Why would I spend my life learning things that most people don’t want to hear? There is a vast difference between what is real and needed and what most people want to hear. The bible says that people heap to themselves teachers to hear things that will satisfy their itching ears. It doesn’t make it true or even needful, but it satisfies an itch. It seems that like clockwork, there are ideas that appear and capture people’s imagination. You look around there are dozens of ideas that are circulating today. And just as it was in Jesus’ day, He said to combat heresy you tell the truth. It is unfortunate that many people will not accept the truth. Why, because it means not only they were wrong but will have to change. So, they go on with heaping to themselves teachers. When Paul came to Athens to preach the gospel, there was a free forum for anyone to speak. People from everywhere would come to express their views. Paul was given the opportunity to talk at the forum. After he shared the gospel, people just dismissed what he had to say as just another philosophy. There itching ears had dulled their senses so much that they couldn’t hear the truth. And it isn’t just in the first century that this happens. There are enough theories going around today to choke a horse. None of them are true or real, but people will fight to the death to defend them. People laughed and made fun of Noah, until the sky became dark and the rain fell. But it was too late for those people. There is a reference that Jesus made about the last days on earth. He said just as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be again.
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