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Hey guys, Pastor B here. It's time for a coffee break in the Bible. I hope you

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have your waking bear coffee in hand like I do. So the Bible warns that in the

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end days there will be mockers. Even in quote-unquote churches. You know, aside

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from the literal warnings that we find littered throughout Scripture, when you

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actually get down and start looking at it, almost every book in the New Testament

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warn of false teachers and people turning towards them in false religion

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and away from God. You know, and it's more prevalent today than many realize.

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And a big part of that is because people put blind trust into the man standing up

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in the pulpit. You know, that guy up in the light. You know, however, I'll remind

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you even Satan knows Scripture. He has used it himself. Twisted as it may have

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been. You know, so many so-called pastors or preachers do the same. You know, the

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the whole name it and claim it style of preaching. You know, those who claim to be

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prophets yet we hear the same garbage coming out of them. You know, things are

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omitted or taken out of context or just flat-out lied about. You know, but people

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don't go back and check. You know, like I said, the big part of this is because

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people don't actually read their Bible and we all should. Now sure, you know,

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there's plenty of people out there that you know may have read along you know a

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few verses as they followed along you know whatever service they were sitting

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in. But they never actually go back and study it. They don't take the time to

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actually read anything else. You know, they're too busy in their week. You know,

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the only time they actually set aside for God is those few you know minutes

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when they actually decide to go to service. You know, or on Sundays. In the

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book of Acts chapter 17 verse 11, the Bible says, now the Berean Jews were made

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of noble character than those in Thessalonica. For they received the

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message with great eagerness and examined the scriptures every day to see

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if what Paul said was true. Now the Bereans, they were praised for not only

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listening with an open mind but actually going back and reading the word to

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validate what they had heard. They're an example of what we should all do. Don't

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just take the word of someone, not mine or anyone else's. You know, just because

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of the stage they're on, the pulpit they stand behind, the title they claim, or

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the image that they present. Just because someone's on stage is referred to as a

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pastor, a preacher, a minister, etc., etc., doesn't mean that they're not a tool of

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the devil. And unfortunately some don't even realize that they are. You know, the

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Word warns us in several places that we need to be on guard. This is also, and

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more importantly, why we should all read the Word for ourselves. So that not only

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can we show ourselves approved, but so that we know when we have a false teacher

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in front of us and how we should respond. Remember, you're a blessing, you're loved.

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Go be the church.