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It is clear that, according to scripture, Atapis Ngyamba is not qualified as a pastor in any kind of Christian church: | It is clear that, according to scripture, Atapis Ngyamba is not qualified as a pastor in any kind of Christian church: | ||
:''Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, | :''Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, '''not a lover of money'''.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 1 Ti 3:2–3.</ref> | ||
Is this conduct what Peter was speaking of in 2 Peter 2:1-3? | Is this conduct what Peter was speaking of in 2 Peter 2:1-3? | ||
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:''But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves. And '''many will follow their debauched lifestyles'''. Because of these false teachers, '''the way of truth will be slandered. And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words.''' Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep. <ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), 2 Pe 2:1–3.</ref> | :''But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves. And '''many will follow their debauched lifestyles'''. Because of these false teachers, '''the way of truth will be slandered. And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words.''' Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep. <ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), 2 Pe 2:1–3.</ref> | ||
Paul also warns of this behavior in 1 Tim. 6:3-5: | |||
:''If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and '''who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.'''<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 1 Ti 6:3–5.</ref> | |||
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