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1
Should We Ask this Question?
  • The spirit of this age has infected the church to
    the point that some will laugh.

2
Should We Ask this Question?
  • The spirit of this age has infected the church to
    the point that some will laugh.
  • Some may be like Pilate and deny any such
    possibility. (Jn 1838)

3
Should We Ask this Question?
  • John 1838 (NKJV) - Pilate said to Him, What is
    truth? And when he had said this, he went out
    again to the Jews, and said to them, I find no
    fault in Him at all.

4
Should We Ask this Question?
  • Are we like Pilate or like Jesus? Everyone who
    is of the truth hears my voice (Jn 1837)

5
Should We Ask this Question?
  • John 1837 (NKJV) - Pilate therefore said to Him,
    Are You a king then? Jesus answered, You say
    rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was
    born, and for this cause I have come into the
    world, that I should bear witness to the truth.
    Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.

6
Should We Ask this Question?
  • It is not legalism or traditionalism to
    pursue a principled life based upon
    definitive answers found in the word of God.

7
Should We Ask this Question?
  • It is not legalism or traditionalism to
    pursue a principled life based upon
    definitive answers found in the word of God.
  • New Testament Christians would have been startled
    that anyone would ever question the need to seek
    the truth about all things God revealed.

8
Should We Ask this Question?
  • Consider how the Apostle John described
    Christians in 2 John.

9
Should We Ask this Question?
  • Consider how the Apostle John described
    Christians in 2 John.
  • all those who have known the truth (11)

10
Should We Ask this Question?
  • 2 John 11 (NKJV) - The Elder, To the elect lady
    and her children, whom I love in truth, and not
    only I, but also all those who have known the
    truth,

11
Should We Ask this Question?
  • the truth which abides in us and will be with us
    forever (12)

12
Should We Ask this Question?
  • 2 John 12 (NKJV) - because of the truth which
    abides in us and will be with us forever

13
Should We Ask this Question?
  • I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of
    your children walking in truth, as we received
    commandment from the Father (14)

14
Should We Ask this Question?
  • 2 John 4 (NKJV) - I rejoiced greatly that I have
    found some of your children walking in truth, as
    we received commandment from the Father.

15
Should We Ask this Question?
  • Later John plainly wrote that we need to know if
    we are of the truth. (1 Jn 319)

16
Should We Ask this Question?
  • 1 John 319 (NKJV) - And by this we know that we
    are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts
    before Him.

17
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • It begins with our conversion to Christ. (1 Pt
    122-23)

18
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • 1 Peter 122-23 (NKJV) - Since you have purified
    your souls in obeying the truth through the
    Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one
    another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having
    been born again, not of corruptible seed but
    incorruptible, through the word of God which
    lives and abides forever,

19
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • Our souls were purified in obeying the truth!

20
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • Our souls were purified in obeying the truth!
  • The process of conversion changes the heart and
    makes it open and pliable to Gods word. Gods
    word is perfect and incorruptible!

21
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • Our souls were purified in obeying the truth!
  • The process of conversion changes the heart and
    makes it open and pliable to Gods word. Gods
    word is perfect and incorruptible!
  • When the Lord changes a heart it will now be
    characterized by fervent love.

22
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • The same process that led one to Christ must
    continue with the Christian.

23
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • He must be willing to hear!

24
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • He must be willing to hear!
  • How many Christians will take time to even
    consider a question of truth?

25
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • He must be willing to hear!
  • How many Christians will take time to even
    consider a question of truth?
  • What is he difference between the spirit of
    error and the spirit of truth? (1 Jn 46)

26
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • 1 John 46 (NKJV) - We are of God. He who knows
    God hears us he who is not of God does not hear
    us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the
    spirit of error.

27
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • How many are quick to write of all controversy?
    How many view all discussions of
    disagreement as dangerous and unspiritual?

28
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • When I left denominationalism and later
    liberalism there was one strong, common
    characteristic of the churches that I left.

29
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • When I left denominationalism and later
    liberalism there was one strong, common
    characteristic of the churches that I left.
  • When I attempted to get others to open the Bible
    and discuss differences, almost everyone refused
    and most of those did so with anger.

30
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • For the truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed,
    the whole world has very little liking. He is
    always unpopular, and not infrequently his
    unpopularity is so excessive that it endangers
    his life. Run your eye back over the list of
    martyrs, lay and clerical nine-tenths of them
    stood accused of nothing worse than honest
    efforts to find out and announce the truth.

31
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • People who do not seek and fight for the truth
    will not have it in their hearts. (Jn 319-21)

32
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • John 319-21 (NKJV) - And this is the
    condemnation, that the light has come into the
    world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
    because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone
    practicing evil hates the light and does not come
    to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
    21 But he who does the truth comes to the light,
    that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they
    have been done in God.

33
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • Those who are of the truth fight to keep a pure
    conscience. (Titus 114-16)

34
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • Titus 114-16 (NKJV) - not giving heed to Jewish
    fables and commandments of men who turn from the
    truth. 15 To the pure all things are pure, but to
    those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is
    pure but even their mind and conscience are
    defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but in
    works they deny Him, being abominable,
    disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

35
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • A hardened heart does not care anymore. They will
    use ridicule and name calling. (Ex. Discussion
    lists)

36
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • A hardened heart does not care anymore. They will
    use ridicule and name calling. (Ex. Discussion
    lists)
  • I am seeing more and more cases where a Christian
    who questions a practice is branded as an
    enforcer or a troublemaker.

37
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • Those that are of the truth may come to be
    pilgrims and strangers in churches that have long
    since departed from the truth!

38
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • Those that are of the truth may come to be
    pilgrims and strangers in churches that have long
    since departed from the truth!
  • How many elderships are more interested in
    keeping the peace rather than keeping the
    Truth? (1 Jn 23-6)

39
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • 1 John 23-6 (NKJV) - Now by this we know that we
    know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who
    says, I know Him, and does not keep His
    commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
    him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love
    of God is perfected in him. By this we know that
    we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him
    ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

40
How to Know You are of the Truth
  • The greatest friend of truth is time, her
    greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant
    companion is humility.

41
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • We will look at two cases in the book of Acts.

42
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • We will look at two cases in the book of Acts.
  • The apostles did not call their opponents a name
    and then run and hide!

43
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • We will look at two cases in the book of Acts.
  • The apostles did not call their opponents a name
    and then run and hide!
  • Does your church believe in following the example
    of the apostles? (1 Cor 111)

44
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 1 Corinthians 111 (NKJV) - Imitate me, just as I
    also imitate Christ.

45
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Pauls response to the opposition of Elymas.
    (Acts 136-12)

46
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Acts 136-12 (NKJV) - Now when they had gone
    through the island to Paphos, they found a
    certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose
    name was Bar-Jesus, 7 who was with the proconsul,
    Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man
    called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear
    the word of God.

47
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is
    translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the
    proconsul away from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who
    also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,
    looked intently at him 10 and said, O full of
    all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil,
    you enemy of all righteousness, will you not
    cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

48
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 1 1And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon
    you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun
    for a time. And immediately a dark mist fell on
    him, and he went around seeking someone to lead
    him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed,
    when he saw what had been done, being astonished
    at the teaching of the Lord.

49
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • This opponent did not have a good conscience. How
    could a Jew be a sorcerer?

50
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • This opponent did not have a good conscience. How
    could a Jew be a sorcerer?
  • This man in his deceit was able to influence
    others. There is a place and time to confront
    such a man.

51
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Paul plainly spoke to the actions of this man and
    appealed to a standard of truth and practice
    identified as the straight ways of the Lord.

52
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Sergius Paulus was described as intelligent and
    he was obviously fair.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Sergius Paulus was describes as intelligent and
    he was obviously fair.
  • Spiritual truth is discernable only to a pure
    heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a
    question of profundity of intellect, but of
    purity of heart.

54
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • God will allow us to fight and struggle to
    determine who is right.

55
How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Pauls response to the opposition of Tertullus.
    (Acts 242-21)

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Acts 242-21 (NKJV) - And when he was called
    upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying
    Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace,
    and prosperity is being brought to this nation by
    your foresight, 3 we accept it always and in all
    places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
    4 Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any
    further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a
    few words from us.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 5 For we have found this man a plague, a creator
    of dissension among all the Jews throughout the
    world, and a ringleader of the sect of the
    Nazarenes. 6 He even tried to profane the temple,
    and we seized him, and wanted to judge him
    according to our law. 7 But the commander Lysias
    came by and with great violence took him out of
    our hands,

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 8 commanding his accusers to come to you. By
    examining him yourself you may ascertain all
    these things of which we accuse him. 9 And the
    Jews also assented, maintaining that these things
    were so. 10 Then Paul, after the governor had
    nodded to him to speak, answered Inasmuch as I
    know that you have been for many years a judge of
    this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for
    myself,

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 11 because you may ascertain that it is no more
    than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to
    worship. 12 And they neither found me in the
    temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the
    crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.
    13 Nor can they prove the things of which they
    now accuse me.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 14 But this I confess to you, that according to
    the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the
    God of my fathers, believing all things which are
    written in the Law and in the Prophets. 15 I have
    hope in God, which they themselves also accept,
    that there will be a resurrection of the dead,
    both of the just and the unjust.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 16 This being so, I myself always strive to have
    a conscience without offense toward God and men.
    17 Now after many years I came to bring alms and
    offerings to my nation, 18 in the midst of which
    some Jews from Asia found me purified in the
    temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. 19
    They ought to have been here before you to object
    if they had anything against me.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 20 Or else let those who are here themselves say
    if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood
    before the council, 21unless it is for this one
    statement which I cried out, standing among them,
    Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am
    being judged by you this day.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • There are two distinct approaches made to
    convince others.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Tertullus appealed to oratory and innuendo, Paul
    appealed to evidence.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Tertullus appealed to oratory and innuendo, Paul
    appealed to evidence.
  • Tertullus used every prejudicial tactic he could
    including calling Paul a ringleader of the sect
    of the Nazarenes.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Tertullus appealed to oratory and innuendo, Paul
    appealed to evidence.
  • Tertullus used every prejudicial tactic he could
    including calling Paul a ringleader of the sect
    of the Nazarenes.
  • Tertullus also attacked everyone he perceived as
    being a possible witness of Paul
    including the Roman centurion Lysias.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Paul gave great emphasis to honesty and seeking a
    good conscience. (Acts 2415-21)

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Acts 2415-21 - I have hope in God, which they
    themselves also accept, that there will be a
    resurrection of the dead, both of the just and
    the unjust. 16 This being so, I myself always
    strive to have a conscience without offense
    toward God and men.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 17 Now after many years I came to bring alms and
    offerings to my nation, 18 in the midst of which
    some Jews from Asia found me purified in the
    temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. 19
    They ought to have been here before you to object
    if they had anything against me. 20 Or else let
    those who are here themselves say if they found
    any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the
    council,

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • 21 unless it is for this one statement which I
    cried out, standing among them, Concerning the
    resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you
    this day.

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How did the Apostles Handle Open Opposition?
  • Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth And what
    flies up, though it be but a spark, Shall have
    weight.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Consider some common arguments.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Consider some common arguments.
  • This man and studied more and is smarter. (Jn
    748-49)

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • John 748-49 (NKJV) - Have any of the rulers or
    the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd
    that does not know the law is accursed.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Will I go to hell if I do not agree? (Rom 34)

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Romans 34 (NKJV) - Certainly not! Indeed, let
    God be true but every man a liar. As it is
    written That You may be justified in Your
    words, And may overcome when You are judged.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • What if tree limb, sudden death. whose wife
    will she be in the resurrection? (Mk
    1218-27)

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Mark 1218-27 (NKJV) - Then some Sadducees, who
    say there is no resurrection, came to Him and
    they asked Him, saying 19 Teacher, Moses wrote
    to us that if a mans brother dies, and leaves
    his wife behind, and leaves no children, his
    brother should take his wife and raise up
    offspring for his brother.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first took
    a wife and dying, he left no offspring. 21 And
    the second took her, and he died nor did he
    leave any offspring. And the third likewise. 22
    So the seven had her and left no offspring. Last
    of all the woman died also. 23 Therefore, in the
    resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she
    be? For all seven had her as wife.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • 24 Jesus answered and said to them, Are you not
    therefore mistaken, because you do not know the
    Scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when they
    rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are
    given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • 26 But concerning the dead, that they rise, have
    you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning
    bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, I am
    the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
    of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but
    the God of the living. You are therefore greatly
    mistaken.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Where do these and other arguments leave the
    Bible?

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Do you have the Truth?

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Do you have the Truth?
  • The world will laugh and howl and ridicule. Do
    not focus on them.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • Do you have the Truth?
  • The world will laugh and howl and ridicule. Do
    not focus on them.
  • The Lord will lead you and one day praise you as
    you enter into the place where are you know the
    Truth will go. (Jn 831-32)

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • John 831-32 (NKJV) - Then Jesus said to those
    Jews who believed Him, If you abide in My word,
    you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall
    know the truth, and the truth shall make you
    free.

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I must stand upon the truth of Gods Word.
  • The Cross is God's truth about us, and therefore
    it is the only power which can make us truthful.
    When we know the Cross, we are no longer afraid
    of the truth.
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