{"id":6838,"date":"2011-07-20T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=6838"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:04:35","slug":"moral-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/moral-difficulties.htm","title":{"rendered":"Difficult Times for the Church, Morally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 30px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6812 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/church-mat.jpg\" alt=\"Difficult Time for the Church Morally\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The church finds itself in some difficult times . . .<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a title=\"Difficult Times for the Church, Doctrinally\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/doctrinal-difficulties.htm\">doctrinally<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong> morally<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a title=\"Difficult Times for the Church, Societally\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/societal-difficulties.htm\">societally<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a title=\"Difficult Times for the Church, Financially\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/financial-difficulties.htm\">financially<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We stand at a crossroad. Will we despair and compromise or will we persevere and stay true?<\/p>\n<h2>The Church experiences a morality deficit.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pastors and ministry leaders who have lied, cheated, or fallen into illicit relationships<\/li>\n<li>Teachers and ministry leaders allowed to teach and lead even though their lives do not line up with God&#8217;s ways<\/li>\n<li>Church members who are living more by the standards of the world than God&#8217;s Word<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thankfully, the above does not characterize every local church but does for far too many churches.<\/p>\n<h2>This deficit leads to difficulties for the Church.<\/h2>\n<p>How are we going to be a testimony for Jesus if we don&#8217;t live differently than those who do not know Him?<\/p>\n<p>Compromise, integrity breaks, immoral deeds from leadership to church members &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Is it any wonder our society is headed down such a destructive path?\u00a0 The church, as salt and light in this world, is supposed to function as a moral compass in this world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Is it any wonder people who might want spiritual life, want little to do with the church itself?\u00a0 The church, as salt and light in this world, is supposed to attract people, not repel them.<\/p>\n<h2>God offers the Church the means of a moral deliverance:<\/h2>\n<p>As Romans 7 states, we will have that struggle between the old human nature and doing that which lines up with our new nature.\u00a0 If we keep getting back to Jesus and <a title=\"The Gospel Touches Needs\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/gospel-touches-needs.htm\">the Gospel <\/a>truth, we will find the help we need to live holy lives.\u00a0 We must regularly find ourselves at the foot of the cross, grabbing hold of the <a title=\"Resurrection Power\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/easter-power.htm\">resurrection power<\/a> available to us, and <a title=\"Relying on the Holy Spirit in Ministry\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/spirit-in-ministry.htm\">relying on the Spirit<\/a> as our Promised Helper.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God &#8212; through Jesus Christ our Lord! <span class=\"class2\">(Rom. 7:24-25)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Church Leaders: <\/strong> Be that <a title=\"Lead by Example\" href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/example.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">example<\/a> you are called to be.\u00a0 God clearly specifies qualifications for people in ministry in passages such as 1 Timothy 3, Titus 1, and 1 Peter 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"class2\">&#8220;Now the overseer must be above reproach.&#8221; (1 Tim. 3:2)\u00a0 &#8220;Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect.&#8221; (1 Tim. 3:8)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>All Church Members:<\/strong> Learn what it is to walk in the Spirit.\u00a0 Live in accordance with the <a title=\"New Life in Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/new-in-christ-jesus.htm\">new life<\/a> you have been granted in Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"class2\">Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 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