While it may not be all over the news, it is still a tragic incident as well as a touchy subject. Bishop THomas beat his wife, Pastor Bynum, in Atlanta, recently. Then he preaches on Sunday and blames it on the devil. While I think he took a cowardly way out, why do we think that the pastor must be perfect in order to preach from the pulpit? I think that is why people are discouraged by the church. They are expecting perfect people and are disheartened when they see flawed people. The church is not perfect, but they are an organization of believers trying to strive better things.
I hope Pastor Thomas will admit to himself that he is only to blame for his actions or if nothing else the devil in side of him. For the quote goes, “let the God in me be greater than me”. My question is that if it isn’t, then what is left?
Well amen sis.
I actually don’t expect them (those behind pulpits) to be perfect, but I will admit I expect them to be REAL!
If you blame the devil then you aren’t real… you are deluded.
” if nothing else the devil inside of him”… yep, there sure is a spirit of another sort living in that man.
I tend to believe she (his wife) understood what spirit was behind this outrageous violent act.
Listening to his short You tube sermons… seems as if this spirit has felt welcomed by him for a long time.
Darkness cannot stay hidden for long.
Thanks for submitting your thoughts.
Nice spot Sis! If we do not open up to allow the God in us be greater than us, then what is left is not the ‘devil’ but just us in our weaker form. And when we can take responsibility and stop blaming things outside ourselves then we will desire to stop being weak and work on opening up to our greater Godliness.
In the meantime, we should probably preach less, but converse more, dialog more, share what works more… and also admit that we all fall short at times, whether that means abusing others, or allowing ourselves to be abused. ‘Cause until we express more of that greater Godliness, we are abusing ourselves.