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Another
Sermon for the Starving Bible Believing Christians All Over the World Wide
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2005
- Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005
Expounding
the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26
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with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II
Timothy 2:15
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The Word of Truth
- Rightly Divided -
Part II
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"YaOughta"
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.
I Thessalonians 4:1
But it isn't just all about 'doing
right' - or 'being right' - or 'getting righter' in our walk.
It's about truth - the word of
truth!
And judgment is turned away backward, and
justice standeth afar off:
for truth is fallen in the street, and
equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:14
Truth
is all that pleases God!
Truth must be rightly divided, then
with that rightly divided truth we then build
our lives on the one and only true
foundation, Jesus Christ, who has sent to us the Comforter
to be our guide to the truth, the word
of truth being the King James Bible
with all that Paul has to say TO us,
knowing that we will be judged by Paul's gospel
- those works then being judged at the Judgment
Seat of Christ! Romans 14:10
- But why dost thou judge thy brother?
or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
Acts 26:25 -
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words
of truth and soberness.
Titus 1:1 - Paul,
a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith
of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after
godliness;
II Corinthians 4:2 -
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness,
nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the
truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of
God.
Being very confident and bold that this King James
Bible is that very word of truth...
...here is what we "Oughta" do with the truth!
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Rightly Divide It!
II Timothy 2:15 - Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings:
for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
To and For: Do you know the difference?
RD is second to salvation (I Corinthians 2:9-16)
when it comes to understanding the Scriptures.
Worship God in Truth!
John 4:23,24 - But
the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and
in truth.
Not according to church - it is to be only a pillar!
Not according to denominational doctrine - that is only wisdom
of men who have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge!
Not according to your heart - feelings - any 'impression' on
your heart - our heart is a wicked and deceitful thing; the Holy Spirit
is 'only' a guide to the truth!
Not according to your pastor - he is only one that God uses
to fulfill church purposes.
Not according to the Bible correctors, modern teachers &
pastors, scholars, etc. - they are destitute of the truth!
Not according to early Peter, John, Great Commission, etc. -
those directions were to the Jews!
We worship God according to the Book!
Psalm 12;6,7 - The
words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth,
purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve
them from this generation for ever.
Bear Witness unto the Truth!
John 5:33 -
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
Not the grace abusing hypers - the too-tight studying Bereans - what
is your witness - who do they see as your God - book, etc.
What do your own children see in your life - 24/7 - is it real?
Rejoice in the Truth!
I Corinthians 13:6 - Rejoiceth
not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Why get mad - why quit - mom and daughter stuff - REJOICE, don't whine!
Walk Uprightly According
to the "Truth of the Gospel!"
Galatians 2:14 - But
when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth
of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew,
livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest
thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Galatians 2:5 - To
whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth
of the gospel might continue with you.
I Thessalonians 1:4 - 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.
Accept the It as Truth!
Galatians 4:16 - Am
I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Also see 15 &
17...
II Timothy 2:16,17 - 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.
(See II Peter 1:19-21 - with Hebrews
8:10 & 10:16) - The Scriptures are our final authority today,
NOT the Spirit of God. There will be a day, but it isn't today!
Grow Up!
Ephesians 4:15 - But
speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is
the head, even Christ:
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.
Get Wrapped Up in It!
(not prideful holiness walk, checklist christianity, etc.)
Ephesians 6:14 - Stand
therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,
I Corinthians 16:15 -
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the
firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry
of the saints,)
I Corinthians 3:13-15 - Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because
it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of
what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon,
he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall
suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Life a Life of Hope!
Colossians 1:5,6 -
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before
in the word of the truth of the gospel; Which is come unto you, as
it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also
in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Let It Work in You!
I Thessalonians 2:13 - For
this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received
the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of
men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh
also in you that believe.
Galatians 3:3 -Are
ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the
flesh?
Ephesians 4:12,13 -
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ: 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 18:26 -
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla
had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God
more perfectly.
II Corinthians 7:1 -
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the
fear of God.
(note: for definition of perfect,
see II
Chronicles 8:16: Now all the work of Solomon
was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and
until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.)
Believe It!
II Thessalonians 2:13b - but
as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you
that believe.
Ephesians 1:13 -
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel
of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise,
Trust Christ as Your Saviour
Like It Says!
You have heard the word of truth - now put your belief and trust in
Jesus Christ!
Ephesians 1:13 - In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel
of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise,
Romans 10:9,10 -
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Titus 3:5 -
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost;
Ephesians 2:8-10 -
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it
is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which
God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Tonight - Part II
Stop Allowing Hindrances to Your Walking
of the Truth!
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that
ye should not obey the truth?
Galatians 5:7