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Welcome to the Word of the Lord endures forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

So clearly this diatriphes is actually an elder of the congregation. Perhaps it's bishop, it's

senior pastor. And he doesn't seem to be enthused at all about giving support to these

missionaries and he's trying to put a stop to it. Doesn't take too much imagination

to figure out why. He wants those funds flowing into his coffers, not theirs. The Word of the

Lord endures forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with the church, past and present.

Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of 3 John.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

Greetings, people loved by God. Well, in our previous study, we had wrapped up Psalm 106, which also wrapped up the fourth book of the

Psalter. In it, we learned to beware of presuming upon God's gracious mercy and forgiveness,

since he does threaten to judge impenitence, and he certainly did so in the case of his ancient people.

When first the Northern Kingdom and then the Southern Kingdom fell in repeated revolt and idolatry,

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