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1 Timothy Lesson 10-Are You being Deceived by Doctrines of Demons or Do You Believe & Know the Truth

Mar 22, 2024
Well, the day I was working on this

lesson

was about a month ago, I actually had a fever, so I was working on it in my bed, but I wasn't studying hard, but I got this phone call. from a woman who doesn't live in our state, she lives in another state and said someone gave me your name and said I need some advice. I need some advice and I was wondering if you could help me and so I said well could you tell me what's going on and she proceeded to tell me that the Lord had told her to give up coffee and gluten and other things and had called her to eat only fruits and vet, yes, just fruits and vegetables along with fasting and then she went.
1 timothy lesson 10 are you being deceived by doctrines of demons or do you believe know the truth
Then she shared some other things with me and she said, I'm really worried, she said because I just found this passage in 1 Timothy about the

doctrines

of

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and about those who prohibit abstaining from certain foods and she says, what should I do? By participating and the

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of

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, Satan

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me when he thought that God was telling him to do these things, after all, the evil one appears as an angel of light, so anyway I spent almost an hour on the phone with this lady, but trying to help her. Think biblically and I'm sure it was no coincidence that she was studying the path of this passage the day she called me for help so what does scripture say regarding these issues?
1 timothy lesson 10 are you being deceived by doctrines of demons or do you believe know the truth

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1 timothy lesson 10 are you being deceived by doctrines of demons or do you believe know the truth...

Well, let's see what Paul says and discover firsthand 1 Timothy 4:1 2:5 now the spirit expressly speaks that in the last times some will depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons holding lies speaking lies in hypocrisy having their own conscience seared with a hot iron by prohibiting marriage and commanding them to abstain from certain foods that God's created people receive and thanksgiving on the part of those who

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because every creature of God is good and nothing should be rejected if received with thanksgiving for those sanctified by the Word of God and prayer now like us.
1 timothy lesson 10 are you being deceived by doctrines of demons or do you believe know the truth
It ended last week, we entered chapter 3 and saw st. Paul's reason for writing the Epistle was so that the church at Ephesus and really all of God's children would

know

how to behave in the house of God. We saw that it was not just the building but how we behave as God cools the children of God and then secondly we saw six salient realities of the Christian faith. God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached to the believing nations in the world, and received into glory. Now our outline for tonight we will see. several things number one two causes of apostasy two causes of apostasy verse one second two characteristics of apostates two characteristics of apostates verse two and if you're trying to write all this down don't worry I'll repeat it as we go third two Creeds of the apostates two Creeds that teach of the apostates verse three and then lastly two commandments regarding what God created two commandments regarding what God created verses four and five now, when we begin chapter four, we immediately calm down knowing that there are some who do.
1 timothy lesson 10 are you being deceived by doctrines of demons or do you believe know the truth
They do not behave as members of the house of God, but rather they behave as members of the house of Satan. Unfortunately, there are some ladies who don't hold on to those six fundamentals of faith that we looked at last week when we were together. Some unfortunately choose to adopt Satan's seductive strategy. doctrines and Paul begins by writing about those who have and those who will have in the future of even sighs and mentions two causes for their departure from the faith look at verse one he says now the spirits says expressively in the last times some will depart from the faith now I'm not sure your translation says that the Greek word there for now is de that is actually effect, which is actually a better translation because the word but is a contrast, in contrast to those who expect the six non-negotiables. foundations of faith you have these on the other hand those who are going to depart from the faith unfortunately some do not cling to the principles of faith and goes on to say that the spirit expressly speaks that in the last times some will depart so we need to do the question: when did the Holy Spirit prophesy this?
When did he say this? That some will turn away from the faith in the last days. Well, it could be one of two number one things. Remember in Acts 20 when Paul tells the elders in Ephesus. goodbye and they are crying and they are crying because they know that they are not going to see Paul again and one of the things that he tells them in Acts chapter 20 says, I know this: after I leave, ravenous wolves are going to enter and they are not going to forgive the flock and then he says that even in the board of elders some of you will rise up, speak perverse things and attract men after you, you will even apostatize. although now you think you are okay, so this was something Paul prophesied, the Spirit showed him that this would actually happen in the church at Ephesus, so it could be that the spirit speaks expressly in the end times some will fall away from the faith. secondly, it could be that everyone knew this because of the teachings of Jesus, remember in Matthew and Mark, Jesus made it very clear as the day ends and the age ends, false Christs and false prophets will arise and he said that, if possible, they can. to deceive even the very elect and so the apostles and the church at Ephesus would know that Christ had taught this and so it could be that this was the time when the Holy Spirit prophesied that some would fall away from the faith so that you could take those who both are correct.
Whatever it is, the Holy Spirit said this expressly, which means he sent it openly, said it openly, which is very different than something that is hidden, so what did the spirit say? Notice what he said in recent times. Some will deviate from the fact now. What are the latest times? Many people will say: well, we are living in the last days and yes, each day is one day closer, but the end times began with the ascension of Christ to heaven, that is when the last days begin and that is why we. Know that as we approach the end times there will be a great apostasy.
Paul talks about this in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 and says let no one deceive you in any way because that day will not come that day speaking of The return of the Lord will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of sin, the son of perdition, be revealed and so we know that as we get closer to the return of the Lord there will be more and more apostasy and so we can be I am sure of that and we are certainly seeing it and I have to say that I have family members who are the size of pasta.
I mentioned a brother who was in the pastor and went to Bible School and now has a size of pasta for faith. I have friends. who are pasta sized because of the faith that they no longer claim or hold on to what they have been taught, so I think we are going to see more and more of this and we will see the core churches shrink and we are We are going to see the other types of growth and growth and growth however here in 1 Timothy Paul talks about some who will fall away from the faith now remember we already learned about two types who fell away from the faith remember in Chapter one Hymenaean and Alexander these are The son who departed then what would these do?
Paul says that they will depart from the faith. This means that they will abandon the faith. They will withdraw. They will desert the false. This would be like ordinary eyes. Those of Alexander who were shipwrecked with their faith. who claim to have ladies, as sad and sobering as it is, actually happens, the apostle John tells us one of the reasons why it happens in 1 John 2:19, he says they came out of us because they were not. of us because if they had been of us they would have continued with us but they came out so that it would become clear that they were never of us and that is why we know from the letter of John that one of the reasons why apostates depart from the faith is because They were never in the faith and that's why we know the wheat and the tares that grow together and one day we will know who the weeks and the tares are, but sometimes we know it in advance and some really fall away from the faith and John says we came out because They were never of us but here in 1 Timothy Paul gives two more reasons why they fell away from the faith not only were they never in the faith as John says but number one look at what he says give attention to deceiving spirits give attention to deceiving spirits and number two pay attention to the doctrines of demons pay attention to the doctrines of demons now what does it mean to pay attention to deceiving spirits well pay attention means to cling to it cling to it and the word deceive means to wander and it comes from our English word planet ladies, listen very carefully, deceiving spirits would be spirits that caused people to deviate from the

truth

and cling to what was false deviate from the truth and cling to what was false, this would be any spirit that seduces them, deceives them, this is an imposture.
This is a fraud and ladies we know it's not holy shit because the Holy Spirit leads us to what all truth all truth seducing spirits don't lead us to truth ladies we need Measure everything we hear in this book and if it is not up to the task, throw it away and do not listen to it, a man says that deception has its spirits of all kinds that it employs to darken the hearts and destroy the souls of men now. this would include all the false teachers and all the false false teachings and remember this was E's problem when we look at her, we were in Chapter two, she listened to Satan and that brought her and the whole world and a lot of problems, Isn't that right and ladies?
We as women have to be very careful because again we brought this up, we were in Chapter two, we get fooled more easily and that's why it's up to us as women to be very careful with the things we read, the things we listen to and even well. .. that is, friends, those of us who try to get you to listen or read certain things, we must be very careful. We have a wonderful promise in 1. John that those of us who are genuine

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rs cannot be led away by false teachers, we have overcome them and so that is a wonderful promise that I affirm all too well.
Paul mentions another cause of apostasy and that is paying attention to the doctrines of demons. What are the doctrines of demons? Well, these would be teachings or doctrines designed by Satan. Demons are the source of false doctrine ladies or something is from the Holy Spirit or another spirit and is demonic and there would be many things that are included in this category we do not have time to mention them all cults prosperity gospel mysticism salvation by works New Age teaches the devil worship and I mean we could go on and on with all the doctrines of demons that are in this our world today, most of the ones I just mentioned we would be familiar with that we would agree with and say oh yeah Paul , I mean, that's horrible.
I wouldn't get carried away with those things. I would not get carried away by devil worship, cults, mysticism and the prosperity gospel. That would get me carried away, but my friend, when we get into verse. three in just one minute. I fear that every one of us in this room is going to feel pangs of conscience because we fear that we have accepted seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, but before we look at verse three, let's look at Verse Two and notice the two characteristics of apostates. Notice that they speak lies with hypocrisy and have their conscience seared with a hot iron.
Now before we look at the first characteristic of apostates, did you notice that in verse one we saw that the Holy Spirit speaks, but here in Verse two that the false spirits also speak but they tell lies, interesting, uh, they speak lies and, without However, we know that the Holy Spirit speaks the truth, so what is the first characteristic of apostates? They speak lies with hypocrisy. They speak lies with hypocrisy. Now, obviously, these two features. What we're going to look at are not the only two that you saw in your homework and Guice, a computer and some of the other passages that I gave you, there are many characteristics of apostates, but here in First Timothy it only gives us two, the first as I said it is speaking lies in hypocrisy what does that mean what does that mean well it refers to the fact that they are liars they are hypocrites they are actors in a play the things they say and do I should add have nothing to do with the truth but they have everything What to do with lies Now the question might come to your mind do they know they are lying?
Do they know they are lying? I think many of them know for a fact that they are lying, but I think some have become so far gone in their delusion that lying is a way of life for them and they know nothing but telling lies, their conscience is so seared that they don't. They know lies from truth and I'm sure you've met people like that. I've met people like that, it's a scary place when you lie so much that you don't even know you're lying, so you can't even discern between a lie and work. The truth.
People like that. Their lives are a farce and everyonethose around him. They except themselves seem to know it and these people teach doctrines that are made up in their own mind to their own taste and not the doctrines of the Word of God in fact I remember one time several years ago that I had the radio on and I was listening to one of our false teachers here in Tulsa Oklahoma and I thought what is he saying? He was saying just say you don't have it here an earring just say that like you don't have a sword like you know a pain in your leg and I was like what is he doing?
It's like he was making up the sermon while he was teaching it and that's what they do, they make up their own doctrine to their liking it has nothing to do with the Scriptures. It's like the prophets in 1 Kings 20 to 23 where they say that the Lord put a lying spirit in their mouths, a lying spirit in the mouths of the false prophets. Well, Paul, he mentions a second characteristic of apostates and that is that their own conscience is seared with a hot iron, your own conscience is seared with a hot iron, so there is a progression here, the habitual lie continues to numb your consciousness and finally it reaches the point where it is seared. in fact Paul reiterates this truth in Romans 1 when he speaks of God giving them over to uncleanness to dishonor their own bodies among themselves to exchange the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator and continues to speak about how God abandoned them and says that even men exchanged the natural use of a woman burning in her lust between men with men and women with women doing things that are unseemly and then you know things get worse from there. talks about how they are full of all sexual injustice and without our map immorality evil greed malice idolatry witchcraft hate strife jealousy factions and I just go on and on and say who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, those who practice such things are deserving of death and so there is a progression and God handed them over, their conscience was seared and he handed them over to a reprobate mind, in fact, in the Romans passage, if you notice when I was quoting that long ago, they changed the truth of God for net for lies changed God's truth for lies the same thing we see here in 1 Timothy they left the truth and embraced and held on to the lies so what does it mean to have a conscience seared with a hot iron and your conscience? it's singed which means it's cauterized it's rigid it's hard it's callous it's actually interesting in biblical times they actually took a branding iron and marked criminals so that they would always carry the stigma of the crime they had committed and the ladies like that with those trapped in doctrines and demons they carry hepatohypocrisy and others can see what they have done or what they are doing they carry the marks of their hypocrisy just as a garment carries the permanent marks of an iron that is too much and we In fact, A few weeks ago I was ironing Doug's shirt and he probably doesn't know it yet, but I permanently marked a beautiful item of clothing that I actually just bought. for it and you know most of the time it can't be used, it can't be repaired, in fact, one time I remember I did it, I made a pan with vegetables and I don't know what I was thinking.
I wasn't thinking, why are you laughing? there and I took the pan to the studio and at that time we had fabric furniture and I put it right on the furniture and a few minutes later I picked it up and it was completely, it looked like a grill pan, a grill pan with a permanent mark. On my furniture, we finally gave it to the kids because it's a good space for both of them to go buy some new things, but if you've ever done that with a permanent artist, it's permanent, so you've totally ruined your garment and what was once a beautiful garment no longer exists, you can't wear it interesting because in biblical times they also used a branding iron for their livestock to indicate ownership, just as we do today, we brand our livestock to finish or indicate ownership, as well as those who have their conscience. singed with a hot iron are the property of seductive spirits and doctrines of demons ladies this is scary this is scary that's why it's so important to keep a clear conscience because when you think about a seared conscience it's scary, in fact it could It would be scarier than that, even We will see the next verse, so Paul, what do these apostates teach?
Surely it must be something like dishonoring your parents or burning your children on steak or worshiping demons or denying the virgin birth or denial. that Jesus was a son of God or some other horrendous doctrine, well, even those, although the ones mentioned are all doctrines of demons, they are not as subtle as the two that he mentions in verse three, the two apostates of the Creed, and aren't they? That's what Paul just said they are seducing they are seducing spirits they look like an angel of light but they are not they are subtle they seem harmless but they are not so here they are look at verse three prohibiting marriage and commanding abstaining from the foods that God has created for be greeted with Thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth, ladies, these two specific doctrines of demons seem to arise from the heresy of Gnosticism and we could spend an entire afternoon on Gnosticism and we're not going to do that, we've had it before in our previous studies, but basically just to say that the Gnostics, the heresy of Gnosticism, taught that it was knowledge and not faith that was necessary for salvation and were involved in much of what we see today in legalism. mysticism astrology angel worship rigid ascent asceticism which is the doctrine that if I deny myself certain foods and you beat my body into submission and I can somehow get closer to God, this is developed with acts such as abstaining from marriage and strict dietary restrictions.
Some Gnostics accepted that marriage is necessary to preserve the race, but they consider it bad, the sexual act is bad and that is why they would adopt children so as not to have to have relations with each other. Other Gnostics said no, that's too extreme, we have to get it. married and we can't excuse Cape Evil and by the way our spirit is good and our body is bad so it matters what we do with our body and we can do whatever we want to do with our body and that gave them my sense to all kinds of immorality because they were told that they were not responsible for what they did to their body they did not drink wine they did not eat meat they lived on bread and vegetables they condemned any natural craving and that gives you a little history of what was happening during the time that Paul was writing this now having said everything Paul mentions the first damning doctrine that these apostates taught and that was to forbid to marry forbid to marry now the Greek word forbid means to prevent or hinder prevent or hinder now it was interesting at our table tonight someone said I immediately thought of the Roman Catholic Church, well the Roman Catholic Church didn't even exist when Paul wrote this and most of us would say, well this must be a fulfillment of the Roman Word.
Catholic Church because they prohibit their priests from marrying, you know that could be true, but I think it is a much broader category, it is true, prohibiting marrying could be interpreted as ordering celibacy, however, since the word prohibit means to hinder or prevent We can extend this to our time because today we live in a world where it has become the norm. Have you noticed that not getting married but living together? In fact, I don't know about you, but I'm shocked by the number of people. who even call themselves believers and yet live in four countries and support others getting married, is becoming a thing of the past when you realize that, in fact, a study by the National Marriage Project found that more and more young adults today are delaying marriage because they want to achieve all their goals first, so they just live together and don't get married, in fact, not only the younger generation.
I found this shocking according to the US Census, the number of couples aged 50 or older who simply lived together but did not marry increased from 1.2 million to 2.8 million, which is a big leap, in fact, they gave ten reasons why they say they have passed some who just live together and don't get married first. Most people are no longer in a hurry to get married. There aren't many advantages to getting married. They say that for a man it means that he is going to get fat, he is going to get fat, that's why he doesn't get married.
I thought that was it. It's funny, I don't know about men, but I gained a lot of weight after I got married. It can present all these financial problems. He says that marriage is an obsolete institution. If you get married, put your friendships at risk when you get married. too emotionally attached to people and we don't want to get emotionally attached, it requires serious commitment and means that most marriages ended in divorce anyway, so why should we get married and lastly, they say there is a good alternative to marriage? It's called a civil union. or a common law couple ladies this is the world we live in encouraging others not to marry when marriage is an institution ordained by God is blasphemy this is becoming famous and I know Christian Christians who live in fornication and thought and they go to churches and Don't think about that, we'll see when we come back next year.
Paul says I will be there for young women to marry their children, marry you first, do not have children and then get married, get married, have children, rule the house, do not give occasion for the adversary to speak reproachfully speak of the summer already diverted to satan and they go house to house talking things that they should be talking Paul also says in Mary Hebrews 13:4 honorable is marriage and the bed without spot but God will judge fornicators and adulterers Also Jesus himself said: Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning male and female, therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and be united to one woman what God has joined together, let no man separate it now before continuing?
I want to say clearly because there are many questions about this today I want to say clearly that marriage is between a man and a woman, okay, not a man and a man, not a woman in a woman or any other abominable combination that is our world. is going to be imposed on us in the next few days. I recently heard that legislation is

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introduced so that a couple of parents can begin to have sexual relations with their own children so that they can be the ones to educate them and very soon we will be having that type of marriage of

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married to our dog and our captain, don't look at me buying because it will happen that once we are a society given over to homosexuality, almost anything goes, but I want it to be clear that the Bible teaches that marriage is between a man and a woman Now the second thing the apostate commanders abstain from the foods that God created to be received with Thanksgiving.
You saw in your homework that there were certain meats that in the old Mosaic law that Jews and Gentiles were actually prohibited from eating. but as you saw in your task Christ came to free us from the law and part of that was proclaiming that everything he did was good for us to eat in fact in Acts 10 evil rebukes Peter three times for his goodness. of challenging him regarding certain meats that he would not eat, in fact Romans 14 - even calls out those who are offended by certain foods during the week and on Sunday for those of you who go to Grace Community Church, my husband just taught on this passage and no, we didn't plan this, it just happened.
I love when the Lord does that, but Paul says in Romans 14: for he who believes can eat anything, but he who is weak eats only vegetables and, interestingly, the word weak means someone who is weak in their faith and they need to educate your conscience about what God says regarding food and that is why we must be very careful when teaching other people that they should abstain from certain foods Hebrews 13:9 says this do not get carried away by diverse and strange doctrines because it is good that the heart be established with grace not with foods that have not benefited those who have taken care of them my dear sister these concerns that we have with diets and foods and what to eat and what not to eat can lead us to what Paul says yes and doctrines you miss being seduced by demons this is something serious that we were talking about in our group tonight how it seems to me in the Christian Church it seems to be the worst thing that people make problems with certain foods and impose their beliefs on others well -meaning Christians Paul says do not prohibit marriage and do not prohibit certain foods why notice what he says because everything is good everything is good if it is received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth ladies these things are good food is good, except peas and feed, they are good and marriage is good, right? they don't believe in they don't know the truth so what does that mean?
They are lost, right, they are lost. Those who are in the truth know that food and marriage are created by God and are grateful for both. Well, Paul. is repeated in verse 4, so this must have been a big problem because things repeated in the Bible giveemphasis. He also now gives two certainties about what God has created. In verse four, every creature of God is good and nothing should be rejected if it is. greeted with ladies giving thanks, this is an entry state into an interesting statement in light of Romans chapter one that we referred to a while ago because when you talk about those whom God gave over to a reprobate mind, you know one of the things that Paul said about them are ungrateful, they are ungrateful instead of being grateful for what God created, they were ungrateful, but the children of God, those who are members of his family, they are grateful, right?
They are grateful. for what he created, whether it's marriage or whether it's food now notice what Paul says every creature of God is good did you notice that he didn't say that everything is good he didn't say that didn't you say that everything is good he said that everything that God Did God make everything good? fact is good listen Genesis 1 God created man in his image in the image of God he created him male and female he created them then God blessed them and God said be fruitful and multiply fill the earth subdue have dominion over the fish of the sea over the birds of the year over every living thing that moves on the earth and God said look, I have given you herbs that give seed that is the entire face of the earth and every tree whose fruit gives you seed will also give you food for every beast of the earth. earth, every bird of the air, to everything that creeps on the earth where there is life.
I have given every green herb for food and it was sown and God saw everything he did and in truth it was very good then the evening in the morning was the sixth day God saw everything he did and in fact it was very good and in In the context of marriage and food between man and woman, Paulie gives two commands or two charges regarding what God has created the first charge. he says: don't reject it refuse it no Paul says that nothing should be rejected this means that nothing, not a single thing that God has created should be rejected or thrown away now I don't think it means that you shouldn't throw away leftovers, but you know I'm a Please keep them.
My husband doesn't like them, but you shouldn't reject them. Whatever God created for us to eat is good. Second, Paul commands that we receive what God has created. With Thanksgiving, in the context we should be grateful for the food that we have and we should be grateful for the institution of marriage. Many people see this passage and think it is only related to food, but it is not food or marriage that we need. be thankful for genuine believers who believe and know the truth, know that food and marriage are created by God and therefore we give thanks for both food and marriage, well Paul goes on to say that it is sanctified by the Word of God in prayer, ladies. food and marriage are pure and holy, which is what sanctified means that we know that God recognized this truth and we are not like those who are seduced to prohibit marriage and offer foods that God has created for us to receive with Thanksgiving , they are sanctified, says Paul. by the Word of God what is the Word of God what I just quoted in Genesis 1 the word that God spoke that said everything is how very good very good is sanctified by the Word of God the word that he said ladies this is from God Word and it should not be contaminated with false ideas do not twist God's Word like Satan did God said that's what he said God really said you don't really say that don't make God's Word mean something it doesn't God's creation not only is sanctified by His Word, but also Paul says through prayer, which means that the recipient of these two supports, food and marriage, received these things with gratitude, like well, thank you Lord, thank you for this food, thank you for my marriage , as Paul would do. say elsewhere 1 Corinthians 10:31 whatever you do with your food or drink do it all for the glory of God ladies, this would include everything you eat and drink and marriage and everything we have to be thankful for marriage and food They are blessings and are sanctioned by God, a man says that those who do not think of God for their food and do not pray for His blessing in using it, are worthy even of a mouthful of bread and the breath they breathe, and I would add to that those that those who do not thank God for their marriage and do not pray for his blessing upon it are worthy of it.
This should challenge each of us to thank the Lord every time we take and to train our children to be grateful for the food they receive. eat along with everything God gives you this should also challenge us to be more grateful for the marriage God has given us and to teach our children and grandchildren that marriage is good, it is good, it is not something to be avoided as it looks In our days, so what? Are the two causes of apostasy paying attention to deceiving spirits and paying attention to doctrines of demons. Are you guilty of listening to teachers and teaching things that you know may be a little out of place but that you find tempting?
Read things that tickle your ears, but don't challenge you spiritually. God's Word is more important to you than food or money. Are you holding on to godly teachings and growing in your knowledge of God? Secondly, two characteristics of apostates, they speak lies with hypocrisy and have a seared conscience. Do you make a habit of examining your words to make sure you are telling the truth and are free of lies and flattery? Do you think white lies are okay when you sin? Does the Holy Spirit convince you of this or have you minimized sin and rarely encounter it? yourself confessing or repenting of sin one of the young women at our table tonight said that's the new norm we don't we don't call ourselves wrenches we no longer confess our sin we don't repent of it we don't minimize it you may have turned off or grieved by the Spirit of God and that your conscience is about to be burned with a hot iron.
The two Apostates' Creeds prohibit marriage and prohibit certain foods. Do you believe that marriage? Is it good that you have accepted the new norm of our time that living together is okay or that people of the same sex are acceptable? Do you confront Christians who you know are fornicating or have ungodly ideas about marriage? The other day I was talking to a girl that I discipled and she said that they had dinner probably a year ago with a man who, if I told you his name, is very famous, you know who he is, he was a professed Christian and he and this lady lived in fornication. .
He came to dinner and she and her husband confronted them. They said they go to church. They are supposed to be born again believers. They live in sin. The next morning, he died in a plane crash. Do you confront Christians like my friend? Do you know that you are living in fornication and yet you profess the name of Christ? What about the diet? The things you eat. Do you have those spiritual problems and think that the way you eat is the only way? Do you judge others in your heart because they? You are not convinced that your way of eating is the correct and the only way, you pressure and try to pressure others with your way of eating to the point of being offensive.
Now, obviously, ladies, if we do too much of the wrong thing, you know we're getting ready to embark on the holidays here, you know, and then you know all day long you're just eating Christmas cookies and fudge, the next day you're going to be a mess. , I know I wake up bloated, you know it's like you're half drunk, but if you eat a diet of sweets and bread, you will pay dearly, you will have some physical problems, but we must be very careful about making an idol of these things or imposing our dietary restrictions to other believers, we cannot.
Let's make our eating habits a spiritual issue, we must keep in mind that healthy doctrine is a much more eternal value than health and the commandments related to what God created, they should be, they should not reject it and receive it with thanksgiving, are you refusing? Educate your conscience about what God says regarding food and marriage. Are you willing to study God's Word so that you can rightly divide the word of truth, especially the truth about what God has created? Do you thank God for the food you eat? Are you training your children to be grateful for the food they receive?
Do you complain when you can't eat the things you like to eat and allow your children to complain about the food they eat? Do you thank God for your marriage and the marriage of others are you praying against the attacks of the evil one who would like nothing more than to destroy your marriage the marriage that God instituted my friend these are difficult times we live in I hope that at the end less agree with me with that and these are the last days at least auricle the last days we must be on guard since we see that the day is approaching that we are on alert let's not pay attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons we must pay attention to ourselves ourselves and our doctrine and as Paul will say when we return next year continue in these things because by doing this you will save yourself and those who listen to you, let us pray together dear father.
I thank you for this passage. I thank you for the warnings of the Apostle Paul not only to the church in Ephesus but to us here at Grace Community Church and Lord in this day in which we live we are surrounded by seducing spirits and doctrines of demons and Lord I have feared that many of us we don't even know it. we are being seduced by those who were being seduced by them and that is why father I ask you that with the dear help of your Holy Spirit you guide us to all the truth that you keep us from error and father that we measure everything that we read or listen to your word and Lord , if it doesn't live up to your word, then I pray that we stop listening to it, we stop reading it and we don't fill our minds with these things, so Lord, I pray that You will help us help us to be bold as we take a break and while we are surrounded by people, family and friends who perhaps profess the name of Christ, but Lord, they are trapped in seductive spirits and doctrines of demons and I pray that We would do it in an attractive way, but that we would be bold like my friend was as we confronted the man who lived in fornication, so father, I pray that You would protect us while we are away from each other and then, Lord, each of us.
May you have a joyous time as we celebrate not only in time and being grateful for our country and what you have done in each of our lives but also as we celebrate God who is manifest / our Savior Jesus Christ in his name we pray

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