Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole. you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Hester Chuck continues with the fleecing

of the flock as we pick up in Jeremiah chapter 23 verse one and now with

today's message here's pastor chop now in Chapter 23, God speaks out against those pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord. God says they're my sheep,

but these pastors are scattering them and destroying them.

Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people.

You have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not

visited them behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.

Those wicked pastors who were not really feeding the flock of God, but rather seeking only to fleece the flock of

God. The flock of God.

If these evangelists are writing to you and in every letter they send to you,

there is a direct or insinuated appeal for funds.

Know that they're not really writing unto you because they love you and care for you.

Though they may say it, oh I've been thinking about you this week and God laid a heavy burn

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