You Asked For It- Week 6

Sep 14, 2026

Devotional

Day 1: The Unshakable Foundation of Sixty-Six Books

The Bible’s authority isn’t a matter of missing pieces or hidden truths. Its 66 books—eyewitness accounts tested by time and scrutiny—stand as God’s complete revelation. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, while historically significant, lack the Holy Spirit’s stamp of divine inspiration. Just as the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed Scripture’s preservation, believers can trust every word as God-breathed. Attempts to add or subtract from its pages ignore the meticulous process of canonization. The Ethiopian Bible’s inclusion of disputed texts serves as a warning: cling to what’s proven. Truth isn’t found in expanded libraries but in the rock-solid foundation of Scripture. [02:18]

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
(2 Timothy 3:16-17, NKJV)

Reflection: Where have you been tempted to doubt the Bible’s sufficiency? How might anchoring yourself to its 66 books deepen your confidence in God’s voice?

Day 2: Creation’s Testimony Against Silent Skies

Five stacked rocks on a roadside declare what agnosticism denies: design demands a Designer. The universe’s complexity—from galaxies to DNA—screams God’s existence. Agnostic Christianity’s “higher power” vagueness collapses under Romans 1:20’s clarity: creation renders humanity “without excuse.” Moral absolutes embedded in every culture—like the universal revulsion toward Hitler’s actions—prove a moral Lawgiver. To claim ignorance of God is to ignore the sunrise’s daily sermon. Even the Amazonian tribes know stealing is wrong, echoing Eden’s fractured legacy. Nature isn’t a riddle but a megaphone. [07:10]

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.”
(Romans 1:20, NKJV)

Reflection: When did creation last leave you breathless? How might daily awe at God’s handiwork silence doubts about His nearness?

Day 3: A Clear Conscience in the Light of Truth

Lying isn’t harmless diplomacy—it’s heart corrosion. Every untruth fractures the soul, short-circuiting humanity’s design to speak life. Like the sniper ready to account for every shot, believers must prioritize integrity over comfort. Truth-telling isn’t license for brutality; it’s delivering hard realities wrapped in love. A clear conscience before God outweighs temporary relational peace. Lies chain us to Satan’s playground, while truth—even when costly—unlocks freedom. The first lie is the hardest; each subsequent one deadens the spirit’s alarm system. [14:57]

“But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.”
(Matthew 5:37, NKJV)

Reflection: What difficult truth have you avoided speaking? How might courage today prevent tomorrow’s regret?

Day 4: The Fixed Gulf Between Heaven’s Joy and Earth’s Noise

Heaven’s occupants aren’t spectral observers of earthly drama. Lazarus’ story reveals a chasm separating eternity’s destinations—no whispers across the divide. Demons masquerading as departed loved ones exploit grief, but saints in glory worship face-to-face. Prayers needn’t route through ancestors when Jesus Himself intercedes. The rich man’s plea for warning his brothers underscores life’s urgency: today is the day to respond. Heaven’s joy isn’t diminished by earthly sorrows but perfected in God’s presence. [24:53]

“And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.”
(Luke 16:26, NKJV)

Reflection: Have you sought comfort in “signs” from loved ones? How does Jesus’ direct intercession reshape your approach to prayer?

Day 5: When Ancient Words Outpace Modern Discoveries

Scripture outranks shifting scientific theories. Isaiah’s “circle of the earth” predated Magellan by 2,200 years. Leviticus’ blood-life connection preceded DNA science by millennia. The Bible’s track record—from cosmic beginnings to quantum physics—proves its Author’s omniscience. While science adjusts its models, God’s Word remains fixed. Trusting Scripture isn’t anti-intellectual; it’s recognizing the Designer’s blueprint. Every discovery ultimately points back to the One who spoke atoms into being. [38:23]

“It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.”
(Isaiah 40:22, NKJV)

Reflection: Where have cultural debates shaken your trust in Scripture? How might God’s proven reliability anchor you in current uncertainties?

Sermon Summary

The questions in this series keep coming back to one big deal: whether God has truly made Himself known, and whether people will trust what He has said. Canon Scripture stands on eyewitness accounts, great scrutiny, and the inerrant Word of God. The Bible is not missing books, because apocryphal books may carry historical value while pseudepigraphal books contain errors that keep them from being Scripture. The sixty-six books, written across fifteen hundred years by forty different authors, give believers more than enough to spend a lifetime learning.

Agnostic Christianity falls apart because it tries to hold onto the morals and ethics of Jesus while refusing to say that God can be known. Creation itself says otherwise. The sky, the earth, and the complexity of the universe point to design, and design demands a Designer. Morality also points beyond mankind, because right and wrong cannot rest on whatever each person decides. A form of godliness that denies the power of being born again is not Christianity with a different flavor. It is morality without God.

Lying also cannot be justified by the desire to save a relationship or avoid hurting somebody. Truth may sting, but lies hurt deeper and bring condemnation into the heart. The mouth was not made to say one thing while the heart believes another. Truth must be delivered with love, compassion, and wisdom, but pleasing God vertically has priority over managing people horizontally. Truth brings freedom from sin, freedom of conscience, freedom from Satan’s power, and freedom from pleasing men.

Death does not make departed loved ones guides, watchers, or intercessors for those still on earth. Christ alone sits at the right hand of God and makes intercession for believers. Heaven would not be heaven if its inhabitants watched earthly pain while remaining unable to act. Spiritual appearances pretending to be dead relatives belong to deception, not comfort.

The mark of the beast will not be slipped onto somebody by accident. Worship of the beast comes first, and the mark becomes an intentional, volitional pledge of allegiance in rebellion against God. Science also does not sit above Scripture. Scientific discoveries eventually catch up to realities the Bible already declared, including a created universe, a spherical earth, the earth hanging on nothing, and life being in the blood.

Questions about eternity, the millennial reign, Noah’s covenant, animals, sacrifices, and glorified bodies remain. Curiosity is not a problem. The more answers believers receive, the more they realize how much remains unknown. Hunger for more is part of how God grows His people.

Key Takeaways

1. God has made Himself known Creation is not random noise. The complexity of the world, the moral knowledge within mankind, and the revelation of Christ all testify that God is knowable. Agnosticism does not merely lack information; it resists the witness God has already given. [09:40]
2. Morality cannot stand without God Personal preference cannot carry the weight of moral truth. Without God, evil becomes somebody else’s opinion, and no one can finally say that cruelty, murder, or deceit are wrong. God alone establishes the standard that makes right truly right and wrong truly wrong. [12:24]
3. Truth protects fellowship with God A lie may seem easier in the moment, but it divides the mouth from the heart and damages confidence before God. Truth can be painful without being cruel, because love does not require dishonesty. A clear conscience before the Father is worth more than temporary approval from people. [17:29]
4. Christ alone intercedes from heaven Departed loved ones do not carry the burden of watching, guiding, or praying for those on earth. Jesus Christ, risen and seated at God’s right hand, makes intercession for His people. Faith rests better in Christ’s perfect care than in attempts to reach the dead. [31:09]
5. Questions can be evidence of growth Mystery does not mean faith has failed. The more believers learn, the more they see the size of what God knows and what they do not yet understand. A hungry heart keeps asking, keeps searching Scripture, and keeps growing.

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Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[01:34] - Is the Bible Missing Books?
[02:49] - Canon, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha
[06:45] - What Is Agnostic Christianity?
[09:01] - Creation Reveals a Designer
[11:44] - Morality Without God
[14:26] - Is It Ever Okay to Lie?
[16:58] - Speaking Truth With Love
[20:55] - The Freedom Found in Truth
[23:45] - Do Loved Ones in Heaven Watch Us?
[31:09] - Christ Makes Intercession
[32:51] - Can Someone Accidentally Take the Mark?
[37:59] - Why the Bible Trumps Science
[43:08] - Questions About Heaven and Eternity
[48:02] - More Answers, More Questions

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading

Romans 1:18-20
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.” [09:40]

2 Timothy 3:1-5
“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without

Sermon Clips

34s

#TruthSetsYouFree

“Come on. You wanna be free? Then you don't leave to please men, and you don't live to please anybody but God. You don't even live to please yourself because I get the point of the question. The point of the question is, pastor Charlie, I hurt sometimes when I tell the truth. Well, sometimes you need to tell the truth even if it hurts you. You gotta be honest with people. You have to be honest with people. Here's the truth. You ready? Look at this. There's a great freedom in truth. Why? Freedom from sin.”

50s

#SpeakTruthInLove

“We have a responsibility to tell people the truth. We also have a responsibility on how we say that truth. Everybody see what I'm saying? Well, bless God, pastor. I just let him have it. I let I told him the truth. Well, praise God for your spiritual maturity in the earth. You're rude, nasty, mean, and wanna bite people, but you told them the truth. Come on, somebody. That's not what we should be doing. We should take what we're about to say, especially if it's truth and we know it may have a sting to it, and be careful how we deliver that message. K? Listen to this. It goes on to say,”

43s

#MoralityImpliesCreator

“Because they believe there is no god or a god that can't be known, but yet the bible says even nature says it, even our moral says there must be a god because we know right and wrong. matter where you go on the planet, stealing is stealing. No matter where you go on the planet, lying is lying. No matter where you go on the planet, I'm talking about Amazon Jungle where nobody even knows the Bible. Stealing is stealing. Wrong is wrong. Right is right. Why? Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Mankind knows right and wrong. Therefore, there must be a creator if there's right and wrong. Someone had to set the moral standard.”

42s

#GodCenteredMorality

“Now as a believer, you should have a problem with that because who are you to say what is morality and what is not? See, without God at the center of your morality, there is no morality. Let me explain. In World War two, Hitler believed it was moral to kill Jews. Now if there is no god and everyone makes their own morals, you look at that and you go, well, that's evil. But Hitler would argue, why is it evil? It's my morals. You see where I'm coming from.”

35s

#AlignWordAndHeart

“When you lie, you're saying something out of your mouth that your heart doesn't believe. And what you're actually doing is you're causing you were not made that way. You were made in the image and likeness of God. Your mouth was made to speak authoritative authoritatively into the earth, to create, to to move things in the earth. And when your heart says something different than your mouth, then what is happening is you are short circuiting the way you were created.”

33s

#TruthAndHowYouSayIt

“I've had to tell people the truth about things, it hurts, and I get it. But get I can't lie. I can't be dishonest. I can't tell them an untruth. Why? It condemns me. I'm not gonna be under condemnation. I'm gonna tell you the truth. Now, here's the deal here, but here's the part I want you to understand. We have a responsibility to tell people the truth. We also have a responsibility on how we say that truth.”

50s

#EvidenceOfDesign

“If there is a design, there must be a designer. Someone had to do this. I've told you guys a story before about five rocks on Alto Road stacked on each other. Nobody drove by that and went, wow. Look at what evolved there. I mean, think about it. We're talking about five rocks on top of each other. Nobody walks by and goes, wow. Look what evolution did. You can let those five rocks lay on the ground for a billion years, a quadrillion year. I don't even could do could zeal you billion zillion years. Say that ain't a number. I that's my point. There's no number that can describe how five rocks could get on top of each other perfectly stacked without someone designing it.”

41s

#66BooksOneStory

“Okay? These are all documents that were put in with the Canaan scripture. My opinion is stick here. Stay here. There are no added books. Okay? Listen. There are 66 books, fifteen hundred years, 40 different authors saying the same thing. And I promise you, there's more in that. It could take you a lifetime plus to learn everything in here. Amen? So stick with the Canaan scripture. The only time I venture into these is whenever I'm studying something and someone will reference it. But even then, I'll never preach it like it's Canaan.”

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