October 1, 2025 • 30 mins
When Covid turned the world upside down in 2020, we lost a lot of trust in what we’d been told—by the government, by the medical profession, and by all types of media and “experts.” Who can we trust anymore?
The dilemma is not all that complicated in regard to our spiritual life. There are only two choices: we can either trust God or trust man. Most people make the mistake of trusting in human beings. We all need encouragement and reassurance and teaching, so it’s understandable that we have confidence in people who help us. But we must keep that respect in perspective. It’s not a matter of being prideful or independent. It’s a matter of being honest with ourselves. No man is right all the time, but God is always right.
This episode challenges us to “test all things” (I Thess. 5:21) by the Word of God that never fails.
Read about this subject:
- Scriptures: Psalm 118:8; Daniel 4; Matthew 10:34-37
- Perilous Times
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Hi, I’m Kerry Duke, host of My Godand My Neighbor podcast from Tennessee
Bible College, where we see the Bibleas not just another book, but the Book.
Join us in a study of the inspiredWord to strengthen your faith and to
share what you've learned with others.
Where is your faith today?
Do you put your faith in Godor put your trust in men?
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There are too many whoput their confidence in a
human being instead of God.
They put their hopesin a frail, sinful man.
People have always had this weakness.
The Bible shows that inFirst Samuel chapter 8.
The people of Israel wanted a king.
But they didn’t need a king.
God was their king.
And when trouble came, Godsent the judges to help them.
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But the Israelites wanted someonethey could admire and be proud of.
They wanted a leader thatwasn’t afraid to fight for them.
The truth is, they had had manyleaders like that—the judges!
The judges of Israel fought manybattles for the nation of Israel.
Some of them died for their country.
But the people wanted more.
They wanted to be like all theother nations and have a king.
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They wanted a man who would stand up fortheir country and fight their battles.
And even when God warned them thatthey were putting their trust in a man
instead of in Him, they bluntly saidthat they were going to have a king.
They didn’t care.
They wanted a visiblehead of their nation.
They wanted a leader who would give themconfidence and pride in their nation.
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God warned them that this was a hugemistake, but they didn’t listen.
And they prayed the pricefor it for hundreds of years.
Here we are three thousand years laterand people look for a man they can
build their hopes on instead of God.
The Bible says in Psalm 118 verse 8that “It is better to trust in the Lord
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than to put confidence in man.” Oh howwe need that verse today! And I’m not
just talking about people in general.
Christians need to read thatverse and think about it.
Far too many Christians aremaking this mistake right now.
They’re putting their trust inman instead of trusting in God.
I'm not saying it's wrong to haveconfidence in a person—if that person
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has earned it, and only up to a point.
Anyone, no matter wise he may be,is ignorant about many things.
Every man and woman has a selfish side.
Every human being makes mistakes.
Every person is guilty of sin.
Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 7 verse 20,"For there is not a just man on earth
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who does good and does not sin.” Thegreatest men on earth have feet of clay.
But God is pure and holy.
He has no sin and cannot do wrong.
He always keeps His promises.
He never changes.
He can’t be bribed orintimidated or tricked.
You can always trust whatHe says and who He is.
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That doesn’t mean He’s goingto give you anything you want.
It doesn’t mean He’ll give youwhatever you ask or do whatever
you want when you want it done.
That’s hard for us to accept,but that’s the very part of His
character that makes Him trustworthy.
God is not like man.
People change their minds.
Some of them, especially today,change their minds constantly.
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They change to please whoever they’rewith at the time or whoever they’re
trying to get something out of.
But God is always the same—at any time,in any circumstance, and with anyone.
That’s why you can always trust Him.
Even if you’re not faithful toyour word, He is faithful to His.
Paul said in Second Timothy chapter2 verse 13, “If we are faithless, He
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remains faithful. He cannot deny Himself.”
That’s why it’s foolish to put toomuch confidence in elected officials.
They are human beings, not gods.
But people often treat them like gods.
Am I exaggerating?
Listen to the way people talk.
They think their life andtheir future depend solely on
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what comes out of Washington.
Their hopes and dreams aretied to a certain man or men.
He is the one who cangive them prosperity.
He is the one who canprotect them from harm.
He is the one who can givetheir grandchildren a good life.
I know that one personcan make a big difference.
And I’m not saying that one leader isjust as good or just as bad as another.
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But—and I’m speaking here tothose of you who profess to be
Christians—where is your faith in God?
No leader could even breathif it weren’t for God.
The most powerful man on earthcouldn’t tie his shoes unless
God gave him life and strength.
That’s what the Bibleshows us over and over.
Solomon the great and wise kinghimself wrote, “The king’s heart is
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in the hand of the Lord, like therivers of water; He turns it wherever
He wishes” [Proverbs 21 verse 1].
Pharaoh thought he was in completecontrol of Egypt, but God reminded
him that he wouldn't even be inpower if it weren't for His hand.
God said, "But indeed for thispurpose I have raised you up, that
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I may show My power in you, andthat My name may be declared in
all the earth” [Exodus 9 verse 16].
The king of Babylon said, "I willascend into heaven, I will exalt
my throne above the stars of God."He said, "I will be like the most
high” [Isaiah 14 verse 13 and 14].
But God said, "Yet you shall bebrought down to hell, to the sides
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of the pit” [Isaiah 14 verse 15].
The same book of Isaiah tells usto remember that “the nations are
as a drop of a bucket” to God andthat “all nations before Him are as
nothing” [Isaiah 40 verses 15 and 17].
Who are you putting yourconfidence in today?
Politicians?
The government?
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Don’t put your faith in men.
Especially men who arenot even Christians.
They’ll disappoint you every time.
“It is better to trust in the Lord thanto have confidence in man.” And yet,
this seems to be a challenge for us.
A challenge, that is, to trust inGod instead of trusting in men.
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We know that people let us down.
And if we’re honest, we knowthat we let others down.
And yet we put our hope in officialswho tell us they’ll fix our problems.
But then a few yearslater, we’re disappointed.
We either feel like there’s a new set ofproblems that needs to be resolved, or
we feel like nothing has really changed.
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Why do we have to keeplearning this lesson?
Why do we have to get burned overand over before we realize that we
should put our trust in God first?
I suppose it’s human weakness.
We want to see visible results.
We want to hear someone tellus what we want to hear.
We are human, and as weak and frail humanbeings we go by what we see and hear.
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Maybe that’s why we put more trustand hope in men and what they do
than we trust in the invisible handof God that works in our lives.
That’s walking by sight and not by faith.
Let's go back to the Bible again.
The book of Daniel shows us that the powerleaders have is fragile and unstable.
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Nebuchadnezzar is a good example.
In Daniel chapter 4 we find aletter he wrote to all the nations.
He talks about “living thedream” as we would put it today.
He was the most powerful man on earth—theking of the great Babylonian Empire.
He had wealth.
He had pleasure.
He had fame.
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He had built up the nation and hewas proud of his accomplishments.
And that was his downfall—pride.
But this great king who was living thedream had a dream that bothered him.
Daniel came in and told him whatthe dream meant: Nebuchadnezzar,
if you don’t repent, you will loseyour throne and lose your mind.
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But Nebuchadnezzar didn't listen.
A year later, he tells us that he waswalking in the Royal Palace of Babylon.
As he looked at that great city hehad built, he said, "is not this great
Babylon, that I have built for a royaldwelling by my mighty power, and for the
honor of my Majesty?” [Daniel 4 verse 28].
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That's when a voice came from heaven.
That voice told the king that he wouldwander in the field like an animal
until he had learned his lesson.
Then that voice uttered the wordsthat are repeated three times in the
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“The Most High rules in the kingdom of men” [Daniel 4
verse 32]. Nebuchadnezzar hadn’t justlived like a king all those years.
He was a king.
But now he’s living like an animal,roaming the fields and eating grass.
Nobody wants anything to do with him.
He’s an outcast now.
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Talk about a humbling experience!
After he’d lived like this long enough,God gave him his right mind again
and he was restored to the throne.
This time he didn’t try to live the dream.
He remembered the dream God sent.
He admitted that he wasnothing without God.
And here are his final words inthat letter: “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar,
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praise and extol and honor the kingof heaven, all of whose works are
truth and his ways justice. And thosewho walk in pride, he is able to put
down” [Daniel chapter 4 verse 37].
That man had all kinds of confidencein himself before God showed
him who was really in charge.
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If this king, who was the most powerfulman on earth at the time, could come back
and talk to us today, he would tell usthe same thing, and he warn us not to
put too much confidence in any leader.
Any amount of power over otherpeople can go to a man’s head.
That’s especially true ofgovernment officials in any country.
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History shows that some rulers thoughtso highly of themselves that they
expected people to worship them.
It appears that Nebuchadnezzardid that before his fall.
The golden statue he madein Daniel chapter three was
probably an image of himself.
That’s why he was furious whenShadrack, Meschach and Abednego
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wouldn’t bow down to it and worship it.
But there was another kingDaniel foretold in this book who
lived long after Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel prophesied of him over threehundred fifty years before he was born.
That King was a Syrian rulernamed Antiochus the Fourth.
But here’s the interesting partthat tells you how arrogant he was.
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He named himself “Antiochus Epiphanes”which means the “illustrious one.”
He even had a coin made that hadhis image with the inscription “King
Antiochus, God, Illustrious, Victorious”!
Daniel said that he would exalthimself "as high as the Prince
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of the host” [Daniel 8 verse 11].
The Prince of the hostis the Lord Himself!
But he met his end as all rulers do.
Then they are all forgottenfor the most part.
So why do people keep putting their trustin powerful leaders who fade away every
time instead of trusting in God who nevergrows old or dies and is always the same?
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In New Testament times the Romangovernment deified emperors.
They honored them as gods withspecial ceremonies and festivities.
But it wasn’t just the Caesarsthat were worshipped by the Romans.
In Acts 12, Herod the king, decked outin his royal apparel and sitting on
his throne, gave a speech to the peoplewho shouted “It is the voice of a god
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and not of a man” [Acts 12 verse 22].
But the next two verses say, “Thenimmediately an angel of the Lord struck
him because he did not give glory to God.And he was eaten by worms and died. But
the word of God grew and multiplied.”
So how should we asChristians look at rulers?
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We should respect them.
Paul said that we should give honor towhom honor is due [Romans 13 verse 7].
Peter said to honor the king[First Peter chapter 2 verse 17].
But be careful about puttingtoo much confidence in them.
They’re men not God.
Do you put your trust in men or in God?
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Let's look at this questionfrom a different angle.
When it comes to religion, do you put yourtrust in what men say or in what God says?
The majority of people put their trust inthe word of men more than the word of God.
This is and always has been the problem.
That's why Jesus warned that most peoplego down the broad and the wide way to
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destruction [Matthew chapter 7 verse 13].
People usually follow the crowd.
And there are some big crowds in religion.
In the Old Testament Moses warnedthe people, “You shall not follow a
crowd to do evil” [Exodus 23 verse 2].
That's what most of the Jews did.
Time and time again they did whatother people were doing instead
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of doing what God told them.
That's why they worshiped other gods.
They were going with theflow and following the crowd.
When God sent prophets to the peopleto warn them, those men of God found
themselves in the minority—men likeElijah, Jeremiah and many others.
Those prophets were right.
They had the truth and falseprophets were giving the people lies.
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But the people followedthe false teachers.
Why?
How could that happen?
A big reason was that false teacherstold people what they wanted to hear.
The prophet Isaiah wrote, “This isa rebellious people, Lying children,
children who will not hear the lawof the Lord; Who say to the seers,
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‘Do not see,’ And to the prophets,‘Do not prophesy to us right things;
Speak to us smooth things, prophesydeceits. Get out of the way, Turn
aside from the path, Cause the HolyOne of Israel To cease from before us’”
[Isaiah chapter 30, verses nine througheleven]. They didn’t want the truth.
They didn’t want to hear what was right.
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They didn’t want the prophet to piercetheir hearts with words of rebuke.
They wanted to hear “smooththings.” In other words, they
were just like many people today.
They go to some kind of church.
But all they want to hear is asermon that agrees with them.
They don't want preachersto step on their toes.
They don't want to be rebuked.
They don't want to be told that they'rewrong and need to change their lives.
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They don't want a preacher totell them that they can't cuss
and drink and commit adultery.
They don't want a preacher to tell themthat there is the right way to worship
God and a wrong way to worship God.
They just want to feel better aboutthe way they're already living.
They want the preacher tohelp them live their dreams.
In fact, they demand it.
If a preacher doesn't make them feelbetter, they leave and go somewhere else.
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The only thing they're concernedabout is the here and now.
They talk about God and Jesus.
They praise God and amen the preacher.
The preacher tells themexactly what they want to hear.
The thing they're interested inis being healthy and wealthy and
being successful in this life.
That’s why they listen to thepreacher more than they listen to God.
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But Jesus has a question for people likethis: "But why do you call me, Lord,
Lord and do not the things which I say?”[Luke 6 verse 46]. And, in the Sermon on
the Mount, Jesus gives a warning aboutgiving him lip service. "Not everyone
who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shallenter the kingdom of heaven, but he who
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does the will of My Father in heaven.
Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied in Your
name, cast out demons in Your name,and done many wonders in Your name?’
And then I will declare to them, 'Inever knew you; depart from Me, you
who practice lawlessness!’ or iniquity[Matthew chapter 7 verses 21 through 23].
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Did you notice what Jesus saidabout the number of these people?
He didn’t say there will only be a fewpeople like this at the day of judgment.
He said “many.” And He wasn’ttalking about atheists or ungodly
sinners who never spoke a kindword about Him. He’s talking about
people who claimed to follow Him.
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These are people who call Him Lord.
Notice what He says (17:03):
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter
the kingdom of heaven, but he who doesthe will of My Father in heaven. Many
will say to Me in that day, 'Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied in Your
name, cast out demons in Your name, anddone many wonders in Your name?’ There
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are a lot of people like that today.
They talk about the Lord all thetime, but they won’t do what He says.
They talk about the good Lordthis and the good Lord that,
but they do as they please.
And when you question them about notfollowing the Bible, they brush you
aside and say, “I don’t care what yousay because I feel it in my heart.”
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But the people Jesus is talking aboutevidently felt like they were right.
They will talk at the judgment about allthe things they did in the name of Jesus.
Preachers who are in it for money andattention are looking for crowds like
this just like these crowds look fora preacher who will tickle their ears.
They will answer to God just likethose preachers will answer to God.
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Paul warned about this in some ofthe last inspired words he wrote.
He told Timothy in Second Timothychapter 4 verses one through four: “I
charge you therefore before God and theLord Jesus Christ, who will judge the
living and the dead at His appearingand His kingdom: Preach the word!
Be ready in season and out of season.
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Convince, rebuke, exhort, withall long suffering and teaching.
For the time will come when they willnot endure sound doctrine, but according
to their own desires, because they haveitching ears, they will heap up for
themselves teachers; and they will turntheir ears away from the truth, and be
turned aside to fables.” He says peoplewill not “endure sound doctrine.” They
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don’t want the Bible preached to them.Oh, they are fine if you preach some
of it. They’re okay with you preachingon baby Jesus around Christmas time.
They don’t get upset if you have asermon on Jesus feeding the multitudes.
But if you preach on theirsins, they won’t tolerate it.
As Paul says, they won’t endureit—they just plain won’t have it!
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And what do these people do?
They get themselves preachers whotell them what they want to hear.
He says they have “itching ears.” Theywant preachers who scratch their itch with
a man-pleasing, watered-down sermon. Andthey don’t care if the sermon is a lie.
Paul says they turn aside from theWord of God to listen to fables.
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So there are two reasons many religiouspeople listen to man more than God:
they don’t want the truth to beginwith and there are preachers who tell
them just what they want to hear.
Many times the reason people siton the edge of their seats to
hear a preacher is not because ofwhat he says but how he says it.
The apostle Paul said there werefalse teachers in his day that would
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use "smooth words and flatteringspeech" to "deceive the hearts of
the simple” [Romans 16 verse 18].
The same thing happens today.
Millions of people flock tohear a preacher who is dynamic,
eloquent, and charismatic.
They go away saying, “Wow!
That guy is amazing!
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I felt so uplifted, it was almost likean angel of God speaking to us!” But,
if you ask them what they learned fromthe Bible, you don’t get much response.
They quote some catchy saying thepreacher used, but they can’t tell
you anything worthwhile about whatGod said in His Word, the Bible.
They just accept what thepreacher said because he just
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seems to be so loving and kind.
It’s time that we go back tothe Sermon on the Mount again.
You know, it’s funny how peoplequote their favorite parts of
that Sermon and ignore others.
They quote and they misapply Jesus’words, “Judge not, that you be
not judged” in Matthew 7 verse 1.They quote the words “Hallowed be
Your name” in Matthew 6 verse 9.
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But they steer away from verses likeMatthew 7, 15:“Beware of false prophets,
who come to you in sheep's clothing,but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.”
That’s how false teachers work. That’show they’ve always operated. They don’t
tell people their real intentions.
They don’t admit that they put theiropinions above the Word of God.
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They don’t tell you they’re lyingwhen they talk about God speaking to
them and telling them this or that.
They don’t talk about what they’redoing in their private lives.
They put on a front.
They put on a show.
As Jesus says, they wear “sheep’sclothing.” They act nice and kind
and talk about how much they loveyou. But inwardly, Jesus says,
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they’re just setting you up.
They’re out to use you formoney, power and their selfish,
and sometimes sensual, desires.
And yet the tragedy is thatmany people follow them.
They regard the words of wolvesin sheep’s clothing more than
the words of Christ Himself.
I’ve mentioned preachers, butpreachers are not the only ones
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people trust more than God.
Think about the Catholic Church.
Catholics listen to the priest.
They honor the bishops and cardinals.
And they definitely showgreat honor to the pope.
They trust the clergy totell them how to be saved.
That's what they're taught to do.
The Catholic Church claims thatthe Holy Spirit guides the pope and
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the College of bishops into truth.
Let me repeat that.
Catholic teaching says that the HolySpirit continues to guide the magisterium
which is the pope and a certain group ofbishops called the college of bishops.
Ordinary Catholics don't havethat guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Not only that, Catholic teaching saysthat their sacred traditions which
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have been given to the Catholic Churchand passed down through the years by
the church are just as binding andauthoritative as the Bible itself.
That is not a misrepresentation.
That is not an exaggeration.
That is pure Catholic teaching.
So, in regard to Catholics, theydo trust what men say instead
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of what God says in the Bible.
But this false religion goes even farther.
The Catholic Church says that it alonehas the authority to interpret the Bible.
This is one of the most arrogantclaims in religion today.
But Catholics teach thiswithout batting an eye.
And it's just incredible that somany people across the globe submit
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to this kind of religious tyranny.
And, they're so used to yieldingtheir will to the will of the Catholic
Church that it doesn't bother them.
I'm not saying they are innocent in this.
They are not.
They are fully responsiblefor being in a false religion.
But I am emphasizing the evil of achurch that tells its members they
don't have sense enough to interpretthe plain words of the Bible.
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But let’s bring this downto a more personal level.
In your religious beliefs, do youtrust your family more than God?
That’s what the woman at the wellbrought up in John chapter four.
She was a Samaritan.
The Samaritan people worshippeddifferently that the Jews.
One difference was that the Jewsbelieved God chose Jerusalem
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as a special place of worship.
The Samaritans said thatplace was Mt. Gerezim.
She told Jesus, “Our fathers worshipedon this mountain, and you Jews say that
in Jerusalem is the place where one oughtto worship” [John chapter 4 verse 20.
But Jesus told her that she [andthey] were wrong about this.
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God had chosen Jerusalem long ago.
But the interesting point is notjust the disagreement about worship
and how Jesus dealt with it.
It is what this woman appealed to in theissue: tradition, a tradition that had
been passed down from her forefathers.
Many people follow thereligion they were raised with.
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They talk like the Samaritan woman did.
“My Dad and Mom believed this way.” “MyGrandpa said…” or “My Grandma said…” Of
course there’s nothing wrong with sayingthat if what they taught was right.
It’s good to appreciate them andgive them credit for teaching
the truth in the family.
But even then, their saying somethingis true doesn’t make it true.
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And the problem is thatmany are not that fortunate.
Their parents didn’t teach them right.
But they hang onto their beliefsout of respect for their parents.
Jesus said we must follow Him firstabove all others, including family.
He said, “Do not think that Icame to bring peace on earth.
I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
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For I have come to 'set a man againsthis father, a daughter against her
mother, and a daughter-in-law againsther mother-in-law’; and 'a man's
enemies will be those of his ownhousehold.’ He who loves father or
mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And he who loves son or daughtermore than Me is not worthy of Me”
[Matthew 10 verses 34 through 37].
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He also said, “If anyone comes to Meand does not hate his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,yes, and his own life also, he cannot
be My disciple” [Luke 14 verse 26].
This is one of the hardestdecisions a person will ever make.
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But we must love God above everyone else.
There were people in the New Testamentthat had to choose between trusting
in what their relatives taughtthem and trusting what God said.
And many of them chose to trust God.
Peter said that his readers hadturned away from the way they had
“received by tradition from yourfathers” [I Peter 1 verse 18].
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Paul said that some of his relativeswere lost [Romans 9 verses 1 through 3].
He said that, before he was converted,he had “advanced in Judaism beyond
many of my contemporaries in myown nation, being more exceedingly
zealous for the traditions of myfathers” [Galatians 1 verse 13].
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He saw through those traditions,and people can do the same today.
And, you don’t have tobe in a false religion.
You can be a member of the Lord’s churchand still hold on to ideas more because
you were taught that way and not so muchbecause you learned them from the Bible.
Time always puts us to the test.
Sooner or later our beliefs are tested.
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Someone may ask us a question.
A controversy erupts in the congregation.
A family division pushes us to makesure we know what the Scriptures, not
our loved ones, say about that issue.
This is always uncomfortable.
But in the end, we can checkthe Bible to see for ourselves.
If our parents taught us somethingthat was not correct, then we
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can try with love and respectto help them understand better.
And if what they taught us was rightand we confirm it by extra study, we’ll
be even stronger in our convictions.
But let’s make this even more personal.
Do you trust your feelingsmore than you trust God?
This is one of the hardest things toadmit because it’s hard for us to see it.
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We can see when other people put toomuch trust in what they grew up hearing.
When can see when others rely toomuch on what their parents said
or what their spouse believes.
But seeing the same thing inourselves is not as simple.
And it may be a situation where ourfeelings are really pulling at us.
This is where your faithis tested to the core.
You can know what the Bible says, butin the midst of a crisis, in times
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of temptation, in situations whereyour faith is severely tested, you
have to choose between following whatyou think and doing what God says.
Naaman made the mistake of saying “Ithought” when he should have said “I
believe.” Thankfully, he put his personalfeelings aside and did what the prophet
told him to do [Second Kings chapter 5].
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Solomon said, “Every way of a man isright in his own eyes, but the Lord
weighs the hearts” [Proverbs 21 verse2]. He said it even more plainly
in Proverbs 28 verse 26 (29:15):
“He who trusts in his own heart is a fool.”
With all the information on the internettoday, we must be more judicious than
ever about what we read and hear.
We must learn, trust, and rememberwhat God said above all else.
We must compare anything we hearfrom anyone or any source to the
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Bible to see if it is true or false.
We must have the noble mind ofthe Bereans in Acts 17 verse 11.
After they heard Paul and Silas preach,they searched the Scriptures daily to
find out whether those things were so.
“Trust in the Lord with all yourheart, And lean not on your own
understanding; In all your waysacknowledge Him, And He shall direct
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your paths” [Proverbs 3 verses 5 and 6].
Thank you for listeningto My God and My Neighbor.
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Where is your faith today?
Do you put your faith in Godor put your trust in men?
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There are too many whoput their confidence in a
human being instead of God.
They put their hopesin a frail, sinful man.
People have always had this weakness.
The Bible shows that inFirst Samuel chapter 8.
The people of Israel wanted a king.
But they didn’t need a king.
God was their king.
And when trouble came, Godsent the judges to help them.
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But the Israelites wanted someonethey could admire and be proud of.
They wanted a leader thatwasn’t afraid to fight for them.
The truth is, they had had manyleaders like that—the judges!
The judges of Israel fought manybattles for the nation of Israel.
Some of them died for their country.
But the people wanted more.
They wanted to be like all theother nations and have a king.
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They wanted a man who would stand up fortheir country and fight their battles.
And even when God warned them thatthey were putting their trust in a man
instead of in Him, they bluntly saidthat they were going to have a king.
They didn’t care.
They wanted a visiblehead of their nation.
They wanted a leader who would give themconfidence and pride in their nation.
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God warned them that this was a hugemistake, but they didn’t listen.
And they prayed the pricefor it for hundreds of years.
Here we are three thousand years laterand people look for a man they can
build their hopes on instead of God.
The Bible says in Psalm 118 verse 8that “It is better to trust in the Lord
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than to put confidence in man.” Oh howwe need that verse today! And I’m not
just talking about people in general.
Christians need to read thatverse and think about it.
Far too many Christians aremaking this mistake right now.
They’re putting their trust inman instead of trusting in God.
I'm not saying it's wrong to haveconfidence in a person—if that person
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has earned it, and only up to a point.
Anyone, no matter wise he may be,is ignorant about many things.
Every man and woman has a selfish side.
Every human being makes mistakes.
Every person is guilty of sin.
Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 7 verse 20,"For there is not a just man on earth
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who does good and does not sin.” Thegreatest men on earth have feet of clay.
But God is pure and holy.
He has no sin and cannot do wrong.
He always keeps His promises.
He never changes.
He can’t be bribed orintimidated or tricked.
You can always trust whatHe says and who He is.
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That doesn’t mean He’s goingto give you anything you want.
It doesn’t mean He’ll give youwhatever you ask or do whatever
you want when you want it done.
That’s hard for us to accept,but that’s the very part of His
character that makes Him trustworthy.
God is not like man.
People change their minds.
Some of them, especially today,change their minds constantly.
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They change to please whoever they’rewith at the time or whoever they’re
trying to get something out of.
But God is always the same—at any time,in any circumstance, and with anyone.
That’s why you can always trust Him.
Even if you’re not faithful toyour word, He is faithful to His.
Paul said in Second Timothy chapter2 verse 13, “If we are faithless, He
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remains faithful. He cannot deny Himself.”
That’s why it’s foolish to put toomuch confidence in elected officials.
They are human beings, not gods.
But people often treat them like gods.
Am I exaggerating?
Listen to the way people talk.
They think their life andtheir future depend solely on
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what comes out of Washington.
Their hopes and dreams aretied to a certain man or men.
He is the one who cangive them prosperity.
He is the one who canprotect them from harm.
He is the one who can givetheir grandchildren a good life.
I know that one personcan make a big difference.
And I’m not saying that one leader isjust as good or just as bad as another.
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But—and I’m speaking here tothose of you who profess to be
Christians—where is your faith in God?
No leader could even breathif it weren’t for God.
The most powerful man on earthcouldn’t tie his shoes unless
God gave him life and strength.
That’s what the Bibleshows us over and over.
Solomon the great and wise kinghimself wrote, “The king’s heart is
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in the hand of the Lord, like therivers of water; He turns it wherever
He wishes” [Proverbs 21 verse 1].
Pharaoh thought he was in completecontrol of Egypt, but God reminded
him that he wouldn't even be inpower if it weren't for His hand.
God said, "But indeed for thispurpose I have raised you up, that
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I may show My power in you, andthat My name may be declared in
all the earth” [Exodus 9 verse 16].
The king of Babylon said, "I willascend into heaven, I will exalt
my throne above the stars of God."He said, "I will be like the most
high” [Isaiah 14 verse 13 and 14].
But God said, "Yet you shall bebrought down to hell, to the sides
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of the pit” [Isaiah 14 verse 15].
The same book of Isaiah tells usto remember that “the nations are
as a drop of a bucket” to God andthat “all nations before Him are as
nothing” [Isaiah 40 verses 15 and 17].
Who are you putting yourconfidence in today?
Politicians?
The government?
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Don’t put your faith in men.
Especially men who arenot even Christians.
They’ll disappoint you every time.
“It is better to trust in the Lord thanto have confidence in man.” And yet,
this seems to be a challenge for us.
A challenge, that is, to trust inGod instead of trusting in men.
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We know that people let us down.
And if we’re honest, we knowthat we let others down.
And yet we put our hope in officialswho tell us they’ll fix our problems.
But then a few yearslater, we’re disappointed.
We either feel like there’s a new set ofproblems that needs to be resolved, or
we feel like nothing has really changed.
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Why do we have to keeplearning this lesson?
Why do we have to get burned overand over before we realize that we
should put our trust in God first?
I suppose it’s human weakness.
We want to see visible results.
We want to hear someone tellus what we want to hear.
We are human, and as weak and frail humanbeings we go by what we see and hear.
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Maybe that’s why we put more trustand hope in men and what they do
than we trust in the invisible handof God that works in our lives.
That’s walking by sight and not by faith.
Let's go back to the Bible again.
The book of Daniel shows us that the powerleaders have is fragile and unstable.
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Nebuchadnezzar is a good example.
In Daniel chapter 4 we find aletter he wrote to all the nations.
He talks about “living thedream” as we would put it today.
He was the most powerful man on earth—theking of the great Babylonian Empire.
He had wealth.
He had pleasure.
He had fame.
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He had built up the nation and hewas proud of his accomplishments.
And that was his downfall—pride.
But this great king who was living thedream had a dream that bothered him.
Daniel came in and told him whatthe dream meant: Nebuchadnezzar,
if you don’t repent, you will loseyour throne and lose your mind.
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But Nebuchadnezzar didn't listen.
A year later, he tells us that he waswalking in the Royal Palace of Babylon.
As he looked at that great city hehad built, he said, "is not this great
Babylon, that I have built for a royaldwelling by my mighty power, and for the
honor of my Majesty?” [Daniel 4 verse 28].
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That's when a voice came from heaven.
That voice told the king that he wouldwander in the field like an animal
until he had learned his lesson.
Then that voice uttered the wordsthat are repeated three times in the
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“The Most High rules in the kingdom of men” [Daniel 4
verse 32]. Nebuchadnezzar hadn’t justlived like a king all those years.
He was a king.
But now he’s living like an animal,roaming the fields and eating grass.
Nobody wants anything to do with him.
He’s an outcast now.
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Talk about a humbling experience!
After he’d lived like this long enough,God gave him his right mind again
and he was restored to the throne.
This time he didn’t try to live the dream.
He remembered the dream God sent.
He admitted that he wasnothing without God.
And here are his final words inthat letter: “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar,
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praise and extol and honor the kingof heaven, all of whose works are
truth and his ways justice. And thosewho walk in pride, he is able to put
down” [Daniel chapter 4 verse 37].
That man had all kinds of confidencein himself before God showed
him who was really in charge.
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If this king, who was the most powerfulman on earth at the time, could come back
and talk to us today, he would tell usthe same thing, and he warn us not to
put too much confidence in any leader.
Any amount of power over otherpeople can go to a man’s head.
That’s especially true ofgovernment officials in any country.
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History shows that some rulers thoughtso highly of themselves that they
expected people to worship them.
It appears that Nebuchadnezzardid that before his fall.
The golden statue he madein Daniel chapter three was
probably an image of himself.
That’s why he was furious whenShadrack, Meschach and Abednego
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wouldn’t bow down to it and worship it.
But there was another kingDaniel foretold in this book who
lived long after Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel prophesied of him over threehundred fifty years before he was born.
That King was a Syrian rulernamed Antiochus the Fourth.
But here’s the interesting partthat tells you how arrogant he was.
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He named himself “Antiochus Epiphanes”which means the “illustrious one.”
He even had a coin made that hadhis image with the inscription “King
Antiochus, God, Illustrious, Victorious”!
Daniel said that he would exalthimself "as high as the Prince
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of the host” [Daniel 8 verse 11].
The Prince of the hostis the Lord Himself!
But he met his end as all rulers do.
Then they are all forgottenfor the most part.
So why do people keep putting their trustin powerful leaders who fade away every
time instead of trusting in God who nevergrows old or dies and is always the same?
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In New Testament times the Romangovernment deified emperors.
They honored them as gods withspecial ceremonies and festivities.
But it wasn’t just the Caesarsthat were worshipped by the Romans.
In Acts 12, Herod the king, decked outin his royal apparel and sitting on
his throne, gave a speech to the peoplewho shouted “It is the voice of a god
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and not of a man” [Acts 12 verse 22].
But the next two verses say, “Thenimmediately an angel of the Lord struck
him because he did not give glory to God.And he was eaten by worms and died. But
the word of God grew and multiplied.”
So how should we asChristians look at rulers?
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We should respect them.
Paul said that we should give honor towhom honor is due [Romans 13 verse 7].
Peter said to honor the king[First Peter chapter 2 verse 17].
But be careful about puttingtoo much confidence in them.
They’re men not God.
Do you put your trust in men or in God?
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Let's look at this questionfrom a different angle.
When it comes to religion, do you put yourtrust in what men say or in what God says?
The majority of people put their trust inthe word of men more than the word of God.
This is and always has been the problem.
That's why Jesus warned that most peoplego down the broad and the wide way to
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destruction [Matthew chapter 7 verse 13].
People usually follow the crowd.
And there are some big crowds in religion.
In the Old Testament Moses warnedthe people, “You shall not follow a
crowd to do evil” [Exodus 23 verse 2].
That's what most of the Jews did.
Time and time again they did whatother people were doing instead
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of doing what God told them.
That's why they worshiped other gods.
They were going with theflow and following the crowd.
When God sent prophets to the peopleto warn them, those men of God found
themselves in the minority—men likeElijah, Jeremiah and many others.
Those prophets were right.
They had the truth and falseprophets were giving the people lies.
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But the people followedthe false teachers.
Why?
How could that happen?
A big reason was that false teacherstold people what they wanted to hear.
The prophet Isaiah wrote, “This isa rebellious people, Lying children,
children who will not hear the lawof the Lord; Who say to the seers,
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‘Do not see,’ And to the prophets,‘Do not prophesy to us right things;
Speak to us smooth things, prophesydeceits. Get out of the way, Turn
aside from the path, Cause the HolyOne of Israel To cease from before us’”
[Isaiah chapter 30, verses nine througheleven]. They didn’t want the truth.
They didn’t want to hear what was right.
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They didn’t want the prophet to piercetheir hearts with words of rebuke.
They wanted to hear “smooththings.” In other words, they
were just like many people today.
They go to some kind of church.
But all they want to hear is asermon that agrees with them.
They don't want preachersto step on their toes.
They don't want to be rebuked.
They don't want to be told that they'rewrong and need to change their lives.
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They don't want a preacher totell them that they can't cuss
and drink and commit adultery.
They don't want a preacher to tell themthat there is the right way to worship
God and a wrong way to worship God.
They just want to feel better aboutthe way they're already living.
They want the preacher tohelp them live their dreams.
In fact, they demand it.
If a preacher doesn't make them feelbetter, they leave and go somewhere else.
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The only thing they're concernedabout is the here and now.
They talk about God and Jesus.
They praise God and amen the preacher.
The preacher tells themexactly what they want to hear.
The thing they're interested inis being healthy and wealthy and
being successful in this life.
That’s why they listen to thepreacher more than they listen to God.
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But Jesus has a question for people likethis: "But why do you call me, Lord,
Lord and do not the things which I say?”[Luke 6 verse 46]. And, in the Sermon on
the Mount, Jesus gives a warning aboutgiving him lip service. "Not everyone
who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shallenter the kingdom of heaven, but he who
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does the will of My Father in heaven.
Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied in Your
name, cast out demons in Your name,and done many wonders in Your name?’
And then I will declare to them, 'Inever knew you; depart from Me, you
who practice lawlessness!’ or iniquity[Matthew chapter 7 verses 21 through 23].
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Did you notice what Jesus saidabout the number of these people?
He didn’t say there will only be a fewpeople like this at the day of judgment.
He said “many.” And He wasn’ttalking about atheists or ungodly
sinners who never spoke a kindword about Him. He’s talking about
people who claimed to follow Him.
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These are people who call Him Lord.
Notice what He says (17:03):
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter
the kingdom of heaven, but he who doesthe will of My Father in heaven. Many
will say to Me in that day, 'Lord,Lord, have we not prophesied in Your
name, cast out demons in Your name, anddone many wonders in Your name?’ There
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are a lot of people like that today.
They talk about the Lord all thetime, but they won’t do what He says.
They talk about the good Lordthis and the good Lord that,
but they do as they please.
And when you question them about notfollowing the Bible, they brush you
aside and say, “I don’t care what yousay because I feel it in my heart.”
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But the people Jesus is talking aboutevidently felt like they were right.
They will talk at the judgment about allthe things they did in the name of Jesus.
Preachers who are in it for money andattention are looking for crowds like
this just like these crowds look fora preacher who will tickle their ears.
They will answer to God just likethose preachers will answer to God.
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Paul warned about this in some ofthe last inspired words he wrote.
He told Timothy in Second Timothychapter 4 verses one through four: “I
charge you therefore before God and theLord Jesus Christ, who will judge the
living and the dead at His appearingand His kingdom: Preach the word!
Be ready in season and out of season.
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Convince, rebuke, exhort, withall long suffering and teaching.
For the time will come when they willnot endure sound doctrine, but according
to their own desires, because they haveitching ears, they will heap up for
themselves teachers; and they will turntheir ears away from the truth, and be
turned aside to fables.” He says peoplewill not “endure sound doctrine.” They
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don’t want the Bible preached to them.Oh, they are fine if you preach some
of it. They’re okay with you preachingon baby Jesus around Christmas time.
They don’t get upset if you have asermon on Jesus feeding the multitudes.
But if you preach on theirsins, they won’t tolerate it.
As Paul says, they won’t endureit—they just plain won’t have it!
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And what do these people do?
They get themselves preachers whotell them what they want to hear.
He says they have “itching ears.” Theywant preachers who scratch their itch with
a man-pleasing, watered-down sermon. Andthey don’t care if the sermon is a lie.
Paul says they turn aside from theWord of God to listen to fables.
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So there are two reasons many religiouspeople listen to man more than God:
they don’t want the truth to beginwith and there are preachers who tell
them just what they want to hear.
Many times the reason people siton the edge of their seats to
hear a preacher is not because ofwhat he says but how he says it.
The apostle Paul said there werefalse teachers in his day that would
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use "smooth words and flatteringspeech" to "deceive the hearts of
the simple” [Romans 16 verse 18].
The same thing happens today.
Millions of people flock tohear a preacher who is dynamic,
eloquent, and charismatic.
They go away saying, “Wow!
That guy is amazing!
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I felt so uplifted, it was almost likean angel of God speaking to us!” But,
if you ask them what they learned fromthe Bible, you don’t get much response.
They quote some catchy saying thepreacher used, but they can’t tell
you anything worthwhile about whatGod said in His Word, the Bible.
They just accept what thepreacher said because he just
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seems to be so loving and kind.
It’s time that we go back tothe Sermon on the Mount again.
You know, it’s funny how peoplequote their favorite parts of
that Sermon and ignore others.
They quote and they misapply Jesus’words, “Judge not, that you be
not judged” in Matthew 7 verse 1.They quote the words “Hallowed be
Your name” in Matthew 6 verse 9.
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But they steer away from verses likeMatthew 7, 15:“Beware of false prophets,
who come to you in sheep's clothing,but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.”
That’s how false teachers work. That’show they’ve always operated. They don’t
tell people their real intentions.
They don’t admit that they put theiropinions above the Word of God.
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They don’t tell you they’re lyingwhen they talk about God speaking to
them and telling them this or that.
They don’t talk about what they’redoing in their private lives.
They put on a front.
They put on a show.
As Jesus says, they wear “sheep’sclothing.” They act nice and kind
and talk about how much they loveyou. But inwardly, Jesus says,
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they’re just setting you up.
They’re out to use you formoney, power and their selfish,
and sometimes sensual, desires.
And yet the tragedy is thatmany people follow them.
They regard the words of wolvesin sheep’s clothing more than
the words of Christ Himself.
I’ve mentioned preachers, butpreachers are not the only ones
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people trust more than God.
Think about the Catholic Church.
Catholics listen to the priest.
They honor the bishops and cardinals.
And they definitely showgreat honor to the pope.
They trust the clergy totell them how to be saved.
That's what they're taught to do.
The Catholic Church claims thatthe Holy Spirit guides the pope and
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the College of bishops into truth.
Let me repeat that.
Catholic teaching says that the HolySpirit continues to guide the magisterium
which is the pope and a certain group ofbishops called the college of bishops.
Ordinary Catholics don't havethat guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Not only that, Catholic teaching saysthat their sacred traditions which
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have been given to the Catholic Churchand passed down through the years by
the church are just as binding andauthoritative as the Bible itself.
That is not a misrepresentation.
That is not an exaggeration.
That is pure Catholic teaching.
So, in regard to Catholics, theydo trust what men say instead
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of what God says in the Bible.
But this false religion goes even farther.
The Catholic Church says that it alonehas the authority to interpret the Bible.
This is one of the most arrogantclaims in religion today.
But Catholics teach thiswithout batting an eye.
And it's just incredible that somany people across the globe submit
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to this kind of religious tyranny.
And, they're so used to yieldingtheir will to the will of the Catholic
Church that it doesn't bother them.
I'm not saying they are innocent in this.
They are not.
They are fully responsiblefor being in a false religion.
But I am emphasizing the evil of achurch that tells its members they
don't have sense enough to interpretthe plain words of the Bible.
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But let’s bring this downto a more personal level.
In your religious beliefs, do youtrust your family more than God?
That’s what the woman at the wellbrought up in John chapter four.
She was a Samaritan.
The Samaritan people worshippeddifferently that the Jews.
One difference was that the Jewsbelieved God chose Jerusalem
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as a special place of worship.
The Samaritans said thatplace was Mt. Gerezim.
She told Jesus, “Our fathers worshipedon this mountain, and you Jews say that
in Jerusalem is the place where one oughtto worship” [John chapter 4 verse 20.
But Jesus told her that she [andthey] were wrong about this.
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God had chosen Jerusalem long ago.
But the interesting point is notjust the disagreement about worship
and how Jesus dealt with it.
It is what this woman appealed to in theissue: tradition, a tradition that had
been passed down from her forefathers.
Many people follow thereligion they were raised with.
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They talk like the Samaritan woman did.
“My Dad and Mom believed this way.” “MyGrandpa said…” or “My Grandma said…” Of
course there’s nothing wrong with sayingthat if what they taught was right.
It’s good to appreciate them andgive them credit for teaching
the truth in the family.
But even then, their saying somethingis true doesn’t make it true.
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And the problem is thatmany are not that fortunate.
Their parents didn’t teach them right.
But they hang onto their beliefsout of respect for their parents.
Jesus said we must follow Him firstabove all others, including family.
He said, “Do not think that Icame to bring peace on earth.
I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
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For I have come to 'set a man againsthis father, a daughter against her
mother, and a daughter-in-law againsther mother-in-law’; and 'a man's
enemies will be those of his ownhousehold.’ He who loves father or
mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And he who loves son or daughtermore than Me is not worthy of Me”
[Matthew 10 verses 34 through 37].
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He also said, “If anyone comes to Meand does not hate his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,yes, and his own life also, he cannot
be My disciple” [Luke 14 verse 26].
This is one of the hardestdecisions a person will ever make.
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But we must love God above everyone else.
There were people in the New Testamentthat had to choose between trusting
in what their relatives taughtthem and trusting what God said.
And many of them chose to trust God.
Peter said that his readers hadturned away from the way they had
“received by tradition from yourfathers” [I Peter 1 verse 18].
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Paul said that some of his relativeswere lost [Romans 9 verses 1 through 3].
He said that, before he was converted,he had “advanced in Judaism beyond
many of my contemporaries in myown nation, being more exceedingly
zealous for the traditions of myfathers” [Galatians 1 verse 13].
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He saw through those traditions,and people can do the same today.
And, you don’t have tobe in a false religion.
You can be a member of the Lord’s churchand still hold on to ideas more because
you were taught that way and not so muchbecause you learned them from the Bible.
Time always puts us to the test.
Sooner or later our beliefs are tested.
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Someone may ask us a question.
A controversy erupts in the congregation.
A family division pushes us to makesure we know what the Scriptures, not
our loved ones, say about that issue.
This is always uncomfortable.
But in the end, we can checkthe Bible to see for ourselves.
If our parents taught us somethingthat was not correct, then we
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can try with love and respectto help them understand better.
And if what they taught us was rightand we confirm it by extra study, we’ll
be even stronger in our convictions.
But let’s make this even more personal.
Do you trust your feelingsmore than you trust God?
This is one of the hardest things toadmit because it’s hard for us to see it.
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We can see when other people put toomuch trust in what they grew up hearing.
When can see when others rely toomuch on what their parents said
or what their spouse believes.
But seeing the same thing inourselves is not as simple.
And it may be a situation where ourfeelings are really pulling at us.
This is where your faithis tested to the core.
You can know what the Bible says, butin the midst of a crisis, in times
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of temptation, in situations whereyour faith is severely tested, you
have to choose between following whatyou think and doing what God says.
Naaman made the mistake of saying “Ithought” when he should have said “I
believe.” Thankfully, he put his personalfeelings aside and did what the prophet
told him to do [Second Kings chapter 5].
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Solomon said, “Every way of a man isright in his own eyes, but the Lord
weighs the hearts” [Proverbs 21 verse2]. He said it even more plainly
in Proverbs 28 verse 26 (29:15):
“He who trusts in his own heart is a fool.”
With all the information on the internettoday, we must be more judicious than
ever about what we read and hear.
We must learn, trust, and rememberwhat God said above all else.
We must compare anything we hearfrom anyone or any source to the
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Bible to see if it is true or false.
We must have the noble mind ofthe Bereans in Acts 17 verse 11.
After they heard Paul and Silas preach,they searched the Scriptures daily to
find out whether those things were so.
“Trust in the Lord with all yourheart, And lean not on your own
understanding; In all your waysacknowledge Him, And He shall direct
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your paths” [Proverbs 3 verses 5 and 6].
Thank you for listeningto My God and My Neighbor.
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My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. My Favorite Murder is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.
Dateline NBC
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