Controversial Topics

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Controversial Topics

• Homosexuality
• Women Preachers/Elders
• Marriage Divorce
• Denominationalism
• Baptism
• Social Gospel
• Premillenialism
• Contemporary Worship

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Our Controversial Lord!

• How did RELIGIOUS people react to His message?

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People In His Own Hometown Tried To Kill Him

• John 111 Luke 414-30

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A Sermon Calling for Total Commitment Caused Many
To Forsake Him

• John 660-69

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He Cleansed the Temple with a Whip

• John 213-25

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He Caused Division in the Synagogue

• John 913-41

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He Was Accused of Blasphemy

• Matthew 91-8

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He Was Despised and Hated

• John 1518-25

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It Was So Prophesied

• Isaiah 533
• Psalm 226-8, 12-18

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Most People Misunderstood and Rejected Jesus.
Religious People Eventually Killed Him. Why?
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Most People Misunderstood and Rejected Jesus.
Jesus said that he came to send a sword, to
bring division, not to make everyone feel good
by refusing to make them feel guilty about
their sins. Matthew 1034-39
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Jesus Was Controversial Because.
Of What He Is The Light of the World John
316-20
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Jesus Was Controversial Because.
Of the Message He Preached Repent Luke
131-5 Rev. 2-3 Churches of Asia
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Jesus Was Controversial Because.
Of His Preaching on Judgment On his own
generation (Matt. 1241) On the Pharisees
(Matt. 23) On Jerusalem (Matt. 24) On all the
disobedient (Matt. 2531-46)
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Conclusion
A scheme of Satan has always been to cry out
against the truth as being controversial, causing
confusion, disturbing the general peace of the
church and filling the world with division and
strife. Must truth never speak because those in
error take offense?
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Conclusion
Love which tries to ignore or downplay the
divisive nature of truth is not biblical love.
True love aims at making men feel the guilt they
have so that they can be freed from it through
repentance and obedience to Jesus teachings.
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Conclusion
It is not our responsibility as Bible teachers to
make the gospel palatable or acceptable. It is
our responsibility to make the gospel available!
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Have You Obeyed The Gospel?
Hear the Gospel (Rom. 1017) Believe that Jesus
is the Son of God (Acts 837) Repent of Your
Sins (Acts 238) Confess that Jesus is the Son
of God (Acts 837) Be Baptized for Forgiveness
of Sins (Acts 238) Live Faithfully until You
Die (Rev. 210)