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2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15
Always Follow Paul Alway
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians 4:4
Alway - NOT "always"
Deuteronomy 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Romans 11:10 - Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
Titus 1:12 - One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Colossians 4:6 -  Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Philippians 4:4 - Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

We can and ought to follow Paul in the same manner - ALWAY!
(not imitate, as modern bibles say)

Romans 11:13,14
Romans 15:15,16
I Corinthians 3:10
I Corinthians 4:16
Philippians 3:17
Philippians 4:9
I Thessalonians 1:5,6
I Thessalonians 4:1,2
II Thessalonians 3:7-9
I Timothy 1:15,16
II Timothy 2:7
II Timothy 4:16,17

Always Following Paul Alway!

II Corinthians 4:10-11 - Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.  For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

The life of Jesus that is to be made manifest is the life AFTER He has risen, NOT the life during the gospel time - that was to the Jews!  We can't manifest that life of his from then.  That is the job of the antichrist to fool those Christians who are ignorant of the Scriptures.  :-)

II Corinthians 1:8-10 -  For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:  But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

Past - delivered us
Present - doth deliver us
Future - will yet deliver us

Following Paul alway will expose:

The Laodicean church - Revelation 3
    just how sick things are when compared to the Book!
    godliness without the power thereof (they turn to prayer, music, unity, etc. for power)
    A false holiness from the church - not just briders anymore...
    denominationalism (baptists are just another denomination with its own rules, etc. - the word of man)
    deception of church teachings of itself - read what a baptist says a baptist is

The real church
    body of christ - and universal
    Ephesians 4

Our Addiction - bondage
    II Peter 2:18-20
    to church
    to the pastor
    to the preaching
    to the 'format'
    to the 'design'
    to the standard
    to the music
    to the appearance
    to liberty
        abuse it
        cause others to stumble
        not edify the truth
Our good works were being done for the wrong reason!
    fear
        god will gitcha
        pastor will gitcha
        church will church ya
    blessings
        self oriented

Good works for the right reason!
    to love Him more as we grow up and put away childish things.
    to please Him
    saved to do good works
    walk holy because we are holy, not 'to be' holy
    vessels of gold later, not now!

True value of a formal Bible education
    take away the Book - even if they say they are KJB
        greek and Hebrew
        lexicons
        the sermons and teaching of the great personality
        church

True value of a proper Bible education
    local church / pastoral guide / preaching / studying, etc.

Ourselves
    ignorance of the Book - willingly?
        follow preachings but never know the Book
        knows certain verses but never in context
        inability to do anything with the Book on your own
        laziness when it comes to reading and study - seeking answers, light and direction, etc.
        the fables and vain babblings that we have been believing - and 'walking' for those who were honestly trying...
Antichrist
    the subtleties in our own BB church and homes
    how he has been slowly picking away at us - even by some good folks - all kinds of music and all kinds of folks
    not be ignorant of his devices - more than just a few
    Paul brings us into a clearer focus as to what the antichrist is doing these days - blatant and obvious - but more and more ignore / deny!
    The book exposes the antichrist, NOT the church.  The church is busy with the antichrist!  Apostasy!!
    Movies created and being used by the antichrist:
        Lion King
        Nemo
        Narnia
            images taking over words!
            lucy? - Lucifer?
            sublime images in mts and clouds, etc.  Lots of fake imagery
            annimation and special effects entice us
            "exceed imagination' when we are suppose to cast them down lest we become vain in them - II Corinthians 1-:5; Romans 1:21
            Disney - hello!  Like Disney has ever been a friend to truth and the church - and now they are working with churches?
            the main character is a lion!  I Peter 5:8  Aslan (Islam?) against a 'white' witch?  what is that - we can't see that trickery????
            humans and animals - centuars
            since when do we need mythology to teach 'truth'
            glorifies evil, even if they do 'lose' in the end
            'magic' of Narnia
            400 years
            Sons of Adam to fulfil prophecy
            'a perilous journey'  -  perilous?  as in II Timothy 3 per chance?
            'good works' over 'evil' - standard Great Commission message - OT, etc.
            ladies are the heroes
            C.S. Lewis was not even a Christian! - a realist - did not believe in the devil - and only OT and Gospels!
When these things are exposed,
we can then deal with them,
and grow more and more towards perfection!
I Thessalonians 4:1  Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

But it must be by the Book - in the church...
not...
By the church - in the book!
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
II Timothy 3:16,17

P.S.
The church is the pillar & ground, not the truth!
 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,
which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
I Timothy 3:15

And these days - ye ole local church doesn't appear to be very good ground!
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke 8:15