Here came Jimmy Swaggart under the
guidance of other people, and we see the fruits of this. 24 years sinless life,
better and more glorious than this can not be and have remained.
Why I think
that Jimmy Swaggart can continue in service, is above all the church and his
wife forgave him. After two such blunders, where he will be forgiven twice, it
tells us that God has been built and restored! Terrible and bad there, but
anyway, delightful and wonderful!
Final
Comment:
We are all
sinners who have received mercy, but to hold a service and an office there is
something more. I think it's possible to come back even after falling, but we
need to be forgiven by the people around him. And that itself is free. This
experienced Jimmy Swaggart, although it has not been and is easy with sin and
Satan's work in our lives. But mercy and forgiveness is to get with God!
1 Joh.b. 1.
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Related
links:
http://the-heavenly-blog.janchristensen.net/2015/09/no-1041-evangelist-jimmy-swaggart-was.htmlhttp://the-heavenly-blog.janchristensen.net/2015/09/no-1042-jimmy-swaggart-was-revealed.html
http://the-heavenly-blog.janchristensen.net/2015/10/no-1045-what-really-happened-with.html
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