Clowns Are Only Beloved By Goats.

“A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the Church will have clowns entertaining the goats.”

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine [meaning ‘healthy, wholesome teaching’].  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  They will turn their ears away from the Truth and turn aside to myths.  But you,” Timothy, you, young communicator, young man, “keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry” {2 Tim. 4:3-5 NIV}.

— the Apostle Paul

Here’s how it looks in The Message.  “You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food— catchy opinions that tickle their fancy.  They’ll turn their backs on Truth and chase mirages.  But you— keep your eye on what you’re doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God’s Servant.”

One more, just to hammer the point home.

“For there is going to come a time when people won’t listen to the Truth but will go around looking for teachers who will tell them just what they want to hear.  They won’t listen to what the Bible says but will blithely follow own misguided ideas [Yeah, Millennials... we’re looking at you.].  Stand steady, and don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord.  Bring others to Christ.  Leave nothing undone that you ought to do” {TLB}.

That time is now ...and has been now for a while.  The only choice we have is whether to be a part of it, a part of the ‘problem’ and following the crowd down the wide, well-paved path to destruction, or whether to ‘march in ranks’ as One, advancing on the enemy of our souls and finding our destiny in Christ.

HJC	Ric Webb  |  Shepherd Heart’s Journey Community 9621 Tall Timber Blvd. |  Little Rock, AR 72204 t +1.501.455.0296
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