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I was once a member of a Christian Facebook group that had many hundreds of members. I remember once posting a question as follows. If one day (for whatever reason) you had to request a baby-sitter from an agency for your 11 year old daughter and the man that eventually turned up, sent by the agency, had a prison record for female child molestation but, the agency assured you that he was now reformed and would be okay to child mind your daughter for the day and while speaking with him your daughter came into the room and the way his eyes glanced up and down her made you very uncomfortable. Would you allow him to be alone with your daughter for the day? The resounding answer was, NO. I then posed another question. As a church leader, a young man, someone you do not know, forwarded an application to be accepted as a member of your church. (Members can hold offices in the church like councillor or youth leader etc.) Upon investigation you discover that he is in an unmarried relationship with another female and has a high rate of partner turnover. Upon questioning this young man stated that he had no problems with premarital sex and that he had no plans to change his present lifestyle. When I asked if they would give membership to this person they said, YES. I could hardly contain my shock when I realised how little people cared about the welfare of God’s children. Everyone was vigilant
in protecting their own children but would, without a second thought, let a predator loose among God’s precious sheep. Do you now understand why there’s such a HIGH RATE OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE CHURCH? Based on these alarming facts the more pertinent question might not be, ‘Who is minding our children?’ Taking care of our children is normally maternally and paternally natural, but... ‘WHO IS MINDING GOD’S CHILDREN?’
Throwing God's Children to the Wolves
God left His children in our care and we have handed them over to predators in the interest of increased membership and tithing intake. “I urge you then to see that your “flock of God” is properly fed and cared for. Accept the responsibility of looking after them willingly and not because you feel you can’t get out of it, doing your work not for what you can make, but because you are really concerned for their well-being.” 1 Peter 5:2 (Phillips) ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: “As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock...”’ Ezekiel 34:7-8 God’s children are abandoned and left to be devoured by wolves, yet there’s no outcry or emergency plan to rescue them. Something is terribly wrong. p
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