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Originally Posted by Jay
I know that some members got away with a lot of bad behavior such as drinking and certain familial abuses that was not called out because there was a type of brotherhood there that just fostered and tolerated certain loose behaving brothers. Possibly because they had experienced legalism from elders in other localities and they didn't want to be controlled or dictated to anymore. But that doesn't excuse the bad behavior
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This was and probably still is a problem in many churches and not just local churches. When you have a brother who prophesies in meetings, he's going to be well thought of even when behaving badly. Those in church leadership don't want to discipline such brothers. It is far more easier to discipline a reserved yet concerned brother. If he's not prophesying in meetings, a reserved brother might have their standing in the church under scrutiny.
An example I used to use a brother can go drinking or get high on Saturday night, come an prophesy on Sunday morning and he's a brother in good standing. Then you could have a spiritual brother who comments we should drop the Holy Word for Morning Revival and just use the Bible. He might be requested to come to the fellowship room for an Inquisition.