The document discusses how the Spirit speaks expressly or plainly about the latter times. It mentions that while the Spirit speaks plainly, there are also seducing spirits that teach doctrines of devils. Specifically, it lists two doctrines - forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats. The document asserts that these doctrines have a distinctly Catholic feel. It notes that Catholics and Protestants attempt to control governments and force their churches on citizens. Finally, it discusses how people can be seduced away from the faith by paying attention to seducing spirits and often those who depart already have a predisposition toward doing so.

1. The Pastoral
Letters
Lesson Twelve: Expressly Speaking

2. I. THE SPIRIT
• Paul said that, “the Spirit speaketh
expressly…” The term expressly means, in
plain language and in terms we can’t
misunderstand.

3. I. THE SPIRIT
• The Apostle did not say that the Spirit spoke
expressly, but that He speaketh expressly.

4. I. THE SPIRIT
• Paul said that the Spirit “speaketh expressly”
concerning the “latter times.”

5. II. THE SEDUCERS
Just as the Spirit speaks, there are “seducing
spirits” that teach “doctrines of devils”. There
are only two of them listed here:
•Forbidding to marry
•Commanding to abstain from meats
Both of these have a very distinctive feel to
them; they are Catholic.

6. II. THE SEDUCERS
Catholics and Protestants attempt to assume
control of governments and force their churches
on the citizens.

7. III. THE SEDUCED
A. They depart from the faith
This apostasy is not a losing of salvation but a
deliberate turning away from the faith once
delivered.
B. It happens by giving heed to seducing
spirits
C. Those who depart almost always have a
predisposition toward it