Building upon the Truth

Building upon the Truth
2 Timothy 4:1-4
Paul’s charge to Timothy..
2 Timothy 4:1-2 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ… Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Believe the truth...
The world does not ..
64%-22% adults – “truth is always relative”
83%-6% teenagers – “moral truth depends”
Over 36 – 6 out of 10 believe in relativism
Ages 18-35 – 75% embrace moral relativism
Born again – only 32% moral absolutes
What is truth? ..
John 18:36-37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." 38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?"
Where will they find answer?
Where will they find answer?
“When we empty the public schools of the moral teachings and standards of our holy God, they are indeed very dangerous places..” - Franklin Graham
Where will they find answer?
1 Timothy 3:15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
The Gospel is “THE Truth”..
John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 8:31-32 "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Do Not Compromise the Truth..
Do Not Compromise the Truth..
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness..
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Truth or Social Issues..
Knowing and abiding in the truth..
1 John 2:21 1 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John 2:24-25 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that He has promised us — eternal life.
Be ready to face opposition..
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
What about the Muslims?
The Way of Truth is narrow..
Matthew 7:14 narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
John 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
The Power of God unto salvation..
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
The Power of God unto salvation..
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
Preach the Truth..
2 Timothy 4:1-2 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ… Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Building upon the Truth
2 Timothy 4:1-4