Talking about sports and fans?
Angels cheer and are avid fans of watching souls being won!
And, are avid cheering angelic fans watching those few believers who choose to push on to maturity in grace and truth! Who fight the good fight... and knock out the false that stands in their way by means of rightly handling the Word of God.
“…since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily
entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out
for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith”.
Many among us are false teachers. Not only a few.
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. 2 Tm 4:3
Part of the intense suffering a genuinely maturing believer must endure, and to resist being discouraged, is witnessing to all those who do not really want to grow in understanding God's Word. And, would rather seek out teachers to tell them that they are wise according to their own natural ways of seeing Christ, while abusing the Word of God to do so.
Again! Many -
not a few - will not bee seeking the Word of God as God desires us to. Some would rather boast of the historical significance of their church that has long died spiritually. Or boast about what great emotional experiences they have in their churches... Or, how somber and serious they are while accomplishing almost nothing towards a greater understanding of God's Word. But it makes them feel right in their own skin.
Note! Jesus said that
"many".. not a "few" will be amongst the believers on earth while claiming to be God's way for the believer.
Note how the word "many" appears...
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your
name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many
miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me,
you evildoers!’ Mt 7:21-23
"Deep State" has been in the church for a long time! They are many. And, greatly varied in their approaches that are designed to attract believers of a specific demeanor together.
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. 2 Tm 4:3
And... here we are folks!
If Jesus were on earth today there would be no debate forums over doctrines and beliefs. Only by grace - the power and leading - of the Holy Spirit will a few find what our generation needs to know to have peace in spite of how everything is evil around us.
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small
is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but inwardly they are ferocious wolves." Mt 7:13-15 (sounds like Joe Biden)
Note how immediately after Jesus warned believers of how many will be deceived.. He warns of the false teachers as the bait for the"many" will find appealing. For these believers will not be willing to endure sound doctrinal teaching. Doctrinal teachings that takes time and sacrifice to be doing its work in us, so God will be able enter us into finding the life more abundantly while here on earth. Few find it.
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. 2 Tm 4:3
So it is. The Church has its deep state .....