BE RULED BY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST (6 OF 9)
Scripture: I JOHN 4:1-6
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Be Ruled by the Spirit of Christ (6 of 9)
An Epistle of Love
David Cawston
I John 4:1-6
Introduction:
The early church just like the church through the centuries was plagued with false doctrines and false teachers.
Listen to what Paul wrote to the Galatians church. read Gal 1:6-9 NIV)
The problem was with Judaizers
JUDAIZERS - early converts to Christianity who tried to force believers from non-Jewish backgrounds to adopt Jewish customs as a condition of salvation. Evidence of this movement within the early church first emerged about A. D. 49, when "certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, 'Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved'".
The apostle Paul denounced this idea, insisting that only one thing is necessary for salvation: faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. In the letter to the Galatians, Paul continued this same argument, insisting that the believer is justified by faith alone. To become a new person in Christ is to be set free from the requirements of the Jewish law: "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation" .
Another False Teaching!
GNOSTICISM-- a system of false teachings that existed during the early centuries of Christianity. Its name came from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis. The Gnostics believed that knowledge was the way to salvation. For this reason, Gnosticism was condemned as false and heretical by several writers of the New Testament.
The Gnostics also taught that man is composed of body, soul, and spirit. Since the body and the soul are part of man's earthly existence, they are evil. Enclosed in the soul, however, is the spirit, the only divine substance of man. This "spirit" is asleep and ignorant; it needs to be awakened and liberated by knowledge.
Then there were others who performed miracles and led many away!
Persons who pretend to be Christ but who are actuall ...
An Epistle of Love
David Cawston
I John 4:1-6
Introduction:
The early church just like the church through the centuries was plagued with false doctrines and false teachers.
Listen to what Paul wrote to the Galatians church. read Gal 1:6-9 NIV)
The problem was with Judaizers
JUDAIZERS - early converts to Christianity who tried to force believers from non-Jewish backgrounds to adopt Jewish customs as a condition of salvation. Evidence of this movement within the early church first emerged about A. D. 49, when "certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, 'Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved'"
The apostle Paul denounced this idea, insisting that only one thing is necessary for salvation: faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
Another False Teaching!
GNOSTICISM-- a system of false teachings that existed during the early centuries of Christianity. Its name came from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis. The Gnostics believed that knowledge was the way to salvation. For this reason, Gnosticism was condemned as false and heretical by several writers of the New Testament.
The Gnostics also taught that man is composed of body, soul, and spirit. Since the body and the soul are part of man's earthly existence, they are evil. Enclosed in the soul, however, is the spirit, the only divine substance of man. This "spirit" is asleep and ignorant; it needs to be awakened and liberated by knowledge.
Then there were others who performed miracles and led many away!
Persons who pretend to be Christ but who are actuall ...
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