“Take A Stand!”
Take A Stand!
I. Two Examples of Taking A Stand
II. Take A Stand Against Ungodly Culture
III. Take A Stand By Sharing God's Truth
IV. Take A Stand For Righteousness
V. Summary = Holiness
I. Two Examples of Taking A Stand
A. A Modern Example
B. A Biblical Example
D. Hebrews 6:16-20
B. A Biblical Example – Daniel 3
Is God Real?
Is Jesus Real?
Is the Bible True?
Secularism/Humanism
Do All Roads Lead To Heaven?
How Can A Good God Allow
Suffering?
Why Not Evolution?
Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?
B. A Biblical Example – Daniel 3
Is God Real?
Is Jesus Real?
Is the Bible True?
Secularism/Humanism
Do All Roads Lead To Heaven?
How Can A Good God Allow
Suffering?
Why Not Evolution?
Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?
II. Take A Stand Against Ungodly Culture
Daniel 3:12-15
Daniel 1:8, 15-16
1 John 2:15-17
III. Take A Stand By Sharing God's Truth
Daniel 3:16-18
1 Peter 3:15
How Can A Good God Allow
Suffering?
IV. Take A Stand For Righteousness
Daniel 3:12, 15, 19-24
1 Peter 3:8
How Can A Good God Allow
Suffering?
IV. Take A Stand For Righteousness
It “…Ain’t Easy!”
Is Jesus Real?
Daniel 3:24
Matthew 28:20
B. A Biblical Example – Daniel 3
Is God Real?
Is Jesus Real?
Is the Bible True?
Secularism/Humanism
Do All Roads Lead To Heaven?
How Can A Good God Allow
Suffering?
Why Not Evolution?
Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?
V. Summary = Holiness
1 Peter 1:1-18
Does Life Have Meaning And Purpose?
Daniel 1:15-21, 3:30
V. If It Doesn’t Kill You It Makes You
Stronger
A. James 1:1
B. 2 Corinthians 4:16-17
B. THE RESURRECTION!
1. Matthew 28:1-20, Luke 23, 35-49
2. I Cor. 15:3-8
3. I Cor. 15:14-19, I Peter 1:1-7
II. Is Jesus who He said He is?
No Middle Ground!
A Quote From C.S. Lewis
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of
things Jesus said would not be a great moral
teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the level
with a man who says he is a poached egg--or he
would be the devil of hell. You must take your
choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or
else a madman or something worse. You can shut
him up for a fool or you can fall at his feet and call
him Lord and God. But let us not come with any
patronizing nonsense about his being just a great
human teacher. He has not left that open to us.
What Did He Say About Himself?
• I came from Heaven!
• I am the Messiah
• I am God
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Same work
Same ability to give life
Same authority
Same honor
Same will
What Did He Say About Himself?
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I am the bread of life
I existed before Abraham
I am the eternal God, Creator of the Universe
I am the door to salvation
I am equal to God
I am the resurrection and life itself
I am the way, the truth, and the life
I am the only way to God
Josh McDowell puts it this way;
• His claims are either True
• or they are False
• Evidence That Demands A Verdict
Jesus: His Claims Were Either
False
True
Assume they are False
• Then He either Knew they were False
• Or He believed they were True
Jesus: His Claims Were Either
False
He
Knew
Or
He didn’t know
True
Assume He Knew they were False
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Then He is not a great moral teacher
He is a liar
Hypocrite
Demon
Fool
Jesus: His Claims Were Either
Or
False
He
Knew
He didn’t know
Deliberate
Misrepresentation
Liar
Hypocrite
Demon
Fool
True
Assume He believed they were true
• He was sincerely deluded
• He was a lunatic
Jesus: His Claims Were Either
Or
False
He
Knew
He didn’t know
Deliberate
Misrepresentation
He was deluded
Liar
Hypocrite
Demon
Fool
He was a
Lunatic
True
But what if He is God?
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He Is LORD
You have only two choices
Accept Him and His Lordship
Reject Him
If You Accept Him
He offers you Eternal Life
If You Reject Him
You must expect Eternal Punishment
Jesus: His Claims Were Either
Or
False
He
Knew
True
He didn’t know
Deliberate
Misrepresentation
He was deluded
He is
LORD
Accept
Reject
Liar
Hypocrite
He was a
Lunatic
Eternal
Life
Demon
John 3:18
(*)
Fool
Eternal
Punishment
But what if He is God?
• He Is LORD
• You have only two choices
• Accept Him and His Lordship
(*) His Lordship demands obedience!
But what if He is God?
• Reject Him and be forever lost!
What About A Believer?
• Can we claim He is our Savior and reject
Him as our LORD?
• (*) His Lordship demands obedience!
III. How is Jesus' identity
“proven” today?
A. You are His Witnesses – Luke 24:48
B. John 17:20
C. Walk Worthy of His Calling
(Eph 4:1, I Thes 2:9-12, Col 1:10-12)