Keep Growing by Avoiding False Teachings (1 Peter 1:16-18)

They saw a glimpse of the coming of Jesus Christ. They saw his majesty. They heard the majestic proclamation of God that this is my beloved son. God was pleased with him and God urged them to listen to him, which brings us to the point that the words of the prophets, the words of the apostles, the words of Jesus Christ are true. [00:46:22] (24 seconds)  #ListenToJesus

And third is the persecution of the church around the world. Our brothers and sisters in Christ are being coerced, being harassed, being persecuted, being imprisoned, and being killed. It's a daily probably a daily experience for some in some cultures. And so the the truth of the gospel is under attack. Christianity is under attack. The teachings of Christ and the apostles are under attack. We need to be aware of it. [00:34:41] (32 seconds)  #StandWithPersecutedChurch

That's the incident that Peter's talking about here in this text. He's saying, listen, the false teachers are telling you that the things we've taught, they're just cleverly devised myths. They're tales. They made it all up. The teachings of Jesus and his followers, his apostles, that's it's not happening. Jesus' kingdom isn't coming again. But the truth is is is Peter defends his teaching by saying I was there. You don't know. You weren't there, but I was there and I saw this. [00:44:30] (34 seconds)  #EyewitnessTruth

And with that in mind, don't follow the line of thinking that the world gives you or that is satanic in its nature, but believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ from the word of God, God's message to us. Follow after it. If you're not a child of God, I urge you today, won't you participate in the divine nature of God by believing, by becoming a follower of Jesus Christ. [00:46:47] (28 seconds)  #FollowJesusToday

The created order of God is very important to truth in society. Whether you're a minority, whether you feel minimized or not, truth is truth. Truth is not unique to a particular group. Truth is not to to defend the person that feels like they're a minority. Truth has to be truth. It has to go beyond all those boundaries. [00:33:14] (23 seconds)  #TruthIsUniversal

It's not as explicit as as it might appear in my outline, but basically what the false teachers are teaching here is that the teachings of Jesus and the apostles are all made up. They're cleverly devised myths, is what the false teachers are calling it. And Peter's defense of this accusation is that these are not cleverly devised myths because Peter was an eyewitness of the work of Jesus, [00:36:24] (31 seconds)  #NotCleverMyths

I wanna to say, this is my heart cry for you, that you would believe the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, that you would grow in the divine nature of God by utilizing the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, and that you would know that the words of scripture that we have are from God. And he gave them to people who were eyewitnesses, who have seen with their eyes, who've heard, who have handled, personally, the words of life, the words of light. [00:47:47] (36 seconds)  #GrowInDivineNature

Wanna first of all talk about false teachers and false teachings. Not everybody that believes something is wrong is a false teacher. That false teacher was the one who came into the church and intentionally taught things that were against the truth of God. And so I'm gonna define a false teacher as that person who who does not believe in the teachings of Christ and the apostles. [00:30:48] (27 seconds)  #SpotFalseTeachers