Guarding Faith: The Call to Sound Doctrine
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "The church is the one place that you're supposed to be able to come to and status don't get you nothing. I don't care who you are. Some people do, but we don't care who you are. We care about you. We care that the Lord loves you and we want to love you, too. But all that other stuff. All the mother. Accolades. That's great at your job. They care. Great. You got 17 degrees. Listen, we ain't got nothing for you with the 17 degrees. I don't know what you want from us. Right? Ain't a resume to become a member. But status should not be used to prioritize importance." [01:13:41]
2. "Lies have no place to live if it's not given attention to. Right? If you don't entertain a lie, it's got to die. Lies only spread when we entertain it. Entertainment of a lie is like gasoline. And as followers of Christ, we must come to learn that we must guard what and who we allow access to our ear gates. Stop thinking you can consume every little bit of information and not be affected by it." [01:14:17]
3. "The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart. From a good conscience. And from a sincere faith. And I love what George Knight in his commentary says. He says that, The goal of our instruction is love manifested through a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. And that's really the heart of the message. Why do we teach sound doctrine and correct false doctrine? It's not to be deep. It's not to be argumentative. It's not to divide. That's what false teaching does. People always say, well doctrine, your doctrine is dividing the church. No, the false teaching is dividing the church. False doctrine is dividing. Sound doctrine does not divide the true church. It unifies the church. It draws us nearer to God." [01:23:17]
4. "You know, you get saved by believing on the gospel, but what follows belief is a cleansed heart, a changed mind, which now produces different actions. We live a different way. And so I should be able to look at the person who has confessed faith in Jesus Christ and see things changing in their life, right? It is not this easy believism. It is not this once saved, always saved. I said a prayer to God, I said a prayer to God, I said a prayer to God, I said a prayer to God, and I go and do whatever I want to do. That is a different doctrine." [01:38:26]
### Quotes for Members
1. "If your walk becomes stagnant your walk will go backwards. I forgot who said it they said I don't know I can't give them credit because I don't know who what but I heard it and it was good it was like and the Christian walk you either going forward are you going backwards that's it if you find yourself stuck in place you're going backwards right and so whenever you are not constantly evaluating yourself trying to grow more asking God God. This week I had to sit with God and I had to ask God some serious questions around as it relates to leadership. And I said, God, show me blind spots in my leadership. Show me where I need to be better. Show me where I need to make some corrective action, right? Because I ain't got it all together, right? We got to always be asking, how can I be closer to you? How can I draw nearer to you? How can I be better?" [01:39:33]
2. "Paul says, Timothy, I love the people of God, and my mission is to nurture them into godliness, but there are some people who are trying to hinder that. And so I'm sending you to silence them so that growth is not stunted, so that maturity can take place, right? So that the church can be strengthened. But Paul, and this is why he does it, because he understands that false teaching from anybody is dangerous to the message of Christ, the method of salvation, and to the maturity of the believer, right? It doesn't matter who it comes from. It's dangerous to the message and maturity of the believer. It's dangerous to the method of salvation." [57:54]
3. "Sound doctrine helps us grow in love for each other. And Christian love for each other is much different than what the world says. Much different than what our flesh. Right? We are instructed. It's a slide. Just drop that up there. We are instructed to forgive. Ephesians 4.32. We are instructed to consider others higher than ourselves. Philippians 2 and 3. We are instructed not to violate each other sexually by force or even by mutually agreeing to fornicate. Right? The Bible doesn't say just don't violate through force. It talks about don't violate even in 1 Thessalonians 4.6. Don't even violate one another through a mutual agreement to fornicate. Right? We are instructed. Why? Because it violates your holiness. We are instructed to give each other. To give to each other. Give the benefit of the doubt. Not to slander each other. Titus 3.2. But to be gentle with each other. Galatians 6.1. And the list goes on and on and on. All of the instructions of how we're supposed to act with each other. But sound doctrine. And sound doctrine promotes that. Not false doctrine. False doctrine promotes quarrels and slander. So if growth is the desire, then there should be a thirst for sound teaching. Paying no attention to that which doesn't produce it. Yet seeking that which will help you love God and people through challenging actions." [01:26:26]
4. "The ear is a gateway to your mind. And it's only so long that you can allow your ear. It's your gates to ingest things before they begin to take an effect on your mind. And once the mind goes, practice follows. This is why Paul says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Right? Right? Because I need your thinking to change. Because when your thinking changes, what you do change. When what you desire changes, what you chase after changes. So I need you to change the way you think about stuff. Right? Change the way you think about family. I tell you all the time, like, when I became a Christian, everything in my life shifted. When I started to think differently." [01:17:00]
5. "Paul says, keep that stuff out of the church. Whatever weird things you want to try to explain creation, keep it out of the church. Whatever weird things you want to try to explain. And one of the big myths that was, and this really deals with Artemis here. I kind of see it from their point of view. And it's like, no, I don't see it. It's false. It's a lie. I'm talking about Jesus stuff here. Right? The ear is a gateway to your mind. And it's only so long that you can allow your ear. It's your gates to ingest things before they begin to take an effect on your mind. And once the mind goes, practice follows. This is why Paul says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Right? Right? Because I need your thinking to change. Because when your thinking changes, what you do change." [01:17:00]
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1. "The church is the one place that you're supposed to be able to come to and status don't get you nothing. I don't care who you are. Some people do, but we don't care who you are. We care about you. We care that the Lord loves you and we want to love you, too. But all that other stuff. All the mother. Accolades. That's great at your job. They care. Great. You got 17 degrees. Listen, we ain't got nothing for you with the 17 degrees. I don't know what you want from us. Right? Ain't a resume to become a member. But status should not be used to prioritize importance." [01:13:41]
2. "Lies have no place to live if it's not given attention to. Right? If you don't entertain a lie, it's got to die. Lies only spread when we entertain it. Entertainment of a lie is like gasoline. And as followers of Christ, we must come to learn that we must guard what and who we allow access to our ear gates. Stop thinking you can consume every little bit of information and not be affected by it." [01:14:17]
3. "The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart. From a good conscience. And from a sincere faith. And I love what George Knight in his commentary says. He says that, The goal of our instruction is love manifested through a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. And that's really the heart of the message. Why do we teach sound doctrine and correct false doctrine? It's not to be deep. It's not to be argumentative. It's not to divide. That's what false teaching does. People always say, well doctrine, your doctrine is dividing the church. No, the false teaching is dividing the church. False doctrine is dividing. Sound doctrine does not divide the true church. It unifies the church. It draws us nearer to God." [01:23:17]
4. "You know, you get saved by believing on the gospel, but what follows belief is a cleansed heart, a changed mind, which now produces different actions. We live a different way. And so I should be able to look at the person who has confessed faith in Jesus Christ and see things changing in their life, right? It is not this easy believism. It is not this once saved, always saved. I said a prayer to God, I said a prayer to God, I said a prayer to God, I said a prayer to God, and I go and do whatever I want to do. That is a different doctrine." [01:38:26]
### Quotes for Members
1. "If your walk becomes stagnant your walk will go backwards. I forgot who said it they said I don't know I can't give them credit because I don't know who what but I heard it and it was good it was like and the Christian walk you either going forward are you going backwards that's it if you find yourself stuck in place you're going backwards right and so whenever you are not constantly evaluating yourself trying to grow more asking God God. This week I had to sit with God and I had to ask God some serious questions around as it relates to leadership. And I said, God, show me blind spots in my leadership. Show me where I need to be better. Show me where I need to make some corrective action, right? Because I ain't got it all together, right? We got to always be asking, how can I be closer to you? How can I draw nearer to you? How can I be better?" [01:39:33]
2. "Paul says, Timothy, I love the people of God, and my mission is to nurture them into godliness, but there are some people who are trying to hinder that. And so I'm sending you to silence them so that growth is not stunted, so that maturity can take place, right? So that the church can be strengthened. But Paul, and this is why he does it, because he understands that false teaching from anybody is dangerous to the message of Christ, the method of salvation, and to the maturity of the believer, right? It doesn't matter who it comes from. It's dangerous to the message and maturity of the believer. It's dangerous to the method of salvation." [57:54]
3. "Sound doctrine helps us grow in love for each other. And Christian love for each other is much different than what the world says. Much different than what our flesh. Right? We are instructed. It's a slide. Just drop that up there. We are instructed to forgive. Ephesians 4.32. We are instructed to consider others higher than ourselves. Philippians 2 and 3. We are instructed not to violate each other sexually by force or even by mutually agreeing to fornicate. Right? The Bible doesn't say just don't violate through force. It talks about don't violate even in 1 Thessalonians 4.6. Don't even violate one another through a mutual agreement to fornicate. Right? We are instructed. Why? Because it violates your holiness. We are instructed to give each other. To give to each other. Give the benefit of the doubt. Not to slander each other. Titus 3.2. But to be gentle with each other. Galatians 6.1. And the list goes on and on and on. All of the instructions of how we're supposed to act with each other. But sound doctrine. And sound doctrine promotes that. Not false doctrine. False doctrine promotes quarrels and slander. So if growth is the desire, then there should be a thirst for sound teaching. Paying no attention to that which doesn't produce it. Yet seeking that which will help you love God and people through challenging actions." [01:26:26]
4. "The ear is a gateway to your mind. And it's only so long that you can allow your ear. It's your gates to ingest things before they begin to take an effect on your mind. And once the mind goes, practice follows. This is why Paul says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Right? Right? Because I need your thinking to change. Because when your thinking changes, what you do change. When what you desire changes, what you chase after changes. So I need you to change the way you think about stuff. Right? Change the way you think about family. I tell you all the time, like, when I became a Christian, everything in my life shifted. When I started to think differently." [01:17:00]
5. "Paul says, keep that stuff out of the church. Whatever weird things you want to try to explain creation, keep it out of the church. Whatever weird things you want to try to explain. And one of the big myths that was, and this really deals with Artemis here. I kind of see it from their point of view. And it's like, no, I don't see it. It's false. It's a lie. I'm talking about Jesus stuff here. Right? The ear is a gateway to your mind. And it's only so long that you can allow your ear. It's your gates to ingest things before they begin to take an effect on your mind. And once the mind goes, practice follows. This is why Paul says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Right? Right? Because I need your thinking to change. Because when your thinking changes, what you do change." [01:17:00]
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