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The Word God Said - False Teachers, The Way To Destruction - 2 Peter 2:1-3 pt.1 · Mount Eaton Church

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Father I want to thank you so much for your goodness
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thank you Lord as you have guided us to this
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point it's so amazing to see through these years
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how each week each letter each book that you
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have guided us to share and to talk about is
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so strategic and helping us as your people be
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prepared not only to know you completely, Lord
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Jesus, and to grow in true faith into the mature
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manhood, but to really help us to see what's
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happening around us. So we are asking in your
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providence, again, to guide us in this truth.
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I pray that your word speaks louder than anything
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that any of us could say. and that it would really
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hit hard and hit home to the heart that we may
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boldly proclaim the truth without apology, and
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that we would stand firm in the faith, holding
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fast to the doctrine, and to speak boldly. against
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those who speak falsely against you. Lord, we
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do praise you and thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.
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False teachers, the way to destruction is the
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message of part one. We're going to be dealing
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with the first three verses of chapter two, but
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we're going to start off in chapter one, verse
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16, and read through chapter two, verse three.
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There's a reason why, because of the word but.
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The word but is in the original, and it's taking
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us back to what Peter had said previously. All
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right? So let's pay attention to that, and then
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we'll get in. It says, He received honor and
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glory from God the Father. The voice was born
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to him by the majestic glory. This is my beloved
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Son with whom I am well pleased. We ourselves
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heard this very voice born from heaven. For we
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were with him on the holy mountain. and we have
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the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which
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you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp
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shining in a dark place. Until the day dawns
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and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing
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this first of all, that no prophecy of scripture
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comes from someone's own interpretation, and
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no prophecy was ever produced by the will of
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man, spoke from God as they were carried along
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by the Holy Spirit. But false prophets also rose
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among the people, just as there will be false
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teachers among you who will secretly bring in
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destructive heresies, even denying the Master
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who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift
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destruction, and many will follow their sensuality.
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And because of them, the way of truth will be
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blasphemed, and in their greed they will exploit
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you with false words. Their condemnation from
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long ago is not idle, and their destruction is
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not asleep. And I will tell you, the rest of
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chapter 2 just gives you examples of how God
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destroyed. And as we get through chapter 2, it's
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really a clear, concise... condemnation and judgment
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upon those who are false teachers. And so we
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will get through that, but not today. It'll be
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next week. So let's deal with the first principle.
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It's a question, really. What do we do concerning
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false teachers? Because many times we read about
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or someone talks about false teachers, but they
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never really say, well, what do you do with them?
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We are commanded to beware and watchful. false
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teachers, Matthew 7 .15. We are to warn the family
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of God of false teachers, Acts 20 .29. We are
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to expose false teachers, Ephesians 5 .11. We
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are to avoid false teachers, Romans 16 .17, and
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we are to rebuke false teachers, 1 Timothy 5
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.20. This is not only for the preacher, this
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is for every believer who comes across a person
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who speaks falsely. against Christ and his scripture,
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against God. So in Romans 16, 17 through 18,
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it says, I appeal to you, brothers, to watch
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out for those who cause divisions and create
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obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have
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been taught. Do you hear that? Romans 16, 17.
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I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those
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who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary
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to the doctrine that you have been taught. Avoid
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them. For such persons do not serve our Lord
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Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk
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and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the
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naive. I'll say it this way, as my son Nicholas
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said when he was much younger, Dad, not everything
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that's Christian is Christian. Colossians 2 .8,
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see to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy
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and empty deceit according to human tradition,
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according to the elemental spirits of the world,
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and not according to Christ. And there is the
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key there. what Peter is saying here, but false
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prophets. That literally just means false prophets.
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Pseudo -prophetes is the term. Also, arose among
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the people. So even in the Old Testament, there
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were those who claimed to be prophets of God,
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messengers of God, speaking for God, that rose
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among the people. We know because we've seen
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it. In the Old Testament, or we read it in the
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Old Testament, not seen it. Read it in the Old
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Testament. As a matter of fact, those group of
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people and their families ended up being swallowed
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by the earth. So, one who speaks on behalf of
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God as if he is speaking for God. Just as there
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will be false teachers among you. Interesting
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term. Literally, false teachers just means false
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teachers. There is no other term. And I will
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show you that term in a minute. Among you. So
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there will be false teachers among us. And we
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see that all the time. And young people want
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genuine faith. That's what they want. They want
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genuine Christianity. And they're like, why are
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there so many divisions? Because Jesus said there
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will be. And so does Peter. There will be false
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teachers among you who will secretly bring in,
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who will introduce secretly and craftily is the
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term here. Destructive heresies. Now, a lot of
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times we think about this word destructive heresy.
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Destructive is destruction by discord or contention.
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That's literally what destruction means. But
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what's interesting is this word heresies. This
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word heresies is translated As opinion meant
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to bring ruin. So I want you to hear that. And
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heresy is an opinion. Not a clear understanding
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of biblical doctrine. It is an opinion of biblical
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doctrine. And so there is no such thing. God
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doesn't care about your opinion. I know you've
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heard me say that before. God cares about his
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truth. And there is definitive truth. One of
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the, I think, the most difficult things is this
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idea that is going around within the church that
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the primary stay primary, but the secondary are
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secondary. Let me make it clear. All things concerning
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God are primary. We just need to end up being
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taught by him and growing in the truth so that
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we understand the secondaries. And that's important.
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All things concerning God is primary. If you
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say one thing wrong about God, God will judge
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you. That's why we as preachers are held to a
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very high standard. We will give an account for
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everything we say to you. And that's one of the
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reasons when I screw up or I mess up, I apologize.
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I ask for forgiveness. Like trans -positiation.
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It's trans -substantiation. How I can forget
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that in a moment, it has to be diabetes. That's
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all I can think of. It's so funny. That was so
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true. You guys know. Even denying the Master.
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who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift
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destruction. We would say, like, swift destruction
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is when? Remember, a lifetime for a human is
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not very long in the grand scheme of eternity.
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It comes swiftly. And many will follow, will
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comply, will yield with, or yield to their sensuality.
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Now, many would think this word, sensuality,
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is just something that deals with lust. Actually,
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the list is quite long concerning sensuality.
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So let me give it to you. Unbridled lust, excessive
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licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness,
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shamelessness, and insolence. That's what sensuality
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is. So to put it in a nutshell, sensuality is
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all wickedness. That's what sensuality is. They
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will cause many to comply with and yield to their
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wickedness. And because of them, the way of truth
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will be blasphemed. Is not the gospel in our
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day blasphemed? I mean, we can leave some of
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that up to purpose -driven church and purpose
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-driven life, can we not? Along with all these
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other ideas of what they think the gospel is.
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And in their greed, in their desire for more
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and covetousness, they will exploit you. They
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will use you for gain. I want you to pay attention
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to that. It's all those nice little TV preachers
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that we pay attention to. They keep begging you
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for money. Right? Be careful. Look what it says
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here. They will exploit you with false words,
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with molded or formed. In other words, they will
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say the words in such a way that it's deceptive.
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They aren't genuine words. And the word words
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is logos. Their condemnation, their penal judgment
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from long ago is not idle, is not inactive, and
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is not in delay. And their destruction is not
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asleep. It doesn't linger. So what is a false
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teacher? Pseudo -dikastelas is the word here.
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Pseudo -dikastelas. The word pseudo means a lying,
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deceitful, or false teacher. One who purposes
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to lie, deceive, and speak falsely about God
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and his word. So let me give you the first extreme.
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The charismatics. And I know that there are several
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charismatic churches around here. But I had to
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think of how would I present the... one extreme
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and the other extreme, and for us to be able
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to narrow down the reality of biblical truth.
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And that's the only way I can think of is through
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the Assemblies of God, the AOG. This is their
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Statements of Fundamental Truths. Number two,
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and you can go to their website, Assemblies of
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God denomination, their website. The one true
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God has revealed himself as the eternal self
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-existent I am, the creator of heaven and earth
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and the redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed
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himself as embodying the principles of relationship.
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And association as father, hear that word, association.
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As father, son, and the Holy Spirit. The adorable
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Godhead, subheading. Terms defined to terms,
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trinity, and persons as related to the Godhead
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while not found in the Scripture are words in
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harmony with the Scripture whereby we may convey
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to others our immediate understanding of the
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doctrine of Christ. Respecting the being of God
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as distinguished from God's many and Lord's many,
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we therefore may speak with propriety. of the
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Lord our God, who is one Lord, as a trinity or
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as one being of three persons, and still be absolutely
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scriptural. Number two, the distinction and relationship
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of the Godhead. Christ taught a distinction of
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persons in the Godhead, which he expressed in
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specific terms of relationship. Do you hear that?
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Not that Christ expressed specific terms of the
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Godhead, but that Jesus only spoke concerning
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the Father as relationship. Not as the person,
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just as relationship. As Father, Son, and Holy
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Spirit, but that this distinction and relationship
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as to its mode, there's the key word, is inscrutable.
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and incomprehensible because it's unexplained.
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Do you hear the word mode there? See, what AOG
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is not telling you is they preach and teach modalism
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under the guise of Trinitarian language as to
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its mode, secretly and craftily. Biblical view,
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Westminster Shorter Catechism, there is three
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persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son,
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and the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit, and these
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three are one God, the same substance, equal
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in power and glory, not just relationship. That's
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question and answer number five. Matthew 3, 16
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and 17, and when Jesus was baptized, You see
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the triune God in one place. The Father, the
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Spirit, and the Son. Number five concerning AOG's
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doctrinal beliefs. The salvation of man. Pay
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attention to this. This is remarkable. This should
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be offensive in reality. The conditions of salvation.
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Salvation is received through repentance toward
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God and faith toward Jesus Christ. Forget about
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Ephesians 2. It's through faith. Forget about
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the reality of the work of the Holy Spirit. Wherever
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the wind blows, no one knows where the wind comes
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from, but it comes and goes as He pleases. We
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read that in John 3. Forget about that. It's
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actually, you're saved through repentance now.
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All you've got to do is repent. Let me continue.
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Salvation is received. In addition, by the washing
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of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
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being justified by grace through faith, there
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it is, craftily, men become heirs of God according
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to the hope of eternal life. Isn't that nice?
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It's got that nice little bit of reformed in
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there. You know, justified by faith alone. Just
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enough. But remember, you're saved because of
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repentance, not because of Christ. Ephesians
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2, verse 8 and 9. For by grace you have been
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saved through faith. And this is not of your
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own doing. It is a gift of God, not a result
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of works, so that no one may boast. Pretty simple,
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isn't it? How are we saved? By grace through
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faith. Repentance isn't even mentioned. So they're
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using what Jesus said in Mark, repent and believe
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the gospel. Repentance is a totally different
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work of God. The baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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This is where they really jump off the rails.
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They're in a totally different direction at this
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point. All believers are entitled to and should
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ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise
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of the Father. You're entitled to Him. You're
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entitled to the Holy Spirit. Isn't that interesting?
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Not only are you entitled to the Holy Spirit,
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you are ardently to expect Him. So you repent
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and get saved. You then, by faith, are put in
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the family of God, but you don't have the Holy
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Spirit yet. Who is the seal guaranteeing your
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inheritance? Because you haven't spoken tongues
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yet. I haven't gotten there yet. But in reality,
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they're saying you should ardently expect one
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day for him to show up. And boom, there he is.
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Baptism, here's the rest of it. should earnestly
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seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in
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the Holy Spirit, and fire. I don't know about
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you, but I've been to several charismatic churches.
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I've never seen fire pop up on somebody's head.
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I have. According to the command of our Lord
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Jesus. Now they're saying that the baptism of
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the Holy Spirit is a command. You must be baptized
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in the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues. You must.
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Or what happens if you never speak in tongues?
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You're in deep trouble. Fire never happened on
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you. This was the normal experience of all the
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early Christian churches. With it, it, do you
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hear that? The reason why they use the term it
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is because they don't look at the Holy Spirit
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as a person. They don't call him he. He's a force,
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a means to an end. With it comes the endowment
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of power. Very interesting words. If you guys
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are like words, sometimes I mess up on my words.
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I don't speak good English. It's okay. Endowment
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is a very interesting word. Not endowment. An
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endowment of power for life and service. In other
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words, when it comes, it endues you with power
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to live the Christian life and to serve him.
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The bestowment of the gifts and their uses in
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the work of ministry. This Experience is distinct
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from the subsequent and subsequent to the experience
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of the new birth. What? Since when is my experience
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concerning my service to Christ separated from
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my new birth? Because of my new birth, I do serve
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him. With the baptism of the Holy Spirit comes
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such experiences. What do you hear now? It's
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all about experiences. It's not about truth here.
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It has nothing to do with what God says salvation
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is or your justification or your sanctification.
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We haven't got there yet. It's all about your
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experience. Here's four experiences. By experiencing
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the Holy Spirit, you'll have an overflowing fullness
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of the Spirit, a deepened reverence for God,
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an intensified consecration to God, and a dedication
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to His work, and a more active love for Christ,
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for His Word, and for the lost. That's the work
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of the Holy Spirit. That's what they say. If
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it, enters you, that's what you're going to get.
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Interesting. Number eight. The initial physical
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evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, that's
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subheading, the baptism of believers in the Holy
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Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign
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of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit
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gives them utterance. The speaking in tongues
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in this instance is the same in essence as the
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gift of tongues, but is different in purpose
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and use. Really? That makes me feel good. Biblical
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view number one. Corinthians 12, 12 -13. For
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just as the body is one and has many members,
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and all the members of the body, though many,
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are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one
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spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews
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or Greeks, slave or free, and all were made to
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drink of the one spirit. Where's tongues in that?
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Doesn't exist. What's this mean? Being baptized,
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being put into Christ by the Holy Spirit guarantees
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that we are in the family of God, guaranteed
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the inheritance, and all that he has promised
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in and through it. I will not leave you as orphans,
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Jesus said. So what happens to all those who
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never speak in tongues? Are they left as orphans?
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Something to think about. Number nine, sanctification.
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Interesting. This is interesting. Sanctification
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is an act of separation from that which is evil
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and of dedication unto God. The scripture teaches...
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The scriptures teach a life of holiness without
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which no man shall see the Lord. By the power
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of the Holy Spirit, we are able to obey the commands.
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Be ye holy, for I am holy. I agree with that
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statement. Of course, you know, they have a little
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bit in here. A little bit of nice, good doctrine.
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And then all of a sudden... This is where sanctification
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is realized in the believer by recognizing his
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identification with Christ in his death and resurrection.
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Do you hear that? You are sanctified when you
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realize you're sanctified. And when you realize
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you're sanctified, you recognize your identity
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in Jesus. That's when I'm sanctified. My identification
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with Christ in his death and resurrection and
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by faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that
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union. In other words, I am only sanctified if
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I daily recognize my identity in Jesus. And by
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offering every faculty continually to the dominion
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of the Holy Spirit. In other words, my sanctification
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is solely dependent upon my work alone. Biblical
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worldview. Biblical view. Westminster Shorter
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Catechism. Sanctification is the work of God's
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free grace whereby we are renewed in the whole
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man after the image of God and are enabled more
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and more to die to sin and live unto righteousness.
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By the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 1 .30. This kind
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of blows the whole thing out of, because the
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reality is, Christ is our sanctification. Look
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what it says, 1 Corinthians 1 .30. And because
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of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who became to
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us wisdom from God, righteousness, sanctification,
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and redemption. Now, I'm doing really good. Holy
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smokes. The other end of the spectrum. So that's
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one end. I chose AOG because it's the most popular
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charismatic denomination in all of religion.
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Now, I don't know about you, just going through
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AOG and reading just those. What do they have
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biblically in common with biblical truth? Why
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do we call them sisters and brothers in Christ
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when in reality they live and walk in deception?
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And if they are saved, they need to leave those
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churches. Do I believe that there are saved brothers
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and sisters in those churches? I do. But why
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do they attend? The same reason why there are
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possibly, possibly, brothers and sisters who
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go to Catholic church who attend. Because they
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love the experience. If your experience in the
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church determines your biblical stance on truth,
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you are in sin. Experience never overrides sound
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doctrine. Eastern and Greek Orthodox churches.
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It's the same thing. So if you hear about a Greek
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Orthodox, I just learned this. If you hear about
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a Greek Orthodox church, they're an Eastern Orthodox
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church. It's the same exact thing. This comes
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from their writings and their decree, which I'll
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share with you in a minute. The Mysterion of
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the Holy Eucharist. Communion. We believe that
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our Lord Jesus Christ is present in, and there's
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a bunch of other information in there, which
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I was like, that's just wording. I'm just getting
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rid of that. But truly and truly, so that after
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the consecration of bread and wine, the bread
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is changed, transubstantiated. transformed, transformed
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into the very true body of the Lord. And the
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wine is transformed and transubstantiated into
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the very true blood of the Lord. That's cannibalism.
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I don't know about you. That's just weird. But
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the Catholic Church does the same thing. So what
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you'll hear in Eastern Orthodoxy is the true
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church. And you cannot go to heaven unless you
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are part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. To get
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into the Eastern Orthodox Church, you must be
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baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church, and
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you must partake properly in the Eucharist, or
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you're not in. All other churches are damned.
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And they can't stand Protestant churches, let
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alone of R .C. Sproul. I read a documentation,
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and it was all filled with R .C. Sproul comments.
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That's because it's true. So they didn't use
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it. They tried to speak against what he was saying.
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We also believe that after the consecration of
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bread and wine, it is no longer the bread and
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wine itself that remains, but the very body and
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blood of the Lord under the form and image of
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bread and wine. Wow! This is under Christendom.
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We also believe that this most pure body, and
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blood of the Lord is dispensed and enters the
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mouths and the wombs of those who partake, both
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the pious and the wicked. Only those who are
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pious and worthy receive remission of sins. Quote,
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unquote. This is all quotes. They receive remissions
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of sins and eternal life. That's a false gospel.
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They are liars. While those who are ungodly and
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unworthy receive condemnation and eternal judgment.
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Well, interesting. Now I understand why they
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use the word mysterion. The mysterion of repentance.
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You'll like this. And we know exactly what, let
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me read this. I've got to read this. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 11. Let me make this very clear so you
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understand biblically that what I'm speaking
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to you is true. Okay? Okay? The Lord's Supper
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is a proclamation of his death and a proclamation,
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a continual proclamation until he returns. So
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what we're saying is Christ died for our sins,
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was buried, and he will return again because
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he is resurrected. And Jesus says to do this
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in remembrance of me. The word remembrance is
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very clear in the Greek for those Greek scholars
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within the Eastern Orthodox Greek Church. It's
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very clear. They just skip over that. Because
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it doesn't fit the traditions of men. And let
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me make this very clear. From the time of Christ
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to his, all the way to 1100, there was only one
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church. It was called the church. Ekklesia, the
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body of Christ. That's it, the bride. That's
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all there was. And there happened to be a great
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schism in 1100. where the church divided into
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the Eastern Church and the Western Church. The
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Eastern Church became the Eastern Orthodox Church,
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or Greek Orthodox Church, or the Orthodox Church,
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and the Western Church became the Roman Orthodox
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Church, which eventually became the Roman Catholic
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Church. And from the Roman Catholic Church, thank
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God for the Reformation, There became, throughout
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the years, divisions. God pulled the wheat out
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in the Reformation. So let me read to you. Communion.
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For I received from the Lord what I also delivered
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to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when
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he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had
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given thanks, he broke it. And said, this is
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my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance
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of me. So when he says this is my body for you,
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what he's showing them is my body's been broken
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for you. Not that the bread is literally his
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body. So when Jesus says, unless you eat my body
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and drink my blood, you have no part of me, he's
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using it in a figurative term. It's interesting.
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How figurative orthodoxies are concerning Eastern
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and Catholic. Really figurative when it comes
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to a lot of different things, especially when
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they want to control you and dominate you and
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tell you what you can and cannot do. Except for
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when you take the Eucharist. It's literal. You're
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just putting Jesus on a plate and going it down.
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That's literally what they're saying. It's in
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remembrance of me. In the same way, also, he
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took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is
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the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often
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as you drink it in remembrance of me. The new
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covenant. For as often as you eat the bread and
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drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death
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until he comes. Come, Lord Jesus. The mysterion
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of repentance. Another mystery. The church states
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that after one baptism for the remissions of
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sin, well, I thought you just said that the only
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way I get remission of sin is if I eat the Eucharist.
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How can I be forgiven of my sin if I haven't
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taken Eucharist yet? Now I'm in baptism for the
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remission of sin, but not for the Eucharist now.
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And the confession of sins through the sacrament
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of repentance highest gift to men. Tradition
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subheading. While the Bible is treasured as a
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valuable written record of God's revelation,
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it does not contain wholly that revelation. When
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I read that, I was about to have a seizure. I'm
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like, what? What? Oh, that makes sense. Do you
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know why? Because the priest is also inspired
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as the word is. So every time a priest comes
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up and speaks, he's also being inspired by the
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Holy Spirit to give you his truth. Remember we
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talked about the opinion. The Bible is viewed
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as only one expression of God's revelation in
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the ongoing life of his people. Scripture is
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part of the treasure of faith, which is known
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as tradition. What's the other part? Why the
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Orthodox kiss and venerate holy icons. Here's
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the other part. So you got to do the Eucharist,
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you got to do baptism, and you got to kiss a
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bunch of pictures and pray to the pictures. Yeah.
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Orthodox Christians kiss icons and bow before
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them because Christ entered the world and made
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himself a part of it. And that world he entered
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is good and holy. It was originally until sin
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entered and corrupted everything. For the ways
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of sin is death. For all have sinned and fallen
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short of the glory of God. If the world he entered
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is good and holy, then you're good and holy until
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you screw it all up. I wonder when that is. In
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this way, icons serve as windows into heaven,
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showing us the glory of Christ. We kiss icons
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to express our love. They serve as windows into
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the sacred realm of heaven, into the kingdom
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of God. The persons betrayed on these wooden
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icons are in a spiritual way present with us.
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I remember a prophet that Saul conjured up. Do
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you remember? Samuel? He gets the witch. Brings
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Samuel back. Samuel goes, what are you doing?
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So do not be alarmed. I'm a little scared. Not
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really. If you see Orthodox Christians crossing
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themselves in front of the icons and kissing
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them, that's called idolatry. Romans chapter
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1. I told you I'm going to give you Bible verses
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for everything. Romans 1. You've got to love
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it so far, right? For although they knew God,
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they did not honor him as God and give thanks
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to him, but they became futile in their thinking
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and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming
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to be wise, they became fools and they exchanged
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the glory of the immortal God for images resembling
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mortal men and birds and animals and creeping
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things. Confession of doctrine by... Dastanis
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or Dastanis. Decree number 13. I hope I said
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that right. Yeah, Dastanis. That's how you say
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it. Decree 13. This is the decree 13. We believe
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that a person is justified not simply by faith
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alone, but by faith urged on by love, that is,
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by faith, through faith, and works. Let us recognize...
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As completely unholy, the idea that faith replacing
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works requires justification in Christ. What?
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For faith in this sense could be appropriate
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for everyone. And there would be no unsaved.
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Which is obviously false. No. Because what they're
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doing with this idea of justification is they're
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disregarding penal substitutionary atonement.
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So let me make this very clear for you. Atonement,
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to be justified, atonement is offered to the
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world. It is applied only to the believer. I
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can give you many examples of that, especially
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in the New and Old Testament concerning when
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they would take an animal and they would sacrifice
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the animal, but they would take the animal into
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the house, and the animal would stay in the house
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for the week, and then they would take the animal
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out of the house to sacrifice it for the family
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that the animal was in. Does that mean it was
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for you if you didn't live in the house? No.
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And there would be no unsaved, obviously. On
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the contrary, we believe that it is not the specter
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of faith alone, but that the faith that is in
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us through works justifies us in Christ. We honor
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deeds not only as evidence confirming our calling,
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but also as fruits that make our faith active
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and can, according to the divine promise, deliver
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to everyone a well -deserved reward, good or
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bad, depending on what he has done with his body.
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That's just two of the extremes. Let me read
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to you Galatians 2 .16, so that you clearly understand,
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biblically, what the Bible says concerning justification.
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You guys ready? For we ourselves, this is Paul
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speaking to the Galatians who are Jews, we ourselves
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are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners. Yet,
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we know that a person is not justified by works
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of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Could we get any more clear than that? In order
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to be justified by faith in Christ and not by
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works of the law, because by works of the law
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no one will be justified. Mr. Priest of the Eastern
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Orthodox Church. You can't get more clear than
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what I just read to you. It is very clear. So
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why do I share these two examples here? What
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do you notice about these two examples? Who's
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preeminent in these two examples? Is Jesus? Who
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is man? Man's the preeminent. What's interesting
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about these two examples, depending on where
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you're at, whether you are in the evangelical
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extreme or you are in the orthodox extreme, the
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doctrines are almost the same, aren't they? Jesus
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worded it a little differently. So let me read
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to you 1 Peter again. 2 Peter chapter 2. But
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false prophets also arose among the people, just
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as there will be false teachers among you, who
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will secretly bring in, introduce secretly and
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craftily, the opinions meant to bring ruin and
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destruction by discord and contention, even denying
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the master who bought them, bringing upon themselves
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swift destruction. And many will follow, will
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comply with, will yield to. their unbridled lust,
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excessive licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness,
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outrageousness, shamelessness, and insolence.
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And because of them, the way of truth is blasphemed.
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And in their greed, in their desire for more
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and covetousness, they will use you for gain
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and mold and form, not being genuine, words.
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Their condemnation, their penal judgment from
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long ago is not inactive or in delay, and their
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destruction is not lingering. So I'm going to
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share this with you. Not everything that calls
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itself Christian is Christian. And we have to,
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with boldness and confidence, speak the truth
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about Christ. Not in an attitude of condemnation
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toward... Those who are lost and deceived. But
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to those who speak as though they speak truth.
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And you know what we're supposed to do for them.
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I gave you all the Bible verses. What are you
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supposed to do? But like Chuck says, do it with
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love. But do it. We live in some evil days. And
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these heresies have been in existence since the
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church started. If there were false prophets
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in the Old Testament, there are false teachers
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today. Be very careful. Weigh everything that
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I preach and everything that I say in accordance
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with the scriptures. Weigh it all. Anything you
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hear someone speak, you weigh it. I love Bodie
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Bauckham, but I weigh everything he used to say.
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Same thing with John MacArthur. I weigh everything
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he used to say. R .C. Sproul, I weigh everything
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he used to say. It's my responsibility as a believer.
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As a workman approved by God. So, that's just
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a little bit. We'll finish chapter 2 next week.
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Okay? Father, I want to thank you so much for
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your goodness and faithfulness. Thank you, Lord,
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for your word. Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you
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guide us in all truth and that your word, Lord
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Jesus, is inerrant and infallible, the word of
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God. And thank you through divine preservation,
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you have given us translation so that we may
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know confidently that the Bibles that we read
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are your word. and in reflection of the actual
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real codex that you have given us. We praise
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you and thank you for your goodness and your
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faithfulness. To you be honor and glory forever.
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In Jesus' name.