Fresh Start - The Word
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We Live in Troubled Times.
We Live in Troubled Times.
There was once a time when I could say the Bible … and it carried weight.
Today, it seems no one cares
More than that, It seems like a major motivation of the church these days is to, “make people feel good.” rather than teach what God’s word says.
Or whats worse, they preach in such a way that it may simply entertain rather that teach and grow people to lead Holy lives.
I watched a presentation by a mentalist the other day that he literally said He was going to use the sabe terminology that some bombastic preachers use to make people feel healed, faint, etc. You know it worked. but here is the problem. They might have felt good, but did they leave free from sin and the wages of it. Did they leave holier than when they got there? Obviously not. Why? The word of God was not being preached… it was a show.
Why Am I Teaching This?
Why Am I Teaching This?
Originally, I wanted to have a dissertation on why the word of God is the word of God. I wanted to convince you that as says, Thy word is light to our path and a lamp to our feet. But I am teaching a group of people that are called to help equip the Body of Christ be healthy. I am speaking to a group of people that want to be equipped for ministry. So I am coming at this from that angle.
If I can do one thing tonight it would be to firm up the idea that if you are going to minister the Word of God is an absolute MUST. Everything else is desperately lacking.
If I can do one thing tonight it would be to firm up the idea that if you are going to minister the Word of God is an absolute MUST. Everything else is desperately lacking.
We Live in Troubled Times.
We Live in Troubled Times.
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
2 Tim 3:10-
2 ti 3:1-9
A couple weeks ago I preached about the blind man that received his sight after Jesus rubbed mud in his eyes and told him to wash. Eventually, he had a conversation with Jesus and worshipped Him as the Son of Man. Can I propose to you that the miracles, the healings, even the helpful hands don’t really mean much if we can’t give people the gospel from the word?
On top of that, I have watched flash in the pans after flash in the pan. They draw people. They demonstrate their charisma. They sprinkle in some of the blessing verses, but they put flash and comfort way above simply teaching the word as it was written. And here is the worst part.. eventually as verse 9 says, their folly becomes plain. They end up ruined and they damage those around them.
There is one thing thing that really could have helped them. Study the word. Do what it says. Teach others to do the same.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.
1 ti 4:
Living it is a help
Living it is a help
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 ti 3:10-
Be and example - a mentor. and have someone(s) to live it out with. We talked about that last week
There are fakers - they are being deceiving, and they are being deceived.
The Most Important Thing
The Most Important Thing
Continue - staying power that transcends your personal experiences
Learned-put things in there, it requires opening the book.
Joshua chapter 1 - Meditate on it day and night
FIRMLY believe
Convinced
I WILL NOT LET GO.
Two sources
People who taught you - they taught him the word.
Sacred Writings from childhood.
Wise for salvation through faith in Christ.
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Word! Huh? What is it Good For?
Word! Huh? What is it Good For?
Breathed out by God… He is the source.
4 Purposed listed here.
Profitable for teaching - it is the source of teaching.
Reproof. (useful as evidence, and refuting error)
Correction (reformation of manners) If you want to see someone change - they need the Word. It (not us) points to correct attitudes and behaviors.
Training in righteousness. (teaching the practices of a right life.)
Equip
Equip
Isn’t this what we are here for? Don’t we want to be the best Christians we can be? Don’t we want to help others do the same? Well this is it. Last week we talked about one of the foundational stones - fellowship. The reason why fellowship is so important is because we get to live out the word and help others do the same. We equip one another through his Word.