1. Comfortable Lies or Uncomfortable Truth?

2. Convict the World of Sin John 16:8
“to convict, confute, refute, usually with the suggestion of putting the convicted person to shame” (Vine)
John the Baptist, Mark 6:17-20, 27
Peter, Acts 2:37
Stephen, Acts 7:51-60
Paul, Acts 24:24-25

3. Convict the World of Sin John 16:8
We are more concerned about eternal comfort than temporal comfort, Cor. 4:16-18; 2 Tim. 4:3-5
Truth, while at times uncomfortable, exposes the lies of our Adversary, the devil, John 3:20-21

4. comfortable Lies or Uncomfortable Truth?

5. “Not by faith only”
Jas. 2:24; Acts 2:38
Eph. 2:8-9; Lk. 17:10
“Faith only saves”

6. Comfortable Lie or Uncomfortable Truth?
“Good moral people will be saved (go to heaven).”
Uncomfortable Truth
Good people are lost without the gospel, Acts 10:1-2, 6, 22
Acts11:14; 15:7-11
Acts 10:48

7. Comfortable Lie or Uncomfortable Truth?
“There are many ways to heaven.”
”Choose the church of your choice.”
Uncomfortable Truth
Only one way – Jesus, John 14:6 (Jer. 10:23)
Only one church, Matthew 16:18; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4; 5:23
Baptized into one body, 1 Cor. 12:13

8. Comfortable Lie or Uncomfortable Truth?
“There is no hell (no eternal punishment).”
Uncomfortable Truth
Hell is real, Mk. 9:43-44
Many are headed there, Matt. 7:13-14; 25:41

9. Comfortable Lie or Uncomfortable Truth?
“All remarriages are acceptable.”
Uncomfortable Truth
One cause for putting away that allows for remarriage, Matt. 19:9
One man and one woman for life, Matthew 19: Corinthians 7:10-11

10. Comfortable Lie or Uncomfortable Truth?
“Once saved, always saved.”
Uncomfortable Truth
Christians can fall away and be lost
-Galatians 5:4
-1 Timothy 4:1-3
-Hebrews 3:12-14
-2 Peter 1:10-11

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