SHAKEY GROUND
2 THESS 2:1-2
INTRO: PAUL IN HIS SECOND LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS
A) FALSE TEACHERS AND DOCTRINE HAD COME INTO THE CHURCH THERE
B) PAUL WROTE A SECOND LETTER TO REMOVE THE SEEDS OF FALSE DOCTRINE
C) HE COMMENDS THEM ON THEIR FAITHFULNESS
D) AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO THAT PRESENT SUFFERINGS WILL RESULT IN FUTURE GLORY.
BODY: PAUL URGES THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1: WE BESEECH YOU
A) WE URGE YOU
B) THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A SENSE OF URGENCY IN CHRISTIANS
C) SADLY THIS ISN’T SO TODAY
D) ALOT OF TIMES WE JUST FLOAT THROUGH LIFE WITH NO CARE OR WORRY OF THINGS
POINT: WE CAN’T BE WORRY WARTS BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A DEEP HONEST DESIRE TO LEAD THE LOST TO CHRIST, NOT CONCERNING OURSELVES WITH THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD BUT WITH THE THINGS OF GOD!!!!
2: BE NOT SOON SHAKEN IN MIND
A) ROM 12:2 BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND
B) EPH 4:23 BE RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND
C) COL 3:10 PUT ON THE NEW MAN WHICH IS RENEWED IN KNOWKLEDGE AFTER THE IMAGE OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM
POINT: WE SREVE GOD WITH OUR MINDS, NOT OUR HANDS NOT OUR FEELINGS OR OUR EMOTIONS WITH OUR MINDS. WE HAVE TO SETTLE IN OUR MINDS DECIDE YES I’M GONNA DO THAT OR NO THAT’S NOT RIGHT I’M NOT GONNA DO IT
3: YOUR MIND CAN BE SHAKEY GROUND
A) YOUR MIND IS THE FRONT LINE OF THE CONFLICT
B) IT IS WHERE SATAN DOES THE MOST DAMAGE
C) THAT’S WHY PAUL URGES AND REPEATS HIS CALL TO THE RENEWING OF THE MIND
POINT: IF YOUR MIND IS NOT RIGHT YORU HEART CAN’T BE RIGHT EITHER, THEN WHATEVER YOU DO IS JUST OUT OF HABIT OR IT’S NOT GENUINE AND REAL GOD CANNOT BECOME JUST ANOTHER THING YOU DO!!!!!!!
CONCLUSION: 2 THESS 2:15
1: STAND FAST
A) HOLD THE TRADITIONS
B) NOT MAN MADE BUT WHAT THUS SAITH THE LORD
C) PLANT YOUR FEET ON THE SOLID ROCK OF CHRIST
D) BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES AND PRACTICE IT IN YOUR OWN LIVES
TO STAND ON FIRM GROUND IS CRUCIAL TO A CHRISTIAN
TO FIND THAT GROUND IS LIFE SAVING, SOUL SAVING TO A LOST PERSON
LIVE YOUR LIFE NOT ONE WEEK OR ONE DAY OR EVEN ONE HOUR AT A TIME
LIVE IT ONE BREATH AT A TIME ALWAYS WORKING AND WATCHING FOR THE RETURN OF OUR LORD
EASIER SAID THAN DONE, GET OFF THE FOUNDATION SET BY THE WORLD, BE NOT TROUBLED
