A while ago I shared my thoughts on the Ted Haggard saga and it did provoke several comments. I just saw the video below and feel kind of excited to share it on my blog. I will take sometime and consider the matter again and write something on it. But the moral of the story is simple: no one’s mess is too bad for God to make a message out of.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he is not done dealing with the crisis he faced. But that then becomes the strongest platform he has to witness to other and make disciples of them for Christ. Something in him resonates with somethings in others and creates a common ground to present God’s love to other.
A while back I became convicted about certain teachings which we have come to be comfortable with in church. This brought about my close and careful reexamination of the matter of confessing sins by believers. The usual way is to confess our sins to God, repent and He will forgive us. There are scriptures we use when we start out in a prayer meetings; scriptures like 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” When this is done, we then begin speaking to God and confessing our sins quietly to Him and letting no one else hear, afterwards it’s to God we confess to. Very convenient isn’t it? Very easy to do and get away with and do it time and time again, because no one is holding us accountable, only “God”.
Thoughts of a Calabarboy. 