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SERMON MENU SELECTIONS6/18/2006 ~ Steadfast in the Lord’s Doctrine |
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And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, ... ~ Acts 2:42 ~ It is important to be saved and to stay saved. Some did not grow. <─┐ ... much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. ~ Hebrews 5:11 ┌─> Some were hindered. You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? ~ Galatians 5:7 ┌─> Some turned and walked no more with Him. ... "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. ..." ~ John 6:66-68 It is essential that we individually continue in the word. ... "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed." ~ John 8:31 Identifying the Apostles Doctrine "He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, ..." ~ Luke 10:16 └─> Came from Christ. ○ <───────┐ ... And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ... ~ John 12:44-50 ... acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. ~ 1st Corinthians 14:37 ... the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. ... ~ Galatians 1:11-12 ○ By revelation of the Holy Spirit: ... has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: ... ~ Ephesians 3:1-5 ... the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, ... ~ John 14:26 ... whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth ... ~ John 15:26-27 ... when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; ... ~ John 16:12-14 ~ We need to read the text and understand what has been made known. ○ Apostles were ambassadors: ... we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 5:20 "For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; ..." ~ John 17:8 "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them ..." ~ John 17:14 "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world." ~ John 17:18 "He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me." ~ Matthew 10:40 ... and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. ~ Acts 2:43 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, ... ~ 1st Thessalonians 4:8 The words given to the Apostles’ by Christ are relevant. ○ Earthen vessels: ... that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. ~ 2nd Corinthians 4:7 ... but the word of God is not chained. ~ 2nd Timothy 2:8 ... the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. ~ 1st Timothy 1:11 The message is the treasure entrusted to the Apostles. ... and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. ... ~ 2nd John 1:9-11 It is important to stay or abide in the word of God. ~ It is the doctrine of Christ. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. ... ~ 2nd John 1:6-7 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. ... ~ 1st John 5:11-13 We need more than just belief. "... those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate." ~ Revelation 2:14-15 What do we practice? ... beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees ... ~ Matthew 16:12 ... He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. ~ 2nd John 1:9
→ We need to preach or teach: ... if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. ~ Galatians 1:6-9 ... that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, ... ~ 1st Timothy 1:3 ... the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. ~ Jude 1:3 → We need to have correct conduct: Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, ... ~ Philippians 1:27 ... that they may adorn the doctrine of our God our Savior in all things. ~ Titus 2:9-10 ... holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. ~ 1st Timothy 3:9 We are not to teach another doctrine and we are supposed to adhere to the faith living by the gospel delivered once for all. → We need to continue in: And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, ... ~ Acts 2:42 ... the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, ... ~ 1st Corinthians 15:1 ... and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, ... ~ Colossians 1:23 → We need to obey: ... fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 2nd Thessalonians 1:7-8 ... though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart ... ~ Romans 6:17 Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied ... ~ Acts 6:7 The gospel is something you submit to. ... called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. ~ Acts 13:7 ... seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. ~ Acts 13:8 ... he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord. ~ Acts 13:12 ● Jesus gave warnings: Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, ... ~ Matthew 7:15 "... many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many." ~ Matthew 24:4-5 ● Apostles gave warnings: ... men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples ... ~ Acts 20:29-30 ... false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 11:13-15 ... some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocricy, ... ~ 1st Timothy 4:1-3 ... For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, ... ~ 2nd Timothy 4:1-4 ... By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; ... ~ 2nd Peter 2:1-3 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, ... ~ 1st John 4:1-3 Some do not want the truth or to be controlled by sound doctrine. ... "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, ... ~ 2nd Peter 3:4 Many do not teach the truth. ... many false prophets have gone out into the world. ... ~ 1st John 4:1-3 We must prove all things. ~ It is all of our responsibilities. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:21-22 ... And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, ... ~ Revelation 2:2 ... they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. ~ Acts 18:25-26 ... be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict. ~ Titus 1:9 But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: ... ~ Titus 2:1 ... no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, ... ~ Ephesians 4:14 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. ... ~ Hebrews 13:9-19 ... according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. ~ Colossians 2:8 We must remain vigilant and stable in our knowledge of the truth. Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. ~ Psalm 119:104 Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way. ~ Psalm 119:128 What God says about worship is crucial. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, ... ~ Colossians 3:17 Truth or Error? ... The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, ... ~ Philippians 1:15-18 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, ... ~ Galatians 1:13-14 ... I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day." ~ Acts 23:1 ... I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus ... ~ Acts 26:9 ... an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. ~ 1st Timothy 1:13 ... false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, ... ~ 2nd Peter 2:1-2 ... note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. ~ Romans 16:17 ... if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, ... ~ 1st Timothy 1:10-11 ... but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. ... ~ Galatians 1:6-9 ... when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, ... ~ Galatians 2:11-14 ... but test the spirits, whether they are of God; ... ~ 1st John 4:1 ... By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. ~ 1st John 4:6 There are a lot of sincere and good people who do not obey the truth. ● Believe, teach, obey. Truth and error is by what is taught. ~ What do we do? And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. ... ~ Ephesians 5:11-12 ... who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. ... ~ Romans 16:17-18 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless. ... ~ Titus 3:9-10 ... Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, ... ~ 2nd John 1:7-11 Teach the truth in Love ... every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. ~ Ephesians 4:16 ... seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. ~ Colossians 4:6 Our goal is to teach people so they, we may know the truth. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ~ Galatians 5:9 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, ... ~ 1st Timothy 4:16 We must follow in the Apostles’ Doctrine to maintain fellowship with the Father and the Son. ... For you are the temple of the living God. ... ~ 2nd Corinthians 6:14-7:1 ... He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 2nd Thessalonians 2:14 Is your worship of God steadfast? |
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