[Sandide]

Okay stop and look inside. The Bible says all are sinners, and God expects us to sin because we are human. His command is to confess our sins and He will be faithful and just and forgive us. Pastor Paul has confessed and God has forgiven him, so why don't we do the same unless we think we are greater than God. Despite his sin, which may have been egregious, no one out there is any better, and when your finger is pointing at Pastor Paul, remember 3 more are pointing back at you. He who is without sin, cast the first stone. Remember, there but for the Grace of God goes ALL OF US! Let us all who judge PraY, Confess, and ask for Forgiveness instead of kicking at a Brother when he is down.

[presently no screen name]

AMEN!

[AppyPappy]

Kick him to the curb. He traded his ministry for sin.

[Jamilaeyes]

AMEN!!! I am so glad that I know and serve a loving and forgiving Savior and don’t have to depend on humans to forgive me! We are all subject to fail. None of us is perfect. Paul Sheppard is not God; he is no different than anyone else. The enemy of our souls is constantly,as indicated in 1 Peter 5:8, walking about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Satan’s desire is to devour Christians to include Christian marriages. The only thing he can really do is to ruin our testimony, he can’t take our salvation...glory to God! This is why Peter, in the same verse mentioned earlier, encourages believers to be sober and vilgilant so that we don’t fall into the snares of the enemy. Beloved, we need to lift Pastor Paul and his family up in prayer. He, as well as his wife and family members need our prayers, not our condemnations. Posted with love.

Matt 7:1-5
1)Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
2)For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. 3)Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4) Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5) You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore, let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.