Post by Les Brewer on Jun 23, 2012 11:27:17 GMT
"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!" by Pastor Robert Oliver
II Timothy 4:3 says~ "For The TIME 'WILL' COME When THEY Will NOT 'ENDURE' SOUND DOCTRINE; but AFTER THEIR OWN 'LUSTS' SHALL THEY HEAP TO 'THEMSELVES' TEACHERS, HAVING 'ITCHING' EARS!"
Oh Me Oh My Beloved Believers, Did You 'Hear' This??? Paul, 'by' GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT, Is 'Instructing' and 'Training' Young Timothy For the Ministry, and He Makes th...is Incredible 'Prophetic' Statement! It's a Dire "WARNING!" Listen, He 'Just' Got Through Telling Him to PREACH "THE" WORD, and Now, He's Going to Tell Him "WHY!" I see "5" things here that Absolutely 'DEMAND' our Close Attention:
First, Notice the "TIME" that Paul Speaks of! He says~ "FOR THE TIME 'WILL' COME!" Oh My Church, Here, the Beloved Paul 'Points' Timothy to a "TIME" that was Yet 'FUTURE', and Boldly 'Proclaims' that it will Be a 'TIME' of Great "APOSTASY!" Believers I'm here to 'Tell' You today, that That "TIME" Has Officially "ARRIVED!" It's True, We Are "LIVING IN THAT TIME!" And As We'll Clearly See, this Very Verse Itself "PROVES" this to be True of OUR "TIME!!!"
But Secondly, Notice the First "SIGN" That this 'TIME' Has Arrived! Paul says~ "FOR THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN THEY WILL 'NOT' ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE!" What??? Wait a Minute Now, Did You 'Hear' What Paul Just Said??? Listen 'Carefully' Now Brethren, Because You & I Are 'Living' in a Day Where Folks Do "NOT WANT" GOD'S WORD "INTERFERRING" In their Lives!!! And What's Worse than That, Notice "WHO" Paul is Speaking of Here: He says~ "WHEN THEY" Will 'NOT' Endure Sound DOCTRINE! Now, Question, "WHO" are the "THEY" of verse 3??? Beloved, the Apostle is Clearly 'Referring' here to "THE CHURCH!" He's Speaking About the "BODY OF CHRIST, THE BRIDE!!!" These People are "IN THE CHURCH!" Listen to Me: They 'Sing' the Songs, They 'Carry' the BIBLE, They Put 'Money' in the Plate, They 'Take' The LORD'S SUPPER, BUT THEY "DON'T WANT GOD'S 'WORD' PREACHED!!!" Listen, the 'Greek' Word here for "Endure" is "Anechomai!" It Literally Means~ "To Hold Oneself Up Against!" Did You 'Hear' that? Paul says, They Will 'Not' Hold Themself Up Against the "WORD OF GOD" Because they Don't 'Like' What They See! Beloved, James Said that You & I 'NEED' to "LOOK INTO GOD'S WORD" So That We Might Make "MODIFICATIONS" In Ourselves!!!
Ok But Thirdly, Notice What They "WILL" Endure! The Apostle writes~ "FOR THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, BUT 'AFTER' THEIR OWN LUSTS!" Oh My Dearly Beloved Saints, I 'Beg' You to Hear Me Here! Paul 'Points' His HOLY SPIRIT "INSPIRED" Finger to the Very 'Thing' that "CAUSES THEM TO TURN AWAY" FROM GOD'S WORD: "THEIR 'OWN' LUSTS!" Listen to Me Now, 'Either' the "BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU 'FROM' LUST, OR ELSE LUST WILL KEEP YOU 'FROM' THE BIBLE!" I'm Here to 'Tell' You today Church, that We've Got a "CARNAL CHRISTIANITY" in this World Where Most 'Anything' Goes! Hey, 'Contrary' to Popular Belief, If You've Got an 'Itch' You "DON'T HAVE TO SCRATCH IT!" I tell You, "Sanctification" Has Become a 'Lost Doctrine' of the Church today! 'Easy-Believism' Preaches a Liberal Gospel "WITHOUT" REPENTANCE, Where You Can "TAKE JESUS ALONG WITH YOUR SIN", But That's 'Not' the One Paul Preached!!!
Alright But Fourthly, Notice What They 'Do' in Order to "CATER" To Their "LUSTS!" He says~ "FOR THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, BUT AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS SHALL THEY 'HEAP' TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS!" What??? What Did You Just 'Say' Paul? You Mean to 'Tell' Me that Certain 'Churches' Actually "LOOK" For 'Pastors' Who "WILL NOT PREACH AGAINST SIN?" Yup!!! That's 'Exactly' What Paul "WARNS" Timothy of Here! Listen Now, To "HEAP" To Themselves 'Literally' Means~ "TO GATHER IN!" What's That Mean? It 'Means' that they 'Hire' Preachers Who Make Them "Feel Good" About Their SIN!!! Peter also 'Described' Them as "Alluring Through the 'LUSTS' of the FLESH, Through 'Much' Wantonness, Those That WERE Clean 'Escaped' from THEM WHO 'LIVE' IN ERROR; While 'THEY' Promise THEM LIBERTY, THEY 'THEMSELVES' ARE THE SERVANTS OF CORRUPTION!" WOE UNTO "THEM" Jude Says! Beloved, Let Me Make a Statement: "If Your Pastor Will Not Preach 'Against' SIN, You May Want to 'Consider' Getting One That WILL!!!"
But Fifthly, Finally, Notice Their "EAGERNESS" FOR DECEPTION! Paul says~ "HAVING ITCHING EARS!" What? What Does That 'Mean' Paul? Listen, the 'Greek' Word for "Itching" is "Knetho!" It 'Literally' Means~ "TO TICKLE!" Oh My Goodness Beloved, Do You 'Realize' What Paul is 'Describing' here? He's 'Saying' that There Are "CHURCHES 'FULL' OF PEOPLE WHO 'WANT' TO HAVE THEIR 'EARS' TICKLED!!!" Make Me 'Laugh' Preacher, 'Tell' Me A FUNNY STORY, "ENTERTAIN" ME PASTOR! But "DON'T PREACH HOLINESS, DON'T PREACH RIGHTEOUSNESS, DON'T PREACH 'SOUND DOCTRINE' WHICH IS ACCORDING TO GODLINESS!!!" Just "TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR!!!" Beloved Believers My 'Word' to You today is Serious: "Sit Under 'SOUND' DOCTRINAL PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD, and DON'T 'FORSAKE' THE TRUTH, No Matter How Many 'Others' May!!!" Blessings to All, and Shalom...
II Timothy 4:3 says~ "For The TIME 'WILL' COME When THEY Will NOT 'ENDURE' SOUND DOCTRINE; but AFTER THEIR OWN 'LUSTS' SHALL THEY HEAP TO 'THEMSELVES' TEACHERS, HAVING 'ITCHING' EARS!"
Oh Me Oh My Beloved Believers, Did You 'Hear' This??? Paul, 'by' GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT, Is 'Instructing' and 'Training' Young Timothy For the Ministry, and He Makes th...is Incredible 'Prophetic' Statement! It's a Dire "WARNING!" Listen, He 'Just' Got Through Telling Him to PREACH "THE" WORD, and Now, He's Going to Tell Him "WHY!" I see "5" things here that Absolutely 'DEMAND' our Close Attention:
First, Notice the "TIME" that Paul Speaks of! He says~ "FOR THE TIME 'WILL' COME!" Oh My Church, Here, the Beloved Paul 'Points' Timothy to a "TIME" that was Yet 'FUTURE', and Boldly 'Proclaims' that it will Be a 'TIME' of Great "APOSTASY!" Believers I'm here to 'Tell' You today, that That "TIME" Has Officially "ARRIVED!" It's True, We Are "LIVING IN THAT TIME!" And As We'll Clearly See, this Very Verse Itself "PROVES" this to be True of OUR "TIME!!!"
But Secondly, Notice the First "SIGN" That this 'TIME' Has Arrived! Paul says~ "FOR THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN THEY WILL 'NOT' ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE!" What??? Wait a Minute Now, Did You 'Hear' What Paul Just Said??? Listen 'Carefully' Now Brethren, Because You & I Are 'Living' in a Day Where Folks Do "NOT WANT" GOD'S WORD "INTERFERRING" In their Lives!!! And What's Worse than That, Notice "WHO" Paul is Speaking of Here: He says~ "WHEN THEY" Will 'NOT' Endure Sound DOCTRINE! Now, Question, "WHO" are the "THEY" of verse 3??? Beloved, the Apostle is Clearly 'Referring' here to "THE CHURCH!" He's Speaking About the "BODY OF CHRIST, THE BRIDE!!!" These People are "IN THE CHURCH!" Listen to Me: They 'Sing' the Songs, They 'Carry' the BIBLE, They Put 'Money' in the Plate, They 'Take' The LORD'S SUPPER, BUT THEY "DON'T WANT GOD'S 'WORD' PREACHED!!!" Listen, the 'Greek' Word here for "Endure" is "Anechomai!" It Literally Means~ "To Hold Oneself Up Against!" Did You 'Hear' that? Paul says, They Will 'Not' Hold Themself Up Against the "WORD OF GOD" Because they Don't 'Like' What They See! Beloved, James Said that You & I 'NEED' to "LOOK INTO GOD'S WORD" So That We Might Make "MODIFICATIONS" In Ourselves!!!
Ok But Thirdly, Notice What They "WILL" Endure! The Apostle writes~ "FOR THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, BUT 'AFTER' THEIR OWN LUSTS!" Oh My Dearly Beloved Saints, I 'Beg' You to Hear Me Here! Paul 'Points' His HOLY SPIRIT "INSPIRED" Finger to the Very 'Thing' that "CAUSES THEM TO TURN AWAY" FROM GOD'S WORD: "THEIR 'OWN' LUSTS!" Listen to Me Now, 'Either' the "BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU 'FROM' LUST, OR ELSE LUST WILL KEEP YOU 'FROM' THE BIBLE!" I'm Here to 'Tell' You today Church, that We've Got a "CARNAL CHRISTIANITY" in this World Where Most 'Anything' Goes! Hey, 'Contrary' to Popular Belief, If You've Got an 'Itch' You "DON'T HAVE TO SCRATCH IT!" I tell You, "Sanctification" Has Become a 'Lost Doctrine' of the Church today! 'Easy-Believism' Preaches a Liberal Gospel "WITHOUT" REPENTANCE, Where You Can "TAKE JESUS ALONG WITH YOUR SIN", But That's 'Not' the One Paul Preached!!!
Alright But Fourthly, Notice What They 'Do' in Order to "CATER" To Their "LUSTS!" He says~ "FOR THE TIME WILL COME, WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, BUT AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS SHALL THEY 'HEAP' TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS!" What??? What Did You Just 'Say' Paul? You Mean to 'Tell' Me that Certain 'Churches' Actually "LOOK" For 'Pastors' Who "WILL NOT PREACH AGAINST SIN?" Yup!!! That's 'Exactly' What Paul "WARNS" Timothy of Here! Listen Now, To "HEAP" To Themselves 'Literally' Means~ "TO GATHER IN!" What's That Mean? It 'Means' that they 'Hire' Preachers Who Make Them "Feel Good" About Their SIN!!! Peter also 'Described' Them as "Alluring Through the 'LUSTS' of the FLESH, Through 'Much' Wantonness, Those That WERE Clean 'Escaped' from THEM WHO 'LIVE' IN ERROR; While 'THEY' Promise THEM LIBERTY, THEY 'THEMSELVES' ARE THE SERVANTS OF CORRUPTION!" WOE UNTO "THEM" Jude Says! Beloved, Let Me Make a Statement: "If Your Pastor Will Not Preach 'Against' SIN, You May Want to 'Consider' Getting One That WILL!!!"
But Fifthly, Finally, Notice Their "EAGERNESS" FOR DECEPTION! Paul says~ "HAVING ITCHING EARS!" What? What Does That 'Mean' Paul? Listen, the 'Greek' Word for "Itching" is "Knetho!" It 'Literally' Means~ "TO TICKLE!" Oh My Goodness Beloved, Do You 'Realize' What Paul is 'Describing' here? He's 'Saying' that There Are "CHURCHES 'FULL' OF PEOPLE WHO 'WANT' TO HAVE THEIR 'EARS' TICKLED!!!" Make Me 'Laugh' Preacher, 'Tell' Me A FUNNY STORY, "ENTERTAIN" ME PASTOR! But "DON'T PREACH HOLINESS, DON'T PREACH RIGHTEOUSNESS, DON'T PREACH 'SOUND DOCTRINE' WHICH IS ACCORDING TO GODLINESS!!!" Just "TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR!!!" Beloved Believers My 'Word' to You today is Serious: "Sit Under 'SOUND' DOCTRINAL PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD, and DON'T 'FORSAKE' THE TRUTH, No Matter How Many 'Others' May!!!" Blessings to All, and Shalom...
