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Leech with two daughters
Give and give they cry
Her name is a liar
I refuse
I refuse, refuse

–Norma Jean, “Face:Face”–

Love is a sugar to sweeten the duties of authority which pertain to a husband. Respect is as salt to season all the duties of subjection which pertain to a wife. –William Gouge

1. HE’S BRAVE BECAUSE HE HAS STRONG FAITH IN GOD. “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” –1 Corinthians 16:13

2. HE DRESSES IN A WAY THAT IS DISTINCTLY MASCULINE. “A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this.” –Deuteronomy 22:5

3. HE FINANCIALLY PROVIDES FOR HIS FAMILY FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITY. “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” –1 Timothy 5:8

4. HE LOVES HIS WIFE. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” –Ephesians 5:25

5. HE TEACHES THE BIBLE TO HIS KIDS–AND DOESN’T PROVOKE THEM TO ANGER. “Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” –Ephesians 6:4 (NKJV)

6. HE PURSUES PEACE AND HOLINESS IN HIS RELATIONS. “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.” –Hebrews 12:14 (KJV)

7. HE’S USUALLY AMONG THE GODLY MIDDLE CLASS. “Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.” –1 Corinthians 1:26 (KJV)

8. HE’S A MAN OF PRAYER. “I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.” –1 Timothy 2:8 (KJV)

9. HE OVERCOMES SEXUAL LUST THROUGH BEING FILLED WITH SCRIPTURE. “I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.” –1 John 2:13-14 (KJV)

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John Piper and Wayne Grudem, eds. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Crossway, 2021).

John R. Rice, Bobbed Hair, Bossy Wives, and Women Preachers (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1941).

—. Rebellious Wives and Slacker Husbands (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1943).

REFERENCES TO “THE BURDEN OF THE LORD” IN PROPHETIC MINISTRY

Charles David Williams, The Prophetic Ministry for Today (Macmillan, 1921).

John Loren Sandford, The Elijah Task.

James Goll, The Seer, p. 21.

Ernest Gentile, Your Sons and Daughters Shall Prophesy.

For ever, eternal, standing by my Father’s side
As I watch this world return to Sodom and Gomorrah

–Embodyment, “Breed”–

John Eckhardt, Demon Hit List.

John Wesley, “Catholic Spirit.”

“Spirit of” in KJV Bible.

Whoever hates correction is stupid.
–Proverbs 12:1–

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
–Proverbs 16:18–

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
–Psalm 1:1 (KJV)–

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
–Proverbs 9:8-9 (KJV)–

I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
–Matthew 5:28-30 (KJV)–

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“What Does the Bible Say About Ignoring Negative?” (Open Bible). Even on this website, which is a democratic site where people vote on Bible verses and their relevance to certain topics, you can see how many verses associated with forgiveness are misinterpreted to mean, that you should just simply ignore people who criticize you and say negative things. While I think that is wise policy with some classes of unreasonable and hateful people (Psalm 1:1), I don’t think its wise with all classes: especially ones that appear to be sincere and godly (Proverbs 9:8-9). But forgiving people and ignoring people are not synonymous. This is taking the idea of negative confession and mixing it with the idea of “forgiveness,” but the dishonesty, selfishness, untruthfulness, and unbiblicalness of it should be apparent to any honest reader of the Bible. Especially since pastors are teachers in the body of Christ; and should fear God enough to make sure that they are teaching the Word of God properly. Shutting practically every negative word off is spiritually immature and is no way to clear up your own spiritual blind spots. A certain type of selectivity about critical emails, etc should be any pastor’s policy; but not a teetotal ignoring of all of them.

S. David Moore, The Shepherding Movement (T & T Clark, 2003).

Thomas C. Oden, Pastoral Theology (HarperCollins, 1983).

—. John Wesley’s Teachings, Volume 3: Pastoral Theology (Zondervan, 2013).

Ronald Enroth, Churches That Abuse (Zondervan, 1993).

C. H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students (Zondervan, 1954).

Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor (Banner of Truth, 1974).

6:10 – I disagree with Wilkerson’s speculation that Hell is a fire planet like the sun.

25:47 – Wilkerson interpreted the never-dying worm as the troubled conscience like many of the Puritans did. I don’t see that being taught in Scripture. I believe its a literal flesh-eating worm, or the screwworm maggot found in Middle Eastern livestock (the Chrysomya bezziana species), that eternally torments the living corpses of the damned in Hell. Its likely that Isaiah, Jesus, John, and all the Hell seers in the Bible had dreams and visions of screwworms that were a part of their familiar surroundings.

Father of Lies
Burn with your legion
Suffer inside eternal Abyss
God has terminated my soul
The committed:
“I want to dwell within Your Embrace.”

I had a dream of this reality
My decision to live by my means
I took what’s mine, never regret, until now
Separation from the love I took for granted
Separation from the truth revealed to me

–Living Sacrifice, “Separation”–