Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. This is the Lamp and Light broadcast coming to you from Central Baptist Church in beautiful Ocala, FL. Lamp and Light is a ministry that takes a book of the Bible, verse by verse, teaching it as it is, to men as they are, without compromise or apology, while at the same time speaking the truth in love, giving the lamp and light to all. Yesterday, in our study of 2 Timothy chapter 4, we were talking about the type of preaching that will be prominent in the end time. Let's continue with that thought today. And now, here's our teacher and radio pastor, Dr. Andy Bloom. I'm going to preach against homosexuality. I'm going to call Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorism. It's sin. It's murderous. It's filthy before God. We're going to call sin, sin. But so are the sins of the tongue, gossip, busybodies, and on we could go down along that. And those are terrible in God's sight. So we see that God expects us to preach the whole counsel of God. So now look at verse 3. He says, for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lust shall heap to themselves teachers having itching ears. the time will come. I think he's talking about the days before the rapture, that they will not endure sound doctrine. Time has the idea of a season. There's coming a time before the rapture they'll hate Bible preaching. They'll want it shut off. I mean, they'll want to stop it. That's why now They want Christ out of Christmas? They don't even want the word Christmas up there anymore. That's why they don't want you to pray in Jesus' name in any public place. That's why they don't want you to give out a tract to anybody. That's why, more and more, they're talking about reaching into the churches now. And if you preach against sins such as homosexuality, if you preach against sins of drug use and other things, then, oh my, you have committed an abomination. And that is abominable to the devil, but it's righteous in God's sight. In Isaiah chapter 30 and verses 9 through 12, we see that that's what happened to Israel before its fall. Notice. that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord, which say to the seers, see not, and to the prophets, prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits, get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path. By the way, Jesus said the path that we go on is straight, not gay, it's straight, and it's narrow. Narrow. Because the Holy One of Israel, now he goes on to say, because the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. Don't preach to us the holy standard and expectations of God is what they're saying. Then verse 12, he says, therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, because you despise this word, that is, because you hate the preaching that names your sin and calls you to do righteousness and talks about the judgment to come, because you hate that and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay there on. Now my friend, you become fervent for the truth, and you preach the truth in love, folks will fault your fervency as losing your cool, losing your temper. And if you say strong things in defense of the truth, as Jude 3 tells us, that ye should earnestly, what does earnestly mean to you? that ye should earnestly contend for the faith." Sound Bible doctrine separated from sin, separated into righteousness, looking for the coming of Christ. That you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." Don't change. Don't change the word. Don't leave any out. They will say, you are unkind. You are some kind of a phobic. But men will be very fervent and use very fervent language about politics, sport, They will defend gay lifestyle, the homosexual, the sodomite lifestyle, and gay marriage with very fervent language. Yet no one questions their loss of temper or cool, even though they may go out in the streets and break windows and hurt people. They think we should be very calm when people try to tear down the Bible biblical morals, biblical ethics, when they try to tear it to pieces. If anything calls for fervent reproof and rebuke with intense passion, it is the defense of God's Word against the false teaching and sin that is corrupting God's Word in so many churches across this land. Preachers, hirelings, afraid to preach. And my friend, we are to endure. And endure has the idea they will not bear with and continue to hold to sound doctrine as it is from the Word of God. Now, we seem today to be more concerned with losing a volunteer in our church work or offending the big giver to the church. And that fear quenches the fear of God's judgment. It has greater magnitude than God's judgment of souls going to hell, of unrepentant and rebellion against God. We seem to be more worried what the children in the youth ministry will think than we are with the faithful and holy judgment of an almighty offended God. And how thoughtless that wrath may be poured out on our own children and grandchildren because we didn't want the church taking those stands because our children didn't like it. Men love darkness rather than light. Jesus said that in John chapter 3 verse 16 and 17 we all like to quote but he said verses 19 through 21 which is in the same paragraph the same message he said love men love darkness rather than light coming from darkness was repentance and men hated the light but that that didn't mean you're supposed to stop preaching it you preach because there may be souls in there that will turn to the light And we're there to teach the children, not to have the children run the church. But yet, today we find in churches all across this land, just like Isaiah prophesied of Israel in this day before its fall, that children will be their leaders and women will be their leaders, because there's just not manly men that will stand up and take the lead of their local churches and be men of God, holy, acceptable unto God. Today, we seem to be troubled by the thought that same-sex advocates will fall from the faith because they have children or some other family or friend. They fear will leave the faith. Well, my friend, if they're in that life, they have already left the faith. If they ever had it, they probably didn't have it, but they have left it whether they had it or not. That faith that was once delivered unto the saints. Now, since the truth has already offended some that are listening right now. I may as well go all the way with God on this, but I've seen parents who had a strong and godly standard at one time, but their children became teenagers. And suddenly, they're listening to the wrong music, dressing in modestly, watching filth at the local theater, And the parents are suddenly calling us legalist and unloving. Well, actually, you're the ones being talked about here in verses 3 and 4 of 2 Timothy chapter 4. And you're being the one that's unloving because you're allowing this thing to take your children to hell or at best being saved so as by fire. How is that loving? You're afraid your children are not like you. You're not out to try to make your children like you, although you love them. You want your children to respect you and respect God and to get mad at a youth director or pastor or church that has standards. My friend, You are hurting your child more than anyone else is hurting them. And you can email me on that, write a letter, but if you're looking for an apology, one is not forthcoming. And so we must endure. Keep preaching it. These people do not endure, and instead they seek ear ticklers. As a pastor, I have a divine warning not to tickle the ears. So after the desires for this world, they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears. That simply means, make me feel good about living. Living life the way I'm living it. That goes against the sound teaching of God's Word. That goes against what the Holy Spirit does, convicts of sin, of righteousness and judgment to come. It seeks to corrupt the Word, to twist it in order to justify their lives. Again, that's why you have so many new versions of the Bible. Too often, the modern pulpit It's a sounding board saying back to the people what they want to hear. That preacher will come under the almighty hand of God's judgment and it'll be so much worse on him than it is others. It is interesting that the word heap, again, look back there, or they will not the time come they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lust their own evil desires that is so they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears is that what they're doing today this is it the only place in the New Testament that that word is used and it means to accumulate in piles and so they're getting books and speakers and ideas One can be a Catholic you can be a Presbyterian a charismatic a Baptist or New Evangelical of some kind And they're all getting on the same boat But that's not the Bible the Holy Bible boat. This is your radio pastor pastor Andy Bloom saying May the Word of God be a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your pathway today. We want to thank you for listening to the Lamp and Light Broadcast. If you would like a CD or cassette tape of today's message by Dr. Blum, send us your name, mailing address, the radio station by which you are listening, the date of the broadcast, and a gift of $5 to Lamp and Light Broadcast. 1714 Southeast 36th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471 We also welcome your comments on the broadcast and Bible questions. Again, you may write us at the same address which is 1714 Southeast 36th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471 You may also visit us on the web at www.centralbaptistocalla.org. No breaks. click Sermon Library. Again, that web address is www.centralbaptistocla.org with no grace. This is your announcer, Jerry Banks, saying, May God's peace be with all that are in Christ Jesus.