by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SOUND DOCTRINE IS PROFITABLE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS LINKS GENUINE FAITH TO GOOD DEEDSI. (:8) PROMOTE SOUND DOCTRINE WHICH IS PROFITABLEA. Attitude: Promote Sound Doctrine with Confidence “This is a trustworthy statement and concerning these things I want...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: GOOD DEEDS (INCLUDING KINDNESS TOWARDS OTHERS) ARE THE NATURAL EXPRESSION OF A CONVERTED LIFE, NOT THE BASIS FOR SALVATIONI. (:1-2) REMINDER TO PURSUE GOOD DEEDS CONSISTENTLY –DON’T FALL BACK INTO THE OLD WAYSA. Submission to Authority 1....
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THIS PRESENT AGE (BETWEEN CHRIST’S FIRST COMING TO USHER US INTO SALVATION AND HIS SECOND COMING TO USHER US INTO GLORY) NEED TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO PERSONAL HOLINESS AND UNSELFISH GOOD DEEDSI. (:11) CHRIST’S FIRST COMING =...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE CONDUCT OF EVERY SEGMENT OF THE CHURCH MUST REFLECT AND ENHANCE (ADORN) THE MESSAGE OF SOUND DOCTRINE RATHER THAN DETRACT(:1) INTRODUCTIONA. Responsibility of the Spiritual Leaders to Instruct in Appropriate Conduct “But as for you, speak the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: REPROVE REBELLIOUS TROUBLEMAKERS WHO SUBVERT SOUND DOCTRINE AND DENY GOD BY THEIR DEEDSI. (:10-11) SILENCE THE FALSE TEACHERSKey: “who must be silenced”Hendriksen: “Paul uses a rare verb which has as its primary meaning ‘to stop the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: APPOINT QUALIFIED ELDERS WHO CAN TEACH AND DEFEND SOUND DOCTRINEI. (:5) NEED FOR ELDERSA. Sometimes The Way to Get Ahead is to be Left Behind”For this reason I left you in Crete”B. Orderliness is Next to Godliness “that you might set in...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD OF GOD (WITH ITS MESSAGE OF ETERNAL LIFE) IS A SACRED TRUSTI. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD ISSUES FROM A SENSE OF DIVINE CALLINGWhich results in an absolute commitment to the will of God; commissioned to fulfill a callingA. Paul...
