Today,
reply is on the correctness of calling for Pope Francis I to
relinquish the crown and throne following the response he made to a
woman who grabbed his hand and would not release it as he was
acknowledging those among a crowd of believers. Approaching those in
roles of accountability and leadership with attitudes and behavior
that are overly aggressive, too familiar, and flat-out rude is
correctly labeled as “presumption” and “rebellion”. It is
not a matter of dispute that the church of Jesus Christ displays
delegation of authority; the gradual increase of instruction and
intimacy with strangers; multiple levels of sacred knowledge,
maturity, and skill among believers; division of labor; hierarchy;
and oneness without sameness. Along with balance and discernment,
sharpness, sobriety, and wrath against sin will continue to be
essential tools within the church. Sharpness pertains to edification
and prophecy, not intimidation, verbal abuse, and violence. Even so,
within the community of believers in Christ there is never to be a
“rush to judgment;” nor is there to be any welcome to
accusations, “bad mouth,” cheap talk, gossip, and rumors against
either clergy or lay members. It is written: 1st
Timothy 5: 17-22, King James Version (KJV): 17 Let the elders that
rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who
labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, thou
shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer
is
worthy of his reward. 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation,
but before two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sin rebuke before
all, that others also may fear. 21 I charge thee
before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that
thou observe these things without preferring one before another,
doing nothing by partiality. 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man,
neither be partaker of other men’s
sins: keep thyself pure. Also: Titus 2: 11-15, KJV: 11 For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the
great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us,
that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a
peculiar people, zealous of good works. 15 These things speak, and
exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. One
of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion
& Spirituality using the ID “Anonymous” (no profile data
appears) posted the following:
Christians.
What do you think of pope smack lady hand & now they want him to
step down?
Are
you sad 😢. If cato or rufus run for pope i vote for them
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: A foolish woman is
clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. For
she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of
the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: (Proverbs
9: 13-15, KJVJ)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Kings, Popes, Priests, Prophets? (09/22/2019);
Counsels On Shunning Sinners (05/03/2019); Make Me A Servant
(04/08/2019); The Workings of Divinity? (01/15/2019); Discipline and
Sacred Meekness (11/30/2018); Rebuked, And Not Baptized?
(10/22/2015); (07/01/2015) Holiness
“Anonymous”,
many mature Christian believers acknowledge the correctness of the
papal response made during a crowd scene where the Pope was forced to
openly rebuke a woman who, in ignorance, presumed to grab and hold on
to his hand. Properly understood, the Pope is not a celebrity or
public figure; rather, he is a head of state, a living sacrifice, and
a spokesperson who appears on the earth using flesh on behalf of
divinity, who remains separate, immortal, invisible, and
incorruptible. While the anointing, ordination, and sanctity of the
Pope are displayed using things material and temporal, his sacred
authority and dominion are not to be contested, defiled, or profaned.
Also, the Pope is to be acknowledged as a primary elder and pastor
for those who are members of a major portion of the church founded on
the earth by Jesus Christ. As a caretaker and shepherd over a flock
of GOD, the Pope must operate in accordance with divine prerogative;
sacred law; imperatives and principles for exchange and interaction
that serve as disciplines and regimens of office; eternal purpose;
and the sovereign will of GOD. As one required to display the image
of GOD, and who must resemble, reflect and reveal the character and
likeness of Jesus Christ, the Pope is more than simply another
preacher or teacher. The Pope administers and maintains a priesthood
on the earth fashioned after the pattern of things in heaven. The
priesthood is a caretaker of sacred mysteries, is entrusted to
continue sacred practices (e.g., baptism, intercessory prayer,
worship), and is to be respected and reverenced as a lawful divine
mechanism to continually offer the blood and body of Jesus in atoning
sacrifice. Consider again the following that uses language from the
Bible, and a selection from the prophesies and music ministry of The
Heralds:
(1.)
2nd Corinthians 13: 3-11, King James Version (KJV): 3
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is
not weak, but is mighty in you. 4 For though he was crucified
through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are
weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward
you. 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your
own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in
you, except ye be reprobates? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that
we are not reprobates. 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not
that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is
honest, though we be as reprobates. 8 For we can do nothing against
the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad, when we are weak,
and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your
perfection. 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest
being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which
the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. 11
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of
one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with
you.
(2.)
Proverbs 23: 12-14, KJV: 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction,
and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction
from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he
shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt
deliver his soul from hell.
(3.)
Proverbs 9: 6-10, KJV: 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in
the way of understanding. 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to
himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth
himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke
a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a
wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man,
and he will increase in learning. 10 The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is
understanding.
(4.)
Hebrews 12: 3-9, KJV: 3 For consider him that endured such
contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and
faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving
against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh
unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of
the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for
what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye
bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our
flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence:
shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits,
and live?
(5.)
Romans 13: 3-5, KJV: 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works,
but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that
which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is
the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is
evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the
minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that
doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (6.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KrT1gagyLk.)
Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you
according to your faith.
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