Greeting in the name of Jesus.It's another great day to be alive and to know HIM!
The authority of the word.
With all the different church's that are in the world today, one can become confused very easily and lose his way among the maze of doctrines that flood the world. Thus the question, How do I know what is right? Who do I believe? Let's forget the "Who do I believe" and center on the"WHAT do I believe". God left us a roadmap to eternal life, it's called the Holy Bible. It is the record that tells us that God exist's and what his will for us in this life is. Let us look at that record today with an open mind and an honest heart.
Reviewing the two prior lessons at this time would be a good idea as they lay a foundation to build upon.
John 17:17 Tells us that the Word is truth. That is what we are looking for.
John 4:23-24 Must worship in Spirit and in Truth. Must have both to be a true worshipper.
John 1:1 Jesus is the living Word.
John 12:48 The WORD will judge us in the last day.
Rev 20:12-15 Two books, (one is the Book of Life, the other is the 66 volumns that make up the one book we call the Bible). These writtings will judge us in the last day.
Our works will be judged by the word.
II Tim 3:12-15 Verse 14--things thou hast learned. What things? Things taught by Paul. The Gospel. We must obey what the Apostles taught.
Verse 16 Word is inspired of God. Profitable for, Doctrine, Reproof, Correction, Instruction.
II Peter 1:20-21 No private interpretation. Men wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
II Peter 3:15-18 Possible to wrest the scripture to our own destruction.
One can be led away with the error of the wicked and FALL from their own steadfastness.
Rev 22:18-20 Can't add to, or take away from the word.
II Tim 2:15 Word must be rightly divided.
Four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The biography of the life of Jesus.
Acts, Actions of the Apostles. The only book that records verbatim the preaching and teaching of the Apostles. The only book that records how the Apostles told anyone to be saved.
Epistles, Romans through Jude, letters to the churches.
Revelation, Book of prophecy foretelling events to come. (written in symbolic form)
Some questions to inspire thought and purpose.
1 Some say, "it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you are sincere." Can a man be sincerely wrong? What does the word say about this?
2 Is doctrine important according to the Word?
3 Are there false prophets today?
4 Who are false prophets according to the word?
5 Is the Word, Doctrine, and Gospel, necessary for salvation?
II Tim 4:1-4 Preach the word. The time WILL come. Men will not endure sound doctrine.
Will turn from the truth- What truth? The one taught by the Apostles.
1 Tim 1:3 Teach no other doctrine-than what? The doctrine preached by the Apostles.
1 Tim 4:13-16 Doctrine will save you and those who hear you.
II Tim 2:24-26 Possible to oppose yourself, (overide your conscience, know to do good and not do it).
Repentance is the acknowledging of the truth. If one doesn't know the truth, they are in the snare of the devil.
II Tim 3:1-7 Having a form but denying the power thereof., (ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you).
II Tim 3:10 My doctrine, who's?, Paul's doctrine.
James 1:21-23 Must be a doer of the word as the word is able to save your soul.
Matt 7: 13-24 Beware of false prophets. The rock is the word. Build upon the rock.
Matt 16:18-19 Church built upon the rock Whatsoever Peter binds on earth is bound in Heaven.
1 Peter 1:22-25 Purified souls in obeying the truth. Being born again by the word of God. Incorruptible seed, it endures for ever.
Which by the Gospel is preached to you.
This Gospel and Word are one, it speaks of the gospel Peter preached.
1 Peter 2:6-8 Rock of stumbling-being disobedient to the word.
Rock of offense-offended by the Gospel=offended by Jesus.
The Gospel is our foundation to build upon.
Eph 2:18-22 Foundation of the apostles and prophets, why them? They were the ones who first preached the gospel of our salvation. We must obey their preaching in order to build upon Jesus.
John 17:17-20 Jesus prayed for them who would believe on him through the word of the Apostles.
Gal 1:6-12 Must obey what the Apostles preached.
Some will pervert it,(the Gospel)=change it just a little bit.
1 Peter 4:17-18 righteous scarcely be saved, where will the sinner appear?
End of them that obey not the Gospel?
He connects sinners and not obeying together.
II Thes 1:7-10 Answer to 1 Peter 4:17
Ties obeying to the coming of the Lord shows that the Gospel want change until the coming of The Lord.
Verse 10 Because our testimony was believed. The Gospel preached.
II John 9-11 Must abide in the Doctrine of Christ in order to have God.
1 John 4:6 The Apostles are of God. He that is of God heareth them. This is how we know truth from error.
II Peter 3:2 proves that the words "we", and "us", refers to the Apostles whem they were writing.
let me see if I can answer these questions. let me know which ones are right.
Some questions to inspire thought and purpose.
1 Some say, "it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you are sincere." Can a man be sincerely wrong? What does the word say about this? I haven't heard too much of this. Can a man be sincerely wrong. Yes......but I sincerely believe that if a man is sincerely seeking he will sincerely find. Every man will be judged righteously according to what he has recieved of the Lord.
2 Is doctrine important according to the Word?
Extremely, " There is a way that seemeth right ,yet that way is the way of destuction. Jesus said if you will obey HIm you will know his doctrine. Like you said the Word is full of doctrine /teachings of God through Christ and His disciples.
3 Are there false prophets today? Prophets have a 2 fold definition a, Anyone who proclaims or proclamates the truth.
b. Someone who foresees the future
Jesus said there would be false teachers and gave us things to look for.
a, Eyes full of adultery
b.lovers of material weath { fleecing the sheep}
c.preaching things contrary to the gospel.
d. no fruit { a bad tree cannot produce good fruit}
e. Denying that Jesus came in the flesh
f. proclaiming to have a gift when they don't
"clouds without water"
4 Who are false prophets according to the word?
They were just mentioned. Not by name but by their characteristics.
5 Is the Word, Doctrine, and Gospel, necessary for salvation?
Yes
How does this fit in for salvation taken from Luke 10
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[c]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[d]"
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
This doesn't mention anything about so many of the arrguements I read about on here about what is required for salvation. Was this only good enough for the people of that time and is no longer valid?
How does this fit in for salvation taken from Luke 10
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[c]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[d]"
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
This doesn't mention anything about so many of the arrguements I read about on here about what is required for salvation. Was this only good enough for the people of that time and is no longer valid?
Piketopper, Interesting thought. Two things stand out to me. One is that according to the KJV, this Lawyer was tempting Jesus.(I havn't thought of the significance of this yet). I think to me, to love God with all my heart, soul, strength, and mind, has farther reaching ramifications than what it may first appear to have. For instance, to love God with all of our minds is to surrender our intellect over to His will. It is to love his law and gospel more than we do the decisions of our own minds. To be willing to submit all our will and opinions to his teaching and guidance. You have a point in that the whole of it is in the verses that you mentioned, but living that truth will have us to love His word and have us wanting to be doers of the word, obeying in all things.
Snooky, this is great stuff . .keep it coming!!
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
PikeTipper; If one loves the Lord with ALL his soul, with ALL his mind, with ALL his strength and loves his neighbor as himself, What is left of that man to work any form of rebellion to Gods word? His whole life will be wrapped up in serving the God that he worships to the best of his ability. Serving by choice, out of willing love, not by commandment. Remember David's men when David made the mistake of saying that he wished for a drink of water from a certain well? What happened? They risked their lives to get him a drink of water. When one loves God with all his soul, mind, and strength, he will go to any extreme to please his God. If he just thinks that may be, God would want him to do a thing, he will do it without question. If you love God in this way, what do you find in the Bible that you would refuse to obey gladly,when you see that it is written?
Chuck; Very good answers! None are wrong. I would have answered "who are the false prophets", as those who preach and teach doctrines contrary to the written word. They would have all the characteristics that you listed also. Some are masters of disquise and are hard to spot, but you will know them by their fruits.
Another thought I had about the verse I posted is Jesus' initial answer. "What is written in the Law?" at that point in time there was no new covenent because Jesus had not made his sacrifice yet so the OT law was still the answer.
How does this fit in for salvation taken from Luke 10
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[c]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[d]"
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
This doesn't mention anything about so many of the arrguements I read about on here about what is required for salvation. Was this only good enough for the people of that time and is no longer valid?
I would answer this with 1 John 5:2-3, there it says that the way to love God is to keep His commandments! So we actually fulfill the greatest commands BY keeping the other commands. It all goes together, and cannot be separated. Good thought.
Trae
righty dividing the word part #3
