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  TRUE APOSTLES USE STRONG REBUKES (CLIP)
  by Zac Poonen
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of strong rebukes and
correction within the church, using the apostle Paul's direct and bold
approach with the Galatians as an example of genuine love and concern
for their spiritual well-being. It challenges modern-day believers to
embrace correction and rebuke as a means of growth and spiritual
maturity, highlighting the lack of such accountability in many churches
today due to the scarcity of true apostolic authority.

Duration: 0:54 Topics: "Accountability", "Spiritual Growth"
Scripture References: Proverbs 27:6, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 12:6, Revelation 3:19

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of strong rebukes and correction
within the church, using the apostle Paul's direct and bold approach
with the Galatians as an example of genuine love and concern for their
spiritual well-being. It challenges modern-day believers to embrace
correction and rebuke as a means of growth and spiritual maturity,
highlighting the lack of such accountability in many churches today due
to the scarcity of true apostolic authority.

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CONTENT
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You foolish Galatians! Is that the way an apostle should speak to those
whom he's seeking to build up? He loved them so much, the only way to
wake them up from their slumber was to use strong words. You foolish
Galatians! Who has bivitched you? Bivitch is worse than foolish. Bivitch
means some demonic spell has come upon you.

Imagine standing up before a congregation like this and saying, you
foolish people, some demonic spell has come upon you. You think this guy
doesn't know the Lord who's standing up there. By the way, it's the
apostle Paul.

It's you who don't know the Lord. So why don't we hear such rebukes
nowadays? I'll tell you why. Because there are hardly any apostles.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/CzX_YdMXL3U.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/zac-poonen/true-apostles-use-strong-rebukes/
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