1. Distort The Word Galatians 1:6-7 Keep Or Pervert The Word?
John 8:31 "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"
There is a noise of recent times that there is a need to re-evaluate our understanding and application of the scriptures
Some within think church is living in past & must change its concepts
Based on unfounded idea that church must meet present day needs
Galatians 1:6-7

2. So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"
Keep Or Pervert The Word?
John 8:31 "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"
There is a noise of recent times that there is a need to re-evaluate our understanding and application of the scriptures
Some within think church is living in past & must change its concepts
Based on unfounded idea that church must meet present day needs
John 8:31

3. Jesus Delivered The Word of The Father
John 12:49; John 17:8
We must submit to that Word
Deuteronomy 13:4; Acts 5:29; Isaiah 45:22

4. For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment--what to say and what to speak.
Jesus Delivered The Word Of The Father
John 12:49; John 17:8
We must submit to that Word
Deuteronomy 13:4; Acts 5:29; Isaiah 45:22
John 12:49

5. For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
Jesus Delivered The Word Of The Father
John 12:49; John 17:8
We must submit to that Word
Deuteronomy 13:4; Acts 5:29; Isaiah 45:22
John 17:8

6. You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.
Jesus Delivered The Word Of The Father
John 12:49; John 17:8
We must submit to that Word
Deuteronomy 13:4; Acts 5:29; Isaiah 45:22
Deuteronomy 13:4

7. But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
Jesus Delivered The Word Of The Father
John 12:49; John 17:8
We must submit to that Word
Deuteronomy 13:4; Acts 5:29; Isaiah 45:22
Acts 5:29

8. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth
Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
Jesus Delivered The Word Of The Father
John 12:49; John 17:8
We must submit to that Word
Deuteronomy 13:4; Acts 5:29; Isaiah 45:22
Isaiah 45:22

9. Men Pervert The Law of God
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5

10. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5
Genesis 6:12

11. You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5
Acts 7:51

12. When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5
Acts 13:6-10

13. But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity."
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5
Acts 8:20-23

14. You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5
Hosea 10:13

15. But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5
2Timothy 3:1-7

16. For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,
Men Continue To Pervert The Law Of God
Men continually fail to accept the Word
Genesis 6:12; Acts 7:51
Even to extent of destroying peace and harmony of those who seek to obey the will of God
Perversion of God's law is sin and brings condemnation
Paul confronted Elymas sorcerer who tried to prevent teaching of gospel
Acts 13:6-10
After conversion of Simon Sorcerer Peter chastised him
Acts 8:20-23
Both sought to change that which God had instituted for divine purposes
God condemned ancient Israel for such an attitude
Hosea 10:13
Those calling for changes in the church today trust in their own ways.
2Timothy 3:1-7; 2Peter 3:5
2Peter 3:5

17. What Should We Do? How Should We Deal With These Things?
Ephesians 4:11-16
Problem is increase in those teaching false doctrines within church.
We have leaders who are not being leaders.
Have members not questioning or objecting to the false teachings.
All should contend for the faith leaving no place for change agents
Jude 1:3; Proverbs 3:5

18. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
How Should We Deal With These Things?
Ephesians 4:11-16
Problem is increase in those teaching false doctrines within church.
We have leaders who are not being leaders.
Have members not questioning or objecting to the false teachings.
All should contend for the faith leaving no place for change agents
Jude 1:3; Proverbs 3:5
Ephesians 4:11-16

19. Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
How Should We Deal With These Things?
Ephesians 4:11-16
Problem is increase in those teaching false doctrines within church.
We have leaders who are not being leaders.
Have members not questioning or objecting to the false teachings.
All should contend for the faith leaving no place for change agents
Jude 1:3; Proverbs 3:5
Jude 1:3

20. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
How Should We Deal With These Things?
Ephesians 4:11-16
Problem is increase in those teaching false doctrines within church.
We have leaders who are not being leaders.
Have members not questioning or objecting to the false teachings.
All should contend for the faith leaving no place for change agents
Jude 1:3; Proverbs 3:5
Proverbs 3:5

21. There Is Opportunity! Opportunity If Our House Is In Order
Some are becoming unsatisfied with the entertainment aspect of modern religious groups.
Encourage them to help us keep the teachings of the apostles of our Lord
Acts 2:42; 2Thessalonians 2:15

22. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Opportunity If Our House Is In Order
Some are unsatisfied with the call to modernize their churches.
Encourage them to help us keep the teachings of the apostles of our Lord
Acts 2:42; 2Thessalonians 2:15
Acts 2:42

23. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
Opportunity If Our House Is In Order
Some are unsatisfied with the call to modernize their churches.
Encourage them to help us keep the teachings of the apostles of our Lord
Acts 2:42; 2Thessalonians 2:15
2Thessalonians 2:15

24. Will God Wait? How Long Will God Wait This Time? 2Peter 2:5
John 8:31 "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"
Mike Cornwell

25. if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
How Long Will God Wait This Time?
2Peter 2:5
John 8:31 "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"
Mike Cornwell
2Peter 2:5

26. So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"
How Long Will God Wait This Time?
2Peter 2:5
John 8:31 "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"
Mike Cornwell
John 8:31