WHAT IS IT YOU BELIEVE?
TEXT: II Tim.2:15
STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT
NEEDETH NOT TO BE ASHAMED RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.
INTRODUCTION:
FRIENDS STUDY THE VERSES, JUST LOOK THEM OVER FIRST. II TIMOTHY 3:1,
4:3-5, I TIMOTHY 4:2, II THESSALONIANS 2:11, II COR. 3:13. I GAVE YOU
ENOUGH VERSES THERE TO SEE WHERE WE STAND TODAY. AMERICAN
RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE AND MORE IMPORTANT SPIRITUALITY IS ON THE
BRINK OF STARVATION. HELL IS GATHERED TOGETHER SITTING ON THE
BLEACHERS OF THIS EXPANDED UNIVERSE OBSERVING OUR FOLLY AND
CHEERING ON THE DEVIL THAT OLD SERPENT WHO IS DESTROYING OUR
COUNTRY PIECE BY PIECE WHILE SO CALLED CHRISTIANS THAT BE ARE
ASSISTING IN THE SPIRITUAL EXTINCTION OF ALL WHO PROCLAIM GOD.
EVEN THE VERY ELECT MUST BE ON THEIR TOES ALWAYS WATCHING. SATAN
WILL WALK BY THE DOOR A THOUSAND TIMES TO FIND IT OPEN BUT ONCE.
ONCE HE GETS HIS UGLY FOOT IN THE DOOR HE WILL FORCE HIMSELF IN
AND DESTROY YOUR WELL BEING. WE HAVE TODAY TELEVISION
MISSIONARIES, EVANGELISTS, PASTORS, PREACHERS, AND SO ON SINGERS
WHO CAN MAKE YOU CRY STORY TELLERS WHO CAN MAKE YOU SOB YET
MANY OF THEM ARE NOT OF GOD. IF SATAN CAN GET YOU TO GIVE YOUR
MONEY TO A WORTHY CAUSE BUT WITHOUT THE THREAT OF THE GOSPEL HE
IS ALL FOR IT. THESE TV EVANGELIST TELLS YOU THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO
BE RICH. THE BIBLE YELLS US TO AVOID THEM. YOU ARE MY BROTHERS AND
SISTERS IN THE LORD. PLEASE! I BEG YOU TO WAKE UP AND CARE. CARE FOR
THAT WHICH IS TRULY OF GOD.
I. THERE IS A COMMAND TO STUDY II TIM 2:15
OUR TEXT VERSE TELLS US TO GET INTO THE WORD. IT DOESN’T TELL US TO
COUNT ON THE PASTOR OR THE TV IT TELLS US TO GET INTO THE WORD OF
GOD. RIGHTLY DIVIDING IT! NOW THERE’S THE TROUBLE TODAY ALLOT OF
FOLKS OUT THERE SOME REALLY WANT TO HELP GOD OUT OTHERS JUST
TAKING YOUR MONEY, STILL OTHERS TRULY FROM SATAN. YES THE BIBLE
TEACHES THAT. SOME WHO PROCLAIM GOD ARE REALLY FROM THE PIT OF
HELL KEEPING HONEST PEOPLE FROM THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD. WE NEED
TO BE READY WHEN THE LORD CALLS UPON US TO STAND FOR THE TRUTH.
LISTEN! GOD TELLS US TO WEAR FIGHTING CLOTHES IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER
SIX, FIGHTING CLOTHES NOT BEACH CLOTHES NOT EVEN A SUIT AND TIE BUT
FIGHTING CLOTHES. NOW PART OF THAT UNIFORM GOD HAS FOR US IS THE
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. NOW LETS BE HONEST:
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A SWORD?
II. THERE IS A COUNCIL TO BE READY II TIMOTHY 4:1-5
THROUGH THE CENTURIES WE HAVE DECLINED IN OUR SPIRITUAL WELL
BEING. SURELY I CAN NOT ARGUE WITH THE FACT THAT GOD IN HIS MERCY
GAVE US A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS OF REVIVAL, OF WHICH BY THE WAY I
HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN REVIVAL IN MY LIFETIME. I PRAY I BEG GOD WILL
USE ME TO HELP BRING IT ABOUT BUT I HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN IT. SURE I
HAVE SEEN SOME CHURCHES EXPERIENCE A LITTLE REVIVAL, MAYBE EVEN A
LOCAL CITY OR TOWN. BUT EXAMINED TODAY OUR COUNTRY IS WANTON. WE
ARE HURTING, WE ARE WOUNDED, ALMOST TO DEATH. LAMENTATIONS 2:14
SHOULD BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES, IF IT DOESN’T EITHER YOU HAVEN’T
READ IT RIGHT OR YOUR NOT SAVED. THE ENTIRE NATION DESTROYED, ALL
THE PEOPLE SLAVES, THE HOUSE OF GOD LAID WASTE, SIN BROUGHT
DESTRUCTION AND PAIN SUFFERING AND SHAME TROUBLE AND CONFUSION.
HOW COULD GOD LET THIS HAPPEN? HE DIDN’T THEY DID!
II THERE IS A CONFIRMED FUTURE II THESS. 2:11
THE END IS MORE THAN CLOSE FRIENDS! NO ONE KNOW THE DAY NOR THE
HOUR. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT JESUS WILL COME AS A THIEF IN THE
NIGHT; HOWEVER, THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT HIS CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED AT HOW CLOSE WE ARE. WE ARE CLOSE! WE ARE AT WAR. IN
TEARS I BEG YOU COME! COME TO GOD. COME TO THE LIVING WATER! TURN
ON THE FAUCET AND FILL YOUR SOUL WITH HIS WORD. OPEN THE
CONTAINERS OF YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE THE LIVING BREATHING FIGHTING
WORD OF GOD BEFORE ITS TO LATE. PEOPLE NEED THE LORD! I NEED YOU,
YOUR PASTOR NEEDS YOU, MOST OF ALL GOD NEEDS YOU TO COME.
CHRISTIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO ARE ON FIRE FOR GOD ARE
HURTING AND NEED YOU. COME.
CONCLUSION:
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND HOW MUCH YOU BELIEVE
IT? ASK YOURSELF HOW FAR YOU WOULD GO FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE?
ALLOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE GOD ENOUGH TO SHOW UP TO CHURCH ONCE A
WEEK, SOME BELIEVE ENOUGH TO SHOW UP TWICE YET SOME EVERY TIME
THE DOORS ARE OPEN. SOME WILL GIVE A LITTLE TIME AND SOME MONEY,
FEW WOULD GIVE THE LIVES YET MANY ARE GIVING THEIR LIVES WHILE WE
ENJOY THE FRUITS OF SALVATION. MOST SAY THEY WOULD DIE FOR JESUS
BUT I DON’T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE THEY CAN’T EVEN SET THEIR PRIDE ASIDE
FOR JESUS AND COME TO THE ALTAR TO SAY SO. CAN YOU BELIEVE SOMEONE
WOULD DIE FOR JESUS IF THEY CAN’T EVEN TURN THEIR BACKS ON SIN.
DON’T LIE TO YOURSELF. JESUS ASKED PETER LOVEST THOU ME, THREE
TIMES EACH TIME SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAN PETER. I ASK
YOU TODAY: HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE JESUS? IF YOU LOVE HIM AS MUCH AS
YOU SAY YOU DO IT WILL SHOW.
