[bramps]

Tim Tebow doesn’t make a living off the tithes of others. I couldn’t care less how he spends his money.

Meanwhile, Kid Rock and others are helping pay debts of others. Seems to me, they put this “pastor” to shame.
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Does the Pastor make money outside of the church and having nothing to do with tithes? EXACTLY how much does he get to keep?

Has this Pastor financially helped others like you would say Kid Rock has?

Those are both rhetorical questions that make a point. You have no idea where this Pastor earns all of his money. And you have no idea how much he gives to others less fortunate than himself.

But you (and many others here) sure are quick to judge him.

Matthew 7:1

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

[pax_et_bonum]

Matthew 7:1

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

I agree.

[metmom]

1 John 4:1- Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

And testing requires judging.

By their fruits you will know them.

God EXPECTS us to use wisdom in determining who to follow and believe.

Misusing Matt 7:1 to get someone to back off when a shyster is exposed is wrong.

Scripture is not a weapon to be used to bludgeon people into submission to someone else's opinion with.

[mewzilla]

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

There's a difference between exercising good judgment and being judgmental. I tell folks who don't get that I hope they never sit on a jury.

[circlecity]

"Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged."

John 7.24 "..judge with righteous judgment.”