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Pastor Adie TV, Molos, Tampilisan (2026)

21/08/2026

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Not every spying is God-directed; the twelve spies were an exception. The twelve spies were sent because God had already given Israel a purpose: to examine the land He had promised to give them, not to satisfy idle curiosity about other people's lives. Their assignment had a divine purpose, a defined destination, and a responsibility to respond faithfully to what God had revealed. This gives us a sobering contrast with the way people can watch, search, compare, and follow the lives of others through social media without any God-given purpose. Not every act of looking is wrong, but when observation becomes obsession, comparison, envy, gossip, suspicion, or the constant monitoring of another person's life, we should ask whether our eyes are serving God's purposes or merely feeding our curiosity. The biblical issue is not simply what we see, but what our hearts do with what we see. The twelve spies were sent to gather information for obedience, yet ten allowed what they saw to become greater in their minds than what God had spoken. Their eyes gathered facts, but their hearts lost faith. Likewise, social media can give us an enormous amount of information while quietly weakening contentment, gratitude, love, and trust in God. A Spirit-led believer does not need to know everything about everyone simply because the information is available. There is wisdom in knowing what deserves our attention and what should be left alone. Scripture calls us to set our minds on what is true, honorable, pure, lovely, and commendable rather than continually consuming the lives of others. God may sometimes call His people to observe, investigate, or discern, but He never calls us to make curiosity our master. May our eyes be governed by wisdom, our attention governed by love, and our observation governed by God's purpose rather than by the endless appetite of the world.

"The Lord said to Moses, 'Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.'" — Numbers 13:1–2

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable; if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." — Philippians 4:8

"I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.” — Psalm 101:3

"That you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,” — 1 Thessalonians 4:11

19/08/2026

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You are either led by the Holy Spirit or another spirit. Scripture presents the Christian life as a life of spiritual direction, where the Holy Spirit leads God's people into truth, holiness, obedience, and Christlikeness. To be led by the Spirit is not merely to experience spiritual emotions or supernatural moments; it is to yield our desires, decisions, words, and conduct to the will of God revealed through His Word. The Holy Spirit never leads us contrary to Scripture, because He glorifies Christ rather than drawing attention to Himself. Jesus promised that the Spirit would guide His disciples into truth and remind them of what He had taught. When another influence begins directing a person's thoughts and desires away from Christ, truth, holiness, and obedience, that influence must be tested rather than blindly followed. This is why Scripture tells believers to test the spirits, because not every spiritual influence comes from God. A Spirit-led life is therefore not a life without discernment; it is a life that continually submits spiritual experiences and inner promptings to the truth of God's Word. Even genuine believers can temporarily walk according to the flesh, which is why we are repeatedly commanded to walk by the Spirit and keep in step with Him. The mark of the Holy Spirit's leadership is ultimately not spiritual appearance but fruit: love, holiness, obedience, self-control, and a life increasingly conformed to Christ. The question is therefore not merely whether we are being influenced by something spiritual, but whether the influence directing our lives is producing the character and obedience that belong to Christ.

"For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God." — Romans 8:13-14

"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." — 1 John 4:1

"So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.” — Galatians 5:16-17

"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” — 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

"As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient." — Ephesians 2:1-2

17/08/2026

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The most useless mouth belongs to a sugar-coated preacher. A preacher's calling is not to make people comfortable at the expense of making them truthful before God. The Gospel is good news, but its goodness is not found in hiding sin; it is found in announcing that sinners can be forgiven, redeemed, and transformed through Jesus Christ. A faithful preacher therefore does not reshape God's Word to protect people's feelings, popularity, position, or approval. He speaks the truth in love, because biblical love does not conceal what can destroy a person's soul. Jesus Himself preached grace and forgiveness, yet He also called people to repentance, warned against hypocrisy, and commanded them to follow Him. The Holy Spirit comforts the brokenhearted, but He also convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. A preacher who only gives pleasant words may win applause while leaving hearts unchallenged and consciences unawakened. Yet faithfulness does not mean becoming harsh, insulting, or deliberately offensive; the servant of Christ must speak with gentleness, patience, humility, and love while refusing to compromise the truth. The purpose of biblical preaching is not to make people hate the preacher, but to make them confront the truth about themselves and see their need for Christ. When truth wounds the conscience, the preacher should not rush to remove the wound that God may be using to bring repentance. A faithful mouth does not merely tell people what they want to hear; it faithfully tells them what they need to hear so that they may turn to Christ and live.

"Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage; with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths." — 2 Timothy 4:2–4

"Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ." — Galatians 1:10

"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.” — Ephesians 4:15

"Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.” — Acts 20:26-27

"Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God." — 2 Corinthians 4:2

"'We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,' he said. 'Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.' Peter and the other apostles replied: 'We must obey God rather than human beings!' — Acts 5:28-29

16/08/2026

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The final trumpet is proof that salvation has an expiration. The thought behind this is not that the salvation Christ gives to those who believe somehow expires, but that the opportunity to receive salvation in this present age will not remain open forever. Scripture repeatedly calls people to respond to God while His invitation of grace is being proclaimed, because there is coming a moment when the present order will end, and Christ will come in glory. The final trumpet therefore reminds us that God's patience should never be mistaken for endless opportunity. Every day of mercy is a day in which sinners are being given room to repent, believe, and turn to Christ. The gospel is an urgent message precisely because eternity is real and human life is temporary. Jesus warned that there would be a moment when the door would be shut, just as the door of the ark was eventually closed. The wise response to grace is therefore not procrastination but repentance and faith. We do not know the day or hour of Christ's return, nor do we know when our own earthly life will end, so Scripture continually calls us to be ready. The final trumpet will not be a final invitation to negotiate with God; it will announce the arrival of what He has promised. Until that day, the Church must faithfully proclaim Christ, call people to repentance, and make the most of the opportunity God has given us. Grace is freely offered, but the season in which that offer may be received should never be presumed to last forever.

"For he says, 'In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.' I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation." — 2 Corinthians 6:2

"But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut." — Matthew 25:10

"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed; in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” — 1 Corinthians 15:51–52

"But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” — Matthew 24:44

14/08/2026

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The most dangerous minds are those wise in their own eyes. Scripture does not condemn wisdom; it warns against the kind of wisdom that becomes independent of God and refuses correction. A person can be intelligent, experienced, persuasive, and even confident, yet still be walking in deception when personal judgment becomes greater than God's revealed truth. The danger begins when we stop asking whether we are right before God and start assuming that God must agree with us. Self-wisdom makes God's correction feel like an attack, conviction feel like rejection, and accountability feel like opposition. But the Holy Spirit does not lead us into prideful certainty; He leads us into truth, humility, repentance, and obedience to Christ. Genuine wisdom is willing to be examined by Scripture, corrected by truth, and humbled when the heart is wrong. This is why the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: it places God above our opinions, experiences, emotions, and conclusions. The wise person is not the one who always believes he has the answer, but the one who remains teachable before the God who knows all things. Pride can make a person defend an error with great confidence, while humility gives room for the truth to correct him. The greatest protection against deception is not trusting our own wisdom more deeply, but submitting our wisdom continually to God's Word and allowing the Holy Spirit to search our hearts.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil." — Proverbs 3:7

"The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice." — Proverbs 12:15

"Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become 'fools' so that you may become wise.” — 1 Corinthians 3:18

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.” — James 3:13

"But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.” — James 3:17

12/08/2026

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Sinning repeatedly is likely a result of Word deficiency. God's Word is not merely information to fill the mind; it is truth that exposes sin, renews the heart, corrects our thinking, and teaches us how to walk in righteousness. When the Word is neglected, the believer can become increasingly vulnerable to deception, temptation, and the desires of the flesh. Scripture gives us God's truth so that we can recognize what is contrary to His will before sin takes deeper root. The psalmist understood this connection when he said that he hid God's Word in his heart so that he might not sin against God. But Scripture also teaches us that knowing the Word is not enough if we refuse to obey it. A person can hear truth repeatedly and still harden the heart against it. The Word must therefore move from the page into the heart, from the heart into conviction, and from conviction into obedience. The Holy Spirit uses the truth of Scripture to expose what is hidden, strengthen what is weak, and lead God's people into holiness. Jesus Himself answered temptation with the Word of God, showing us that spiritual victory is not achieved by human willpower alone but through submission to God's truth. A growing Word-life should produce a growing life of obedience, because genuine knowledge of God is never meant to remain merely intellectual. When Scripture becomes scarce in our daily walk, the voice of temptation can become louder than the voice of truth. The answer to recurring sin is not merely trying harder, but returning humbly to the Word, yielding to the Holy Spirit, and putting God's truth into practice.

"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." — Psalm 119:11

"Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world." — John 17:17-18

"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” — James 1:22

09/08/2026

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Accusers rejoice in their deceit, though deceived first. There is a sobering spiritual irony in Acts: those who opposed God's servants could believe they were defending what was right while unknowingly participating in opposition to the work God was advancing. Stephen was opposed by men who disputed with him, stirred people against him, and produced false witnesses, yet Scripture says they could not resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. Their accusations did not silence the truth; instead, the persecution that followed Stephen's death became part of the circumstances through which believers were scattered and the gospel was proclaimed beyond Jerusalem. The enemy intended destruction, but God sovereignly turned what was meant for harm into an opportunity for the gospel to advance. This does not mean that every person who accuses another is automatically demonically controlled, nor does Scripture give us permission to label every disagreement as spiritual warfare. The deeper warning is that deception can blind a person so thoroughly that they may believe they are accomplishing something wise while actually serving a purpose contrary to God's kingdom. A heart surrendered to accusation can become an instrument of opposition without recognizing what it is participating in. Yet the sovereignty of God remains greater than the schemes of the enemy: what Satan intends to suppress, God can use to spread; what men intend for destruction, God can turn toward His redemptive purpose. Acts teaches us therefore to discern not only what people say they are accomplishing, but also whether their actions are advancing truth, holiness, righteousness, and the gospel of Jesus Christ. The greatest danger is not merely being deceived by another person, but becoming so convinced of our own wisdom that we no longer recognize when we ourselves have been deceived. The safest place is a humble heart continually submitted to Scripture and sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit.

"Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called); Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia; who began to argue with Stephen. But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke." — Acts 6:9-10

"They produced false witnesses, who testified, 'This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.'" — Acts 6:13–14

"But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.” — Acts 8:3–4

"While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' Then he fell on his knees and cried out, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' When he had said this, he fell asleep.” — Acts 7:58–60

"While evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.” — 2 Timothy 3:13

05/08/2026

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The most time-wasting ministry is goat-chasing activity. Christ called shepherds to feed His sheep, guard His flock, and equip the saints for faithful service. While the Church is commissioned to proclaim the gospel to every creature, a shepherd must also exercise biblical wisdom in stewarding his time and strength. Jesus sought the lost, yet He did not allow persistent rejection to consume the mission the Father had entrusted to Him. Likewise, the apostles proclaimed the truth boldly, but when people continually hardened their hearts against the gospel, they entrusted them to God and continued preaching where the Word was received. A shepherd who spends all his energy pursuing those who continually resist truth may unintentionally neglect the sheep who hunger for sound doctrine, spiritual care, and faithful discipleship. This is not a call to abandon the lost, but a reminder that ministry must be governed by God's priorities rather than endless resistance. The Great Shepherd knows when to seek the wandering, when to strengthen the weak, and when to move forward for the sake of the kingdom. Faithful ministry is measured not by how long we chase resistance, but by how faithfully we nourish those whom God has entrusted to our care while continuing to proclaim Christ wherever hearts are open. Wisdom in ministry is knowing that love is expressed not only in seeking the lost but also in feeding the flock, guarding the truth, and investing deeply where God is producing lasting fruit.

"When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?' 'Yes, Lord,' he said, 'you know that I love you.' Jesus said, 'Feed my lambs.' Again Jesus said, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' He answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.' Jesus said, 'Take care of my sheep.' The third time he said to him, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, 'Do you love me?' He said, 'Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.' Jesus said, 'Feed my sheep.'" — John 21:15–17

"Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles." — Acts 13:46

"Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve;” — 1 Peter 5:2

"If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.” — Matthew 10:14

05/08/2026

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Godly division is wiser than keeping corrupt alliances. Scripture never celebrates division for personal preference, pride, or offense, but it consistently affirms separation whenever truth, holiness, and obedience to God are at stake. God separated Abraham from Lot when their paths could no longer continue together in peace and purpose. Joseph was separated from his brothers, not to destroy him, but to preserve God's redemptive plan. Paul and Barnabas also parted ways, yet God continued His work through both, proving that not every separation is sinful. This proves that God values purity and truth above the appearance of unity. When a church or fellowship persistently abandons biblical holiness, tolerates unrepentant compromise, or cultivates a spirit of manipulation, pretension, deception, traitorous intent, or opposes the truth, remaining united at the expense of God's Word is not biblical faithfulness but surrender to error. Biblical unity is never maintained by overlooking sin but by walking together in the truth. The Holy Spirit does not call believers to preserve every alliance; He calls them to preserve a clear conscience before God. Sometimes the most loving decision is not to remain where spiritual corruption is multiplying, but to follow the Lord wherever truth, holiness, and faithful obedience lead. God's purpose in separation is never bitterness but preservation, never pride but purity, never isolation but preparation for greater usefulness in His kingdom.

"So Abram said to Lot, 'Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.'" — Genesis 13:8-9

"Therefore, 'Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'" — 2 Corinthians 6:17

"I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.” — Romans 16:17

03/08/2026

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The all-knowing listener is the least-growing learner. Throughout Scripture, spiritual growth has never been measured by the amount of information a person possesses, but by the humility with which they receive God's truth. A heart convinced that it has nothing left to learn gradually becomes resistant to correction, conviction, and transformation. Pride does not merely reject knowledge; it rejects the posture required for God to continue His sanctifying work. The Holy Spirit continually teaches those who remain meek before the Word, while self-confidence often blinds a person to truths they most need to hear. Every mature believer understands that the closer one walks with Christ, the more aware he becomes of how much he still has to learn. The greatest obstacle to growth is not ignorance but the illusion of complete understanding. A teachable spirit welcomes biblical correction because it treasures truth above personal reputation. God does not promise wisdom to the self-assured but to those who humbly seek Him with reverence and dependence. The disciple who continually kneels before God's Word will continue to rise in spiritual maturity, while the one who believes he has already arrived often ceases to advance. The safest learner is not the one who knows the most, but the one who remains humble enough to keep learning from the Lord.

"Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them." — Proverbs 26:12

"But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'" — James 4:6

"Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God.” — 1 Corinthians 8:2-3

"Instruct the wise, and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will add to their learning.” — Proverbs 9:9

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