The Lord's Pattern to Expose What Hypocrites Are Hitting Publicly

John mc arthur: It is the lord's pattern to reveal what hypocrites are hiding publicly. Expositors can't be passive; they must actively apply god's perspective in the scriptures, he says. The elders as overseers of the church have a god given author ity to stop silence, rebuke and discipline false teachers,. To be given the authority by god to govern and protect and not to act at the moment of crisis would be a colossal failure of leadership. We should pray on behalf of jimmy swagger that god would grant him repentance...that god would restore him to himself.