1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, howdy there, friends and faithful listeners, Welcome 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: to the Bible Explain Podcasts. On this lovely Tuesday morning, 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: we're going to be finishing up two Timothy, chapter three, 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: discussing Charlatan's in the church and also talking about how 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: scripture is the inspired word of God. We'll get into 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: all of that in just one second, and, of course, 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: faithful listeners, before I begin today's episode, here's a quick 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: word from a sponsor or two now, speaking of how 9 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: I always start the podcast by saying howdy and good morning. 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: I bought myself a shirt the other day. It says 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: howdy across the front in bright blue and then there's 12 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: little cows on it, and I was like, that shirt. 13 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: I need it. I need that shirt. So that is 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: what I'm wearing this morning to do the podcast. Now, 15 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: Faithful listeners, I haven't been getting a lot of emails recently, 16 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: so contact me and tell me what you've been doing recently, 17 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: how the weather is where you live, and also how 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: you found the podcast. I'd love to hear about all 19 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: of those things, faith listeners. Let's go ahead and read 20 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: it Second Timothy three, starting in verse six. Now, we 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: did talk about verses six through nine a little bit, 22 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: but I had to cut the podcast short because I 23 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: had somewhere I had to be, so I didn't get 24 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: a chance to finish talking about these verses. So I 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: will talk about them in more depth today, but just 26 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: for a quick recap, we are discussing how in the 27 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: end times, which is right now, and also the days 28 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: of Paul, basically from the time Jesus ascended into heaven 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: to the time he comes back down that is called 30 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: the last Days, that evil people are going to get 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: worse and worse. They're going to be lovers of self 32 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: and lovers of money, and I'm thankful and unholy, but 33 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: they're going to pretend to be really good people, and 34 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: they're going to slip in the church and just try 35 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: to cause all sorts of damage, both for their personal 36 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: gain and also possibly because they hate the church. So 37 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: we'll get into more of that topic today. So let's 38 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: go ahead and read Second Timothy three, starting in verse 39 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: to the end of the chapter. As almost always, I'll 40 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: be reading from the Web version, but I will be 41 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: switching over to the GNT as well today, which is 42 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: the Good News translation. But grab your Bible out of 43 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: the version that you prefer, and also your delicious cup 44 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: of hot coffee. Right now, I've got lukewarm coffee that 45 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: I have to go heat up, and I made it 46 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: a different way today. I actually didn't use my coffee maker. 47 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: I used the drip method where you put like a 48 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: little like almost like a tea bag, but you strain 49 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: the coffee in the top of your cup and then 50 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: like pour water through it. It's really interesting. It actually 51 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: gives a unique flavor to the coffee. So that's what 52 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: I've been doing recently, because I only want like one 53 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: or two cups of coffee if I do drink it, 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: and I just never feel like it's worth it to 55 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: make it in the coffee maker. All right, favor listeners, 56 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: grab your cup of coffee or your cup of tea 57 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: this morning. For you crazy tea drinkers, let's read Second 58 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: Timothy three, starting in verse six. For some of these 59 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: are people who creep into houses and captive, gullible women, 60 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always 61 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: learning and never able to come to the knowledge of 62 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: the truth. Even as Jonas and John Bres opposed Moses, 63 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: so these also oppose the truth. Men corrupted in mind, 64 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: who concerning the faith are rejected, But they will proceed 65 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: no further, for their folly will be evident to all men, 66 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: as theirs also came to be. But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, 67 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: persecutions and sufferings. Those things that happened to me at Antioch, 68 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: Econium and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered 69 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: me out of all of them. Yes, and all who 70 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 71 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, 72 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: deceiving and being deceived. But you remain in the things 73 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing 74 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: from whom you have learned them. From infancy, you have 75 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: known the holy scriptures which are able to make you 76 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: wives for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. 77 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: Every scripture is God breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, 78 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that each person 79 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: who belongs to God may be complete thoroughly equipped for 80 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: every good work. Now, as I discussed earlier, we already 81 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: talked about the first portion of two Timothy three, and 82 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: I left off on verse six where it says, for 83 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: some of these are people who creep into houses and 84 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: take captive, gullible women, loaded down with sins, led away 85 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: by various lusts, et cetera, et cetera. And we discussed 86 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: how women tend to be more gullible toward charming individuals 87 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: than men are in a lot of cases. And I 88 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: actually gave some examples from my personal life of how 89 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: I've seen this actually play out, and unfortunately it is 90 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: the truth. You know, women are just far more gullible, 91 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: especially if somebody seems nice or has a nice smile, 92 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: or is very charming. They are willing to take that 93 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: person's word, even if it isn't necessarily the truth. So 94 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: I gave a warning to all Christian women back on 95 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: Thursday that you need to be careful, You need to 96 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: read the Bible for yourself. You need to protect your 97 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: spiritual health and the spiritual health of your family, because 98 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: women they're kind of the gatekeepers for the family. And 99 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: that's why Paul is mentioning this, by the way, is 100 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: because women do have a lot of power when it 101 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,239 Speaker 1: comes to their own homes. These women that Paul's talking 102 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: about could have been women that hosted home churches. A 103 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: lot of the early converts of Christianity were actually women. 104 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: And these women, especially if they were widows or if 105 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: their husband converted later on, they would host home churches. 106 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: And that's who these wolves in sheep's clothing would target. 107 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: Were these women possibly hosting these home churches. And don't 108 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: forget these women, a lot of them were new Christians 109 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: or didn't understand Christianity very well yet. But instead of 110 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: fact checking, a lot of times these women would be 111 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: swayed by the charming behavior of these Charlatans coming into 112 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: their homes, and then they would spread the message of 113 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: the Charlatan, whatever it was, to their friends, to the 114 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: other church members, and it would cause all sorts of problems. 115 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: But Paul mentions in two Timothy three, verse six that 116 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: these women were burdened by the guilt of their sins, 117 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: and they were also driven by all kinds of desires. 118 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: And if you read verse seven, actually from the GNT 119 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: translation or the Good News translation, it says these women 120 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: are always trying to learn, but can never come to 121 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: know the truth. And I find that verse very interesting. 122 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: There's a lot of people that can hear the truth 123 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: one hundred times, but they never take it to heart. Instead, 124 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: they just want to learn more. They're never fully convinced. 125 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: They have to have something else, some other bit of 126 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: fact or truth or proof. They say, Oh, if Jesus 127 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: would just give me a sign, than I would believe 128 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: in him, Or oh, if I could just find, you know, 129 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: truth about this thing that's going on in my life, 130 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: then I'll believe. Or I just need to learn a 131 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: little bit more about this scriptural passage before I can 132 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: come to believe. But faith is not about how much 133 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: you know. Psalm eight, verses one through four says this, 134 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: yahweh our Lord, how majestic is your name, And all 135 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: the earth you've set your glory above the heavens from 136 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: the lips of babes and infants. You've established strength because 137 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and 138 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: the avenger. When I consider your heavens, the work of 139 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: your fingers, the moon and the stars which you've ordained, 140 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: What is man that you think of him? What is 141 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: the son of Man that you care for him? And 142 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: there's another verse in the Psalms that says, the heavens 143 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: declare the glory of God. That means that you can 144 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: look at creation and have faith in God, have faith 145 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: that somebody designed all of this. That's what Paul says 146 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: in the Book of Romans, actually Romans ten, verse eighteen. 147 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: Sticking in the GNT translation, it says, but I ask 148 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: is it true that they did not hear the message? 149 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: Of course they did, for as the scripture says, the 150 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: sound of their voice went out to all the world. 151 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: Their words reached to the ends of the earth. That 152 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: passage is saying, even though some people have not heard 153 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: the message of Jesus, they still have seen proof and 154 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: evidence of him because they can look at creation and 155 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: understand that there is a designer of all of this. 156 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: They can understand on a core level, like deep inside them, 157 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: that there is God. So faith has nothing to do 158 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: with how much you know. Faith has everything to do 159 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: with believing the evidence that is put in front of you, 160 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: because God shows himself to everybody. So when Paul says 161 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: that these women are constantly learning, but they're never able 162 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: to come to the knowledge of the truth, he is 163 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: talking about people that just refuse to put their knowledge 164 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: of what they see into faith. And so I encourage 165 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: all of you listening to this podcast. You might be 166 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: listening because you want to learn more information about the Bible, 167 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: and that's not a bad thing. It is great to learn. 168 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: It is good to learn more information, especially about the Bible, 169 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: in my opinion. But if you're not taking what you're 170 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: learning and put it into faith, then it doesn't even 171 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: really matter how much you learn in the long run. 172 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: So that's what Paul is warning Timothy about right here, 173 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: that there's going to be people in his church that 174 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: are constantly learning but never putting it into faith, never 175 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 1: truly coming to the knowledge of truth. And that's who 176 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: these Charlatans are going to target. These people are easy 177 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: to control because all they have to do is some 178 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: sort of magic trick or mind game or manipulation and say, oh, 179 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: I just got a message from God, or look at 180 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: this sign that God just accomplished through me. And so 181 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: now because this sign has been done, you need to 182 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: give me a whole bunch of money and a whole 183 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: bunch of praise and honor and all of this stuff. 184 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: That is why instead of learning and always needing to 185 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: see more, you just need to come to the knowledge 186 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: of truth. Just do it. Put it in your heart 187 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: right now, understand that God is real and that you 188 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: don't need to see signs and wonders and prophecies and 189 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: messages from God in order to believe that God is 190 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: the truth. Even as Johnis and Johnbres opposed Moses, so 191 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: these also oppose the truth. Men corrupted in mind, who 192 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: concerning the faith are rejected. So again it's not just 193 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: the women Paul's targeting here. He is calling out anybody 194 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: who refuses to listen to the truth. And he mentions 195 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: two people by name, these two guys named Jonas and 196 00:10:55,679 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: John Breeze. He says, these two opposed Moses. Now, there 197 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: is nobody mentioned in the Old Testament in the days 198 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: of Moses named Jonas and John Brees. So church tradition 199 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,839 Speaker 1: says that these were the names of Pharaoh's prophets. I 200 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: don't know if you guys remember the story of Moses, 201 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: but he went to the Pharaoh multiple times, begging the 202 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: pharaoh to let the people go into the wilderness so 203 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: that they could sacrifice to Yahweh. In fact, Moses, unlike 204 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: what most people believe, never actually asked for the Israelites 205 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 1: to be freed from their slavery. He only asked that 206 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: they can go take a vacation in the wilderness to 207 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: sacrifice to Yahweh, but the pharaoh refused to let the 208 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: people go. So Moses showed multiple miracles and signs to 209 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: the pharaoh so that the pharaoh could see that Yahweh 210 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: is God and wants his people to go sacrifice in 211 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: the wilderness to him. But the pharaoh called his own 212 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: prophets in for whatever Egyptian gods they were prophets of, 213 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: and these supposed prophets were able to imitate the miracles 214 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: that Moses was able to do, and so the pharaoh 215 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: refused to believe the message of Moses. Now, later on, 216 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: as the miracles got more and more intense, the fake 217 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: prophets were not able to replicate them anymore, but still 218 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: the pharaoh refused to believe anyway. A lot of people 219 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: think that the prophets of Pharaoh were named Johnas and Jombres. 220 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: Paul says, these oppose the truth. They are men corrupted 221 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected. But they 222 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: will proceed no furthers what it says in verse nine, 223 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: for their folly will be evident to all men. As 224 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: theirs also came to be. Now he's talking about Johnnys 225 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: and Johnbrees again. Eventually, like I said, Johnas and John 226 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: Brees were not able to replicate the miracles that Moses 227 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: was doing. And that is how it's going to be 228 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: for all false prophets or false teachers in the future. 229 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: Eventually they're going to come to nothing, and people are 230 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: going to see the fakery that they have been doing 231 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: and leading people astray with for so many years. They 232 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: will proceed no further, is what Paul says, and their 233 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: folly will be evident to all. But now Paul switches 234 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: the subject to talk about Timothy and how Timothy is 235 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: doing the right thing verse ten. But you followed my 236 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: teaching conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, persecutions and sufferings 237 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Econium and Listra. 238 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of 239 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: them all. And this is where a lot of people 240 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 1: think that Paul was very arrogant because of verses like this, 241 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: where he's just like I was faithful and patient and 242 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: loving and steadfast, and I suffered so many things. But 243 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: the fact, but the fact of the matter was Paul 244 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: actually was all of those things. He tells Timothy, Timothy, 245 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: you followed my teaching. Now, what was Paul's teach? Obviously 246 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: the gospel message. You followed my conduct. What was Paul's 247 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: conduct to be a kind and patient preacher, he says, Timothy, 248 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: you followed my purpose. What was Paul's purpose? Well, obviously 249 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: the gospel message. Once again, you followed my faith. We 250 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: know that Paul's faith was greater than most people's faith 251 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: ever can be or ever will be. But Timothy apparently 252 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: had the same level of faith as Paul had, which 253 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: is really interesting. He says, you followed my patience. We 254 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: know Paul was patient, especially at Antioch, Econium, and Alystra, 255 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: which is what he specifically mentions here. Don't forget that 256 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: when Paul first went to those cities, he was regarded 257 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: as a god and then stoned to death like fifteen 258 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: minutes later, So the people in those cities were nuts. Essentially, 259 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: Paul was very patient, very kind and loving toward all 260 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: of those people. In fact, after he was stoned and 261 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: brought back to life again potentially we don't know if 262 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: he died or not, but after he got back up 263 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: from being stoned. He went straight back into the city 264 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: after those people stoned him. He went right back in. 265 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: I mean, if that's not steadfastness and patience and love 266 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: and faith, I don't know what is. Because if that 267 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: was me and I somehow miraculously survived a stoning, I 268 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: would be getting at a dodge. I would be going 269 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: the other way. I wouldn't be walking right back into 270 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: the city where everybody stoned me from because I don't 271 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: have the same level of patience, love and faith and 272 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: steadfastness that Paul had. And yet Timothy followed Paul in 273 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: all of these things, in his persecutions and his sufferings. Again, 274 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Econium and Listra. 275 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: I endured those persecutions, but the Lord delivered me out 276 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: of them. All. Yes, and all who desire to live 277 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. So all of us, 278 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: every single person that wants to be a Christian, is 279 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: going to suffer some level of persecution. And you know, 280 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: some of you might be rolling your eyes at that, 281 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: because Christians in America have it very easy, and we 282 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: sometimes have a tendency to be really dramatic where we're 283 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: just like, oh, everybody is against me. You know, no 284 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: weapon formed against me shall prosper. And yet you know 285 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: I'm living here in my comfy office with running water 286 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: and my heat on behind me, in a nice fireplace 287 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: out in the living room. We have a tendency to 288 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: be kind of dramatic when here in America we have 289 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: things very easily. But Paul promises, and Jesus promised this 290 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: as well, that everybody who truly wants to follow Jesus 291 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: is going to experience persecution. This doesn't necessarily mean that 292 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: you're going to die for your faith, though it could 293 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: mean that. You know, there's plenty of Christians around the 294 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: world that are currently dying for their faith. They are 295 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: currently being tortured and everything they have taken from them 296 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:12,719 Speaker 1: because of their faith in Christ. That does and can happen. 297 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: But even if it doesn't happen to you, persecution is 298 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: still going to come because people are going to reject 299 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: you and dislike what you have to say. You're going 300 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: to experience some form of bullying or shunning from your 301 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: family members, even you might be ostracized because of your faith. 302 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: I actually know somebody who goes to my church whose 303 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: kid was severely bullied because her mom and dad are Christians. 304 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 1: That's going to happen to you if you truly follow 305 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: what Jesus says to do. Now that being said, there 306 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: are plenty of people in America that claim to be 307 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: Christians but don't actually follow the teachings of Jesus. I 308 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 1: would argue that those people might not experienced persecution because 309 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: they're not really following what Jesus tells them to do. 310 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: And that's kind of what Paul says here. He says, 311 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will 312 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: suffer persecution. So not everybody that claims to be a 313 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: Christian is going to suffer persecution, but the people who 314 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: desire to live godly will. That is a promise to 315 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: all of you. And then it continues. But evil men 316 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 317 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: But you remain in the things that you've learned and 318 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 1: have been assured of knowing from whom you have learned them. 319 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 1: And at this point you might be like Jen, this 320 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: is depressing. Why would I want to become a Christian 321 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: if I'm just going to experience persecution. If evil men 322 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: and impostors are going to grow worse and worse, deceiving 323 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: and being deceived like this just seems miserable. Well, don't 324 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: forget what Paul said just a couple verses before this. 325 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: He said, the Lord delivered me out of all of 326 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: the persecutions I suffer. Here's the thing. Life on earth, 327 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: whether you're a Christian or not, is going to be hard. 328 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: There is nobody on this earth that doesn't have a 329 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: difficult life. There's sickness, there's death, there's struggle, there's trials. 330 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: All of these things are going to happen to you. 331 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: I would rather go through life being a Christian than 332 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: going through life and dealing with other trouble and trauma 333 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: and problems without God on my side. I want to 334 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: be on the side that God is on. When God 335 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: is on your side, what can men do to you? 336 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: That's a verse repeated through the Psalms multiple times. If 337 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: God is on your side, what can merror men do 338 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: to you? Nothing? Even in the case of Paul, where 339 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: he gets stoned what seems like to death, he just 340 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: gets right back up because God was on his side. 341 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: And that's the side I want to be on is 342 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: the one that God is on. So, yeah, persecution is 343 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 1: going to come, but you have somebody with you that 344 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:11,640 Speaker 1: is so much greater and stronger than any of these 345 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: people that are going to target you. Yeah, it is 346 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: going to be hard, but God can get you out 347 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: of all of those situations. And not to mention that 348 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: when you die, you have eternal security when you believe 349 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: in Jesus. And God gives us other benefits for believing 350 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: in him, not necessarily physical benefits like wealth, but he 351 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: gives us spiritual benefits like joy and happiness and freedom 352 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: and love and patience, things that the world knows is 353 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: good and tells everybody else to have. God gives you 354 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: those things. So that's why I want to be a Christian, 355 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: even if it's going to be difficult. Paul says to Timothy, 356 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 1: you remain in the things which you have learned and 357 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: been assured of, knowing from whom you've learned them. From infancy, 358 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: you've known the holy scriptures which are able to make 359 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. 360 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: So he tells Timothy, look, you have known the Bible 361 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: since you have been an infant, and That shows how 362 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: good of a job Timothy's mom and grandmother did. We 363 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: talked about that several weeks back, how Timothy had a 364 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 1: believing mother and a believing grandmother as well. He did 365 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: not have a believing father, but his mother and grandmother 366 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: taught him the scriptures from the time he was a 367 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: little infant. And you might be like, how do you 368 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: teach an infant the Bible? Well, you don't necessarily quote 369 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: the Bible to them and expect them to memorize it. 370 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: You teach an infant the Bible by living the principles 371 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: of the Bible yourself and instilling those principles in your baby, 372 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: and teaching them more and more as they get older. 373 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: You know, even though Timothy was a young man, Paul 374 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: trusted Timothy as being a pastor of the church because 375 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: Timothy knew the Bible from his infancy because of the 376 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: good work his mom and his grandmother did. So, he 377 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: reminds Timothy, stay steadfast in these things. Remain in them. 378 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: You know them. You've been fed this stuff since you 379 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: are a tiny baby, So remain in these things that 380 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: you have learned. Verse sixteen. Every scripture is God breathed 381 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: and profitable, for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for 382 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: instruction in righteousness, that each person who belongs to God 383 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. So 384 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: there you go. The scriptures are all God breathed. Every 385 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: scripture from the beginning of Genesis to the end of Revelation. 386 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: Those verses were breathed by God. You might say, jen, 387 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: but you know men wrote the Bible. Well, yes, but 388 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: they were prophets. They wrote the Bible with the prodding 389 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: of the Holy Spirit telling them what to write. I mean, 390 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 1: for example, we just talked about this not too long 391 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: ago on the podcast to last week. We mentioned how 392 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: Elijah sent a letter to King Jehorah. But Elijah was 393 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: already up in heaven. So how in the world did 394 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: a letter arrive from Elijah when he was already up 395 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: in heaven. Well, because he was a prophet, and God 396 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: told him what to write down beforehand, and then afterward 397 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 1: this letter got sent to King Jehorah. These men that 398 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: wrote the Bible were clearly inspired, They were clearly prophets. 399 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: You can see that with each and every book we 400 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: have gone over so far. For example, the first five 401 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: books of the Bible were credited to Moses. Moses was 402 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: certainly a prophet. In fact, it says that God and 403 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: Moses would talk to each other as friends. God would 404 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: go like visit Moses in the tent and like a 405 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: hang out with him, as like two friends hang out 406 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: with each other. Clearly, Moses was a prophet. And then 407 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: the books of the Kings were written by Samuel and 408 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: Ezra and the other prophets. We know that they were 409 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: in communication with God all the time. So these men, yes, 410 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: they were writing it down, but God was dictating what 411 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: was to be written down. And here's the thing. If 412 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: God is all powerful, like I believe him to be, 413 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: like scripture tells us he is, then certainly it's no 414 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: big thing for him to preserve his words. So the 415 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: Bible is God breathed, or it's inspired by God, and 416 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: it's profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for 417 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:48,120 Speaker 1: instruction in righteousness. It says that each person who belongs 418 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 419 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: So that's how we become complete and equipped for every 420 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: good work. Paul answers it right here. We read the 421 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: inspired scriptures we have because they are God breathed. So 422 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed learning about Second Timothy chapter three. 423 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: But of course, before I end today's episode, please take 424 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: a listen to a word from a sponsor. I think 425 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: the one last thing I'd like to end this episode 426 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: with is verse nine. It says they will proceed no further, 427 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: for their folly will be evident to all men as 428 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: theirs also came to be. I love that verse because 429 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: even though it seems like evil people and Charlatan's and 430 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 1: wolves in sheep's clothing are running rampant doing whatever they 431 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: want to do, they're not going to succeed for very long. 432 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: The truth will always win out. God is always going 433 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: to reveal these people as liars, as fraudulent as the 434 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: Charlatans that they are, So that's really encouraging. I actually 435 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: had a friend tell me not too long ago, and 436 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: this cracks me up when she told me this, and 437 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: I took this to heart. When people in your church 438 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: come in, they seem like they're doing a lot of damage, 439 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: and they dislike you, and they treat you really trashy, 440 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: you just have to wait them out. And my friend 441 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: is like, you know, two years later, I look around 442 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: and they're not at the church. Anymore and I am 443 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: still there. You wait them out because God is always 444 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: going to reveal who these people are, and either those 445 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: people will leave the church or hopefully they will turn 446 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: away from the bad things that they're doing and come 447 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: to repentance and get integrated into your church the proper way. 448 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: So if something like that is happening to you, or 449 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: someone is mistreating you or seemingly spreading a lot of 450 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: garbage in your church, all you have to do is 451 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: wait them out. That doesn't mean that you can't leave 452 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: the church. Sometimes it is important to protect yourself or 453 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: to go to a church that is more biblically sound. 454 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: But just know they're not going to get away with 455 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: what they are doing forever. Faith Listeners, I hope you 456 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: have a fantastic and wonderful rest of your day. I 457 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: will see all of you guys on the podcast tomorrow 458 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: because we will be discussing Second Chronicles, chapter twenty three, 459 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: I think, and discussing the only female leader in Judah's history, 460 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,199 Speaker 1: and spoiler alert, she was not a good person, but 461 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: we'll be talking about that tomorrow. Friends and faithful listeners, 462 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: have a fantastic and wonderful rest of your day. Happy 463 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: listening and God bless. I just want to take a 464 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: second to thank the team at Life Audio for their 465 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: partnership with me on the Bible Explain podcast. In fact, 466 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,439 Speaker 1: if you go to lifeaudio dot com you'll find dozens 467 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: of other faith centered podcasts in their network. They've got 468 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 1: shows about prayer, Bible study, parenting, and more.