Act 20:28-30 "Be on guard for yourselves and for
all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made
you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which
He purchased with His own blood. "I know that
after my departure savage wolves will come in
among you, not sparing the flock; and from among
your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse
things, to draw away the disciples after them.
(10) For there are many unruly and vain talkers
and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
"Unity …is out of the question as long as
there are those who affirm that God's word is
in the Bible, but the Bible is not God's word,
that the Bible is inspired, but it is not without
error, that it is a divine book, but also human
and therefore acceptable only in parts.”
(11) Whose mouths must be stopped, who
subvert whole houses, teaching things
which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake
(11) Whose mouths must be stopped, who
subvert whole houses, teaching things
which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake
• The mind comprehends…
• The heart compels…
• The life conforms…
(11) Whose mouths must be stopped, who
subvert whole houses, teaching things
which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake
• The mind comprehends…
• The heart compels…
• The life conforms…
Tit 1:7 For the overseer must ….,
not [be] fond of sordid gain,
(12) One of themselves, even a prophet of their
own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts,
slow bellies. (13) This witness is true. …
(12) One of themselves, even a prophet of their
own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts,
slow bellies. (13) This witness is true. …
Epimenides Paradox: 6th Century Cretan poet
Violates the “rule of non-contradiction”
Syllogism: If all Cretans are liars, and
Epimenides is a Cretan, then he is a liar and it
must be a lie that all Cretans are liars.
(13) This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
(13) This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
(11) Whose mouths must be stopped…
(14) Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and
commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
(15) Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto
them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing
pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled..
(14) Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and
commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
(15) Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto
them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing
pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled..
Sanctification doesn't work by:
• Ignoring the Bible.
• Adding to the Bible.
• Taking away from the Bible.
• Putting popular myths alongside of the Bible.
(15) Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto
them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing
pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
(15) Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto
them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing
pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
1Co 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but not
all things are profitable. All things are lawful
for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.
1Co 10:23 All things are lawful, but
not all things are profitable. All things
are lawful, but not all things edify.
Horace said, "Unless the vessel is pure, everything
you pour into it grows bitter."
Seneca said, "Just as a diseased stomach alters all
the food which it receives , so the darkened mind
turns everything you commit to it to its own burden
and ruin."
Horace said, "Unless the vessel is pure, everything
you pour into it grows bitter."
Seneca said, "Just as a diseased stomach alters all
the food which it receives , so the darkened mind
turns everything you commit to it to its own burden
and ruin."
“Because of our human nature, holiness is
incommunicable. You cannot communicate
holiness. But un-holiness is communicable.”
(16) They profess that they know God; but in
works they deny him, being abominable, and
disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
(16) They profess that they know God; but in
works they deny him, being abominable, and
disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Redefining spirituality, spiritual maturity, or
sanctification as “what you don’t do” results
in a Christian faith that “does nothing.”