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and get started this evening. If you would, grab a hymnal, find a seat, and turn to 419.
Sound the battle cry. 419. Sound the battle cry. Sing it out nice and loud starting there
Stand
Heavenly Father, we thank You for this day, for all the souls that You led us to that
gladly received Your Son for salvation this afternoon. I pray this evening that You would just
fill Pastor with Your Spirit, fill him with boldness and open our ears to the message.
These things we pray in Jesus' name, amen. All right, for our next song this evening, 405,
There we'll sing on the first.
There's our goal.
through some announcements. If you don't have a bulletin please raise your hand and Usher will
bring you one. On the front you'll see our Bible memory passage of the week Galatians chapter number
one verse 18 on the inside you'll see a service times listed Sunday morning at 10 30 a.m. and just
a note about our morning service if you're here this evening and you weren't here this morning
there's some handouts that are laminated in the front area at that front cabinet
of a sample gospel presentation. We had a soul winning seminar this morning so if you missed
this morning's service I definitely recommend that you check out the service on the live stream.
Sunday evening of course 4 30 p.m. and our Wednesday evening Bible study at seven o'clock.
Soul winning times are listed below that as well as our nursing home ministry preaching
schedule. Below that is our year to date soul winning statistics. I believe we had seven
Praise the lord upcoming events. May 10th is the Mother's Day brunch slash tea party. All ladies and their daughters are going to be invited to that. That's going to be meeting here at the church building at 11am and there still is a soul winning rally that morning that starts at 10. So we will be done and out of the building before you ladies start your party.
May 18th is going to be the next men's preaching night.
and that's gonna be followed by a potluck in the evening.
May 31st is the Durant, Oklahoma, soul winning marathon
and there's a sign up sheet in the back for that.
Please let us know if you are coming.
June 28th is the Tinker Air Show.
June 29th, Brother Ben Naim from Sedfast Baptist Church
is preaching both services for us.
August 27th through the 31st
is the Fire Breathing Baptist Fellowship at Sedfast.
And October 6th through the 11th
is the Bahamas Mission Trips.
You can see we got a lot of events coming up,
which is partially why we did that seminar this morning.
And I'm just looking forward to see
how the Lord blesses the souling efforts
of our church this year.
It's already been great.
and we have a lot of awesome opportunities. Also on the back you'll see our prayer list.
Please keep all those requests in prayer. If you have any requests, please email the church.
There's also some information there about giving and updating your information for a visitor card.
It's going to be it for announcements this evening. We'll go ahead and go to our third song.
Our third song this evening, 409, The Fight Is On.
Him number four hundred nine
Four zero nine the fight is on so don't get tired on me sing this one out four oh nine
There on the first let's see
Come to victory, the triumph of the Christ will soon appear.
The light is on, O Christian soldier, And face to face, and turn away.
With armor gleaming, and colors streaming, The right and wrong.
singing tonight as the offering plates are being passed. Turn if you would to
First Timothy chapter number five. First Timothy chapter number five.
Good evening 1st Timothy 5 the Bible reads
Rebuke not an elder but entreat him as a father and the younger men as brethren
The elder women as mothers the younger as sisters with all purity honor widows that are widows indeed
But if any widow have children or nephews let them learn first to show piety at home and to requite their parents
For that is good and acceptable before God
Now, she that is a widow indeed in desolate, trusted in God, and continuous in supplications
and prayers night and day, but she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
And these things, given charge, that they may be blameless, but if any provide not for
his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse
Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man, well reported for good works.
If she had brought up children, if she had lodged strangers, if she had washed the saints feet, if she had relieved the afflicted, if she had diligently followed every good work.
for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry, having damnation
because they have cast off their first faith.
And with all, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle,
but tatlers also, and busybodies, 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.
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them and let not the church be charged.
That it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
For the scripture saith, thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn, and the
laborer is worthy of his reward.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
Then that sin rebuke before all that others also may fear."
I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that thou observe
these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins, keep thyself pure, drink
Some men's sins are opened beforehand, going before to judgment, and some men they follow after.
Likewise, also the good works of some are manifest beforehand, and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
That's by our heads for the prayer of Father in Heaven. We thank you for this day and our pastor.
And we just ask that you would swim with the Holy Spirit and help him to preach the word and help him to be bold and decent.
Amen.
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 3 verse 1, 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, Ye 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.
It 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 we'll 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 5.
For God doth know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods 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.
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
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.
It sounds so fair, it sounds so wonderful.
And 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 love for you to go show your body and be a whore?
God wants you to be a virgin.
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?
Get 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.
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 1 Timothy 5 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 1st Timothy 5, 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 3 of 1st Timothy 5.
So this chapter is giving instruction to the pastor on how to care for widows
should the church be able to do that.
There's 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?
People who are actually real widows are people that would be candidates for this.
But notice verse four, it says,
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.
Pilt children should take care of their parents in their old age.
They're unable to take care of themselves.
Verse 5 says,
and continue it 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,
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 8, it says,
But if any provide not for his own,
and especially for those of his own house,
he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.
So, 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, 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.
But then it says this, let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years
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.
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.
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 you know 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 hand out 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, we just pay for all
my bills.
Hey, just random person, we just buy my stuff for me.
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 done a lot of things.
Good works, brought up children, lodged strangers,
washed the same 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 1 Corinthians 7 is going to talk about.
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 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
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 and 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 can 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?
Wow, that was a great insight, Paul.
It says,
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,
but for that which is comely, and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
But if any man think that he behave with himself,
uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age
and need so require, let him do what he will, he sin if 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 1st 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 it's 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 learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house,
and not only idle, but tatlers also in busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not.
I will, therefore, that the younger women marry bare 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.
1st Timothy chapter 2 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 childbearing 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 bare children
Guide the house.
Here it talks about she's gonna be saved in childbearing.
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 gonna be saved
from committing a lot of wicked sins.
You're gonna be saved from living a life of self.
You're gonna 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 too. 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, it 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 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 loudmouth women
I would be horrified for that to be that way and I would rather preach too hard on this subject and grow the church slower
But have godly women in this church then to just fill this place with bodies with a bunch of feminists and loudmouth 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 merchants ships. She bringeth her food from afar
She riseeth also while it is yet night and posteth on Facebook. I'm sorry. It's not what it says
She riseeth also while it is yet night and giveeth 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 like midnight before after we've already had a full dinner
She's 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 considereth the field and byeth it with the fruit of her hands.
She planteth a vineyard, so she's working inside, she's working outside.
She girdeth her loins with strength and strengtheneth her arms.
Hey, you know, we're not against women being strong.
We're for women being strong.
And you know what'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 the 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.
And it's just like, my mom had some strong arms.
That's great.
She perceive it that her merchandise is good or 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 disc staff. She's making clothes
She stretches out her hand to the poor.
Yea, she reaches 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 makes 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 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.
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.
Letter 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 blabbermouths.
They're busybodies, they're blabbermouths.
1st Timothy 5 verse 13.
And with all, they learn to be idle.
Notice, wandering about from house to house.
And not only idle, but tatlers also, and busybodies.
Speaking things which they ought, not.
So notice, by you being...
Idol 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 acts, you know, 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
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 I talked about being a tatler also in a busy body?
So a tatler, a gossip, a tail bearer, 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 shall 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 loudmouth, 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 loudmouth women
Going around in gossiping about everyone. It's satanic
notice what it says in
Excuse me Proverbs 11 verse 13 it says a tail bearer
revealeth
secrets
But he that is of a faithful spirit can sealeth 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 18.
I quote this verse pretty often.
Look at verse 8.
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.
And you know, 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 tail bearer, revealeth secrets.
Therefore, meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
And you know, I've noticed there's this connection
with loudmouth 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 there are a bunch of crap talkers.
There are 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 go without.
So where there is no tail bearer.
The strife ceaseth.
You know when there's no wood, there's no fire.
When there's no loudmouth woman, there's no strife, virtually.
And it's like, why do you always see on Facebook all these loudmouth women stirring up strife?
It's usually not the guys doing it, it's usually the loudmouth women.
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
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, 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 blaze in
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 5 notice what this says who so prively slandereth his neighbor
Him will I cut off
Him that hath and high look and a proud heart will not I suffer look if I see someone going around
Slandering other people. I am gonna 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.
And it's like, why don't we have a bunch of loudmouth women at Anchor Baptist Church?
Maybe because we preach about this stuff.
Maybe because I've made it very clear what 1st 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 1st Timothy 5.
Here's a way that Satan-led women love to speak.
Of course, we saw gossip, slandering, all those things.
How about 1st 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,
are 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 1st Timothy 5 or 17.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor
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 work's 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,
preaching good doctrine, getting lots of people saved,
that person's 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 spoke 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.
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 blabbermouth. Number three, Satan
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
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
1 Timothy chapter two?
where it tells you to learn in subjection, in all silence.
I suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to what?
You serp 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.
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 1 Timothy 2.
You don't even know 1 Corinthians 14.
You don't know 1 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 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 Ephesians 5.
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 loudmouth, 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? Because 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 is not emphasizing
chastising leaders
for any potential issues that they might have.
Though they might have issues sometimes,
that's not what the Bible is highlighting.
That's not what the Bible is emphasizing.
The Bible is emphasizing obey.
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.
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.
Let's say a child hears this preaching.
Oh, you know, if your kids rebelled because you're a bad dad.
Oh, if your wife rebelled because 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 proof that my dad's bad, that he's a bad leader.
Oh, you know, this recent thing, Pastor Bazarcki is 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, passers 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 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
Yeah, 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,
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
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 5 is in the Bible
It's such a prideful view for me to think every time my wife obeys me, it's because I'm amazing.
Every time my church members are on board at the program, it's because I'm the world's greatest pastor.
Every time my kids listen, it's because 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. 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 saying you're 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 feminists, 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 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.
1 Kings chapter 21 verse 1.
And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had a vineyard which was in Jezreel,
hard 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 seemed 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 want to sell it.
It's special to him. He doesn't want to give it up. And so then it says in verse 4,
and Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth,
the Jesperite, had spoken to him. For he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my
fathers. And he laid them 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 because Naboth wouldn't sell him his vineyard
She's a weird story. They have 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 5, 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 Jesperite, and said unto him, Give
me the vineyard for money, or else if it pleases 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,
does thou now govern the kingdom of Israel?
So she's like, are you in charge?
Are you the leader?
She says, arise and eat bread.
Let thy heart be merry.
I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezebelite.
She's like, honey, I'll take care of this.
Don't you worry.
You just arise.
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 seal them with a seal.
and sent the letters unto 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.
It says in verse nine and she wrote letter 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 that it's 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.
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. Give me 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 not thought 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, you know, what pastor would you like to listen to?
Snip, snip, snip.
Bunch of bunch of weak men out there 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. Oh, you hate me
Just tell me your secret. Shut up
No, right, you don't get to know everything
Verse 15
of Judges 16, and she said unto him, How can't 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.
Like 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 gonna go speak for pastors. She's gonna go rebuke pastors
People need to tell their wives to shut up today
And it's it's so sad it's so sad that sermons like this even need to be preached where I have to point out how satanic and
Unseemly and an appropriate 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
Constrained. Oh rules you better freaking believe it
My wife was rebuking pastors her phone might be in a river. It 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 blabbermouths, Satan led women are bossy, 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.
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 loud-mouth wife, when you have a bossy wife.
It does make your home look bad.
Look, when you've got a bunch of bossy women,
it does make your church look bad and makes me sad.
Which is why I'm preaching this.
Because I don't want to wake up someday
and realize that this stuff has 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 might mean am I disrespectful to you?
Am I dishonoring to you my dismissive of you? Do I treat you like garbage treat you like a doormat? No, absolutely not
I'm not going to 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.
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.
Pastors for ruling in church, or bosses for ruling at work,
or 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 2, verse 15, I accidentally skipped this.
It 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.
The Bible says, 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 deluded 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.
And you know what?
Wives are not allowed to sit here
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 2 Peter chapter 2, you should not just despise government
itself.
You just, oh, I hate all cops, I hate all police.
Like, there's something wrong with you if you hate all cops.
It's a revelation of a wicked heart when you just hate authority.
Oh, because here's the 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.
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 because 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 enjoy talking about this
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 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 it 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 going to make your kids hate you.
Oh, you're going to 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's 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 what, if you don't want to spank 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 going to 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 going to work. It's going to 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 they're children of course, but they were from time to time and they all love and respect their dad
Funny how pastor Thompson is a great dad
Funny how Pastor Thompson is a great pastor.
I mean, should we all 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 passers
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.
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 and 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 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 going to 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 of 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 busy bodies.
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 thank you that she's submissive to me.
I thank you for all the great wives that are in this church.
Lord, 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
that's been given to them by God.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
They're starting right on the first.
Am I a soldier of the cross, a father of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own his cause, or pledge to speak his name?
And when the battle's over, we shall reign.
Yes, we shall wear a crown, yes, we shall wear a crown.
And when the battle's over, we shall wear a crown in the new Jerusalem.
Wear a crown, wear a crown, wear a bright and shining crown.
You're around, yes, we shall wear