We are to participate by faith in the risen Savior. Those who desire to speak lies reject Jesus.....they are mixing truth with their own motives or hidden agendas…
Romans 6:16-20 ……..16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
The churches of Christ greet you. 17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those who
cause divisions & offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned,
& avoid them. 18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ,
but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the
hearts of the simple. 19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore
I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, &
simple concerning evil. ( evil speaking
going on )20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. NKJV
Evil
speaking: as satan in the Garden of Eden…..
Matthew 5:6,10…. …6 Blessed are
those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled. Matthew 5:10…. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. NKJV
Being faithful is choosing to fix our mind
on “spiritual things”…and looks like that which reveals God and His ways. Choosing
to be fixed on God’s spiritual, we keep it in our speaking………knowing right from
wrong..
Our Righteousness is then maintained by the Holy Spirit…… Romans 8:1—6….8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do
not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and
death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God
did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin:
He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law
might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according
to the Spirit.... ( not according to our own
thoughts, ideas or inclinations) 5 For those who live according to the flesh
set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the
Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but
to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
NKJV that flesh is for me, myself
and I) elevating ourselves, protecting ourselves, making our boast in Me! They
wander through the night without sleep trying to order their lives…aright……..but
without God….in it…
Those
with a “seared conscious” : Give
heed to deceiving spirits and doctrine of demons.
Listen to hypocrisy: or you might say that they will listen
to those hypocritical liars. They are
self-righteous, they exhibit the smooth, insincere, two-faced relationship with
others. They are subtle like a sneaky snake.
From this attitude in verse 3: they will forbid others to marry, command
others to abstain from foods which God created to be received with
thanksgiving… from 1 Timothy 4:
Searing: the example is ungodly thoughts with Words and
actions that match. THEY are those who will
not look to the Bible as the Authority:
1 Corinthians 4:1-5…..4:1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of
Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 3 But with me
it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In
fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am
not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge
nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light
the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then
each one's praise will come from God. NKJV (are we being faithful stewards and
speaking with the clear conscience? )
Paul says that his conscience does not accuse him. He gives
the Message of God….& he knows that he holds God’s thoughts & purposes
in his heart. He follows Jesus as a disciple & is obedient to exercise his
faith in Jesus. (So FROM 1 Timothy 4:2…we find a conscience that
is not sensitive to the Holy Spirit. We find a conscience not able to
distinguish between right and wrong. Mixing their own agendas and inclinations
with God’s truth….which can shipwreck other people’s faith in God. ) 1 Timothy 1:18-20 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
A Person is seared or defiled when:
1.
From
1 Timothy 1:18-20…They receive spiritual lies: it is
demonic teaching or the false doctrine. Like Hymenaues (High-muh-nee uhs_ and
Alexander..
2. They teach that a Christian can continue to commit sin and still
inherit eternal life.”
3. They
taught that the body was not central or essential to the part of human nature,
therefore the teaching denied a resurrection of the body of man or woman
4. Known
as those who jealously reserve the option to ignore law, they act upon their own
impulses & own passing lusts. THEIR standards are transitory! They seek that which suits
them,& are subject to change at any moment to suit the occasion. In the
churches, new or established, the self-worshipers will often dismiss God's
laws by claiming that they personally have "spiritual guidance" &
have no need of law. Sometimes they use a misinterpretation of 1 John 2:27 to
excuse their lawlessness.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, & you do
not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things
& as that anointing is real, not counterfeit-just as it has taught you,
remain in him. NIV
5. Is
seen as on who indulges….in the day of discovery, man has freed himself of God.
He readily unplugs his conscience & can do whatever his own heart desires
while answering to no one else. He is the supreme god. He can change the rules
if he wants. He can partake of the forbidden fruit in that which brings them to that speaking:
“I’m okay, Your okay!”
6. Then man finds himself in the Garden of Eden again….Gen 3:3-6……" 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." NKJV
7. The
demonic teaching set forth by satan is that which attempts to displace God’s
truth: like with High-muh-nee-uhs & Alexander.
8. Paul
warns Timothy, as a leader for the second generation of Christians In 2 Timothy
1:13-14…., “Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have from me, in
faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed
to you, keep by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us.
Clicking on 3912 it takes you to the word…mis-think…then clicking on 5426..gives this: NT:5426.......phroneo (fron-eh'-o); from NT:5424; to exercise the mind, i.e. entertain or have a sentiment or the opinion; by implication, to be (mentally) disposed (more or less earnestly in a certain direction); intensively, to interest oneself in (with concern or obedience): They are intent on serving themselves.
(Biblesoft's
New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew
Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators,
Inc.)
of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the pollution's of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. NKJV
The CONSEQUENCE of the UNFORGIVEN SIN: Is God will not hear:
Psalm 66:18-19…18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. 19 But certainly God has heard me; He has
attended to the voice of my prayer. NKJV
1
John 5:14…14 Now this is the confidence that we
have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. NKJV Knowing Him and knowing His word…..pot
is not His word…nor is any kind of drug use
They will NOT ABIDE IN CHRIST AND BEAR FRUIT: John 15:4-5…………..4 Abide in Me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine,
neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. NKJV
They bear fruit that is of a false nature. They are mouthpieces for evil spirits. They have a mask of holiness but carry falsehood everywhere they go. They no longer know the difference between right and wrong. Lying to them is not wrong!
EVIDENCE THEY carry is that they DO Not Love CHRIST JESUS: John 14:21-22….. 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and……… manifest Myself to him." NKJV .......1 John 4:7-10 NIV…. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one & only Son into the world that we might live through him.
They CANNOT & WILL NOT Expect to Learn all Things Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear &
increase in learning. And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel.
John 14:25-26…NKJV 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all things that I said to you.
2 John 9-11…NKJV,,9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide
in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of
Christ has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not
bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; 11 for
he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.
See
how serious this is…..we are not to remain with those seared against God and
His Word…..
Will not Remain in CHRIST’S LOVE: John 15:9-11…………9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. NKJV ( they will not remain in joy or in God’s peace….they work, they cannot rest at night, but stay up….working, planning and fail miserably …)
They REMAIN in CARNALITY….Living
in Death: Romans 8:6-7….6 For to be carnally
minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the
carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor
indeed can be. NKJV Remember: Hymaneus and Alexander…
God is not chaos .. Holy Spirit hovering over the face of the deep..He was bringing order quickly.
Expressing NO LOVE FOR OTHERS….they Will not and cannot love
others as God does not abide in them…1
John 4:12 -13 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we
love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13
By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of
His Spirit. NKJV…….. example: they will find a reason not to bless another in the same
leadership as themselves….
Ephesians 5:11 says to “have
NO fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.
Ephesians 5:8b-14…8b..Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all
goodness, righteousness & truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have
nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But
everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14 for it is light that makes
everything visible. NIV
EXPOSE these unfruitful works of darkness! THE Unfruitful is
the barren; without any fruit that is acceptable to God. And it bears the boast
in man and not God!
1 John 1:3…The Holy Spirit said, “That which we have seen
and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and
truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His son Jesus Christ”
That which was revealed by the apostles is necessary to have
fellowship with them and with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
THE MESSAGE…. that “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all”
(1 John 1:5). Since “darkness” is in definite contrast with “light,” and since
God is “light” and in Him is no darkness at all, whatever “darkness” is, it is
completely contrary and oppressive to the nature and essence of God. God is
truth, and in Him is no lie. In Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5). WE must walk in the light as He is in the
light to have fellowship with him.
We are to be accountable that our walk is in the Light of
God. Our boast is to be in Him! He provided a way through salvation in Him. Our
conscience is to carry that knowing right from wrong. It is gained through
knowing God and His Word. It is our righteousness that is maintained by the
Holy Spirit and in His presence is the fullness of joy. We never change His word to accommodate the flesh creature! Amen.
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