1
00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,600
I trust, you have your Bible 
with you this afternoon and if 

2
00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:20,700
you do meet me in 2nd, Timothy 
chapter 4, Beginning in verse 1.

3
00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,900
Father, we ask again that you 
would help us. 

4
00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:41,400
With the scriptures. 
Oh Lord, we do not dare. 

5
00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,500
Come to this pulpit. 
Lightly. 

6
00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:50,400
We realize that this is your 
word and you told us that you 

7
00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,500
look upon those who tremble 
before it What provoked, an 

8
00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:58,800
inward trembling, as we receive 
the word of the Living. 

9
00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:03,100
God We ask Lord that the Holy 
Spirit would rest on the 

10
00:01:03,108 --> 00:01:06,400
ministry of the word and that 
there would be great power. 

11
00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,200
The way that you have ordained 
preaching to be, let it be 

12
00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:15,300
performed this afternoon. 
We asked, oh God, and in this 

13
00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:20,000
moment we would not regard it as
just transaction of truth, but 

14
00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,800
as a moment of worship, we 
worship in the word today 

15
00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,100
together. 
And so Lord, open our eyes that 

16
00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:31,100
we may see the glories with in 
the scriptures. 

17
00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,200
We ask these things in the name 
of the living Christ in Jesus 

18
00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:40,600
name, amen. 
I charge you. 

19
00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:48,100
In the presence of God and of 
Christ Jesus who is to judge the

20
00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:52,400
living, and the dead, and by his
appearing, and his kingdom 

21
00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:59,900
preach, the word be ready in 
season and out of season, 

22
00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:06,500
reprove rebuke, and exhort with 
complete, patience and teaching,

23
00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,400
for the time is coming, when 
people will not endure sound 

24
00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,300
teaching. 
But having itching ears, they 

25
00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:18,100
will accumulate for themselves 
teachers to suit their own 

26
00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:22,300
passions and will turn away from
listening to the truth and 

27
00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:28,400
wander off into myths. 
If the Apostle Paul was alive 

28
00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:33,700
today and had the opportunity to
exhort ministers across the 

29
00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:37,100
globe with one message. 
What do you think his 

30
00:02:37,100 --> 00:02:41,000
instructions would be? 
In light of all the false 

31
00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:46,800
religions in light of the moral 
Mayhem in light of the deceptive

32
00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:53,900
distractions in this hour, what 
would his cry be to pastors, who

33
00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:56,400
are shepherding flocks of 
different sizes? 

34
00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:01,000
Who are collectively, weathering
this cold and frightening world.

35
00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:07,700
What would his thrust be with 
his men date to those who are 

36
00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:12,500
called to give guidance as they 
steer the ships of local 

37
00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:18,900
churches through the crashing 
waves of deception and 

38
00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:23,100
degradation? 
We don't have to think too far, 

39
00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:27,000
we don't have to use our 
imaginations because as we come 

40
00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,900
to this final chapter in the 
book of 2nd Timothy, this 

41
00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:37,500
preacher is giving a message to 
a pastor and we don't have to 

42
00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:41,500
look too far to realize what 
this Christ commission man would

43
00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:44,700
tell the leaders of churches 
today. 

44
00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:51,700
The summation of his charge can 
be summarized in three simple, 

45
00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:58,300
yet, eternally impactful words. 
Preach the word. 

46
00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:05,600
Preach the word. 
And behold one of the final 

47
00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,700
declarations that this Apostle 
would right before his 

48
00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:12,600
graduation into Glory. 
And though, there are many other

49
00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,400
commands that Timothy received 
an order for him to observe so 

50
00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,899
that he can better face the 
perilous times, that were ahead 

51
00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:22,000
of him. 
There is something so solemn 

52
00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,600
about the verses that we just 
read. 

53
00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,500
There's something that is 
intensely gripping about the 

54
00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:29,700
charge that is laid out here 
before us. 

55
00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:33,900
And there is a call for us to 
comprehend for ourselves. 

56
00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:39,500
Why what is being shared here is
crucial To be applied in our own

57
00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:44,100
day. 
Pastors as the unbelieving world

58
00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:48,800
is going from bad to worse as 
false teachers are arising. 

59
00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,000
And they are vehemently 
persuading people to believe 

60
00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,900
truths that will damn their 
souls your occupation. 

61
00:04:57,100 --> 00:05:01,100
In the midst of such chaos and 
Havoc, your business is to 

62
00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:09,000
preach the word of the Living. 
God, I can imagine how you may 

63
00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,900
be tempted to think that this 
has no relation to your life as 

64
00:05:12,900 --> 00:05:16,400
a Layman. 
But I would advise you. 

65
00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:21,900
To believe for yourself, that 
understanding what preaching is 

66
00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:25,200
is totally related to you, 
because, although, you may not 

67
00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,600
be a pastor in this place, I'm 
although you may not be a 

68
00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,200
missionary and evangelist. 
One thing is for certain every 

69
00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:36,000
single one of us in this place 
is called to wisely choose what 

70
00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,400
kind of preaching our souls will
sit under. 

71
00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:46,200
Fathers husbands, especially as 
priest of your home as the head 

72
00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,900
of the household. 
You have been given the charge 

73
00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:57,500
by God the responsibility. 
To lead your family to the right

74
00:05:57,500 --> 00:06:01,600
pasture so that they can receive
their spiritual nourishment. 

75
00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,400
And in great part that will be 
determined by how the word of 

76
00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:11,100
God is handled and declared from
the pulpit of that local 

77
00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:16,200
assembly. 
Church is not just about 

78
00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,500
preaching, but preaching drives 
the church into a certain 

79
00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:23,000
direction. 
And therefore, please believe 

80
00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,900
for yourself today. 
That understanding the 

81
00:06:24,900 --> 00:06:29,400
significance of the word, 
preached is not just for those 

82
00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,900
who have dedicated their lives 
to such a practice, it is 

83
00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:38,100
equally crucial to those who 
have to make a decision on a 

84
00:06:38,108 --> 00:06:41,900
continual basis. 
What will I give my ears to 

85
00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:46,300
listen to for the sake of the 
health of my own soul? 

86
00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,700
And in these verses we have 
wonderful insights about what 

87
00:06:52,800 --> 00:07:00,500
preaching is what preaching 
does, what preaching is supposed

88
00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:05,900
to sound like and feel like and 
the fruit of such a spiritual 

89
00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:09,200
discipline in the lives of those
who are exposed to it. 

90
00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,500
So consider with me the insights
that Paul gives in these verses 

91
00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:19,800
to this pastor who summoned to 
preach the Word of God and a 

92
00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:25,900
people who must make a decision 
where will I go to hear the word

93
00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:32,400
preached? 
Number one, consider the gravity

94
00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,600
of preaching, consider the 
seriousness of preaching. 

95
00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:43,400
Look what Paul says in verse 1. 
I charge you in the presence of 

96
00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,600
God and of Christ Jesus who is 
to judge the living, and the 

97
00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,400
dead, and by his appearing and 
his kingdom, preach the word, 

98
00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,700
the weightiness of this task 
should be felt as we realize, 

99
00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,700
The tone that Paul is presenting
as he is ready to commission, 

100
00:08:01,700 --> 00:08:05,500
this young Pastor to be a Herald
of divine truth. 

101
00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,100
We're supposed to realize that, 
as he invokes God in this, that 

102
00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:13,100
this is no joke. 
You know, Paul could have said 

103
00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:15,900
in passing, hey, Timothy. 
I, before I forget, you're gonna

104
00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:18,100
get really busy with a lot of 
things and Ministry, 

105
00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:22,100
administrative things, and, and 
counseling and visitation, but 

106
00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:25,400
don't forget, we're called to 
actually teach that helps with 

107
00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,400
the morale of the people. 
So make sure you Don't neglect 

108
00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,500
it. 
But this man will not dare to be

109
00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:36,299
so casual. 
When speaking of such important 

110
00:08:36,299 --> 00:08:40,600
realities, it would be a crime 
to do so. 

111
00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,500
Why is preaching so significant 
as a duty? 

112
00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,700
Why does it deserve such a 
majestic? 

113
00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:52,900
Build up? 
First realize that preaching is 

114
00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:56,200
an act. 
That is performed in the 

115
00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,600
watchful presence of God and 
Christ. 

116
00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:05,300
The preacher, whether he 
acknowledges that even in this 

117
00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:11,400
moment or not does not dismiss 
the reality that he is 

118
00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:15,300
performing a task in the 
presence of the head of the 

119
00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:19,700
church. 
This form of communication is a 

120
00:09:19,708 --> 00:09:23,000
responsibility that God gives 
special attention to. 

121
00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,700
Because it is a work that he 
commission's meant to do. 

122
00:09:29,500 --> 00:09:34,000
No call can be given to a man. 
No burden can be placed upon 

123
00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:41,400
someone's shoulders that can be,
so grave and serious. as to 

124
00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,300
Faithfully communicate God's 
word to an audience, whether 

125
00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:50,000
that audience is made up of 12 
or 12:00, For Paul to invoke the

126
00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,100
presence of God at this point, 
is to inform us the 

127
00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:57,400
incalculable, value, that God 
himself places on this thing 

128
00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,000
called preaching. 
It's not just a job that he 

129
00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,300
calls men to set apart their 
lives. 

130
00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:10,600
To do it is a job that he 
continually supervises and 

131
00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,800
watches over with a careful with
a careful eye. 

132
00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:20,400
Why should the preacher tremble?
Why should the preacher quake? 

133
00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,100
Why? 
Because he's going to receive 

134
00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:27,300
potentially some criticism from 
his Congregation of being unkind

135
00:10:27,300 --> 00:10:30,000
or too forceful. 
Why? 

136
00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,600
Because he might have to endure 
the threats of blasphemers who 

137
00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,600
hate the truth, why? 
Because his livelihood is 

138
00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,000
attached, to the engagement 
value of his preaching nonsense,

139
00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:47,100
the preacher should be fearful 
because the preacher is being 

140
00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:53,500
watched by A savior, a master, a
lord who will hold him 

141
00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:59,300
accountable for every single 
word that he utters in his name.

142
00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,300
The duty of declaring Divine, 
truth is no light matter. 

143
00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:09,500
And of Paul's words are to be 
taken seriously, if this charge 

144
00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:13,400
is to be felt with the authority
behind it, then it will alter 

145
00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,500
his attitude and the way he 
prepares his messages and surely

146
00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:19,600
in the way that he publicly 
proclaims. 

147
00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:24,700
It not only is their Divine 
accountability attached to 

148
00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:28,200
preaching, but the reason why 
there is such a gravity with it 

149
00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,400
is because it deals with Old 
matters. 

150
00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,000
Look what he says here, who is 
to judge the living and the 

151
00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,300
dead. 
And by his appearing and his 

152
00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:42,300
kingdom. 
What is he trying to say here? 

153
00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:51,800
Preaching deals with eternity? 
Preaching deals with people who 

154
00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,000
will realize a returning Christ 
one day. 

155
00:11:56,100 --> 00:12:00,400
And if this man is to operate as
a communicator of God's counsel,

156
00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:03,800
he must do. 
So, with a knowledge of the 

157
00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:08,200
accountability that he is 
attached to, but also with the 

158
00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:12,000
returning reality of the person 
that he is representing, 

159
00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:18,400
Preaching prepares people for 
eternity. 

160
00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:24,700
Preaching postures people to 
meet with a coming judge 

161
00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:32,100
preaching points are distracted 
crowd to a soon-coming sky 

162
00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:36,600
splitting savior. 
That's what preaching does. 

163
00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,000
Do you realize the seriousness 
of this moment? 

164
00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,400
Even now that there may be even 
some Souls who are hanging in 

165
00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,200
the balance. 
Hanging in the balance of an 

166
00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,100
open hell that is still hot and 
a glorious Heaven. 

167
00:12:52,100 --> 00:12:54,500
That is still open for those who
would repent and believe on 

168
00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:57,500
Christ. 
Do we realize that across the 

169
00:12:57,500 --> 00:12:58,800
world? 
Today, there is the preached 

170
00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,300
word that will determine based 
on what people will do with that

171
00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:05,800
truth. 
Where they will spend the rest 

172
00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,700
of Eternity. 
There is such a gravity with 

173
00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:13,000
this. 
And let me ask you a question 

174
00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,100
today, what can be more serious 
than preaching? 

175
00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:19,800
Are you among those who 
criticize preachers? 

176
00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:24,400
Who are serious? 
Preachers, who are passionate? 

177
00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:27,700
Then you don't understand what 
preaching is. 

178
00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:37,200
Can I tell you why there is such
a lack of urgency and passion 

179
00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,300
and many pulpit in America? 
Today, I can tell you why 

180
00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:45,300
because they don't believe Jesus
is watching and they don't 

181
00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:49,500
really believe Jesus is coming. 
Oh, they might theoretically 

182
00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:52,200
they might theologically, they 
might intellectually, they might

183
00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,200
have it on their statement of 
faith on their website, but it's

184
00:13:54,200 --> 00:14:00,700
not in their blood. 
The revelation of these choose 

185
00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,600
has to be so melted into our 
souls. 

186
00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:10,900
Then when people hear a man, 
they can feel the fire in his 

187
00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:14,300
bosom. 
I want to prove that to you. 

188
00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,300
I want to prove to you that the 
prophets of old and the apostles

189
00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:22,700
in the New Covenant had a 
certain weightiness to their 

190
00:14:22,700 --> 00:14:27,400
delivery. 
They were men who really really 

191
00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:33,200
believed what they preached turn
with me to Revelation chapter 10

192
00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:45,400
and verse 8. 
This is John. 

193
00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,500
John, the Apostle is receiving 
one of the greatest Revelations.

194
00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,700
The apocalyptic events. 
That have yet to happen. 

195
00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:01,200
And in preparation in this 
portion of Revelation 

196
00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,000
preparation to write about the 
remaining Prophecies of God's 

197
00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,400
dealing with the world with his 
final series of judgments. 

198
00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,600
This man was told to approach an
angel and take a little scroll 

199
00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,600
from him. 
That would disclose the details 

200
00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,600
of God's crescendo In human 
history. 

201
00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:23,400
Verse 8, then the voice that I 
had heard from Heaven spoke to 

202
00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,000
me again, saying, go take the 
scroll. 

203
00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,100
That is open in the hand of the 
Angel, who is standing on the 

204
00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:33,300
sea and on the land. 
So I went to the angel and told 

205
00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:37,700
him to give me the little scroll
and he said to me, take and eat 

206
00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:41,600
it, it will make your stomach 
bitter, but in your mouth, it 

207
00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,100
will be sweet as honey. 
And I took the little scroll 

208
00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:47,000
from the hand of the Angel and 
ate it. 

209
00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:50,900
It was sweet as Honey in my 
mouth, but when I had ended it, 

210
00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:55,900
my stomach was made bitter. 
This Angel tells them after 

211
00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:59,300
receiving instruction from 
Heaven, eat the scroll. 

212
00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,100
And when you eat it, two things 
are going to happen. 

213
00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:06,200
Number one, it's going to it's 
going to have an explosion of 

214
00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,000
delight in your mouth. 
It's going to be sweet, you're 

215
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:14,300
going to savor it but I as you 
digest it it's going to trouble 

216
00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:16,700
the innermost parts of who you 
are. 

217
00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:18,900
It's going to be sour and 
bitter. 

218
00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:23,500
It's going to turn your insides.
What I find. 

219
00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:27,200
So fascinating is that God 
didn't just tell John to take a 

220
00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,100
scroll in to record on his own 
Papyrus. 

221
00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,200
What he was supposed to say. 
Concerning the events that are 

222
00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:39,900
to come He wanted him to eat it.
What does this have to do with 

223
00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:44,200
preaching? 
Don't you see that God wants his

224
00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:49,800
Messenger to feel the message 
before he would ever share it? 

225
00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:57,400
I wanted to get in you. 
I want you to be able to realize

226
00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,000
the sweetness of my word and the
bitterness of it. 

227
00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,500
Why would it be sweet? 
It would be sweet because 

228
00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:07,300
concerning the context, what is 
to come in the last days would 

229
00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:09,400
fulfill the desires of every 
True Believer. 

230
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,500
And that is for Christ to return
an exaltation and to put an end 

231
00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:17,099
to wickedness and sin forever 
and ever and ever. 

232
00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:21,500
But it would also be bitter 
because at the same time This 

233
00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:25,400
would also determine the Doom of
those who have been enemies of. 

234
00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,500
The Gospel will be eternally. 
Expelled from the presence of 

235
00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:33,700
God, only to undergo his wrath 
continually and so yes, it was 

236
00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:37,500
sweet but also it was bitter. 
But here's the main point, God 

237
00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:44,600
wants his preachers to feel it. 
To digest it. 

238
00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:50,900
To simmer to realize the gravity
of what is being declared by 

239
00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:55,500
God, he must take what God has 
revealed and allow it to settle 

240
00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:58,500
in his soul and in doing. 
So there will be a greater 

241
00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:02,000
meaning and there will be a 
liveliness to the delivery of 

242
00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,100
the truth that he has been 
commissioned. 

243
00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,100
To speak. 
There is a big difference 

244
00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:12,800
between under understanding 
Theology and experiencing it. 

245
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,900
And this man here shows us what 
Ezekiel experience in chapter 3.

246
00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:21,800
Take the scroll and he says, it 
was sweet. 

247
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,600
It was sweet as honey. 
In my mouth from old to new. 

248
00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,000
God has a standard for his men 
who would speak truth. 

249
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,400
Would you feel what you're about
to say? 

250
00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:34,800
And what great crime it is, when
men can. 

251
00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,700
So casually, come up and speak 
of things. 

252
00:18:37,700 --> 00:18:44,000
Like, eternity, hell heaven and 
have no urgency in his voice. 

253
00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,800
Surely, I tell you, he might 
have got a degree at a seminary,

254
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,600
but he had not let this word get
in his blood. 

255
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:56,500
The gravity of preaching. 
This afternoon, you are in a 

256
00:18:56,500 --> 00:19:01,800
supernatural event. 
This is a supernatural thing 

257
00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,600
right now. 
There can be people in this 

258
00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,500
moment who go from Death To 
Life. 

259
00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,900
There can be marriages that are 
restored. 

260
00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:12,000
There can be the backslidden who
are delivered. 

261
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:16,000
Why through the means that God 
has ordained preach the word. 

262
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,900
So, would you feel the 
weightiness of it? 

263
00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:24,200
it is Despicable to me, and I 
can quote many men that we 

264
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:30,300
admire when there is such a 
lightness And the service. 

265
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,600
And something, as serious as 
God's word is being declared, 

266
00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:37,400
consider the gravity of 
preaching. 

267
00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:42,800
But in verse to consider the 
method and message of preaching,

268
00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:49,700
preach preach the word. 
Be ready in season and out of 

269
00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:53,500
season, reprove, rebuke and 
exhort with complete, patients 

270
00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:56,000
and teaching. 
Once Paul lays out the 

271
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,600
seriousness of preaching, he 
goes on a speak about the method

272
00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:04,600
and the message of the Minister 
preach, the word, the word, what

273
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,600
is the word while you heard a 
briefcase of what makes up the 

274
00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,100
word in the past two weeks? 
What is the scripture? 

275
00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:14,600
What are the sacred writings? 
What is the Bible? 

276
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,200
What makes up these things? 
But let me tell you today, that 

277
00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,000
is not enough to know the 
content that makes up the word. 

278
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:28,000
It must also be the very Focus, 
the very core of the message 

279
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:33,300
that is being preached. 
No preacher, has any Liberty to 

280
00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:36,200
give what he feels like, would 
be most profitable to God's 

281
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:40,100
people as he stands before them.
He does not have that freedom. 

282
00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:45,400
He does not have that license. 
And though, he may point to 

283
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,500
current events or relative 
illustrations every single time,

284
00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:52,000
those things are mentioned they 
are completely and purely 

285
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,700
supplementary and they are 
always to be given to assist a 

286
00:20:56,708 --> 00:21:00,300
truth from the word in order for
it to be greater and Clarity. 

287
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,800
Nothing else. 
Nothing more. 

288
00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:07,800
The scriptures are what people 
should be savoring as it is 

289
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,400
served by God's man. 
What should be left in the 

290
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:17,300
mouths of those who have eaten 
on the Lord's day is the glories

291
00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:22,900
and the wonders of the word. 
And as many of you know, many 

292
00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:27,400
come to a verse like this, to 
uphold the standard of our 

293
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,400
sermons, it must be the word, 
the word, the word, but many 

294
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,900
people don't come to this verse 
to understand that, it's not 

295
00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:38,900
just the word. 
It's the word preached. 

296
00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:45,100
He did not say Timothy. 
Read the word. 

297
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,900
Timothy. 
Recite the word. 

298
00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:54,300
Timothy. 
Teach the word. 

299
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,400
He said, preach. 
He said, preach and he meant 

300
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,800
what he meant. 
Preach the word. 

301
00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:06,200
In case, some might not see a 
distinction between preaching 

302
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,300
and teaching believe that Paul 
himself believe that there is a 

303
00:22:09,308 --> 00:22:11,900
difference between preaching and
teaching go to chapter one of 

304
00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:14,800
second. 
Timothy verse 11, Second, 

305
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:23,700
Timothy 111. 
For which I was appointed a 

306
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:28,800
preacher. 
And Apostle and teacher. 

307
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:36,500
Preacher apostle. 
Teacher preaching and teaching 

308
00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:40,300
overlap in many ways. 
And there have been many clever 

309
00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:44,000
attempts to try to clarify the 
distinction between the two. 

310
00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,400
But it's not as complicated as 
it should be. 

311
00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:51,200
Why what is the difference? 
And more importantly, why does 

312
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,700
it even matter? 
Why are you telling us that the 

313
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,000
difference between preaching and
teaching? 

314
00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:01,900
What's the big deal hang tight? 
I believe, preaching includes 

315
00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:06,700
teaching teaching, meaning the 
presentation and the delivery of

316
00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:11,800
information and data. 
Preaching must include teaching 

317
00:23:12,300 --> 00:23:15,500
but preaching is more than that.
And what we see here in this 

318
00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,600
verse is exactly how that is 
fleshed out. 

319
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,300
What is he saying the same verse
in second Timothy 4:2, he says 

320
00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:26,700
here, clearly preaching includes
to reprove, rebuke and exhort. 

321
00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:34,900
Reprove, rebuke and exhort. 
Preaching, what argue? 

322
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,800
With reason why something is 
wrong and why something is 

323
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,900
right? 
It pushes certain truths into 

324
00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:48,100
the minds of people and not 
because of volume but because of

325
00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:51,800
well-crafted thought you saying 
that sounds like teaching will 

326
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,400
hold on. 
It doesn't just stop there 

327
00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:57,100
preaching points to specific 
truths. 

328
00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:03,600
Yes, without apology but it also
Demands a righteous response. 

329
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,200
If one is found guilty in either
direction Honoring or Miss 

330
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,700
applying those truths. 
Preaching his confrontational 

331
00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:16,400
preaching calls, the people to 
action preaching, looks at 

332
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,800
people in the eyes, with an 
urgency in the voice and says, 

333
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,700
these things are true. 
What are you gonna do about it? 

334
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,200
But preaching also includes 
comforting and encouraging 

335
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,600
people to be strong and 
faithful. 

336
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:35,100
It is not just merely, being a 
confrontational individual for 

337
00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:37,200
the sake of bringing about 
conviction. 

338
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,800
Preaching can include the 
consoling of the weary and 

339
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:47,000
faint-hearted with confident 
speech to gird up, your loins, 

340
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,100
and get on your feet again. 
Move forward. 

341
00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:51,600
And serve this one who's 
faithful to you. 

342
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,300
Summary preaching is a heartfelt
Proclamation. 

343
00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:02,900
That persuades people to action,
I say heartfelt, because the 

344
00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:05,000
Greek word for preach preach the
word. 

345
00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:07,200
The Greek word there is to be a 
Harold. 

346
00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:10,600
And in biblical times, you would
have individuals who represented

347
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,500
Emperors and rulers of, certain 
regions and land, and they would

348
00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:16,800
come into the Town Square. 
They would come into the city 

349
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,500
streets, and they would on 
behalf of the person who sent 

350
00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:23,900
them declare, whether it's an 
event to come. 

351
00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:27,700
Whether it's a new law that was 
passed, that demands change. you

352
00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:30,800
know, one thing about a Harold 
in that time, he spoke with 

353
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:40,500
authority He spoke with dignity.
And he also spoke with urgency, 

354
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,400
his voice, would crack through 
the noise of the town and call 

355
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,200
people to pay attention to what 
is being said. 

356
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,100
Sometimes it would be good news,
the times it would be bad news 

357
00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:55,600
but that man had no right to 
alter the message. 

358
00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:03,000
But to say it the way, the king 
defined it, Preach the word and 

359
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,000
I bring this up. because that is
how these men that we admire 

360
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,000
preached and they are to be an 
example, consider, the first 

361
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,800
Christian sermon, go with me to 
Acts chapter 2 Beginning in 

362
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:21,100
verse 14, oh the mercy of God, 
out of all the twelve that Jesus

363
00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:24,500
chose to preach the first 
Christian sermon, he picks the 

364
00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:27,400
one who betrayed him three 
times. 

365
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,000
Don't tell me, Jesus is not 
merciful. 

366
00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:33,800
I often go to this example to 
help people who believe that God

367
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,000
can't forgive them, or we'll 
never use them again. 

368
00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:40,000
Have you denied Christ three 
times, Have you publicly 

369
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,300
denounced your relationship with
Christ? 

370
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:46,700
Then you're not Beyond reach? 
Because here's this man who 

371
00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:50,700
boasted in his Fidelity, who 
boasted in his allegiance to 

372
00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:54,500
Christ and fails miserably? 
And instead of Christ saying, 

373
00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:56,500
you know what, you're still 
going to get to heaven, will get

374
00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,300
you in, but I'm going to put you
on the Shelf because you 

375
00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:01,000
embarrassed me. 
And how can I use you to be 

376
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,000
confident? 
Proclaimer of what I want to say

377
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,400
to others. 
Thank you, Peter. 

378
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,800
You messed up? 
No. 

379
00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:12,500
It is Peter who was elected as a
represent of the Apostles to 

380
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:13,800
preach. 
The first Christian sermon about

381
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,100
how did he preach it? 
Look at verse 14 of chapter 2, 

382
00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:20,800
but Peter standing with the 
eleven, lifted up his voice 

383
00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:26,100
lifted up, his voice and 
addressed them. 

384
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,000
Men of Judea and all who dwell 
in Jerusalem, let this be known 

385
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,300
to you and give ear to my words.
Oh, can you feel the authority 

386
00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:39,200
of it? 
Give ear to my words. 

387
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:45,100
This is not fleshly arrogance. 
This is not cringy, boldness. 

388
00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:47,800
Your some people who try to be 
bold, because they just think 

389
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,500
that, that is what's attract, 
and that's what people want, 

390
00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:52,300
because, you know, that's what 
that's what faithful people 

391
00:27:52,300 --> 00:27:53,400
want. 
They want bold preaching, but 

392
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,900
because it's not drenched in the
power of the spirit, it just, 

393
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,700
it's cringe. 
Nothing of the sort with such a 

394
00:27:59,708 --> 00:28:04,500
man, he spoke with such Clarity 
and precision and he addressed 

395
00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:08,700
men head on because he was just 
filled with the Holy Spirit. 

396
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,000
And he got their attention. 
And even though the sermon was 

397
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:18,700
spontaneous, Peter gives a 
glorious case for what Jesus is 

398
00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:22,200
the Christ. 
How the scriptures point to him 

399
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,500
and how he fulfilled these 
prophecies, but it wasn't just a

400
00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:29,200
lecture. 
It was not a PowerPoint 

401
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,600
presentation. 
Come down to verse 40. 

402
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,800
And with many other words, he 
bore Witness. 

403
00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:42,000
And continued to exhort them 
saying, save yourselves from 

404
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:46,200
this crooked generation. 
You know, often people come to 

405
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,700
this text to say look Peter 
preached like a 2 minute message

406
00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:51,800
and 3000, got saved the Holy 
Spirit, gave The Abridged 

407
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,600
version of the sermon. 
Verse 40 tells us that with many

408
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,200
other words so it was much 
longer than what we read there 

409
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,200
with many other words. 
What did he do? 

410
00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:05,500
He exhorted them and look at 
this, look at this language, 

411
00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:08,800
save yourselves from this 
crooked generation. 

412
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000
You heard what the scripture 
says about Jesus. 

413
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,900
Now what are you going to do 
about it? 

414
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:20,200
Flee from the Wrath to come 
believe on this one that you 

415
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,500
have now, been convinced is the 
Messiah. 

416
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,500
Save yourself by throwing 
yourself at the feet of this 

417
00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:32,400
Christ. 
This preaching is missing today.

418
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:38,300
This is why understanding the 
word preached is important 

419
00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:42,900
because this may shock you today
to have an accurate presentation

420
00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:45,600
of the word of God, in a local 
church is not the ultimate goal 

421
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:50,500
of the local church. 
To have exegetical preaching 

422
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:55,000
where you go verse by verse, or 
to be robust, theologically or 

423
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,900
to have sound. 
Orthodoxy is not the ceiling of 

424
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,700
preaching. 
If all of that is there, but it 

425
00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:05,400
is given in a cold, lifeless 
lesson. 

426
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,900
It is not handling the word of 
God. 

427
00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:11,600
The way God called it, to be 
honored, it has to be preached. 

428
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:18,800
Preach the word. 
God's word is designed to be 

429
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:25,300
communicated with force and the 
peel and that provoking power is

430
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,500
accomplished through the channel
of spirit-empowered 

431
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:34,800
communication, that resembles. 
That of a town Harold. 

432
00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:41,100
I'm afraid, as I said earlier 
that preaching Apostolic, 

433
00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:45,600
preaching prophetic preaching 
has been replaced in great part 

434
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:50,600
with Ted Talks. 
Or casual. 

435
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,500
Let's have a conversation on the
porch, kind of sermons. 

436
00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:00,200
Those have their place lectures 
and PowerPoints they're fine. 

437
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,000
But what has happened to the 
word preached? 

438
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:10,500
We are losing this art. 
It's becoming less and less 

439
00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:14,700
common. 
And this is why God instructs 

440
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,400
don't just speak the word. 
Don't just provide some biblical

441
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,100
references and eloquently, put 
them together and see how this 

442
00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:28,400
answers that preach the word. 
Because I've designed my word to

443
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,400
be preached. 
May I add a footnote. 

444
00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:34,500
There are some well-intended. 
People who say, I don't need to 

445
00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:37,400
listen to preachers because I 
have all of God's word for 

446
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,300
myself. 
And go back to Second Timothy. 

447
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,000
And they will even point to what
we heard last week. 

448
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,000
That all scripture is breathed 
out by God and is profitable, 

449
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,900
right? 
What is it profitable for? 

450
00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:53,500
Well, very similar to what 
preaching does for teaching, for

451
00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:56,400
reproof, for correction, and for
training in righteousness. 

452
00:31:56,700 --> 00:32:00,000
Why do I need to be concerned 
about who I listen to when I 

453
00:32:00,008 --> 00:32:03,200
have a copy of God's Divine 
truth, that has the ability to 

454
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,000
change me just the same good 
question. 

455
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,200
Many answers to that. 
Let me give you one. 

456
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,000
If preaching is charged in the 
power of the Holy Spirit. 

457
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:19,400
If God's word is the center of 
that preaching, then the public 

458
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,700
experience of the word preached 
will enrich your personal 

459
00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:27,800
engagement with the word of God.
Not necessarily because the 

460
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,200
preacher has more information 
than the Layman, but because his

461
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,200
delivery will arouse fresh 
affections for the truth. 

462
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:40,000
As the people feel the heat of a
man who has been set Ablaze for 

463
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:46,500
God. 
This kind of interaction here. 

464
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,900
What is supposed to cause as the
word is preached is for you to 

465
00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:50,700
not just see things that you 
never saw before. 

466
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,800
But feel things about it that 
you are supposed to feel. 

467
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,300
And how is that, how is that 
supposed to be known? 

468
00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:59,800
When you see, a man who has 
tasted the honey of it, on his 

469
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,800
lips and the bitterness of it in
his soul? 

470
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:11,700
Preaching the method Harold, it,
the message God's word. 

471
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,100
Lastly not just the gravity of 
preaching. 

472
00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:20,200
Not just the method or the 
message of preaching. 

473
00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:24,900
But the great need. 
The great need for faithful 

474
00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:29,100
preaching. 
In verse 34, the time is coming 

475
00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:31,800
when people will not endure 
sound teaching. 

476
00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:34,400
But having itching ears, they 
will accumulate for themselves 

477
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,000
teachers to suit their own 
passions and will turn away from

478
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,200
listening to the truth and 
wander off into myths. 

479
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,500
Paul gives his second prophecy. 
We spent so many weeks on his 

480
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:46,200
first one in the beginning of 
chapter 3. 

481
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,900
Look at it in verse 1 quickly. 
But understand this, that in the

482
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:54,300
last days, there will come times
of difficulty 4:3 for the time 

483
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:56,700
is coming when people will not 
endure sound teaching. 

484
00:33:56,900 --> 00:34:00,500
So he gives another lens into 
the days to come before his own 

485
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:03,300
departure into glory. 
And he says, there is a Time 

486
00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:07,700
coming when people will not be 
able to endure. 

487
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,199
Meaning what that, for a time 
they did. 

488
00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:16,300
For a time, they were willing to
listen to Doctrine and Theology 

489
00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:19,100
and passionate Declaration of 
truth. 

490
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:23,300
But then at some point in 
history, Humanity will be marked

491
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:26,900
in the timeline of its history 
where there is a massive wave of

492
00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:30,400
those who will have a growing 
appetite for preaching that will

493
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:35,199
not confront them, or challenge 
them, or stir them or convict 

494
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:39,199
them. 
And that's not going to be just 

495
00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:43,800
because false teachers are going
to emerge like weeds. 

496
00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:48,400
That's not what he says here. 
He does not say people will turn

497
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,500
from sound teaching because 
there's going to be more 

498
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:54,900
powerful preachers who adhere to
error and declare falsehood. 

499
00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:58,000
That's not what he says that is 
true in other parts but it's not

500
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,700
what he says here. 
We think one-dimensional often 

501
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:05,000
when we speak about the dangers 
of false teachers and false 

502
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,600
teaching but it's much more Flex
than that. 

503
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,000
What do I mean? 
What does he say here? 

504
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,900
People will not endure sound 
teaching, but having itching 

505
00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:20,500
ears, they will accumulate for 
themselves teachers And so it is

506
00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:24,300
the people who will do the 
recruiting, it's the people who 

507
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,400
will do searching. 
It's people who will do the 

508
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,600
promoting of teachers in order 
to satisfy some religiosity 

509
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:36,000
about themselves, who will tell 
them exactly at the right 

510
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,900
temperature with the right 
content what it is that they 

511
00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:42,300
want to hear in order for them 
to stay in their sin but still 

512
00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:47,100
believe that they are sanctified
They will accumulate for 

513
00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:48,900
themselves. 
Can I tell you why? 

514
00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:51,500
There are hundreds and thousands
of views on many YouTube. 

515
00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:55,300
Sermons of those who are 
unbiblical, can I tell you why 

516
00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:57,000
there are Mega conferences that 
drawn? 

517
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,900
Thousands of people who are 
moved by emotionalism who are 

518
00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:04,500
moved by Charisma, can I tell 
you why? 

519
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,100
It's because the people set it 
up. 

520
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:14,800
Just like the golden calf, the 
nation of Israel demanded for an

521
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,800
idol to worship, and it came 
about the idol, didn't show up. 

522
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,400
And say, worship me that people 
says, we want to worship a 

523
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,900
golden calf and they made a 
demand. 

524
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,800
It was created and it was 
worshipped. 

525
00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:33,400
False teachers today in most 
Parts, they have been created 

526
00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:37,700
and promoted by people who want 
to hear what they want to hear. 

527
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:45,700
And oftentimes. 
That is God's judgment upon 

528
00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:49,100
them, for rejecting the truth. 
You want to reject the truth. 

529
00:36:50,300 --> 00:36:52,600
Then here is a preacher that 
will tell you exactly what you 

530
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,200
want to hear and will damn your 
soul. 

531
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,700
Spirit of God makes it so 
obvious as you not. 

532
00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:03,900
False teachers don't necessarily
create a crowd. 

533
00:37:03,900 --> 00:37:10,000
It is the crowd who elevates a 
man to that position to calm the

534
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:16,700
craving of sin in their hearts. 
In the final days. 

535
00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:21,500
What you're being told here 
today is that there will be a 

536
00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:24,600
greater abandonment of 
biblically rich and passionate 

537
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,600
preaching. 
As people seek for other things,

538
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,800
true preaching will be less 
sought after as we approach the 

539
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,800
second coming of Christ. 
So who said just because it's 

540
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,300
popular means that it is 
impactful or it is blessed by 

541
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:40,800
God. 
When I have a prophecy here that

542
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,900
tells me that actually what's 
going to happen is that 

543
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:49,200
preaching is going to be more 
ignored true preaching and 

544
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:54,900
dismissed for silly myths. 
And watered-down Proclamation. 

545
00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:00,100
This is why such a message is 
not just for pastors. 

546
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:06,900
Because who you choose to 
listen, to says in great part 

547
00:38:06,900 --> 00:38:11,300
about your health spiritually. 
The authors that you indulge in 

548
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:17,900
the podcast that you love to a 
great degree reveals, what do 

549
00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:22,000
you champion? 
What is the condition of your 

550
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,300
soul? 
Because in this case, these 

551
00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:30,000
people they're seeking after 
spirituality, but it's poison, 

552
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:36,300
it's detrimental to them. 
So what are preachers supposed 

553
00:38:36,300 --> 00:38:39,100
to do? 
What a preacher supposed to do 

554
00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:42,400
in light of this. 
Really gloomy prophecy? 

555
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,300
That's not very inspirational 
for young preachers. 

556
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:49,800
Hey, as it gets worse. 
The crowds going to thin out. 

557
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,600
It's not, it's not going to be 
as romantic and glamorous as you

558
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,700
might think it is. 
And that's why he says, earlier,

559
00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:02,100
may I touch on this be ready in 
season and out of season, be 

560
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:05,600
ready in season and out of 
season, I don't think that 

561
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:10,100
saying preach all the time 
necessarily because there are 

562
00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:12,500
some appropriate times to do an 
inappropriate time, so you can 

563
00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:14,500
do more damage if you preach in 
the wrong way. 

564
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:17,700
In the wrong time in the wrong 
context, what I think is being 

565
00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:21,400
said here, is that there is a 
Devotion to the God being 

566
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:27,500
declared whether the word itself
is in season or not. meaning 

567
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,300
preach it, whether people want 
to hear it or not, Preach it, 

568
00:39:32,308 --> 00:39:36,600
whether it's convenient or not. 
preach it, whether people want 

569
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:43,000
something fresh and new and 
something that spicy preach the 

570
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:48,500
word, In season and out, and 
those who want it will come. 

571
00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:52,400
Those who don't will scratch 
their ears by the hands of 

572
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,000
someone else who doesn't care 
about their souls. 

573
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,300
And I see that in many portions 
of the scripture may have show 

574
00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:05,800
you one as we close and break 
bread together in a moment. 

575
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:10,400
One of the greatest prophets of 
old who was recruited at a very 

576
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,100
young age. 
If you've been with us Fridays, 

577
00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:15,500
you know who I'm talking about. 
Consider the commission of the 

578
00:40:15,508 --> 00:40:20,000
prophet, Samuel who is living in
a day, very similar to what is 

579
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:25,100
being described here, where 
Israel was an apostasy where it 

580
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:29,100
says that the word of the Lord 
was rare, People did not hear 

581
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:32,900
from God as often and it was 
greatly because of the spiritual

582
00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:36,500
leadership and their compromise 
sleeping with women in the house

583
00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:40,100
of God, taking what belongs to 
the Lord and the offering and 

584
00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:44,400
indulging in themselves. 
And here's this little boy who's

585
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,700
been dedicated to the to God 
from the womb and God says, I'm 

586
00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:51,000
going to raise you up and he 
gives him his first sermon. 

587
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,900
He gives Samuel this young 
teenager, even younger perhaps 

588
00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:57,900
this preteen his first message 
and he was going to preach 

589
00:40:58,200 --> 00:40:59,700
Crowd. 
He was going to preach to the 

590
00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:02,000
pastor. 
He was going to preach to the 

591
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,800
high priest and it wasn't going 
to be something that a high 

592
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,600
priest would like to hear. 
But I want you to see one 

593
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,400
insight about what the Lord 
tells Samuel and first Samuel 

594
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:19,900
chapter 3 as we close with this 
verse And first Samuel chapter 3

595
00:41:19,900 --> 00:41:30,500
beginning in verse 11. 
And the Lord said to Samuel 

596
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:36,500
behold, I'm about to do a thing 
in Israel, which the two ears of

597
00:41:36,500 --> 00:41:42,700
everyone who hears it will 
tingle What does that mean? 

598
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,500
They're only two other 
references in the Bible about 

599
00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:48,000
ears, tingling and is found in 
Second Kings, 21. 

600
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,300
And Jeremiah 19, and both 
references, speak about the 

601
00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:56,800
reaction of those when they hear
the news of coming judgment. 

602
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:03,500
Their ears will tingle. 
In other words, they will be in 

603
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:07,400
shock. 
The dullness of their spirits 

604
00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:13,300
will be somewhat vibrated and 
awakened by the seriousness of 

605
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:15,700
what is to come in their 
lifetime. 

606
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,300
And what I love about this is 
that the essence of Samuel's 

607
00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:22,300
message to the high priest, is 
the Holiness of God? 

608
00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:28,300
Tell him how holy I am Samuel. 
And out of all the things that 

609
00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:32,400
the Lord would say to this young
boy, to say it to another, he 

610
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,200
educates them about his Purity 
and his Brilliance and is 

611
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:41,700
Transcendence and morality. 
Why is why is he sharing this? 

612
00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:45,700
Because he wants Samuel to 
Proclaim it and if we are going 

613
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:48,600
to be true Servants of God, 
listen very carefully, we must 

614
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,400
be willing to Proclaim. 
What will make people's ears 

615
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,300
tingle? 
While others are willing to 

616
00:42:54,300 --> 00:43:00,300
scratch itching ones. 
A true preacher will not try to 

617
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:03,100
scratch itching ears. 
He will preach in a way that it 

618
00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:08,200
will cause those same ears to 
tingle with Terror if he needs 

619
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:17,300
to People say we need Revival. 
Well, you can't have Revival 

620
00:43:17,300 --> 00:43:21,500
without revive preachers. 
There's going to be a Revival 

621
00:43:21,500 --> 00:43:23,000
anywhere has to be in the 
pulpit. 

622
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,500
The only way that we can have 
serious Christians as when you 

623
00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:31,300
have series pastors. 
The only way people are going to

624
00:43:31,300 --> 00:43:34,900
review this word is when they 
come and they see a man who 

625
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:38,700
takes this word and declares it 
as though he was a dying man. 

626
00:43:38,700 --> 00:43:45,000
Preaching to dying, man. 
The gravity of it, the method 

627
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:48,300
and the message of it, and the 
great need of it. 

628
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:53,100
What is a preacher supposed to 
do when people will seek after 

629
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:59,100
False teaching and incomplete, 
preaching preach it anyway. 

630
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,500
Be a voice. 
God has called you to be a 

631
00:44:03,508 --> 00:44:07,300
prophet. 
So stand on the highways and the

632
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:09,700
byways and declare, what are you
supposed to do? 

633
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:13,600
Pray for your pastors. 
Pray that God would keep them 

634
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,100
faithful and true, pray that God
would raise up young Samuels. 

635
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,600
Pray that the pulpit would be 
set on fire again as great 

636
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,700
debate about who said this, some
say, Wesley, some say, others 

637
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,400
and their different variations 
of his quote, but I love every 

638
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:31,200
single one of them set yourself 
on fire and let people come from

639
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:36,000
miles to watch you burn. 
That is the great need of the 

640
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,300
hour, isn't it amazing? 
Would you ever thought with the 

641
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:43,500
wars in the rumors of wars and 
pandemic or whatever? 

642
00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:48,100
That is? 
And polluted politicians. 

643
00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:51,500
What is the need of the hour? 
Well, Paul is addressing it in 

644
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:54,300
light of the end times as well, 
on Holiness ungratefulness 

645
00:44:54,300 --> 00:44:56,600
corruption. 
And what is the, What is the 

646
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,500
remedy? 
What is the pushback? 

647
00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:02,200
What is the, what is the thing 
that needs to be confronted with

648
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:06,800
preach the word? 
Preach the word don't get caught

649
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:11,400
up in surveys and and be a 
pseudo news, anchor preach, 

650
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:16,200
God's truth. 
Because there's a Remnant still 

651
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,300
in the midst of all those who 
are seeking after false. 

652
00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:20,400
So there is a Remnant still that
one. 

653
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:25,800
It desire it. 
One of the most encouraging 

654
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:29,000
things about these membership 
interviews, not just to get to 

655
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:32,200
know people. 
But when we ask the question, 

656
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,800
why out of many churches? 
Would you want to come here? 

657
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:36,200
And there are many other 
faithful churches. 

658
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,200
And they give obviously unique 
answers. 

659
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,800
But one thing and every single 
answer has resounded, we want 

660
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:46,700
God's word. 
We want God's word. 

661
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:53,700
Nothing can bring me more joy. 
May I be true until God calls us

662
00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:55,400
home? 
Let's pray. 

663
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:14,300
Lori. 
Thank you. 

664
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,100
Not just for the word, but for 
the word preached. 

665
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,500
Or you've not only ordained us 
to have a personal Devotion to 

666
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:30,700
the scriptures, but you have 
ordained for your people to be 

667
00:46:30,700 --> 00:46:34,400
in the presence of public 
proclamation of Truth. 

668
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,600
And Lord, as we heard your 
presence is here. 

669
00:46:42,700 --> 00:46:46,500
We pray that you would be the 
audience of our primary concern.

670
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:49,500
And I lured you would be 
pleased. 

671
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:56,700
Help us uphold preaching, pray 
for our preachers. 

672
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,500
And believe that preaching is 
good for us. 

673
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,100
Lord, as we prepare to break 
bread as a family. 

674
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:09,600
Show us what we need to repent 
of. 

675
00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:13,600
Show us what we need to do 
before we commune with you in 

676
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:17,000
this way. 
Bring Revival to preachers. 

677
00:47:18,100 --> 00:47:21,900
Brought your spirit in 
seminaries awaken, those pastors

678
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:25,200
who been in Ministry for 
Jennifer for decades but have 

679
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,900
lost the fire speak to their 
hearts. 

680
00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:31,000
Again, bring them to the place 
where they feel the prophetic 

681
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:32,700
burden of the message of the 
hour. 

682
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,300
We want to see it. 
We want to hear it. 

683
00:47:36,300 --> 00:47:40,900
Lord for your namesake do it. 
Set Ablaze the pulpit once again

684
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:43,800
in your name, we pray. 
Amen.