God has been contiually calling His own people a stiff-neck, stubborn headed people, who will not listen to His word -instruction, advice, counsel- given to them by His Prophets. In the New Testament Paul tells us there's a time coming when men will not endure sound doctrine, which is the falling away-the great Apostacy-. That time seems to be right now more than ever, making His true believers to contend for the faith once delivered unto the Saints, seeing there's a famine of hearing the word, or really doer's of the word, Jesus say they honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from Him.