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Another Sermon for the Starving Bible Believing Christians All Over the World Wide Web
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
The Great Turn
Before we hear of The Great Turn...

...we must, of course, take a gander at some wrongly divided turns:

Matthew 5:39 - turn the other cheek
Matthew 5:42 - not turn down the other's request
Matthew 7:6 - not give that which is holy to dogs, ... turn again and rend you.
(Note: they still had to - the GC; and they are being turned again on... today's treatment of the Jews... - and for those folks who claim the Beatitudes, I would be curious as to who they think the dogs are today)


We must look at the rightly divided turn - TO THE LIVING GOD!

Acts 13:44-52 - turn unto the Gentiles (note my correction of 'holy women' to 'honourable women')

Acts 14:15 - from vanities unto the LIVING GOD
(Note: See verses 11,13 for vanities)
or
Acts 17:22 - the UNKNOWN GOD

Acts 26:15-20 (note vs 21) -
    Darkness to Light - vs 18
    Power of Satan unto God - vs 18
    Repent - Turn to God - Do Works - vs 20


WE TURN TO THE LIVING GOD

Galatians 4:8,9 - But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

Weak and beggarly elements - All lead to bondage!


There is an eternal status we will be turned into...

But what is the "GREAT Turn?"
Very few make this turn!
This may even be why our friends and family still don't listen to or believe us!

The answer is in part II - Sunday a.m.