As the saying goes, “Charming beauty makes men fall.” It means that people’s lust will lower their alertness to crises and make them vulnerable. Actually, the part following the sentence is even more terrible. It says, “Unable to resist the temptation of beauty, men shall die.”
This article, the third in the series called “Pastor's Downfall” (see Episode I and Episode II ), depicts the fall of a church pastor who failed because of sexual immorality.
Rev. Enguang had no idea about the Christian faith when he was young until, one day in his college life, an evangelist shared with him the gospel.
He took a very contemptuous attitude towards Christianity at first, but finally, he decided to go to the fellowship to have a look after the evangelist’s repeated invitations. The intimate love among believers in the fellowship impressed him, and in this love, people could even relish simple food more than the delicacies outside.
A few months later, he became a Christian and made up his mind to devote his life to the Lord.
No longer an ordinary Christian, he became an amateur evangelist. Later, he even resigned from his job and went to study theology. After serving for several years, young Enguang was ordained as Rev. Enguang.
Rev. Enguang, such a young and handsome pastor who also had a sense of humor, fell in love with a single sister in the Lord, and then they got married. Things went smoothly, and their child was born about a year later.
One day, the wife of Enguang accidentally saw on his phone a record of his hotel stay at a local hotel. What Rev. Enguang told her at that time was that he would go away on a business trip to attend a study for a few days. She then found the hotel and the record of his hotel stay there. It showed that Rev. Enguang stayed in the hotel with another young woman for two days.
She chose to put this fact on the table and talk with Rev. Enguang, whose conscience was already uneasy because of what he had done. He then wept bitterly and admitted what he had done. It turned out that it was not the first time he had done such a thing. Things like that happened over a year ago.
Rev. Enguang said that this woman was also a believer, and he met her during his visit to another church to preach. After knowing about each other, this woman tried every means to get his contact information and then expressed her love for him. But Rev. Enguang rejected this young and beautiful woman, saying firmly that he had already gotten married and asking her to stop harassing him.
However, this woman still sent some messages and pictures to Rev. Enguang from time to time, but he kept her contact information instead of deleting it or blacklisting her.
One day, when the woman contacted Rev. Enguang again, he didn’t reject her. So they had sex in a local hotel that afternoon. Since then, Rev. Enguang often met this woman by attending meetings or going to serve in other places. Rev. Enguang’s wife never doubted these things out of her absolute trust in him.
As always a very gentle and tender woman, Rev. Enguang’s wife almost obeyed him on everything. However, this time, she firmly said no to his cheating on her. She chose to divorce. The beautiful and happy family was reduced to nothing.
The church also unanimously decided to dismiss Rev. Enguang, and he could not serve the church anymore.
Both in society and in the church, there are also more and more examples where women or sisters are unfaithful to their spouses. They often feel that their husbands don’t care enough about them and don’t have much time to keep them company. They also have much dissatisfaction with their husbands due to their lack of expression. We need to admit that we are weak and easy to fall before God and pray not to fall into any temptation; if we are already tempted, we must reject it like Joseph did to Potiphar's wife.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
俗话说“色字头上一把刀”，喻意人们的好色与情欲都会降低人对危机的警觉，使人容易受到伤害。其实这句话后面还有更可怕的后半句——石榴裙下命难逃。
本文是系列文，“牧者衰亡现代启示录”的第三篇文章，从色的角度来描绘和记录一名教会牧者的衰亡之路。
小时候的恩光牧师从来没有接触过基督教信仰，直到读大学的时候被一名传道人传给了他福音。
刚开始的时候，他对基督教抱着十分轻视的态度。因着传道人三番五次的邀请，他决定过去团契看一下。团契里弟兄姊妹之间美好的爱的关系抓住了他，在团契里面即便只是白菜煮豆腐也比外面的大鱼大肉更加好吃。
几个月后，他成为了一名基督徒。他决定把自己的一生摆上。
他从一名普通的基督徒成为了一名业余传道人。后来放弃了世上的工作，去读神学。服侍了几年后，年轻的恩光被按立成为了一名牧师。
年轻帅气并且讲话诙谐幽默的恩光牧师和一名单身姐妹谈起了恋爱，最初结婚了。一年多以后，两人的孩子也顺利诞生。
有一天师母在无意中在恩光的手机里看到一次本地酒店开房记录。恩光牧师当时给她说的是他要出差几天参加一个学习。于是，她找到了那家酒店，找到了开房记录，记录显示恩光牧师和另一名年轻女性在这家酒店住了两天。
她选择了跟恩光牧师摊牌。本就因为做了亏心事而良心不安的恩光牧师，痛哭着承认了自己所作的一切。原来，不仅仅只有这一次，早在一年多前就出事了。
恩光牧师说，这个女人也是一名信徒，是有一次去本地另外一所教会讲道的时候认识的。认识以后，这个女人想方设法要到了恩光牧师的联系方式，然后给恩光牧师说自己喜欢他。这个女人很年轻，也非常漂亮。可恩光牧师拒绝了，并且义正言辞的说自己已经结婚了，请她不要再骚扰自己。
可是这个女人时不时的给恩光牧师发一些文字和图片，而恩光牧师并没有删除这个女人的联系方式，也没有拉黑她的电话号码。
有一天，当这个女人再一次联系恩光牧师的时候，他没有拒绝。，于是，当天下午两个人就在当地的一家酒店发生了性关系。从此恩光牧师经常以开会、服事需要的理由跟这个女人见面。而出于对恩光牧师的绝对信任，师母也从来没有怀疑过。
师母平时的性情是非常温柔的，绝大多数事情都是听恩光牧师的。然而这一次，对恩光牧师出轨的事情，师母坚定地说了不。她选择了离婚，原本美满幸福的家庭就这样化为乌有了。
教会也一致决定辞退他，恩光牧师也不能够再继续服事教会了。
无论是社会上还是教会里面，女性或者说姊妹出轨的事情也变得越来越多。她们往往是觉得自家丈夫对自己的关心不够，没有多少时间陪伴自己。而且嫌丈夫拙口笨舌，对丈夫有很多的不满。
牧者衰亡启示录（三）：一牧师因出轨而败亡
As the saying goes, “Charming beauty makes men fall.” It means that people’s lust will lower their alertness to crises and make them vulnerable. Actually, the part following the sentence is even more terrible. It says, “Unable to resist the temptation of beauty, men shall die.”
This article, the third in the series called “Pastor's Downfall” (see Episode I and Episode II ), depicts the fall of a church pastor who failed because of sexual immorality.
Rev. Enguang had no idea about the Christian faith when he was young until, one day in his college life, an evangelist shared with him the gospel.
He took a very contemptuous attitude towards Christianity at first, but finally, he decided to go to the fellowship to have a look after the evangelist’s repeated invitations. The intimate love among believers in the fellowship impressed him, and in this love, people could even relish simple food more than the delicacies outside.
A few months later, he became a Christian and made up his mind to devote his life to the Lord.
No longer an ordinary Christian, he became an amateur evangelist. Later, he even resigned from his job and went to study theology. After serving for several years, young Enguang was ordained as Rev. Enguang.
Rev. Enguang, such a young and handsome pastor who also had a sense of humor, fell in love with a single sister in the Lord, and then they got married. Things went smoothly, and their child was born about a year later.
One day, the wife of Enguang accidentally saw on his phone a record of his hotel stay at a local hotel. What Rev. Enguang told her at that time was that he would go away on a business trip to attend a study for a few days. She then found the hotel and the record of his hotel stay there. It showed that Rev. Enguang stayed in the hotel with another young woman for two days.
She chose to put this fact on the table and talk with Rev. Enguang, whose conscience was already uneasy because of what he had done. He then wept bitterly and admitted what he had done. It turned out that it was not the first time he had done such a thing. Things like that happened over a year ago.
Rev. Enguang said that this woman was also a believer, and he met her during his visit to another church to preach. After knowing about each other, this woman tried every means to get his contact information and then expressed her love for him. But Rev. Enguang rejected this young and beautiful woman, saying firmly that he had already gotten married and asking her to stop harassing him.
However, this woman still sent some messages and pictures to Rev. Enguang from time to time, but he kept her contact information instead of deleting it or blacklisting her.
One day, when the woman contacted Rev. Enguang again, he didn’t reject her. So they had sex in a local hotel that afternoon. Since then, Rev. Enguang often met this woman by attending meetings or going to serve in other places. Rev. Enguang’s wife never doubted these things out of her absolute trust in him.
As always a very gentle and tender woman, Rev. Enguang’s wife almost obeyed him on everything. However, this time, she firmly said no to his cheating on her. She chose to divorce. The beautiful and happy family was reduced to nothing.
The church also unanimously decided to dismiss Rev. Enguang, and he could not serve the church anymore.
Both in society and in the church, there are also more and more examples where women or sisters are unfaithful to their spouses. They often feel that their husbands don’t care enough about them and don’t have much time to keep them company. They also have much dissatisfaction with their husbands due to their lack of expression. We need to admit that we are weak and easy to fall before God and pray not to fall into any temptation; if we are already tempted, we must reject it like Joseph did to Potiphar's wife.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
Pastor's Downfall: Sexual Affair
