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T. he. I Love. ruth. “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Jn. 8:32 “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth” Jn. 17:17. Psalm 119 v. 97 “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day!”
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T he I Love ruth “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Jn. 8:32 “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth” Jn. 17:17
Psalm 119 v. 97 “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day!” v. 113 “I hate the double-minded, But I love Your law.” v. 127 “I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold!” v. 163 “I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law.”
T he Law Commandments ruth “to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.” Gal. 2:5 “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments” 1 Jn. 5:3 “earnestly contend for the faith” Jude 3
T he I Love ruth Because I Can Know the Truth
Agnostic Says • We cannot know the truth • Not enough evidence to know the truth • Bible truths are “un-knowable”
Can We learn the Truth ? John 8:32 “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 1 Tim. 2:4 “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” I Jn. 5:13 “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God” To Be Sure, Understand
Agnosticismcontradicts theBible John 8:32 “You shall know the truth” 2 Pet. 3:18 “grow in knowledge” Deut. 29:29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law” 2 Pet. 3:16 “some things hard to understand”
Agnosticismself contradictory • Claims that no one can know anything. • But this one thing he does know that is: • No one can know anything. • How can he know that if he cannot know anything?
T he I Love ruth Because I Can Know the Truth
T he I Love ruth Because I Can tell the difference Between truth and error
Acts 17:11 “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” • Searched daily • To be sure they have the truth • I Thess. 5:21 “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” • Prove by the Bible • If it is not true then do not accept • If it is true hold fast to it
Priscilla - Aquila - Apollos Acts 18:26-28 • “So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.” • Apollos was teaching false doctrine • Priscilla and Aquila showed him his error • Still teaching the baptism of John • He learned the difference • Then he began to teach the truth
Priscilla - Aquila - Apollos • Acts 18:26-28 • Apollos was teaching false doctrine • Priscilla and Aquila showed him his error • Still teaching the baptism of John • He learned the difference • Then he began to teach the truth
Saul - Paul • Acts 8-9 • Saul was persecuting the church • Felt that this was right - Acts 23:1 • Learned the difference between truth and error • Acts 9 - Ananias • Obeyed the Truth • Then began preaching the truth • Gal. 1:23 “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.”
T he I Love ruth Because I Can tell the difference Between truth and error
T he I Love ruth Because It is absolute or unchangeable
PROGRESSIVE REVELATION • What was true in 1st century might not be now • Since conditions change then truth will change • Different parts of the world might have different truths • Truth is relative to time and place.
Absolute T he • Same for every person • Same as it has always been • Same in all places ruth Does not Change • Teaches same as before we were born • Our reading of Bible has not changed it • It is unchangeable - cannot be improved • Truth does not contradict itself
Same for all T he • Law of gravity • Same as for Adam and Eve • No person or country exempt ruth Spiritual Laws Do Not Change – Jn. 17:17 • Just as real as in 1st century • Apply to all parts of the world • No person is exempt • Laws of God apply to all people all the time
T he Suppose I do Not love ruth You will not obey it Jn. 14:15 “If you love Me keep my commandments.” 2 Thess. 2:10 “did not receive the love of the truth” 2 Thess. 2:12 “that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
T he Suppose I do Not love ruth I am opposing God 1 Sam. 8:7 “they have rejected me” 1 Sam. 8:19 “we will have a king over us” 1 Sam. 10:19 “you have today rejected your God”
T he Suppose I do Not love ruth I am opposing God Jer. 6:19 “Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people— The fruit of their thoughts, Because they have not heeded My words nor My law, but rejected it.” Jer. 8:9 “The wise men are ashamed, They are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; So what wisdom do they have?”
T he Suppose I do Not love ruth • I am opposing God • Reject the truth of God about: • Plan of Salvation • Worship • Marriage/Divorce/Remarriage • Homosexuality
T he Suppose I do Not love ruth Jer. 10:23 “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps.” Pro. 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
T he ruth Prov. 23:23 “Buy the truth, and sell it not...” • John 8:32 “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” • Free: • From Sin • From Guilt • From Worry and doubt
T he I Love ruth Because I Can know the truth I Can Tell the Difference between truth and error It is absolute or unchangeable
T he Do you Love ruth Then obey it Hear John 12:48 Believe John 8:24 Repent Luke 13:3 Confess Matt. 10:32-33 Baptized Mark 16:16 Faithful Matt. 24:13 Become a Christian Be restored