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3 Be sure of this. In the last days hard times will come. 2 People will love themselves. They will love money. They will talk about themselves and be proud. They will say wrong things about people. They will not obey their parents. They will not be thankful. They will not keep anything holy.
- 2 Timothy 4
I say this before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will...
- 2 Timothy 4
- As Christians, We Must Be Truthful in Love.
- As Christians, We Must Be Truthful Because We Are New Creatures in Christ.
- As Christians, We Must Be Truthful Because We Are Members of The Same body.
- Conclusion
- Application Questions
Most of us would probably be offended if someone called us a liar or questioned our truthfulness. We’d say, “I know I have some problems, but lying is not one of them.” But, be careful or you’ll join that minister in lying about your truthfulness! The truth is, we all struggle constantly to be truthful. If you’re not struggling, then you’re not tru...
In the parallel passage in Ephesians, Paul says that his readers were taught to put off the old man and to put on the new, whereas here he states that they have already put off the old and put on the new. F. F. Bruce (The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians[Eerdmans], p. 357) explains, “This tension between the indicative ...
Paul says (Col. 3:11) that in this new man there is “no Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all and in all.” While Paul makes similar statements elsewhere (Gal. 3:28; 1 Cor. 12:13), he probably uses these categories here because they related to the situation in Colossae (J. B. Lightfoo...
All relationships depend on the truth. You can’t know God and be rightly related to Him if you ignore the truth about who He is or the truth about who you are, as revealed in His Word. He is holy and we all have sinned. But He offers forgiveness of all our sins when we believe in Christ (Col. 1:14; 2:13). When you come to know and believe the truth...
Where do you find it the most difficult to be truthful? Is it wrong to be politely untruthful? Why/why not?How should we determine how much truth about ourselves to reveal to someone else? How vulnerable should we be?Where is the balance between truthfulness and maintaining proper confidences?Does Colossians 3:11prohibit denominationalism? Why/why not?Romans 1:18-23 — No Excuses For Rejecting God’s Truth. BIG IDEA: REJECTING WHAT WE NATURALLY KNOW ABOUT GOD LEAVES US WITHOUT EXCUSE AND ALWAYS BRINGS GOD’S WRATH. INTRODUCTION: Douglas Moo: Verse 18 comes to the reader as quite a surprise.
Mar 11, 2024 · First, there are true statements about God’s saving work that, if a person denies, shows by that denial that they’re not a Christian. The second thing to say is that the Bible teaches that believing that those statements are true in the Bible is not sufficient to show that you are a Christian.
May 10, 2013 · To define our terms, truth is an accurate representation of the facts. Especially, truth is conformity to God’s standards as revealed in His Word (John 17:17). God is the truth and He always speaks the truth. Falsehood or lying is any deliberate misrepresentation of the facts.
Oct 11, 2023 · Looking to the Scriptures, theologians have discerned two different ways we can know what’s true. First, we know what’s true through general revelation. This term refers to what God has revealed in His world and in us (Gen. 1:1, 28; Ps. 19:1–6; Ps. 139:13–14; Rom. 1:18–21).
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Aug 29, 2024 · 1. God understands what we are going through. He stopped in Samaria at the well because he was “wearied” and thirsty. God in the flesh was exhausted, needed to rest, and needed some water to drink. Not only that, but he had sent his disciples to get food because they were all hungry.
