2007-12-23 08:37:41 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no each sermon is inverted and the sum is then divided by the amout of money in the collection plate.
2007-12-23 09:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by joe c 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, no multiplication rule for it much less by every sermon he's given.
However, the NT does say that those who are teachers receive the heavier judgment for sinning or teaching others to do so or for teaching falsehood.
James 3:1, Matthew 5:19, Titus 3:10, 11, Matthew 23:14, Matthew 15:7-9, 13, 14.
Debbie
2007-12-23 16:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by debbiepittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not think his sin is multiplied by every sermon.
Clergymen are ALL going to sin. They are human.
EVERYONE sins.
I think I know what you are saying. You are saying that a clergyman is a hypocrite for preaching sermons because he is, in essence, advising others. How can he do that when he sins himself?
Am I correct? Is this what you mean?
To me, it makes a clergyman more real if he DOES sin, for it shows that he/she is human.
Thank you for expressing your question so respectfully. I really appreciate it.
2007-12-23 16:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone sins in small ways. But serious sin, if he has an anointing on him to help him, that anointing may be withdrawn. Also if he is found out, it will offend a lot of people, drive some away from church. Satan targets ministries at times, with different waves of attack - trying to get people into this particular sin, or that, as obviously Satan wants to discredit ministers as he doesn't want people to believe in Christ and get a "get-out-of-hell-free" card and learn how to get a reward in heaven.
2007-12-23 17:22:43 · answer #4 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about that. It depends on what you believe, but I don't personally believe that that makes sense. I grew up Catholic and went to a Catholic high school, but I'm not particularly religious now for various reasons. I don't personally think that there is a running tally of sins... Not sure!
2007-12-23 16:41:19 · answer #5 · answered by breakfastissexy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a clergyman sins, is his sin multiplied by every sermon he preaches?
Answer: No.
Romans 2:20-22 (King James Version)
20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
2007-12-23 16:47:58 · answer #6 · answered by deacon 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, according to Jesus, yes! He had a special loathing for religious hypocrites, and made it clear that people of faith are held at a "higher" standard than those who don't know God.
Churches that preach that if you get baptised or take communion it doesn't matter if you sin are preaching HERESY!!!!
2007-12-23 16:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To the extent that those sermons constitute hypocrisy, I suppose yes.
2007-12-23 16:45:09 · answer #8 · answered by aida 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, definitely not. Christians do not consider hypocrisy a sin.
2007-12-23 17:01:24 · answer #9 · answered by Fred 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No his sins are not multiplied, but his hypocrisy is.
2007-12-23 16:40:37 · answer #10 · answered by battleship potemkin AM 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋