ARE YOU HOLDING FIRMLY TO THE TRUTH? (3 OF 3)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 John 1:7-13
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Are You Holding Firmly to the Truth? (3 of 3)
Nothing But the Truth
Jeff Schreve
2 John 1:7-13
In the world of aviation, accuracy, truth and precision are very important. I was talking to a man in our church, Al Green, who's a pilot for the Truman Arnold Companies, and I was asking Al about what happens when a pilot gets off course. And Al said that there is a rule that pilots know about. It's called the one-in-sixty rule. And the one-in-sixty rule says this: If a pilot is off on his destination one degree, just one degree off his flight plan, for every sixty miles he travels, sixty nautical miles (a nautical mile is a little more than a road mile, 1,151 just to be technical - Al is very technical). If you travel sixty miles and you're just one degree off in your flight plan, you'll be a mile off to the left or to the right from where you intended to go. So, it's the one-in-sixty rule.
Let's put this into an example that all of us can really grasp. Say you were in New York, and you're going to travel from LaGuardia Airport, and you want to go to Los Angeles, LAX. LaGuardia to LAX is 2,140 nautical miles. If you're one degree off on that flight plan, when you landed, you would be 35.66 nautical miles off course, or 41 street miles off course. You would miss LAX by 41 miles. And if you miss LAX by 41 miles, you may very well crash in the Pacific Ocean. Hey, it's really important in aviation to be spot on, to be accurate and true and precise.
Now, we want that for our pilot, but how much more is it important for the preacher to be accurate and precise and true when it comes to theology? When it comes to the things of God? When it comes to telling people how they can be right with God and how they can go to heaven when they die? See, if a pilot is off, you lose your life. If the preacher is off, the person who says they follow God and they speak for God is off, you lose your soul, and you spend eternity in a Christ-less hell. It ...
Nothing But the Truth
Jeff Schreve
2 John 1:7-13
In the world of aviation, accuracy, truth and precision are very important. I was talking to a man in our church, Al Green, who's a pilot for the Truman Arnold Companies, and I was asking Al about what happens when a pilot gets off course. And Al said that there is a rule that pilots know about. It's called the one-in-sixty rule. And the one-in-sixty rule says this: If a pilot is off on his destination one degree, just one degree off his flight plan, for every sixty miles he travels, sixty nautical miles (a nautical mile is a little more than a road mile, 1,151 just to be technical - Al is very technical). If you travel sixty miles and you're just one degree off in your flight plan, you'll be a mile off to the left or to the right from where you intended to go. So, it's the one-in-sixty rule.
Let's put this into an example that all of us can really grasp. Say you were in New York, and you're going to travel from LaGuardia Airport, and you want to go to Los Angeles, LAX. LaGuardia to LAX is 2,140 nautical miles. If you're one degree off on that flight plan, when you landed, you would be 35.66 nautical miles off course, or 41 street miles off course. You would miss LAX by 41 miles. And if you miss LAX by 41 miles, you may very well crash in the Pacific Ocean. Hey, it's really important in aviation to be spot on, to be accurate and true and precise.
Now, we want that for our pilot, but how much more is it important for the preacher to be accurate and precise and true when it comes to theology? When it comes to the things of God? When it comes to telling people how they can be right with God and how they can go to heaven when they die? See, if a pilot is off, you lose your life. If the preacher is off, the person who says they follow God and they speak for God is off, you lose your soul, and you spend eternity in a Christ-less hell. It ...
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