CAN YOU FALL DOWN SO FAR YOU CAN'T GET UP? (1 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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Can You Fall down so Far You Can't Get Up? (1 of 4)
Series: Hard Questions
Jeff Strite
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
OPEN: A tourist was visiting a famous landmark on the ocean and he'd walked out on a pier to see the ocean better. But as he looked over the edge of the pier he was disturbed by how deep the water seemed to be. As he was thinking about how deep the water must be at this point, he noticed an old man fishing off the pier, and he went over to him and asked: ''If I were to fall into this water, would I drown?'' The old man smiled and said ''Nah. Falling into the water isn't what drowns people. It's staying UNDER the water that drowns them.''
The title for our sermon this morning is ''Can You Fall So Far Down You Can't Get Up?'' In other words: ''Can you mess up your life so badly that you can't undo the damage?''
And the answer from Scripture is YES. You can mess things up so badly you can't undo the damage. (pause) And the answer from Scripture is NO. You can't mess things up so badly you can't undo the damage.
Sound confusing? The Bible teaches us that you CAN drown in your sin. But it isn't the falling into sin that will drown you… it's the staying under that will do that!
Let's start with what II Thessalonians 2:10-12 tells us about this. It says that certain people perish ''because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.''
There are certain people who are going to perish because they've made a decision they've decided to REFUSE to love the truth. These people really don't want God to tell them what to do. They don't want God to have any real authority in their lives. THEY want to be the final authority in their lives.
This (holding up the Bible) is God's written truth. If I disagree with God's written Word, then I have rejected truth and ...
Series: Hard Questions
Jeff Strite
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
OPEN: A tourist was visiting a famous landmark on the ocean and he'd walked out on a pier to see the ocean better. But as he looked over the edge of the pier he was disturbed by how deep the water seemed to be. As he was thinking about how deep the water must be at this point, he noticed an old man fishing off the pier, and he went over to him and asked: ''If I were to fall into this water, would I drown?'' The old man smiled and said ''Nah. Falling into the water isn't what drowns people. It's staying UNDER the water that drowns them.''
The title for our sermon this morning is ''Can You Fall So Far Down You Can't Get Up?'' In other words: ''Can you mess up your life so badly that you can't undo the damage?''
And the answer from Scripture is YES. You can mess things up so badly you can't undo the damage. (pause) And the answer from Scripture is NO. You can't mess things up so badly you can't undo the damage.
Sound confusing? The Bible teaches us that you CAN drown in your sin. But it isn't the falling into sin that will drown you… it's the staying under that will do that!
Let's start with what II Thessalonians 2:10-12 tells us about this. It says that certain people perish ''because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.''
There are certain people who are going to perish because they've made a decision they've decided to REFUSE to love the truth. These people really don't want God to tell them what to do. They don't want God to have any real authority in their lives. THEY want to be the final authority in their lives.
This (holding up the Bible) is God's written truth. If I disagree with God's written Word, then I have rejected truth and ...
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