Citing Scripture from Titus, Christian Fox Sports 1 analyst Chris Broussard slammed a suggestion by televangelist T.D. Jakes as “offensive” and unbiblical that if unverified sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him were true, all he has to do is repent and keep on working.
“I didn’t like the way he handled the situation at his church that first Sunday after the allegations were made. He said something to the effect of if he did commit these things, … all he’d have to do is repent and plead the blood and all that, and he’d be forgiven,” said Broussard in a post on Instagram Saturday.
“The worst that could happen, if everything was true, all I got to do is repent sincerely, from my heart. There’s enough power in the blood to cover all kinds of sin. I don’t care what it is; the blood would fix it. But I ain’t got to repent about this,” Jakes declared in a public livestream of the service on YouTube, which has since been made private.
“All I got to do is step over top of it and keep on going on. I’m not in trouble. I’m talking about the power of the blood. Amen. Thank you, Jesus. I have used it, and I will use it again. But I ain’t got to use it for that. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Whenever I need it, it’s available to me. And it’s available to you. And you can have it when you need it. But you don’t have to plead the blood if you didn’t do the crime,” Jakes added.
Citing the requirements for leaders in the church from Titus 1, Broussard called Jakes’ response “offensive” and unbiblical. He also stated that any pastor found guilty of sexual misconduct should not just repent, but they should be removed from their office or made to do so by the elders in the congregation they represent.
“That’s offensive that you get up there [the pulpit] claiming to know the Word of God and say that all you got to do is repent as if we can just all live as unholy and unrighteous as we want and just repent. That’s abusing the grace of God, and the grace of God is nothing to play with,” Broussard asserted.
“I’m not saying he’s guilty, Bishop Jakes. I’m just saying, if he is, then this is what should happen. So again, my concern is the Body of Christ. And the way that those of you believers out there, the way that you avoid getting fooled by a false teacher, a charlatan, the way you avoid getting sucked into a really bad situation, bad church situation, is to hold your pastors to the Word of God,” he continued.
“What I just read in Titus, if your pastor is blatantly stepping outside of that, habitually stepping outside of that righteous, holy, self-controlled [character], then you need to jet. I’m serious,” he added. “You need to get out of that church.”
Jakes, a 66-year-old married father and grandfather, has been a well-known figure in the Christian community for decades, filling arenas across the globe with followers clamoring to hear his sermons, buy his books and support his philanthropic work.
Broussard, who is also president of the K.I.N.G Movement, an organization that aims to uplift men through biblical teachings, said the allegations against Jakes, who has been described as “one of the biggest names in American Christianity” next to Billy Graham, have shaken many Christians.
“Now, I’m not going to really address him [Jakes] personally. I have no idea if he’s guilty or not. If I address him personally, it will be when the truth comes out or when we know more. But I feel like this situation needs to be addressed because there are a lot of Christians who are shaken by this. And that’s my concern,” the Christian broadcaster said.
“If anyone was harmed by Bishop TD Jakes, then that’s a concern for sure. But outside of that, my concern is the Body of Christ. Because a lot of Christians, when something like this happens, and someone who was a leader in the church falls publicly like this, allegedly, I have no idea if he’s guilty. I’m not saying he is or isn’t. But it can rock your world, so to speak,” he added. “It can lead people to doubt the existence of God, to doubt God’s power, to doubt Jesus Christ, to question whether or not Christianity, salvation, the Holy Spirit, all of this stuff is it real or is it just a scam?”
Source: Christian Post
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