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Authority of Scripture
From
the Series, Fight for your Life, by James MacDonald, based on Jude,
originally aired June 2 -6, 2003:
Based on Jude, NIV:
3Dear friends,
although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I
felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once
for all entrusted to the saints. 4For certain men whose
condemnation was written about[2]
long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who
change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus
Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
"There
is a fight going on. There are some precious things being taken from you
and from me."
"The
problem is urgent."
"The
issue is God's Word. That's what the fight is over, that's what the fight
[for the Faith] is about."
"The
Faith is the body of Truth centered in the Gospel -- the Good News of new
life in Christ by repentance and faith."
"The
Bible is not being still being written. There (are) no new things we need
to find out from God. He said it all."
"It
goes without saying, the Word of God is ever and always under attack."
"Sadly
Christians are more content than willing to contend."
"Just
in this century the Bible has experience four major attacks."
(Summary
of Issues)
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Liberalism |
Veracity |
"Was
Jesus really born of a Virgin?"
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Neo-Orthodoxy |
Accuracy |
"Essentially the Bible
is true in spiritual matters, but there was never really a Nineveh ..."
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Relevancy |
it's
too old |
“How can
you believe in the morality of the Bible?" |
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Sufficiency |
it's
not enough |
"We need
additional truth to really help people." |
"The
danger is subtle ... where the opposite is not obvious. The attack comes
from people ... speaking lies that corrupt the Truth."
"False
teaching slips in unnoticed, cleverly concealed."
"God's
people who prefer contentment to contending sit by and watch."
James MacDonald is the founding
pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, IL.
Listen to
Broadcasts from June 2 -6 Series Fight for your Life, Based on Jude
Instructions for downloading are located
at:
http://www.walkintheword.com/asp/broadcast.asp.
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