Are you that man?

It seems like every time I listen to the radio and hear some one teaching or preaching they have been using this scripture.

2Tim.4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

It seems that there are a lot people who are turning away from the truth of the scripture. And they seem to want to form their own doctrine, other than what God’s Word says. We need to be and have to be people of the Word. Sometimes the Word hurts. The bible says it is like a twoedged sword in Heb.4:12

In fact I heard one of my favorite preachers (Perry Noble) say this about grace. “When we use His grace as an excuse to continue a sinful lifestyle we are not worshipping HIM as God...we are worshipping ourselves...and... · ..asking Him to come along for the ride!”


I believe that God is looking for men and women who will stand up for the truth of God’s Word. People who will stand up for righteousness. I just finished listening to a message about people being tortured and put into prison for preaching the truth of God’s Word. I also heard about 4 men being beheaded for being a Christian. So the point is, it is not going to always be easy and it will cost you something to make a stand for God and His Word.

Ezek.22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Jer.5:1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

God is always looking for a man or woman or a church that will stand up for God and make up the difference. Are you that man? Are you that woman? Are you that church or ministry?

Neh. 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
The world may look at you the way they looked at Nehemiah. They were upset that somebody cared enough for the things of God. But God was pleased and gave Nehemiah and the people success. It pays off to be that man or woman or church who will make a stand for God and His cause.

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