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If a Christian man commits a sin in the past that would disqualify him from eldership, example being looking at porn, but he has since repented,

is he forever disqualified? More generally, in the past, they did not meet the qualifications,

but now they do.

Are they forever disqualified?

That's a good question, Nate.

No, I don't think that you're forever disqualified.

I think there are some things that can happen that, yeah, where a guy should never serve as an elder.

I really do think that there are some things like that.

I don't think that

pornography is one of them. Not all sin is equal. I think part of that question comes from, and you

may not mean it like that, but a lot of people, so maybe not you, Nate, but a lot of people

think, you know, in terms of all sin is equal. It's not. There's a hierarchy in heaven,

right? There are 24 elders on 24 thrones. There are angels and there are chief angels,

arch angels. There are cherubim and seraphim and the four living creatures covered with eyes

with six wings that surround the throat. There's a hierarchy. It's not egalitarianism.

There's a hierarchy in heaven. There's a hierarchy in hell. Jesus says this. To one will be given

a light beating, but to another will be given a severe beating. Talking about hell, he says,

woe to you, these Israelites cities, for if the miracles that I performed in you have been

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