I am betrothed to my love and plan to marry her in 3 months. We live together , We are saved, We are active in the church and my pastor has no problem with us. New member who I thought was a good friend now wants us to get married and says they can not sit with us or take anything we say serious and are questioning our sanctification in God. They came from a church where they were reprimanded for living together without marriage... so they hurried and got married and now they expect my pastor to make us do the same thing. He does not want to offend them...but this individual actually wants me to leave so he can be the church drummer ... We have many ready and waiting their turn. Most of the couples in our church have told us they slept together before they got married.. so it is not a big thing and we have nothing to fear because we are under the dispensation of grace and no one is without sin. so they are the last ones to judge us on this. They love us and encourage us all the time.
The leaders will make a decision and we do not know if we will have to leave and the new member takes my place because he has a problem with us. Just seems like everything in the church right now is centered on whose sin is bigger and who gets called on the carpet , money, and sex. Seriously.... are people looking at me as I sing about God and all they can see is me and my finance having sex?? Who really has the problem? Let them without sin cast the first stone. I know my sins are forgiven. I am a sinner saved by grace. I am not sinless.... I sin LESS and a work in progress. As much secret sins and thought sins that go on daily in us all..you would think the so called God people would know that love and forgiveness will draw and the holy spirit will do the rest.
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The leaders will make a decision and we do not know if we will have to leave and the new member takes my place because he has a problem with us. Just seems like everything in the church right now is centered on whose sin is bigger and who gets called on the carpet , money, and sex. Seriously.... are people looking at me as I sing about God and all they can see is me and my finance having sex?? Who really has the problem? Let them without sin cast the first stone. I know my sins are forgiven. I am a sinner saved by grace. I am not sinless.... I sin LESS and a work in progress. As much secret sins and thought sins that go on daily in us all..you would think the so called God people would know that love and forgiveness will draw and the holy spirit will do the rest.
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