Thread: Touch not Mine Anointed

Even the most anointed ministers are still human and make bad choices....we have to show grace and be merciful but doesn't mean we blindly swallow everything they say

Well said, Cardinal!

here's where I find it gets interesting.

If it's certain preachers, it's taken very seriously.

If it's other preachers, they're either "heresy hunters" or some other derogatory adjective, and some folks generally have at them.

So, that knife cuts both ways.

I don't think it's reasonable to assume everyone on a pulpit is a good guy.. if they're teaching heresy, or not have fallen away from Biblical truth, they NEED to be called on it.

I also think Fuego makes a good point that it doesn't necessarily mean what it's presented as today.

Lets have a look at the context of the verse discussed.

16*The covenant which*He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
17*And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel*for*an everlasting covenant,
18*Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,"
19*When you were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
20*When they went from one nation to another,
And from*one*kingdom to another people,
21*He permitted no man to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
22*Saying,*"Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm."

The context is the nation of Israel travelling from Egypt and to the land of Canaan and encountering various peoples and their kings along the way. Some wouldnt let them pass under any terms and waged war against them. Against the nation of Israel and the prophets that would speak to them on behalf of God, Moses for instance.
To employ this verse to criticize a Paul who points out the hypocrisy of a Peter is to take it completely out of context. The closest one could get would be to employ it as a picture of God dealing with those who persecute his people for moving in his Spirit and according to his will, whoever they are. Paul submitted his persecutors to the will of God and to his judgments.
What happens when some Christian discerns in the Spirit and according to the Word that some well known minister is being carnal or is teaching error and points this out ? What if the minister in question rebukes this Christian for soing so based on 1 Chron 16:22 ? Well who is who in this scenario ? Who is one of Gods anointed ones operating in that anointing and who is persecuting him for doing so because he is carnal and in error ?

Originally Posted by GodismyJudge

It would pay to keep in mind that this was done in a face to face encounter , and had to be dealt with "publicly."

You're onto something there but I think it has little to do with who is being criticized. More to do with a critical spirit, one of backstabbing, gossip etc.

OT and NT anointings are different.

God working with and upon a man vs. God operating through a man.

You probably don't want to oppose what God is doing either way, but if it is just man doing it, well, that is different.

Originally Posted by Valiant Woman

Paul was qualified to call Peter out. But are we?

You could post some NT scriptures that give qualifications for rebuking people.