Truth Obsession!
Recognizing and Loving the Hard Truth that Virtually No
one Else is Obeying & Being Saved By
Beating the Odds and not Being Deceived in the End Times
Go against every false and wicked deception being
preached, and finally honor God by Obsessing over the TRUTH!
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to make it!
Loving the truth is the only way you
can find any favor of the four of the throne of God!
Contents
Let God be True, and Every man a
Liar
Real Prophecy & Hope Means
Believing Hard Facts
2. The Problem We Don’t Think
That It’s Important
Does Being Zealous for Theology
Matter?
A. People Don’t Take It Seriously
Problem
Noticer vs Problem Solver
1. Relating to Others – Warnings
for the end times
Part 3 – How to REALLY Love the
Truth
1. Dethroning Self-Generated
Morality
You Do Not Need “Love vs. Truth”!
2Thesalinians 2 – The Love of the
Truth – You Need it!
Real Love is Dependent on Truth…
1Corinthians 13: Love Rejoices In
Truth
1John 3: Love in Truth – You Must
Do it!
2John: THE ELDER Loves in Truth –
The Right Example
1Peter 1: Truth Prepares You for
Love – It is NOT a Balancing Act!
Romans 12: Let Love Be Without
Hypocrisy
Zechariah 8: Love Truth And Peace
Real Truth is Dependent on Real
Love…
Ephesians 4: Doing Truth in Love
1Corinthians 8: Intellectual
Pride = Loving False Knowledge.
1Corinthians 4: You Are No
Different
Luke 9, Mark 9: Disciple’s Debate
– Who Would be the Greatest?
Community Values that Oppose Such
Competition
When God is Potently Present in
Person, Justice just has to Happen
Justice is NOT equality, it is
what is Right!
Being Attracted to Hardcore Truth
is Actually a Fundamental Belief in Justice
Knowledge – for Better or Worse?
Quickly Recognizing Rotten
Knowledge
1Co_8:1-3 – Puffing Knowledge --
Without Love
1Ti_6:1-6 – Men of Corrupt Mind
Mat_11:25-26 – Revealed to Babies
Mat_18:3 – No Conversion, No
Heaven
Childlike Kingdom Reception --
Required for Heaven
Childlike to Nasties, Grown to
Deeper Mind
Childlike Milk Lust -- For Logos!
Salvation from Rotten Knowledge –
Summary
Knowledge that Cannot be
Transferred is not Real Knowledge
Confident Criticism that Condemns
Your Hypocrisy
Don’t Let Your Ignorance and
Unhappy Incompetence Be Another Person’s Guilt and or Disapproval
Knowledge, Riches, &
Foolishness
1. The Exhortation and Charge to Repent of Opinions and Believe Truth
A "Meditation Verse" Assignment
"Stand Up For What You Believe"
How Harshly To Treat People about their Opinions
3. A Biblical Teaching About Opinions
Doctrine -- Intern Presentation
Doctrine -- General Exhortation
Preview of Knowledge &
Epistemology
Fake Knowledge -- Preview
Warnings <<<<<<<< \/\/\/\/
Right Thinking, Before Thinking
What’s Right
Right Thinking, Proving what’s
Right, Right Response of Faith.
When God Makes a Fool Out Of You!
Is Doubting Safer or More
Reckless?
Global Skepticism is a Big
Problem!
World-View Skepticism is
Desperately Needed!
Global Skepticism vs. Worldview
Skepticism
Axiom vs. Postulate -- Very
Technical Distinction
Goodness is Observably Opposed to
Chaos
Optionless Necessity Of Believing
God and Morality
The Creator, Morality, &
Purpose Are All Axiomatic
Morally Behaved, Before
Spiritually Accomplished
Only Obedience/Virtue is
Important for Proof
Virtue Is How You Know Who's
Right
Morality is Axiomatic -- Disciple
Notes ↑↓
Conquering Unethics -- <
Follow-ups \/
Perception About Right &
Wrong Comes from Morality
Confirmed Predictions do NOT
Validate Your Thinking
Take Reality to its Logical
Consequences
Virtue, Morality, & Obedience
= Real Knowledge
Knowledge is Associated with
Morality
Established Bible References --
Established Knowledge Upon
Evidence
Establishes Knowledge, Not Just Proof
Judgement Calls on “Knowledge”
Unity, Conscience, &
Intuition (Wife Question)
What I Like Is Right -- Over
Everyone Else
Different Actions For Different
Alerts
Thinking Together By Educated
Submission
Thinking Right = Thinking Unity
Biblical Epistemology Rules of
Testimony
6/19/16
Main verse: Rom_3:3-4
People in
General:
Deu_18:18-20
Act_3:22-23
But false Prophet:
Deu_13:3-5
Peter:
Mar_8:32-33
Gal_2:14
Who are we but
servants?
Baptism - 1Co_1:12-15
Servants - 1Co_3:4-5
Not as we had
expected:
2Co_8:5
Bereans:
Act_17:11
Zec_8:16-19 CAB These are the things which you shall do: speak truth everyone with his neighbor; judge truth and peaceable judgment in your gates: 17 and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbor, and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, says the Lord Almighty. 18 And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying, 19 Thus says the Lord Almighty, The fourth fast, and the fifth fast, and the seventh fast, and the tenth fast, shall be to the house of Judah for joy and gladness, and for good feasts; and you shall rejoice; therefore love the truth, and peace.
Sir_4:25-31 Brenton In no wise speak against the truth; but
be abashed of the error of thine ignorance. 26 Be not ashamed to
confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river. 27 Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept
the person of the mighty. 28
Strive
for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee. 29 Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss. 30 Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick
among thy servants. 31
Let not
thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest
repay.
7/7/16
Exo_23:2 WEB You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
Exo_23:2 CAB You shall not associate with the multitude for evil. You shall not join yourself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.
Exo_23:2
Greek οὐκ ἔσῃ
μετὰ πλειόνων ἐπὶ
κακίᾳ. οὐ
προστεθήσῃ
μετὰ πλήθους ἐκκλῖναι
μετὰ πλειόνων ὥστε
ἐκκλῖναι κρίσιν.
3/25/17
Devil’s native language
OT > NT Changes
Paul’s Sin Lists
Rev: lie -- ES search
It is hopeless, we will each keep going in the error of his way
Real Prophecy Means
Real Faithfulness To Hard Facts And This Gives You A
Real Answers And Real Hope
7/22/16; 2/22/17
Real prophecy gives you the straight truth even when it is to a righteous person seeking out mercy.
Real prophecy gives you truth after being faithful to the truth and not flattering for compromising - and in that context it gives you a real answer and hope, then you know that it is reliable and true.
2Ki 22:14 WEB So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
2Ki 22:14 CAB So Hilkiah the priest went, and Ahikam, Achobor, Shaphan, and Asaiah, to Huldah the prophetess, the mother of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; and she dwelt in Jerusalem in Masena; and they spoke to her.
2Ki 22:14 καὶ ἐπορεύθη
Χελκιας ὁ ἱερεὺς
καὶ Αχικαμ καὶ
Αχοβωρ καὶ
Σαφφαν καὶ
Ασαιας πρὸς
Ολδαν τὴν προφῆτιν
γυναῖκα
Σελλημ υἱοῦ
Θεκουε υἱοῦ
Αραας τοῦ ἱματιοφύλακος,
καὶ αὐτὴ κατῴκει
ἐν Ιερουσαλημ ἐν
τῇ μασενα, καὶ ἐλάλησαν
πρὸς αὐτήν.
2Ki 22:15 She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me,
2Ki 22:15 And she said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Say to the man that sent you to Me,
2Ki 22:15 καὶ εἶπεν
αὐτοῖς Τάδε λέγει
κύριος ὁ θεὸς
Ισραηλ Εἴπατε
τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἀποστείλαντι
ὑμᾶς πρός με
2Ki 22:16 Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.
2Ki 22:16 Thus says the Lord: Behold, I bring evil upon this place, and upon them that dwell in it, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:
2Ki 22:16 Τάδε λέγει
κύριος Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ
ἐπάγω κακὰ ἐπὶ
τὸν τόπον τοῦτον
καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας
αὐτόν, πάντας
τοὺς λόγους τοῦ
βιβλίου, οὓς ἀνέγνω
βασιλεὺς
Ιουδα,
2Ki 22:17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
2Ki 22:17 because they have forsaken Me, and burnt incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me with the works of their hands; therefore My wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched.
2Ki 22:17 ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ἐγκατέλιπόν
με καὶ ἐθυμίων
θεοῖς ἑτέροις, ὅπως
παροργίσωσίν
με ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις
τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν,
καὶ ἐκκαυθήσεται
ὁ θυμός μου ἐν τῷ
τόπῳ τούτῳ καὶ
οὐ σβεσθήσεται.
2Ki 22:18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,
2Ki 22:18 And to the king of Judah that sent you to inquire of the Lord-thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord God of Israel: As for the words which you have heard;
2Ki 22:18 καὶ πρὸς
βασιλέα Ιουδα
τὸν ἀποστείλαντα
ὑμᾶς ἐπιζητῆσαι
τὸν κύριον τάδε
ἐρεῖτε πρὸς αὐτόν
Τάδε λέγει κύριος
ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ Οἱ
λόγοι, οὓς ἤκουσας,
2Ki 22:19 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
2Ki 22:19 because your heart was softened, and you were humbled before Me, when you heard all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and you tore your clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard, says the Lord.
2Ki 22:19 ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ὅτι
ἡπαλύνθη ἡ
καρδία σου καὶ ἐνετράπης
ἀπὸ προσώπου
κυρίου, ὡς ἤκουσας
ὅσα ἐλάλησα ἐπὶ
τὸν τόπον τοῦτον
καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας
αὐτὸν τοῦ εἶναι
εἰς ἀφανισμὸν
καὶ εἰς κατάραν,
καὶ διέρρηξας
τὰ ἱμάτιά σου
καὶ ἔκλαυσας ἐνώπιον
ἐμοῦ, καί γε ἐγὼ
ἤκουσα, λέγει κύριος.
2Ki 22:20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.
2Ki 22:20 It shall not be so. Therefore, behold, I will add you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your tomb in peace, and your eyes shall not see any among all the evils which I bring upon this place.
2Ki 22:20 οὐχ οὕτως·
ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ προστίθημί
σε πρὸς τοὺς
πατέρας σου, καὶ
συναχθήσῃ εἰς
τὸν τάφον σου ἐν
εἰρήνῃ, καὶ οὐκ
ὀφθήσεται ἐν
τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς
σου ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς
κακοῖς, οἷς ἐγώ
εἰμι ἐπάγω ἐπὶ
τὸν τόπον τοῦτον.
καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν
τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ῥῆμα.
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down); 3/25/16; 5/10/16; 3/14/17; 4/9/17
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You boast in what you pretend is 'the
holy ghost', and it is a ghost alright, but there ant
a thing holy about it.
Yes, it's a ghost, and almost always
it is dirty as all the other ghosts in the honted
house where it came from.
Grace = sinning and still going to
heaven
'Faith' = superstition
'christ' = antichrist
Always Obsessing Over
Truth ALL THE TIME
3/14/17; 3/20/17; 3/26/17; 5/4/17; 2/25/24 (Sc)
Psa_10:4 WEB
The wicked, in the pride of his
face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
Psa_10:4 LB The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after Him; God is not before him.
Psa_10:4 (9:25) παρώξυνεν
τὸν κύριον ὁ ἁμαρτωλός
Κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος
τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ
οὐκ ἐκζητήσει·
οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ θεὸς
ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
Psa_1:2 – In his law he meditates day and night
Thoughts on God
Psa 10:4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
Psa 10:4 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after Him; God is not before him.
Psa 10:4 (9:25) παρώξυνεν
τὸν κύριον ὁ ἁμαρτωλός
Κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος
τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ
οὐκ ἐκζητήσει·
οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ θεὸς
ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
A. Over 200 references in BIBLE (214 NIV, 224 KJV)
B. JESUS said, ‘I tell you the truth,’ 80 times out of all the Gospels
C. The Bible:
Joh 1:14 KJVA …the
only begotten of the Father,) full of grace
and truth.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Joh 8:32 And ye
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
JN 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Joh 18:37 (KJV-Based) … for
this purpose I came into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of
the truth hears my voice.
1Jo 5:6 This is he
that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by
water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is
truth.
1Jo 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and
has given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in
him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
eternal life.
Rev 3:7 KJV These
things says he that is holy, he that is true…
14 “…faithful and True witness…”
● 19:11 “…faithful and True witness…”
No Lie
Do
you think the very manifestation of God almighty in the flesh bringing grace
and truth in “fullness” is going to leave this area of truth the same?
It
would be foolish of us to proceed with the previous model of things in this
area as though Jesus never came and did a profound work on the earth in this.
We
have available to us the infinite fullness of truth unlike any other age past.
Things
Change:
Physical Kingdom – what is the solution of
witches? Burn and stone them!
-
was David (and other righteous kings) wrong for this? Absolutely not! They were
defending an earth-based kingdom which God was truly doing at this point in
history, by carrying out the instructions of the covenant that they were given
for just such a kingdom.
Spiritual Kingdom – what is the solution for
those who are demon-possessed?
Cast
them out! Spiritual warfare! It happens upon finding our kingdom in the heavenlies, that we must come and defend this kingdom
solely by the spiritual warfare due to its essence.
They
were made perfect (Heb 11: rahab,
then last verse, then ch 12 on perfection)
Now
what about lying?
If
something did not change then please name just ONE example in the NT where
someone rightly lied to save their life.
Actually
the one example we do have, is when Peter lied to save his life in denying
Jesus, and was this right? Was he not called to such extreme repentance and
brokenness for his restoration? So shall we think for a moment it is
appropriate to lie to save our life and or our family? No, on the contrary! In the Bible, it was
better to die for the truth than to stand for a lie!
But
you say “If they ask me about Jesus then I would not lie, but otherwise, if
they don’t know we are christians
and they intend to do us harm then it ok to lie to save your life.” Really? Is it so that there is a part of your life that does
not preach Jesus? In this case there is none of your life that has Jesus.
Either your whole life preaches Him, or you are flatly denying Him.
-look
up all truth references:
I am
way…truth (Jn 14:6)
No
lie is of the truth
We
can do nothing against the truth
Thinking
m lie will bring God more glory means your condemnation is just (Rom 3)
Chapter 4 “Living differently”
· WORSHIP: ·
● Less than 25% consciously strive to
make worship part of their lifestyle. · ● 42% were unable to provide a substantive or reasonable reply to what worship means. |
· EVANGELISM: · ● Less than half of all believers (46%) felt strongly that they have a responsibility to communicate their faith to nonbelievers. ● In the past year 55% shared their faith with a non-Christian ● Only 1% believe they have the spiritual gift of evangelism. · ● Only 8% feel adequately prepared to effectively share their faith. |
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· DOCTRINE: · 80% believe God helps those who help themselves · 47% disagree with the fact that people who do not consciously accept Jesus as their Savior will be condemned to hell. · 51% believe if a person is generally good, he will earn a place in heaven. · 1/3 doubt the truth about the Bible · 40% claim Jesus committed sins. |
· More than 25% reject Jesus’ physical resurrection. · Majority believe that the Holy Spirit and Satan are not living entities but are symbolic. · Slightly less that half (44%) believe there is an absolute moral truth. · Only 1% had both a firm and biblically based opinion on the thirteen tested statements. |
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· STEWARDSHIP: · Very few believe that we have been blessed in order to be a blessing to others. · 8% tithed during the year. · 16% (twice as much) gave nothing to their church as gave 10% or more of their income. |
· SERVICE: · 50% do nothing to serve their church or other people throughout the year. · 50% either do not know what their spiritual gift is or claim God did not give them a gift. · 1/3 gave time and money to helping the poor. |
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Duenas summary:
Barna concludes this chapter with scores of statistics revealing that believers look and act identical to nonbelievers in their behaviors, attitudes, opinions, and values. I believe it is a mockery to Jesus Himself for those to claim His name to look exactly like those who don’t. It is just not right for the church to have missed the mark by so much.
Þ
91 % of ‘christians’
lie regularly (And
all liars go to Hell: Rev 21:8)
You should start with a foundation that realizes with sobriety, that the whole church system is a loss from the get go. Who ever is saved is a special blessing from the Lord.
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22 Many will tell me in
that day… 23 Then I will tell
them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
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Mat 7:13-23 WEB "Enter in by the
narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to
destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. 14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to
life! Few are those who find it.
15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in
your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty
works?' 23 Then I will tell them,
'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
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Pro_4:23 WEB Keep your
heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.
Deu_4:9 LITV Only, be
on guard for yourself and keep your soul carefully, that you do not forget …
Deu_11:16 MKJV Take heed
to yourselves that your heart may not be deceived…
1Ki_2:4 WEB [Kings remaining on the throne]
…If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth
with all their heart and with all their soul…
Mat_13:18 WEB "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. [13:3] 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and doesn't
understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been
sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the
roadside.
Joh_2:23 (KJV-based) Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, in the feast day, many believed4100 in [and entrusted themselves to] his name, when they saw the miracles which He did. 24 But Jesus did not believed4100/[entrust] himself unto them, because He