Dear New Mrs.,

You sound a little frustrated with all the rules and regulations set by your husband. You did not say what he told you to do during worship.

I am an evangelist and my husband and I have been on the road preaching for almost 25 years, and when I am not preaching we are in a fellowship being taught. As believers, we are called part of the body of Christ. The Apostle Paul said in Romans 12:4-5, “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” We are one in Christ with different functions, but no one is greater than the other. We are all to serve the Lord and one another.

My husband and I often are blessed to help during an altar call by praying for those who need prayer. Sometimes we are in the front to receive prayer too! This is called being part of the family of God and enjoying the family.

Is there a code of ethics? Paul says to the Church in Galatia: Galatians 3:1-3 “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?... Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? Paul says it is foolish to live by a religious mindset. We are to remember that salvation in Jesus in a free gift, not a set of rules.

It is easy to allow pride to stop us from receiving from the Lord through our brothers and sisters simply because we are preachers. I would say you and your husband need to sit and read what Jesus says about being part of the body of Christ and enjoy your very large family!