When David had the opportunity to kill King Saul he refused declaring, “Far be it from me because of the LORD that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’S anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’S anointed” (1 Samuel 24:6). These words have been used and misused too often to suggest that Christian ministers and priests are exempt from scrutiny because of the divine anointing that rests upon them. This is a serious misuse of God’s word.
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