Day 4: The Defense of the Gospel (Part 2)

Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is

designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

right in. teachings like this is that we will

be equipped enough, okay, we will be equipped

enough, right, to teach Jesus all over the world

without fear, without doubt, without worry, with

full confidence that we know that people will

be saved. So yesterday we started, you know,

to talk about apologia, which is an answer and

the logos, which means an all trans is like,

it's like a statement, an all trans, an explanation,

right? About why we believe what we believe.

And we say that this thing is common. It's common.

It's something that you should expect as a believer,

right? Don't dodge it. don't avoid it is something

that should come on a regular basis, right? It's

something that should come on a regular basis

that you are able to consistently give an account.

All right. So there are three commitments that

we must put upon, right? This morning, right?

So our commitments to apologia, our commitments

to apologia, right? If I say I'm committed, I'm

committed to apologetics. I'm committed to be

giving an explanation. There are commitments

that we need to specifically identify this morning

as we go. Before we begin to talk about the different

sects and the different beliefs and why those

beliefs are actually not the faith of Jesus and

how you can correct those beliefs. So, we first

of all see our commitments. Our commitments.

Let's go to our scripture again. 1 Peter 3. The

key scripture, right? Let's go to 1 Peter 3,

1 Peter 3:15

verse 15. Let's read it again. 1 Peter 3. Sanctify

the Lord God in your heart and always be ready

to give a defense to everyone who asks you a

reason for the hope that is in you. with meekness

and fear. Having a good conscience that when

they defame you as evildoers. Now, we saw this

yesterday. When they defame you as evildoers,

those who revile your good conduct in Christ

may be ashamed. For it is better, if it is the

will of God, to suffer for doing good than for

doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins,

the just for the unjust, that he might bring

us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but

made alive in the spirit. Made alive in the spirit.

Now, the verse 18 is fine, right? So what we

see here is that we saw sanctification, right?

Yesterday, from yesterday, so let's go back to

verse 15. We saw sanctification that... So apologia

is actually setting ourselves aside, right? Consecration.

It means I'm different for Jesus because I'm

ready to give an account. We see the answer there,

to give a defense, right? I think in this, what

did they call it? In this translation is the

word defense, which is to give an answer, right?

And to give an answer, an answer which relates

to all trances, which relates to a reason why

we believe what we believe. And we said that

verse 17, let's see. Okay, go to 16, go to 16.

Yeah, it says, so that those who revile your

good conducts may be ashamed. And we also say

that the ashamed there is not to put them to

shame, okay? It's not like to make them feel

bad because that is not part of the power of

the gospel, right? God does not make someone

to feel, to see shame. Let's put it that way,

right? But the evidence, the explanation of this

shame is that when evidence is presented, right,

your evidence is sufficient enough, right, for

them to put their evidences aside and accept

your own, right? So to put their evidences aside,

and we check scriptures where that actual word,

right, I think we checked it yesterday, where

that actual word popped out. So today we have

to have a foundation upon which our commitment

to apologetics, right? Our commitment to apologetics.

So go to the same first bit that, is it having

a good, go to 15, let's see, something I'm looking

for. Always be ready and answer to give a reason,

right? For the hope that is in you, right? That

is in you. Now, the first thing that we must

do, right? Or the first commitment is, the first

thing is that, To know what we believe first.

That's our first commitment. That's why verse

15 says, A reason for the hope that is in you.

So the first thing is, you must know the hope

that is in you. You must know the hope that is

in you. So we must know what we believe. So when

there are teachings, when there are things concerning

the faith, and you realize that you are lacking

in knowledge, you should investigate it. You

should pay attention to study it until you find

an answer from the scriptures. You should have

a note. This particular part, I need to study

it. This particular part, I need to study it.

If you are trying, you can tell the pastors,

you can tell people around you, right? And the

church, over time, can go in that direction,

right, based on the decision of the leadership.

So what we are saying is that we must know the

hope that we believe in. We must know what we

believe. We must know what we believe because

we cannot defend what we don't understand. Now,

this is the difference between other people who

call themselves probably some organizations or

some sets and... The true Christian faith, which,

of course, there's no other true Christian faith.

It's just the Christian faith. But the committed

Christian faith. The difference is that you must

understand what you believe. The ones we are

going to check today, you don't need to understand.

Just follow. In fact, you just have to follow

the organization. Right? You just have to follow

the organization. You don't ask questions. But

in the faith, you must be ready to give an answer.

It therefore means that you must know. Ephesians

1. Ephesians 1. Someone says, to know the hope

that is in you. Ephesians 1 explains it very

well, or opens it up a little bit. And it became

Paul's prayer. From verse 15. Wherefore, I also,

after I have heard of your faith in the Lord

Jesus, and the love unto all the saints, I say

this not to give thanks for you, making mention

of you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord

Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you

wisdom of the Spirit, right? And revelation in

the knowledge of him. The eyes of your understanding,

being enlightened, that you may what? Know. Okay?

That you may know. What will you know? The hope.

What is the hope of his calling? You must know

the hope of his calling. You must know what you

believe. It's not, the Christian faith is not

without understanding. Okay? The Christian faith

is not without understanding, right? There's

understanding that must go. You must know what

you believe. And in essence, the reason is that

we can be able to give sufficient defense, sufficient

answer, right? The defense of the gospel is the

title, right? So sufficient defense, sufficient

answer to those who ask us. And note that...

He says, you may be able to give to those who

ask you. And now see, some people will revile

you. So among those who ask you, do we need to,

okay, all right. So among those who ask you are

actually people who will revile you. So not everybody

that asks you is actually coming to revile you.

And we saw that yesterday, right? We saw that

there will be people, what's the first group

of people that we might encounter? New generation,

right? So the new generation might not ready,

they are not coming to revile you. They just

want to know. Purity everywhere, right? Now,

the false prophets too, they are not coming to,

I'm sorry, not the false prophets, the sincere

preachers, right? Sincere teachers. They are

not coming to revile you, right? They are coming

actually, they don't know. When Apollos was taken

into the house of Priscilla and Aquila, right?

It was not to revile him or he was also not reviling

them, right? It was actually for him to be taught.

So we see that. However, we know that false prophets,

mockers and scoffers, they want to revile you,

right? So you must be ready to provide an evidence.

So the first thing is that we must be committed.

These are our commitments in this meeting as

we go, as we, you know, after this meeting, that

I'm committed to know everything pertaining to

the scriptures. You know, one time I used to

tell people, I tell someone, okay, preach John

3, 6, preach about salvation for me. The people,

they prepare the teachings and it goes only across

the New Testament or maybe only in the book of

John or maybe just a few scriptures. And I said,

you see this thing that you do now, it's good,

but it is insufficient. Just like we say, if

we stay only in the New Testament, we will miss

the foundation, which is the Old Testament upon

which the New Testament is built upon. So in

such. Right? It means that in our explanation,

we will do like Jesus. Right? In our explanation,

we'll do like Jesus. In Luke chapter 24. Right?

Luke 24 · chapter mention

Let's go there. Add that scripture. Luke chapter

Luke 24 · chapter mention

24. We will do like Jesus. So, we must know.

Right? We must know. Luke chapter 24. From verse

Luke 24 · chapter mention

44. Right? From verse 44. We have verse 44. He

said, these are the words which I speak unto

you while I was yet with you. That. All things

must be fulfilled, which are written in the law

of Moses, in the prophets, in the Psalms concerning

me. And I said, he opened their understanding.

So when we need to learn about the faith, we

must go to the scriptures. So you will not just

stay in the Psalms. You will not just stay in

the New Testament, but you will go across scriptures

to be able to teach what you know. Right? So

we must go. We can put 2 Peter 3 verse 18. 2

2 Peter 3:18 2 Peter 3:18

Peter 3 verse 18. Grow in grace and in the knowledge

of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Grow in

grace. So, spiritual growth as a believer is

to grow in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Okay, the spiritual growth is to grow in the

knowledge. So if we say more grace unto you,

we are saying more knowledge, more revelation,

right? So if I greet someone, more grace unto

you, I'm telling you more knowledge, more revelation

on the basis of this verse, right? So I'm saying

more knowledge to you, more revelation as you

press on, right? That you may know, you may know.

So when we talk about grace in this context,

it's talking about the increase in the knowledge,

which is the same thing, again, back to Ephesians.

Back to Ephesians, telling us that there will

be revelation, the knowledge, in the knowledge

of Christ. So we must be zealous to actually

know more, right? There should not be any question,

like Pastor Fred used to say, he used to say,

tell me something. He said, you see, you have

to follow the conversation. The reason is because

people under us are listening to these same conversations.

Right? So, when you listen to that combat, maybe

some people giving some explanations, because

people listen to them, you listen to them so

that you can know how to teach them from Genesis

to Revelation on that matter when the question

comes. Do we get it? So, it means that we have

to grow in the knowledge of Christ, having eyes

of our understanding enlightened. Let's progress.

Colossians 3, 16. Colossians 3, 16. Let the word

of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.

Now, teaching and admonishing one another in

psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with

grace in your hearts to the Lord. You see, again,

the word of Christ dwelling in us richly, in

abundance, in surplus, like you have the wealth

of the word of God in you. You have the wealth

of the word of God in you. The second thing which

we saw is... It's still connected to knowing

what we believe. It's majorly to say that we

should know why we believe what we believe. So

it's still connected to what I just said. You

must know the why, right? You must know the why.

You will know what you believe, right? You must

know what you believe. Then we must know why,

the reason behind it, right? We must know why,

which is the reason behind it. The reason behind

what we believe has historical foundation and

revelational foundation, okay? The reason behind

the Christian faith, why, has historical foundation

and revelational foundation. Why? Because it

is God working with and within a culture of a

people to communicate to the entire world. Some

say, why do you believe it? It's an Englishman's

religion. Oh, why do you believe it? It's an

imported. Why do you believe it? It's just something

to control the masses. No. Right? The Christian

faith, across history, He has a historical foundation.

He has a revelational foundation. He has apostolic

foundation. Right? So, those are the reasons

why we believe what we believe. It's not just

that we read it, we know it. We know the reason

why we know it. We know the reason why. Right?

We know the reason why. Now, like I said, the

ones we are going to discuss today, I will ask

you a question. Whether they have historical

foundation or they have revelational foundation.

Right? We're going to see. Because Pastor Victor

is the one that used the word archaeological

evidences, you know, all the time. When I started

studying, I started seeing that actually, Christian

faith is so solidly founded on realities that

happened on these earths that God fulfilled.

Right? And in those realities, which we call

the eyewitnesses accounts, there is what? Revelation.

Right? There is revelation. But in most cases,

you barely find... any archaeological or any

pointer to the fact that some people existed

somewhere. Where's Brother Prince? Ah, okay,

he's outside. If someone can replace him, it

would be nice. Yes, so, Victor, if you can replace

him, if he's not in anything, he should come

inside. So, there's archaeological evidences,

right, evidences on this faith and there's revelational,

there's eyewitness evidence, to solidify the

Christian faith, which in most cases is difficult

for other faiths to establish. So we must know

why. Now, the third one is you must know how

to communicate the faith. Ah, you must know how

to communicate the faith. You must know how to

communicate the faith. You must know how to communicate

the faith. One of the things I really, you know,

honor pastors for is Not just that they know

it, but they are apt to teach. See, teaching

is something that every day you must trust God

that it gives you understanding on how to present

the message of the gospel. This teaching is one

of the most, I mean, one of the challenging for

me to teach. Reason because I'm torn between

I don't want to teach someone's doctrine and

trying to correct doctrine. Yes, I need to teach

the church. So our job is to teach the church.

It's not to teach someone's error. But in teaching

the church, we would correct someone's error.

Do we get it? So our job is not to pick, we don't

need to pick all the errors, right? No, not at

all. We want to teach the church. Now, in our

teaching the church, many errors out there will

be corrected. So I was torn in between, right?

Where do I start from? Where do I organize this?

and trusting the Spirit to flow with us even

as we teach. So you must learn how to communicate

it. You must learn how to communicate it. 2 Timothy

2 Timothy 2:15

2 verse 15. 2 Timothy 2 verse 15. Be diligent

2 Timothy 2:15

to present yourself approved to God, a worker

who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing

the word of truth. Say that word ashamed again.

So it's not shaming, it's actually to shrink.

Like, oh, I don't have sufficient evidence to

present. Right? So, you will not shrink that

you don't have sufficient evidence when you rightly

divide the word of truth. That is what it means.

It means to withdraw. I withdraw my case from

this discussion because I don't have sufficient

evidence. When you rightly divide the word of

truth, you wouldn't shrink. So, it means that

there's a pattern that we need to use to communicate,

to communicate the gospel. 2 Peter 1, 20 -21

will rightly divide the word of truth. So, rightly

divide simply means to cut across the scripture

to give an explanation, right? Cut across the

scripture to give An explanation. To what? Now,

some people are wondering, knowing first, above

all, that no prophecy is of private interpretation.

And we have explained this, right? That it's

not necessarily meaning someone has a revelation,

right? That's not what it means. That means like,

oh, this is my interpretation. That is your interpretation.

But what it's explaining is that no scripture

should be taken alone. No scripture is independent

of the order. Right? So, if I read Genesis, it's

not independent of Exodus. It's not independent

of Malachi. For the prophecy never came by the

will of man. But see, holy men, stay on this

one, holy men of God spoke as they were moved.

So, Moses spoke as he was moved. So, if he was

moved by the spirits, right? It means that when

Isaiah was moved by the Spirit, Moses and Isaiah

would be communicating the same thing. Do we

get it? So, holy men, they move. They will move,

right? They spoke as they will move. So, it means

that because it is of the same origin, right?

No single scripture has a separate message from

the other. Because it is inspired by God, by

the same Holy Spirit, No single, that is what

we call the, what the pastor Victor call it,

thematic context, right? The entire context of

the Bible, right? This is thematic, those places,

those concepts, I was supposed to write them

down there in my book. I probably will bring

that, right? We need them because that is the

thematic context of the Bible, the overall message

of the Bible, saying that no book is independent,

but these books brought together. By men in different

generations and across different times, they

were moved by the Holy Spirit. And does the Holy

Spirit have two messages? No. Just that one message

of what God will do in us. What God will do.

So, how do I, right, communicate the gospel,

right? I communicate it across scriptures, holding

on to the messages of the scripture. Holding

on to... the messages of the scripture. So there's

no one scripture that stands alone, but you bring

them together and they spoke as they were moved

by the Holy Ghost. Let's go to Philemon 6. Philemon

6. Philemon 6. The communication of our faith.

Right. The communication of our faith. Philemon

6. Okay. Media, help us. So Philemon sees. 6

says, the communication of our faith would become,

he said, that the sharing of your faith may become

effective by acknowledgement of every good thing

which is in you in Christ. That as we acknowledge

all that is ours in Christ, means that you will

cut across, to acknowledge what is yours in Christ,

it means that you will cut across all scriptures

to know all that is yours in Christ. Living no

matter untouched. We will cut across all scriptures

knowing what is ours in Christ. Then the communication

of our faith, the sharing of our faith becomes

very effective. Right? It becomes very effective.

It becomes very effective. So this three commitment

is something that should go with us every day

as we go. Every day as we go. I need to know

more. I need to know more. Right? I need to know

why. And I need to communicate. That is why when

you learn, you communicate it. You teach people,

right? The reason why we have us here is not

for us to just teach you, teach you, teach you,

but that you will go and teach others. So if

you don't practice how to teach others, how would

you be able to be effective in the communication

of your faith? To give a defense, you must learn

how to communicate the defense. You must learn

how to communicate. And it doesn't come in one

day. It's not something that you will just wake

up one day and you know how to communicate of

it. No, it's practice. Practice after practice,

after practice, after practice. It's like people

who are going for evangelism, the more you do

it, the more you know how to do it. So the first

time you went to speak with someone, you realize

that the scripture you started with or the way

the conversation started, you could have taken

it through these other parts. Or started with

this scripture and moved towards this scripture?

Or asked this question? So, in that, you are

practicing how to communicate your faith. Right?

You are practicing how to communicate your faith.

So, it is not just mere eloquence. It is not

mere eloquence. It is not in the wisdom of men.

It is not eloquence. It is not in the wisdom

of men. It is also not quoting scriptures. Okay?

So we've warned each other about quoting scriptures

randomly and using them haphazardly, right? In

this place, right? This is not just me quoting

scriptures, but staying on it. Because we have

people who have quoted scriptures across all

times. In fact, in their quoting of scriptures,

they did terrible damage to people who were looking

for what to believe in. They had to follow them.

So it is not quoting scriptures. Like some said,

right, to confuse people. Just quote randomly,

quote randomly. In fact, like Pastor Victor also

said, he said, the people that have done damage

the most to the faith, I mean, unfortunately,

are people who use the same material. People

who hold the Bible across history and even people

who try to create organizations. Why? Because

they are using the same book. Now, I tell you

that if someone was using another book, right?

You remember what happened in Ephesus? What did

they do? Right? They will bring out their books

and they will burn it. Right? They will bring

out their magic books. Right? And they will burn

it. Because they have believed in the message

of Christ. Now, somebody that is using the same

book with you. First, he does not need to burn

the book. We don't want to burn the book. But

the person is communicating and keeping people

in darkness, right? In the name of using the

same book. So people who really give the most

challenge when it comes to apologetics, people

who give the most challenge is the people who

actually carry the same book or claim to teach

from the same book. So we must pay attention,

right? We must pay attention to how to communicate

this message. So we will teach it instruction

by instruction, conviction by conviction, evidence

by evidence. Okay, we will teach it instruction

by instruction, conviction by conviction, evidence

by evidence, correction by correction, precepts

by precepts. It means that we will be detailed.

We will be detailed in our communication of the

gospel. We will be detailed in our communication.

of the gospel. Alright. The next thing is to

know what is the state of heart of someone who

is giving a defense of the gospel. The state

of our state of heart. Now, one of the challenges,

so the next thing is our state of heart in giving

a defense. Right? We can say it that way. Our

state of heart in giving a defense. There's a

challenge. I think I was saying it one day that

one of the reasons why people don't go for evangelism

is because they don't know what the person will

say. One. Secondly, sometimes they think that

they are coming apprehensively to attack somebody.

No. Sometimes they think, okay, someone I've

never met before. It's because you have not conditioned

your heart to know what you're about to go and

do. So if you condition your heart that, okay,

I'm going to save souls. I'm not going to attack

anybody. I'm going to have a communication with

this person. I'm going to discuss and explain

the scriptures, right? And it's not like you're

coming to, you know, hold the person, force the

person. Is it that you believe or not? You know,

some people will use the wrong scripture, the

kingdom of God, suffering violence, right? You

must take it. But no, no, no. That's the very

wrong explanation of that. We've seen people

do very funny things with scriptures. So our

hearts has a position. Believe me, this will

help you. when you are going. It will help you

when we are going. You see this one, this is

the foundation of the next thing we are going

to teach. So that when we begin to talk about

doctrines that don't align with the faith of

Jesus and why a faith cannot be called salvation.

I said that. Why a faith cannot be called salvation

or a belief cannot be called salvation. You will

know that we are coming from a state of hearts

that is appropriate, that is consecrated. Let

me use that word, right? A state of heart that

is consecrated, right? We are coming from a state

of heart that is consecrated. So the first thing

that we must know, right? I know many of us might

not like it. Some of us are so cool. Some of

us, we are very reserved, right? But the first

thing you must know when you are going out for

an apology is that you are confronting ideologies.

So many people don't like confrontation. Many

people don't like confrontation, right? You don't

want confrontation, right? To discuss, to argue,

to explain, no. So, first, the state of our heart

must be that we are going to confront ideologies.

We are going to confront ideologies, strongholds,

and arguments. Ideologies, strongholds, and arguments.

Ideologies, strongholds, and arguments. That

exalts themselves against the knowledge of God.

That exalts themselves against... So you must

know, this one you must know. You will not get

there and tell the person A is B. And the person

will say, oh, glory to God, I believe. Right?

No, it's not going to happen like that. So you

must know that we are going to confront ideologies.

People are not born tabula rasa. Tabula rasa

means a plain head. People are not plain head.

Right? They are not a white board where nothing

is written on. Something has been written in

their mind. before they met you, right? Even

if they have no faith, something has been written

in their mind. For example, you are going to

preach even to a new generation person. The person

will ask you, why does God allow a child in Gaza

or somewhere to die? Why does he not stop that

bomb at that last minute before it exploded?

Right? Someone will ask you such a question.

You are preaching the love of God. The person

is telling you, If truly God controls all men,

if God is truly ultimate, why can't he not just

kick that bomb away and that child will survive?

These are questions they will ask you. Now, this

one is not coming from anything. This one is

coming from a moral mind. It's coming from a

humanity mind. If you meet people who believe

in humanity and they follow those, this is a

question they will ask you. Why didn't God stop

it? And you have to explain. So, that is an ideology.

That it is, God is contributing to that thing

that is happening by not doing anything. Have

we seen that in the Old Testament before? Are

we together? Have we seen that in the Old Testament?

Leaders, we have seen that. Where they will say

that God is contributing to an evil that is taking

place because of his absence. His absence in

those cases. So the same way today. Today you

will see it practically. Why is God not stopping?

So we must know, you must have this in your mind.

Have it settled. You are going to confront ideologies,

arguments that exalt themselves against the knowledge

of God. 2 Corinthians 10, 4, verse 5. 2 Corinthians

10, 4, verse 5. Romans 1, verse 16. Put them

Romans 1:16

together. Romans 1, verse 16. For the weapons

Romans 1:16

of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in

God, to the pulling down strongholds, casting

down arguments and every high thing that exalts

itself against the knowledge of God and bringing

every thought into captivity to the obedience

of Christ. So, go back. So, he says, go back

to the first one, right? Where are you? 2 Corinthians.

I'm still in 2 Corinthians. I'm not in... Yes.

It's like the weapon of our warfare. So, you

must know that you are not going for a physical

fight, okay? The confrontation is not physical

fight. So, you must know this, right? So when

the person becomes physical, you move. That's

the truth. You move. Okay? Because what we are

doing, it's an argument. I mean, a debate, yes.

A conversation. That is why when Festus and Agrippa,

when they questioned Paul, they said, what are

you guys? This guy does not deserve this. He

has not done, there's nothing physical. It's

not a physical warfare. It's just to them. It's

just ideological. So why should you say he's

condemned to death? Of course, over history,

we have seen people that because of their ideology,

they were condemned to death as well, right?

So he was saying, let's think. Let's think together,

right? He doesn't deserve death. But Paul knew,

right? Paul knew that the weapons of his warfare

are not carnal. Paul knew what he was doing.

Apostle Paul was certain that he was bringing

down the argument. And because they could not

stand, so people might not be able to stand and

they turn into fights. Then you just withdraw,

right? So if you have this mindset, I'm going

out to have a conversation over the ideologies,

over the strongholds that are in the minds of

people. I'm going out to answer questions that

are in the mind of people, random people who

haven't been able to understand the love of Christ.

So this will help us a lot. Now go to Romans

Romans 1:16

1 verse 16. Romans 1 verse 16. by faith. So it

Romans 1:16

is the power of God. So your communication of

the gospel, right? The power of God is in it.

So don't think that you're just going to just

have a debate, have an argument, have a discussion,

explain. No. When you are saying that Jesus is

son of God, the power of God is in that communication.

When you are saying that when God created man,

he has the intention to fill all men, the power

of God is in that communication. When you say

that to be filled, You need to believe in the

suffering of Christ and the glory that follows.

The power of God is in that communication. So

don't let it look like you are going out to just

say mere words. No, you are not going to say

mere words. You are going to communicate the

power of God. So be bold to enjoy confrontation.

Right? Be bold to enjoy confrontation. Be bold

to enjoy confrontation. One of the means by which...

maybe early days, right, before, you know, I

got very, I mean, it's not something that also

I just jumped into being able to have a confrontation

about the gospel. No, it didn't happen all of

a sudden, right? I just realized that when someone

asks a question, right, I just smile, right?

So if you smile, it calms you down. Then they

arrange your mind together. Then you know, okay,

we are not fighting, right? It is that we want

to communicate, we want to have a conversation.

So me, that is, first thing, someone comes to

me, in fact, these days when I smile is because

I know that, okay, This person, this is another

opportunity to win someone, right? This is another

opportunity to win someone. So, we are going

for confrontation. It's not a fight. We put on

a smile. You approach the person. You have your

scriptures. And again, right? Again, this is

one of the things. Let's put a second one. Let's

put a second one. So, now it's confrontation,

right? Confrontation. Let's take a few scriptures.

1 Timothy 1 verse 3. 1 Timothy 1 verse 3. I think

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 1:3

Pastor Victor read this. And I urge you when

I went into Macedonia, so we are still on confrontation,

please. We have about a number of scriptures

here. Yes, a number of scriptures here to deal

with. As I urge you when I went to Macedonia,

remain in emphasis that you may church some that

they teach no other doctrine, neither give heed

to fables and endless genealogies, which minister

questions rather than godly edification. which

is in faith. Sorry, which is in faith, yes. So,

he says he besought Timothy, right, to abide

still at Ephesus, right, so that he might do

what? He might charge people to teach no other

doctrine. Now, to charge people to teach no other

doctrine would not be very easy, would not just

be stop teaching this doctrine, right? If you

tell people stop teaching this doctrine, the

next question is why? So, what? Timothy is going

to do is not to say, nobody should teach fables

here. Nobody should teach, I am from David, I

am from whatever tribe. No, no, no, he's not

going to do that. He's going to show from the

scripture that it is from one Lord, one baptism,

one faith, so that you would not have an attachment

to anything you have traced. Endless genealogies

that is not for profiting. Fables. Right? So,

these NDS genealogists and these fables are not

just something we say stop. No, he has to use

the scripture, right, to stop them. So, it is

the teaching of the scripture that will stop

it. So, he's going to go and confront people

to tell them to stop and to show them from the

scriptures that we are all the children of God.

So, this is how he confronts it. Acts 13 verse

Acts 13:14–16

14 to 16, let's add that. Still on confrontation,

Acts 13, verse 14 to 16. Acts 13, verse 14 to

Acts 13:14–16 Acts 13:14–16

16. But when they departed from Pega, they came

to Antioch in Pidicia and went into the synagogue

on the Sabbath day and sat down. And after the

reading of the law and the prophet, the ruler

of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men and

brethren, if you have any word of exhortation

for the people, do what? Say on. Then Paul stood

stuck here. Now, this is the one I was talking

about yesterday. That Paul intentionally would

put himself in a circumstance where people would

ask him and say, tell us more. Right? Where people

would say, give us a defense of the scriptures.

Right? Give us a defense. Now, these people are

also very interesting people. Right? They realize

that the reading of the scripture is not enough.

But the explanation of the scripture. is where

the revelation is. Okay? The explanation. Don't

forget, the Ethiopian eunuch also was reading.

Right? And Philip had to do what? Explain the

scriptures. So Paul put himself in a circumstance.

So there's nothing wrong where you find people

talking. Right? When you find people talking

and you go and join them. Right? Because you

want them to ask you questions. Right? I think

you want them to ask you questions. I think my

wife always says something that, you know, she

goes to lunch. with some people because she knows

that they will ask her questions. Right? They

will ask her questions about your faith. So,

she goes, I mean, there are, what I call them,

some of them are Christians, right? And people

who are yet to believe are among them. So, you

go in that midst and because you know the state

of mind that they are going to ask a question,

you want to keep that. Why? Because you want

to be able to give an answer. Right? So, this

is what Paul is doing here. Similar to what Paul

is doing. Putting himself, getting into a synagogue,

reading the scriptures, And then they said, now

speak. You know, now speak. Then Paul stood up

and motioning his hand said, men of Israel and

you who fear God, listen. The God of his people,

Israel, choose our father and exalted people

when they dwell as strangers in the land of Egypt.

And with an uplifted hand, he brought them out.

This alone is the message of salvation. A picture

of salvation is already painted there. Next.

Now for a time, for about 40 years. He put up

with their ways in the wilderness. So here we

see that Paul actually went to confront people.

He put himself in a circumstance where they would

say, speak. You remember the same thing. What

did they tell Stephen? Speak. Are these things

so? Confirm that this is true. Speak. What did

they tell Paul? Now you can answer for yourself.

That's what they told Paul. They asked Stephen,

are these things so? Paul, they asked him, you

can answer for yourself. And here they told Peter,

right? Right? Is it Peter or Paul? They say stand

up, Paul. They say stand up and what? And speak.

Right? Paul put himself in this circumstance

again. So this is what we see. So it's not bad

to find yourself in such circumstances. Now go

to 42 to 46. Verse 42 to 46. Of this same chapter,

please. 42 to 46 of this same chapter of Acts.

So when the Jews went out of synagogue, the Gentiles

begged that this word might be preached to them.

the next Sabbath. So the Jews were angry about

the message that was preached. Yet, some people

wanted the message to be preached to them again

the next Sabbath. So in your apologia, as much

as you'll find people who would confront and

they will say no, you must also be having a mind

and a heart that somebody will hear. Okay? Somebody

will believe. Don't have this mind that nobody

will believe. No. Somebody will believe. Somebody

will hear. Somebody will say yes. Somebody would

follow. The more you do it, right? So we had

some people say, let them preach this word to

us again in the next Sabbath, 43. Now, when the

congregation had broken up, many of the Jews

and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas,

who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue

in the grace of God. So some Jews, right? And

some converts, right? They followed Paul. and

persuaded them to continue the worldview. So

those ones received the word. On the next Sabbath,

almost the whole city came together to do what?

To hear the word of God. Right? People would

hear. This is a result of putting yourself in

a place where you begin to teach. Verse 45. But

when the Jews, again, these same Jews, saw the

multitudes, they were filled with envy and contradicting

and blaspheming. They opposed the things spoken

by Paul. So you can see it's a very great confrontation.

Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold. Say, I grew

bold. Say, I grow bold every day. Yeah. They

grew bold and said, it is necessary that the

word of God should be spoken first to you. Now,

it is necessary. That word is historical. That

word is entire Genesis and the law. It is necessary

that it be spoken to you first. Because you are

people in... Abraham, of course, a father in

your lineage that believed in God. So by the

promises of God and by the election of God, right?

You were the ones that will carry this message

and share, right? That's by God's election. It's

Israel that would carry this message and share.

So he said, it is necessary that he be spoken

to you first. However, you did what? You reject

it. Now, judge for yourself. and judge yourselves

rather on worthy of everlasting life. Behold,

we do what? We turn to the Gentiles. We turn

to the Gentiles. For the Lord has commanded that

I have said to you as a lie to the Gentiles that

you should be salvation to the world, to the

ends of the earth. So it's not just Gentiles,

right? No, no, just stay under scriptures. It's

not just Gentiles, right? But Paul had a heavy

labor. Paul had heavy labor for the Gentiles.

But it's not just apostles to the Gentiles. You're

restraining me a whole lot. Otherwise, we would

remove the epistles, give the Gentiles only the

epistles, and we would stay with the gospels

and maybe Peter, John. So Paul is also an apostle

to us, right? He's an apostle to us. We're going

to see that in laying the foundation, right?

Why nobody can build anything apart from that

which is already established. So verse 47. We'll

just stay on verse 7. Right. So, he said, I've

said it. So, he's an apostle to the ends of the

earth. Right. To the ends of the earth. For salvation

to the ends of the earth. So, let's go to another

scripture. Acts 19, verse 3. Acts 19, verse 3.

Acts 19:3 Acts 19:3

And he said to them, into what then were you

baptized? So, they said, into John's baptism.

Again, he met people who were already saved.

I mean, people who had received the message.

Which is the message of? John the Baptist. I'm

saying there's no problem about that message,

but the way it's communicated, it's communicated

in a coded form, in a hidden form of what is

to come. But in our communication, we communicate

what is already done. The finished work of Christ

is what we communicate. This one is telling them

somebody will come and do some finished work.

There's somebody that is going to fulfill it,

right? So, he confronted these people and said,

well, this is it, right? And he taught them appropriately.

Verse 9 and 10. Verse 9 and 10 of the same scripture.

But when some were hardened and did not believe,

I'll go to verse 8, take it a little bit back.

And again, he went into the synagogue and spoke

boldly for three months. You see, always going

to, in the synagogue, looking for places where

people would have questions and explain the scriptures

to them. So, spoke boldly for three months. Reasoning,

did you see? Reasoning. It means giving explanation.

The Logos, giving explanation and persuading

concerning the things of the kingdom of God.

Right? He was going about meeting people and

giving explanation regarding things concerning

the kingdom of God. So Paul did not shy away

from confrontation. Right? And we cannot shy

away. Go to verse 10. But when some were... Okay,

go to verse 9. Stay on 9. Let me see. But when

some were hardened... and did not believe, but

spoke evil of the way, which is the message,

before the multitude, he departed from them and

withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the

school of Tyrannus. Now, look at, did he reason

in the synagogue with them? Did he reason in

the synagogue with them? Yes, he did. Now, when

he realized that one, two, three, four people,

they are getting it, right? He took them aside.

and train those ones very well, right? Train

those ones so that those ones will go and do

what? Will do the same work. So as much as you

are seeing confrontations, right? You'll meet

people who will believe. In fact, sometimes you

can go and teach somewhere or you're talking

to two friends and you realize that in that evangelism,

one is more receptive, the other one is not receptive,

right? One is more receptive, the other one is

very... It's not receptive. Now, it would be

good that that one that is receptive, you put

more energy, get person number, you follow up

such kind of people. Let me put it this way.

They are closer to the kingdom of God. Okay?

Such kind of people, they are closer to the kingdom

of God. It means that they are ready to hear

your reasoning. So, reasoning is something that

we must do. So, he took them aside. So, specifically,

he continued with those ones. The question is,

do you think those ones will not have questions?

They have questions. The disciples of Jesus had

questions. These disciples had questions and

then he answered their questions. So we see that

in general, you can have confrontation with a

group. You can have people specifically also

being separated for discipleship while you are

confronting the ideologies in our mind. So again,

just put this as a note that you cannot control

how people respond, right? But you must be faithful

to the teaching of the word. You cannot control

how people respond. But you must be faithful

to the teaching of the word. You must be faithful

to the teaching of the word. So, some people

will be receptive at some point, some people

will not. So, you must be faithful to the teaching

of the word. Now, observe that James, the brothers

of Jesus, did not believe him at some point in

time. Right? They did not. But when... Peter

would hand over church. It was James, the brother

of our Lord, that he handed over to. So there

are some people that the current confrontation,

they might not be able to receive it. I say it

again. The brothers of Jesus never believed them.

We've taught that before. After resurrection,

they believed, right? And when James, the apostle,

was killed, James, the brother of Jesus, took

over the church from Peter. So Jerusalem became

where James, the brother of our Lord, was. In

Galatians, we see... Paul, Peter emphasizing

that because they set the lead arms to kill James

and all of that. And there was another James.

So we see that people, we don't control the response.

Jesus could not control his brother's response,

right? But after resurrection, sufficient evidence,

they believe the message of the gospel. Now,

the second thing is we are fighting a good fight.

Okay, we are fighting a good fight. 2 Timothy

6 verse 12. We are fighting a good fight. We

are fighting a good fight. Sorry, 1 Timothy 6

.12. Sorry, I think it should be 1 Timothy 6

.12. It should be 2 Timothy 4 .1. 1 Timothy,

yes, 6 .12. Fight a good fight of faith, lay

hold of eternal life, to which you were also

called, and have confessed the good confession

in the presence of many witnesses. I urge you

in the sight of God, who gives life to all things,

and before Christ, who witnessed the good confession.

Now, go back to verse 14. Let me explain something

in verse 14. Now, verse 12, sorry. Verse 12,

go to verse 12. Now, fight a good fight of it.

Lay hold of eternal life is not talking about

that Timothy does not have eternal life, okay?

It's not saying Timothy does not have eternal

life, right? It is that fight of faith, right,

that is the work of eternal life, okay? It's

not saying that, oh, now, fight a good fight

of it, then hold eternal life, right, to which

you have been called. Now, look at it. Take hold

of eternal life. Eternal life to which you have

been called and have made a good confession.

So, he's talking about the message and the ministry.

That's what he's saying. He's talking about fight

a good fight, but do the work of ministry, right?

And that is eternal life itself. So, eternal

life is not something that we have alone. It's

something that we do. Okay? Eternal life is something

that we do. It's something that we do. That fight

of faith is eternal life. It's something that

we do. It's not just something that we have.

Right? So it's something that we do. So we would

fight a good fight. It means we are taking hold

of eternal life. It means we are preaching the

gospel. We are doing that which we are called

to do. That which we have confessed and we have

confessed before many witnesses. So taking hold

of eternal life is you fighting a good fight

of faith. It's you giving a defense. So we must

know that it's a fight. Right. We must definitely

know that it's a fight. So it means that not

everybody will celebrate you. People will reject

you. Right. People would, people would even give

you a new reputation. Right. Pastor Victor was

saying that if you, if your reputation is at

stake, right, then you are not ready for a defense

of the gospel. Right. He said something like

that. You know, you should void yourself of any

reputation. If you would teach the word correctly,

if you would teach the word accurately. because

people would give you names, they'd give you

reputations, people would, you know, come against

you. So it's a fight, right? It's a fight. So

it means that we have to contend, that word contend

there in James that we saw, he says we should

contend for the faith. It's the same thing here,

fight a good fight of faith, contend for the

faith, right? So we see that in that. Now let's

see 1 Peter 3 .15. The third thing, Peter said,

we should do it with meekness and fear, right?

Meekness and fear. So in this confrontation,

in this fighting, right? Fighting means, you

know, arguments, debates, ideologies, you know,

having this conversation. We should do it with

meekness and fear. He says, but sanctify the

Lord, be ready to give a reason. He said, do

it with meekness and fear, right? So you are

not doing it. you're not doing it arrogantly,

right? You're not doing it to say, oh, you guys

don't know. No, it's not about they don't know.

It's about that you want to have their life,

right? You want to have the life of God rather

in them. So you are doing it with meekness, knowing

fully well that you too, you were once like them.

So in meekness and fear. So when you're going

out, you should have this in your mind that,

oh, I'm going to do this with meekness and fear.

He's talking about reverence to God, right? Meekness

and fear. You're doing it with gentleness. 2

Timothy 2, 2 Timothy 2, 14 and 19. 2 Timothy

2, 14 and 19. Remind them that these things,

charging them before the Lord, not to strive

aboutwards to no profit to their runes of their

heralds. The next one. But be diligent to present

yourself a proof of God, right? A worker who

does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing.

the word of truth. The next. But some profane

and idle babbling for they will increase to more

ungodliness and their message will spread like

cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort

who have strayed concerning the truth saying

that the resurrection right is already past and

they overthrow the fate of some. Nevertheless,

the solid foundation of God stands. The solid

foundation of God stands. Having this seal, the

Lord knows those who are his. Let everyone who

names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Go to 24 and 25. And the servant of the Lord

must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able

to teach patience in humility, correcting those

who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant

them repentance so that they may know the truth.

Right? so that they may know the truth. So you

can see cautions on gentleness, meekness, carefulness

in the teaching, carefulness in the explanation

of the gospel, apt to teach, able to teach. You

see that word, able to teach? We already discussed

that. We already talked about that this morning.

Now, the next thing is boldness, not harshness,

right? This is also related to this. You have

to go in boldness, not in harshness. Boldness,

not in harshness. We're still connected to this.

We must go in boldness. You can put Acts 4, 29

to 30, which gives us the context of that. Boldness,

not doing it harshly. Now, what happened in Acts,

for them to walk in this boat, it's not that

the boldness was not there, right? But circumstances

happened. Okay? So, when you are doing your apologia,

you might meet someone, right, that's at... So

many philosophies, right? And you were not able

to bring down their stronghold on that day, right?

You might not be able to bring that. Or there

were just a lot of arguments and all of that,

you know? There's always a time that, I think

it's part of the ask, that we will speak to you

on this matter again after a matter was discussed.

So there's always that time to speak to the person

again, right? So you will not say, because I

went out today, I'm trying to explain, I'm trying

to give a defense today. You know, it seems like

I couldn't answer a few questions, right? Answering,

not being able to answer a few questions does

not mean that you should withdraw. Are we together?

So if you have questions, it doesn't mean that

you will withdraw. I have people who would go,

they would send me message, sir, someone asked

me this question during evangelism. I don't have

an answer, but we plan to meet again. That is

the way it should be, right? So you also notice

that. When something happened, the context of

this is after they had probably disciplined the

disciples, right? And the Jews, they said they

went to their own company. You see, they went

to their own company, right? And in that company,

this is where prayer was said for them to walk

in boldness. So we must know that we must walk

in boldness. And that comes through a prayer

life. So you can put it down. Prayer life helps

us. To give a good defense. Prayer life helps

us to give a good defense. So as much as you

study, you study, you study, you must pray. The

prayer life helps you to give a good defense.

The prayer life helps you to be bold. To be bold.

Prayer life helps you to be bold. Now, just a

few counsel here, right? This one's a counsel

before we move to the next thing, right? Just

a few counsel here. Now, when we are up... Approaching

Apologia, which we are going to do now in the

next five minutes, right? We are going to enter

into some teachings and see. Now, if you are

approaching Apologia, the first thing we must

know is that it is not a personal... How do I

put it? We must draw a line between the personality

and the theology. Okay? We must draw a line between...

The personality and the theology. If we are able

to address the theology, the personality will

be transformed to the personality of Christ.

Hallelujah. So, when you are giving a defense

of the scripture or you are approaching someone,

you must draw a line between the personality

and the theology. Because the teaching and the

ideologies of that person is what you want to

address. This is also preparing our minds, getting

our minds ready. What you want to address is

not the person. It's not you are taking only

communion. It's not you are not celebrating Christmas

or all of that. No, those are not the ideologies

that you want. It's why is the person. What do

you believe? So it's not the personality. It's

not the individual that you are attacking. Don't

forget, our warfare is not carnal. We are bringing

down strongholds, ideologies. thoughts, arguments

that exalt themselves, right? Did you see a person

there? No. It's these arguments, right? These

arguments. So, we are not attacking people. The

personality. Our focus is on what is your theology.

Then the person explains their theology. If we

teach you right, you will practice right. Okay?

If we teach you right, we will practice right.

Galatians 2 verse 11 to... I think we used the

Galatians 2:11

scripture yesterday. Now, when Peter had come

to Antioch, I withstood him to his face because

he was too be blamed. For before certain men

came from James, he would eat with Gentiles.

But when they came, right, he withstood and separated

himself. Watch. Separated himself, fearing those

who were of the circumcision. This is what he

practiced. Now watch. The rest of the Jews also

played the hypocrite with him. So they played

the hypocrite. so that even Barnabas was carried

away with their hypocrisy. Continue. But when

I saw that they were not straightforward, did

you see that he did not just jump on them and

say, oh, you are not eating with the Jews. No,

no, no. The argument is that they were not what?

Straightforward about the truth of the gospel.

So their conduct or their practice was a result

of a theology. And what Paul addressed, Was that

not being straightforward? And that not being

straightforward, being addressed, Peter changed,

right? He became a better person. Even him began

to give a defense, right? Do you want to put

a stone on people's neck after God has saved

them, right? He used the word, do you want to

tempt God, right? By putting this circumcision

on them. Now, that was Peter giving a defense.

But here, what Paul was doing was addressing.

He said to Peter before them all, if you're being

a Jew, living a manner of a Jew and not as Jew,

why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews? The

next one, who we, who were Jews by nature and

Gentiles and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing

that a man is what is not justified by the works

of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. Even

we have believed in Jesus Christ, in Christ Jesus,

that we might be justified by faith. and not

by works of the law. For by works of the law,

no flesh shall be justified. This is the explanation,

right? This is the explanation. And when they

went to Jerusalem to talk about this matter of

circumcision, right? When they went to the council

in Jerusalem to talk about this matter of circumcision,

they did not talk about that Peter was eating.

with the gentiles they didn't have this conversation

right let's check let's check the scriptures

go to acts 15 uh let me see go to acts 15 verse

Acts 15:1

1 and certain men which came down from judea

taught the brethren and said except ye be circumcised

after the words the manner of moses ye cannot

be saved right they cannot be saved now Look

at how it was answered here. Go to verse 7. And

when there had been much disputing, Peter rose

up and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know

that a good while ago God made choice amongst

us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear

the word of gospel. Right? You see, so the Gentiles

also heard from Peter, not just Paul, right?

They heard from Peter as well, right? I mean,

that was Cornelius heard from him and believed.

And God, which knoweth the heart, bear them witness,

giving them the Holy Ghost, even as it did unto

us, and put no difference between us and them,

purifying their hearts by faith. Now, therefore,

why tempt ye the Lord to put a yoke upon the

neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers

nor... Our fathers know we were able to bear,

but believe that through the grace of God, Jesus

Christ, we shall be saved even day. So it is

the doctrine. Look at the teaching he explained.

God put no difference, right? Put no difference

between them and us that we all will be saved

by grace, not by circumcision. What is addressed

is not the practice, right? But much more. The

doctrine, therefore the practice is corrected.

The theology, right? Good. So again, another

concern is that we would notice that most teachings

that we would examine, right? These teachings

are actually, how do I put them? These teachings

are actually individual centered, right? The

things we are going to check in a few minutes.

They actually go to capture the individual. Right?

With an unquestionable theology. So let's start

a new section. Right? Let's start a new section.

Let's start a new section. Just one minute. Can

we just pray in the Holy Ghost? Can we just pray

in the Holy Ghost? Can we just pray in the Holy

Ghost? We want to talk about things pertaining

people's belief now. Why they believe what they

believe and how that is not correct. Can we just

pray? The Lord, we do it in the right spirit.

We do it in the right spirit, even as we come.

We have wisdom in the name of Jesus. Can we pray

in the Holy Ghost? There's abundance of revelation.

There's abundance. Oh, we do this in the right

spirit. We do this in the spirit of Christ. Even

as we teach, even as we open up. These issues

we teach in the Spirit of Christ in the name

of Jesus. We have boldness. We have boldness

in the name of Jesus. We have boldness to give

a defense of the gospel. We have a boldness to

give a reason why we believe what we believe.

We have boldness. We commit ourselves to study.

We commit ourselves to pray much more. We commit

ourselves, oh, to give an answer. Or to those

who come around, this is our consecration. Can

we pray? Can we just pray? Can you pray for yourself

that you are ready, ever ready, to give a defense

of the gospel? You are ever ready to give a defense

of the gospel? You are not weak. In your mind,

your mind is strengthened. In the name of Jesus,

my mind is strengthened to always give an account.

My mind is strengthened. Can you pray for yourself?

I'm an able teacher. Oh, I am an able teacher

of the gospel. I'm unable to teach all of the

gospel. I'm apt to teach. I'm unable to teach

all of the gospel. See, I answer all questions.

I answer all questions by the Spirit of God.

I answer all questions by the Spirit of God.

Oh, I search the scriptures. We bring down every

argument. We bring down every ideology. We bring

down every word that exalts themselves against

the knowledge of God. We bring down every thought

that exalts themselves against the knowledge

of God as we speak, as we confront people, as

we tell them about the message of Christ, as

we explain to them in detail. Oh, starting from

the prophets, the Lord, the Psalms. Oh, why in

the name of Jesus, they are transformed. They

are transformed. They come to the knowledge of

Christ. Can we pray? Can we pray? Let me hear

us praying. Say, the gospel is powerful in my

mouth. The gospel is powerful in my mouth. The

gospel is powerful in my mouth. The gospel is

powerful in my mouth. When I say it, it comes

forth with power. He comes forth with demonstration.

He comes forth with power. He comes forth with

demonstration. He comes forth with power. He

comes forth with demonstration. In Jesus' name

we pray. Amen. So this is actually the greater

works that we are doing, right? Giving an apology

is part of greater works. It's part of greater

works. And if you give... an apology or an explanation,

an answer to people, right? And they believe

they are able to walk in greater works. Now let's

start. First, because we're going to check two

sects and I'm going to tell us, we're going to

check the Mormon doctrine and the Jehovah Witness

doctrine. The question is, are they believers?

I think Sister Christy disturbed me about this

a lot. She disturbed me a lot on this matter.

Are they believers? Did they believe? Wait, relax.

The answer will come. By the time we unleash

some of the things that they pertain to, you

will know what they are. Right? You will know

what they are. Now, 1 Corinthians. 1 Corinthians.

The first thing is no other foundation except

Christ. That's the heading now. After that, then

we begin to go layer by layer into what they

teach. Now, no other foundation except Christ.

1 Corinthians 3. 9 to 13. Can I have that scriptures?

For we are God's fellow co -workers. So note

that word, fellow co -workers. We are not the

master, but God's fellow co -workers. I'm sorry,

God's fellow workers. We are co -workers with

the apostles, but we are God's workers. Okay?

So we are God's workers, but we are co -workers

with the apostles. We're going to see that. So

we are God's fellow workers, right? We are...

God's field. You are what? The building. According

to the grace of God, which was given to me, right?

Paul, as a wise master builder, I did what? I

have laid the foundation and another builds on

it. But let each one take heed how he works,

how he builds. For no other foundation. You see,

he said, I've laid the foundation. The next verse

says, for no other foundation. Can anyone lay

than that which is laid? And that which is what?

Christ. So Christ is who? The foundation. Now,

if anyone builds on this foundation with gold,

precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each work

will become clay for the day we declare it. Now,

he's talking about the work of ministry. Okay?

Paul is talking about the work of ministry here.

Because in that church, they were saying, I'm

from Apollos, I'm from Paul. I'm from Apollos,

I'm from Paul. So Paul begins to tell them that,

We are God's workers together, right? And I've

laid a foundation upon which I expect the leaders

of this church to build. Not that I have also

laid the foundation, but the foundation itself

is Christ. So Paul is saying that what he is

teaching that church is not anything that is

separate from things concerning the kingdom of

God that Jesus taught. Do we get it? Paul is

saying, what I have presented to you that I want

you to work on is nothing out of what Jesus said

was prophesied, spoken regarding him from the

prophets, the Lord, the prophets, the Psalms.

So it therefore means that Paul's constraint

is within the scriptures, within the scriptures,

Christ himself. Good. I've forgotten verse 13.

Okay, no. Now, Ephesians 2 verse 19 to 20. On

Ephesians 2:19–20

the foundation of the apostles. Now, verse 19.

Okay, yes, good. Now, therefore, you are no longer

strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens

with the saints and the members of the household

of God. The next. Having been built on the foundation

of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself

being what? Being the cornerstone. So, the teachings

of the apostles. which are the prophets, right?

The messengers of those who carry the message

of God, right? The teachings of the apostles,

which are the prophet and his sky. No, no, no.

Stay there. Stay in the previous one. He is the

foundation. And he says Christ himself is the

cornerstone. It means that the cornerstone of

the teaching of the apostles is Christ. Okay?

The cornerstone of the teachings of the apostles

is Christ. It means that not just Paul, right?

But the apostles. did not teach anything outside

that which Christ taught from. And Christ did

not teach anything outside that which the scriptures

have said. Can you see? So, the gospel is self

-confirmatory. The gospel is self -confirmatory.

The message of God is self -confirmatory. It

reveals in itself what the message is. So, we

see that the foundation here, is Christ. The

foundation here is Christ. So we can say, right,

we can say that the interpretation of the scriptures

is already set by the apostles. The interpretation

of the scriptures, right, is set by the apostles.

Means that I should not go out of what the apostles

have taught, which they did not go out of what

Christ has taught. Again, I should not go out

of what the apostles have explained because we

said the epistles explained the Old Testament,

right? Gives us the light and clarity of the

Old Testament. So I should not go out of what

the apostles have teach because the apostles

did not go out of what Jesus taught. So we can

say that interpretation of scriptures is also

within the scriptures. It means that no creed.

So we are writing no creed, no organization.

can put a new interpretation of the scripture

for us. No creed, no organization can put forward

a new interpretation of the gospel. This will

hinder they themselves from doing the greater

works. It will hinder those who will believe

them from doing greater works. No creed, no organization.

Let's go to Acts 17 verse 11. Acts 17 verse 11.

Acts 17:11 Acts 17:11

These were more fair -minded than those in Thessalonica

in that they received the word with all readiness

and searched the scriptures daily to find out

whether these things were so. The teachings of

the apostles can be searched. Right? The teachings

of the apostles can be searched. The scriptures

can be searched and the teachings of the apostles

can be searched. It means that we can check it

and examine it if it were so. We can check it

and examine it if it were so. So Paul's teachings

can be examined. Peter's teaching can be examined.

You can put 1 Thessalonians 5 .21. 1 Thessalonians

5 .21. 1 John 4 .1. 1 Thessalonians 5 .21. 1

John 4 .1. 2 Corinthians 1 .24. So I'll read

it again. 1 Thessalonians 5, 21, which says,

prove all things, right? He said, test all things.

Hold fast what is good. 1 John 4, verse 1. It

1 John 4:1

says, beloved, do not believe every spirit, but

test every spirit, whether they are of God. Because

many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Now, here, he's not talking about discerning

or discerning, right? He's saying false prophets.

He's talking about teachings here. Right? You

are not trying to differentiate between spirits,

right? But it's actually talking about the teachings

of these false prophets. So these prophets are

the false spirits, right, that have gone out.

So we see that in this place. 2 Corinthians 1,

24. 2 Corinthians 1, 24. Now that we have dominion

over your faith, but we, not that we have dominion

over your faith, but we are fellow workers for

your joy. For by faith you stand, right? For

by faith you stand. So you are standing in the

faith of Christ, right? So the faith is not oppressing,

is not forcing, is not oppressive. He says, we

are fellow workers for your joy. For by faith

you stand. So the faith that makes you stand

is what is making me stand. Amen. Good. Now let's

check. Now we have established that no other

creed, no other organization can establish any

doctrine that is not found in there. In fact,

they cannot establish any doctrine except that

which is already established. So now let's start

with the Jehovah Witness faith, right? The first

thing is that, again, note that what is our rule?

We don't attack the personality, okay? We don't

go after the personality. When you want to approach

them in their communication is not in the personality

of the founder. Though we're going to give you

a little bit of information on that because this

is training, right? This is training. We're going

to give you foundation that will let you know

why they believe what they believe, right? All

of them, both the founder of the Jehovah Witness

faith and the Mormon faith, they had similar

thing. One thing is common is that in both, okay,

In both, the childhood experience becomes a faith,

becomes part of their contribution to faith.

Their childhood is a both faith, their childhood

experience becomes part. So it therefore means

that their experience is presented forth as part

of what should be the faith that people would

follow. And that means that they are creating

what? A new foundation. And scripture says no

other foundation. No other foundation can be

established. So I've given us just a general

view of both persons, the childhood experience.

Now we don't attack the childhood experience,

right? We don't say, oh, this is, but rather

when we meet the followers, we address what they

believe. What do you believe about the scripture?

So for the Jehovah Witness, the person's name

is Charles Taze Russell, right? So you can write

it down, Charles Taze Russell. Charles Taze,

Charles T -A -Z -E -R -U -S -S -E -L -L, right?

This is the founder of that organization. And

this organization was established 800, almost

700 years after the church, 700 years. So he

was born in 18 something and therefore the organization

was established 700 years. to establish a new

foundation. Now, the timeline is enough to debunk

whatsoever new revelation would come. So, he

was born in this period. Now, he was raised in

a religious environment, but he rejected the

doctrine of eternal judgments. So, he was born

in a religious environment, means he was born

in a Christian environment where the eternal

punishment is taught. That is why one of their

teachings is that there's no eternal punishments.

So he rejected the doctrine of eternal punishments.

Right? He rejected the doctrine of eternal punishment.

He handed over to someone called Rutherford.

Right? He handed over to someone called Rutherford.

And we are going to touch upon that. So these

are just the personalities of someone called

Rutherford. And as a result of the controversies

with the so -called Jehovah's Witness doctrine,

Rutherford changed the name to actually become

Jehovah's Witness. So it was not the founder

that gave the name. So Charles Taze Russell established

what we call the Watchtower Society, right? The

Watchtower Society. So it wasn't the name. It

wasn't the name Jehovah. It wasn't the first

person who founded it that gave it that name.

It was the Watchtower Society. It was an organization.

It was an organization. Then Joseph Franklin

Rutherford. gave the name Jehovah Witness to

the people, to that organization, after Charles

died. The reason was because of too much controversies

in what Russell has established. So too much

controversies, less was rebranded. So the name

itself is not what they started with. The name

is a rebranding to avoid controversies of the

person who established that organization. See,

I'm calling it an organization, not a church.

So pay attention. So in these establishments,

right, we will take their doctrine. For him,

there are not so much what we call scandals and

stuff around in the case of these people, but

they are doctrines. And over time, the two, Watchtower

Society and Jehovah Witness, separated. Till

today, they are still separated, right? Some

people still believe they stay on the founder's

teaching. And some people believe they have moved

on. But there is no single difference in both

of them. So what are their teachings? Because

that's what we want to address. I just gave us

that background and I intentionally said he did

not like the eternal punishment. It's like you

grew up in a Christian family and they are always

teaching you about hell, hell, hell, hell. So

when you started your own organization, you said

there's no hell. We're not even going to teach

about hell because they have a lot of teachings

about hell. But the cell meeting teaching is

already sufficient on hell. Now, what is their

belief? They don't believe in the Trinity at

all. At all. They don't believe. Both of them

don't believe in the Trinity. So, this is fundamental.

If you don't believe in the Trinity, it's a big

challenge. Now, we are going to see and give

them credits for where they deserve credits.

Right? Now, the argument is that, first of all,

we all know that there's no place in the Scripture

where the word Trinity is established. Right?

Are we together? There's no place in the scripture

where the word Trinity is written as a word,

right? Do we get it? Just the same way, all the

words that we find and we say it's a metaphor,

this is a simile, right? They are not written

there in the scriptures like that. But because

we understand it, that this is the understanding

of this, we call it Trinity. Now, it's the same

way in my house. For now, we are Trinity. We

can say we are Trinity. We are three, right?

Are we not three? We three, we function together.

We do things together, right? Now, we have made

it a word of divinity. It's an English word,

right? Trinity is an English word, right? But

we have made it a word. We have put it within

the context of Christianity alone, right? Which

is triune, right? Triune, trinity, and all of

that. Now, they argue that it is unscriptural

and it is satanic. Not the word, the teaching.

about God in three essence, they said it is not

doctrinal, it is satanic. Now let's check the

scriptures and see if truly God has manifested

himself, right, in three essence, if God has

manifested himself. So they said this is pagan

and they said it teaches that there is one God

who eternally exists, right, and Father, Son,

and Holy Spirit. So they believe that when we

say God is one, And the Father, the Son, and

the Holy Spirit are all in one. They don't agree

with that, right? So let's see. Let's go to Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy 6, verse 4. Now, they don't have

Deuteronomy 6:4

much scriptures on all of these, but we'll go

to some scriptures that they touch upon. It says,

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one. Hear,

O Israel, the Lord our God is one. This is from

the... People that God communicated the same

message to, that we are carrying, and they claim

to be carrying. So, we see that, it says, the

Lord our God is one. Isaiah 45, verse 5. It says,

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, right? And there is no one. There

is no God beside me. I will guide you, though

you have not known me. And this was actually

talking about Cyrus. We are talking about a man

that God intends to use. Now, on the basis of

this foundation, they agree with this. They agree

with this, the Lord God is one and there's no

other God. However, the problem is in the person

of Christ and the Holy Spirit. So I think I wrote

something here. I say, acknowledgement of the

Father is not a problem. We will come to the

misrepresentation of the Father. However, how

the Father will do what he will do, writing on

that, how God intends to do what he will do was

rejected by them. And that is why it is impossible.

to call them Christians. Right? It's impossible

to call them Christians because what God will

do, they rejected how God will do it. And it

is saying that God chooses a path to save man

and man chooses the other path. Is that scriptures

in Romans that says that the potter can choose

to make one unto this and choose to make this

other path unto this. So you cannot question

the potter. Are we together? You cannot question

the Father. You can write it down. That God said,

I am. Right? I think Pastor Fred talked about

the I am, right? God said, I am. And is that

he will do what he will do. It means that the

salvation of men will come from God himself.

So write it down. That they reject the fact that

the salvation of men will come from God himself.

I will tell you how that happens. They rejected.

The fact that the salvation of man will come

from God himself. They rejected the fact that

the salvation of man will come from God himself.

Rather stating that God will use another creation

of his. Okay? They rejected that God will do

what he will do by himself. But rather, they

stated that God will use another creation of

his. To do what he will do. Now let's go to.

Let's go to first John. John chapter 1 verse

John 1:1

1. Which is the first key scripture. John chapter

John 1:1

1 verse 1. Now if you read it in the original.

This is the fundamental. Which means. That they

missed something here. Now in the beginning was

the word. And the word was with God. And the

word was God. Now in the original. There is nothing.

Like the word was a God. So the last, the word

was God. In their new word translation, please

don't use that translation, right? It's not for

you. They added that it is a God, right? Now,

it simply means that before any creation that

God created, God had to create Jesus first. Do

we get it? So the argument is that before God

created anything, the first creation of Jesus,

the first creation of God, was Jesus. Because

in here, we could not argue less that the person

that was being spoken about here is who? Is Christ.

So how can they say that this is God? They are

saying no. This was actually talking about the

first creation of God, which is Jesus. So they

argue here that through Jesus, all things were

made, but God had to make him first. So they

put an intermission, right? Or they put something

in the middle there. And what is the teaching

of the scripture? The teaching of the scripture

is that there was nothing that was made. Can

we go to next? The next verse. The next verse.

Verse 2. Stay here. He was in the beginning with

God. All things were made through him. Without

him, nothing was made that was made. Right? Nothing.

It means that there was no creation before him.

This is what he said. So it's not like he said

that he was made to make other things. He said

there was nothing that was made. So no, nothing

existed, right, from the beginning. So we can

see that the Bible is clear. The Bible is clear

that there was no creation before Christ. Christ

himself is the one who created all things. So

we can therefore say that Christ is God. Okay,

this is the main argument. If Christ is God or

not. We can therefore say that Christ is God.

Now, if you go to, you know, some of their meetings,

you will see them celebrating Jesus a lot. They

literally thank Jesus for what he does. Like

they thank him, like, thank you for accepting

to do this mission. But if you're not careful,

right? If you're not careful, you will assume

we are saying the same thing. But we are not

saying the same thing. We use the same words,

salvation, atonement, but we don't mean. The

same thing. When they say they thank Jesus, they

thank him as an agent of God. So Christ is not

an agent. Christ is God himself. Christ is God

himself. So there was no A there. It was added

by these translators. Let's go to Colossians

1, 16 -17. Colossians 1, 16 -17. The same scriptures,

nothing that was made. For by him, All things

were created that in heaven and on earth, visible

and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or

principalities of power, all things were created.

All things means all things, right? Were created

through him and for him. Through him and for

him. Now, the question is, when scripture says,

go to verse 15 of this Colossians. For he is

the image of the invisible God. The firstborn

of all creation. This is the scripture they use.

That he is the firstborn. That him is the number

one. And every other thing takes number. So this

is the scripture that is being injured. Injurious

acts. So this scripture. So let's go to that

Colossians and see. So this is their main scripture

to say, Oh, Jesus is the one that was the firstborn.

Then other borns came in. You know. including

animals. That would be what he means, right?

Including animals, including birds, including

everything that has been made. Now, go to Colossians

1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, the will

of God, by the will of God, and Timotheus, our

brother, to the saints and faithful brethren

in Christ, which are in Colossae, grace be unto

you, peace from our God, right? Our Father, peace,

grace be unto you, and peace from God, our Father,

and the Lord Jesus Christ. So, he's writing definitely

to believers, right? He's writing to believers

here. Now, if you move to verse 16, if we move

to verse 16, or probably, let's move a little

bit, verse 10, that we might walk, go to verse

10, sorry, that we might walk worthy of the Lord

in all pleasing, being fruitful in every good

work, increasing in the knowledge of Christ,

strengthening with all mind according to the

glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering

with joyfulness, giving thanks to, unto, Giving

thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet

to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints

in light, who hath delivered us from the power

of darkness and translated us into the kingdom

of his dear Son. Right? In him we have redemption

through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

Who is the image? Now, pay attention now. Who

is the image of the invisible God? Image of the

invisible God and the firstborn of every... Okay?

Don't forget we are coming from talking about

the realities of the believer in this context.

Okay? The forgiveness of sins translated us to

the sons. We talk about redemption. We talk about

forgiveness of sins. We talk about translation.

Now, the image of the invisible God talking about

the firstborn of every creature is not talking

about every creature. Right? So, invisible image.

The image of the invisible God means that God

is Christ, right? Because it's talking about

Christ here. The Lord Jesus Christ is talking

about Christ is the God that is invisible, right?

But is the image, is the one that we see to know

God. Do we get it? So Christ is the one that

we see when we no matter seen God, but when we

saw Christ, we knew that we have seen God. Do

we get it? Now, the word, the firstborn of every

creature, that word firstborn, right, is the

word prototokos. Okay? You can write it down.

It's the word prototokos. Prototokos. It refers

to those, it refers to one that others take after.

It's not just, they created me, then they now

created she, then they now created them. No.

Everyone, every other pattern that came, took

after my pattern. That is what you call prototype.

It's the word, I mean, you know the word prototype,

right? So this is a prototype. Every other thing

will follow in the same pattern. You will not

create an architecture, you will not, let me

just do this very clear, physical understanding.

You will not create the prototype of something.

And we now see the building. It's three -story

building, the prototype. In what was produced

is bungalow. That is not prototocusing, right?

It's not doing the job. That is not a prototype.

So, What a prototokos means is that when we see

the others that will follow, they will follow

the same what? The same pattern, the same character,

the same nature. Do we get it? The same pattern,

the same character, the same nature. So it's

prototokos. It means that every other one comes

after this in this manner. In this manner. So

therefore, that firstborn cannot mean everything

God created took after Christ. So that firstborn

cannot mean that everything God created, including

everything that you see in nature, right? It's

not all nature. He's not talking about nature

here. He's not talking about creation. Because

they say God created him, then through him, everything

was created. It will include animals because

in their teachings, it included that. So we see

here that it means that Christ is a pattern that

others... Now, the word prototokos... writes,

we can find it also in Hebrews 1 verse 6, Hebrews

Hebrews 1:6 Hebrews 11:28

11 verse 28, the firstborn, 12 verse 23. Hebrews

Hebrews 1:6

1 verse 6, Hebrews 11 verse 28, Hebrews 12 verse

Hebrews 11:28 Hebrews 12:23

23. But again, when he again brings the firstborn

into the world, he say, let all the angels worship

him. The next one. By faith, he kept the Passover

and the sprinkler of the blood, lest he who destroyed

the firstborn should touch. So the same word

happening here, to the general assembly and to

the church of the firstborn who are registered

in heaven, to the God of all joy, the spirit

of the just man made perfect. Stop here. Now,

we see that Israel actually was the first, you

know, they use this word, not prodigal cause,

but in the Greek, the word firstborn was also

used for Israel to picture a people that God

would establish. to carry his message. So the

word firstborn and son was used for Israel to

picture a people that God will use to carry his

message. So again, when they used firstborn and

son for Israel, it was not meaning trees, animals,

anything. No, it was referring to the same pattern

of Israel. To carry my message, I will create

the church, the church of the firstborn, the

church in the wilderness. The firstborn and the

son. You see, tell Pharaoh, Israel is my firstborn

and my son. Right? So, the word firstborn and

son refers to creating the same pattern. Right?

Following the same pattern. Now, here we see

that it says to the general assembly and the

church of the firstborn who are registered in

heaven. Now, this was not possible. Prototokos

is not possible. in Christ without resurrection.

You can write it down. That the reality of Christ

being the firstborn was not possible except through

the resurrection. The reality of Christ being

the firstborn was not possible except through

the resurrection. I think we need to read Hebrews

2 here. Hebrews chapter 2. Hebrews chapter 2

Hebrews 2 · chapter mention Hebrews 2 · chapter mention

from verse 13. And again, I'll put my trust in

him and behold. And again, behold, I and the

children which God hath given me. For as much

as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,

also him likewise partook of the same, that through

death he might destroy him that hath the power

of death, that is the devil, and deliver them

who through fear of death were all their lives

subject to bondage. I think we need to take it

a little bit higher. Let's go to some earlier

verses there. Verse 9. Verse 9. But we see Jesus

who was made a little lower than the angels for

the suffering of death, crowned with glory and

honor, that he by grace of God should taste death

for every man. For it became him for whom all

things and by whom all things in bringing many

sons unto glory, to make the captain of their

salvation perfect through what? Through suffering.

So Jesus will suffer to bring many sons to glory.

Right? So if Jesus suffers and brings many sons

to glory, he himself coming into glory, resurrection,

becomes the firstborn. Not that he's created

in the beginning to create everything. No. The

firstborn is that he, through the power of resurrection,

after suffering, he will bring many sons into

his glory. He will bring many sons into his glory.

And this takes place through suffering and the

glory that followed. through suffering and the

glory that followed. The other word is monogenes.

Let's write it down. Only begotten. I think we've

had this teaching before, but we shall have it

again. Only begotten. Because this is the teaching

that will address that issue of the first begotten

of the creations. Only begotten. The word only

begotten can be found in John 1, 14, which is

monogenes. Right? monogenes monogenes g -e -n

-e -s the word became flesh and dwell among us

and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only

begotten of the father full of grace and truth

now this monogenes is talking about the unique

appearance of god on earth that no man ever walked

in except christ What we walked in is after resurrection.

So it's the unique appearance of God on earth

that no man walking except Christ. We joined

that identification after resurrection. So there

was no begotten. Only begotten is the only begotten

at this time. So when God came to earth, which

again is what they rejected, the incarnation.

When God came to earth and he became the unique

appearance on earth. They said that is not God.

That is just one God. Okay? They said that is

not God, but said that is one God. That is a

God, not God himself. So they deny the incarnation

to say that Christ is not God. Now, the argument

is that when we say that we are having Holy Spirit,

the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, that we

are actually practicing. actually is a contradiction

on their side because when you say that Christ

is a God, it means that the Father is a separate

God, the Son is a separate God, then the Holy

Spirit is not a God. This is the argument. So

it's actually the, you know, you try to debate

something but you put yourself in the trouble.

So by saying that Christ is a God, it means that

in their own religion there are two gods and

one wind. Right? Two gods and one wind. So, but

what we see here is that he's saying that I appeared

on earth to come and do what I will do for men.

There is no other person that is called the only

begotten, but there are many people who follow.

There are many begotten after, there are many

sons after resurrection, right? But nobody is

the same way that our God anointed Christ. That

office of the anointed Christ is the only begotten,

right? So we can see that John 1, 18, You can

go John 1, 18. John 3, 16. John 1, 18. John 3,

16. 1 John 4, verse 9. 1 John 4, verse 9. I will

1 John 4:9 1 John 4:9

do one more. Then we'll come back to the second

half. I'll do one more. Come back to the second

half. Another argument that they rejected. Many

arguments. If we are going to create, you know,

something to help us. So we can just write those

scriptures. I already explained monogenes. Now,

the second claim is that Christ, is Archangel

Michael. You should say hmm to that one without

me presenting an evidence. You should just say

hmm. The argument, how can you say Christ is

Archangel Michael? What scripture do they use?

Revelations 12, 7 -9. This is their scriptures.

Without already doing scriptures together, we

will fall into trouble. Revelations 12, 7 -9.

So they claim again that we are done with Christ.

the son and the mother Jesus and the firstborn.

Now we are going to Christ, the claim that Christ

is archangel Michael. Right? Where's Revelation?

Oh, okay. We don't have it yet. Revelations 12,

7 to 9. Now it says, and there was war in heaven.

Michael and his angels fought against the dragon

and the dragon fought and his angels and he prevailed

not. Neither was there place found anymore in

heaven. And the great dragon was cast out. The

old serpent called the devil, the Satan, that

deceived the whole world. He was cast out in

the earth and his angels were cast out with him.

Because they said he led the world. There was

one in heaven and Michael and his angels. Meaning

an archangel, right? That is the word. An archangel

means one that leads other angels. Right? They

said one that did what? That leads other angels.

And they said, well, this is also Christ, right?

Because their doctrine is more related to Revelation

somewhat. This is the major reference. And it's

quite very easy to debunk with this one. The

first place that we'll find this, right, is,

let's open Revelation 22, verse 8 to 9. They

Revelation 22:8–9

identified Jesus with angel Michael. Now, I saw,

now, I, John. Did you see? So angel put himself,

say, meal. And Moses, we can say, angel said,

the people who have believed, Moses, the people

who are in faith, those who believe the words

of this book, right? Those who believe the word

of this book, we are all what? Servants. That's

the explanation. We are all servants. You see,

for I am your fellow servants, you and I, fellow

servants, you are functioning as human, I'm functioning

as angel. So angel did not receive his worship.

So fellow servant did not receive. Another servant

worshiped. Do we get it? He says, worship who?

God. Now open to Matthew 14, 33. Matthew 14,

33. Matthew 28, verse 9. Matthew 14, 33. Matthew

Matthew 28:9 Matthew 28:9

28, verse 9. To distinguish between an angel,

the conduct of an angel, and the conduct of Christ.

Then those who were in the boat came and worshipped

him, saying, truly you are the son of God. Truly

you are the son of God. 28, 9. And as they went

to tell his disciples, Behold, Jesus met them.

This is post -resurrection. Saying, rejoice.

So they came and held him by his feet. And they

did what? They worshipped him. The next one.

John 9, 38. John 9, 38. Hebrews 1, 6. And then

he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

Now, Hebrews 1, 6. But when he again brings the

firstborn into the world, he says what? Let all

what? Angels. Now stop it. This one is one that

should scatter it very easily. When he brings

the firstborn into the world. Firstborn Christ.

They agree that firstborn is Christ. Right? Yet

is archangel. That's a contradiction based on

the scripture. So the office of the firstborn

is occupied by someone here who is Christ. And

then he said, let all angels do what? Worship

him. So, they warned, did Jesus receive worship?

Yes. But angels did not receive worship. You

will observe their cautious conduct when they

come to deal with men. When they come to give

a message, they will say, I am a messenger. Some

of them say, I stood by the presence of God.

So, they honor their servitude position and refuse

to take worship. But what we see is that people

worship Christ. And he never said stop because

he is God, right? They said he is the son of

God. So this is also correct. Now, another pattern

that we will see is that, okay, we have one minute

more, is that when there was war in heaven, there

was a scripture, we're going to see that after

we come back. He said, the angel Michael said,

the Lord rebuke you, right? But when Jesus would

talk to the devil himself, he said, I rebuke

you, right? It was rebuked. It was a direct,

it was not, it says, get deep behind me, right?

And that system shows the authority of Christ

above angel, right? Not to now talk of, when

we begin to read Hebrews, right? Hebrews 1 established

clearly the difference between Christ and any

angel and was not classified as an angel. So

in such a doctrine that classified Christ as

an agent, as a God, at the same time as an angel,

right? Definitely states that God is not the

one that came to do what he did. He created an

agent to go and do the job. And therefore, we

cannot in any way hold on to such faith. Now,

the reason why we are giving such amount of scriptures

is that you can go back and read and study that

when you are confronted with such ideologies,

you will pull them down to the obedience of what?

Christ. We must bring all this argument. together

to the obedience of Christ we must gather them

and say these arguments they are not in alignment

with Christ glory to God we appreciate you being

here today we hope you carry this word with you

throughout your week don't forget to check the

show notes for additional insights stay connected