Servants of God- do they also commits sins?
By eynjel05
@eynjel05 (444)
Philippines
January 26, 2009 9:18pm CST
Servants of God were the one whom we seek advice as far as religion is concerned. They were the people that teaches us the words of God using the bible. They tell us the message of God and teaches us how to become a good person by followng God's rules.
But considering that they are the people whom we trust when it comes to our religion, have you ever wondered if same as us, the aso commits sins? Or even violating some rules of God?
As a catholic, I really admired our priest everytime that i am attending the sunday mass. He is so intelligent that I really appreciate all of the words that came on his mouth.
But at the end of the day, I end up realizing and even I questioned myself, if the also commits sins as what we are as an ordinary people.
And I think, they are also human beings and as a human being, we cannot avoid the fact that we can commit sins though we did not intentionally wants to do such. How a bout you? what is your opinion about this?
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6 responses
@angusthethird (515)
• United States
28 Jan 09
The Servant of God is not perfect. But he or she is placed in that position by God, and is to be obeyed and respected, if that is the person you feel God has chosen for you to serve under.
The Servant of God watches out for your soul, according to Scripture.
The best thing you can do for an errant Servant is to pray for him or her.
Although we are to obey and respect and even reverence the Man or Woman of God--we are not to worship them. We are not to place them so high on a pedestal that we are crushed when they fall.
Legions of people wept when they realised that Jimmy Swaggart had taken his fall. Same could be said about Jim Bakker, Ted Haggard, and legions of other pastors. Radio pastor John Booher once had a saying: "Flesh is flesh no matter whose bones it's on." Though he said that wayyyyyy back in the '80s, that saying has stuck with me til this day.
@roselynm1023 (950)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
yes because were all humans no one is exempted in committing sins!
@Paraluman (98)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
Oh yes, nobody is perfect.. even the most godly person will sin. But the good news is that God is always willing and able to forgive us.
@freethinkingagent (2501)
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27 Jan 09
All have sinned the bible says, even those who wrote it sinned.
@raynejasper (2322)
• Philippines
27 Jan 09
..well, we are all human being.. and we are bound to make mistakes intentionally or unintentionally.. we ourselves sometimes do things which hurts other people but we are not aware of it because our intention is good.. there are also times when we intend to say something good and it end up bad to those who are listening.. That's why we have to open our hearts and minds to understand that each person have his/her weaknesses.. and we all make mistakes..
@Nisha_Verghese (551)
• India
27 Jan 09
yes you are right.. even servants of Gods are human and as the Bible puts it correctly, "we are all children of the flesh".. temptation visits all of us including the servants of God.. and if they do succuumb to the temptation, we should not blame them.. after all we should hate the sin,not the sinner.
Just because they have renounced everything is world and given themselves to god, doesnt make them GOD.. So they can commit sins... and i believe nowadays lots of them do commit sins.
