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  ANSWERS FOR A CONFUSED CHURCH BY PASTOR SHANE IDLEMAN
  by Shane Idleman
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Summary: Pastor Shane Idleman calls the church to discernment and
repentance in the face of false teachings, emphasizing the
transformative power of God's word.

Duration: 3:23 Topics: "False Prophets", "Gods Judgment"
Scripture References: Jeremiah 23:16-25

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon focuses on the message delivered by God to Jeremiah, warning
the people against false prophets who speak of peace when there is no
peace, leading them astray by following their own hearts. God laments
that these prophets did not stand in His counsel to turn the nation back
to Him, and He compares His word to a fire and a hammer that breaks
rock. Despite sending messengers to warn and instruct the people, they
mocked and despised them, leading to God's anger with no remedy.

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CONTENT
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And halfway through Jeremiah's ministry, he's pushing forward and God
says, listen, Jeremiah, go tell the people that they are listening to
prophets who are prophesying of their own vision of their own heart.
Don't even listen to them. They're telling the people, peace, peace,
when there is no peace, there's no safety.

Tell the people don't listen to these guys because what are they doing?
They're causing the people to walk according to the dictates of their
own heart. And God says, I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I
have not prophesied to them, yet they spoke.

But had they truly stood in my counsel, had these teachers truly stood
in my counsel, they would have turned the entire nation back to God. Is
not my word like a fire, like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? He
told Jeremiah, tell my people they have perverted the words of the
living God by not warning and instructing and encouraging and calling
the people back. He said, I sent messengers to my people.

What happened? Did they listen? No. He said, they mocked my messengers,
despised at my word and scoffed at my prophets until the anger of the
Lord arose against his own people until there was no remedy. What do you
do when God says, you want it, you got it?

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/VsWh-yUdJJE.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/shane-idleman/answers-for-a-confused-church-by-pastor-shane-idleman/
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