• We are told to follow him and nobody else!
• We are told to follow his doctrine and if anybody else preaches differently, he is accursed!
• We are to hear his ways preached in every church!
• His preachings and teachings are from the Risen Christ - face to face revelation - everybody knows He arose - so why do they  ignore his teachings?
• What has happened over the years!
• William Carey, in 1792, seemed to make the big change.
• He penned "An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens."
• He argued that Jesus' Great Commission applied to all Christians of all times, and he castigated fellow believers of his day for ignoring it:
• "Multitudes sit at ease and give themselves no concern about the far greater part of their fellow sinners, who to this day, are lost in ignorance and idolatry."

• You would think that a simple read through the Bible should show it!
• Lost can't get it!
• II Corinthians 4:4 - In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• II Corinthians 3:14 - But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
• The saved don't seem to get it, either - but that is their choice - and/or how they have been taught!
• Ephesians 4:17-21 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
• II Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

• I Thessalonians 2:18 - Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
• Why would the devil be concerned about OT law?  Gospels?  Great Commission?  Street preachers with a false gospel?
• Tribulation verses - the pastors themselves destroy the joy of 'Christians' or those who think they are, anyway.
• He has his own ministers in the ranks and they preach righteousness - just theirs instead of His!
• Even a King James Bible is not a threat to the devil if wrongly divided!
• Even 'good' music if it takes the place of your Bible study and purposes, etc. is not a threat to the devil!
• But Paul Only?  KJB?  Rightly Divided?  That poses a serious threat to the devil himself!

1.  There were (and still are) those who turned others away!

• Acts 13:8 - (6-12) But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
• gainsayers
• deceivers deceiving and being deceived...
• etc.

• Romans 1:17 - For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
• Galatians 3:1-3 -  O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
• Galatians 5:1 -  Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
• Ephesians 2:8 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
• Romans 10:2-3 - For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.  For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
• I Timothy 6:5 - Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
• II Corinthians 5:7 - (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

• Colossians 1:23 -  If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
• Were not grounded and settled!
• Colossians 2:7 between verses 4 & 8 -
• being thankful means you are confident in what you have, etc. and so you won't be caught up with enticing words of man's wisdom or fall for the philosophies of the world, etc.
• Ephesians 3:17 - That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Tossed to and fro
• Ephesians 4:14 - That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• Did not hear the hope of the gospel!
• II Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• Romans 10:17 - So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
• Did not hear it from Paul!
• Philippians 4:9 - Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

• Colossians 2:12 - Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
• So, that would make them 'lost' even though they think their water baptism saved them!
• So we need to do a water baptism after we are saved then?  No - that is not told to us today!
• So, the one baptism we need is a spiritual baptism!
• And besides, Paul didn't come to baptize but to preach the word.
• That is all in another sermon or three if you want the details...

• I Thessalonians 1:8,9 - For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
• Today, does your faith show?
• I Thessalonians 3:6 - But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
• Are folks anxious and desiring greatly to hear the KJB and Paul and preaching of the same?
• I Timothy 4:15 - Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
• Does your 'walk' show the profiting?
• Romans 1:8 - First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
• Is it?

• II Thessalonians 3:2 - And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.

• I Timothy 4:1-3 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
• seducing spirits
• doctrines of devils
• spoke lies in hypocrisy
• Great Commission, not Paul only!
• conscience seared with a hot iron
• hot 'southern preaching!
• forbid to marry
• Catholic
• commanded to abstain from meats
• certain denominations; new age, etc.
• even preaching has no meat in it these days!

• I Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• I Timothy 6:17 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

• II Timothy 3:15 - And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

• Romans 3:22 - Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
• Romans 10:2,3 -
• II Corinthians 11:13-15
• Romans 4:5

• Yes!
• Galatians 3:14 - That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
• No!
• Genesis 12:1-3 -Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

• II Timothy 3:9 - But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
• See verses 1-8, especially verses 4,5 - lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
• I Corinthians 2:5 - That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
• Demas
• II Timothy 4:10 - For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
• Unto Satan
• I Corinthians 5:5 - To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• I Timothy 1:20 - Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
• Turn aside after Satan
• I Timothy 5:15

• Romans 12:3 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
• I Timothy 3:6 - Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

• Romans 14:1 - Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
• The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest, respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition or argument.

• Romans 14:22 - Hast thou faith?  have it to thyself before God.  Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

• I Corinthians 4:17 - For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
• Ephesians 4:18 - ignorance!

• II Corinthians 1:24 - Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
• Jude 16 - more and more today, as we near the tribulation / rapture, etc. - These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
• Colossians 2:4 - And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
• Romans 16:18 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

• Galatians 2:20 - I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
• Philippians 1:6 - Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
• I Corinthians 13:10

• I Corinthians 13:13 - And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
• I Corinthians 14:1 - Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
• They have little or no growth from lack of judgment!
• Philippians 1:9,10 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
• I Corinthians 15:33 - Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

• I Corinthians 16:13 -Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• Not reading let alone studying the word of truth!
• See it said best in:
•  Jeremiah 44:15-17 - Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
• Jeremiah 50:37 - A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
• Jeremiah 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
• Proverbs 31:3 - Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
• II Timothy 3:6 -  For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
• Ephesians 4:14 - That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• 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.

• Galatians 3:12 - And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
• Galatians 3:25 - But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
• I Corinthians 6:12 - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
• four other strings - do you know them?

• Ephesians 3:12 - In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
• boldness
• Philippians 1:20 - According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
• Could they not take the boldness?
• II Corinthians 7:4 - Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
• Confidence - they didn't have it!
• Acts 28:31 - Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

• Ephesians 4:13 - Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
• Acts 2 vs Ephesians 4,5

• Ephesians 6:16 - Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

• Philippians 1:27 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• I Thessalonians 3:10 - Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
• II Timothy 1:13 -Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
• 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.

• Philippians 3:9 - And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
• I Timothy 1:14 - And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
• II Timothy 2:13 - If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

• I Thessalonians 3:2 - And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

• I Thessalonians 3:5 - For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

• II Thessalonians 1:3,4 - We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

• I Timothy 1:4 -  Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
• Titus 3:9 - But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
• II Timothy 2:23 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

• I Timothy 1:18-20 - This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

• I Timothy 2:15

• I Timothy 4:6 - If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

• I Timothy 4:12 -  Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

• I Timothy 5:8 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

• I Timothy 5:12-15 - Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.  For some are already turned aside after Satan.

• I Timothy 6:12 - Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

• I Timothy 6:20,21 - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

• II Timothy 3:8 -  Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

• II Timothy 3:10 -  But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

• Titus 1:9 - Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

• Titus 1:13 - This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

• Philemon 1:6 -  That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.