2006 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2006 Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15 |
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When you grow up, childish things are to get 'blown away.'
Stay true to the truth!
I Timothy 6:3 - If any man
teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
Paul's doctrine fully known - II Timothy
3:10 - But thou hast fully known
my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
This all means you are growing up in a manner designed by the Lord!
I Corinthians 13:11 - When
I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as
a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
... by taking the KJB and rightly dividing! (right after that great
verse 13:10!
Then, old things that we still try to cling to should blow away - II Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
P.S. However, like the law, these things are not all necessarily
VOID (Romans 3:31) - but there is a
'but' that follows after most of these!
I John 3 – if born of God, then you
better not sin! GONE!
But that sin is still trying to lead you around - ye ole flesh still
needs to be knocked down, eh!
Being led of the Spirit and never reading the Book or not have one,
etc. GONE!
Open the Book! You do have to read the book, still - and be willing
to be led by the Spirit through it - and to pass what you learn on to others.
II Timothy 2:2 - And the things that
thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful
men, who shall be able to teach others also.
God calling someone to one country and then God changing His mind
once the guy gets there and nothing happens? Gone
What has God shown you to do - or go, etc. from your reading, etc.?
Remember Romans 10:14-15?
How shall they call on him - believe - heard - a preacher - sent.
Have you been 'sent' anywhere?
Maybe just to your own family? That's ok, ya know! But
do tell them!
Anything in Gospels that someone tried
to put on me as a guilt trip – gone!
But you still can learn from the gospels...
Look around you - see anything from the Gospels?
Doctrines of devils? Possible?
Anything in Acts 1-8 – gone!
Again, still read it and learn from it.
Look around you - see anything from Acts 1-8?
Doctrines of devils? Possible?
Anything in Hebrews to
Jude put on me as a guilt trip or God will gitcha if you don't –
gone!
Look around you - see anything from Hebrews
to
Jude?
Doctrines of devils? Possible?
Ritualistic denominational ceremonies that made no difference one
way or another.
(but contributed to doubts of our young people, cuz if it doesn't matter
either way, why do it?...) – Gone!
But do they still get fulfilled from the Book, then? (Spirit
baptism? Do you read to remember? Spiritual application still?)
Preaching but no bible reading – baloney – GONE!
Do you still read your Bible?
Do you still hear preaching WITH the Bible?
Women preaching and running the ships? GONE
So is the godly purpose and design of the woman being supported and
encouraged within your home?
Is the desire to be holy and devout now wrapped with grace - and do
you aim for the proper holiness as Paul preaches?
Men having no clue about the right battles – and not understanding
their Book enough to lead? GONE
Ok, do you have a clue about the battles? Do you or are you preparing
to engage?
Pastoral final authority – God’s chastisement – losing salvation
– contradictions from Pentecostals – false music application and usage
– music replacing the Bible for direction and excitement, etc. GONE!
How do you handle and treat your pastor?
Does he show you the scriptures?
Do you then still disagree just because HE said so?
Do you live wrong because you know you can't lose your salvation?
Do you then try not to live 'right' even though you have those pentecostals figured out?
Do you do the right music - and turn off the wrong?
Do you do the right music rightly?
Do you actually go to your Bible for all the things you got out of
your music?
Building buildings to bring in the lost and starving those already
there – but making you feel guilty if you don't pay for the building, pool,
parking lot, gymnasium, espresso bar, pastors trip to Israel, etc. GONE!
Ok, but do you still try to talk to the lost - or mixed up - of deceived
ones?
Do you still invite them to the place that you are so excited about
the food that you are being fed?
Do you still get involved with the building 'needs' and 'necessities?'
The lack of desire to study a confusing Book of books?
GONE!
Do you read and study it now that you have it figured out in HOW to
do so?
Trying to follow the Spirit of truth? GONE!
Do you now try to follow the word of truth?
Besetting Sin Issue! GONE!
But it is still in you!
Shame at His coming? GONE!
But still doing shameful things?
The need to keep His commandments to have Him dwell in you?
GONE!
But do you know the commandments that Paul preaches?
Do you quench the Spirit - grieve, etc.?
Salvation Confusion? GONE!
Do you try to show others?
How is your own?
Bidding Godspeed makes you a partaker with them in their evil deeds?
GONE!
II John 11
Do you still try to show them anything?
Still not strive with them?
No greater joy - to see your children walk in truth!
III John 1:4 GONE!
But - what are the real joys that you try to show your children?
Do they still have that 'walk' rightly divided - do they know these
things? Are they clear on these things?
The lack of fruit being your fault! II
Peter 1:8 GONE!
But are you still planting and watering seeds? Out of season,
ok, but still...
"Christian" music! GONE!
The music I do listen to - and play - still considered the right stuff
- based on Japheth, etc.
But do you still praise and rejoice in music at all?
Ephesians 5:19 - Speaking
to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord;
Colossians 3:16 - Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace
in your hearts to the Lord.
The need to study the Tribulation and Millennium, etc. GONE!
Do you know about it enough to not want to be there then?
Revelation is still to be read, of course ... but do you expect the
blessing from reading it? Read the whole verse... Revelation
1:3 - Blessed is he that readeth,
and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which
are written therein: for the time is at hand.
The need for long scholarly dissertations, charts and studies on
why 'no tongues' today, eternal security, Bibles, etc. etc. and more etc.
GONE!
Rightly dividing takes care of that, but do you know rightly dividing?
Are you ready to show it to them?
The supposed need for Bible school for all those scholarly classes
on hermeneutics, history, exegesis, etc. problem texts, etc. GONE!
Can't you get that from your own church / pastor / studies, etc.?
The need for spirituality without the Bible? Gone!
Do you still see it FROM the Bible?
Watching women be beat and abused by her man claiming I
Peter 3? GONE!
What is the pattern for a home? Where is it found? Are
you trying - both?
You should be!
American Christianity... GONE!
church design / SS / programs / appearance / the music / the routine
/ the 'game' of it all GONE!
But it is between you and Him - and yet, we have brethren, and we have
a great place to meet - and we ought to... dress modestly, etc. etc.
Gospels - wrong ones - GONE!
Do you do the right one rightly?
Gospel of grace - of peace - of your salvation
Tithing and guilt giving! GONE!
But do you give as God has prospered you?
Do you give cheerfully?
Do you have a financial part in this ministry?
You don't have to, but it sure helps it work!
Look at the monies that get spent from here...
Church attendance mandatory - Hebrews 10:25!
GONE!
What is the day approaching...? Tribulation - Second coming!
But hey - isn't He coming still? rapture - our dying, etc.
The preaching - all that comes with it - sure thing - loyalty to the
family!
The consequences in Hebrews 10:26 is NOT our issue - whew, eh!
Being told I am a dumb sheep! GONE!
Being told to follow the pastor as he dictates because I am a dumb
sheep and he is my shepherd! GONE!
Feeling bad for proper judgment! GONE!
A lost person is already condemned...
Not judging the brethren - we have our own judgment seat coming...
But we are still to preach on learning to walk, etc. and some things
others do ARE STILL WRONG!
Protect your kids from it!
Guilt of being a dirty rotten sinner! GONE
It isn't me sinning... Romans 7:15-23
But sinning is still taking place from sin within - and yet, it will
burn only as bad works!
But don't let it wreck your testimony, joy, growth, etc.
Don't let it control you!
Can't develop a hard heart that affects your salvation - Hebrews
4:3 GONE!
But it can still ruin your day to day walk and inner joy!
Doing stuff that makes you an enemy of God! GONE
But you can still do that stuff and grive the Spirit of God - reap
what you sow, etc.
Bad things being the result of God's personal chastisement!
GONE
But you can sure reap what you sowed!
And it sure doesn't mean you are getting away with it... the judgment
seat is next on the train line!
The frustration of no vengeance! GONE!
God's grace - longsuffering, etc. will end some day, and boy will it
end!
Romans 2:2,3
Empty pleading of the blood and naming and claiming things!
GONE
Still, be in the book to get you through those things - and let God
provide His way.
The need to overturn the money tables in the temples! Religions Bookstores,
etc. GONE
The Tribulation - and rapture - and His vengeance - some day!
Not being delivered from all your temptations? II
Peter 2:9 GONE!
He knows how, but he will show you from the Book!
Are you reading the Book?
Is failure to do right always worse?
II Peter 2:9 GONE!
no - it could be better - the devil is that sneaky, but you didn't
lose your salvation!
YOU won't burn anyway.
The fear of what to pass on to your children and children's children?
GONE!
Proverbs 13:22 -
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children:
Will they ever read it / listen to it, etc.
I don't know, but it will be there for them!
Doubts about scholarly arguments directed at you! GONE!
Rightly dividing takes care of them all!
Making things be on earth as in heaven! GONE!
God will do that in HIS time. Revelation
11:15:
And the seventh angel sounded; and
there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign
for ever and ever.
And I am fine with that, too!