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The Battle for Truth

The Battle For Truth

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 1:18-20

We must fight for the truth.

  1. The church has always had to fight for the truth.
    • Old Testament
      • Israel
      • Elijah
      • All the prophets
    • New Testament
      • Jesus refuting the Pharisees
      • Early church coming up against Judaism and Rome
    • Early Centuries
      • The Trinity: Council of Nicaea, 325
      • God's Sovereignty: Council of Ephesus, 431
      • Deity of Christ: Council of Constantinople, Council of Ephesus, Council of Chalcedon
    • Middle ages
      • The Reformers standing up to the Roman Catholic Church
    • Puritans
      • Queen Mary against those who held to the reformation
    • Missionary Church
      • Modern Missionary Movement
      • Sunday School Movement in Orphan outreach
      • Abolitionist Movement
    • Fundamentalism
      • Opposing liberalism and modernism
      • Princeton Seminary
      • Battle for Biblical inerrancy
  1. How do I fight for the truth?
    • Remember your commission
    • Believe God's words
    • Imitate God's character
    • Oppose false teaching

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The Battle for Truth
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The God Who Makes Us Worshippers

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 1:17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

An outburst of praise from Paul in one of his many doxological exclamations in his letters.

One: God is beyond us in His divine nature...
Two: However, God is near to us in His saving love...
Three: So that we might worship Him.

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The God Who Makes Us Worshipers
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The Stewardship of the Truth

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 1:1-11

Stick to the truth...

  • because God has revealed the truth to us
  • because the sensational can crowd out the essential
  • because love is not always an easy choice to make
  • because our pride craves knowledge
  • because legalism comes easy to us
  • because of the Gospel of the Glory of God

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The Stewardship of the Truth
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Proverbs for Parents and the Parented

Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him who he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

For the Parents: Don't ignore the folly.

  1. Give truth
  2. In love
  3. Use the rod to demonstrate both

For the Parented: Don't ignore the truth.

  1. Hear truth
  2. In wisdom
  3. Use obedience to demonstrate both

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Proverbs for Parents and the Parented
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SermonGuest UserThe Wisdom of Solomon
The Family Tree of Laziness

The Family Tree of Laziness

Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
  • Laziness 19:24
    • Selfish 21:26
      • Loveless 31:10-31
      • Proud 26:16
    • Disobedient 21:25
      • Wasteful 12:27; 18:9
        • Undisciplined 28:19
          • Self-destructive 21:25; 24:30-31
        • Needy 19:15
          • Unsatisfied 13:4; 21:26
          • Troubled 12:24; 15:19
    • Ease 6:10
      • Unmotivated 26:14; 16:26
      • Self-indulgent 6:9; 21:17
        • Short-sighted 20:4; 27:26
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.

Three concluding thoughts:

  1. Work is not part of the curse.
  2. Work to reflect God's image and carry out our calling.
  3. The work/rest pattern points us to the gospel.
When Christ tranforms your life, laziness can be weeded out because we can do all the work that we do as though we are doing it for the Lord himself.
The Family Tree of Laziness
Adam Godshall
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Wisdom and Wealth

What does it mean to honor the Lord with your wealth?

6 Principles That Guide You To Honor The Lord With Your Wealth

  1. Don't apologize for wealth. Stuff isn't sinful in and of itself.
  2. Don't compromise your integrity. Character is more important than wealth.
  3. Don't focus on lack. See what you have and not what you don't have. You must live in contentment.
  4. Don't hoard your resources.
  5. Don't trust in wealth. Ask the question, What are you trusting in?
  6. Don't undervalue God's wisdom.

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Wisdom and Wealth
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The Question of Civil Disobedience

Two Scenarios for Civil Disobedience

  1. When human government commands something God forbids
  2. When human government forbids something God commands

7 Guiding Principles Before Civil Disobedience

  1. Thanksgiving - 1 Thessalonians 5:18
  2. Forbearance - Romans 12:10
  3. Obedience - Matthew 22:21; Romans 13:1-7; Titus 3:1-2; 1 Peter 2:13-17
  4. Stewardship - Acts 16 & 22
  5. Prayer - 1 Timothy 2:1-3
  6. Cooperation
  7. Creativity

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The Question of Civil Disobedience
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Tools for Interpreting Proverbs

5 Tools for Interpreting Proverbs

  1. Interpret Proverbs by remembering what a proverb is.
    • Brief
    • Poetic
    • Guide to godly living
  2. Interpret Proverbs as general principles, rather than unconditional promises.
  3. Interpret Proverbs recognizing that the proverbs generally fall into two literary forms.
    • Instructions/commands
    • Wisdom sayings
  4. Interpret Proverbs by understanding parallelism.
    • Synonymous parallelism
    • Antithetic parallelism
    • Emblematic parallelism
    • Synthetic parallelism
  5. Interpret Proverbs with the broader teaching of scripture.

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Tools for Interpreting Proverbs
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The Wisdom of Solomon is Ours for the Taking

Series: The Wisdom of Solomon

7 ways that we — like Solomon — can be wise.

  1. Hear the call of wisdom
  2. Recognize the need for wisdom
  3. We must persue the source of wisdom
  4. We must exercise the power of wisdom
  5. Expect a testimony of wisdom
  6. Remember the purpose of wisdom
  7. Believe the fulfillment of wisdom

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The Wisdom of Solomon is Ours for the Taking
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