"Shake 'Em Off" [Sea 4 / Ep 20]

Hip-Hop and R&B have many songs instructing us on how to “shake them haters off”…..but what IS a hater? And how does one truly go about shaking themselves of them? Look, while we all share common definitions of what a hater is – a jealous and envious person, for example, or negative and mean-spirited people – the bottom line is that, behind every hater’s character, they’re a TROUBLEMAKER. They love to cause drama, division and conflict. Sadly, even the church has haters…and I’m talkin’ about haters INSIDE the church, those who supposedly claim to love the Lord yet who act in exact opposition to that supposed love for Christ by constantly stirring up trouble. Thankfully, the Word of God helps to guide us in how to spot these types of internal haters…and what to do ABOUT them. So goes this episode of “Deeper in the Word”, which finds RevRob exploring the idea of haters in the church – or rather, a specific TYPE of disrupter or troublemaker that every church member needs to be aware of and identify so that they can not only avoid falling victim to such people, but also so that they don’t become such people THEMSELVES, through trickery or deception. Come learn how Jesus was already WAY ahead of the curve on this one (as usual); why preventative maintenance ain’t just for cars; how what LOOKS LIKE water, ain’t always water; what your dog might be barking at out the window; and how ultimately, in the end, it will be “foot on neck” season for God’s people!