The Testimony of Freedom

When one of the members of the strivers’ Church ever insults the Spirit of grace (Hebrews 10:29), this causes damages to her life and her testimony. I am speaking of all the committed people, laymen, monks, deacons, priests, and bishops! Yesterday, I read news on an electronic media outlet about two monks, from an independent Orthodox church, whose life itself is a bane, including homosexuality and embezzlement…! Why do you cause your sins to be attributed to a church of which you had received that she was redeemed with the precious blood (of Christ) (1 Peter 1:18-19)? You know Jesus' words about offenses. No image of the punishment of the person by whom the offense comes is as terrifying as the millstone (Matthew 18:6)! Throughout history, there have been great Christians who were led to abandon their church due to its members’ sins. This abandonment is lamentable, along with its causes. Paul once said: “Put away from yourselves the evil person” (1 Corinthians 5:13). There are members in the Church who have not yet received the Gospel of Christ. This Good News, accepted, is the path to the testimony of freedom!