The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

  The apostle Paul to Timothy his son in the faith says, "Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care." (1 Tim. 6:20a)  What were Timothy's duties and responsibilities in preaching the gospel? First, Timothy's duty was to guard to the truth of the gospel because there were those who sought to undermine the true nature and character of Christ's message. We must understand the gravity by which many professing Christians seek to "devalue" the message of Christ's gospel. (Gal. 1:8-9) Throughout this article, I will begin to address what elders duties and responsibility concerning the gospel. There are implications by which apostle Paul warns against godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge. (v. 20b) The emptiness and futility of empty talk and knowledge ("gnosis") of those who debate about the law and Gnosticism denigration of the Person and work of Jesus Christ are very much evident within the professi...

Text: 2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." There are many professing Christians who would challenge whether scripture is inspired by God! There is a frontal attack upon the authority and inspiration of the Bible. Such an attack comes in the form-critical analysis, deductive approach, deconstruction theory, and a wave of neo-orthodoxy.  The progression by which there is an attack upon the Bible strikes at the heart of the authority of scripture and its inspiration.  First, what is the normal text by which scripture is "inspired" by God? According to 2 Timothy 3:16, it says, "Every scripture is given by inspiration of God." In so many words "Scripture is God-breathed out by God." Every word of scripture is in fact inspired by God by which the Holy Spirit is the Author of the Bible (v. 16) Once again proof of the inspiration of sc...

 There has to be biblical proof concerning the inspiration of the scripture!  There are numerous passages of the Bible that will affirm the inspiration of the Bible (2 Tim. 3:16). The apostle Paul says, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God..." Scripture is breathed out by God by which clearly reveals that the Bible is divinely inspired by God. God is the Author of scripture. As the Author of the Bible that it is impossible for God's Word to be in error. Why? Because the character of God is Divine Truth (Jn. 14:26). The Holy Spirit who is God does not contradict the truth of scripture. Those who claim that the Bible is not God's inspired Word are what the Holy Spirit does not bear witness to. The Holy Spirit is that of Divine Truth by which He leads believers into all truth. When it comes to the meaning of the inspiration of scripture is that many of the biblical authors of the Bible were under the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. (2 Pet. 1:21) The...

 Text: 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." (ESV) Questions of Discussion   1. What is the meaning of the inspiration of scripture? (See, 2 Pet. 1:21)  2. What was the intended purpose of God regarding the authors of the Bible?  3. Did the biblical authors of the Bible express their feeling? (Rom. 10:1)  4. Was the authors of the Bible stenographers? 5. What is "dictation" theory? 6. What are some examples of the biblical writers who were under the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit? 7. What is the proof of the inspiration of scripture? 8. Name some theological terminology that is in relation to the inspiration of the Bible? 9. What are the "theory" of inspiration? What is liberalism understanding of the inspiration of the Bible? 10. What is the purpose of the nature of scriptur...

Text: John 10:4 Preface: Knowing "How to" Discern Biblical Truth Acknowledgment  Introduction:  God's Written Word? Or God's Spoken Word? Outline of Message I. "Christian" Mystics with the Church Today (Col. 2:18)    A. Take pride in the superiority of knowledge (v. 18)    B. They entertain angelic beings. (v. 18)    C. Intruding into the spirit world. (v. 18)     1. Entertaining such divine personage ("Jesus")     2. Visitation into the "third" heavens   D. They claim to have seen something; they ain't seen nothing. II. God's Elect: Chosen by God (Jn. 6:37, 44)    A. God's foreknowledge and predestination of the saved (Eph. 1:3-11)    B. God has chosen "certain" individuals unto salvation (Jn. 10:2, 4)    C. The sovereignty of God, predestination, and election. III. The Marks of Professing Believers (Matt. 7:15ff)    A. They are wolves in sheep's clothing. (v. 15)    B. Th...

The Nature of the Glory of God Text: Prov. 25:2 Introduction It is true that God is not going to share His glory with man. There are those within the professing church today who are convinced that they can "unfold" God's divine mysteries. (Col. 2:18) Outline of Sermon Introduction A. The depths of the wisdom and knowledge of God (Rom. 11:33)    1. God's unsearchable wisdom and knowledge (v. 33)      2. God is unlimited in His knowledge and wisdom by which is beyond man's understanding. B. The deep things of God    1. God knows the mind of the Spirit. (Jb. 11:7; Psa. 92:5)    2. What is revealed by the Spirit of God. (Ac. 1:7) C. The Concealing of the things of God (Deut. 29:29; Prov. 25:2)   1. God's secret wisdom and knowledge.   2. The deep mysteries of God.     a. "Who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?     b. The counseled instructing the Counselor. I. The Difference Between the Glo...