CHURCH SINS
Pastors
Failure to distinguish between the holy &
unholy, clean & unclean, righteous and sinners
Looking away from (ignoring) the shedding of
innocent blood & other abominations
Looking away as America’s spiritual &
religious history were rewritten & the
Church marginalized
Hypocrisy & neglect of private devotion to
God, prayer & true holiness
Fear of man
Failure to be examples to the flock
Failure to tend God’s flock
Neglect of Truth in preaching
False teaching, license, heresy
Failure to rebuke & correct disobedient
Failure to stand as God’s prophets in the community & nation to rebuke sin, immorality, injustice, etc.
Wicked passivity & failure to resist
Civil injustice, tyranny & oppression
Failure as watchmen to warn and protect
God’s flock from encroaching civil tyranny & persecution
The greed and sin of taking the government’s tax exempt status, for money,
while not standing for virtuous statesman and speaking out and exposing the sins of men done in darkness
Allowing civil governors to dictate to,
usurp, tax, silence & control the Church
Seeking false prosperity, lusting after money, power & worship
Love of money
(And much more)
People -
Unfaithful church attendance, fellowship
& lack of wholehearted participation
Selfish failure to serve brethren
Selfish failure to tithe & give offerings
Disdain & disobedience to church leaders
Failure to be “light” in the community &
Nation (a holy, peculiar people)
Neglect of Great Commission, evangelism
& discipleship
Failure to be “salt” to the nation
(To prophetically declare God’s
Law & warn of His punishments)
Back biting, slander of other Christians, jealously, hatred, idolatry, strife,
believing false doctrines, not reading the Word of God,
Rebellion on all levels