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Second Timothy chapter 4, going with our theme of preaching the Word. And Second Timothy chapter 4. And let's start off with verse number 2. It vibrates in Second Timothy chapter 4 verse 2. Preach the Word. Be instant in season, out of season. Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. Let's open it more correctly. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing us to be in your house this evening. Can I ask you right now to help us to put aside all of our distractions? Ask you to give me boldness to preach your Word, God. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. And so, in Second Timothy chapter 4 verse 2, the first point I want to make here tonight is this. That preaching is two-thirds negative and one-third positive. Notice how the Bible says, we're proved. Is that positive or negative? It's negative. It says, we're proved, rebuke. That is also negative. Then it says, exhort. So we see negative, negative, positive. You see, preaching is meant to be two-thirds negative and one-third positive. But you know, that's honestly not really what you hear from most preachers. Most preachers love people like Joel Osteen and all these popular preachers. They just say, positive, you're best like now. And I've heard Joel Osteen say this on Larry King where he says, I don't really like to use the word sin. It would cost a lot on such an offensive term. I don't like to talk about sin. I don't like to judge people. It's like, you're supposed to be a man of God? And you can't even use the word sin? It's like, are you kidding me? Because what I see in my Bible is it's two-thirds negative and one-third positive. Now turn to Isaiah 58. And this theme is throughout the Bible. Because the verse we just looked at was in the New Testament. Don't they always tell you, well, you know, the Old Testament God was so mean and evil. But you know, Jesus was just, oh, love, love, love. But I don't know about you, but that's a New Testament verse we just looked at. That's not the Old Testament. That's the New Testament. But this has always been the theme throughout the Bible. Because God expects preachers to preach hard against sin. But you know, preachers don't do that in today's world. Because they want you to come, and they want your money. So they do not want to offend you. Notice what it says in Isaiah 58, verse 1, this is the Old Testament. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. What's it say? Cry aloud. What does that mean? It means you preach with authority. It means you preach hard. It means you're not afraid to preach the truth. But you cry aloud against the sin. You say, why? Because when you walk down the street in the Philippines, you see a bunch of men dressed as women out there. They're wearing a dress, and you know, if you're a man of God, you need to preach against that. I don't know about you, but I want to live in a country that cleans itself up, but when I get the sin out of the country, you say, how do you do that? You do that in the pulpits here in the Philippines. That is what's going to fix the problem. It's not going to be the Catholic church. It's not going to be these cults out there. No, it's going to be Baptist churches that fix the problem. And the way we do it is not just through soul winning, but also preaching hard against sin in the pulpits. That is a requirement. Notice, cry aloud. Then it says, spare not. What does spare not mean? It means you don't hold anything back. You preach all of it. You see, every single word in this Bible is pure. Doesn't the Bible say every word of God is pure? Every single word. You mean the parts in Leviticus chapter 20? Yeah, those words are pure. The parts where it talks about the abominations and the sin and the various reasons for the death penalty in the Bible? Yeah, those words are pure words. Because every word of God is pure. Every single one. And we will not be afraid to cry against the sin. And we will not spare. It says, spare not. Every single thing needs to be preached. You say, why? Look, we as people are sinners. We need the hard preaching to fix our lives. And it says, spare not. Then it says, lift up thy voice like a trumpet. That goes along with crying aloud. And then it says, and show my people their transgression and show Jacob their sins. Notice how it keys in on their specific sins. And look, when you're at a church and you're preaching you have to preach about the issues at your church and in your country and the area you live. It needs to be specific. Let me give you an example of something that really in the past has not been much of an issue. Here, but it is in America. In America, half of people are divorced. In the Philippines, nobody is divorced. But I'll tell you what, it's about to become legal. You say, why? Because pastors aren't preaching hard against that sin. And now it's about to become legal in our courts. And it's going to be an issue in this country as well. And so, you have to understand you preach against the issues of your day and where you live. That's why it says, show my people their transgression. The house of Jacob. Their sins. The specific issues that they're dealing with. Go to the New Testament. Matthew 5. Now we looked at Isaiah 58 verse 1. Many of the prophets in the Old Testament. Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel. Look, every single one you look at they're preaching mostly negative. It's not mostly positive. You say, brother Stuckey, are you a hate preacher? Well, you know, I guess I am. Because throughout the Bible, they're all hate preachers. They preach against the sins that exist. They preach hard against the sin. And they're not afraid to preach against sin. That is what you see in the Bible. You say, well, you know, I think Jesus was more loving. Well, let's see what Jesus said in Matthew 5. The servant on the mount. Verse 27. He had heard that it was said by them of old time thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say on you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Now, was it a sin in the Old Testament to lust after a woman? Of course it was a sin. But what Jesus is doing is making it very clear. I'm not just saying actually committing the act but even in your mind. The thought of foolishness is sin, the Bible says. And so Jesus gets very specific. You say, why is it that they crucified Jesus? They didn't like his words. They didn't like what he said. Why is it that the first serving priest they tried to throw him off a cliff? They didn't like what was coming out of his mouth. And what you have to understand is that if Jesus Christ was around today in this country most people would hate his words. They wouldn't like his words. You say, how do you know that? Because they don't like my words. They don't like words from men of God that are preaching the truth. And look, if they don't like other words they wouldn't like the words of Jesus Christ. Why? Because we didn't make these up ourselves. It's right here. And so if they get mad at him they're going to get mad at us. And so you've got to wonder about the preaching that everybody loves. Look, if everybody loves somebody maybe they're not such a great guy. Because if Jesus was hated we're going to be hated as well if we preach the exact same thing that's what the Bible teaches. In Matthew 5 we see that Jesus is preaching very negative. Did you know Jesus spoke a lot more about hell than heaven? Well it makes sense because he doesn't want people to go to hell. And if you don't want people to go to hell you warn them about that place. And so Jesus you know what, he was mainly preaching negative. Now turn to Proverbs 23. And I'll tell you what, this is not just something for preachers behind the pulpit. But this concept should be taken outside of the pulpit when you raise your kids. I'm very proud of my son. Just got spanking in there. Why? Because if he's being rebellious you know what, you're supposed to spank him. That's what the Bible teaches. And we have to teach our kids at a young age so they don't grow up and be rebellious. And see it says here in Proverbs 23 verse 13 Withhold not correction from the child for if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not die. Did you know that when you spank your child he don't die? I mean they cry for two minutes and then they forget about it and then they hug you. Isn't that the way it works? You know when you first become a parent because we have one child and a second on the way but when I first spanked my son especially the first time, I was like I don't even know what to do. But then right afterwards they hug you and they just want to make up. Kids are obviously very emotional. Look, kids do not die when you spank them. But it teaches them that there is judgment for doing wrong. And if they're being taught by their fathers and mothers that their father is never going to judge them for doing wrong, they're going to believe one day that their Heavenly Father is not going to judge them either. And they're not going to realize the importance of keeping the rules of God. And so notice what it says in verse 14 Thou shalt lead him with the rod and shall deliver his soul from hell. You deliver your child from hell because when they realize that there's a payment for their sins and breaking rules it's going to make them realize I've got a loving God up there but it's also the same God that sends people to hell. Yes, God is love but at the same time the Bible says God is a jealous God. At the same time God is a God that does pour out judgment upon people and when people go to hell the Bible says the wrath of God abideth on them forever. Forever. Look, the people he throws in hell guess what? He doesn't love them anymore. They're burning in hell forever. He obviously decided they deserve to go there. And so look, yes we have a loving God that preaches hard against us and he expects us as preachers to preach hard. And so go back to 2 Timothy 4 2 Timothy 4 And so preaching is two-thirds negative. Reprove, review, exhort. Now, there's a problem if it's 100% negative. But there's also a problem if it's 100% positive. Yes, 100% negative is a problem and I'm sure it's tough when you're preaching sermons You want to preach the sermons against sin and against false doctrine at the same time you still need to preach the sermons that build the people up because we have so many things we struggle with it can't just all be about false prophets because there's a million here in the Philippines. There are so many false prophets and false churches here. And so you need to balance and it's a tough thing to get that balance. But people like to really rip on people for always being negative but we're not always being positive because that's a pretty big problem as well not being all negative is closer to the two-thirds negative than being all positive. But yet most preachers are all positive. In fact, look at the churches around town. Look at Victory. Look at CCF. And guess what? Positive, positive, positive. You say why? Because people like to hear good things about them. People don't like being told that they're wrong and they need to make a change. That is why churches like Victory are always going to be a lot bigger than a church like this. This church will never be as big as Victory. This church will never be as big as CCF. Neither will ours. It will never be that big. You say why? Because most people like to be lied to. That's what you see throughout the Bible. Most people just want to be lied to and hear positive things. They want to come to church and get an ad on the back stand. Man, you're such a good person. You're doing such a great job. You're just knocking out. Know you didn't pray in your Bible this week. Know you didn't pray this week. Know you've never let a soul to the Lord in your life. But man, you're such a good person. People love to hear that. Why? Because they don't have to do any work and they feel very spiritual even though they're not spiritual. There's a remnant of people and people like us in this room we want to hear the truth. We want to know whether what we're doing is right or whether or not it's wrong. Look, when it comes to the truth it cannot always be positive because we have a lot of problems in our lives. Me included. Every single day. And I need the hard preaching as well. Why? I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. And preaching should be two-thirds negative and one-third positive. 2 Timothy 4 verse 2. But I want you to notice something here. And it says in 2 Timothy 4 verse 2 Preach the word, be instant, end season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. And I want you to realize that when you read this verse you're seeing that the hard preaching is not to just hurt people and destroy their lives. You're actually trying to encourage those people to do what's right. You're trying to help them fix the problem when you preach hard against sin. Quite honestly, it's not fun to preach against sins that are going on in the church. When there's things that you notice are a problem those are the last things you want to preach about. You say, why? Because you don't want to offend people. You don't want to make them mad. It's honestly difficult to preach against those things. But the thing is, if you actually love the people in your room you actually care about them. You want to help them fix the problem. See, when the Bible speaks about being a pastor or bishop or elder these terms are synonymous but they represent different roles. And the representation of a pastor is one that cares for the sheep. Because a pastor and shepherd are synonymous in the Bible. If you're a preacher, you need to care for the people that are in your room. You need to care for the people in your church. And if you never preach if you don't preach that the wolf is coming if you don't want it when you see the wolf then what kind of a shepherd are you? See, when you're a shepherd when you're a pastor you should warn them when you see a wolf that maybe they don't see. And yes, you have to preach against the issues because you care about them. And look, if they don't see the wolf if they don't see the issue they might be upset, they might be mad but you know what, if they're people that love the Lord it's going to resonate with them and they're going to understand and realize it. I remember we had somebody who was just visiting our church and I was preaching through a series on the Pentecostals and I was preaching all the issues with their religion and I remember I was preaching against the Pentecostals and this person was visibly moved by what I was saying because she had been in a Pentecostal church and she had gotten saved very recently and she was kind of upset, I can tell. She wasn't very happy. But you know, after the service she told the people that she was family members with everything he said was right and she was perfectly fine. And so sometimes the preaching comes down really hard and look, I've been in church where the preaching comes right on my toe it just comes down hard on you and it's like, oh, let's not feel good. But you know, if you're someone who loves the Lord you're like, you know what, I need to make the switch. I need to make everybody from time. Every single person from time to time. When I write sermons sometimes I'm like, man, this is coming down hard on me. I need to make these changes. But you know, here's the thing about this people that love the Lord, they want this. They want the truth. And honestly, what we're trying to do is encourage people. Look, when he preaches hard against your sins it's not because he hates you it actually proves he loves you. Because if he didn't really care about you he would never preach against your sin he would never preach against the things that you're struggling with it's all he wants you to do in a month. The proof that he loves you is the fact that he's actually willing to preach the hard things and say what it means to be said. Turn to Ephesians chapter 6, Ephesians 6. And this is what people really just don't get because they look at preachers that preach hard against sin and they think they're very painful people and very mean people and they honestly seem to think that when they step outside of the pulpit they just see somebody smoking a cigarette on the side of the street and they just rip it from them and yell at them. That's not what they do. Actually, they actually care about those people and they realize, you know, I preached behind the pulpit but you know, first off, you're just trying to win those people the Lord if it's random people. But here's the thing about this the person who's the positive only preacher they won't even say anything to sin because they do not care about the people that they're preaching to. And so honestly, the people that actually are loving people that actually are caring are the same ones that are going to preach against the sodomites and the pedophiles. You say, why? Because they actually care about the children. And they're going to warn people because, you know what, they want to keep the children safe. That's the reality. And they might seem very hateful but in reality, they're actually very loving. That's the truth. And it says in Ephesians 6 verse 4 And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. And see, it comes to the same thing as parents because as we have to discipline our kids and provide admonition if you do not do that you're going to provoke those children to wrath if you do not spank them. You say, why? Here's the thing, if you do not spank and discipline your kids if you do not do that what's going to happen is those kids are going to grow up and be rebellious and guess what? They'll be arrested because they never were taught what was right and what was wrong. And here's the thing it's the same thing with the church. If the pastor remembers what's right and what's wrong you will provoke them to wrath and they'll leave the church. You say, why? Because what will end up happening at the end of the day is those people in church will wonder why they keep struggling with the same sins. They're going to wonder why they can't seem to be motivated to read the Bible. They're going to wonder why they keep making the same mistakes. And honestly, the problem was right behind the pulpit because the pastor was not willing to preach the truth. And you know what, here's the thing most pastors don't care. Because honestly, if you leave the church it's fine because at a church like Victory they've got plenty of members. They don't care when you fall in rough times and you leave the church. Why? Because there's a thousand members in that church. And they don't actually care about any of their members. That's the truth. Turn to Colossians 3. And so when somebody tells you that what you're doing is wrong and they're trying to help you someone who's in authority and trying to teach you they're not doing that because they hate you they're actually showing that they love you. Look at Colossians 3 verse 21. Fathers provoke not your children to anger. This is a parallel verse with what we just saw. Provoke not your children to anger lest they be discouraged. And see, here is the truth that if you don't have the proper balance on these things of love but also admonition whether it's behind the pulpit or whether or not you're raising kids your kids whose members are going to be discouraged and they're going to be disheartened because they keep struggling with the same things. That is what the Bible teaches. Now turn back to 2 Timothy chapter 4. And so we see that preaching ought to be two-thirds negative but the person who preaches hard is actually trying to encourage their members but I want you to notice in 2 Timothy 4 verse 4 you see one other thing where it says Preach the word, the instant in season, out of season will prove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering in doctrine. What does it mean long suffering? It basically means that you just are very patient and you're very long suffering. What this is teaching is the person preaching yes they preach hard but they're very long suffering about it. What that means is if they see a member make a mistake they don't just immediately lay down the hammer. And obviously you have to understand when preachers are preaching specifically it's because the issue has been going on for a while. It's not like it's just some small issue and it's like man I'm preaching a whole sermon. You saw someone at church they were listening to rock music you caught them. So then the next sermon you just hammer against rock music. That's not the way it works with preachers. Honestly, members have issues and they're not perfect. You're going to see mistakes from time to time but when the preacher actually preaches against it you're actually being long suffering about it. That's the nature of God as well. Because God will lay down the hammer on stuff when he's very long suffering before he does that. I find it interesting if you compare the true God that we believe in and then the false God of the Hindus Shiva which is a manifestation of God they say that Shiva is very quick to anger. That Shiva gets mad like this immediately gets mad but then basically just forgives immediately. That's the exact opposite of God. God is actually very long suffering but when he lays down the hammer he lays it down. It's the exact opposite and we believe in the same God. It's the exact opposite of the Hindu God. Turn to 2 Timothy 3. I want you to realize that when preaching comes the people that preach they're very long suffering about it they don't just immediately lay down the hammer we're going to see that in the life of all the apostles. That was a character trait that he had. 2 Timothy 3 verse 10 This is a characteristic of Paul the Apostle. He was very long suffering when there were issues that had to be dealt with. He was long suffering if somebody made him mad and preachers that preach hard against sin they actually are very patient. They actually are very long suffering but sometimes issues need to be dealt with. Now turn to 2 Corinthians 7 and we'll see the famous issue that Paul deals with in 2 Corinthians 7. If you remember in the book of 1 Corinthians the issue was that a man was with his father's wife Now it doesn't really get much worse in a church than that sin. I can't even really think of anything worse except when you have the sodomites or pastors and things like that in some of the Protestant churches every Catholic church pretty much. Outside of that sin you can really think of in church. And so this man has his father's wife and the thing that's a problem is you expect that from even churches you don't expect that from a church where there's people that are saved. A sin that's that grievous. That's what's going on in the book of 1 Corinthians but in 2 Corinthians 7 notice what it says in verse 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter I do not repent though I did repent for I perceive that the same epistle shall be the word but for a season. And so Paul says I ripped you apart in the book of 1 Corinthians and he said I am not sorry for it but notice what he said I do not repent though I did repent. You see Paul actually felt bad about having to rip them apart. It's not like he took pleasure in the fact that man I ripped someone apart today. I am so glad that they committed sin so I can just lay down the hammer. I did repent. I did feel bad. I didn't really want to rip them apart but it became an issue where I actually did have to do that. But here's the thing about this for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry though a word but for a season what actually happened is that that hard preaching in the book of 1 Corinthians it solved the problem. That's why I say I don't repent I did feel bad about it I know I had to rip you apart because of the sin but now why? It actually made a change in them. They actually got I guess hard preaching actually works. I mean they say well hard preaching doesn't work you need to be more loving try that technique every time you know your child cries just give them some pongymagus and see what happens when they are 7, 8, 9, 10 years old and they are going to be a really bad child. That's what's going to take place. Sometimes you have to just lay down the hammer and that's what he does Well that's the book of 1 Corinthians Now notice what it says in verse 9 Now I rejoice not that you are made sorry but that you sorrow to repentance for you are made sorry after a godly manner that you might receive damage by us in nothing. Now I want to explain here verses 9 and 10 because these are very misunderstood and people that believe you have to repent of your sins to be saved, this is one of the main passages they are going to turn to. Now let me ask you a question The church at Corinth is it a Catholic church? No. Is it some cult church out there? No. It's actually a Bible believing church It's actually a church filled full of believers saved people Now obviously if a church reaches a certain size there's going to be some people that are infiltrators or unbelievers or people that are new I understand that but the majority of people in this church were saved people the church at Corinth and so he's writing to people that are already saved What they're going to like to do is turn to these verses and say, well see, they repented of their sins and they got saved they were already saved The issue was a man who we call a brother, a saved person is committing that wicked sin That's what the issue is The issue is that other saved people were okay with that sin being committed and nobody was dealing with it The issue is saved people were committing wicked sins That's what the issue is Notice what it says here It says that he sorrowed to repentance Notice what it says in verse 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of but the sorrow of the world worketh death Brother Stuckey, it sounds like they had godly sorrow they repented of their sins and they got saved That's not what's taking place What you have to understand is these people are saved and so what we see is two things godly sorrow and worldly sorrow What you have to understand is even as a saved person repentance, true godly sorrow works repentance to salvation How? Because of the fact look at the life of King Saul Did King Saul have godly sorrow? Did he ever make changes in his life? No he didn't Was he sorrowed? Absolutely He had worldly sorrow Worldly sorrow means you basically don't make any changes You're sorrowed because he got caught but then you do the exact same thing Godly sorrow means you actually make a change And so yes, King Saul had worldly sorrow and what ended up happening to him? He had worldly sorrow, never godly sorrow He ends up killing himself That worked death in his life So godly sorrow does work repentance to salvation because it will save you not only from death but also destroying your life Look, drinking alcohol will destroy your life Being a drunk will destroy your life and preaching hard against that sin If you have godly sorrow to it it works repentance to salvation in your life It's going to save you from destroying your marriage It's going to save you from destroying your relationship with your kids It's going to save you from losing your job It's going to save you from destroying your health And so yes, when you have godly sorrow it will work repentance to salvation This is not talking about spiritual salvation to heaven though These people aren't saved But at the same time, the hard preaching is due to salvation in our lives It can help us make the changes we need But look, if you never preach hard against sin nobody's going to make any changes If there's somebody who does not read the Bible they're not going to start reading the Bible unless they hear that sermon that says you're not right with God, just read the Bible That's the reality And so honestly, we need the hard preaching But you have to realize it's with very long suffering nature Now turn back to 2 Timothy 4 And so we see that preaching is 2 thirds negative And we see not only is it 2 thirds negative but it's meant to encourage It's done with a long suffering nature But I want you to also realize it says long suffering and doctrine Lots of doctrine is very important And this is something that is very missing from almost every church Honestly, you could walk into victory tonight if they have service or Sunday or whatever You can sit through that rock concert that they have And you can just take a survey around the church and ask every single member of that church what do you think it takes to get to heaven And you're going to hear 20 different answers from 20 different people You say, why? Because no doctrine exists in that church It's a gathering of people that say they believe in Christ but very few are actually saved Very few are actually saved And victory at CCF mainstream non-denominational churches They intentionally preach no doctrine in the middle of an event What you see here in 2 Timothy 4 verse 2 is when we preach the word there must be doctrine that is presented And you say, why? Because we need to fellowship with people that have the same doctrine That's the reason why Look, you're not going to invite some Catholic to get up here behind the pulpit and give his little lecture about eating the bread that turns into the body of Jesus Why? He's got different doctrine And doctrine is very important There's a reason why this church actually has the name Baptist in it, because that actually tells you stuff It tells you we believe in baptism by immersion as opposed to just dropping a few little drops on your head Look, when I was a baby I got those few little drops across the church Many of you, you have that same Don't lie to me, you have that same testimony When you were a baby, you had those drops on your head At least hopefully now you have the Orthodox where they dump you, they dump the baby three times in the name of the Father and then the baby goes back in in the name of the Son and in the name of the Holy Ghost That's how they do Orthodox baptism Because they say, hey, it's by immersion but we still baptize babies So they just slam those babies in three times Look, doctrine matters And look, I understand that all of these churches here in the Philippines say I believe in Christ That is a very generic term that means a million things What do you actually believe? Turn to 2 John 1 And look, you know what? Sometimes people will call you a Protestant Look, I'm not a Protestant I'm not close to being a Protestant because saying you're a Protestant means you believe the Catholic church was once right and you came out of the Catholic church I didn't come out of the Catholic church I didn't come out of the Mother of Paul's church in the book of Revelation Now, I grew up Protestant But then I got saved Then I heard the gospel and I actually believed on the Lord Jesus Christ And so look We are Baptists around here Why? Because we believe in eternal security It's not just baptism by immersion We believe once saved, always saved To make Mormons and things like that Because it was fun You memorize a lot of verses You make them look like fools and things like that But it ends up being a waste of time But I remember somebody showed me this verse And I was like, I'm going to take that literally And I was like, you're not welcome in my house And honestly, I've learned over the years that when you deal with cults you're basically wasting your time if they try to debate you Now here's the thing, if they want to listen to you, that's one thing But honestly, I've done this before when somebody came and knocked on When I knocked on somebody's door actually I knocked on someone's door that wanted to argue with me and I just quit wasting my time and they said, hey you came to my door you have to be willing to listen When you come and knock on my door I'll listen to what you have to say I knocked on your door here today And honestly the truth is if you knocked on my door I wouldn't listen to them anyway But honestly, the Bible says don't even receive them into your house Now that's true in a literal house But how much more the house can die? That you can't just let anybody get up here and preach service You're not going to have some Mormon get up here and tell you about how there's a multitude of gods Why? Because they believe something completely different If they have a different doctrine then obviously they believe different things Turn to 2 Timothy 4 You have to understand that our doctrine is the reason why we can fellowship Now I'm sure in this room many of us, including myself we have family members that are not believers They do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ whether it's Catholicism or something they're trusting in their works to get to heaven Now do you love them? Yes you do But at the same time, how close can you really be when they have completely different beliefs? I mean honestly, what can you really talk about? We just don't believe the same things And we think of family members but also all the other people that say they're Christians out there How can we really fellowship with them if they believe different things? I mean we can't because we're fighting different battles We're fighting the battle of soul winning That's a big battle we're fighting And when we fight the soul winning battle we're showing people that you do not have to repent But if somebody believes the exact opposite we're fighting a different battle Because I'm trying to show people like that that you do not have to repent and you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ That's it The Bible says... That's it In Jesus Christ It does not say well, it's believe plus It doesn't say believe and change No, it's just believe And if somebody's preaching a different message And look, when we go soul winning in parks there's a lot of Christians that want to meet up with us I have an open invite to go street preaching with some non-denominational church that thinks you're going to lose your salvation In case I'm on the world circuit line Come on over, you're a missionary, come teach us They're like, you can street preach with us whenever you want And it's just like Oh yeah, thanks, thanks I tried to act respectfully so I didn't have them be a thorn in our side in case I'm on the world circle But look, all those groups just want to bring everybody together And the Catholics say Hey, it was a big misunderstanding when we murdered 59 people during the Protestant Reformation and the times happened It's just a big misunderstanding The Orthodox Church, I know we had the great schism Let's just get back together And let's just bring the Muslims with us too Let's bring the Buddhists and the Hindus Because if you believe different things then you can't fellowship with one another If somebody believes in multiple gods I'm sorry if you're not my friend Now I'm not saying that makes them arrested They're certainly not going to be my best friend I'll try to explain the gospel to them But if they're not able to receive that gospel they're not the person I go hanging out with all the time to talk about spiritual things Why? Because they believe different things And doctrine is extremely important Now one thing that takes place is there's so few of us that believe the same doctrine that it makes you almost want to be friends with people that are non-Catholic Because there's this thing in the Philippines that if you're not Catholic you're on the same side You know what I'm talking about Basically, hey, if you're victory is the same as CCF you made it out of Catholicism Or you're a Methodist man You made it out of Catholicism That's the best part Because there's still different doctrines being presented And I understand there's a few people who believe the right side But look, it is what it is We're starting a new generation And so look, in 50 years it's going to be different when our kids are growing up And they're going to have lots of people to fellowship with because churches are going to get started and people are going to get saved But honestly that's just not really the case right now Right now there's very few churches that are preaching and are doing the same thing Now let's notice one other thing in 2 Timothy 4 And I want you to see this Where it says In verse 2 2 Timothy 4 verse 2 It says, in season, out of season Now go to verses 3 and 4 When it says in season It's saying preach it when it's popular And out of season You still preach it when it's not popular Basically the word of God is preach whether it's popular or unpopular You think of eating certain fruits You know, in America My favorite fruit is Mangal It's the best tasting fruit But you know, honestly in America It's only in season for like 2 months I love Thai food So sometimes I'll go to Thai restaurants back in America Where my wife and I would go sometimes And I'd always ask for mango sticky rice Because that's like the best tasting Pangimaya in the world In my opinion But quite honestly Very rarely do they actually have it Why? Because it's not in season And because if you were to eat it During that time period It just doesn't grow well in America It's not going to taste very good So they just don't carry the product Now obviously here is in season more often But basically when we're saying in season Think of a fruit or vegetable that only grows During certain times of the year You do not want to eat that fruit or vegetable In the wrong time of year It won't taste very good But see when it comes to the word of God It doesn't matter whether it's wanted or not Whether it's in season Or when it's out of season It still needs to be preached And quite honestly it needs to be preached more when it's out of season In fact the last point is this The reason why preaching is important Is because people are rejecting it That is why it needs to be preached Notice what it says in verse 3 They will come when they will not endure sound doctrine But after their own lust Shall they keep to themselves Teachers having itching ears They shall turn away their ears And the children shall be turned onto fables And so here in these verses It talks about people having itching ears And basically they only want things that tickle their ears That sound good They don't want the heart preaching And throughout the book of Jeremiah That's what you're always seeing It says literally people want to be lied to So what it's so that the preachers are lying to them Why? It makes them feel good Isn't it true that in today's world People are turned away from the truth And you know it makes sense In today's world because we have the internet We have the TV We have all of these things And at a young age these children are being brainwashed into public schools They're being brainwashed with the television They're being brainwashed with the computers And all this stuff Is there anything they want now on YouTube? Look I mean there's a lot of cool things you can find on YouTube There's great preaching you can find on YouTube But quite honestly 99% of things on YouTube are garbage And honestly Kids are seeing things that they ought not to be seeing At a very young age on YouTube And the world thinks it's fine They will condemn the hate preacher But they're not allowed to see anything they want All kinds of scandalous things That are things the Bible says are supposed to be Between a man and a wife And yet kids openly see that on YouTube At the age of 5 and 6 years old They're still in young kids' minds People want to reject the truth in today's world They want things that actually sound good to them And quite honestly Because we have a generation of people That don't know the truth And are rejecting the truth The hard preaching needs to be there even more To preach against it Turn to Isaiah 30 If you walk down the street here in the Philippines And every lady just looked very conservatively dressed With a long dress And every man looked like a man All the men had short hair And all the ladies had long hair They look very godly They're all carrying Bibles Then guess what? There wouldn't be so many things to preach against But that's not what you see when you walk down the street I remember when I became an infant and fundamental Baptist About 15 years ago And I started listening to preaching And you hear preachers from the past really preach hard Against going to the beach That was a big issue Because they said people are dressed wrong at the beach They're dressed in bathing suits And all this stuff that's inappropriate But in today's world they're dressed like that on the street here And it's just like you can't go anywhere And avoid it See there was a day when there was a certain place Where people were dressed basically where they were naked But now it's everywhere And it's like honestly you can't just put yourself in a bubble You gotta go to Robinson's to get your groceries Or the market and guess what? You're gonna see people dressed pretty scandalously That is the world we live in But that's why we need preachers to preach hard against it And notice what it says in Isaiah 30 verse 8 Now go, write before them in a table And note it in a book That it's time to come forever and ever That this is a rebellious people Lying children Children that will not hear the law of the Lord And see God is angry Because there's people that just do not want to hear the law of the Lord They don't want the commandments of God They don't want to know what the Bible says Notice what it says in verse 10 Which say to the seers See not into the prophets Prophesy not unto us right things Speak unto us smooth things Prophesy deceit The Bible speaks about people that would say Hey we don't want things that are rough and hard Just preach unto us nice smooth things Just prophesy deceit Just lie to us Just tell us that we're a good person Because you know we really are emotional about God Even though we're a drunk Even though we're a drug dealer Even though we murdered someone You know hey it's fine it's no good Even though we're committing adultery on our spouse Even though we're committing adultery on our spouse Just lie to us Just make us feel like You know hey I put in a lot of money in the offering plate So that's okay if I just commit these wicked sins right Isn't that the way it is See that's why people like churches like that The non-denominational fund centers Like victory And that's why there's this symbiotic relationship You say why are these pastors just intentionally lying to people They're intentionally lying to people Because there's people that want that They need each other to survive Because the person that's really wicked Is perfectly willing to just commit any manner of sin And feel spiritual by putting in a lot of money in the offering plate And so basically People that have a lot of money love churches like victory Where do all the actors go to church? They don't go to our church They go to your church? I don't think so You're not going to see vice gondo walking into this church You're not going to walk into our church either You're not going to be welcome People like that They're not going to like our kind of church Where they can commit sin to be a bad person And they're willing to put in a lot of money And they put in a lot of money because it makes them feel very spiritual Especially as the preacher is talking about how Man, just always talking about money A five part series on just money Money, money, money And a grocery man Let's just talk about money, money, money Part one, money part two, money part three And look, you know what Those sorts of churches, they attract people with a lot of money And they also attract people that don't love the Lord Never go soul winning Never go soul winning They have a thousand members And they win less people with more than this church wins And honestly they probably have less people to save Than a church like this I mean there's very few people that are saved In churches like that Look, I wish in most cases I wish that most people in this community But it's not the case Most of them aren't saved They believe in a different gospel That's the reality And what it said in verse 10 In that relationship, basically there are plenty of people That are false prophets that are willing to get up and just lie Why? Because they get a lot of money It's good for them Go back to 2 Timothy chapter 4 2 Timothy chapter 4 But do you really believe that it's ever been any different? I mean what we're seeing in the Bible Is that during this time period This is a real issue People lying That wasn't just something in the Old Testament though Where it says prophesied deceases How do you know that? Because the Bible says there's no new thing under the sun Nothing has changed The vast majority of prophets have always been false prophets It's always been like that Whether it's in the book of Isaiah Whether you go to the Minor Prophets Whether you go to the New Testament Look, who did Jesus preach against the most in the Bible? Was it religious people or unreligious? Religious people, the scribes The Pharisees, the Sadducees Why? Because he's very mad at false prophets that are deceiving people And if he was around today Guess what he'd be preaching? He'd say, how can you name all these names? Because if Jesus was around he'd be preaching against all those same churches Because they're preaching false gospels They don't love the Lord They don't do anything to those churches You go to the mall and you hear them from like a mile away The floors are just bumping and shaking I asked my wife one time It was after our church was over And we went out to get something to eat And I was like, what is that sound? And then she said, oh it's ECF I was like, yeah, I thought it was like a rock concert I mean, I did, I thought it was like a rock concert I was like, what in the world is that music? And it was CCF Singing some Christian song That's the world we live in, 2 Timothy 4 verse 5 The Bible reads Watch thou in all things, endure afflictions Do the work of an evangelist Make full proof of thy ministry The Bible says endure afflictions Why does he have to warn him to endure afflictions? Because if you're a man of God You will be afflicted You will be persecuted That's just the reality Why? Because people don't like the words we're saying Now in this room, you like Jesus That's what most people want They have to realize that you are independent Because when we hear things like this We say, man, the word of God is preached We're learning the Bible, amen We're encouraged, we're edified Most people would be horrified By the words that are being used tonight They'd be horrified by it They'd be like, man, how is this person even welcome in our country? That's the way they would feel Why? Because they don't want to know the truth Because they want to be lied to That's the reality The Bible says endure afflictions Because if you're someone who's living for God You will go through afflictions and persecutions I want to warn you It's not just going to be the person preaching the sermon Just being attached to a church like this Will give you a lot of those same persecutions You will have friends that will reject you You will have friends that will reject you You will have people at school that will make fun of you People at work will make fun of you That's not what the Bible calls a light affliction The Catholic Church just murdered people During the dark ages We're not getting murdered We're just getting made fun of It's not really that big of a deal It says endure afflictions Do the work of an evangelist One of the big things when it comes to being a pastor A preacher, an evangelist Is when you're doing the work of soul winning And getting people saved But honestly, the direct context Is you're doing the work of God But honestly, the direct context Is more about preaching the Word Than it is going soul winning in these verses And so yes, the soul winning is vital Every church That is a real church needs to be soul winning But honestly, every church needs to be doing More than just soul winning They need to be preaching the Word with authority And not holding back That is what the Bible teaches And so let me say this You should be happy that you have a church here That maybe not every sermon makes you feel really great And maybe you feel guilty all the time But you have a man of God That's actually preaching the truth to you He's actually doing what very few preachers do And that is, preaching the Word Let's close the Word of God Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing us to be here In your house this evening And asking to help us to apply these words to our lives God, I ask you to help me as well I ask you to bless this church And help them with their anniversary weekend Help them with all the persecution they're going through God, and ask you to Guide them in the right way God And just pray these things in Jesus name Amen