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Sep 11 2005 | AM Worship | Complete service | Paul Stith |
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Sep 11 2005 | AM Worship Sermon | The Authority of Scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-18) | Paul Stith |
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Sep 11 2005 | Bible Study | Set Apart to God: Intro to Sanctification | Stan Reeves |
Sermon Outline
The Authority of Scripture
2 Timothy 3:16-18
1. All Scripture is profitable.
2. All Scripture is profitable because it is inspired by God.
Scripture is also profitable because it is permanent.
John 14:23-26; 2 Peter 1:12-21
3. All Scripture is profitable for shaping what I believe.
It is profitable for teaching.
1 Corinthians 1:20-21
It is profitable for reproof.
4. All Scripture is profitable for shaping how I live.
It is profitable for correction.
It is profitable for training in righteousness.
Practical questions to
consider:
1.
Does the Word of God have a primary position in your life? If so, in what ways is that primacy
demonstrated?
2.
What is your program and pattern of personal Bible intake? Does this need to be changed in any
way? How so?
3.
Fathers, do you demonstrate the primacy of the Scripture by leading your
family in daily worship? Single
parents are no less capable in this important means of grace. Remember, this need not be a deep or
lengthy Bible study. Often, simple
and short are best; read the Scriptures (start in John and read a chapter a
night), pray together, and perhaps sing a hymn (use the bulletin from
Sunday).
4.
Do you have a habit of memorizing scripture? This might be a good time to begin
cultivating such a habit. If you
are already memorizing, have you learned to meditate upon scripture (Joshua
1:8).
5. When you see some command in scripture or learn some new principle, do you respond in obedience? In other words, do you recognize the authority of Scripture as the very Words of God to you?
Bible Study Outline
I. What is wrong with us? What is our situation as fallen people from God's perspective?
(Look at Gen 3:16-24)
A. Guilty -- "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Rom. 3:23
B. Alienated -- "If while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God ..." Rom. 5:10
C. Spiritually dead -- "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins." Eph. 2:1
D. Broken/sick/injured -- Rom. 8:6-8
E. Enslaved/polluted/rebellious "But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness." Rom. 6:17-18
F. Dying physically "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die" Gen. 2:17
II. How has God provided for us in this situation? (Write parentheses first on the board.)
A. Effectual calling and regeneration (bring dead sinners to life).
B. Justification (removes guilt and credits righteousness).
C. Adoption deals with our alienation and (makes us sons).
D. Sanctification breaks slavery and rebellion and (makes us like live Christ) in the actual outworking of our lives.
This seems very complex. But we have a complex problem, and God has provided a solution that exactly answers the problem. God has revealed this to us and wants us to glorify himself not only by saving us but by teaching us how he accomplishes it.
III. What is sanctification?
A. The words "sanctify", "holy", "hallow", "consecrate", "make sacred", all come from the same root. All have the same basic meaning. Matt. 23:17 (NAS), I Cor. 7:14, Ex. 30:25-32, I Thes. 4:3-4 (NIV and NAS).
B. The root meaning of "sanctify" is "to set apart".
C. These words are used in a more specific sense to mean "to set apart from sin and unto God." This is the sense to which the biblical doctrine of sanctification refers. This specific meaning is cal led "ethical holiness".
Note that we must be very careful not to assume that the term refers to ethical holiness in every case.
IV. Aspects of sanctification
A. Definitive sanctification -- there is a sense in which sanctification is said to happen at conversion. This denotes a radical break with sin that is part and parcel with conversion. I Cor. 1:2, I Cor. 6:11, (Rom. 6:22)
B. Progressive sanctification -- this is the growth in grace that takes place throughout the Christian life, as we become increasingly separated from sin and separated unto God. I Thes. 4:3-7
C. Final sanctification -- this is the completion and perfection of God's work to change our state. This will happen for the great majority of Christians in two stages -- at death and at the return of Christ. At death we will enter an intermediate state of sinlessness, but we will still be disembodied souls. But final sanctification includes the redemption of the body, which will be accomplished at Christ's return. I Thes. 5:23
V. Application
* For those who love holiness, be encouraged. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Christ prayed for his people to be sanctified in his great high priestly prayer. Therefore, we can be assured that we will be sanctified.
* For those who do not love holiness, you should know that this is the only kind of salvation offered by Christ. If you reject holiness, you are rejecting the salvation offered in Christ.