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November 23, 2019
#The_Pain_of_Stupidity
When I'm stupid, the pain - embarrassment,
distress, unease, reproach, shame - is felt by those who care, i.e. my spouse,
children, and maybe a few others.
When a preacher is stupid, does anyone in his
congregation notice or care about it? Or
no one is sound enough to reason with him, to save him from the error of his
way? (James 5:19-20). Few actually care about the truth of God or the gospel of
Christ; they already have too many cares of this world on their mind.
EVEN Apollos - an eloquent man, mighty in the
scriptures, instructed in the way of the Lord, fervent in the spirit, was
speaking and teaching diligently the things of the Lord - have need to be shown
the way of God more accurately.
Acts 18 KJV
24 ¶And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at
Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25 This man was instructed in the way of the
Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the
things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue:
whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and
expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
How many church members today read and know
their Bible enough to notice the stupid things preached by their pastors? Few
care about the way of God; they are zealous about the opinions of men, about
their allegiance to their denominations and church groupings.
Ephesians 4:30 KJV — And grieve not the holy
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
2 Timothy 2:15 KJV — Study to shew thyself
approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth.
Have you met a workman of God who is ashamed
because he has been shown to have wrongly divided the truth? Have you heard of
a pastor confessing to his church that he had taught them errors and that the
Lord has shown him to rightly divide the truth on that subject? Have you?
I have done that not a few times to the
church I have been pastoring for a quarter-century.
Bless the Lord for His tender mercies.
