We are in first Timothy chapter number five.
The Bible says in verse 14,
I will therefore that the younger women marry,
bear children, guide the house,
give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
And notice this phrase,
for some are already turned aside after Satan.
You know, the Bible describes
that there is a group of ladies out there.
There's a group of women out there
that have turned aside from that which is right.
They've turned aside from following Jesus Christ,
and they are going after Satan.
They're being influenced by Satan.
And let me tell you, there is a war on today.
There is a major attack today on women by Satan.
And Satan wants to completely delude
the minds of Christian ladies today.
And you know what, this isn't a new attack.
This attack has been going on
since literally the beginning of the world.
Okay, go to Genesis chapter number three.
Genesis chapter three.
See, the devil has always had his sights on women.
And it's the same way today,
and in fact, it's probably even more ramped up
in our feminist hellhole society that we're living in today
that is so far away from actually viewing things
the way that the Bible teaches
and us renewing our minds
and just submitting to whatever the Bible says.
Feminism is alive and well in America.
Feminism is alive and well in independent
fundamental Baptist churches.
And I've been saying this for months now.
Feminism is alive in the new IFB.
And I've said that and some people have been like,
what are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
Well, I think you all kind of know
what I'm talking about now.
I've been seeing this stuff for months
and months and months.
It's obvious to anyone that's paying attention.
We're going to talk about it this evening.
Genesis three, verse one, notice what it says.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field
which the Lord God had made.
And he said unto the woman, "Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the
garden."
So notice God said something and the devil wants to come and whisper in Eve's ear and
try to get her to doubt the word of God, try to get her mind to be somewhere else other
than the way that God wants her to think.
That's what the devil loves to do.
Says in verse two, "And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
God hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it lest ye die.
And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die."
And so another thing that the devil likes to do is he likes to just lie to you because
absolutely the day that Adam and Eve ate of that fruit, they did die just like God said.
And of course we know that death was the spiritual death of having sinned, right?
And so now they need to be born again.
Now they need to be saved.
Before that there was no such thing as being saved because they hadn't sinned.
And so the devil wants to come to you and wants to get you to doubt God's word and then
will just outright lie to you.
And boy is there a lot of lies that are being told to women today by the feminist movement
and sadly even by Baptist preachers.
And let me tell you where this is coming from.
It's coming from the influence of Satan.
That which is a lie is not coming from the spirit of God folks.
Something that is a lie is coming from the devil.
And I'm not saying that, oh, if you believe a lie, you're unsaved or something like that.
But what I'm saying, the origin of all lies is the devil.
And if you believe lies, you are being influenced by Satan.
You're not being influenced by the Holy Spirit.
Look at what it says in verse number five, for God doth know that in the day you eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as God's knowing good and evil.
See the devil wants ladies today to think that they're missing out on something great
by following God's commandments and that their lives would be so much more enriched and so
much more fulfilled and they would just be so much happier if they rejected what the
Bible teaches.
That's something that the devil's done from the very beginning.
And look at verse six, and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that
it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the
fruit thereof and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat and the
eyes of them both were open and they knew that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves
together and made themselves apron.
Notice the woman here how it talks about she saw the tree and she said wow this is good
for food and it says that it was pleasant to the eyes.
Obviously if you've ever read your bible you realize that just because something looks
good just because something seems right or feels right doesn't mean that it actually
is.
Haven't we been learning that throughout Proverbs?
The strange woman, her lips are like honey dropping smoother than oil.
You know the strange woman looks like something that's good for you but the end is death.
And you know there's a way that seems right unto a man but the end thereof are the ways
of death.
Not just because something looks good doesn't mean it's good.
And you know what?
A lot of people, men and women, feminism sounds good to them.
Sounds so fair.
Sounds so wonderful.
In this human philosophy that has infected churches, even saved good churches, let me
tell you something, just because it sounds right doesn't mean that it is.
Just because the tree looks good, just because it's pleasant to the eyes, doesn't mean that
it's actually good.
And here's what the devil is attacking today.
The devil obviously wants women to not follow what the Bible says.
That's obvious, right?
The devil wants women to be the exact opposite of the way that God wants them to be.
He wants them to think differently than God wants them to think.
You know, God wants ladies to be modest.
What does the devil like?
The devil would love for you to go show your body and be a whore.
God wants you to be a virgin.
What does the devil want you to be defiled and become a whore as young as possible?
God wants ladies to get married, have children, guide the house.
What does the devil want you to do?
Be a whore and kill all your children in abortion, right?
Gets you to rather than having children want to be a boss babe.
And instead of being a stay at home mom raising kids, go out into the workforce and be a little
boss babe and climb up the ladder and make a bunch of money.
Let me tell you, that's not God's will.
That's coming from the devil.
Anytime a woman is being taught something different than God's will for her life, any
worldly philosophies that don't match what the Bible is saying, let me tell you who's
leading these women, it's not God, it's the devil.
And first Timothy five says there's some women who have turned aside after Satan.
And so the title of my sermon this evening is Satan led women, Satan led women.
I want to give you three statements this evening regarding Satan led women.
Number one, Satan led women are busy bodies.
Now go back to first Timothy five.
Let's get some context of this chapter.
I want to make sure we don't take anything out of context here.
We'll start reading at verse three of first Timothy five.
The Bible says honor widows that are widows indeed.
So this chapter is giving instruction to the pastor on how to care for widows should the
church be able to do that.
There are certain qualifications that has to be met for the pastor to honor widows.
And when it's talking about honor, it's talking about in a financial context, providing for
them, taking care of their needs.
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
What does that mean?
Those who are actually real widows are people that would be candidates for this.
But notice verse four, it says, "But if any widow have children or nephews," that word
nephews is actually referring to grandchildren.
So it's saying, "If any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to
show piety at home and to requite their parents for that is good and acceptable before God."
So, you know, you've got a widow who needs some financial provision.
She needs to be taken care of.
Her first option is to look at her children and grandchildren and those people should
requite their parents and take care of their widowed mother.
You know, the Bible teaches that we should do that.
Pill children should take care of their parents in their old age if they're unable to take
care of themselves.
Verse 5 says, "Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate trusteth in God and continueth
in supplications and prayers night and day."
So someone who's truly a widow and just desolate, like she's got no children to take care of
her, she's got no grandchildren, you know, it's not 2025 America where there's all these
safety nets and everyone's got it easy pretty much.
Like back then, you're desolate, like you're trusting in God, you're continuing in prayers
and supplications night and day because you're in a serious, dangerous position if you're
a widow indeed.
But verse 6 says, "But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth, and these
things give in charge that they may be blameless."
So notice women should be charged to live godly, blameless lives because if you become
a widow someday and you've spent your whole life living a riotous life, living in pleasures,
the Bible's like, "You're dead while you live."
You're not going to be qualified to receive any help financially from the church if you've
spent your whole life being wicked, living for self, being super worldly.
No, it's saying charge these women that they would be blameless.
Verse eight, it says, "But if any provide not for his own, especially for those of his
own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel."
Of course, those of us in positions of responsibility for our parents and our grandparents, if it
came down to it, we ought to be able to pay for them and take care of their physical needs
should they get to that point, especially at this time where, like I said, there's not
all these safety nets that we enjoy in our society today.
It was even more important back then.
And then it says this, "Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years
old having been the wife of one man."
So now we're getting into specific requirements.
Should the church want to take care of a widow, she would not be allowed to be taken into
the number, meaning counted with the widows that you would take care of.
It says if she's under three score years old, so that's 60 years old.
You would not be qualified to receive any help from the church if you're under 60 years
old. Why? Because you should get remarried. Now, if you're 60 and older, chances are you
may not have that desire anymore. You may not want to get remarried and it's not necessarily
a requirement in the word of God. But also it says having been the wife of one man. So
if you've been divorced, you're not blameless and you would not be qualified for this type
of help, which is why you want to charge ladies while they're young to fear God and live a
righteous life. Because if it comes down to it, you want to be an adulteress, you want
to cheat on your husband, you want to divorce and remarry. Well, if you come down to your
old age and you need help, the church is not going to be helping you out when you've lived
a super wicked life. That's just what the Bible is saying. Verse 10. Notice the qualifications
here. Well reported of for good works. If she have brought up children, if she have
lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints feet, if she have relieved the afflicted,
if she have diligently followed every good work. Folks, this is not just a handout free
money welfare program. This is quite an extensive list of qualifications here for a widow to
be able to be taken care of by the church. She has to have been living a very serious
dedicated Christian life. You know, church, this is not a welfare office. I can't tell
you how many emails I get of people just being like, "Will you just pay for all my bills?
Hey, just random person. Will you just buy my stuff for me?" It's like, no, we're taking
care of God's money here. This is not a welfare office, and quite frankly, even to take care
of a widow, the Bible is giving us serious qualifications for that. We're not just throwing
out the Lord's money here in the trash. No, she would have had to have done a lot of things.
Good works, brought up children, lodged strangers, washed the saints' feet, relieved the afflicted,
diligently followed every good work. This sounds like a woman that's being led by Christ.
This sounds like a woman who's living a very godly life, being diligent in her Christian
walk. That's great. But verse 11 says, "But the younger widows refuse for when they have
begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry." Now go to 1 Corinthians 7. So when
it's talking about waxing wanton against Christ, it's kind of like they're becoming indulgent.
They're becoming, you know, wanting to live differently than their original dedication
and committed lifestyle that they were living before. They get this desire to remarry and
that desire to remarry kind of leads them away from being as strict or as doing as much
for God as they were doing before. And that's kind of what first Corinthians seven is going
to talk about. It says in verse 32, but I would have you without carefulness. He that
is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord. So
if someone is able to subdue their flesh, they don't have a strong, you know, carnal
temptation to have marriage or anything like that. That person's able to be without carefulness,
meaning they're not just focused on the things of this world. They're able to give a lot
more time and attention, devotion and dedication to God without marriage. Now, of course, this
would only apply to people who can subject themselves and, you know, crucify the flesh
and not have that temptation. That's not most people, but it says in verse 33, but he that
is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
And this just makes sense. If you're married, you've got another person to care for. You've
got to give them time, love, affection, financial support. Like it just takes a lot of time
to be married, right? And of course that's great. That's a blessing because we need marriage
to avoid fornication. Let every man have his own wife, let every wife have her own husband.
That is a blessing. But theoretically, if you didn't have that desire, that wasn't
a strong temptation for you. Theoretically, yes, you could be more dedicated to Christ
if you were single. But of course, most of us, we're not in that situation. We're going
to be married. We're going to be giving some of our care in this world to our spouse in
addition to the things of God. Then it says in verse 34, there is a difference also between
a wife and a virgin. I've always found that to be a really funny phrase. It's like, you
could tell that this was written by a single guy, Paul. It's like, there is a difference
between a virgin and a wife. It's like, you don't say, huh? Well, that was a great insight,
Paul. I always just find that pretty funny. It says, "The unmarried woman careth for the
things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married
careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband." It's just logic.
It just makes sense. If you don't have a husband, you're able to give more time to the Lord
as long as you're able to mentally stay focused on those things. Verse 35, "And this I speak
for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely,
and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction. But if any man think that he
behaveeth himself uncommely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age and need
so require, let him do what he will. He sinneth not, let them marry. Nevertheless, he that
standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will,
and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well." Go back
to 1 Timothy chapter 5. So of course, getting remarried after being a widow is not a sin.
That is obviously not a sin. Now, if your husband is still alive, that would be adultery
to get remarried. So when talking about waxing wanton against Christ, it's like, okay, you
were a widow, you were super dedicated to things of God, you were super faithful, but
there could be a time that arises where you get that desire to get remarried. And that
desire to get remarried is not sinful, but just the reality of that situation is that
it could cause you to leave your first faith, meaning stop being as faithful to the things
of God as you were before, not put as much time into it, not as much dedication into
it. That's kind of what it's talking about where it says in verse 11, but the younger
widows refuse for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry
having damnation or condemnation because they have cast off their first faith. And notice
with all they learned to be idle, wandering about from house to house and not only idle,
but tattlers also in busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not. I will therefore
that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak reproachfully for some are already turned aside after Satan. So notice
the younger women should be refused because if they're not busy with the right things,
they're going to get into all of these different sins and they're no longer following God.
They're no longer being led by the spirit of God. They've turned aside unto who? Unto
Satan. Go to first Timothy chapter two, first Timothy chapter two. Notice what it says in
verse 13 for Adam was first formed then Eve and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being
deceived was in the transgression, notwithstanding she shall be saved in child bearing if they
continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. So because of the danger of
idleness and the sins that could come along with that and the fact that you might turn
aside after Satan, God has given his will for young ladies and what is that? That they
will marry, bear children, guide the house. Here it talks how she's going to be saved
in child bearing. Obviously this is not talking about spiritual salvation. It's not like
thou shalt bear children and thou shalt be saved. That's not the gospel, right? But you
know you're going to be saved from committing a lot of wicked sins. You're going to be
saved from living a life of self. You're going to be saved from all these sins of idleness
and things you can get yourself into by having children because by having children it gives
you a lot of things to do. And you're not going to be this busy body, you know, walking
about from house to house, speaking things that you ought not because you actually have
real things to do. And it's like women who have gotten lazy and have turned aside after
Satan, what is an outward manifestation of that is that they've got nothing going on.
They're not working. They're not staying busy. And it's so important for ladies to stay busy
doing the right things. And it's important for us men to, you know, God gave us work
as a blessing. And sometimes men do it, ladies do it. It's like, man, my life is so hard.
I've got all these kids and I've got this endless laundry to do. And the dishes just
never stop. And there's always a meal to be made. And it's just so hard. Good. It's supposed
to be hard. Did you know that? Because the Bible says it's good for me that I've been
afflicted. And you know what? It's good for us to stay busy in life with godly things.
It's good that I've got a lot of work to do. It's good that I've got to stay busy because
the busier you are doing the right things, the harder it's going to be for you to become
one of these Satan led women going around being a busy body, being idle. You need to
stay busy. And look, even if you don't have kids, find something to stay busy. And you
know, I truly thank God for my wife, go to Proverbs chapter number 31, Proverbs chapter
31. You know, I thank God for my wife, that she is a woman that stays busy. She is a busy
woman. My wife is not just sitting around all day wondering what to do. She's got four
kids at home to take care of. She's got me to take care of. We got a bunch of chickens.
She's, you know, selling all the eggs to the neighborhood. She's making homemade dresses.
She's making homemade meals, all sorts of great desserts. I mean, I'm probably missing
stuff. Oh, yeah. Makes homemade soap. What other talents you got, baby? You know, she's
got all these great things going on. And I thank God for that because it's a sign that,
hey, my wife is following God. She's staying busy doing the right things. I'm not seeing
my wife in every public fight on Facebook because when you've gotten lazy, you've gotten
idle, you're turning aside after following God. All of a sudden now you're speaking things
which you ought not and it's a sign that you're following Satan. God forbid this feminist
attitude ever comes into our church. Amen. And man, I want to just preach on this for
a long time tonight because God forbid I as a pastor wake up one day and realize holy
crap Anchor Baptist Church is filled with a bunch of feminist loud mouth women. I would
be horrified for that to be that way. Right. And I would rather preach too hard on this
subject and grow the church slower but have godly women in this church than to just fill
this place with bodies with a bunch of feminists and loud mouth women. No, I don't want it.
I don't want it. It's satanic. These ladies that have turned aside from following God.
They're loud mouths. They're lazy. They're being led by Satan. It's not allowed in this
church. Proverbs 31 verse 13 says she seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with
her hands. She's staying busy. She's like the merchant's ships. She bringeth her food
from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night and posteth on Facebook. I'm sorry,
that's not what it says. She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household.
I mean, sometimes I get hungry just late at night. I'll be honest. I've had my wife cook
me dinner at like midnight before, after we've already had a full dinner. She rising at night
to give meat to her household and a portion to her maidens. Now we don't have any servants,
but you know, we'll see. Verse 16, she consider at the field and buy it with the fruit of
her hands. She planted a vineyard. So she's working inside. She's working outside. She
girded her loins with strength and strengthen it. Her arms. Hey, you know, we're not against
women being strong. We're for women being strong and you know, it's going to make you
strong working hard. I remember my mom, when I was a kid, I remember arm wrestling her.
It took me a while to beat her because that woman was strong and it's just like, where's
it come from? It's just like the vacuum all day. And you know, back when I was a kid,
they were a lot heavier than they are now. It's just like, my mom had some strong arms.
That's great. She perceived it that her merchandise is good. Her candle goeth not out by night,
so she's even selling things, helping the finances. She's not being lazy. She layeth
her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff. She's making clothes. She stretcheth
out her hand to the poor. Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She's not afraid
of the snow for her household. For all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh
herself coverings of tapestry. Her clothing is silk and purple. Go ahead and just skip
down to verse 31. It says, "Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise
her in the gates." You know, just like men, we should prove our own works. You should
be able to look at us and judge the works that we do. You know, ladies too should be
judged by their works. And it's like, what are you doing as a lady in this life? What
are you producing? What are you working on? What are you helping with? And let me tell
you, I'm not, I'm not belittling your job. I'm saying like, if you're helping your husband,
if you're helping your children, that's a great work and those works praise you. I look
at a woman that's raising her kids, being a godly stay at home wife. And I think that's
a great woman right there. And you know, my wife is a great woman and I thank God for
her. And you know, especially when I see satan led women, it kind of reminds me like, thank
you Jesus. Like my wife is awesome. If you got a good wife, do not take her for granted.
Because man, you could be in the corner of a house top. You could be in the wilderness.
But instead you've got a good wife. Hey, thank God for that. Let her works praise her in
the gates. Go back to 1st Timothy 5. Number one, satan led women are busy bodies. They're
getting involved in other people's matters. Things that don't pertain to them. Drama that
doesn't pertain to them. Fights that don't pertain to them. Why? Because they're not
working because they're not doing the right things. Number two, satan led women are blabber
mouths. They're busy bodies. They're blabber mouths. First Timothy 5 verse 13. And with
all they learn to be idle. Notice wandering about from house to house and not only idle,
but tattlers also and busy bodies speaking things which they ought not. So notice by
you being idle, by you being a busy body, it leads to other things. It leads to you
being a blabber mouth, speaking things which you ought not. And today it's not necessarily
house to house like it used to be. It's Facebook post to Facebook post, Instagram, X, whatever
the social media site. It's just a lot of ladies, they're not working. They're not helping
their families. They're not producing anything good. They haven't gotten involved in the
soul winning program. They're just perpetually online, talking crap, being blabbermouthed.
Let me tell you, you've turned aside after Satan and you're being influenced by the devil.
Now I'm going to read for you Leviticus 19 while you turn to Proverbs. We're going to
look at several Proverbs. Remember how it talked about being a tattler also in a busy
body? So a tattler, a gossip, a tail bear, they're really similar and really a lot of
times these women even get into railing. But Leviticus 19.16 says, "Thou shalt not go up
and down as a tail bearer among thy people. Neither shalt thou stand against the blood
of thy neighbor. I am the Lord." So as God does not want us men or women to go around
up and down among God's people as a tail bearer, right? Being a gossip, being a loud mouth,
it's not godly. If I just walk up to you and I'm just like, "Hey, did you hear what brother
James did last week? Hey, did you hear what brother James said one time?" Like, that's
just ungodly. And thank God, you know, we actually have a lot of unity in our church.
We have a lot of camaraderie here. And you want to know why is because we're not a church
full of people gossiping about each other. You want to destroy the culture of Anchor
Baptist Church real quick is when we just start gossiping about each other, whispering,
going around telling tales. That'll hurt relationships really fast, which is why it needs to be preached
against because I happen to love the culture here and thank God of how united we are, but
boy will we destroy that with a bunch of loud mouthed women. Going around and gossiping
about everyone, it's satanic. Notice what it says in Proverbs 11 verse 13. It says,
"A tale bearer revealeth secrets, but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter."
You know, through life, just from the course of living, it's very, very likely that you're
going to hear or even voluntarily be told people's secrets. And you know what a wicked
person does? A wicked person goes around and tells everybody else your secrets. And some
people will even try to weaponize your secrets. It's called blackmail, where it's like, "Hey,
I know this about you. You better do this or I'm going to blast this everywhere." That
is extremely wicked. And here's the thing, I'm just going to warn you, you should be
very careful what you tell people and how close you let people get in to the really
deep secrets of your life, things in the past that you've done that you've repented from.
Because wicked people will try to weaponize that against you. And even though you've repented,
and even though you've asked God for forgiveness and he's forgiven you, you know what? Wicked
people will love to spread it. And a lot of times it's women going around telling everyone's
secrets, bringing up sins from people's past to try to have manipulative tactics over them.
It's evil. That would ruin the spirit of our church if that was going on. Turn to Proverbs
18. Proverbs chapter 18. I quote this verse pretty often. Look at verse 8. The words of
a tale bearer are as wounds. They go down into the innermost parts of the belly. It
hurts other people when you're going around being a gossip. When you're going around spreading
everyone's business, it had nothing to do with them. It wasn't their place. It wasn't
their problem. That hurts other people. Think about it this way. How would you feel if you
came to me and you were asking for some advice on a situation and you told me something that
was pretty sensitive to your life and you found out that I was just blabbering that
about to other people? Wouldn't that hurt you? Wouldn't that hurt your feelings? Wouldn't
that go down to innermost parts of the belly? Wouldn't that cause you to lose trust and
confidence? Right? And it's like, that's not just with the pastor, that's with anyone.
It's hurtful and it's wicked to do that to your friend, to do that to your brothers and
sisters in Christ. It's not right. Flip the page, Proverbs 20 verse 19. "He that goeth
about as a tale bearer, revealeth secrets. Therefore, meddle not with him that flattereth
with his lips." And you know, I've noticed there's this connection with loud mouth women
gossiping about everyone and spreading everyone's business around the internet, talking crap
about people and women who are flatterers, women who on the surface will talk about how
much they love you and how much they're on your team and how much they like, you know,
our church or our movement and stuff like that. But then you find out that they're
a bunch of crap talkers. They're a bunch of gossips spreading information about people.
Look at flip the page, Proverbs 26 verse 20, Proverbs 26 verse 20, "Where no wood is, there
the fire goeth out." So where there is no tail bearer, the strife ceaseeth. You know
when there's no wood, there's no fire. When there's no loud mouth woman, there's no strife
virtually. And it's like why do you always see on Facebook all these loud mouth women
stirring up strife? It's usually not the guys doing it, it's usually the loud mouth women.
And you know what's funny? I've been in church for over a decade and I could count the number
of times that I've had a personal issue with someone with a brother in Christ on one hand
and it usually lasts for a few minutes and we duke it out and it's over. But for some
reason this just happens, a church can get a culture where ladies will have this feud
with each other for months, years, just go on and on and on and on. And a lot of times
it's driven by the fact that you're just not directly dealing with conflict. You're going
around talking crap about everyone. And that's not the right way to handle conflict according
to the Bible. When you have an issue with someone, you have two options. Let it go and
forget about it, which is the easiest option ever to do, or go to that person privately
and tell them how they've offended you. And look, I don't often pick this side because
the first side is just so easy. And most of the time, the issues that we have are not
that big of a deal. And if you think that you're constantly being sinned against in
just such grievous ways and people are just constantly wronging you, you're probably super
sensitive and you're probably not very spiritual. Because spiritual people cover transgressions.
The spiritual person just lets things go. You said something dumb, oh you're kind of
disrespectful there. You said something kind of out of line, just forget about it. Just
move on. I say things that are dumb too. We all do. It's just easier to just forget.
Forgive, forget, move on. But look, if you really can't let it go, you should talk to
that person privately. And you could do so lovingly. You could do so respectfully. You
don't have to come out guns blazing on the very first time you're addressing an issue.
Like you could be nice. You could be respectful. But here's what you can't do. Go behind everyone's
back talking crap about them. That is what's wicked. Go to Psalm 101, Psalm 101, Psalm
101 verse five. Notice what this says. "Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will
I cut off. Him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer." Look, if
I see someone going around, slandering other people, I am going to cut that person out
of my life. That is a dangerous person. And in fact, that's why railers are not welcome
in the local New Testament church. When you're going around lying about people, slandering
other people, that could seriously harm their lives, which is why the Bible says, "Person
that does that will I cut off." And let me tell you something, it doesn't matter if you're
slandering someone in a letter or with your mouth or on Facebook, it's still slander.
And I will not allow slanderers to attend Anchor Baptist Church. And I want slanderers
to be afraid to slander. I want railers to be afraid to rail. And it's like, why don't
we have a bunch of loud-mouthed women at Anchor Baptist Church? Maybe because we preach about
this stuff. Maybe because I've made it very clear what 1 Corinthians 5 says. And maybe
you actually believe those things. But man, we will destroy our church if we just allow
gossip, allow railing, allow tail-bearing about everyone. That will ruin the friendships
in this church. I will not allow that to happen. Go back to 1 Timothy 5. 1 Timothy 5. Here's
a way that Satan-led women love to speak. Of course, we saw gossip, slandering, all
those things. How about 1 Timothy 5 verse 1? "Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him
as a father, and the younger men as brethren." Look, if pastors, if ordained men of God
are fighting or having beef in the public arena, ladies, don't you dare get involved
in that. That is disgusting. And let me tell you what, it is shameful and disgusting if
a man got involved in a pastor's fight. But when a woman gets involved, that is a woman
being led by satan. And I would be disgusted with my wife if she even commented negatively
about a pastor in any way, in any way, not to mention rebuking an elder, bringing accusations
against an elder, talking crap about an elder. Why don't you shut your mouth, you satan
led woman? It's disgusting. And you know, if you don't want me to stand here and call
you out for being led by satan and say your name and make you feel ashamed, well, then
you should not be slandering and talking crap and rebuking elders online because God forbid
I as a pastor would ever see church members here rebuking elders. I'd be horrified. You
say, wow, you seem angry. Yeah, but I'm not soon angry. I'm long angry because I've been
seeing this crap for a long time and it needs to stop. Look at first 75 or 17. Let the elders
that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word
and doctrine. And of course, the primary context of that honor is talking about taking care
of them financially. But you know, we should also apply the principle that pastors should
be highly respected. The Bible says to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake.
And look, I don't care if you like a pastor, dislike a pastor, if there is a saved pastor,
he is worthy of respect. When there's a pastor that's working hard, leading a good church,
reaching good doctrine, getting lots of people saved, that person is worthy of double respect.
And how disrespectful is it for a woman to mouth off to a pastor? It's disgusting. I
mean, could you imagine like a woman mouthing off to a police officer or to a leader or
like a president? I mean, we do see stuff like that happen, and it's gross. But how
much more gross is it when it's the spiritual things? The spiritual things are way more
important, are way more reverent, are way more holy, and seeing women going around rebuking
pastors talking crap about them is gross. It should never, ever be tolerated. Look at
verse 19, "Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses,
them that sin, rebuke before all that others also may fear." Boy, there definitely has
been a lot of that, receiving accusations against elders without any proof. And don't
take this stupid interpretation that's like, "Oh, two witnesses means that something's
true." Okay, have you ever heard of Jesus Christ? Have you ever heard of his trial where
false witnesses spoke against him or an A-ball when false witnesses spake against him? Just
because there's multiple witnesses, that gives you enough information to start an investigation.
That does not mean that something is true. You must have proof. You cannot receive an
accusation against an elder without proof. You're not allowed to start thinking negatively
about a pastor without proof. And if you change your heart towards a pastor without proof,
you are wicked. You are evil. You're being led by Satan to do that. You're not being
led by God to do that. It's a bad mentality. Number one, Satan led women are busy bodies.
Number two, Satan led women are blabbermouths. Number three, Satan led women are bossy.
Satan led women are bossy. Look at 1st Timothy 5, 9, "In like manner also that women adorn
themselves in modest apparel with shame-facedness and sobriety, not with broidered hair or gold
or pearls or costly array, but which becomeeth women professing godliness with good works.
Let the women learn in silence with all subjection, but I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp
authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve, and Adam
was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." You know, women,
pastors are led by Satan. You want to know why? What was Satan's desire? Satan's desire
was to usurp authority, to become authority, and to be like the Most High. And women that
want to usurp authority, stand in the place of authority, rebel against authority, this
idea is not coming from God, it's coming from the devil. Satan led women are bossy. And
you know, a woman pastor is really a perfect example of this. Bossy woman wants to get
up and preach the word of God and teach everyone. Why don't you preach 1st Timothy chapter
2 where it tells you to learn in subjection in all silence. I suffer not a woman to teach
nor to what usurp authority over the man. That's what the Bible says. You know what?
It is a wicked movement out there today that wants to have women usurping authority over
men. There is a mentality today where people want to have women in government, women behind
the pulpit, women usurping authority over their husbands. You know, even just yesterday
I went out soul winning and this lady opened the door and as soon as she opened the door
she's like I'm not wearing any clothes and I'm like okay here's a card like have a good
day and I was like trying to leave but she just kept talking she kept talking she's like
I was an ordained minister at age 20 I am a Bible aficionado I know so much Bible I
could teach you something and the whole time I'm like okay awesome great bye have a good
one but I'm just like when I hear a woman tell me that she's an ordained minister I'm
just like this woman is led by Satan oh yeah you're gonna teach me the Bible I know so
much Bible you don't even know 1st Timothy 2 you don't even know 1st Corinthians 14 you
don't know 1st Timothy 3 you don't know Titus chapter 1 you don't know any of the qualifications
of a bishop just the fact that you would call yourself a minister tells me you don't love
God you don't love his word you don't respect the Bible because you know what women that
that respect the Bible, respect authority.
And women that are led by Satan despise authority.
And let me tell you, there are a lot of people,
even sadly in our movement,
that hate the preaching on authority.
But you know what?
The powers that be are ordained of God.
God has ordained real power in the government.
He's ordained real power in church.
He's ordained real power in marriage.
And women that don't like to hear
what the Bible teaches about marriage,
and they want to believe this stupid mentality
that followers just get to decide
if their leaders are worthy of obedience.
Let me tell you something, you're a feminist.
And this mentality is not coming from God,
it's coming from Satan.
Go to, if you would, to Ephesians chapter number five.
Ephesians chapter number five.
And look, we need to emphasize what the Bible emphasizes.
There is a time and place to talk to leaders
and to reinforce to them the biblical attributes
that they should have to be the most strong
and effective and, you know, respect worthy leaders
that they possibly can be.
But you know what the Bible emphasizes?
The Bible emphasizes obedience
when you're in a position under someone's authority.
The Bible doesn't say like,
"Oh, you're under your boss at work.
"We'll criticize him, judge if he's worthy
"or anything like that."
No, it just says obey.
Ephesians chapter five verse 22 says this,
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands
"as unto the Lord."
You know what that's talking about?
It's talking about Jesus Christ.
You are to submit to your husband
like you would to Jesus Christ.
Now, we got a loud mouth, bossy,
a bunch of bossy women out there
that don't submit to their husband,
and it reflects the fact
that they also don't submit to Jesus.
Because when you don't respect your husband,
you don't respect Jesus.
When you despise authority, you despise the Bible.
Why?
'Cause you're led by Satan, that's why.
What does it say?
"Obey, submit yourselves unto your own husbands."
You know what submit means?
It means to put yourself under the authority of,
to do whatever that person says.
And here's the thing about submission,
you could never even test submission until you disagree.
Because if you agree with all of your husband's decisions,
you're not submitting, you're not obeying,
you're just in agreement.
We're just doing the same thing.
Submission by definition means that you don't agree.
So guess what?
You as a follower, you don't get to sit here
and decide is the leader right, doesn't matter.
Your job is to obey, period.
That's what the Bible says.
Look at verse 23, for the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church
and he is the savior of the body.
Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
You see that word right there?
Everything.
What is the Bible emphasizing?
The Bible's emphasizing obedience.
The Bible is emphasizing submission.
The Bible's not emphasizing chastising leaders
for any potential issues that they might have,
though they might have issues sometimes.
That's not what the Bible's highlighting.
That's not what the Bible's emphasizing.
The Bible's emphasizing obey, okay?
And this idea that, well, you know,
if people ever disobey you, that's always the leader's fault.
You know, if your wife rebels, it means you're a bad husband.
If church members rebel, it means you're a bad pastor.
This, what this is doing is it's usurping biblical authority
and it's placing authority in the people
that are supposed to be under the authority.
Let me explain to you why.
Because if you rebel, let's say a child hears this preaching.
Oh, you know, if your kid's rebels 'cause you're a bad dad.
Oh, if your wife rebels 'cause you're a bad husband.
Well, here's what they do.
They rebel and they just think in their minds like,
oh, see, this is a proof that my dad's bad,
that he's a bad leader.
Oh, you know, this recent thing, Pastor Brzezarski saying,
leading by constraint doesn't work,
even though constraint just means limitations,
boundaries, guidelines.
So no rules, leadership that has any rules or structure
or limitations or boundaries, it doesn't work.
And so here's what happens.
People under someone's authority,
if they ever see their husband lay down some rules,
if they ever see their boss at work,
give you some boundaries, here's what they're thinking.
Oh, pastor said that leaders that do that are bad.
Leaders that do that are toxic.
Leaders that do that aren't really good leaders.
They're bad leaders.
And so what they've done is they're now sowing seeds
in the hearts of people in the congregation
to start disrespecting their authority
and to start thinking negatively of them in their heart.
And let me tell you, that's not coming from God,
that's coming from Satan.
It is wicked and it's so stupid and so provably false.
Oh, every time someone disobeys you, that is your own fault.
And look, I've heard this for years from friends,
from people in the pew, I've heard this all over the place.
It's wrong.
It's not true.
And here's the easiest way to prove it,
is that God is the greatest leader.
God is always right, he always makes the right decisions,
yet God's children constantly rebel against him
all the time.
Oh, if Jesus would just be more of an effective leader,
if he would be more awesome like this pastor,
then maybe we would follow better.
No, sometimes followers are wicked.
And here's what I preach, is that your responsibility
as a leader is to teach what's right and to do what's right.
You can't force people to follow you.
You can't force people to do everything right all the time.
Like I use the example of soul winning.
If I'm soul winning every week,
and I'm preaching for you to go soul winning,
and you don't go soul winning, that's your fault.
It's not my fault.
Don't sit here and say like,
"Oh, there's a church member at Pastor Oz's church
"that doesn't go soul winning.
"What a bad pastor, what a bad leader."
No, that's ridiculous.
And you know what, if you command your wife what to do,
and you're leading by example and she rebels,
that's wicked of her.
And we need to start making people
take some responsibility for their actions.
And emphasize what the Bible emphasizes,
and not sit here and chastise leaders
for having authority, it's stupid.
And you know, I think that some of this
can honestly come from a little bit of a position of pride.
And because this is the mentality, it's like,
well, if you ever have to remind your followers
that you're in charge, that means you're a bad leader.
I think this is coming from a little bit
of a position of pride, here's why.
Because that must mean that for a lot of people
that believe that, they think, oh, well,
if my followers are following me,
if my wife is following me, if my kids are following me,
if my employees are following me,
that must be because I'm an awesome leader
and because I'm a great and wonderful leader.
And for a lot of leaders, that's probably even true.
They are wonderful, they are great leaders.
But have you ever stopped, have you ever thought
to consider that maybe your wife obeys you
because she believes Ephesians chapter five?
Did you ever stop to consider that maybe your employees
obey you because they respect God's commandments?
Have you ever stopped to consider that not every time
your wife decided to submit to you was that because
you are so awesome and so wonderful?
Though you may be a good husband, I don't know.
But have you ever considered that not every time
she submitted, is it because you're so awesome?
Maybe it's because she loves God.
Maybe it's because Ephesians five is in the Bible.
You know, and it's like, it's such a prideful view
for me to think every time my wife obeys me,
it's 'cause I'm amazing.
Every time my church members are onboard at the program,
it's 'cause I'm the world's greatest pastor.
Every time my kids listen, it's 'cause I'm the greatest dad.
No, maybe people just love the Bible.
Maybe people just obey his commandments
and take it seriously, and so it's like,
you should never have to tell your wife
that the Bible commands you to obey her,
but it's like, but what if she's obeying you?
Because that's in the Bible, though.
Did you ever consider to think that?
And I think a lot of times people haven't.
It's a prideful view, and it's not based on the Bible.
Why?
Because God is constantly saying, I am the Lord.
I am the Lord.
And you know, in full disclosure,
I have never had to scream at my wife,
obey me because the Bible says so,
though I reserve the right to do so.
And I would do so if I had to.
And I do not condemn people that have ever had to do that.
I'm not sitting here saying like, you're not a real leader.
If you ever have to tell your followers,
you're in charge when God does that all the time.
It's ridiculous.
It's not biblical.
Go to, if you would, First Kings chapter number 21.
First Kings chapter 21.
But realize, ladies, that God has given you a husband
for a reason.
And God has told you to obey him for a reason.
And you know, I was talking to my wife
with all this crap going on
and people's hearts being turned away
and just people believing a bunch of stuff.
I was just like, honey, I know what's right.
I know the doctrine.
I know the right way to go.
And of course, she wasn't even doubting me.
She wasn't even rebelling against me.
But I'm just like, honey, God has given me as your leader,
I am to protect you.
I am to protect you from the wicked influences
that are out there, wicked people that are out there,
stupid feminist satanic ideologies that are out there.
I will protect you.
I'm in charge.
Follow me.
That's the mentality that you should have.
And you know, God didn't give you a husband
as a paper tiger.
He said, obey.
You actually have to obey.
And if you in your mind consider,
oh, is my husband worthy of obeying?
Is he making the right decision?
Then he's not in charge, you are.
And this mentality of enabling followers
to sit there and scrutinize their leaders
to see if they're worthy of being followed,
that is not the authority being in charge.
That's the subordinate being in charge.
You're the one at the end of the day making the decision
if you're actually scrutinizing him that way.
It's not right.
Here's some boss babes in the Bible.
First Kings chapter 21, verse one.
And it came to pass after these things,
that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had a vineyard,
which was in Jezreel,
harred by the place of Ahab king of Samaria.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying,
"Give me thy vineyard,
"that I may have it for a garden of herbs,
"because it is near unto my house,
"and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it,
"or if it seem good to thee,
"I will give thee the worth of it in money."
And Naboth said to Ahab,
"The Lord forbid it me that I should give
"the inheritance of my fathers unto thee."
So Ahab here, he wants to buy Naboth's vineyard,
and Naboth doesn't wanna sell it.
It's special to him, he doesn't wanna give it up.
And so then it says in verse four,
"And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased
"because of the word which Naboth,
"the Jezreelite, had spoken to him.
"For he had said, I will not give thee
"the inheritance of my fathers.
"And he laid him down upon his bed
"and turned away his face and would eat no bread."
So Ahab here is being a big baby.
He's sulking, he's laying in bed,
he's on a hunger strike,
just 'cause Naboth wouldn't sell him his vineyard.
It's just a weird story.
Ahab is a major beta male in the word of God.
And so he's just upset, he's being a baby.
And then it says in verse five,
"But Jezebel his wife came to him and said unto him,
why is thy spirit so sad that thou eatest no bread?
And he said unto her,
because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite,
and said unto him, give me the vineyard for money,
or else if it please thee,
I will give thee another vineyard for it.
And he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
And Jezebel's wife said unto him,
dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel?"
So she's like, are you in charge?
Are you the leader?
He says, arise and eat bread.
Let thy heart be merry.
I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite.
She's like, honey, I'll take care of this.
Don't you worry.
You just rise.
I'll make sure that you get your vineyard.
I'll take care of this.
What is she?
She's taking charge.
She's being a boss babe.
She's being a feminist here.
And notice what she does.
She usurps authority.
She wrote letters in Ahab's name.
She's not authorized to do that.
She's supposed to be under Ahab.
Now she's taking the king's authority
and writing letters in the king's authority.
Boy, that's weird.
Writing in her leader's authority
and sealed them with a seal
and sent the letters onto the elders
and to the nobles that were in his city
dwelling with Naboth.
By the way, please don't go on Facebook
and write letters for me or for your husband.
I don't need you doing that.
I'm sure your pastor doesn't appreciate that.
I'm sure that no pastor would ever appreciate that.
It's gross.
I would be appalled to see that.
Says in verse nine,
she wrote in the letters saying proclaim a fast
and set Naboth on high among the people
and set two men, sons of Belial,
before him to bear witness against him saying,
Thou didst blaspheme God and the king
and then carry him out and stone him that he may die.
So she sends these letters in a place
that wasn't her authority.
She gathers these false witnesses
to witness falsely against him to get him to be killed.
Look, skip down to verse 25.
Notice what the Bible says.
But there was none like unto Ahab,
which did sell himself to work wickedness
in the sight of the Lord,
whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
I mean, the Bible just verbatim tells us
that why he was so wicked
was that he allowed his wife to stir him up.
How shameful is it when there's homes today
where the husband isn't leading?
The husband isn't reigning in his wife
and telling her what to do and constraining her,
giving her some boundaries, giving her some limitations.
Hey, don't go on Facebook and talking crap about pastors.
That's a good boundary.
That's a good limitation.
Hey, why don't you shut your mouth and be meek and quiet
the way that the Bible says,
not getting involved in matters not belonging to you.
No, instead Jezebel stirs up her husband.
And what a weak and pathetic man you are
when you're stirred up to do evil by your wife.
You know what, man?
You ought to be the one that's stable like a rock.
You should be the one that's founded on the word of God.
And if the devil came and whispered in your ear,
you're like, no, no, no.
God said not to eat of that tree.
Get out of here.
Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
You ought to be the one who's so weak
that you could be pushed around and led
and brought down a dark spiritual road by your own wife.
What a sad and pathetic man that is.
You as a husband,
you are the spiritual leader of your family.
You set the tone.
You tell your wife what church you're going to.
You tell your wife if she's going to be a soul winner.
You tell your wife if she's going to stay home with the kids.
You tell your wife to read the Bible, to do that which is right.
Don't sit there and ask your wife.
Don't sit there and say, "Honey, what pastor would you like to listen to?"
Snip, snip, snip.
Bunch of weak men out there, a bunch of beta males out there.
They probably are snipped, too.
Go to Judges 16.
Here's another boss, babe, Delilah.
What a bossy woman Delilah is.
Tell me your secret!
Tell me your secret or I'll die!
Ah, you hate me, just tell me your secret!
Shut up!
No!
You don't get to know everything.
Verse 15 of Judges 16, "And she said unto him, 'How canst thou say I love thee, when
thine heart is not with me?'"
That's emotional manipulation right there.
That's gaslighting right there.
"Thou has mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength
lieth."
"And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that
his soul was vexed unto death."
Boy, it sounds so fun being married to a boss, babe, doesn't it?
That he told her all his heart.
And you know, some men, they must just be being vexed unto death every day of their
life at home, and something snaps and they finally just give up.
I don't know if they've just given up, but look, man, you need to fight for your homes.
You need to fight for the position of authority in your home, and not allow your wife to
take it.
And look, I hope that you have a marriage where your wife isn't trying to do that,
but I'm not going to just preach this wonderful, great preaching lately, where it's like, "Well,
if you're just as awesome as me, then you'll never have these problems."
Oh, you know, your wife's rebelling?
Wow, you must be a terrible leader.
Well, here's a simple fix for you.
Just be awesome like me, and your wife will never rebel against you.
Boy, that's real helpful for people that are in bad situations that are actually hurting
their families.
No, look, I hope that your wife is submissive.
I hope that your children are submissive.
I hope all these great things.
But look, if she's not, you need to take control of your home.
And I don't care.
I would rather shake up my home and bring some instability and bring some problems and
bring some fights and be in the role that God has commanded me to be in, than have this
on the surface, everything looks great, little marriage, but you're really just being run
by your wife.
She's in charge.
She's stirring you up.
She's telling you what you're allowed to say, what you're not allowed to say.
She's on Facebook setting the tone for your family.
She's going to go speak for pastors.
She's going to go rebuke pastors.
People need to tell their wives to shut up today.
And it's so sad that sermons like this even need to be preached, where I have to point
out how satanic and unseemly and inappropriate feminism is in our churches, when your husband
should have done it years ago.
My wife would be terrified to do stuff that I'm seeing now.
And I'm sure the ladies in here would be terrified to do that stuff because their husband would
correct it.
Oh, constraint.
Oh, rules.
You better freaking believe it.
My wife was rebuking pastors.
Her phone might be in a river.
Might be smashed with a hammer. Wow abuse shut up you feminist go back go to Titus chapter number two
Satan-led women are busy bodies Satan-led women are blabber blabber mouths
Satan-led women are bossy Satan-led women are but excuse me. It's not pastor Shelley Satan-led women are bad testimonies of Jesus Christ
Satan-led women are bad
testimonies for Jesus Christ
Satan-led women are bad
Testimonies for your husband Satan-led women are bad testimonies for your church
Look at Titus chapter 2 verse 3 the aged women likewise that they be in behavior has become with holiness
Not false accusers not given to much wine
Teachers of good things that they may teach the young women to be sober to love their husbands to love their children to be
discrete chased
keepers at home good
obedient to their own husband notice this that the word of God be not
Blasphemed you know what feminism does it makes the word of God look bad
Feminism makes Jesus Christ look bad people that live on the other side of the world
When they see the state of the United States, and they see the state of modern churches in our country
It makes them think negatively about Jesus
It makes them think negatively about Christianity about the Bible, and you know feminism is not a godly attribute
Feminism is not something that the Bible teaches
It is something that comes from Satan and it is causing the Word of God to be blasphemed today
It causes your home to look bad when you have a feminist wife when you have a loudmouth wife when you have a bossy wife
It does make your home look bad. Look when you got a bunch of bossy women
It does make your church look bad. It makes me sad
which is why I'm preaching this because I don't want to wake up someday and
Realize that this stuff is just grown and infested and become rooted into our church
I would I would rather die than allow one speck of feminism to enter into this church. I would rather die folks
It's wicked. It is satanic and don't even give me this crap like oh, you know, you hate women. That's such a lie
That's such a lie. You guys have seen me when I interact with the ladies of this church
Am I mean am I disrespectful to you? Am I dishonoring to you? Am I dismissive of you?
Do I treat you like garbage treat you like a doormat? No, absolutely not
I'm not gonna let anyone lay that accusation against me, but you know what I will do
I will preach what the Bible says and what's funny is all the godly ladies who actually love the Bible are loving this sermon tonight
And if they all could say amen they would but they're not because they love God that the word of God be not
blasphemed go to
Excuse me Titus chapter number three Titus chapter number three
But let me tell you something Christian men being in charge of the home
Husbands having authority is not what's destroying our country folks
Like have you ever just looked around at our society lately and it's like why is the preaching more focused on?
Chastising husbands for being in charge when we're living in this hellhole
Feminist communist country it's insane. Why are we sitting here focusing on chastising?
pastors for ruling in church or
Bosses for ruling at work or her husbands ruling in their home parents ruling over their children when we're living in a rebellious generation
When we're living in a time where many of the churches don't even teach that wives have to submit to their husbands
They don't believe in biblical authority. That's like the majority of the world
So why is our preaching focusing instead on chastising leaders? It's not balanced
It's not making sense with the culture that we're living in look if we actually love our people
First of all, let's emphasize what the Bible emphasizes and let's preach what's needed in the day and age that we live in
Like we don't need a bunch of sermons coddling sodomites. We need to like preach against it because it's everywhere
I don't need to sit here and preach sermons talking, you know
Just chastising leaders when what we need is we need obedience from followers
Period and look at Titus chapter 3 verse 1 and says this put them in mind
This is instructions to a pastor put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers to obey magistrates to be ready
to every good work the Bible is
Emphasizing to the pastor that the pastor needs to be putting people in mind
Bringing to their remembrance preaching about how they need to be subject to
Principalities that is what the Bible instructs me to do is that my emphasis as a pastor should be emphasizing to you
To be subject and to obey and look at the preceding verse Titus chapter 2 verse 15
I accidentally skipped this says in verse 15 of Titus 2 these things speak and
Exhort and rebuke with all authority let no man despise thee
You know according to the Word of God you are not allowed to despise your God-given authorities
Why was this let no man despise thee you're not allowed to come to anchor Baptist Church if you just hate me
That's insane and there's some people that would be like shocked by that
Are you out of your mind like do you think it's actually normal to attend a church where you hate the pastor?
Like if you think that people should just be able to come here and hate me like you are diluted in your mind
You're insane that is absolute madness and weird behavior to spend your life going to a church where you hate the pastor
That's weird. Let no man despise thee the Bible says you know what wives are not allowed to sit here and despise their husbands
Wives are not allowed to sit here and criticize him and rebuke him and be all mad at him for his decisions
No, you're not allowed to despise your authority children are not allowed to despise their parents
It's a wicked attitude people that hate their parents. It's like an attribute of a reprobate. It's gross. It's awful
You know you're not allowed. How about this people who despise government is a reprobate quality as well
If you read Jude if you read second Peter chapter 2 you should not just despise government itself
Just oh, I hate all pop all cops. I hate all police. There's something wrong with you if you hate all cops
It's a it's a revelation of a wicked heart when you just hate authority
Oh this because here's thing the same person that just hates all cops is the same employee that despises his employer
That talks crap to him that rebels against him, you know women despising their husbands children despising their parents
Church members despising their pastors, you know, I can't help but think that maybe it's coming from preaching
That's constantly telling leaders if you ever have to assert your authority if you ever lead, you know by constraint
It's cuz you're a crappy leader or leading by constraint doesn't work
That's just not what the Bible says and you know what?
I don't I don't enjoy talking about this but this mentality look at me this mentality will hurt people's lives
marriages will be hurt by this mentality that is enabling wives in their rebellion enabling wives to
Criticize their husbands and think negatively of him. It will hurt marriages
It will hurt homes where you're being told, you know
If you if you ever have to spank a teenager, you're doing more harm than good spanking teens
Don't work says what Bible verse buddy says what Bible verse? Why is it that spanking a child works?
Why is it that there's corporal punishment given to adults?
Why is it that there's death penalty prescribed to adults and death penalty?
Prescribed to certain acts you could do as a child. Why is just like oh, but but teenagers it doesn't work on teenagers
This isn't coming from the Bible. This is your opinion and your opinion is wrong
It is because you know, it's funny. My wife was spanked as a teenager. Sorry, honey
I'm just gonna let it out right now
My wife was spanked as a teenager and so were all of her siblings and they all love and respect their father
Oh, you're gonna make your kids hate you. Oh, you're gonna provoke them under wrath
Okay, so what you've just done is you've just told your kids you've told the children in the congregation
Hey
if your parents ever have to exercise
Discipline on you just go ahead and be angry because they're provoking you to wrath and you just heard the preaching against dads
That spank their teens. So any teen that gets spanked they're thinking
Oh my dad's bad because the pastor preached against him because the pastor is taking away the authority of the home
You know, what's funny about authority is that pastors are not supposed to be lords over God's heritage and I'm up here to preach the Bible
But I'm not up here to police your life and you know it if you don't want to spank your your teenage kids
God bless you. I hope man. We love that word, right?
Hey
I hope that all of your teenagers are super mature and love God and fear God and can be reasoned with all the time
I hope that for you sincerely and I hope that for me
But I'm not gonna get up here and say if you ever have to spank teenagers that you're wrong. You're not right with God
It's not gonna work
It's gonna cause more harm than good because the Bible doesn't say that and in fact
I happen to know my wife and her siblings were and of course, it wasn't all the time
It's way less frequent than when their children of course
But they were from time to time and they all love and respect their dad funny how pastor Thompson is great dad
Funny how pastor Thompson is a great pastor
I mean should we all sit just sit here and despise pastor Thompson because from time to time he exercised corporal
Discipline on his teenagers. Is that really what we should do today?
No, because what's funny is pastor Thompson produced kids that are serving God that love God that are serving in church that love their father
It's just insane. It's first opinions chapter number two and look if pastors preach their opinions
They should make it clear that it's their opinion
And if you have the opinion if you have the opinion that you should not spank teens great
I'm not gonna judge you for that. I'm not gonna come down on you for that
but I'm not gonna say the Bible says you can't spank teens because the Bible doesn't say that and you can have your opinion and
That's totally fine. But you know what we need to have a culture in our churches that exalts authority
Because God has ordained the authority and God has ordained real authority and what God emphasizes is obedience to
Authority, you know, it would be wrong for me to try to take the authority away from you in your home
It would be wrong for me to preach up here and constantly preach things that would cause your wife to disrespect you
That would cause your wife to want to rebel against you
It would be wrong for me to get get up here and constantly preach things that would make your children
Think that you're a bad leader and think that you're a bad parent. It's ridiculous
No, obey your authorities wives obey your husbands
And if you think in your mind, well, I'm only gonna obey when I think he's worthy of it
Let me just explain something to you
You are a feminist and you are not obedient and you are not submissive
Because submissive by definition means you don't agree because that's you're actually having to lower yourself
You're actually having to put yourself under someone else when you're saying okay, you want to go left
I don't want to go left, but I'm gonna go left with you. Anyways, that's what obedience actually is
It's not like hey, I wanted in and out tonight and your husband also wants in and out tonight. That's not obedience
That's agreement and look I could go on forever and I will the next couple weeks and I'm not soon angry
I'm long angry, but you know what? I never ever want this mentality in our church. I don't want this cancer of feminism
I will not allow it to be in this church number one Satan led women are busybodies number two Satan led women are blabbermouths
Number three Satan led women are bossy number four Satan led women are bad testimonies for Christ
Don't let Satan lead you this evening renew your mind with what the Bible says
Let's pray Lord we thank you for this day
And I thank you for my wonderful wife for all the great works that she does in my family
I pray I thank you that she's submissive to me. I thank you for all the great wives that are in this church
What I pray that we would honor our wives as the weaker vessels that we would love and appreciate them
But I do pray that men would take charge in their homes that they would assert the authority that you have given to them
And I pray that pastors would not undermine the authority