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Old 09-16-08, 11:58 AM
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Re: Public sin in the church being ignored...

Amen D...

I am reminded of how Paul warned Timothy...

2Ti 4:1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
2Ti 4:2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
2Ti 4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
2Ti 4:5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.


Rebuking is part of preaching the Word, even if there are afflictions that must be endured.

If the only thing a preacher ever preaches is "feel good" lessons, when will there ever be afflictions to endure?
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brother Sonnie


Jeremiah 6:16 Thus says the LORD: "Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'
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