Now this is not something that is only subject to the Old Testament, this happens today folks.
You know you have pastors today that are operating as pastors.
They're operating as operating as pastors but they're false prophets they're wolves in sheep's
clothing and they're there to fulfill the desires of what they want and to take advantage of the
flock of God for whatever reason whether it's a financial motive, it's a moral motive of
molesting children or whatever it may be you know it really depends on the false prophet but
you know it's caused people to become discontent or unhappy with the things of God with the service
of the Lord you know and this is very prevalent in a lot of churches but especially like mega
churches for example you know where people they they're leaving those mega churches by the droves
because of the hypocrisy of those pastors who are either money hungry they're greedy there's all
types of immorality and fornication and adultery taking place by those in church leadership
they're committing to you know they're they're stealing money and and doing these um these
unrighteous acts and it's causing people with any you know two brain cells to rub together
to say this is wrong even in those liberal churches people who are just kind of like
whatever about the bible they don't even know what the word of God says it's going to rub them
the wrong way still I mean it rubs unsaved people the wrong way unsaved people are like this is
wrong why you know what why do you got to own a Ferrari if you're a pastor or something you know
why do you need a yacht why do you need a helipad for what's what's up with that oh it's for the
Lord it's for the ministry it causes unsaved people to abhor the house of God as well
people tell us oh you're going to turn people away from Christ uh no they're turning people
away from Christ through their evil deeds and their covetousness and greed that's what the
bible teaches us folks I mean look at the look what it says in second Peter 2 verse 2 it says
and many shall follow the pernicious ways by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil
spoken of the way of truth is evil spoken of today because of false prophets doing the work
of God unrighteously their wolves and sheep's clothing causing saved and unsaved people alike
to speak evil of the truth sometimes why go to church there's all kinds of bad stuff that happens
at the church the pastor's doing this he's doing this he's stealing money he's sleeping around
he's committing this he's committing that and it's causing the way of truth to be evil spoken of why
because of these false prophets that's why it's important that you know we don't just ordain any
Tom Dick and Harry that comes through the doors amen that's why the qualifications of a pastor
are present in first timothy chapter 3 and in titus as well titus chapter 1 is to give us a
standard by which we can use to qualify an individual to see if they're apt to be able to
be a pastor and that's why we don't just lay hands suddenly on any man why because people need to be
proven prove what proven if they're if they're apt for the job or maybe if they're just a wicked
person because wicked people sometimes seek positions of leadership and authority because
they want to take advantage of people okay it says in verse three and through covetousness
shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you feigned meaning empty vain words fake
words insincere words i mean if that doesn't tell you if that doesn't spell out liberal churches
today i don't know what does yeah steven furtick type churches they shall make merchandise of you
whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not and their damnation slumber not god does not take
that lightly folks go to jude the book of jude if you would to the right go to the book of jude
right before revelation god does not take that lightly you know and and yeah that's that's
present in liberal churches but it's also pregnant in fundamental baptist churches as well
i mean you have paul chapel and lancaster baptist church and he's guilty of that as well all this
all this greed and covetousness you know and obviously like you know it's not wrong to to
to have money to sustain your family but folks there's a limit though there's a limit and and
here's the thing you know when when he's rubbing shoulders with false prophets such as john
mccarthur right i mean that should be a red flag i mean he's literally taking pictures with him
posting him on twitter and he's a man of god and all these things it's like you're praising the
wicked that means you've forsaken the law of the lord they that praise the wicked have forsaken
the law of the lord but such as keep the law content with them that's what the bible says
but yet he's praising john mccarthur and all these things and you know his fruit is not good either
i mean his fruit is fruity
yep
go look at paul chapel's fruit that's exactly that fruits fruit loops
and so that that should tell you something oh whose fruit are you then
well i'm i'm the fruit of the new ifb and you could examine the pastor who sent me out and
my pastor friends and they're righteous men of god who are thundering forth the word of god
they're not men of covetousness they're men who are above approach not perfect but men who are
above approach they love the word of god they're winning souls to christ they got great churches
you can visit any one of their churches and and test their doctrine and look at the people that
are in their church they're righteous men