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Certainty in Times of Uncertainty - Part 2 ( Luke 1:1-4)
23 Plays1 year ago
Sunday Message recorded 09 June 2024
by Pastor Victor Morrison
First Baptist Church -- Columbus TX
1700 Milam St.
Columbus, TX, USA 78934
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Transcript
Introduction to the Gospel of Luke and Its Purpose
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Would you open God's word to the Gospel of Luke? We're looking at the first four verses, sort of like ah the preface, the Gospel of Luke. He tells us what his purpose is. Since we're going to be in this gospel of Luke for a while, I wanted you to know, why did he say the Holy Spirit was placing this on his heart to write these words? And so he says quite clearly that his purpose in verse four is that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. You know, sometimes we run across things that are uncertain.
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in our world, and so we crave certainty. It drives us to the Lord to know.
Historical Context: Luke's Time and Influences
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Luke probably was riding in AD 62, and so he was living in a time of uncertainty. We know this because there was a man named Nero, who was the emperor over the Roman Empire at that time. He wound up blaming a ah great fire that happened in Rome on the Christians, even though they didn't do it. He blamed them. And then, of course, Luke's mentor, Paul, the apostle Paul, was imprisoned. Some believe that he was writing these words of truth, these words of certainty. He was writing this while his mentor is sitting there in a prison. And so isn't that amazing when you consider that he's in the midst of adversity, he's in the midst of uncertainty, at least in Paul's life,
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Some feel that it was the final days that were ahead for Paul. And so definitely Paul wrote 2 Timothy chapter four. And in that that last chapter that we have from the Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy chapter four, verses nine and 10, he mentions Luke. And here's what he says, do your best to come to me soon. He's talking to Timothy. He says, for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you for he is very useful to me for ministry.
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I got to think about those words as we go through the gospel of Luke together. I want you to think about those men that he mentioned and to think about where are you regarding God's truth, the truth of God's word? Are you like Timothy and you're running toward the truth? Or are you like Demas and you're actually retreating away from the truth? Perhaps some of you are like Paul and you're relaying the truth. Just like in a relay race, you're passing the baton to those who are coming behind you. What about Luke? Luke was researching the truth. We're about to see that in the first four verses.
Invitation to Explore the Gospel
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Would that be you? Are you saying, I don't have it all together? I don't even know all there is to know about Jesus yet, but I want to know. If you want to know, Luke will take you by the hand and he will lead you right into the heart of truth. Or are you like Mark? You know, he says to bring Mark because he's useful to me for as for ministry. And I thought, you know, Mark, isn't he the guy that quit when he went on a third mission trip with Paul and Barnabas? He quit and went back home. But yet now something's happened in his life. And the Apostle Paul is saying, you know what?
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This guy is returning to the truth. This guy is rebounding. Maybe that's your life. You were living for the Lord and you got off track and God is bringing you back. So I don't know if you're more like Mark, if you're more like Luke, more like Paul, Demas or Timothy. All I know is that when we look into God's word, he's going to give you the truth. And it's up to us to respond rightly to what we hear. And so would you stand in honor of the truth? I just want to read four verses. Once again, give this time to God and ask that he would bless our time. As I read through these verses, you're going to think, you know, this sounds a lot like the Bereans in Acts 1711. The Bereans were the type of people that they received the word.
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with all eagerness, and they examine the scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Is that describing you today? You're eager to receive what God has, but you're also saying, you know what? I'm going to study myself to make sure what God is saying to me. Let me read these verses, and then we'll pray once again. Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, Just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also. Having followed all things closely for some time past,
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to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. Let's pray. Lord, once again, we say you're the only one that's worthy. I want to step out of the way. I want to ask you if you would just bless your word. Speak to us from your word today. Help us understand it on a deeper level than ever
Luke's Humility and His Focus on Eyewitness Accounts
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before. We need your Holy Spirit. to help us to understand the truths that are written before us. In Jesus name, amen. Thank you, you may be seated. Let me review the four points that we looked at last time. You know, last time we saw the author who was inspired about Christ. You know, Luke doesn't use his own name in this gospel at all. As a matter of fact, verse three is as close as we get. It says, it seemed good to me also.
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So the first point that we looked at last time was, who is me? Who are we talking about? Who did the Holy Spirit use to write this? And so it was Luke. Isn't it something that he doesn't want the spotlight on himself? He doesn't even mention his name. He says, you know what? I want you to put the focus on Jesus Christ. It reminds me a lot of John the Baptist. He said, you know, John the Baptist, they were saying, hey, look at all the people he's baptizing over here. Jesus is baptizing more than you are. And John the Baptist said, you know what? I got to decrease so he can increase. Are you allowing Christ to eclipse you in his glory? I think that's what it's all about. That's what salvation is all about. 2 Corinthians 5, 15 says, and he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him.
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no longer live for them. When we surrender to Christ, we no longer live for self. We live for the Savior. And we say, it's all about Him. I want the spotlight to be on Him. And so that's what I wanted you to know first off. I did learn last night at our Sunday School Fellowship that I actually had my points all mixed up last time. So if you're looking on the back of the bulletin, then you need to look at point number four, and that is the author who was inspired um about Christ. Really, I think there's only three quick things you need to know about him, about Luke.
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He was a physician. He was a medical doctor. he was a companyd He accompanied Paul on his mission trips. And the Holy Spirit also used Luke to write the book of Acts. It's incredible when you put the Gospel of Luke together with the book of Acts. You know what you come up with? One fourth of the New Testament. I'm telling you, this guy was a spiritual vessel that the Holy Spirit could use. And so just look at him and say, okay, he didn't want any glory for himself. He wanted Jesus to get all the glory. But who was he
Dedication to Theophilus and Luke's Credibility
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writing to? That's the second point that we looked at. Once again, if you're on the back page of the bulletin, you need to drop down to number seven. But you need to write down the audience who needed more information.
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You know, he says that he dedicates this and he also dedicated Acts. If you go to Acts 1-1, you'll find that he dedicated Luke's gospel. He dedicated the book of Acts to one man, Theophilus. Isn't that amazing? It's possible Bible scholars say one of two possibilities you can choose, which one you think fits. But one possibility is lu Luke was writing to Theophilus who was an open seeker. Have you ever known anybody in your life and they didn't know Christ yet, but they were so hungry. They wanted to know. It's like if he's real, I honestly want to know him. That's what some scholars say. Theophilus was like that.
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Others say, no, I think he was a believer. I think that Luke was mentoring. He was discipling. He was discipling Theophilus, and so the Holy Spirit used him to write the Gospel of Luke, to write the book of Acts, all to ground him in these essential truths that he would need to live the Christian life. You know, it makes me wonder, if we only knew all that the Lord did to give us a copy of the Word of God, it wouldn't sit on the shelf. It wouldn't sit on the nightstand. We would read the Word of God all the time. If we realized how many people the Holy Spirit inspired. If we realized how some people in the past, they gave their lives. They were burned at the stake.
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because they were so committed to the truths of God's Word. Think about the price that was paid by people like Luke who did so much research just so we could have a copy of God's Word. But thirdly, we saw the arrangement of the intervention of Christ. You know, whenever God sent his son, he intervened in history. I mean, real history. There's people that actually saw him. They're eyewitnesses, and we'll get to that in a moment. But this is sermon note page number one. But he says, inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile
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a narrative to compile it means to arrange in a row to put in order a narrative meant to lead the way through so what he's doing is he's giving us details about when Christ came if the course of events in an orderly sequence You know, Chuck Swindoll spent his whole life, you know, studying the word and teaching the word. He says that Luke shaped his narrative around geography from north to south, from Nazareth down to the temple in Jerusalem.
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He says that Luke begins with a comprehensive account of Christ's birth, childhood, and preparation for ministry. And as soon as he gets done with that, he's doing geography. From Luke 4.14 to 9.50, it's all about the ministry-basing Galilee that's up north. But then he goes on a journey from chapter nine, verse 51, all the way through chapter 19, verse 27. He's in motion. Jesus wasn't just sitting still. He was in motion. So he was on a journey southward. But then in chapter 19, verse 29, to chapter 24 verse 53. It's the completion of his mission. When he finally gets to Jerusalem, he died on the cross, he was placed in the tomb, and he rose again. That's all about the geography. Luke is going to detail that, and I wanted you to know it as we go through there.
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But we also looked at the accomplishment. He goes on to say, of the things that have been accomplished among us, what did he mean by accomplished? Well, I think that Luke was compelled by the Holy Spirit to make a connection. He wanted to connect the dots between Old Testament prophecy and New Testament fulfillment. And so that's constantly what Luke is going to do. Remember, I shared with you last time that I went through Luke and I found at least 21 times when he would say, here's what God promised over in the Old Testament. And Luke would say, here's what the Lord did to fulfill it. I mean, it's everything, even from Christ's garments at the foot of the cross, his resurrection, his death among criminals, his virgin birth, the birthplace. Over and over again, Luke is going to be saying, see, the Old Testament and the New Testament, they're so connected.
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But I want us to break some new ground today as we follow in the footsteps of this godly doctor because he's gone to a lot of trouble and the Holy Spirit has been leading him to make sure everything is exactly the way God wants it. So let's go to the fifth thing today, sermon note page number three, the authenticity of the interviews regarding Christ. You know, if you look at verse two, who did Luke get his information from? Was he just getting speculation and so forth? No way. He says, just as those who from the beginning
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the beginning of Christ's life, the beginning of Christ's ministry. We don't know. He doesn't tell us what beginning he has in mind there, but just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses. So he says, I want to talk to the people who actually saw him. I want to talk to the people who actually heard him. There's a big difference, right? An eyewitness. The Greek word for it, you're going to like this. I mean, I got excited. I even went out of my office and went in there and started bugging Trudy, the children's men. I said, look at what I found, you know? But anyway, the word for eyewitness, get this, is autoptis. Autoptis. It's a combination
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The word auto is self and the word optimi is to see. When you go to optometrist, okay, so autopsis means somebody who saw for themselves. When an autopsy is performed on a body, they look and they verify for themselves what was the cause of death. Do you know that that's the kind of people that this guy, Luke, was saying, I don't want to just find people who were speculating. I want people who observed, people who heard, people who saw. And so he's wanting to talk to eyewitnesses. Why?
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You know why? Because Luke was not an eyewitness. He wasn't there. He wasn't there. He became a Christian later. So what he says is, i need to know to the people I want to talk to the people who were there. I need to talk to Peter. I need to talk to John. I need to talk to the other apostles. I want to talk to Jesus' mother, Mary. And that's why his birth narrative is like so huge compared to what you find, well, like in Matthew or Mark. or John, it's like, this is incredible. Where did he get that information? A lot of Bible scholars said he talked to Mary. So I just want you to know this is credibility. This is verification whenever we have this before us. And notice that he also says something else here. He says, eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us.
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And I thought about, deliver it as paraditomy. It means to give over into the hands of another, to commit or to hand over. So these were eyewitnesses. And they said, we're going to hand it over to those of you who are living in 2024, who are not living in Israel, but living in the United States of America. We want all the people all over the world to be able to know we saw this. And so he says, that's who I want to talk to. And he calls them ministers. Maybe you've always thought, you know, ministers, hey, all right, you know, somebody I'm here one time that a minister was standing at the back door and all the people are going out the back door. And this one lady said, hey, I just want you to know, I think that you are such an example. of of what it means to be a pastor. And he said, well, thank you so much. And so his head started getting really big. So then afterwards, he tells his wife, he says, you know, somebody said, I'm a real example of what it means to be a minister. And she said, you ought to look at and what the word example means. So he looks it up in the dictionary and it says, a small sample of the real thing. So anyway, it's like he deflated out, you know, he said, nevermind. But you know, the thing is, he wanted to be sure.
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The word ministers there is hoopo retis. It was those who were in a Roman ship underneath that were rowing. That's all we are. We're just a servant, an underservant. We're a galley servant of the Lords and we're just trying to help the boat of his kingdom to keep moving and across the water. John MacArthur says that isn't it amazing that God in his inspiration did not discount Luke's investigation. He said they both were apart. of God, you know, inspiring this. As a matter of fact, John MacArthur says this about it. I think it's well stated. The Spirit used Luke's knowledge, gave him additional information, guided his selection of material, and controlled every word so that he wrote exactly what God wanted written. Therefore, his account is infallibly and inherently true.
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That's exactly what Luke is saying. I've done the best I can to do to make sure that everything I'm writing here is true. And truth is what gives you and I certainty.
Ensuring Historical Accuracy in Luke's Gospel
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Let me move to the sixth thing, accuracy. The accuracy of the investigation concerning Christ. He says he's followed all things closely for some time past. This is sermon note page number four. But you know what an honest historian does? Listen to me carefully, because we got a lot of problems with this going on these days. An honest historian follows the trail of the facts. That's all he does. So look at what Luke says that he did. Having followed all things closely for some time past,
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You know, that word followed there means to follow alongside. You know, that's really what a physician does, right? That's where Luke learned how to do this. As a matter of fact, there was a Greek physician named Galen. He's the first guy to to check for the pulse and to discern if there was illness based on the pulse. Why don't you take the neighbor that's sitting beside, take their pulse real quick. make sure that you're, are you with us? Are you awake? You know, but anyway, this guy Galen, he used that word follow alongside. He used that same word to gather a medical history. He used that same word when he said, tell me the symptoms. You know, this physician, this doctor Galen would say, tell me what is it that's hurting your your throat or your back or your foot? You know, what is it that is in pain? Well, just think for 15 centuries, that guy was the medical authority in all the world.
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I'm sure Luke had read books by Galen, but the point I'm trying to make is he simply followed the truth. He simply followed the facts. They left a trail. And so he's saying, I tried to follow it. And notice how meticulous of a historian he was. He did thorough research. Notice again, it says in verse three, having followed some things, all things. Having followed all things closely for some time past, you know, he must have adapted some from Mark's gospel. Some scholars say I think Mark's gospel had already been written, so he he was kind of learning from Mark's gospel. Some think he also would have at least had access to Matthew's gospel, and yet in addition to those two gospels,
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Do you know that he has 40% more content in Luke than in Matthew and Mark and John? You know, it's also in Luke that we get the names. Are you glad when you walk in and your doctor knows your name? You know, what if he didn't know your name? But he you know, Luke says, I want to know the names. That's why when we look into Luke's gospel, we see the names of people like Zacchaeus. We see different references to stories like in parables, like let's say the prodigal son. Prodigal son is not in Matthew or Mark or John. It's only in Luke. Because he's a doctor, you see, he's trying to be thorough in his research. And then what about the thief you know that that gave this great confession, you know, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Do you find that in the other gospels? No, you'll only find that in Luke.
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Why? Because he was thorough. He wanted to know exactly what he was talking about, but he also understood the value and the significance of time. Notice what he says. He closely followed all things for some time past. He knew that whenever he's a doctor, if it started yesterday or if it's been going on for their whole family, if it's been going on for a year now. You mean you've had that problem for a year now? You know, I believe that's why medical history is so important. You know that he connects Jesus with John the Baptist. You know, he goes deeper in the genealogy of Christ and you know, some go back to Abraham. Guess where Luke takes the genealogy of Christ back to Adam. He goes all the way back to Adam because he's so thorough. Don't you feel that God is trying to tell us, you know what?
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You can trust what I've had and what I have written in my word. The Lord knows what he's doing. This is the truth. You know, culture, it comes and goes and things are in style and then they're out of style. They're in style and they're out of style. All those kind of things. I'll never forget one time making fun of my dad because he had a skinny belt. He had a skinny tie. And I said, dad, that is so out of date. Man, today we wear big fat ties. We wear big fat belts, you know, and then now look, you know, we were I'm wearing a little skinny belt and then when I wear a tie, usually I try to get as skinny as I can, you know, but the thing is those things go in and out. Don't base your life on culture and what a trend of society. Base your life on the unchanging Word of God. It's timeless.
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You know, the Bible says that the the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God, what you're holding your hand, it's going to stand forever. So just bank your whole life on the truth of scripture. He went through a lot to make sure we had it and it's accurate. But I want to go to a seventh thing and that is the analysis with intelligence regarding Christ. The analysis with intelligence regarding Christ. Did you notice he said, right? He said, I wrote it down, an orderly account. I wrote it down.
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Do you know that when we were created in the image of God, that's one thing we can do that the animals can't do, right? You know, have you ever seen a bear right? If you see a bear, I i encourage you, don't hang around to see if he can ride. It's better just get out of there. You know, one time I shot a bear and my friend that took me in the guide, he said, you got him, man. And he said, let's go get him. And I said, well, you go down the tree and you get him and then you tell me, you know. But anyway, when he got over there, he said, run for your life." ah Anyway, I was running toward the pickup and he said, I'm joking. He's dead. What are you doing? But anyway, it was it was really stressful. But you know, that's one of the things that makes us different. We don't find a lot of books written by squirrels and all this kind of thing. It's only human beings. We were created in God's image. So we have language we can write.
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You know, I just wonder here in this room, some of you have been here for a long time. I've been here 17 years, okay? So out of the 17 years, raise your hand if you would say, man, I've memorized every message you've preached. Anybody? Okay, nobody's here. I am so offended. I am so discouraged by the... No, I'm kidding. That's why I point people to the written word of God. Because someday you'll forget what a preacher said. You won't forget what God has said. And so that's why I'm saying God had him to write it down so that we could know.
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You know, don't underestimate how God's created you. You know, I read this week where as a matter of fact, since we were creating the image of God, we have one quadrillion items of information that we can store in our human brain. If I'd only known that when I was in junior high, I would've gone up to my teacher and said, look, look how much I got up here, you know. But anyway, no, I'm kidding. But ah just know, God has put within his word all the truths that are gonna last forever. And so Luke says, I analyzed this. I pulled all of these things together and there came a point where it was time for me to write it down.
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And I like what Peter says about the written word of God in 2 Peter 1, 21, for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man. But men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. That's the truth. That's the truth. That's what makes God's Word so different from everything else. You know, the orderly account, you know, that Kent Hughes says that Luke's gospel is also, in addition to the geography, it's also arranged around ah themes. And so you've got all of these themes that Luke said, I want to emphasize this, and I want to emphasize that.
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And so all of that is why God called Luke to write down this incredible gospel that we have and helped him as he wrote it. I like what Chuck Swindoll said again. He said, you know what you can think about with Luke? He's like when you get a diagnosis and you think, you know what, I'm gonna go to a specialist and get a second opinion. Luke is like a specialist. The Holy Spirit called him. So when you read something, on Instagram or something out there in the world and you say, I don't know about that one. Go to the board of God because God has specialists that he inspired to write these words. Let me close with one last thing and that's assurance.
Certainty of Jesus' Teachings and John's Purpose
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You know, we're talking about certainty in times of uncertainty.
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The purpose clause introduced why he wrote it. That word, that, in verse 4, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught, that's why he says I've written it, so that you can have certainty. Do you know in the Gospel of John, he wrote a purpose statement in John 20, verse 31. It was written so that you may believe. that Jesus is the Christ. A purpose statement was written in 1 John 5.13. Have you ever thought, I wish I could know for certain that I have eternal life in Christ? Well, 1 John 5.13 says that you may know that you have eternal life. That's why I've written these things.
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You know, certainty there means to not slip, to not fall, to not totter. That's why these things were written, so that we would say, you know what, I'm not going to fall down as long as I continue in these things. Do you know that if you put Luke together, along with the book of Acts, it spans six and a half decades. 40% new content, like I said earlier, seven of Christ's miracles are only mentioned in Luke. 17 of his parables are only mentioned in Luke. Because this guy said, Holy Spirit help me, help me to get to the right people who were firsthand eyewitnesses and they saw.
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You know, a lot of people think maybe we're moving into the last days. So I want to close with one last verse. It's not from first not from Luke 1, 1 through 4, but it's from Luke 21 verses 13 and 15. Whenever we do approach the last days, which I think we are approaching the last days, but there's gonna be a lot of uncertainty. But you know what? If you know God's truth, you are equipped. That's why the Bible was inspired, 2 Timothy 3, 16 and 17. The word of God was inspired that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. All that you need to accomplish what God wants you to accomplish, whether it's the last days or not,
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He's already given it to you. But even if we go into the beginning of those last days, I want you to know they're not obstacles. Listen to what he says in verse 13 of Luke 21. This will be your opportunity to bear witness, to bear witness to what? To bear witness to the truth. A lot of people around us don't know the truth. We hear the truth. We've read the truth. We know the truth. And so rather than looking at the the turmoil of our times and saying, you know what? I don't think people want to listen. Just speak the truth. Bear witness to the truth. But I like also what verse 15 ensures us of. It says, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
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So yes, believers and and the Bible and God and so forth, there's gonna be opposition. But you know what? The opposition will not be able to overcome the truth. If we'll stand for the truth, if it comes to it, die for the truth, but just take your stand on the truth of God's word.
Historical Commitment to Biblical Truth: John Huss
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I wanna close with one guy who took his stand on the truth of God's word and on July 6th. 1415, July 6, 1415. I'm telling you, that's how long people have been living and dying for the truth of the scriptures. His name was John Huss. He was falsely accused of teaching error. And so in July the 6th, 1415, he was pushed through the streets of Constance, Germany, and he was later burned at the stake because they said, they claimed, that he had spoken error, not truth, but everything that he said was scriptural. So they said to him, we take from you this day the cup of redemption. His response to what they claimed was, he said, I trust in the Lord God the Almighty that he will not take away from me the cup of his redemption, but I firmly hope that to drink from it today in his kingdom. And then he made this statement. He said, do not believe that I have taught anything but the truth. I have taught no error. The truths I have taught I will seal today with my blood. And they set him on fire. You know, when he was burning on fire,
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The people who were there that day wrote it down in history. They said, you know what? He was singing. The God went out singing when the flames were coming up on him and it was so painful. And here's what he was singing. Jesus, son of the living God, have mercy on me. How can a person do something like that? A person can do something like that when they are convinced, when they know with certainty that this is the truth, when they know that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to him, but by but through, no no one goes to the Father, but through Christ. Would you stand? I want to give an opportunity for any who don't know the truth so that you can come to know the truth today. Let's pray. Lord, thank you so much for the opportunity that we have today
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to put our faith and our trust in you. Lord, we hear scripture verses all the time, but maybe we've never taken the time to really think through what this one book of the Bible, what this one gospel account, Luke's gospel in Luke 1, 1 to 4, all that he went through just so that we can have the truth. But now we see it. And so help us, oh Lord, not to be like Demas and be retreating from the truth. Help us be like Luke, researching the truth or help us to run with the truth, help us to embrace the truth this day. If there's anyone here today that realizes the truth that they are a sinner, that they will not make it into heaven based on their own righteousness, then show them the truth that is found in Christ.
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that if we confess our sins, He's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Let them know there's forgiveness in Christ. But bless our time of response. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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