The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

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...