In an interview with the Huffington Post, Joel Osteen said, Im not here telling people what theyre doing wrong. However, in II Tim. 4:1-2 Paul is instructing Timothy concerning the duties of a pastor and states the following: I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, Who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His Kingdom; Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. The word reprove in Greek is elegcho and means to refute or convict of error, generally with a suggestion of shaming of the one convicted. The word rebuke is epitimao and literally means to put honor upon and then to mete out due measure and so then to find fault with, to censure severely, or to denounce. Therefore, it is the job of a pastor to tell people what theyre doing wrong, in love, of course. I pray for Joel Osteen to repent and call his congregation to repentance, also. I pray this in all humility, as one who daily needs to be forgiven.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:34:52 +0000
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