My experience has been that the HolySpirit is able to grow the believer in spite of the imperfect world we live in. To expect preachers and teachers to be perfect is a wrong expectation for anyone to have. Sooner or later the people fail us and we are devastated for a time. We have all gone through this at one time or another. It magnifies the perfection of Jesus and how He is the only one we can truly count on to always be right and all good at all times.
Our family was in a legalistic church that had a bunch of "bones" that we choked on but we survived and moved on. Some people argued that Billy Graham was not good because he didn't always send new Christians to a church after they got saved so they could grow in the faith., Billy Graham did the work of an evangelist and he did it very well and many people were saved and are still being saved because of this man.
There is no way to avoid imperfect people especially when we expect perfection. To think there are perfect people is just setting yourself and others up for a fall. If Billy Graham isn't good enough for some., how high are our expectations for people? Only God can meet our expectations for perfection. P.S. and don't look in the mirror!!
Our family was in a legalistic church that had a bunch of "bones" that we choked on but we survived and moved on. Some people argued that Billy Graham was not good because he didn't always send new Christians to a church after they got saved so they could grow in the faith., Billy Graham did the work of an evangelist and he did it very well and many people were saved and are still being saved because of this man.
There is no way to avoid imperfect people especially when we expect perfection. To think there are perfect people is just setting yourself and others up for a fall. If Billy Graham isn't good enough for some., how high are our expectations for people? Only God can meet our expectations for perfection. P.S. and don't look in the mirror!!
Matthew 7:15 (NKJV)
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.