A church tased a woman for playing too loudly during the worship service. The report said that:
Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Spokesman Mark Myers said, “Nobody could pay attention to the sermon or what was going on so that’s when our deputy was able to take care of the situation.”Now, was this situation handled right? I believe this church sinned in the eyes of God and the eyes of the world.
First, when confronted with unruly or demented people, Jesus always acted in a healing way. He never sanctioned getting the authorities involved.
Second, in taking this to a sheriff’s deputy, this was in violation of 1 Corinthians 6:1-2:
When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers! Don’t you realize that someday we believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves?The church should have stopped and gathered around this woman and prayed for her. Was that sermon so all-fired important that the pastor had to continue at all costs? Was the worship service so wonderful that it had to continue?
They could even have had a group of elders or deacons gather around her and pray. Why could they not stop and consider the woman. She was obviously having problems.
Yes, it was a disturbance and yes, it needed to be addressed before they could continue. But they did this in a way that will only hurt this church.
This church’s influence is severely weakened in the eyes of God and the world. They had no right scripturally to call a deputy to pepper spray or tase this woman. They were wrong.
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