Good morning. I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead (all are to be judged) at/by His appearing and His Kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. We have to be ready at all times. The opportunity will come when we least expect it. It's not the unbelievers that will listen when we reprove, rebuke, or exhort. We are to help steer believers in the right direction. After all they will be judged too. It doesn't mean they won't go to heaven; it does mean their actions will come under judgment. But we are to be patient. It's hard to do that when you know what is right and that they are supposed to know that also. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths. This can be both believers and unbelievers. Neither one wants to hear that they are doing wrong. It's kind of like today as to which news channel do you listen to. You don't want to listen to some channel that is going to disagree with your political beliefs. You want to listen to one that reinforces your beliefs that you already have. After all the other ones are wrong. It's that way with the word also. You want to hear the "word" that says you are OK – so you go to the church where they preach that "word". If you don't believe the truth, you will believe a lie. Father thank You that the reader seeks out the truth. He/she believes the word, and turns away from anything that opposes it. He/she is ready at all times to preach the word to everyone.

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