You know the world's a pretty negative place my friend because it's filled with sin and ungodliness
And it matches up perfectly with what the bible teaches now
Go if you would to isaiah chapter 30
See the bible says for this they are willingly ignorant of that by the word of god
The heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water
Whereby the world that then was being overflowed with water perished
But the heavens and the earth which are now by the same word are kept in store
Reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and prediction of ungodly men
He says they're willingly ignorant that god once destroyed the earth with water and then in the future
He'll destroy the earth with fire. They're willingly ignorant of both those two things. Why because it's too negative
Just way too negative
And I just want to be all positive all the time. Well, you know what you are living in a dreamland
You're not living in reality. You don't love the truth. You love lies
Now you're in isaiah 30 i'm going to read for you from second timothy 4 because you know that covers why
Unsaved people are unsafe why they don't want to believe but the sad thing is that a lot of christians today
They don't want to know the truth in other areas of life
They don't want to hear the truth about other areas of life because the gospel believing on jesus christ getting saved is just the beginning
It's just the beginning
There are so many other things we need to learn and so many other areas in which we grow
We need to make sure that we keep the love of the truth alive in our hearts at all times
And when we come to church
Let's love the truth bring your bible to church with you and open your bible and don't ask yourself
Do I like this sermon? Do I like what the pastor is saying right now?
Do I like the implications of what the pastor is saying?
Do I like the changes that I need to implement in my life in light of what the bible is teaching right now?
Do I like this no ask yourself is the preaching that i'm listening to right now the truth
Is it true?
That's all that matters and if you love the truth, you'll say I love that preaching and you know
I love that preaching because it's so true. That's why I love it
Not why I just love it just makes me feel good
I I love it because everything he tells me to do i'm already doing
And everything he condemns is stuff. I don't like
And stuff I don't even want to do
And he's telling me that it's wrong and I I think it's great because i've always thought that stuff was wrong
I've never liked that stuff. No. No, is it true?
Just sit there and just think is what i'm hearing the truth. And if you love the truth, you'll love true preaching
And if you don't love the truth
You'll reject a lot of true preaching just because it's not what you wanted to hear because often the truth is not what we want
To hear now you're in isaiah 30, but i'll read for you from second timothy four
Preach the word. This is a commandment unto a preacher preach the word be instant in season out of season
See sometimes the truth is in season
Sometimes the truth's out of season meaning that sometimes it's popular
Sometimes it's not you know, you think of clothing being in and out of season in and out of fashion, but you know what?
The truth is sometimes popular or stylish or fat, you know, it's like, you know, hey man
I you know, I rejected the pre-trib rapture before it was cool
You know what I mean?
Because things go in and out of fashion they go in and out of of style, you know
And look but it's not about what is popular or it's not about what the style is or the fashion
It's about what the truth is and it never changes and the bible says preach the word be instant in season
Out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all long-suffering induction for the time will come
And I do believe that he's talking about the day in which we're living
But I also believe that he means that the time will come in every preacher's life. I think the time came in timothy's day
He said the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own
Lust notice the same thing as those who walk after their own lust or willingly ignorant
He says after their own lust they shall heap to themselves teachers having itching ears
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned into fables
And they're choosing to go with a fable
They're choosing to go with a fairy tale or a lie instead of going with the truth
Because they just have itching ears. It means that they just want their lust to be fulfilled
They just want to hear what they want to hear
And if they want to hear a positive only message, they're going to find a preacher that'll give them a positive only message
His name's joel ostee, you know, they're going to go out and they're going to find a preacher
That tells them what they want if they if they don't want to believe that salvation's by faith alone
They'll go find a preacher that'll tell them you have to earn it yourself
And that strokes their pride that strokes their ego i've given up all these sins and i'm living a righteous life
I'm following the ten commandments and I you know, and it's all what they want to hear. It's what they want to believe
He says people will turn away their ears from the truth and be turned to fables
Look at isaiah chapter 30 verse 9 that this is a rebellious people
lying children
Children that will not hear the law of the lord
And what that means again the word will they don't want to hear the law of the lord he said
Which say to the seers see not
And to the prophets prophesy not unto us right things
Speak unto us smooth things
prophesy
Deceits get you out of the way turn aside out of the path cause the holy one of israel to cease from before us
The bible tells us right here that there are people out there who just
Willingly just do not want to hear the truth and they I mean they'll they'll say to the preacher
You know, the prophet is the preacher they'll say to the preacher do not preach what's right?
Preach us what we want to hear preach lies
And why would you say why would anyone want their preacher to preach lies to them?
Because they want the preaching to be smooth