In my observations, political, religious and secular, so many people get in positions of power and then think rules don’t apply to them.
When I was in my early 20’s I occasionally worked in a bookstore in a small town and it had a large porn section, I was certainly scandalized that so many religious people came in and bought porn. It just shows how desperate they were because even though they stuck them between Time and Newsweek I had to see them!
Ego driven jerk pastors building empires. Yeah, that’s new.
All of us are in peril, especially once we think we are not. Satan is still prowling about:
What is the saying? pride comes before the fall, it happens quite often with the big time Church leaders and it really is surprising that it don`t take a lot more of them than it does.
My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand.
2. Jesus said in Matthew 16:18 "I will build my Church. And the gates of Hell will NOT overcome it."
3. In Genesis 4:8, when Cain was angry, the Lord said to him " If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.. The imagery of Sin 'crouching at the door' has always stuck with me - how it's ready to pounce when we let our guard down.
4. Speaking of letting our guard down - what Paul says to the believers in Galations 6:1 "Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted." - Paul states clearly we are ALL susceptable to temptation - if we aren't careful.