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[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] We are the perfect work. Subscribe and activate the notification bell so you don't miss any [Music] videos. Again, the difference between doctrine and apostolic dispositions. That is what we are going to discuss with the Lord's help. May God give us all the ability to understand this in the Lord's name. For this, I first want us to take a few verses from the word of our God, which are found in the first of Corinthians, chapter 15, verse 1. And we will also read verse two for the glory of the Lord. Moreover, I declare to you, brothers, the gospel that I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand firm, by which you hold fast to the word that I preached to you, you are saved. If you did not believe in vain, may it be for the honor and glory of the Lord. Please be seated for a moment. With the Lord's help, we will prepare ourselves, then, to discuss something that, brother, is very important. The doctrine of Jesus Christ, the gospel prepared by God from before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last days by our Lord Jesus Christ, is a gospel, a doctrine that has no mutation. Let me explain. That has no changes. Again, that gospel, that doctrine is permanent. That gospel is, brothers, an eternal gospel. Again. A gospel, what? eternal, that cannot be, that cannot be modified again, that cannot be what? modified. Why? Why can it not be modified? Ah, brother, it is because God has already designed it, and God's design is perfect. Again, what is God's design like? Perfect. That it lacks nothing and has nothing in excess. Again, what is perfect? What is whole? Complete. It is the gospel, the word, the doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ. And this doctrine that our God has manifested, this doctrine that our God has wanted to give as a gift, we know it, yes, we have heard it, yes, but through a very special channel. Again, through a very special channel. That channel, that channel that God has wanted to choose in these last times, we know that his name is Naason Joaquín. He is the channel that God has chosen so that the gospel of Jesus Christ, pay close attention to what I am going to tell you, so that the gospel of Jesus Christ he receives it. And also preserves the purity of that gospel. Pay close attention, it is a unique quality that only God's servants have. Again, it is a unique quality that God's servants have. Did you notice what the quality is? Let's try again. Did you notice which quality I am referring to? Which one? Which quality? of preserving, of keeping the gospel of Jesus Christ pure. Notice, brother, that God gives this quality to his servants, to his anointed, because one of them says, giving thanks to God because He considered him faithful. Let's try again. Because He considered him faithful, by entrusting him with the ministry. Again, brothers, these seem like words that have no meaning and that we just read them, right? If you stop to think, if you stop to reason, that word means a lot, brothers. Because He considered me faithful. How did God consider him? Faithful, as someone who would preserve God's word exactly as God gives it, exactly as God reveals His will. There is no variation, there is no, brother, confusion, there is no mixture. Pay close attention, there is no mixture, confusion. No, no, no. A servant of God, that is why God entrusts His gospel to them, because they are faithful. Yes, they are what? Faithful. So we must be very careful about this, brothers. Pay close attention, because many times there are people in the church who hear the doctrine, hear the word, and sometimes it doesn't sit well with them, and they say, "The doctrine is changing. When I believed, it wasn't like this. When I believed, this didn't exist," said a person I want to use as an example so you can see. Brothers, in the Lord's church, there are, we said, apostolic dispositions or permissions. I hope I am making myself clear. And in the Lord's church, marriages of honor are performed in the temple. I don't know if I'm making myself clear. Where? In the temple. But, but there are other marriages that are not performed in the temple, they are performed privately. Listen carefully, do you realize this or not? Yes, young brothers, young sisters, realize this too. Do not ignore this. Why is this? Why is it done this way? Ah, because honor, honor is given to whom it is deserved, to whom it is earned. Amen. Again. To whom is honor given? The Bible itself says, "Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law." So, it is not that, brother, the doctrine is changing, it is already established as an apostolic disposition. But that person said that her daughter wanted to get married, and she was told, "That's fine, brother, but you know what, the young man has said he is not worthy of honor, therefore, the marriage will take place, yes, but it will be private." That sister gets upset, that sister gets angry. And she says, "No, I'm not going to be in the church anymore because the doctrine is changing." Pay close attention, observe this, brothers, analyze it. It is possible that some people in their reasoning think and say that the doctrine is changing. Let's try again, brothers, let's reason, let's think. Yes, there may be people who, because their desire, their wish, their longing is not fulfilled, feel offended and say, "The doctrine is changing." No, the doctrine is invariable. Again, the doctrine is invariable. Apostolic dispositions, these can be temporary. Let me see if I am making myself understood again. Let me see if I am making myself understood. The doctrine of Jesus Christ is firm, it is eternal, it does not suffer again, it does not suffer modifications. Am I making myself understood? It does not suffer modifications. However, if there is any disposition or permission from the apostles of God, ah, then those dispositions can also be changed. Those can be temporary. I don't know if I'm making myself understood, brother. Yes or no, brothers? Let's see, am I making myself understood or not? Because one is the doctrine and another are the dispositions. For example, previously in the church, young women and young men were presented when they turned 15. But the servant of God says, "Let's go with the tradition of the world, right? Better if it's at 14 years old." What is this? A disposition, am I making myself clear? A disposition that is within the order. Am I making myself clear? A disposition that is within the order. But because of that disposition, is the doctrine changing, no? The doctrine is unique, it is perfect, it is immutable, and these characteristics are so that it can be preached with certainty. Let me see if I am making myself understood. God has given us a firm, unique, immutable doctrine, so that we can preach it with certainty. We sometimes sing a song and say, "No one has answered the holy doctrine that God has given you, blessed ambassador." Let me see if I am making myself understood. What has God given His servants? A holy doctrine, an immutable doctrine, a perfect doctrine that they can never refute, that they can never answer, because this doctrine comes from heaven. Pay close attention. And when this doctrine is presented to men, to people, then, brother, then, sister, that is when the difference is seen, when it is observed. Man defends his teaching, his doctrine, but since that doctrine is not revealed by God, it differs again, it differs from the revealed doctrine. Again, it differs from the revealed doctrine. You yourselves do not agree, some of you, I will ask you, right? That some of you, before being here in the Lord's church, were believers of other doctrines, right? And why did the Lord make you come to this church? What was the reason? What was the motive? Do we need to understand it? Or does my question have no answer? Why? Ah, because we saw the difference in doctrines. Pay close attention, because we saw the difference in doctrines. We see in the attitude of the churches how brothers are. They praise God, apparently glorify God. But the Bible says, "In vain they honor me." Pay close attention again, what does the Bible say? "In vain they honor me, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men." I hope I am making myself clear, what do they do? What do they do, brothers? Let's try again. What do they do? They teach. What? Commandments. Matthew 15:9. Please, read it to me, please. Matthew 15:9. teaching as doctrine the commandments of men. Pay close attention, the doctrine of these people, what is it based on? Again. What is it based on? On what? On doctrine, yes, but that doctrine is the commandments of men. Let me give you an example. The Bible says as a commandment of God that at the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, every knee should bow. Yes or no? Every knee of all creation should bow, including those in heaven and those on earth. However, we see the doctrine of men, right? God is not pleased with the posture. Listen carefully, brothers, no, no, no. God is not pleased with the posture, He is pleased with the heart, they say. So, if you pray sitting, lying down, or standing, it doesn't matter, what is that? Let's see, what is that? Commandments of men, commandments of people who impose them as doctrine. And we see it and we observe it. In the denominations. Let's pray. From the pastor to the last believer, they pray standing. Am I making myself clear, right? So, brothers, let's see what they are teaching. Are they praising God? Let's try again. Are they praising God or whom are they praising? According to them. Well, understand this. According to them, what are they doing? But what is Christ saying? "But in vain they honor me, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men." So that doctrine, that gospel that they are preaching, is not the revealed one, it is not the one God has designed, it is not the eternal one. Therefore, then, those people are only being deceived. It saddens me to say it, but it is true, brothers. Again, it saddens me to say it, but it is true. But if those people, like many of you, understand the true doctrine, then they will say, "There is no other doctrine like this doctrine that is preached in the church, the Light of the World." Am I making myself clear? How vain, how boastful, how proud. No, no, no, no, no. Brothers, this is neither vainglory, nor pride, nor carnal pride. This is a satisfaction that God has had mercy and that you and I have come to the truth of Jesus Christ. Do you remember what preaching the servant of God gave us about these things, about the three steps, brothers, that there are, brothers, for man to come to the knowledge of God? Do you remember? First, he says that the Lord, what does He do? He manifests His love, and once the manifestation of His love is known, He calls them. Yes, I don't know if you remember, brother, He calls them. He calls them. There is already a very beautiful tendency there that calls you, that called me, that has called you. And now we are missing the next step, that we be among the chosen. Am I making myself clear? That we be among the chosen. There is no deception here. There is no raising of hands to be saved. Who would not raise it? Again, who would not raise their hand right now to say, "Okay, raise your hand, those who want to be saved?" I think everyone would raise it, but it's not about raising hands. Again, it's not about raising hands, it's about seeking the way to be chosen. This is doctrine, I don't know if I'm making myself clear. This is God's doctrine. Let's try again, what is God's doctrine? I don't know if I'm making myself clear. What is God's doctrine? Raise your hand if you want to be saved. Again, sisters, brothers. We should all be in our discussion raising our hands for whoever wants to be saved. This is the doctrine of Christ. No, no. So, the doctrine of Christ is very different. The doctrine of Christ is that we do, that we fulfill, that we obey that perfect doctrine. Again, because look, brother, what good will it do us? And this must be understood this way too, what good will it do us, or rather, what good will it do a person who works in a bank, works in a bank, and there, in that bank, that person handles thousands of dollars, right? Again. They handle them, they count them, again, they give them out. Yes, to the people who have their money there, they go and have money, so they give it to them, they account for it, and there it is. Here is your amount, sir. But what good is all that money to that person? I don't know if I'm making myself clear, brother. What good is it? None. That is why we have been told, brother, guard, obey the rich doctrine, the spiritual doctrine, the doctrine of God, the doctrine of salvation. Obey it. You have it in your hands. It is yours. I don't know if I'm making myself clear. It is yours, but if you don't want to obey it, the same thing will happen to you as to that person who works as a teller or a cashier at the bank. They just watch the money pass through their hands. That's how it is. The doctrine. It is what did we say? Perfect. For what? Let's see, the doctrine is unique. Perfect, immutable. Yes, brothers. And this immutable and perfect doctrine is so that it can be preached with certainty. We said that a while ago. And it is also for practicing it for salvation. Let's try again, again. That perfect doctrine. This singular doctrine, this immutable doctrine, is so that you can preach it with certainty, so that you can bear witness to it with certainty. Yes. Let's see, let's see, let's see, let's see. Or what is God giving you as doctrine? I don't know if I'm making myself clear, brothers. Let's see, what is God giving you as doctrine? Forgive me for saying this, is He giving us junk again? Again, is our God giving us junk? No, brother, no, sister. Thanks to God, He is giving us His perfect, immutable doctrine. Yes. So, this perfect, immutable doctrine does not shame us, it does not shame us. Because I am not ashamed, said the man of God, because I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God. What is the power of God? The power of God. So, are you seeing what kind of gospel the Lord has given you? He is providing you, He is providing me with a gospel that does not what? Does not what? That does not shame me. A pure, perfect gospel. Yes. So, do not be afraid, do not be scared. If they ask you a question, you have an answer. Because God is giving us a unique and perfect doctrine. Am I making myself clear, brothers? So, you can announce it with certainty, with confidence. No, do not fear, do not be intimidated. The Lord has given us pure doctrine, but also to be practiced for salvation. Again, why does the Lord give us the doctrine? Not just to preach it with certainty and confidence and to say, "Ah, we have the only doctrine." No, no, no, no, no. This doctrine that God is giving us, speak it, yes, preach it, but also practice it. Let us practice it because it is for what. And now we fall to the text with which we began. See that the text we began with says, "Moreover, I declare to you, brothers, the gospel that I preached to you." What is the apostle referring to? Again. What is the apostle referring to? To the gospel he had preached to them, which you also received. Let me see if I am making myself clear. Which you also participated in, in which you also ate. I don't know, brothers, these are words for you to understand how we have received it. And then it says, "In which you also stand firm. You have not moved, you have not changed, no, you have not modified it either again. No, the brothers would not have modified it on any occasion either. The Apostle Paul saw that they were persevering. Again, that they were what? Persevering in that gospel, in that way. Which made the Apostle Paul happy to see that the brothers, that the sisters were submitting to that gospel, but not just at the beginning, but not just for a time, but until the time the Apostle Paul is speaking to them, he is telling them, "In which you also stand firm." Therefore, it says in verse 2, by which, by which, likewise, by that gospel, by that doctrine, by that word in which you are persevering, by it, it says likewise, if you hold fast to the word that I preached to you, you are saved. And if not, I hope I am making myself clear, brothers. And if not, did you believe in vain? So, we are in the true doctrine. We are in the doctrine that does not change, and we must hold onto that doctrine. Pay close attention, we must hold onto it, we must preserve it. We must have that care. That is why I told you a little while ago, I must feel zeal, sister. You must feel zeal for God when someone approaches you and tells you, "No, the doctrine is already changing." Let me see if I am making myself understood. Because if you accept it, you are accepting a lie, a heresy. So, what should I tell that brother, that sister, or that person who wants to tell us, "The doctrine is already changing?" You are mistaken. No, but that I, that I, that this and that, no. The one who has changed is you. I don't know if I'm making myself clear. The one who has strayed is you, because the doctrine remains the same. I ask you, I ask you, since it began to be preached here in El Salvador, the doctrine, we have more than 50 years now. Yes. So, tell me, after 50-something years, is the doctrine still the same? Has it gone out of fashion? No, the doctrine of Christ is not about fashion. The doctrine of Christ is about truth. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Therefore, do not admit, do not accept, do not conform to it, because look, brother, many times it happens, you see that the doctrine is already changing, right? No, yes, look, I see it this way, in another way. I remember that before this, that, like this, and that person who says that, pay close attention, if you focus on that, what they say is not being done anymore, they are the ones who are not doing it. He is the one who is not doing it. I don't know if I'm making myself understood. So, brother, never agree with that. The doctrine has a guardian. I don't know if I'm making myself understood this way. The doctrine has a watcher. The doctrine has someone who is, brother, always attentive, always preventing, pay close attention, always preventing heresy from appearing or gaining strength. The Apostle Paul said it clearly, that they were only waiting for the one who was now hindering them to be removed from their midst. Let me see if I am making myself understood here. That the one who was now hindering them be removed from their midst. That is, they wanted the Apostle Paul to be removed from their midst, because this apostle was hindering them. Yes, he was hindering them because he zealously guarded, brothers, that the doctrine of Christ would remain as it is today, also the radiance of His glory. Pay close attention, the radiance of His glory is among us, and that radiance of His glory will kill. That is, it will annihilate the one who wants, brothers, to hinder, whom, he says, the Lord will destroy with the radiance of His coming. Am I making myself clear this way? So, that is a blessing from God that there is, that this radiance of His glory exists. Am I making myself clear, brothers? I don't know if you could read it to me so you can analyze it. Some worker who reads it to me. Let's see. Amen. And then he will be revealed the one whom the Lord will kill with the spirit of His mouth and destroy with the radiance of His coming. Whom does he say he will do? Kill that wicked one, that wicked person, but rather an institution, whom he will kill with the spirit of his mouth and destroy with the radiance of his coming. Brother, the radiance of His coming is among us. I don't know if I'm making myself clear, brothers, again. The radiance of His coming is among us. For what? For what, brothers? Again. For what? Yes, yes, yes. Are you seeing the text that brother gave, Thessalonians 4:22? Thessalonians 2:2:8? Or read it, please. Analyze it, examine it. And what does the scripture say about that guardian, that keeper of God's things? Brothers, what does the scripture say will happen? Brothers, do you have your Bibles? And then the wicked one will be revealed. I will read to you from before so you can see what I was telling you, that he is the one who was hindering, because the mystery is already in action. It is already in action. I am reading verse 7. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is taken out of the way. Let's try again. The present restrains it until he himself is taken out of the way. Who is interposing, sisters? Who is interposing? The man of God. God's election, the apostleship, again. And then, once he is removed, and then the wicked one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the spirit of His mouth and destroy with the radiance of His coming. It is announcing the radiance, the coming of Christ. Am I making myself clear? So, brother, there is still blessing on earth because the gospel of Christ continues to be preserved. Praise be to the name of the Lord. So, we were saying that the gospel of Christ comes to us so that we may have certainty and also so that by practicing it, we may have salvation. Am I making myself clear? May we have what? Salvation. And I also told you a moment ago, or at the beginning of the explanation, that there is only one source, one source through which this gospel comes, through which this gospel is preached. First Corinthians 2:7. Let's read 2:7. I will read it because there are several verses. 2:7. We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages to our glory. Yes, you are reading it with me. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him." But God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. Are you seeing where the gospel is taken from? Again, brothers, again, sisters, are you seeing where it comes from? Where does the gospel come from? Answer me, from where? From the depths of God. You know what? I will tell you something very important. And these depths of God are not known by any person. These depths of God are not, brothers, something that God gives to just anyone. No, brother. Look, the word of God says, "I know a man. Whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, who was caught up to the third heaven, where he heard inexpressible words, which man may not utter." Again, sisters, brothers, analyze this, observe it well. The Apostle Paul was saying then that he knew a man, whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, but what I do know is that he was caught up to the third heaven. Do you know who that man was? It was the apostle. Let's analyze it well, brothers. Who was that man? Would you like to read it, please? A man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—was caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—that he was caught up to paradise and heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. I will not venture to speak of other things except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all around Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ, and thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation. But I will not boast of myself, except of my weaknesses. For if I wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, lest anyone should think more of me than what he sees in me or hears from me. And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn was given to me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from being exalted above measure. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with hardships, with persecutions, with calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. I have become a fool. You forced me to it. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to the super-apostles, even though I am nothing. The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all steadfastness, by signs and wonders and mighty deeds. For what were you less than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong! Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not burden you. For I seek not yours, but you. For children are not meant to store up treasures for their parents, but parents for their children. I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less? But let it be so, I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I took you in by stealth. Did I take advantage of you through anyone? Did I not take advantage of you? Through Titus, whom I sent to you, along with our dear brother. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same Spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps? For a long time now you have been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you. We speak before God in Christ, and all this, beloved, is for your upbuilding. For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and you not as I wish, or perhaps I shall find quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder. I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they practiced. I have paid the citation, brother. Second Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 12. Chapter 12. I ask the brothers to give you the citation so you can read it, so you can observe it, because the Spirit of God searches even what? What does it say? The depths of God. What could be deeper than what the Apostle Paul testifies to us? He was caught up to the third heaven. Tell me, we don't even have an imagination of the depth, of the immensity to which this man of God was taken to have God reveal His gospel, His doctrine to him. That is why he says things that no eye has seen nor ear has perceived are what God, what are they? What God has revealed, has manifested. Brother, I don't know if this makes you happy, I don't know if it brings you joy. Believe me, it brings me great joy. It fills me with rejoicing to know the privilege with which God has distinguished me and is also distinguishing you because He has brought you to hear the depths of God through His holy anointed, am I making myself clear? Through His holy anointed. So, brother, I repeat, this is so that we may rejoice, so that we may be glad in the Lord. So, the doctrine of Christ that the Lord has given us is a doctrine that has no variation. Why? Because it is, brothers, revealed, which has no possibility of change. That is why God's commission for each of us, pay close attention, brothers, here we must be very careful. God's commission for each of us tells us in Titus 1:9. In Titus 1:9 it says, "He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught by sound doctrine, in order to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it." So, all of us have an obligation to also become guardians of the word. Am I making myself clear, brothers? I hope you have the patience for me to explain it with complete freedom, brothers, because if I am not making myself understood, then it is in vain that I am striving here, brother. But I hope this explanation is understood. So, we have the obligation to be keepers of the word of God. That we do not allow God's word to be violated by our whims, by our way of thinking, by our tastes. Because look, the Apostle Paul, telling the church, or rather one of his servants, the Apostle Paul told them, that he should always be careful, that he should always be diligent because times would come when they would not endure sound doctrine. Pay close attention, because times or a time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate teachers according to their own desires. Analyze it. Second Timothy 4:3 is the text your brother is referring to. Second Timothy 4:3. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions. Again, how sad. Let's try again. How sad it is that, having the possibility to hear the doctrine of Christ, true, pure, holy, perfect, immutable, we have the audacity to leave, to despise, to say, "That word offends me. That word awakens in me a rage, awakens in me anger. Oh, this, that, the other." And the person begins to say that. And you know what, they want to hear, they want to listen to a doctrine that suits their whim. Because even that, look, brothers, even that they want to hear something, but what they don't want to hear is the truth. Again, what they don't want to hear, what? The truth of God. They don't want to hear the truth of God. We said, it angers them, it bothers them, it causes them, brothers, displeasure. Yes. And they grumble and say, "No, no more, the brother, sometimes, who says the person, oh, the brother was referring to me entirely." Listen to this, the brother was referring to me and told me everything like that. Oh, it's just missing that he said that I was. Look, what a coincidence. Some may even say, "I'm not going to church until they remove this brother." Pay close attention, pay close attention. Until they remove this brother. What is that person doing? Despising the word of God, the purity of the doctrine, the reproof that the word of God brings. And you know what they are candidates for, listen carefully, they are candidates for listening to that multitude of teachers. Pay close attention, they are candidates for falling into the hands of that multitude of teachers. Because they are not few. Am I making myself clear? I hope I am making myself clear, brothers. It then says, "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers." What will happen again? What will happen? I hope I am making myself clear, brothers, because I try to be clear so that no one leaves without understanding this explanation. Again, teachers will gather, taking advantage of your discontent, taking advantage of your anger, taking advantage of your lust, because that is what will happen. No, they admonished me here for this, for that, for the other, right? Come here, here you fit, here we even give you the opportunity to be a preacher, we even give you the opportunity to be a minister, we even give you the opportunity to be something. Let's see, to the woman, we give you the opportunity to be in charge of the young women, of the young men. Look here, look here. How? It's because they didn't want to receive the truth of God again. It's because they didn't want to accept the truth of God. It's because the truth of God was too heavy for them, and therefore, brothers, they leave, they murmur, they talk, and they are easy prey for those teachers who will gather according to their own lusts, according to their desires, according to their intentions. In the church, I wanted to be there in the church, let me tell you this, there in the church, well, brother so-and-so, if they put him to lead prayer, if they put him to lead, and I who deserve that more. They haven't put me, so better, look. Ah, no. Come, look here, here we give you. There in that church they don't want me because I left my wife and took another. But there they will admit you, there they will tell you, there they will praise you. The sister says, "Ah, no, here they don't demand a long dress. No, here one can dress as one wants." Who demands it? I want to ask you, who demands it? But how do they take it? I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but how do they take it? As a demand, right? Well, here, look, here with so-and-so, look how people are, how they live, how they are, and look, very happy serving God. No, no, they are honoring Him in vain because they are teaching as doctrine the commandments of men. Am I making myself clear, brothers? Well, so, brothers, what does this mean? That we must lend our ear docilely to God's doctrine. We have it. We do not yearn, pay close attention, we do not yearn. A person once said, "I really like coming to prayer, listener. Look how I like coming to prayer. I was going there with so-and-so, but they just spend their time singing, clapping, dancing, dancing." And here I come to hear the word of God. And this testimony is not given by brothers who are already in the church. They are people who come and know, and they have told us many times, brothers, I have been coming for so many months, and I have learned much more than there, where I was listening for so many, so many years. Why? Why does this have no answer, brothers? Why? Because the revelation of God is with us. Some souls say, "Oh, I had never heard this. I used to read the Bible, but I didn't realize this. They don't preach it to me, they haven't told me." No, they won't tell you anywhere else. They will accommodate your whims, they will accommodate your feelings, they will accommodate your lusts, but not the gospel of the Lord. So, brothers, we must guard this word, always hold onto it, so that in everything the name of the Lord may be glorified. But I want, even if in a small way, to also tell you, we have already touched on it a little, but I want to tell you here as well, that God's servants, in the spiritual vision they have, can also, brothers, give permissions. I hope I am making myself clear. Give what? Permissions. To conclude my talk, I want us to read in First Corinthians, chapter 6, rather, chapter 7, verse 6. Chapter 7, verse 6. But I say this by way of concession, not by way of command. Just to start. Let's see, brothers, just to start. What can the men of God do, sisters? What can the servants of God do? But I say this by way of concession, not by way of command. What can the servants of God do? Give concessions. Pay close attention, brothers. Give concessions, give permission, am I making myself clear? Give what? Permission for something they believe is for the benefit of the church. For example, currently, the man of God has given a concession, permission for my brother, my sister to study, yes or no? But always with, brothers, with an order that they do not use their studies to pervert themselves, that they do not use their time to commit sin. Ah, well, the servant of God gave me permission, and I should act like everyone else. That is what the man of God has given you permission for. You can study, you can progress in your knowledge, but always subject to the doctrine. I don't know if I'm making myself understood, brothers. Again, am I making myself understood? But how many times does the young man, the young woman, or the brother, the sister want to study? Yes, they go to study, but how much danger will that brother, that sister encounter where they are studying? Because not all humanity is sincere, not all humanity is benevolent. There are people who are only trying to make the sister, the brother fall, presenting themselves as a young woman, presenting themselves as some man out there. No, brother, but I am married, I am married. Yes, but unfortunately, brothers, Satan is violating your feelings, and you can fall into misfortune. You can study again. You can study, yes, but with all the fear of God. If you feel that it harms your soul, separate yourself, leave it, for it is better to serve God, even without any title, than with a title and outside the church, outside of God. I don't know if I'm making myself understood. That is, brothers. That is why I tell you, these are permissions, concessions that God's servants give. I don't know if you noticed that the man of God also taught us to take care of our bodies. I don't know if I'm making myself clear, brother. And this must also be done with great care, not to fall into dishonesty. Oh, well, the servant of God gave us permission to exercise and this and that, and there goes the man, the woman, brothers, with clothes, yes, appropriate for them, but they are showing off, they are posting it on social media. No, no, everything must be done. I will ask you the question. If you go to the sea, you can bathe there with your appropriate clothing. I don't know if I'm making myself clear, because if I go to the sea and want to go in like this, I don't know if I'm making myself clear, I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but if I come here with beachwear, help me think, brothers. What is that? Ah, but the servant of God gave us permission. I have already bathed in the sea, and here I come, brothers, through the street or the city in beachwear. It is not correct. Am I making myself understood, brothers? These are permissions that the man of God has given us, but not to show off or to corrupt ourselves. Am I making myself clear? Or to what? Not to corrupt ourselves. The church must understand his permissions, because otherwise he can also say, "Let this no longer be done, because you are falling into excess, you are falling into disorder." Are you seeing, brothers? The difference then, of what? Of doctrine and dispositions. May God help us, and may this Sunday service serve, brother, for edification in the name of the Lord.