Reinforcements (Part A)

Satan, the father of lies. He loved to suppress the truth.

This is what makes journalism today. Maybe forever, people act like journalism back then was okay soon as they realize they had some power, it was no longer okay well anyway, Satan looks to suppress the truth or don't don't. That's what an editor. The newsletter did not publish that truth may work against what we are up to this cross reference radio with our pastor and teacher. Rick asked Rick is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Mechanicsville.

Pastor Rick is currently teaching through a special series called truth, love testimony, please stay with us after today's message to hear more information about cross reference radio, specifically how you can get a free copy of this teaching, but for now open your Bibles to the book of third John chapter 1 we join Pastor Rick for brand-new message called reinforcements. Third John will take verses nine through 14. If you have your Bibles verse nine I wrote to the church, but they are trophies who loves to have preeminence among them does not receive us. Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does prodding against us with malicious words and not content with that he himself does not receive the brethren for bids.

Those who wish to putting them out of the church, beloved, do not imitate what is evil, what is good, he who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God. Demetre us is a good testimony from all and from the truth itself and we also bear witness and you know that our testimony is true. I had many things to write but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink, but I hope to see you shortly and we shall speak face-to-face peace to you.

Our friends greet you greet the friends by name.

I just love this section is so necessary in all ages for the church's consideration is entitled reinforcements, three men are remembered in this section by John in this last paragraph as we have it.

One was a usurping scoundrel by the name of Demetre is so Demetrius however you choose to pronounce it and having no business being accepted by congregation by believers. Some were accepting him. Nonetheless, another of the three men was an honorable man. Gaius by name and John sent a faithful brother to reinforce Gaius in the midst of the struggle with diopter fees and that man that he sent the third character is Demetrius. Ecclesiastes 412 01 may be overpowered by another two can withstand him and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

John was on today and so sending this.

The second letter, at least to the church, wherever it is located because were not told is not sending it to the assembly of the pastor diopter fees, who hijacked the church but yes to send it direct to Gaius and I'll come back to that.

Hopefully.

But it is better to have one of these to face the devils flunkies with reinforcements. Our Lord would send them out in twos.

Luke's gospel chapter 10 verse one after these things the Lord appointed 70 others and sent them to buy two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to go and then there's acts chapter 13, you know that's that beautiful passageways is separate to me. Barnabas saw Paul and Barnabas, and I'd like to read it because it's it's a beautiful passage at acts chapter 13 verse two as they minister to the Lord and faster, the Holy Spirit said now separate to me Barnabas and Saul for the work which I have called them and there again is the Holy Spirit sending them out in twos one to reinforce the other and this is what we have in this troublesome situation so John again. He dispatches Demetrius to reinforce Gaius against the troublemaker. Diopter fees I'll be mentioning that name diopter fees quite a few times, hopefully to drill it into the heads of any of us who may need to be aware of these things because the spirit of diopter fees finds its way into churches. To this very day. I don't think there's a pastor who's been pastoring any length of time that has not had to deal with some potential.

At the least diopter fees that we look at verse nine he says. I wrote to the church but diopter fees loves to have preeminence among them does not receive us where's the first places I wrote to the church. Well, that's the one that Batra fees intercepted, possibly destroyed. Maybe it still managed to circulate, perhaps, of the second we don't know but we know that that is the disjunctive voice. As I wrote to the church but diopter fees loves the limelight who loves to be number one. Hence, the second this letter here that John is writing to this hijacked assembly. I think many of the converts at this time. Coming into the church from the pagan world from Greek mythology who mainly they didn't understand the hierarchy of the church that the apostles were the overseers. They laid the foundation they were appointed to do this and if you messed with them. You messed with Christ and for anybody to remain in the congregation where the one of the apostles, the last living apostle was being badmouth this atomically perplexing unless it is ignorance. This data fees is one of the despicable characters of the New Testament there as many of them in the New Testament consists of course of all that is not as much volume.

In the Old Testament everywhere.

We have a few we got hair out of course that killed innocent children in Bethlehem and we have men like Demetrius to silversmith there. There are other scoundrels. Alexander but this one is one of the ugliest because he's infiltrated the church. Luke's gospel chapter 10 Jesus said to his disciples go your way, behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. Were you better have faith to be encouraged by that dream and be able to call that an encouragement you have to say what he sent me out against these carnivores must be with me, he must have a plan that's what faith does faithlessness just falls apart in face of the threat. The hello it said I meet with Faith is not supposed to be Dom, but faithlessness is not recommended either Grace strikes the balance finds out what's what Elise gets to work. In doing so, he says, who loves to have preeminence among them does not receive us. This is one of the creeps in the church. Jude will speak about when we get to Jude next session. Hopefully. But how opposite of what John the Baptist said, looking at Jesus.

He said he must increase, Imus decreased Diane if he says I must increase. Let everybody else decrease I the only one that should shine forth a self exalted fool.

Proverbs 18 to a full has no delight in understanding, but in expressing his own heart and see what the apostles taught interfered with what diopter fees was did you what is Gnosticism and if you are intelligent if you had the seal of intelligentsia on your life and you had to listen to Gnosticism. I may know what idiot would believe in evolution of bargaining creation at mockery coming whoops said the wrong way. The first time in the right way. Self anointed appointed dictator and they still exist. He says does not receive us. That's elder rebellion. Imagine telling one of Christ. Handpicked men were handpicked just for this purpose to establish the first church, the collective at large first church, imagine telling this appointed leader to go jump in the lake.

That's what diopter fees was doing that authority given to the apostles the 10th of quite a few places in the New Testament, but I'll just take a few Matthew 18. Surely I said you where whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. That's pretty big authority is saying to his apostles to his pastors listen they going to be times when you won't know the exact answer to give and you going to have to make a decision make the decision and I'll back you up. Not a reckless decision to do the best you can with what you have.

Otherwise, otherwise everything begins break down you'd be too afraid to make a decision to be panic stricken semester, but I don't know the answer to that wonderful getaway for me to be judged. So you have this authority. Matthew 2819 this one is for the apostles, but it extends to us all believers. Go therefore and make disciples make disciples met. They also is the Greek word there will we get our rings were in mathematics requires discipline. He says of all nations, immersing them in the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit. And then this Jude verse 17. What you beloved. Remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

See Jude got it. Jude really would Gnosticism also usually we go by what the apostle say not easy to Johnny-come-lately these upstart dinners. Acts 242. They continued they continued steadfastly fastly in the doctrine of the apostles and if you don't continue and that you become a cult of Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses in Gnostic.

They all departed from the doctrine of the apostles, while at the same time saying they weren't. Satan works through such people, especially in churches. He targets churches Psalm 81 the haters of Yahweh would pretend submission to him, but their fate would endure forever.

In other words, their judgment will be without an ending internal judgment. They pretend submission for Dr. fees reached the point where he was no longer pretending because he felt his points was so much better than John's that he could attack him publicly. Satan hard and work. Why is anybody surprised he targets churches where the first choice Satan, who would you like this attack would you like to go down to the saloon and attack that or the church is going to go to church first attack anything Yates is all it's the people of the church as much as he ate the people's lungs. First John chapter 5 verse 19 we know that we are of God in the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one makes it hard to function when you've got people who are under the sway of Satan making decisions that directly affect your life. It was worse in the days of the apostles than it is for us now Satan, the father of lies. He loved to suppress the truth. This is what makes journalism today maybe or forever.

People act like journalism back then was okay soon as they realize they had some power, it was no longer okay well anyway, Satan looks to suppress the truth or don't don't. That's what an editor the newsletter… "No published at that truth may work against what we are up to. I just did that I never did that appear before remember the first time. Second Corinthians 4, Paul dealing with the trouble some people mainly in first Corinthians within a second Corinthians things got better, but they were still there and he knew it and he did not stop calling them out on it, but he speaks of Satan, Jesus is mine, the God of the sages blinded, who do not believe this in light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them so Satan is the father of lies.

He is out to blind people, less the glory of Christ shine on them. That's where we come in, bringing our lamps with us to shine the light on those in the Holy Spirit is already working on the result of Satan's work is often social breakdown especially immoral in the moral sense, and then adjusts balloons worse things Jeremiah had to deal with this.

Jeremiah had to live amongst the people who touted in his face that they were the people of God while they worshiped the pagan all at the pagan altars and stolen lied and murdered and did whatever they could do call in Yahweh's name is got so bad.

Jeremiah said I wish I could just go ahead. I just wish I had a house up in the mountains just get away from every body is so bad in that same chapter. Chapter 9 of Jeremiah he goes on to write after he said I wish I had a place to go is as everyone will deceive his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They put their tongue to speak lies they weary themselves to commit iniquity. Some of them are right now.

Rioting insurgencies and T4 group. Satan's minions and they don't even know it must do to preoccupy with carnal passions to even know what's going on spiritually. Yes Satan sways people to attack our faith while claiming to belong to our faith. First Timothy six Paul speaking about those were doing this very thing he says useless wrangling of men of corrupt minds, destitute of the truth who suppose that godliness is a means of gain from such withdraw yourself. Don't be around these people.

These are the folks that are in churches that want to prosper materialistically through using the name of Jesus Christ we call today the prosperity teachers.

They boast about this stuff is not prosperity.

The ever read first Timothy 65 maybe once to know not to go back there and read it again swing people to exchange the truth of God for a lie. This is what Satan does us were talking about.

This is what was happening through and in diopter fees is not a joke is not something we just read about in the Bible that happened there, somewhere in that ancient world, it still goes on. Some of you have dealt with people like this and you know all the Satan was pulling their strings. Romans chapter 1, we exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator who is blessed forever.

Amen Paul is writing this is in Corinth.

Maybe just came from the market maybe is looking out his window with this stuff was rampant. He looks out or just knows it's there and he says these people of exchange the truth lies they worship things that are in creation at the exclusion of the creator.

Because of you worship the creator and truth. You could not worship the things created one of the points to make against those who have American Indian religions. They worship the Eagle and the bear and we say to them you worshiping a created object or item. There's a creator and he is much there's much more to him than just worshiping theirs acting upon the worship diopter fees infiltrated the pulpit and did serious damage verse 10. Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does spreading against us with malicious words and not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren for bids. Those who wish who wish to putting them out of the church so John says that he's going to confront this, that he did.

This will not get a passport.

John is very old now and the idea of him traveling any length in distances not something to just pull off easily and just because he was an apostle of the Lord, does not mean you do not have health issues. We don't know what kind of issues he may have had maybe suffered with Gallagher, arthritis, or maybe you know cataracts who knows what his intention in the message that he sends to the churches.

This is something that must be confronted. It is an unpleasant, imperative Titus, Paul said to him. Titus was a close little bit apparently more aggressive than what Paul thought Timothy was, I think. I think Timothy was just as aggressive and right on as a pastor is all the rest of the book Paul babied him.

Paul loved him so much.

Now Timothy don't you run with those scissors in your hands, and Timothy is like 45, driving around in the car and was he talking about, but that's what love does so sober. But Titus and in the ticket because they they were delusional they were. They go troubleshoot. For Paul, Timothy did to anyway. Titus two he says to him speak.

These things exhort review with all authority. Let no one despise you and that's what put boot. What John is saying to Gaius who may not have that personality God deal with him. Gaius, I'm sending Demetrius to reinforce you and him who were hoping to. Gaius is going to say John, I'll deal with him and you say will how long I can't tell you because it violates love says not very loving but it's effective. The battle of the flashing of the flesh always wants to ruin what the Spirit can do in the spirit often needs time to do it and it is the way it is. You've got accepted.

He said, spreading against us with militias were prodding in the Greek is closer to talking nonsense made to the AAA just John is pretty much same, but really, who cares what he saying this is wrong, but it still has to be dealt with and the words were malicious. Then again in the English and the Greek it's evil and it's harmful depraved speech. It's not the speech that you would get from a pastor and he said evil things about John and the disciples and he did evil things will come to the moment John gospel chapter 15 verse 20 if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. That's a lot of authority to give of the apostles, is it not your word is tantamount is equal to my word because it's coming from me to you.

That's why I picked you to dare go against such a one, it's spiritual suicide.

I would not want to be diopter fees on Judgment Day. I'm having a tough time being me on Judgment Day. So, to settle any question of this fellowship if the person is against the apostles and they are promoting it.

Those are grounds for this fellowship. If someone comes in the congregation and just the to attack the apostles as to attack the New Testament that they are the one in the same and their doctrines, their teachings, not all of their actions. Of course, but in the context of the entire event. For instance, Peter.

You know, he stumbled with the Lord. Paul made a goof up with James. James made a lot of goof up to just couldn't shake his legalistic roots yet is this letter is spot on.

Righteous 100% God breathed, just as you would look at it of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and Solomon say that connected to Solomon who had some issues wanted to thousand anyway so any this house how different from King David who would not lift his sword in you and Saul when he had grounds to do a man not diopter fees will do and John first at the gasket is not continuing in the apostles doctrine is continuing against it. He says in here in verse 10, and do not and not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren. The traveling preachers. We spoke about. I think verses five and six of the same letter. Those men that would go around and they would not take money from Gentiles and John was saying – if you did the right thing taking care of them. Diopter fees would have none of that.

And if you talk then an itinerant, a traveling preacher in your house you will booted out of the church as he wants the limelight and the plot balked at somebody else's but better preacher than him. He will not have in first Chronicles when David was being incarnated by all of Israel all the tribes. There are some beautiful snapshots comments about the spirit of unity and obedience in and the troops that came out to parade before their new king and this was one of my favorites. It's first Chronicles 1233, of Zebulon, and if you not familiar. That's one of the tribes of Israel. One of the sons of Jacob of Zebulun, there were 50,000 who went to battle expert in war with all weapons of war, stouthearted men who could keep ranks discipline troops that were armed.

This is what the church is supposed to be. This is what churchgoers are supposed to be stouthearted, who can keep ranks and don't flee when the enemy shows up usually enemy shows up, not with to make them flee not with grenades and mortars, but tissue boxes some petty thing; beware of that it doesn't have to be that way and it is certainly not that way with a great many of troops in the in the faith roasted be no good churches. He says he often forbids those who wish to.

As I've already commented on we have to be careful that we don't protect heretics by trying to be too nice and kind to them when we are to stand up against them. Again, the authority of these apostles if you show me some of the says I'm a Christian, but they hold the Old Testament over the New Testament.

You have someone was departed from the doctrine of the apostles we the Old Testament is every bit of work of God's word Jesus came along and that he put it under the authority of the test. Thanks for listening to cross reference radio today cross reference is the teaching ministry of pastor Rick Gaston of Calvary Chapel Mechanicsville in Virginia. If you're interested in more information about this ministry, you can visit our website cross reference radio.com. You'll find more of pastor Rick's teachings available.

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