Timeless words. From centuries ago. How few times we hear them today. I can’t recall anyone ever quoting from the Directory! But today how often do our pastors need to endlessly quote the modern mega-preachers or authors… instead of “sparingly citing sentences of ecclesiastical or other human writers, ancient or modern, be they never so elegant.“
by Mike Ratliff
1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. 2 Timothy 4:1-4 (NASB)
25 “And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. 26 Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I…
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