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Originally Posted by BrotherLarry
One of the complaints I have encountered ... is that we exclude so many from fellowship.
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It is not that we exclude them – they exclude themselves.
Some are excluded by God, e.g. gimps cannot pastors (Lev 21:21) but never pray to God to heal them, and while they refuse to do this, we should shun them and their applications for membership of the congregation. It is well known that gimps are a public danger to the unborn child. A woman with child, may see such a creature and the poor child, when born, will this become a gimp himself (Ge 30:27 – 40).
Now it was said that this should not mean that Landover should not employ them as menials but, at Landover, our policy is that there is God in us all and even the pool-cleaners might see a deceptive pathway to being a pastor, and here it is in all our interests to prevent their ultimate and inevitable disappointment. Others choose to exclude themselves: Atheists (Heb:11:6); Catholics (Ex:20:4); democrats (Isa:26:11); Abominations (various verses), etc.
The wealth and fellowship that God gives us is shared generously among the Godly – not among the heathen who refuses to accept Jesus (Lu 9:5).