*Jimmy Swaggart Dies at 90. But the World Only Remembered the Prostitute.*
That was the SABC News headline. A man who preached to millions. A man whose music touched nations. A man whose ministry shaped generations. But the world summarized his legacy in one line:
“Tele-evangelist caught with a prostitute.”
Is it fair? No.
Is it worldly? Yes.
But is it a warning to all of us? Absolutely.
The world is not forgiving. The world does not forget. We may have peace with God, but that doesn’t mean we’ll have peace with men. We may be cleared in the court of heaven, but public memory doesn’t cleanse easily.
This is not about Jimmy Swaggart. This is about you, about me, about all of us. Ministers. Leaders. Fathers. Carriers of weight in the Kingdom.
The lesson?
Don’t mess up. Don’t play with sin. Don’t take grace as license.
People have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. It doesn’t. Time may blur details, but scandal sticks, especially involving a man of God.
Here’s a call to arms for ministers of the gospel
1. Engage in real, ruthless accountability—not cosmetic check-ins, but real brotherhood.
2. Guard your moral life like a man guards a nuclear code. If you fall sexually, your voice may still
echo but your credibility will collapse.
3. Handle finances with fear and trembling. Don’t manipulate the gospel for profit.
4. Build real systems around your life. Not fans. Not dependents. Not enablers. Build integrity into your daily decisions.
The measure of our anointing is not our gifting it’s our ability to remain holy when no one is watching.
Satan is patient. He doesn’t care if you preach 10,000 sermons as long as he can get you to collapse in one moment of compromise. And when it happens, your entire legacy is redefined in seconds.
If the story of Jimmy Swaggart teaches us anything it’s this: Pray to the One who is able to keep you from falling. And then, walk like you know the whole world is watching. Because they are.
God forgives. Men remember. Don’t be reckless with grace. Don’t gamble with your legacy.
Let this be a call. A warning. A fire alarm in the spirit. God still uses broken men but the consequences of public failure don’t vanish with anointed tears.
Stay clean. Stay low. Stay accountable. Stay burning.
*Jimmy Swaggart Dies at 90. But the World Only Remembered the Prostitute.*
That was the SABC News headline. A man who preached to millions. A man whose music touched nations. A man whose ministry shaped generations. But the world summarized his legacy in one line:
“Tele-evangelist caught with a prostitute.”
Is it fair? No.
Is it worldly? Yes.
But is it a warning to all of us? Absolutely.
The world is not forgiving. The world does not forget. We may have peace with God, but that doesn’t mean we’ll have peace with men. We may be cleared in the court of heaven, but public memory doesn’t cleanse easily.
This is not about Jimmy Swaggart. This is about you, about me, about all of us. Ministers. Leaders. Fathers. Carriers of weight in the Kingdom.
The lesson?
Don’t mess up. Don’t play with sin. Don’t take grace as license.
People have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. It doesn’t. Time may blur details, but scandal sticks, especially involving a man of God.
Here’s a call to arms for ministers of the gospel
1. Engage in real, ruthless accountability—not cosmetic check-ins, but real brotherhood.
2. Guard your moral life like a man guards a nuclear code. If you fall sexually, your voice may still
echo but your credibility will collapse.
3. Handle finances with fear and trembling. Don’t manipulate the gospel for profit.
4. Build real systems around your life. Not fans. Not dependents. Not enablers. Build integrity into your daily decisions.
The measure of our anointing is not our gifting it’s our ability to remain holy when no one is watching.
Satan is patient. He doesn’t care if you preach 10,000 sermons as long as he can get you to collapse in one moment of compromise. And when it happens, your entire legacy is redefined in seconds.
If the story of Jimmy Swaggart teaches us anything it’s this: Pray to the One who is able to keep you from falling. And then, walk like you know the whole world is watching. Because they are.
God forgives. Men remember. Don’t be reckless with grace. Don’t gamble with your legacy.
Let this be a call. A warning. A fire alarm in the spirit. God still uses broken men but the consequences of public failure don’t vanish with anointed tears.
Stay clean. Stay low. Stay accountable. Stay burning.
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