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#1036 Doctrines of the World

by Reverend Nicholas A. Catania

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SUMMARY.

In teaching 1036 Doctrines of the World by Reverend Nick Catania, shows us that everybody has a doctrine and the world can be confusing. Man doesn't see what's going on spiritually. When they fix one manifestation of evil, they encounter another because they don't see the root of a problem. For example, it's not true that you're bad if you hurt someone's feelings. Jesus hurt people's feelings. He was not a bad man.

The narrative around Monkeypox is meant to make everybody afraid, but the media doesn't indicate that it targets a specific community. Sin is sin and there is not a bigger sin and it doesn't make someone a very bad person. Doctrines of the world are promoted by the world. What is written in the Word is written for our doctrine.

Many people go to church and don't learn anything at church. Doctrine comes from the scripture. All scripture is good for doctrine, reproof, and correction. Many people don't like to confront or reprove. Reproof is loving. You reprove your child. John the Baptist was imprisoned for reproving Herod and lost his head for it, so people are afraid of confrontation.

If you want to help people, there's backlash occasionally. Correction gets you back on the right path, though. Religious leaders of Christ's day taught for doctrine the commandments of men. Teachings of men today get us nowhere. You get bombarded with the doctrines of the world. The devil wants to affect each of us. His pulpit is the media of this world. God is still there if you decide to return to his Word. It's our job to separate ourselves. The media has agendas, but don't go there. We are to love people regardless of sin, but keep yourself from evil.

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1036 Doctrines of the World transcript

[[Carmen]] Sometimes we fall and we don't know how to get up. Now, don't think of that commercial. I know that's where you're going. That's where you're going, but when you fall, you can get up. But you know, it's not by your own strength. Right?

When we fall, physically sometimes we need somebody to help us. But when we fall spiritually - when we fall in our walk - we need God to help us. Right? And he is always there to help us. He never fails us. And if you think he does, then get back into the Word. Right? Because he never does. No matter what the situation is, no matter how grim it looks (like we heard in manifestations) he's always there.

[[Nick]] Good morning. Thank you Carmen, that was a beautiful song. One of the problems I encounter when trying to handle a subject is trying to stay current with God. And if he says or leads in one direction and you can't stay where you're going. So you have to be able to switch gears.

Sometimes Ginny Gearhart would tell me this. She would say, "I was just talking to so-and-so and then so-and-so said something. And it wasn't until the next day that I knew what to say back to so-and-so." Why? Because they catch you off guard. Right?

But in light of someone saying "Welcome to my wild and crazy world." You know, maybe they need to be told: "How long do you want to stay there? Would you like to see my world? Would you like to see the world of God. Are you happy there? Would you like to change it? I can tell you about God (this sort of thing)." And that will tell you pretty quick, whether the person just wants to talk or whether the person actually is asking for help. So, that's my thoughts on that. But like I say, sometimes you don't always get the words to say when you're confronted with different situations like that. Right? Everybody has a doctrine. Everybody thinks different things. And the world can be a very confusing place.

See I did that twice. The computer doesn't like me. Do you know what that means? I'll tell you what it means. It means that the adversary doesn't want you to hear what I'm going to teach. You have to be able to live your life and know that you're walking down the right road. And in order to know the direction in which you're going, someone has to teach you. And what they teach has to have truth and integrity in it.

If you listen to any politician, they'll tell you what they say is true. And yet man doesn't know how to fix this broken world, because the broken world is caused by a spiritual root. Man doesn't know the things of the spirit, unless he has the spirit of God. So, he is not qualified to fix the things of the world. Man deals with the manifestations of evil. Man deals with the manifestations of the root, but he'll never see the root. He sees the manifestations and then when he tries to fix the manifestations, another one pops up. And when they fix one manifestation, another one occurs.

But they're never going to get to where the truth is, unless you address the root. What is true? What is truth? The Bible answers that in John where it says, "Thy word is true." Now you got a whole group of people out there teaching that the Bible is not true. They're teaching that God doesn't exist. They're teaching that if you say something that hurts their feelings that you're a bad person. And that's not true, because Jesus Christ hurt a lot of people's feelings; to the point where they had to get rid of him. But he was not a bad person. He was a wonderful man.

He loved people, and he loves people today. And growing up in this world, you know, I thought we had it bad when we were growing up. But looking back, we had paradise. The school system in this world is trying to teach our children lies; trying to teach our children bad things so they grow up and they think that way. The colleges are the main offenders in this. One of the biggest mistakes I made was to be under the impression that if I sent my children to college I would help them. College doesn't help anybody, at least not left colleges or liberal colleges. Good Christian colleges can help you. But the rest of the colleges are the training centers ran by the devil to train the leaders of the next generation. So the next generation will be more evil than their fathers.

So several years back we had to confront the Covid virus scandal / scam that was being purported on this country and this world. And in doing so, I offended several unbelieving believers. They probably will listen to this on YouTube. Good for you. And they left because they didn't choose to believe that God could protect them and that God's word was real; and that this virus was from the pit of hell. They were upset when I confronted it. So I'm going to confront something else this morning.

Hopefully I'm not going upset any of you. But it will upset the world and some people who listen to this: and that's this whole jazz about the Monkeypox junk going on. Now, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, more than 98% of those infected around the world with this so-called Monkeypox disease were gay or bisexual men who were having sex with other men. And that's wrong.

God made Adam and God made Eve. He made a man to be with a woman and a woman to be with a man. That seems to indicate conclusively that a specific demographic is more at risk for contracting Monkeypox than others. Yet the narrative strategies surrounding Monkeypox has sought to cloak this fact.

They come out with his breaking news report and they'll talk about Monkeypox epidemic starting. Now when you hear about this junk, it's meant to instill fear in the hearts of everybody. When the CDC and the mainstream media do say something about Monkeypox, and that they say that it almost exclusively infects gay men; public health officials couch their language by citing a nonexisting stigma against gay men as the reason.

I read on the fact sheet this morning that they won't let me print the fact sheet. That was a very interesting fact about that. I could print other things, but they wouldn't let me print that. And I'm not smart enough with the computer to know how to do anything else. But they turned around and they spent a whole paragraph and 1/2, about how this isn't about gay and bisexual and all the other things. And this is something that has to be taken seriously; and they were just covering it up.

And that's what made it really smell sickening, because they did the same thing with everything they do. The CDC and prevention estimates that 1.7 million men who have sex with men face the biggest threat from Monkeypox right now. So it's a homosexual problem, right now. That's the community that it's attacking.

I had a friend who died from AIDS. He was not a homosexual. He contracted AIDS by using the dirty needle because he was shooting heroin. Okay, so there are going to be cases where a normal person, or a non-homosexual, or a female, or someone that's not a homosexual is going to contract something. But the overwhelming evidence (almost 99%, you're going to see) - is that it's among the homosexual community.

The director Rochelle Whalen's guy told reporters and the CDC director on a call Thursday that gay and bisexual men who are HIV-positive or or are taking medications called prep to reduce their chance of contracting HIV faced the greatest health risk from Monkeypox. The CDC says that the average age (or median age) for Monkeypox in the age range studied between 18 and 76 was 37 or 35 years old. And out of the 1300 and change of patients that they studied, that were assigned birth certificate that said they were a male (and that's a whole bunch of garbage in itself, okay).

Even up into to the Supreme Court; and she can't define what a woman is and what a man is. Okay, you can ask a child what's the difference between a boy dog and a girl dog and they know. Look how stupid the world is.

Those assigned to male sex among male patients with information on sexual activity; 99% reported male to male sexual contact. So 99% of these guys surveyed (again 99.1 was surveyed said they were homosexual; they were having sex with men). And that's the problem, but nobody's going to tell you that. Alright. They're going to say that it's attacking the world; it's attacking humanity; it's attacking people. And we've got to get these bozos involved: the United Nations. They say that the disease could affect anyone. BS.

Okay I'm not going to get Monkeypox neither are you, alright? This is a bunch of BS junk. And the available evidence suggests that those who are at most risk are those who have close physical contact with Monkeypox. And that risk is not limited in any way to men who have sex with men. I just read to you what the surveys in the study say. But this is what these idiots want to say, see.

The UN warned that reporting and commentary was reinforcing homophobic and racist stereotypes. And they proclaimed that they appreciate the LGBTI community for having led the way in raising awareness. They want to complement them for what they're doing. They led the way in raising awareness of Monkeypox and it encourages a rights based, evidence based approach that avoids stigma.

Now if you understand what that means, you're smarter than me. All that is, is a cloak. It's fancy journalism, to point away and cover up the truth. Monkeypox: that's what they call it. What is it? Well. It's amongst the homosexual community for the most part. That's where it's going to breed. And the truth of the matter is homosexuality is a sin. Men were not made to be with man that way. And women were not made to be with women that way.

But having said that, I agree with what Billy Graham said. He said, "I think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin. But the Bible also teaches that pride is a sin and jealousy is a sin and hate is a sin and evil thoughts are sin. So I do not think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today." And I agree with him.

See, I do not know who this young lady is, but she said, "I don't hate homosexuals. I love homosexuals. It's the sin of homosexuality I hate. And she's right. Sin is sin. And it's not like let's go pick on the lesbians. Let's go pick on the trans. Let's go pick on whoever. No. Sin is sin. Okay.

The pride that goes along with the homosexual agenda is extremely offensive to God. Because, if I'm going to cheat on my wife; I'm not going to sit here and boast about it and get you to agree that it's okay for me to do so. And if you don't agree it's okay for me to do so, I'm going to get hate laws passed in Congress against you. Because adultery is sin, Do you understand?

That's the difference. They not only want to sin (and that's their business); but they want you to accept their sin. And when you don't accept their sin, they want to silence you from saying anything. Okay. As long as I live I will not be silenced. Not because I want to pick a fight, but because I have a responsibility to God, to present to you the truth of his Word. Don't buy into the lies that the God of this world continues to teach this world as doctrine.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

All scripture is profitable. The world has its own doctrine and its own teaching which they believe to be right and true. And they present to you this doctrine through the avenues of the world. I call it the church of Satan: the TV, the radio, billboards, college professors, school districts, woke theology, critical race theory. All of this is right from the pit. And they teach this doctrine in the world.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine (didaskalia), for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And it says the God inspired sripture is profitable for doctrine. The word doctrine is didaskalia and it means "to provide instruction in a formal or informal setting." It means to teach or to instruct people. And you're to instruct people according to the scripture.

Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning (didaskalia), that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

In Romans 15:4 says. "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our Learning." The word learning (didaskalia) is from the same root word. See, it's what's written is for our doctrine. What is written is for our learning. Why? "That we could have patience; through patience and comfort of the Scriptures we can have hope."

We heard about patience in manifestations today. So to give doctrine is to cause someone to learn or to cause someone to know. It's not a classroom activity. and it can't be minimized to that. Because if you've ever been in a college or in a classroom, there's a lot of stuff that goes on in there under the term classroom activity, right? But a lot of those people don't know a word that was taught. And when they get up and they walk out, and you ask them "What did you learn?" They shake their head and they say, "Well, I don't know."

See it's not classroom activity. And classroom activity extends to church. You have a lot of people just go to church because it makes them feel good and because it's an activity. And when they get out from their church (and much of this is due to the inadequacy of the presenting of the Word by the teacher.) You ask them what did they learn, and they say, "I don't know. It was nice, though. We had cookies afterwards."

See, that's not doctrine.Doctrine's not an activity. It's something to impart; it's something to teach people. It's something that they could learn. And that doctrine comes from the Scriptures. That's where it comes from.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine (), for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

All scripture (those things were written aforetime.) 2 Timothy again says that the "scripture was given by inspiration of God." One of the things that the scripture is profitable for is doctrine;" to teach people what's right and what's wrong. The next thing listed that the scripture is profitable for is, for reproof.

The word "reproof" means, "to state, to say, to bring to someone's attention that you've done something wrong." And you're able to show someone from the Scriptures where they did something wrong. Or you're able to present proof that they did something wrong. It's like when you get a picture taken when you go through the stop sign or the red light; and they have the proof. They confront you about it. It's a confrontation.

And this is where churches really lack. They don't mind much about the doctrine; but they don't want to get involved in the reproof (because reproof is icky in their minds). Reproof means you have to go into a place in a person's life were they don't want you to know. And sometimes that causes friction, but it's loving.

Did you ever have a child and they did something wrong? What do you do? You confront them if you love them. Because if you don't confront them, they're going to continue in that error. And if they continue in that error, they're going to get to a place in their life where they're not going to be able to distinguish what's right and wrong anymore.

Matthew 14:3-4 3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Okay. The confrontation went on in front of the whole church in front of the whole community the whole assembly. And it was only one guy who stood up and said, "What you doing? It's wrong. You can't have her." And who was that? John the Baptist.

Luke 3:19-20 19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, 20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

John not only reproved him for taking this woman he had no right to take, but he also reproved him for all the evils that he had done. He said, "Do you know what you're doing? you this is wrong. This is wrong. This isn't what the word says." So Herod imprisoned him. And sometimes people will put you in prison when you reprove them. Now they don't put you in prisons of bars. They will put you in prison in their mind and they will not allow you access to areas of their life that they need help, because they don't like what you said.

And not liking what you said they will always have several thousand reasons why they are right and you are wrong. It's the way it works. So John reproved Herod. You see, John is a mountain man and he looked like one. But he was a prophet of God. And Jesus had said, "Of men born of women, none had risen greater than John the Baptist. And look at him. And that's what he looked like. He was a mountain man.

The other guy: fancy clothes, fared scrumptiously. But the Word of God was living in John. Do you know what Herod got? That's what he got because the little girl went out and danced under the instruction of mommy. And when he said, "Tell me what you want up the half of my kingdom, I'll give you." She went back and said, "Mommy what you want?" She said, "Bring me the head of John the Baptist in a charger. And that's what he got for reproving someone.

So I can see how ministers get in the niche of not wanting to reprove someone, because of the backlash that it's going to throw at you. That's why they make some raptors and some t-rexes. You've got to be able to take the backlash if you want to help people.

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Back to our scripture. Scripture is profitable for doctrine. It's profitable for reproof (telling somebody you doing something wrong). The Bible says it's also profitable for correction. And correction is a restoration; it's to restore to an upright or a right state. It's to get you back on the right path. That's what it means. So you tell people what's right; and sometimes you've got to tell people what's wrong so they can know what's right. And when a person is doing something wrong in their life, you bring it to their attention lovingly.

"Ye which are spiritual, reprove such a one; instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness." Right? That's how you help someone. And then correction is, "Now let me tell you this is how you've got to get back to that. You remember what you used to do? Remember how you used to love God? Remember how you used to pray? Remember how you used to get back to the purity of the doctrine? That's what correction is. See?

You can't live in reproof all your life. You've got to get back to where it was. Then, in order to do that, there's got to be forgiveness. There is got to be honesty. And then just move on. Don't let the the devil beat you up. But get back to doing the word again. Right? Do the Word.

To correct is to call something to be or become corrected.All scripture is useful for correcting faults in a person's life. All scripture is useful for pointing out errors in a person's life. All scripture is useful for teaching people what is right in a person's life. See? That's what that verse is saying. Correction restores you back to the doctrine, alright? That's all it does.

Mark 7:5-9 9Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

When the Pharisees and the scribes asked him (Jesus Christ), "Why walk not thy disciples according to the traditions of the elders, but they eat bread with unwashed hands." You think anybody whose ever been to a picnic would've violated this tradition. "And he answered and he said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for (what?) doctrine the commandments of men." See? That gets you away from God. That's what vain worship is? That's what Jesus Christ called hypocrites. They were teaching for doctrine the commandments of men.

The Bible says that all scripture is profitable for doctrine. It says "Those things written aforetime were written for our learning; our doctrine", right? Not the commandments of men. Today all you have is the commandments of men; and the commandments of men are getting us nowhere.

The teachings of men get us nowhere. The information of men get us nowhere. Monkeypox is the teachings of men, but they have an agenda. They have to be presented in such a way so they can protect the homosexual community, because they don't want to be viewed as homophobics. But the truth of the matter is; it's in the homosexual community and as a result of the sin of their lifestyle, this is spreading. But they won't tell you that, because they have to protect the homosexual community. So they lie. They say it can affect anybody.

And people who sit in front of the TV, listen to that lie, and you know what they do? They drink it in; and then they say, "Oh. I could get Monkeypox; so I'd better stop eating bananas or something. And it's just one more lie that the devil put on your plate that you ate with the fork of CNN, or NBC, or Fox; or whatever else they put out there.

Verse eight said "For laying aside the commandments of God, you hold the traditions of men, as washing the pots and cups: and many other such like things you do. And he said unto them, Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own traditions."

Full well do they reject God's Word. Do they reject Jesus Christ so they can continue to push their lies about things in the world? See, tradition is taught by instruction; taught by narrative, precept. It's equivalent to instruction: instructions handed down through generations. They were squawking to Jesus Christ, "You guys are out there eating corn. They don't wash their hands. What's the matter with them." See, it didn't matter. That wasn't a sin. But in their mind they were sinners. In their mind they were the ones that were wrong.

1 John 2:15-17 15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

This is what that verse means. The world in first John is the system of the world that is against God. God doesn't mind if you love the plants, and you love the birds, and you love good things. He gave them to you so you can enjoy them. What you're not to love is the things that the world teaches you contrary to God. Because then you've got to make a decision and you've got a fight in your mind.

And that's why it is so important to stay in the book; and to stay with people that are hot in the book and are going to give you the truth. Because you're getting the word of the world every day. You go to the store you get the word of the world. You go to the gas station, you get the word of the world. You go and see billboards, you see signs, you see TV, you hear the radio. If you just want to hear the news, you've got advertisements. You're getting the world, the world, the world. It's pumping, pumping, pumping. And you will become what you take in sooner or later. That's why I always tell people: stay away from the news. It's evil. It's just promoting the devil's agenda.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

That's the devil. He's a liar and he is the father of it. That's what the scripture says. Right? Look at this scripture.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not…

How do you think the devil blinds the minds of people that believe not? He lies. Who takes his lies and delivers it? The media; the computer; the systems of the world; his churches. Now, the Bible says he's a liar. The Bible says, he's the god of this world. He runs the courses of this world.Do you expect anything coming from the world to be true? The Bible already told you. Who is the god of this world? The devil. He's a liar and whatever he puts out, he's going to put it out to make you be compromised.

He is going to challenge you. He's going to say, "There is no God." He is going to say, "There is lots of gods." He's going to say, "Monkeypox can affect anybody; even if you're a regular old person that isn't involved in the homosexual community. If you go outside the Monkeypox is going to jump on you." And people are going to be be petrified. And you know what? He sits back and he says, "That's what I want."

Because if you can scare somebody, you can get him to do what you want. I found that on the Internet. I think it's a good poster. The devil is a liar. The world wants to build a unity based on their doctrine. They want to make the world a oneness; a common brotherhood with no distinctions.

This isn't a teaching against homosexuals. This is just a teaching against the devil. This has happened to be one of the things that he attacks these poor people with. These people are good wonderful loving people, kind people. A lot of these people give you more than a Christian will give you. Okay? But that doesn't change the fact that they're deceived and they are being robbed from rewards for eternity in the kingdom. Because that's what the Bible teaches.

There is not a oneness in the world. Now everybody is not the same. There is not a universal brotherhood. God is the father of who he fathers. Not everybody's going to heaven. That's just the simple truth. The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the way to heaven.

If you don't have Christ, then you choose. So when you've got this oneness; when you've got this common brotherhood; any disease that pops up in the world can now affect the brotherhood. It can affect everybody. That's not true.

That's not true. There are certain diseases that only grow and multiply in certain climates. Climate of people I'm talking about. This is why the person's narrative about Monkeypox and he wants you to believe that it affects everybody. Because it's their next paycheck for the mainstream media for the next 12 or so months until something else comes along. And they can run with that story. They've got to get paid. And remember it says the root of all evil is the love of money. Don't forget that. It always gets back to the buck.

Romans 1:22-27 (NLT) 22Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. 24So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. 25They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

The New Living Translation of Romans 1. Now I have to let God speak for himself. So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things they wanted to do; their hearts desired. As a result they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God. They deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things of God that he made and not the creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen.

That is why God abandoned them to their shameful lust. Look if you want to thumb your nose at God that's not a good idea. but you have a right to thumb your nose at God. And you know what God will do? He will let you thumb your nose at him, and will say See ya. But do you know what else he'll say? He'll say, "If and when you learn that that's not what you want for your life. I will still be here and I will still help you." Because that's kind of God he is.

And that's the way we have to be. Because they chose this way,"as a result they suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserve." Now there's your spiritual root. You get group of men doing things that they shouldn't be doing; it's only a matter of time that something's going to happen. You know why? Because nature itself will respond. Nature itself will punish it.

When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. That's the truth. See, but you will never hear that; never hear that on the news. Okay, they will close that station down in a heartbeat. Why? Because they want to rule the world. They don't want God to rule the world, but this is the truth. They want to suppress the truth. And anybody that speaks for the truth is going to get a bunch of crap.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (BBE) 14Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark? 15And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not? 16And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. 17For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself, 18And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

So be it. What does the Bible instruct of us? The Bible in Basic English says, "what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark? And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One?" "For we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. For which cause, come out from among them and be separate."

Be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself, And I will be a father unto you and you will be my sons and my daughters says the Lord the ruler of all. See? That's our responsibility to be separate from that; to come out from among that.

When you get around that kind of junk, get yourself out of it. Because if you don't get yourself out of that kind of junk, it's going to contaminate you. And it's going to compromise you. And then you've got the problem of coming back to the Word, going up the hill to get back to the Word; only to be pulled down by the lies of the devil again. Just separate yourself. That's your responsibility. God called us to do so.

Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

See, you've got to forsake the foolish and live the life that God wants you to live; and go in the way of understanding.

Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

See? Peter warned the people. Peter didn't say let's fly a gay flag and say "Everybody is welcome. And we're not going to confront you about your lifestyle. And we're not going to judge you." See? That's just acquiescence to the lie. But that doesn't mean you jump down somebody's throat either. You love them and give them the Word. You help them. Do you understand? There's a way to do that. But he confronted them.

Peter gave doctrine. Peter gave reproof. And Peter gave correction. See. And he said "Save yourself". So my heart in sharing this with you this morning, is not for you to go on a rampage against whatever sin. It just to be aware that once again, the media's lying to you They're not giving you the whole truth. They have an agenda that they have to protect. And it's going to get worse and worse. So don't be stupid. Be smart. Don't do dumb things. And live your life.

And you don't have anything to worry about. Monkeypox isn't going to jump on you. You'll be fine. Okay. But if you're going to a party and got homosexual activity there, and people drinking out of the same glasses or get near to you. Then you've got to worry. You don't belong at that kind of a party, anyway. Okay? So be smart.

Lord, thanks for your Word. Thank you for your truth. And we love people. We love all people. We love the person who's the adulterer. We love the person who's the thief. We love the person who lies. We love the person who's the homosexual. These are all but sins in your eyes, God. And we're not to magnify the sin or the person doing the sin. But we're to give the truth lovingly and allow those individuals to make the decision for themselves. For they will stand before you; every man stands before you with the yes or with the no. And it's not our job to judge. It's just our job to be faithful and represent you.

Because the world does not represent you. Father. The world doesn't represent your interest. The world doesn't represent your truth, and the world surely doesn't represent Jesus Christ, the Prince of Light. So who's going to represent your interest? Who's going to represent the truth? Who's going to represent Jesus Christ to this dying and perverse world if it not be us? If we don't stand up and speak the truth; if we don't stand up and live the truth. Thank you father for your Word. Thank you that we have the ability to live in this country and to live your truth in Jesus' precious name. Amen.

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