Amen, alright, we're in Matthew chapter 15 this evening, look down at your Bibles at
verse number 12, it says, Then came his disciples and said unto him, Noest thou that the Pharisees
were offended after they heard this saying?
But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall
be rooted up.
Verse 14 says, Let them alone, they be blind leaders of the blind, and if the blind lead
the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
And the title of the sermon this evening is Blind Leaders of the Blind, Blind Leaders
of the Blind.
Now sometimes you just wonder why people are just so enthralled with bad churches, right?
You just wonder why is it that this person keeps attending this church or this teacher
or this pastor, why do they keep listening to false doctrine, why when they sit there
in a congregation with Bible in hand with the truth being expounded or from other preachers
why is it that when they listen to these pastors or these preachers, why do they remain in
those churches?
Why is it that the Church of Mormon has full attendance?
Why is it that they sit under that type of preaching and they just love it?
You know why?
Because it's the blind leading the blind.
Why is it that the Jehovah's Witnesses, why do they have their congregation filled with
members?
Because it's the blind leading the blind.
Why is it that Joel Osteen has an entire football stadium filled with people who just love his
preaching?
I'll tell you why.
Because it's the blind leading the blind.
Obviously you understand that these pastors are blind, these people are not saved, these
false prophets are wicked people, but you know what?
The people in the pews are often the same exact way.
And that's why they love the type of preaching that's coming from those pulpits.
It's the blind leading the blind.
Today we have churches filled with blind followers following blind leaders.
You know what?
I think of also, I mean obviously when you think of Mormon churches, yeah, that's obvious,
right?
You think of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Catholic Church, Pentecostal churches, it's
like yeah, that's obvious, it's the blind leading the blind.
But you know what's sad is when you see independent fundamental Baptist so-called, right?
With the blind leader and you have people in the pews who have a King James Bible open,
they see what the Bible says and yet they still desire to hear that lame preaching.
They still desire to be under lame leadership.
Why is that?
Well, it's because it's the blind leading the blind.
And independent fundamental Baptist churches is not an exception to this rule that we see
here, okay?
And we'll get into that in just a bit.
Blind leaders that lead blind followers off a cliff, you know what Jesus said about that?
You know, he didn't say, go reach them, go start a ministry to go reach these people,
help them to come to the saving knowledge of the truth, help them to realize that their
leader is wicked.
No, you know what he said?
Let them alone.
He says, they're gonna fall into a ditch, both of them are gonna fall into a ditch.
He didn't say, oh man, you need to pray for those people to get out of that stupid church,
you know, we need to pray for the people over in Jacksonville, you need to pray for the
people in Tyler Baker's church, you know what he said?
Just leave them alone.
They're both gonna go into a ditch.
Why?
Because God is using blind leaders to lead blind followers who hate the truth, okay?
He says, let them alone.