WEBVTT 00:00:06.310 --> 00:00:08.470 Father I want to thank you so much for your goodness 00:00:08.470 --> 00:00:13.390 thank you Lord as you have guided us to this 00:00:13.390 --> 00:00:16.750 point it's so amazing to see through these years 00:00:16.750 --> 00:00:22.370 how each week each letter each book that you 00:00:22.370 --> 00:00:26.429 have guided us to share and to talk about is 00:00:26.429 --> 00:00:30.269 so strategic and helping us as your people be 00:00:30.269 --> 00:00:33.530 prepared not only to know you completely, Lord 00:00:33.530 --> 00:00:38.009 Jesus, and to grow in true faith into the mature 00:00:38.009 --> 00:00:41.570 manhood, but to really help us to see what's 00:00:41.570 --> 00:00:44.509 happening around us. So we are asking in your 00:00:44.509 --> 00:00:47.590 providence, again, to guide us in this truth. 00:00:47.670 --> 00:00:51.049 I pray that your word speaks louder than anything 00:00:51.049 --> 00:00:57.200 that any of us could say. and that it would really 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:01.619 hit hard and hit home to the heart that we may 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:12.700 boldly proclaim the truth without apology, and 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:15.579 that we would stand firm in the faith, holding 00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:24.319 fast to the doctrine, and to speak boldly. against 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:28.579 those who speak falsely against you. Lord, we 00:01:28.579 --> 00:01:31.400 do praise you and thank you in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:01:34.180 --> 00:01:36.640 False teachers, the way to destruction is the 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.200 message of part one. We're going to be dealing 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.019 with the first three verses of chapter two, but 00:01:41.019 --> 00:01:43.280 we're going to start off in chapter one, verse 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:45.340 16, and read through chapter two, verse three. 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:48.599 There's a reason why, because of the word but. 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.219 The word but is in the original, and it's taking 00:01:53.219 --> 00:02:00.099 us back to what Peter had said previously. All 00:02:00.099 --> 00:02:02.480 right? So let's pay attention to that, and then 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:20.310 we'll get in. It says, He received honor and 00:02:20.310 --> 00:02:23.349 glory from God the Father. The voice was born 00:02:23.349 --> 00:02:27.750 to him by the majestic glory. This is my beloved 00:02:27.750 --> 00:02:30.930 Son with whom I am well pleased. We ourselves 00:02:30.930 --> 00:02:35.629 heard this very voice born from heaven. For we 00:02:35.629 --> 00:02:39.189 were with him on the holy mountain. And we have 00:02:39.189 --> 00:02:43.219 the prophetic word more fully confirmed. to which 00:02:43.219 --> 00:02:46.520 you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.259 shining in a dark place, until the day dawns 00:02:50.259 --> 00:02:53.259 and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:56.659 this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture 00:02:56.659 --> 00:03:02.319 comes from someone's own interpretation, and 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:06.180 no prophecy was ever produced by the will of 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:10.340 man, but men spoke from God as they were carried 00:03:10.340 --> 00:03:14.590 along by... the Holy Spirit, but false prophets 00:03:14.590 --> 00:03:19.370 also rose among the people, just as there will 00:03:19.370 --> 00:03:22.789 be false teachers among you who will secretly 00:03:22.789 --> 00:03:26.310 bring in destructive heresies, even denying the 00:03:26.310 --> 00:03:29.270 master who bought them, bringing upon themselves 00:03:29.270 --> 00:03:33.310 swift destruction, and many will follow their 00:03:33.310 --> 00:03:36.789 sensuality. And because of them, the way of truth 00:03:36.789 --> 00:03:40.270 will be blasphemed, and in their greed they will 00:03:40.270 --> 00:03:43.740 exploit you, with false words their condemnation 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:46.379 from long ago is not idle and their destruction 00:03:46.379 --> 00:03:48.900 is not asleep and i will tell you the rest of 00:03:48.900 --> 00:03:53.460 chapter two just gives you examples of how god 00:03:53.460 --> 00:03:59.259 destroyed and as we get through chapter two it's 00:03:59.259 --> 00:04:05.180 really a clear concise condemnation and judgment 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:08.979 upon those who are false teachers and so we will 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:11.689 get through that But not today, it'll be next 00:04:11.689 --> 00:04:14.830 week. So let's deal with the first principle. 00:04:14.870 --> 00:04:18.829 It's a question, really. What do we do concerning 00:04:18.829 --> 00:04:22.970 false teachers? Because many times we read about 00:04:22.970 --> 00:04:25.670 or someone talks about false teachers, but they 00:04:25.670 --> 00:04:27.269 never really say, well, what do you do with them? 00:04:28.870 --> 00:04:32.730 We are commanded to beware and watchful of false 00:04:32.730 --> 00:04:37.269 teachers, Matthew 7, 15. We are to warn the family 00:04:37.269 --> 00:04:41.620 of God. of false teachers acts 20 29 we are to 00:04:41.620 --> 00:04:45.699 expose false teachers ephesians 5 11 we are to 00:04:45.699 --> 00:04:49.680 avoid false teachers romans 16 17 and we are 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.560 to rebuke false teachers first timothy 5 20. 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.339 this is not only for the preacher this is for 00:04:56.339 --> 00:04:58.800 every believer who comes across a person who 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:03.860 speaks falsely against christ in his scripture 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:07.970 against god So in Romans 16, 17 through 18, it 00:05:07.970 --> 00:05:10.769 says, I appeal to you brothers to watch out for 00:05:10.769 --> 00:05:14.089 those who cause divisions and create obstacles 00:05:14.089 --> 00:05:19.529 contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught. 00:05:20.649 --> 00:05:26.209 Do you hear that? Romans 16, 17. I appeal to 00:05:26.209 --> 00:05:28.569 you brothers to watch out for those who cause 00:05:28.569 --> 00:05:32.970 divisions and create obstacles contrary to the 00:05:32.970 --> 00:05:36.610 doctrine that you have been taught. Avoid them. 00:05:37.730 --> 00:05:42.490 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, 00:05:42.810 --> 00:05:48.490 but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, 00:05:48.490 --> 00:05:53.810 they deceive the hearts of the naive. I'll say 00:05:53.810 --> 00:05:56.389 it this way, as my son Nicholas said when he 00:05:56.389 --> 00:05:58.990 was much younger. Dad, not everything that's 00:05:58.990 --> 00:06:05.439 Christian is Christian. Colossians 2 .8. See 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:08.800 to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:12.199 and empty deceit according to human tradition, 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.860 according to the elemental spirits of the world, 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:19.160 and not according to Christ. And there is the 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:24.240 key there. So we know what Peter is saying here. 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.839 But false prophets, that literally just means 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:33.139 false prophets. Pseudo -prophetes is the term. 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:38.240 arose among the people. So even in the Old Testament, 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:41.480 there were those who claimed to be prophets of 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:44.620 God, messengers of God, speaking for God, that 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:48.360 rose among the people. We know because we've 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.279 seen it in the Old Testament, or we read it in 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:54.339 the Old Testament, not seen it. Read it in the 00:06:54.339 --> 00:06:58.439 Old Testament. As a matter of fact, those group 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.259 of people and their families ended up being swallowed 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:08.879 by the earth. So, one who speaks on behalf of 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:13.300 God as if he is speaking for God. Just as there 00:07:13.300 --> 00:07:17.879 will be false teachers among you. Interesting 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:21.220 term. Literally, false teachers just means false 00:07:21.220 --> 00:07:25.879 teachers. There is no other term. And I will 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:29.660 show you that term in a minute. Among you. So 00:07:29.660 --> 00:07:31.819 there will be false teachers among us. And we 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:34.819 see that all the time. And young people want 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:36.720 genuine faith. That's what they want. They want 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.680 genuine Christianity. And they're like, why are 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.220 there so many divisions? Because Jesus said there 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:47.339 will be. And so does Peter. There will be false 00:07:47.339 --> 00:07:50.439 teachers among you who will secretly bring in, 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:55.000 who will introduce secretly and craftily, is 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.360 the term here, destructive heresies. A lot of 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.459 times we think about this word destructive heresy. 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:05.300 Destructive is destruction by discord or contention. 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:07.480 That's literally what destruction means. But 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.680 what's interesting is this word heresies. This 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:15.240 word heresies is translated as opinion meant 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:20.540 to bring ruin. So I want you to hear that. And 00:08:20.540 --> 00:08:25.000 heresy is opinion. Not a clear understanding 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:29.240 of biblical doctrine. It is an opinion of biblical 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:33.200 doctrine. And so there is no such thing. God 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.440 doesn't care about your opinion. I know you've 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.059 heard me say that before. God cares about his 00:08:38.059 --> 00:08:43.879 truth. And there is definitive truth. One of, 00:08:43.899 --> 00:08:47.179 I think, the most difficult things is this idea 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:51.700 that is going around within the church that the 00:08:51.700 --> 00:08:55.399 primary stay primary, but the secondary are secondary. 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:01.059 Let me make it clear. All things concerning God 00:09:01.059 --> 00:09:06.480 are primary. We just need to end up being taught 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:09.139 by him and growing in the truth so that we understand 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:14.960 the secondaries. And that's important. All things 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.879 concerning God is primary. If you say one thing 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:23.759 wrong about God, God will judge you. That's why 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:27.789 we as preachers are held to a very, High standard. 00:09:27.830 --> 00:09:31.169 We will give an account for everything we say 00:09:31.169 --> 00:09:35.610 to you. And that's one of the reasons when I 00:09:35.610 --> 00:09:40.889 screw up or I mess up, I apologize. I ask for 00:09:40.889 --> 00:09:46.149 forgiveness. Like trans -positiation. It's trans 00:09:46.149 --> 00:09:49.789 -substantiation. How I can forget that in a moment, 00:09:49.850 --> 00:09:51.970 it has to be diabetes. That's all I can think 00:09:51.970 --> 00:09:58.779 of. Oh, it's so funny. That was so true. You 00:09:58.779 --> 00:10:04.360 guys know. Even denying the master who bought 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:08.100 them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.019 We would say swift destruction is when? Remember, 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.639 a lifetime for a human is not very long in the 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:17.940 grand scheme of eternity. It comes swiftly. And 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:20.860 many will follow, will comply, will yield with, 00:10:21.059 --> 00:10:25.379 or yield to. There's sensuality. Now many would 00:10:25.379 --> 00:10:29.179 think this word, sensuality, is just something 00:10:29.179 --> 00:10:33.240 that deals with lust. Actually, the list is quite 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.840 long concerning sensuality. So let me give it 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:41.320 to you. Unbridled lust, excessive licentiousness, 00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:50.460 lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:55.129 and insolence. That's what sensuality is. So 00:10:55.129 --> 00:10:59.409 to put it in a nutshell, sensuality is all wickedness. 00:11:01.389 --> 00:11:05.169 That's what sensuality is. They will cause many 00:11:05.169 --> 00:11:10.070 to comply with and yield to their wickedness. 00:11:13.649 --> 00:11:16.950 And because of them, the way of truth will be 00:11:16.950 --> 00:11:20.409 blasphemed. Is not the gospel in our day blasphemed? 00:11:24.009 --> 00:11:28.129 I mean, we can leave some of that up to purpose 00:11:28.129 --> 00:11:30.230 -driven church and purpose -driven life, can 00:11:30.230 --> 00:11:34.629 we not? Along with all these other ideas of what 00:11:34.629 --> 00:11:39.590 they think the gospel is. And in their greed, 00:11:39.710 --> 00:11:43.710 in their desire for more and covetousness, they 00:11:43.710 --> 00:11:48.330 will exploit you. They will use you for gain. 00:11:51.789 --> 00:11:54.230 I want you to pay attention to that. It's all 00:11:54.230 --> 00:11:56.610 those nice little TV preachers that we pay attention 00:11:56.610 --> 00:12:03.289 to. They keep begging you for money. Right? Be 00:12:03.289 --> 00:12:08.350 careful. Look what it says here. They will exploit 00:12:08.350 --> 00:12:11.250 you with false words, with molded or formed. 00:12:11.690 --> 00:12:15.230 In other words, they will say the words in such 00:12:15.230 --> 00:12:19.210 a way that it's deceptive. They aren't genuine 00:12:19.210 --> 00:12:23.620 words. And the word words is logos. Their condemnation, 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:27.639 their penal judgment from long ago is not idle, 00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:31.899 is not inactive, and is not in delay. And their 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:34.639 destruction is not asleep. It doesn't linger. 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:41.899 So what is a false teacher? Pseudo -dikastelas 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:49.679 is the word here. Pseudo -dikastelas. The word 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:54.659 Pseudo means a lying, deceitful, or false teacher. 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:01.299 One who purposes to lie, deceive, and speak falsely 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:05.779 about God and his word. So let me give you the 00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:13.000 first extreme. The charismatics. And I know that 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.279 there are several charismatic churches around 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.679 here. But I had to think of, how would I present 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.480 the one extreme and the other extreme for us 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.700 to be able to narrow down the reality of biblical 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:29.259 truth? And that's the only way I can think of 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:34.840 is through the Assemblies of God, the AOG. This 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:39.539 is their Statements of Fundamental Truths. Number 00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:43.840 two, and you can go to their website, Assemblies 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:49.500 of God denomination, their website. The one true 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:52.519 God has revealed himself as the eternal self 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.740 -existent I am, the creator of heaven and earth 00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:59.399 and the redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:03.500 himself as embodying the principles of relationship. 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:09.860 And association as father, hear that word, association. 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:15.799 As father, son, and the Holy Spirit. The adorable 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:21.759 Godhead, subheading. Terms defined to terms, 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:24.740 trinity, and persons as related to the Godhead 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:27.559 while not found in the Scripture are words in 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:31.000 harmony with the Scripture whereby we may convey 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.000 to others our immediate understanding of the 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:38.820 doctrine of Christ. Respecting the being of God 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:43.220 as distinguished from God's many and Lord's many, 00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:50.409 we therefore may speak with propriety. of the 00:14:50.409 --> 00:14:54.769 Lord, our God, who is one Lord, as a trinity 00:14:54.769 --> 00:14:59.330 or as one being of three persons, and still be 00:14:59.330 --> 00:15:05.250 absolutely scriptural. Number two, the distinction 00:15:05.250 --> 00:15:09.070 and relationship of the Godhead. Christ taught 00:15:09.070 --> 00:15:11.990 a distinction of persons in the Godhead, which 00:15:11.990 --> 00:15:15.149 he expressed in specific terms of relationship. 00:15:15.909 --> 00:15:21.389 Do you hear that? Not that Christ expressed specific 00:15:21.389 --> 00:15:25.789 terms of the Godhead, but that Jesus only spoke 00:15:25.789 --> 00:15:32.409 concerning the Father as relationship. Not as 00:15:32.409 --> 00:15:37.230 the person, just as relationship. As Father, 00:15:37.269 --> 00:15:40.370 Son, and Holy Spirit, but that this distinction 00:15:40.370 --> 00:15:45.289 and relationship as to its mode, there's the 00:15:45.289 --> 00:15:49.419 key word, is inscrutable. and incomprehensible 00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:53.059 because it's unexplained. Do you hear the word 00:15:53.059 --> 00:15:57.820 mode there? See, what AOG is not telling you 00:15:57.820 --> 00:16:03.519 is they preach and teach modalism under the guise 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:11.539 of Trinitarian language as to its mode, secretly 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:17.279 and craftily. Biblical view, Westminster Shorter 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:20.340 Catechism. There is three persons in the Godhead, 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.179 the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:24.820 Holy Spirit. And these three are one God, the 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:29.620 same substance, equal in power and glory. Not 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:36.960 just relationship. That's question and answer 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:40.320 number five. Matthew 3, 16 and 17. And when Jesus 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:43.490 was baptized, Immediately he went up from the 00:16:43.490 --> 00:16:45.149 water, and behold, the heavens were opened to 00:16:45.149 --> 00:16:47.629 him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending 00:16:47.629 --> 00:16:51.169 like a dove and coming to rest on him. And behold, 00:16:51.289 --> 00:16:53.870 a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved 00:16:53.870 --> 00:16:58.690 Son, with whom I am well pleased. You see the 00:16:58.690 --> 00:17:05.809 triune God in one place. The Father, the Spirit, 00:17:05.950 --> 00:17:13.369 and the Son. Number five concerning AOG's doctrinal 00:17:13.369 --> 00:17:16.609 beliefs. The salvation of man. Pay attention 00:17:16.609 --> 00:17:21.450 to this. This is remarkable. This should be offensive 00:17:21.450 --> 00:17:27.269 in reality. The conditions of salvation. Salvation 00:17:27.269 --> 00:17:33.309 is received through repentance toward God and 00:17:33.309 --> 00:17:42.789 faith toward Jesus Christ. Forget about Ephesians 00:17:42.789 --> 00:17:47.490 2. It's through faith. Forget about the reality 00:17:47.490 --> 00:17:50.490 of the work of the Holy Spirit. Wherever the 00:17:50.490 --> 00:17:52.390 wind blows, no one knows where the wind comes 00:17:52.390 --> 00:17:54.910 from, but it comes and goes as He pleases. We 00:17:54.910 --> 00:17:57.150 read that in John 3. Forget about that. It's 00:17:57.150 --> 00:17:59.769 actually, you're saved through repentance now. 00:18:00.450 --> 00:18:07.170 All you've got to do is repent. Let me continue. 00:18:08.650 --> 00:18:12.890 Salvation is received. In addition, by the washing 00:18:12.890 --> 00:18:15.289 of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 00:18:15.490 --> 00:18:19.349 being justified by grace through faith, there 00:18:19.349 --> 00:18:23.910 it is, craftily, men become heirs of God according 00:18:23.910 --> 00:18:28.990 to the hope of eternal life. Isn't that nice? 00:18:29.130 --> 00:18:31.549 It's got that nice little bit of reformed in 00:18:31.549 --> 00:18:35.769 there. You know, justified by faith alone. Just 00:18:35.769 --> 00:18:38.710 enough. But remember, you're saved because of 00:18:38.710 --> 00:18:43.769 repentance, not because of Christ. Ephesians 00:18:43.769 --> 00:18:46.710 2, verse 8 and 9. For by grace you have been 00:18:46.710 --> 00:18:51.930 saved through faith. And this is not of your 00:18:51.930 --> 00:18:55.769 own doing. It is a gift of God, not a result 00:18:55.769 --> 00:19:00.190 of works, so that no one may boast. Pretty simple, 00:19:00.230 --> 00:19:04.049 isn't it? How are we saved? By grace through 00:19:04.049 --> 00:19:09.880 faith. Repentance isn't even mentioned. So they're 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:13.119 using what Jesus said in Mark, repent and believe 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:18.279 the gospel. Repentance is a totally different 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:23.579 work of God. The baptism of the Holy Spirit. 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.099 This is where they really jump off the rails. 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.920 They're in a totally different direction at this 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:33.380 point. All believers are entitled to and should 00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:38.380 ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:42.279 of the Father. You're entitled to Him. You're 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:44.259 entitled to the Holy Spirit. Isn't that interesting? 00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:47.440 Not only are you entitled to the Holy Spirit, 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:52.740 you are ardently to expect Him. So you repent 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:59.380 and get saved. You then, by faith, are put in 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:02.339 the family of God, but you don't have the Holy 00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:04.759 Spirit yet. Who is the seal guaranteeing your 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:07.359 inheritance? Because you haven't spoken tongues 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:09.559 yet. I haven't gotten there yet. But in reality, 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:11.460 they're saying you should ardently expect one 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:16.799 day for him to show up. And boom, there he is. 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:28.789 Baptismal, here's the rest of it. Earnestly seek 00:20:28.789 --> 00:20:31.410 the promise of the Father, the baptism in the 00:20:31.410 --> 00:20:35.910 Holy Spirit, and fire. I don't know about you, 00:20:36.009 --> 00:20:38.609 but I've been to several charismatic churches. 00:20:38.950 --> 00:20:41.450 I've never seen fire pop up on somebody's head. 00:20:45.690 --> 00:20:50.390 I have. According to the command of our Lord 00:20:50.390 --> 00:20:52.990 Jesus. Now they're saying that the baptism of 00:20:52.990 --> 00:20:59.289 the Holy Spirit is a command. You must be. baptized 00:20:59.289 --> 00:21:01.789 in the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues. You must. 00:21:01.930 --> 00:21:04.029 Or what happens if you never speak in tongues? 00:21:05.990 --> 00:21:10.569 You're in deep trouble. Fire never happened on 00:21:10.569 --> 00:21:14.829 you. This was the normal experience of all the 00:21:14.829 --> 00:21:21.109 early Christian churches. With it, it. Do you 00:21:21.109 --> 00:21:23.509 hear that? The reason why they use the term it 00:21:23.509 --> 00:21:25.289 is because they don't look at the Holy Spirit 00:21:25.289 --> 00:21:29.319 as a person. They don't call him he. He's a force, 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:36.220 a means to an end. With it comes the endowment 00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:41.440 of power. Very interesting words. If you guys 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:44.900 are like words, sometimes I mess up on my words. 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:51.140 I don't speak good English. It's okay. Endowment 00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:55.460 is a very interesting word. Not endowment. An 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:59.650 endowment of power. For life and service. In 00:21:59.650 --> 00:22:04.690 other words, when it comes, it endues you with 00:22:04.690 --> 00:22:07.190 power to live the Christian life and to serve 00:22:07.190 --> 00:22:13.849 him. The bestowment of the gifts and their uses 00:22:13.849 --> 00:22:21.490 in the work of ministry. This experience is distinct 00:22:21.490 --> 00:22:25.980 from the subsequent. and subsequent to the experience 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:33.660 of the new birth. What? Since when is my experience 00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:37.880 concerning my service to Christ separated from 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:43.579 my new birth? Because of my new birth, I do serve 00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:54.069 Him. With the baptism of the Holy Spirit, come 00:22:54.069 --> 00:22:57.609 such experiences. What do you hear now? It's 00:22:57.609 --> 00:23:02.710 all about experiences. It's not about truth here. 00:23:03.130 --> 00:23:06.130 It has nothing to do with what God says salvation 00:23:06.130 --> 00:23:09.170 is or your justification or your sanctification. 00:23:09.250 --> 00:23:11.890 We haven't got there yet. It's all about your 00:23:11.890 --> 00:23:18.589 experience. Here's four experiences. By experiencing 00:23:18.589 --> 00:23:22.990 the Holy Spirit, you'll have an overflowing fullness 00:23:22.990 --> 00:23:29.690 of the Spirit. A deepened reverence for God, 00:23:29.890 --> 00:23:34.529 an intensified consecration to God, and a dedication 00:23:34.529 --> 00:23:39.509 to His work, and a more active love for Christ, 00:23:39.609 --> 00:23:45.009 for His Word, and for the lost. That's the work 00:23:45.009 --> 00:23:47.910 of the Holy Spirit. That's what they say. If 00:23:47.910 --> 00:23:52.220 it enters you, That's what you're going to get. 00:23:55.180 --> 00:24:00.119 Interesting. Number eight. The initial physical 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:05.059 evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. That's 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:08.240 subheading. The baptism of believers in the Holy 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:12.359 Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:15.859 of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:19.940 gives them utterance. The speaking in tongues 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:25.000 in this instance is the same in essence as the 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:29.059 gift of tongues, but is different in purpose 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:39.039 and use. Really? That makes me feel good. Biblical 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:45.990 view number one. Corinthians 12, 12 -13. For 00:24:45.990 --> 00:24:49.829 just as the body is one and has many members, 00:24:49.970 --> 00:24:52.630 and all the members of the body, though many, 00:24:52.730 --> 00:25:00.250 are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one 00:25:00.250 --> 00:25:05.369 spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews 00:25:05.369 --> 00:25:08.750 or Greeks, slave or free, and all were made to 00:25:08.750 --> 00:25:16.160 drink of the one spirit. Where's tongues in that? 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:24.779 Doesn't exist. What's this mean? Being baptized, 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:30.700 being put into Christ by the Holy Spirit guarantees 00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:35.660 that we are in the family of God, guaranteed 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:38.579 the inheritance, and all that he has promised 00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:45.819 in and through it. I will not leave you as orphans, 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:49.039 Jesus said. So what happens to all those who 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:51.079 never speak in tongues? Are they left as orphans? 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:57.799 Something to think about. Number nine, sanctification. 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:02.920 Interesting. This is interesting. Sanctification 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:06.259 is an act of separation from that which is evil 00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:10.420 and of dedication unto God. The scripture teaches... 00:26:10.670 --> 00:26:13.869 The scriptures teach a life of holiness without 00:26:13.869 --> 00:26:19.029 which no man shall see the Lord. By the power 00:26:19.029 --> 00:26:21.970 of the Holy Spirit, we are able to obey the commands. 00:26:22.509 --> 00:26:25.569 Be ye holy, for I am holy. I agree with that 00:26:25.569 --> 00:26:28.390 statement. Of course, you know, they have a little 00:26:28.390 --> 00:26:32.569 bit in here. A little bit of nice, good doctrine. 00:26:32.650 --> 00:26:36.119 And then all of a sudden... This is where sanctification 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:42.319 is realized in the believer by recognizing his 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:46.099 identification with Christ in his death and resurrection. 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:51.160 Do you hear that? You are sanctified when you 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:54.779 realize you're sanctified. And when you realize 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:57.920 you're sanctified, you recognize your identity 00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:07.470 in Jesus. That's when I'm sanctified. My identification 00:27:07.470 --> 00:27:09.910 with Christ in his death and resurrection and 00:27:09.910 --> 00:27:14.630 by faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that 00:27:14.630 --> 00:27:17.609 union. In other words, I am only sanctified if 00:27:17.609 --> 00:27:25.130 I daily recognize my identity in Jesus. And by 00:27:25.130 --> 00:27:30.119 offering every faculty continually to the dominion 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:32.480 of the Holy Spirit. In other words, my sanctification 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:40.559 is solely dependent upon my work alone. Biblical 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.420 worldview. Biblical view. Westminster Shorter 00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:46.019 Catechism. Sanctification is the work of God's 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:49.480 free grace whereby we are renewed in the whole 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:53.539 man after the image of God and are enabled more 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:56.160 and more to die to sin and live unto righteousness. 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:04.259 By the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 1 .30. This kind 00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:06.400 of blows the whole thing out of, because the 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:10.680 reality is, Christ is our sanctification. Look 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:13.299 what it says, 1 Corinthians 1 .30. And because 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:16.460 of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who became to 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:20.279 us wisdom from God, righteousness, sanctification, 00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:30.119 and redemption. Now, I'm doing really good. Holy 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:34.259 smokes. The other end of the spectrum. So that's 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:37.720 one end. I chose AOG because it's the most popular 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:44.839 charismatic denomination in all of religion. 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:50.440 Now, I don't know about you, just going through 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:58.759 AOG and reading just those. What do they have 00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:05.559 biblically in common with biblical truth? Why 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.099 do we call them sisters and brothers in Christ 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:11.319 when in reality they live and walk in deception? 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:15.119 And if they are saved, they need to leave those 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:19.779 churches. Do I believe that there are saved brothers 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:24.180 and sisters in those churches? I do. But why 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:27.049 do they attend? The same reason why there are 00:29:27.049 --> 00:29:30.710 possibly, possibly, brothers and sisters who 00:29:30.710 --> 00:29:35.990 go to Catholic church who attend. Because they 00:29:35.990 --> 00:29:39.670 love the experience. If your experience in the 00:29:39.670 --> 00:29:43.269 church determines your biblical stance on truth, 00:29:43.430 --> 00:29:52.230 you are in sin. Experience never overrides sound 00:29:52.230 --> 00:29:57.170 doctrine. Eastern and Greek Orthodox churches. 00:29:57.509 --> 00:30:00.009 It's the same thing. So if you hear about a Greek 00:30:00.009 --> 00:30:02.250 Orthodox, I just learned this. If you hear about 00:30:02.250 --> 00:30:03.970 a Greek Orthodox church, they're an Eastern Orthodox 00:30:03.970 --> 00:30:10.009 church. It's the same exact thing. This comes 00:30:10.009 --> 00:30:15.769 from their writings and their decree, which I'll 00:30:15.769 --> 00:30:18.890 share with you in a minute. The Mysterion of 00:30:18.890 --> 00:30:26.920 the Holy Eucharist. Communion. We believe that 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:32.500 our Lord Jesus Christ is present in and there's 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:34.259 a bunch of other information in there which I 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:37.140 was like that's just wording. I'm just getting 00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:41.359 rid of that. But truly and truly so that after 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:46.359 the consecration of bread and wine the bread 00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:56.109 is changed transubstantiated transformed, transformed 00:30:56.109 --> 00:31:02.690 into the very true body of the Lord. And the 00:31:02.690 --> 00:31:06.630 wine is transformed and transubstantiated into 00:31:06.630 --> 00:31:10.789 the very true blood of the Lord. That's cannibalism. 00:31:10.869 --> 00:31:15.329 I don't know about you. That's just weird. But 00:31:15.329 --> 00:31:18.390 the Catholic Church does the same thing. So what 00:31:18.390 --> 00:31:22.150 you'll hear in Eastern Orthodoxy is the true 00:31:22.150 --> 00:31:26.119 church. And you cannot go to heaven unless you 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.400 are part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. To get 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:32.539 into the Eastern Orthodox Church, you must be 00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:35.339 baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church, and 00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:41.119 you must partake properly in the Eucharist. Or 00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:44.460 you're not in. All other churches are damned. 00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:47.779 And they can't stand Protestant churches, let 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:50.500 alone of R .C. Sproul. I read a documentation 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:54.279 of their, and it was all filled with R .C. Sproul 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:58.019 comments. That's because it's true. So they didn't 00:31:58.019 --> 00:32:01.640 use it. They tried to speak against what he was 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:10.819 saying. We also believe that after the consecration 00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:15.019 of bread and wine, it is no longer the bread 00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:18.779 and wine itself that remains, but the very body 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:23.720 and blood of the Lord under the form and image 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:31.500 of bread and wine. Wow! This is under Christendom. 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:39.839 We also believe that this most pure body, and 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:43.059 blood of the Lord is dispensed and enters the 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:48.099 mouths and the wombs of those who partake, both 00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:51.680 the pious and the wicked. Only those who are 00:32:51.680 --> 00:33:00.519 pious and worthy receive remission of sins. Quote, 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.420 unquote. This is all quotes. They receive remissions 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:08.400 of sins and eternal life. That's a false gospel. 00:33:10.410 --> 00:33:16.670 They are liars. While those who are ungodly and 00:33:16.670 --> 00:33:19.450 unworthy receive condemnation and eternal judgment. 00:33:20.109 --> 00:33:24.589 Well, interesting. Now I understand why they 00:33:24.589 --> 00:33:29.910 use the word mysterion. The mysterion of repentance. 00:33:30.150 --> 00:33:34.650 You'll like this. And we know exactly what, let 00:33:34.650 --> 00:33:37.029 me read this. I've got to read this. 1 Corinthians 00:33:37.029 --> 00:33:39.890 chapter 2. Chapter 11. Let me make this very 00:33:39.890 --> 00:33:42.890 clear so you understand biblically that what 00:33:42.890 --> 00:33:49.750 I'm speaking to you is true. Okay? Okay? The 00:33:49.750 --> 00:33:52.950 Lord's Supper is a proclamation of his death 00:33:52.950 --> 00:33:58.109 and a proclamation, a continued proclamation 00:33:58.109 --> 00:34:01.630 until he returns. So what we're saying is Christ 00:34:01.630 --> 00:34:05.250 died for our sins, was buried. And he will return 00:34:05.250 --> 00:34:09.090 again because he is resurrected. And Jesus says 00:34:09.090 --> 00:34:12.489 to do this in remembrance of me. The word remembrance 00:34:12.489 --> 00:34:15.150 is very clear in the Greek for those Greek scholars 00:34:15.150 --> 00:34:19.190 within the Eastern Orthodox Greek Church. It's 00:34:19.190 --> 00:34:25.389 very clear. They just skip over that. Because 00:34:25.389 --> 00:34:32.150 it doesn't fit the traditions of men. And let 00:34:32.150 --> 00:34:35.949 me make this very clear. From the time of Christ 00:34:35.949 --> 00:34:43.150 to his, all the way to 1100, there was only one 00:34:43.150 --> 00:34:52.110 church. It was called the church. Ekklesia, the 00:34:52.110 --> 00:34:55.050 body of Christ. That's it, the bride. That's 00:34:55.050 --> 00:34:57.409 all there was. And there happened to be a great 00:34:57.409 --> 00:35:02.760 schism in 1100 where the church divided. into 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:05.199 the Eastern Church and the Western Church. The 00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:07.739 Eastern Church became the Eastern Orthodox Church 00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:11.400 or Greek Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church. 00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:15.579 And the Western Church became the Roman Orthodox 00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:18.480 Church, which eventually became the Roman Catholic 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:25.760 Church. And from the Roman Catholic Church, thank 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:30.820 God for the Reformation, there became... Throughout 00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:36.280 the years, divisions, God pulled the wheat out 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:48.719 in the Reformation. So let me read to you. Communion. 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:51.300 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered 00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:53.320 to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:54.920 he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:58.250 given thanks, he broke it. And said, this is 00:35:58.250 --> 00:36:01.570 my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance 00:36:01.570 --> 00:36:05.110 of me. So when he says this is my body for you, 00:36:05.289 --> 00:36:08.269 what he's showing them is my body's been broken 00:36:08.269 --> 00:36:11.090 for you. Not that the bread is literally his 00:36:11.090 --> 00:36:14.510 body. So when Jesus says, unless you eat my body 00:36:14.510 --> 00:36:17.269 and drink my blood, you have no part of me, he's 00:36:17.269 --> 00:36:21.989 using it in a figurative term. It's interesting. 00:36:23.130 --> 00:36:27.150 How figurative orthodoxies are concerning Eastern 00:36:27.150 --> 00:36:30.610 and Catholic. Really figurative when it comes 00:36:30.610 --> 00:36:32.329 to a lot of different things, especially when 00:36:32.329 --> 00:36:34.389 they want to control you and dominate you and 00:36:34.389 --> 00:36:38.570 tell you what you can and cannot do. Except for 00:36:38.570 --> 00:36:42.329 when you take the Eucharist. It's literal. You're 00:36:42.329 --> 00:36:44.809 just putting Jesus on a plate and going it down. 00:36:44.989 --> 00:36:49.530 That's literally what they're saying. It's in 00:36:49.530 --> 00:36:52.500 remembrance of me. In the same way, also, he 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:55.199 took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is 00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:57.940 the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often 00:36:57.940 --> 00:37:01.780 as you drink it in remembrance of me. The new 00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:07.139 covenant. For as often as you eat the bread and 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.599 drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:14.440 until he comes. Come, Lord Jesus. The mysterion 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:19.630 of repentance. Another mystery. The church states 00:37:19.630 --> 00:37:21.929 that after one baptism for the remissions of 00:37:21.929 --> 00:37:25.210 sin, well, I thought you just said that the only 00:37:25.210 --> 00:37:28.789 way I get remission of sin is if I eat the Eucharist. 00:37:29.989 --> 00:37:32.690 How can I be forgiven of my sin if I haven't 00:37:32.690 --> 00:37:37.010 taken Eucharist yet? Now I'm in baptism for the 00:37:37.010 --> 00:37:38.789 remission of sin, but not for the Eucharist now. 00:37:40.389 --> 00:37:44.869 And the confession of sins through the sacrament 00:37:44.869 --> 00:37:49.699 of repentance. is considered God's highest gift 00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:54.119 to men. Tradition subheading. While the Bible 00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:56.260 is treasured as a valuable written record of 00:37:56.260 --> 00:38:01.579 God's revelation, it does not contain wholly 00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:07.960 that revelation. When I read that, I was about 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:10.880 to have a seizure. I'm like, what? What? What? 00:38:11.550 --> 00:38:13.789 Oh, that makes sense. You know why? Because the 00:38:13.789 --> 00:38:17.449 priest is also inspired as the word is. So every 00:38:17.449 --> 00:38:19.670 time a priest comes up and speaks, he's also 00:38:19.670 --> 00:38:22.550 being inspired by the Holy Spirit to give you 00:38:22.550 --> 00:38:27.730 his truth. Remember we talked about the opinion. 00:38:29.010 --> 00:38:33.489 The Bible is viewed as only one expression of 00:38:33.489 --> 00:38:36.530 God's revelation in the ongoing life of his people. 00:38:42.030 --> 00:38:45.489 Scripture is part of the treasure of faith, which 00:38:45.489 --> 00:38:50.010 is known as tradition. What's the other part? 00:38:50.690 --> 00:38:55.349 Why the Orthodox kiss and venerate holy icons. 00:38:56.409 --> 00:39:02.050 Here's the other part. So you got to do the Eucharist, 00:39:02.050 --> 00:39:04.510 you got to do baptism, and you got to kiss a 00:39:04.510 --> 00:39:08.630 bunch of pictures and pray to the pictures. Yeah. 00:39:12.329 --> 00:39:15.269 Orthodox Christians kiss icons and bow before 00:39:15.269 --> 00:39:17.309 them because Christ entered the world and made 00:39:17.309 --> 00:39:26.190 himself a part of it. And that world he entered 00:39:26.190 --> 00:39:31.690 is good and holy. It was originally until sin 00:39:31.690 --> 00:39:34.989 entered and corrupted everything. For the ways 00:39:34.989 --> 00:39:36.530 of sin is death. For all have sinned and fallen 00:39:36.530 --> 00:39:39.849 short of the glory of God. If the world he entered 00:39:39.849 --> 00:39:42.739 is good and holy, Then you're good and holy until 00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:51.579 you screw it all up. I wonder when that is. In 00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:55.980 this way, icons serve as windows into heaven, 00:39:56.099 --> 00:40:05.579 showing us the glory of Christ. We kiss icons 00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:11.849 to express our love. They serve as windows into 00:40:11.849 --> 00:40:14.769 the sacred realm of heaven, into the kingdom 00:40:14.769 --> 00:40:18.289 of God. The persons betrayed on these wooden 00:40:18.289 --> 00:40:22.530 icons are in a spiritual way present with us. 00:40:26.090 --> 00:40:34.110 I remember a prophet that Saul conjured up. Do 00:40:34.110 --> 00:40:40.039 you remember? Samuel? He gets the witch. Brings 00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:41.800 Samuel back. Samuel goes, what are you doing? 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:49.519 So do not be alarmed. I'm a little scared. Not 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:52.699 really. If you see Orthodox Christians crossing 00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:55.800 themselves in front of the icons and kissing 00:40:55.800 --> 00:41:01.840 them, that's called idolatry. Romans chapter 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:04.739 1. I told you I'm going to give you Bible verses 00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:09.059 for everything. Romans 1. You've got to love 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:12.920 it so far, right? For although they knew God, 00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:14.820 they did not honor him as God and give thanks 00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:17.639 to him, but they became futile in their thinking, 00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:19.480 and their foolish hearts were darkened, claiming 00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:21.260 to be wise. They became fools, and they exchanged 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:25.300 the glory of the immortal God for images resembling 00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:30.400 mortal men, and birds, and animals, and creeping 00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:33.780 things. Confession of Doctrine by Desithius. 00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:37.659 The Decree 13. We believe that a person is justified 00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:42.539 not simply by faith alone, but by faith urged 00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:46.800 on by love, that is, by faith, through faith, 00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:51.760 and works. Let us recognize as completely unholy 00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:55.739 the idea that faith replacing works requires 00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:59.539 justification in Christ. For faith in this sense 00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:04.489 could be appropriate for everyone. And there 00:42:04.489 --> 00:42:09.969 would be no unsaved. Which is obviously false. 00:42:10.130 --> 00:42:14.489 No. Because what they're doing with this idea 00:42:14.489 --> 00:42:17.429 of justification is they're disregarding penal 00:42:17.429 --> 00:42:22.369 substitutionary atonement. So let me make this 00:42:22.369 --> 00:42:26.090 very clear for you. Atonement. To be justified. 00:42:27.409 --> 00:42:34.030 Atonement is offered to the world. It is applied 00:42:34.030 --> 00:42:42.050 only to the believer. I can give you many examples 00:42:42.050 --> 00:42:45.349 of that. Especially in the New and Old Testament 00:42:45.349 --> 00:42:47.289 concerning when they would take an animal and 00:42:47.289 --> 00:42:49.130 they would sacrifice the animal but they would 00:42:49.130 --> 00:42:51.730 take the animal into the house and the animal 00:42:51.730 --> 00:42:54.170 would stay in the house for the week and then 00:42:54.170 --> 00:42:55.909 they would take the animal out of the house to 00:42:55.909 --> 00:42:58.550 sacrifice it for the family that the animal was 00:42:58.550 --> 00:43:02.559 in. Does that mean it was for you? If you didn't 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:11.199 live in the house, no. And there would be no 00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:15.539 unsaved, obviously. On the contrary, we believe 00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:19.119 that it is not this specter of faith alone, but 00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:23.900 that faith, that the faith that is in us through 00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:32.889 works justifies us in Christ. We honor deeds 00:43:32.889 --> 00:43:36.550 not only as evidence confirming our calling, 00:43:36.690 --> 00:43:39.809 but also as fruits that make our faith active 00:43:39.809 --> 00:43:43.289 and can, according to the divine promise, deliver 00:43:43.289 --> 00:43:47.449 to everyone a well -deserved reward, good or 00:43:47.449 --> 00:43:50.730 bad, depending on what he has done with his body. 00:43:51.449 --> 00:43:56.969 That's just two of the extremes. Let me read 00:43:56.969 --> 00:43:59.750 to you Galatians 2 .16 so that you clearly understand. 00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:04.460 Biblically, what the Bible says concerning justification. 00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:09.119 You guys ready? For we ourselves, this is Paul 00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:12.860 speaking to the Galatians who are Jews, we ourselves 00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:16.460 are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners. Yet, 00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:23.199 we know that a person is not justified by works 00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:29.099 of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ. 00:44:30.409 --> 00:44:37.250 Could we get any more clear than that? In order 00:44:37.250 --> 00:44:40.489 to be justified by faith in Christ and not by 00:44:40.489 --> 00:44:43.690 works of the law, because by works of the law 00:44:43.690 --> 00:44:48.650 no one will be justified, Mr. Priest of the Eastern 00:44:48.650 --> 00:44:54.369 Orthodox Church. You can't get more clear than 00:44:54.369 --> 00:44:58.699 what I just read to you. It is very clear. So 00:44:58.699 --> 00:45:03.820 why do I share these two examples here? What 00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:07.460 do you notice about these two examples? Who's 00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:14.000 preeminent in these two examples? Is Jesus? Who 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:22.960 is man? Man's the preeminent. What's interesting 00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:25.940 about these two examples, depending on... Where 00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:27.980 you're at, whether you are in the evangelical 00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:33.159 extreme or you are in the orthodox extreme, the 00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:36.860 doctrines are almost the same, aren't they? Jesus 00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:40.119 worded it a little differently. So let me read 00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:45.239 to you 1 Peter again. 2 Peter 2. But false prophets 00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:48.000 also arose among the people, just as there will 00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:50.639 be false teachers among you, who will secretly 00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:54.519 bring in, introduce secretly and craftily, The 00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:57.579 opinions meant to bring ruin and destruction 00:45:57.579 --> 00:46:01.139 by discord and contention, even denying the master 00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:04.079 who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift 00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:07.449 destruction. And many will follow, will comply 00:46:07.449 --> 00:46:11.510 with, will yield to their unbridled lust, excessive 00:46:11.510 --> 00:46:17.690 licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, 00:46:17.750 --> 00:46:20.590 shamelessness, and insolence. And because of 00:46:20.590 --> 00:46:24.409 them, the way of truth is blasphemed. And in 00:46:24.409 --> 00:46:28.750 their greed, in their desire for more and covetousness, 00:46:28.809 --> 00:46:33.710 they will use you for gain and mold and form, 00:46:33.769 --> 00:46:39.699 not being genuine words. Their condemnation, 00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:43.119 their penal judgment from long ago is not inactive 00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:46.940 or in delay and their destruction is not lingering. 00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:49.699 So I'm going to share this with you. Not everything 00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:54.000 that calls itself Christian is Christian. And 00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:57.539 we have to, with boldness and confidence, speak 00:46:57.539 --> 00:47:02.260 the truth about Christ. Not in an attitude of 00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:08.119 condemnation toward toward those who are lost 00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:15.699 and deceived. But to those who speak as though 00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:19.840 they speak truth. And you know what we're supposed 00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:21.500 to do for them. I gave you all the Bible verses. 00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:28.519 What are you supposed to do? But like Chuck says, 00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:39.110 do it with love. But do it. We live in some evil 00:47:39.110 --> 00:47:43.429 days. And these heresies have been in existence 00:47:43.429 --> 00:47:48.869 since the church started. If there were false 00:47:48.869 --> 00:47:51.090 prophets in the Old Testament, there are false 00:47:51.090 --> 00:47:55.730 teachers today. Be very careful. Weigh everything 00:47:55.730 --> 00:47:59.190 that I preach and everything that I say in accordance 00:47:59.190 --> 00:48:03.429 with the scriptures. Weigh it all. Anything you 00:48:03.429 --> 00:48:05.989 hear someone speak, you weigh it. I love Votibachum, 00:48:06.030 --> 00:48:10.409 but I weigh everything he used to say. Same thing 00:48:10.409 --> 00:48:12.210 with John MacArthur. I weigh everything he used 00:48:12.210 --> 00:48:14.670 to say. R .C. Sproul, I weigh everything he used 00:48:14.670 --> 00:48:16.690 to say. It's my responsibility as a believer. 00:48:18.349 --> 00:48:23.329 As a workman approved by God. So, that's just 00:48:23.329 --> 00:48:26.269 a little bit. We'll finish chapter 2 next week. 00:48:27.309 --> 00:48:30.070 Okay? Father, I want to thank you so much for 00:48:30.070 --> 00:48:31.550 your goodness and faithfulness. Thank you, Lord, 00:48:31.590 --> 00:48:34.460 for your word. Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you 00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:38.280 guide us in all truth and that your word, Lord 00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:42.460 Jesus, is inerrant and infallible, the word of 00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:44.960 God. And thank you through divine preservation, 00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:48.780 you have given us translation so that we may 00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:51.900 know confidently that the Bibles that we read 00:48:51.900 --> 00:48:56.409 are your word. and in reflection of the actual 00:48:56.409 --> 00:48:59.389 real codex that you have given us. We praise 00:48:59.389 --> 00:49:01.130 you and thank you for your goodness and your 00:49:01.130 --> 00:49:03.269 faithfulness to be honored and glorified forever. 00:49:03.349 --> 00:49:04.489 In Jesus' name, amen.