“The Recovery of Truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-16

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Date: January 7, 2024 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

For evil to rise as it has over the last decade, either the Word of God is not the truth it claims to be, or the Word of God is not being preached the way it should be, for the Bible says, to know the truth is to be set free from that which robs us of all God designed us to be. However, according to the latest surveys, there is little difference in the basic morality between those involved in a church and those not involved, which is why we are failing in our witness to the lost. Every church faces a relentless battle to stay true to the gospel, for the moment a church compromises the gospel, it becomes just another dead religion devoid of the power of God. In his book, “No Place for Truth,” David F. Wells said it more academically, “Unless the evangelical church can recover the truth about what it means to live before a holy God, unless it can rediscover that moral purpose in the world that agrees with the holiness of God, orthodox theology will have no place in our lives. However, if the evangelical church can find a place for theology by focusing on the centrality of God and recover its moral fiber, it will have something to say to a world drowning in modernity.” This week, we start a new sermon series entitled “The Church: The Pillar and Ground of Truth.” This week’s sermon is entitled “The Recovery of Truth.” THANK YOU for forwarding these study guides to those you think might be interested in receiving them. We also appreciate your comments!! PW

For evil to rise as it has over the last decade, either the Word of God is not the truth it claims to be, or the Word of God is not being preached the way it should be, for the Bible says, to know the truth is to be set free from that which robs us of all God designed us to be. However, according to the latest surveys, there is little difference in the basic morality between those involved in a church and those not involved, which is why we are failing in our witness to the lost.

Every church faces a relentless battle to stay true to the gospel, for the moment a church compromises the gospel, it becomes just another dead religion devoid of the power of God. In his book, “No Place for Truth,” David F. Wells said it more academically, “Unless the evangelical church can recover the truth about what it means to live before a holy God, unless it can rediscover that moral purpose in the world that agrees with the holiness of God, orthodox theology will have no place in our lives. However, if the evangelical church can find a place for theology by focusing on the centrality of God and recover its moral fiber, it will have something to say to a world drowning in modernity.”

This week, we start a new sermon series entitled “The Church: The Pillar and Ground of Truth.” This week’s sermon is entitled “The Recovery of Truth.”

THANK YOU for forwarding these study guides to those you think might be interested in receiving them. We also appreciate your comments!! PW

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Old Testament Reading: Joshua 1:1-9 New Testament Reading: 1 Peter 1:1-25

The church at Ephesus was started by Apollos, an evangelist, an apologist, a church leader, and friend of the Apostle Paul.

In his letters to Timothy, Paul said some members of the church at Ephesus had become:

But the main issue was the rising influence of Artemis, or Diana, the sex goddess of the ancient world.

The worship of the goddess of Diana is a perfect description of:

When we presume to know what pleases God, without first listening to what God has said in His word, the god we are worshipping is not the God of the Scriptures. Therefore, there is no difference between the true worship of false gods, and the false worship of the true God.

What did the Apostle Paul tell Timothy to do to restore biblical integrity to the church at Ephesus?

The Greek word translated in our English Bibles as “church” is “ Ecclesia, ” which means “the called out and assembled.”

While the Church is built upon the foundation of Jesus Christ, with Him being the very Cornerstone, its purpose is to hold up the truth of the Word of God in such a way that all men can see it.

This was one of the first Church hymns, a poem to be sung; deep theology put to music, and it is all about Jesus Christ.

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