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some things. He came to pave the way for the

Lord Jesus Christ. Nehemiah had a restoration

ministry. You see, we are to stand for the truths

of God and not allow apostasy in our lives or

allow it into our church. We're to rightly divide

the word of truth. Paul said in verse 12 of this

chapter, “Yea, and all that will live godly in

Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution,” and he

said in verse 13, “But evil men and seducers

shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and

being deceived.” So without any doubt, if Paul

wrote this in the first century, he said it's just

going to get worse. He said there's going to be

apostasy, and it's going to get worse and worse

as time goes on.

So we're in the latter times of the latter

times, the last days of the last days. And Paul

said in verses 14 through 17, “But continue . . .”

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