This is a modified version of the last sermon i wrote as i went for two services but had similar message.
18/7/2010
Hope Brisbane afternoon service
2 Timothy 3:6-9: They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. Just as James and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth- men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
*God has sent us into this world though we are not of the world to influence the world
*Whatever the world is facing, the church is not immune in it.
*Not to say that we are an exclusive church, wearing a halo and talking in Hebrew
*Not to say were affected but we will follow the trend
*Thats why we need to be careful
*Deviously depraved
-beware of the corruption (v6-8)= morally bad or evil (depraved in dictionary)
Romans 1:28-31: Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
1. *Crucial to choose our friends wisely
*Peer influence grows as we grow mature
*Beware of those with corrupted intentions (v6)
*Don't be friends with those who will disobey God's laws
*Message version: These are the kind of people who smooth talk themselves into the homes of unstable and needy women and take advantage of them
Genesis 3:1-3: Now the sepent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'"
-Its the same when Satan lured Eve
*We have the choice to say no
1. Laid doubts
2. Encourage thoughts that its fine to disobey God
2. Be alert of the imposters (v7-8)
*God is a God of Truth and Satan is the Father of Lies
*Isaiah 45:19: I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacod's descendants, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.
*John 8:44: You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
*Counterfeit truth is a compromise to the biblical truth
-they look real but their not the real deal
*Matthew 7:15: "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
*Jude 4:1: After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."
* We will analyse and think through before we say it is the word of God
*The existence of counterfeits does not signify the absence of truth
*eg: It doesn't mean people may create false bibles but it doesn't mean the bible is not true
*Exodus 7:10-8:18: So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts. Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharoah in the morning as he goes out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. Then say to him, 'The Lord, the God of Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert. But until now you have not listened. This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord: With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood. The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.'"
The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt- over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs' and they will turn to blood. Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in the wooden buckets and stone jars...
*Whatever Moses did, the magicians followed but God is a God of truth
*How do we know which is the difference whether its a counterfeit or not, we need to know the truth
*We know the imposters when we have seen and experience the truth!
*Matthew 4:1-10 when Devil tested Jesus
*Seek to read the Bible and grow- not to be spoon fed
3. Be sure (v9)
*So you think we can outsmart and get away from God?
*But what God i really doing is demonstrating grace
2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slow in eping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
*You can't outsmart God because after all, He gave us us our brains
*God's victory is revealed through us
*When we live in God's truth, we will live out His victorious life for us!
*It may be hard and challenging to obey God
*Romans 8:37: No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
(We are more than conquerors)
*1 Corinthians 15:57-58: But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
-God's will can be residing through us
*We can still shine!
*We are his testimony for others
*God's victory is administered through us
*The more people repent the Truth, the more lies can be exposed.
*Luke 5:32: I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
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