Day 3: The Defense of the Gospel (Part 1)

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right in. So today, the teaching is actually

the defense of the gospel. What we want to talk

about this afternoon is the defense of the gospel

the defense of the gospel The defense of the

gospel And now I like a few things as before

progress writes before progress our light in

a few things The scriptures, okay can we write

that the scriptures answers to itself okay that

the scriptures answers to itself meaning that

scriptures are used to corroborate scriptures

so when you read a scripture and you have a question

is still the scriptures that will answer that

question If we have a scripture, we have questions,

it's still the scriptures that will answer that

question. And you can see that in several patterns

in Jesus' teaching, that scriptures will answer

questions that arise from scriptures. And that

is why when Jesus has been asked questions, as

I think Pastor Victor and many other pastors

that have been here that acknowledge their teaching,

Already point us to how Jesus was answering questions,

right? So they talk about marriage and Where

did Jesus go to answer the question of marriage

the scriptures? right, so Jesus did not stand

out to put up a defense to say that I'm the one

that have the revelation about marriage. She

does not say we in the beginning I was there

I was the one who did it who wrote it down that

they should not be they should be male and female

no he didn't say that right he said from the

beginning he referred to them he referred to

the scripture from the beginning the creation

that's the way made male and female so even jesus

in his answers to questions in his defense of

the scriptures right quoted the scriptures or

referred to the scriptures or more specifically

thoughts from the scriptures. So we can say that

it will be very unfair and unjust of us that

we want to answer scriptural questions and we

quote ourselves. Right? We quote ourselves. Now,

there's a reason why I'm saying that because

tomorrow we are going to deal with uh some theologies

in quotes I call them I mean we also write them

as theologies but they are not theologies because

there's no other gospel right but some certain

teachings when men refer to themselves even Jesus

did not refer to a revelation Jesus never said

I saw a revelation to answer a question but rather

always refer him back in his temptation refer

back to the scriptures in his encounter refers

back with the Pharisees refers back to the scriptures.

So the scriptures answers to itself. Now the

defense of the scripture, our case scripture

is 1 Peter chapter 3. Let's go to 1 Peter chapter

1 Peter 3 · chapter mention 1 Peter 3 · chapter mention

3, which is where we find that word defense of

the scripture. 1 Peter chapter 3 verse, I will

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put it short. Verse 15. Verse 15. Verse 15, from

verse 15, let's start reading. It's a, but sanctify

the Lord in your hearts and be ready always to

give an answer, right? Which scripture are you

using? Always ready to give a defense. Okay,

good. NKJV. All right, that works. So this, but

sanctify the Lord in your hearts 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. With what? With meekness and

fear. Having a good conscience that when they

defame you as evildoers, those who revile your

good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. We'll

come to this later. Next verse. For it is better

if it is the will of God sober for doing good

than for doing evil. Go back to verse 15 Go back

to verse 15. We'll come back to these other scriptures

verse 15 It's about sanctify the Lord in your

hearts and always be ready to give a defense

Always be ready to give a defense To everyone

who asks you a reason a reason so the defense

of the gospel requires a reason right a reason

the defense of the gospel requires a reason you

cannot just say you know there was one time to

say i'm apologize i'm unapologetic i just do

it you know you can't just do it right you can't

just do it whatever you do which is faith right

what will do is faith are we together so when

we do things there's an explanation in whichever

expression there's an explanation in the scriptures

why we do that so if someone asks you so that

you can't be able to answer this is the reason

this is the reason for the hope that is in me

with meekness and fear now the word reason is

the word apologia okay so we can write down the

word reason is the word apologia So what I want

to do is some levels of apologetics, right? Apologetics

to explain, right? We are not a faith that cannot

be explained by the scriptures. That's why I

say the scripture itself answers to itself. The

scriptures answer the questions that we have

regarding the scriptures. So the word there is

apology. Now, I've been studying faiths that

we're going to talk about tomorrow. One of the

major things that makes you know, right, that

you might be in a cult, right, is when what you

believe cannot be questioned and cannot be explained.

Okay? When what you believe is something that

is said, we just receive it, we don't question

it, and we don't explain it, you are already

in a cult. If you join them, you are in a cult.

But the faith of Christ, Right? The third of

Christ, we can question and receive explanations

from the scriptures. Okay? We can question, ask

questions, and receive explanations from the

scripture. So that word, Apologia, it's a reasoned

answer. It means a reasoned answer. Answer that

is not just shabu -shabu answer, not quick fix

answer, not Key points. It's not key point answer.

It's a reasoned answer. A verbal defense. This

is where we're going. This is what we will do.

We will give a reasoned answer, a verbal defense,

a reasoned explanation. As I said, in this kind

of explanation, you will explain, but you will

not be tired. You will explain and explain and

you keep explaining. This is what we are called

to do. As I said, we will preach the word until

the end of time. We'll keep doing it. We won't

get tired, because that is what we have been

called to do. So it's a reasoned answer, a verbal

defense, a reasoned explanation, right? It does

not mean apologizing for being a Christian. OK,

so you can write it out. It doesn't mean I'm

trying to apologize. No. If I'm giving an explanation,

I'm helping you to clear your confusion. So it

is not apologizing for being. It's not like you're

giving excuse. No, no, no, no, no, no. Apologia

is not excuse. It's reason understanding. You

are opening the minds of people to know why you

believe what you have believed. A reason explanation,

and it does not mean apologizing for being. Rather,

it is actually a thoughtful biblical explanation.

A thoughtful biblical explanation. All right.

So is it thoughtful biblical explanation? It

is given the reason for the faith that we have

in Christ. It is given a reason for the faith

that we have in Christ. Now, notice that Peter

will not, right? Peter will not assume, okay?

Peter will not, okay. All right, Peter will not

assume, right, to say that give a reason when

there will be nobody to ask you. So what it means

is that Peter knew that where these people are,

the context of first Peter, right? Okay, maybe

you should go to chapter one. You will see that

is a place where people would ask you for the

reason of the faiths that you have in Christ.

Now, first Peter. chapter 1 verse 1 Peter an

1 Peter 1:1

apostle of Jesus Christ to the stranger scattered

Right you see those who he's writing to right

to the stranger scattered through out Pontus,

Dalatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bethany Elect according

to the full knowledge of God the Father through

sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and

sprinkling of the blood of Christ Grace unto

you, and peace be multiplied. So, he's talking

about believers that are what? Scattered abroad.

Right? He's not talking about believers that

are in Jerusalem. Even in Jerusalem, people are

asking them questions. But he's not talking about

people that are scattered abroad. That people

that didn't know, people that are in places where

they've never probably heard about who Jesus

was. Places maybe they've never heard about the

faith of Christ. To Asia, to Brittany, to places.

that the message of the gospel might not have

been preached, right? So it therefore means that

you will be asked questions, right? So this is

the background. So therefore to say that they

should be ready to give an explanation means

that people will ask them questions, okay? So

we cannot be Christians that people cannot ask

questions. We cannot be believers that people,

people must ask you questions. They must ask

you questions about your faith. That is when

you know that you are in the faith. I mean, that's

a signal that it's obvious now, like in your

conduct, in your lifestyle and everything you

do, people are, this one is a believer. Let's

ask her about the kingdom of God. So at your

workplace, be excited, be ready for people to

say, ah, what do you think about death? What

do you think about heaven? What do you think

about, you know? Life after dates. I have a very

special person in school that always asks me

that question. Just comes lunchtime, just starts

asking those questions. And I'm excited to answer

him. And one thing I also do is I said, this

is what you believe, which we are going to come

there. We're going to come to that. I say, this

is what you believe. This is what you believe.

Thank you. All right. This is what you believe.

And I tell him, this is what we. Christian belief,

right? You see, drawing that boundary would help

us very well. Sometimes we are scared. What if

I tell him that is what I believe and his belief

is different? No, when it comes to apologia,

we're gonna teach us how to approach someone

and say, this is my stand, right? This is your

own stand. We are not standing on the same footing,

right? So people will ask the question. So in

this life, as a believer, always be ready that

people will ask you, don't hide. right don't

hide sometimes we used to hide right don't hide

in fact sometimes when we start reading the scripture

we will see that intentionally people call will

go to a place so that they were asking questions

why because he has an intention to give an explanation

of the scriptures it will intentionally start

the conversation that will lead to them asking

him questions and he will preach So every opportunity

we can be asked questions. So it therefore means

that we will be asked questions and we have to

give an explanation. We have to give an explanation.

Let's go to Jude 3. During the course of the

last three weeks of one month, the good driver,

Pastor Fred, started the foundation of this.

So Jude 3. Can I go to Jude 3? Jude 3. Beloved,

while I was very diligent to write to you concerning

our common salvation, I found it necessary to

write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly

for the fates, which was once all delivered to

the saints, right? To contend earnestly for the

faith that was once delivered to us, the saints.

So it therefore means that in these faiths that

we have, right? We are going to face people.

That is one thing we must know, right? We are

going to face people that will ask us questions

and we have to contend for the faiths. So we're

gonna face people they're gonna access series

of questions series of question series of question

Okay, all right so therefore means that we must

be ready right at all times to give an answer

To defend the faiths that we have to defend the

faith that we have. Now, please, can you tell

me which of the words that I translate to as

Apologia? The reason, right? Can you go back

to that scripture, please? Can you go back to

1 Peter 3 verse 15? 1 Peter 3 verse 15. Use KJV,

1 Peter 3:15 1 Peter 3:15

let me see. Okay, and be ready to always give

an answer. Okay, the word answer is actually

the apologia. So please, can you correct that,

right? The word answer is actually the word apologia,

right? The word answer is actually the one that

carries the word apologia. And the word reason

is logos, which is the word, right? Explanation,

right? So the word answer, please correct that,

is the apologia. The word reason is the logos.

So it means that the word answer, okay, is the

apologia. The word logos is the reason. Means

that it is something that is explained, spoken,

talked, okay? Means that something that is explained,

something that is spoken, something that is talked,

right? Something that is talked. So the answer

is the apologia that we are providing. for the

people the apologia there we are explaining and

we are using logos which is word to explain the

reason of our faith so it means like this altered

speech the logos is altered speech right what's

that is being said right the saints the saints

and we know that this same is the same that is

found in the word of god okay this logos is the

same the teachings the words that is found in

god all right so We can come together to say

that we should be ready to give an answer, Apologia,

to anyone who asks us to give an answer for the

reason why we believe what we believe. It means

that we have to give an explanation. So this

is what is expected in the life of every believer.

Now let's go to Acts 23. Acts 23. Acts 23, from

verse 1. Acts 23 from verse one. Okay, go to

26. Go to 26. I wanna show us an example. This

one, 23 will be very long. Go to 26. Because

if we go to 23, we have to read the long, little

bit long. Just go to 26. Then Agrippa said unto

Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself.

Then Paul stretched forth the hand and answered

for himself. Paul stretched forth his hand and

did what? And answered for himself. So Paul actually

has been arrested, right? The context of this

is that Apostle Paul has been arrested, right,

for preaching the gospel. And you know, the same

pattern. Jesus was arrested, right? Accusations

was placed before him, right? And they bring

him before Herod, okay? It's the same pattern.

Paul preached the gospel, was arrested, and they

brought him before Agrippa. Agrippa is also King

Herod, just having a title, Agrippa II. So the

same pattern, right, is what is happening here.

So he has been brought before two leaders, right?

It was before first two in verse... In chapter

25, right? In chapter 25, you go from verse 23.

And on the morning when Agrippa was come and

Bennis, the great Tom, and was entered into the

place of the hearing, the chief and the captains

and principal men of the city, at Fester's commandment,

Paul was brought forth, right? Paul was brought

forth. And Fester said, King Agrippa, all men

which are here present with us, And yet see this

man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews

have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem and also

here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

Does it sound like what he did to Jesus? Does

it sound like what he did to Jesus? Yes. So a

servant is not greater than his master. Example

in Paul's life. What he did to Jesus, he did

to Paul. So they said he ought not to leave the

Jews They said he ought not to leave from Jerusalem

and those that are here. But when I found that

He had committed nothing worthy of death. Does

he also sound a game like what's happened to

Jesus before Pontus Pilate? Are we together?

It's a pattern said I find nothing in the in

the in the life of this man that is worthy of

death He's about argument and debates about your

Jewish rights about what concerns you, and is

only stating his point of view, his position

on the matter of faith, why should it be put

to death? You know, Romans, they reason. Romans,

they reason. So they can't find anything. In

fact, from their own point of view, to debate

in theaters is a normal system of, you know,

whatever development they have, philosophies

and all of that. So for him to stay the position

is not a crime. So they couldn't find anything.

So the same thing here, after Festus has examined

him, of course it was from Felix, now Festus.

What I found out that he had committed not in

worthy of death, and that he himself had appealed

to Augustus, I have determined to send him, of

whom I have no certain thing to write on to my

Lord. Wherefore I have brought him before you,

especially before the old King Agrippa, that

after examination had, other examination had

I might have so much to write for it seemed to

me unreasonable to send a prisoner not and not

without to signify the crimes laid what against

him means there was no crime against him right

it means to defend the gospel to preach the gospel

there's no it's not a crime even in you know

the Roman system and now it's not a crime because

this is what Paul did. Then Agrippa said unto

Paul, thou art permitted to speak for thyself.

Then Paul straight forth the hand and answer

it for himself. I think myself happy, King Agrippa,

because I shall answer for this day before thee

touching all things, whereof I am accused of

the Jews. Right? So Paul was there to do what?

To give an answer. Now, do you think Paul was

there to give an answer pertaining himself? No,

Paul wasn't there to give an answer pertaining

himself. He was actually there to preach to them

again, to give an explanation of the gospel again.

Right? To give an explanation of the gospel.

Now observe, especially because I know you need

to be an expert in our customs and questions,

which are among the Jews. Right? So it's a matter

pertaining to questions and customs among the

Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

My manner of life from my youth, which was the

first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know

all the Jews. So they knew him, and the kind

of person he was, which knew me from the beginning,

which they would testify that after the most

strictest sets of our religion, I leave a Pharisee.

And now I stand and I'm judged for the hope of

the promise made of God unto our fathers. Started

explaining. I am being judged on the hope that

God made, on the hope of the promise that God

made to our Father. So Paul was standing there

and explaining to Agrippa an explanation he has

done in several places and giving an apology

of why he believed what he believed, right? Onto

which promise our 12 tribes and we're going to

speak and in verse 9 it says I've already taught

with myself that I ought to do many things I've

already told myself that I ought to do many things

contrary to the name of Jesus which thing I do

I also did in Jerusalem and many of the saints

did shut up in prison having received the authority

from Christ from chief priests and when they

put to death and they were put to death including

steven I gave my voice against them and I punished

them and he explained all of this now verse 14

and when uh no no from from verse 12 whereupon

as i went to damascus to continue the persecution

with authority and commission from the chief

priest at midday okay i saw the way a light from

heaven above the brightness of the sun shining

around me and then and we then we journeyed with

me and when we were all falling to the earth

i heard a voice speaking unto me and saying in

the hebrew language in the british Saul Saul,

why persecuted thou me? It is hard to kick against

the pricks, right? So we had that reading as

well. Now let's see, he quoted Jesus, let's look

to verse 19. Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was

not disobedient unto this heavenly vision, but

showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem,

and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then

to the Gentiles, that they should repent and

turn to God, and do works meets for repentance.

To do works meets for repentance. For these causes,

verse 21, the Jews caught me in the temple and

then they were about to what? To kill me. Right?

So he wasn't saying anything than the fact that

he had an encounter with Christ and that encounter

changed him. because this is what was promised.

That encounter changing and onto that, because

he's preaching in this name, that is why they

have found him. Now he started explaining that

long verses and the explanation continue. Now

let's see, let's see something that happened

in verse 24. Verse 24. I think I'd like to read

from verse number two, sorry. Having therefore

obtained help of God, I continued on to this

day, witnessing both to small and great, saying

none other things than those which the prophets

and Moses did say should come. Again, explaining

that this is what has been promised to the Father,

this is what the prophets said, this is what

I am saying. So the explanation of Paul was also

in accordance to what has been written. in the

scriptures. Are we together? So Paul's explanation

is also in alignment to what has been written

in the scriptures, right? So the apologia of

Paul is from what has been written in the scriptures.

What has been written in the scriptures. Verse

23, that Christ should suffer and that he should

be the first that should rise from the dead and

show and should show lights unto the people and

to who? The Gentiles. To show light on the people

and the Gentiles. And I suspect for himself in

an apologian explanation answer to why he's been

held. What did Fester said? Fester said with

a loud voice, Paul thou art beside thyself. Much

learning doth make thee mad. Now, This okay much

learning much may be mad now then restore faces,

but I said I am not mad most noble festers but

speak forth the words of truth and words and

Sobhan is for the king knoweth this things for

whom I speak freely Right and the students have

said King Agrippa believers believers now the

prophets. I know now believers So God give an

explanation that's made people that make festers

to say you are you are out of your mind like

you are out of your mind and he said no i'm not

out of my mind Agrippa think Agrippa can bear

witness to these things that it has been said

by the prophets right because don't forget he

said you are a man that knows about the customs

are we together so we are the man that knows

about the custom and Agrippa and he asked him

you see a very way to catch someone when you

are doing evangelism after you have said everything

don't wait for the person to say what now no

no no wait for the person to say what now you

cannot preach and you wait for the person to

say what now basically i tell you that's a good

speech you know i like that i like rito i've

seen people said that yes i'm telling you really

i've seen people say you do as a believer you

don't wait you ask them straight do you believe

do you believe right you don't wait Some people

say, wow, that was a good speech. In this environment,

it's quite common. They can come to your church,

and they will hear the sound. So you guys play

good music. I like the dance in church. I like

the way people clap in church. Please don't accept

those things. Ask the person, do you believe?

When the person tells you, I like the way you

guys dress on Sunday to church, you guys are,

that's an opportunity. So really, you like the

way we dress to church? Let me tell you why we

dress to church like that. Then you preach the

gospel. and you explain, you ask the person,

do you believe? Now let's see what Agrippa said,

Agrippa verse 27, King Agrippa, believers thou

the prophets and I know that thou believers,

and Agrippa said unto Paul, almost thou persuades

me to be a Christian, almost persuaded me to

be a Christian. It means that, this is what it

means, let me tell you what this means, it means

that Paul presented every evidence with doubts,

doubts. It means that beyond the reasonable doubts,

you know, beyond the reasonable doubts, Paul

presented that Christ is the Messiah and through

him, the penance, forgiveness of sins will be

given. He presented beyond the, but because of

the hardness of man, He said, you almost persuaded

me. I don't know why Agrippa didn't believe,

probably because Festus was there, probably because

of the culture and the people was. Sometimes,

you know, leaders, they don't want to believe

in a public place, right? They like to, you know,

it's pride. So what we see here is that beyond

reasonable doubts, two people, one said is mad.

Because for you to collect those things together,

your mind must really be beyond. You must have

a supernatural mind to bring that together. And

then, So what we see is that in our apologia,

people must be persuaded. They will not reach

halfway. You can say to yourself, in my explanation

of the gospel to someone, they will be persuaded.

They will be persuaded. They will come to believe.

They will come to believe. They will come to

believe. So, let's go to Acts chapter seven,

verse one. Acts chapter seven, verse one. Again,

then said the high priests, are these things

so? So they were asking Stephen, right? They

were asking Stephen, after all the accusations

around him, right? So, it is expected, you know,

Mbemfaba will still come there. Part of the things

that come with apologia, explaining the scripture,

is persecution. In these two cases, they are

calling them to explain. The expectation of the

Jews is that maybe they will change their mind

about what they believe, and then we will preserve

them. But Paul and Stephen did not change their

mind. And they said these things, and then the

hybrid said, are these things so? And he said,

men and brethren, fathers hacking the God of

glory appeared onto our father Abraham again

referring to what God has promised us for time.

He has promised a long time ago when he was in

Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Cairo. Now look

at those people they are not just quoting John

3 .16 like are you getting it? It's not just

one scripture they are coming from the Old Testament,

from the prophets, to begin to explain in detail

about the message of the gospel. So the Apologous

Gospel is the detailed explanation beyond reasonable

doubt. The detailed explanation beyond reasonable

doubt. So it says, God appeared unto our father

Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia before he

dwelt in Corinth and said unto him, get the out

of their country now this explanation went okay

until verse 53 verse what 53 so they were listening

to a preaching an explanation a defense of the

gospel that was what they listened to a defense

of the gospel the answer of steven to what they

were asking him. So the defense of the gospel

is very long. You should be prepared. So if you

want to give up, it's not something you just

quickly, that's why we say, that's why we see

that. You see that in this church we pay attention

a lot to teachings. As much as we can do anything

on a Sunday service, on a Sunday service, the

teaching time remains what? At least one hour,

if you have observed. Because the explanation

of the gospel, has to be detailed. The reason

is because you don't want to leave the person

in confusion. And that's why Pastor Victor was

saying that such kind of an explanation or a

teaching that does not explain the gospel cannot

produce life, cannot produce eternal life, cannot

produce faith in someone. So you have to be detailed

in your explanation of the gospel, in the answer

that you give people. So we say that people will

ask us questions, right? People will ask us questions.

It might be for persecution. It might be for

people to know, right? But one thing that is

certain is that they will ask questions. Now

let's see some demonstrations of explanation

of the gospel in the Old Testament, right? So

it's like more or less tracing themes of apologetics

in the Old Testament. Answers where people are

being taught. or told, or there's a practice

of it in the Old Testament. So most of the time

we want to pick it from there because whatever

we are doing today that we found in the New Testament,

right, must have been found in the Old Testament

as well, what we call the Old Testament text.

So we can trace something in the Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 6:20–25

6 verse 20 to 25. Deuteronomy 6 verse 20 to 25.

Deuteronomy 6:20–25

good and when thy son asketh thee in time to

come saying what mean the testimonies and the

statutes and the judgments which the Lord our

God at commanded you so it means that you they'll

wake up one day and begin to say why do we observe

the Passover what is the Passover for why do

we keep the showbread why do we have all of this

then thou shall say unto thy son we were once

pharaohs born men in egypt and the lord brought

us out of egypt with a mighty hand stop that's

that's that's a picture of god's salvation so

it is from here they'll begin to explain to them

this is what happened to us and this is the message

now go to verse 22 Verse 22 and the Lord show

signs and wonders great and so upon Egypt upon

Pharaoh and upon all the household before our

eyes next and it brought us out from this that

he might bring us in to give us the land which

is swore unto our fathers and the Lord commanded

us to do all the statues to fear the Lord our

God for our good always that he might preserve

us alive as it is at this day and five and he

shall be our righteousness if we observe all

to do all these commandments before the Lord

our God as he has commanded us so we see that

he said that a generation will come and you would

need to give an explanation of why you are doing

what you're doing right a generation will come

we'll come to that when we start picking why

we need apologetics we will come to that we'll

come back to this scripture again all right exodus

12 26 to 27 the same scriptures exodus 12 26

to 27 just write that down exodus 12 26 to 27

exodus 13 verse 14 so here verse 12 says, what

Exodus 13:14

mean ye by this service? So it will be practices,

it will be service, it will be whatever they

do as a nation. 13 verse 14, Exodus 13 verse

Exodus 13:14

14. And shall be when thy son access thee in

time to come, what is this? That thou shall see

unto them by the strength of the Lord, by the

strength of hand, the Lord brought us out of

Egypt from the house of bondage. Again. explaining

so you can just write those scriptures down the

scriptures down joshua 4 6 to 7 joshua 4 6 to

7 observe that observe that in this explanation

is like some things were set in place and those

things triggered a question okay some things

were set in place and those things triggered

a question So when it comes to apology, it might

be your lifestyle that somebody will just see

and will ask you, why are you living like this?

Why are you not the aggressive type? Why are

you not the one that just live without principle?

Why are you so kind? Why are you so loving? So

through that, you find the means by which you

can explain extensively why we believe. words

we believe so just four six to seven it tells

you that there were stones right uh that this

may be a sign among you that when a children

asks the same thing what's minutes these stones

in this case stones stones now some 78 verse

128 my people to my law and incline your ears

to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth

in a parable and I'll utter dark sayings of old

which we have heard and known and our fathers

have told us we will not hide them from their

children we will not hide them from their children

showing to the generation to come the praises

of the Lord and his strength and his wonderful

works that he had done wonderful works that he

had done for he established a testimony in Jacob

and appointed the law in Israel and he commanded

our father that we should make them what known

to our children right known to our children now

let's write these other scriptures Micah 6 1

to 5 Micah 6 1 to 5 I'm also going to give one

again these ones are teachings right This was

our teachings, teachings, teachings, teachings.

Let's say one that the defense of the gospel,

right? You know, it's almost the only example

that it happened in a very practical way, right?

In a very practical way. Let's go to 1 Kings

18, 1 Kings 18 20 to 39, where the prophets who

has been preaching to them, right? 1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18:32

verse 32, 39. If you're there. Now, so here I've

sent all the children of Israel and gathered

the prophets, and they came onto Mount Camel.

And Elijah came onto all the people and said,

how long holds here between two opinions? If

the Lord be God, follow him. But if bow, then

follow him. And the people answered him, not

a word. Then Elijah said unto the people, I,

even I only remain a prophet of the Lord, but

Baal's prophets are 450 men. Let them therefore

give us two bullocks. Let them choose one bullock

for themselves and cut it into pieces and lay

it on the wood. And put no fire under it, and

I will dress the other bullock and lay it on

the wood and put no fire under it. next and call

you on the name of your gods and I will call

you on the name of the Lord and the God that's

answered by fire let him be God and all the people

answered and say it is well spoken right in this

case there is no teaching right in that sense

but what we observe is that he was providing

evidence to them by signs I want us to say that

God is God right God is God so that's a demonstration

demonstration so we can say that in apologia

right in explaining the demonstration of the

spirits okay the demonstration of the spirits

can aid in our explanation of the gospel or will

aid us in our explanation of the gospel the demonstration

of the spirits so you are teaching someone about

jesus and you have preached to the person and

you call the person and say, can I pray with

you? You hold the person's hand and the person

receives instant healing. So the demonstration

of the spirit comes with, can hear those or will

hear those in the explanation of the gospel,

in our prologue. Good. Now let's go back to 1

Peter 3, 15. Let's go back to that first Peter,

which is our key scripture. It says, was sanctifying

the Lord in your hearts. Now let's talk about

sanctifying the Lord in our hearts, right? Santification,

I don't know. What does this mean? It is simply

to set the Lord aside, is a form of a consecration,

right? So what this means is that above all,

right? There is a place. where you have a concentration

that's any time you are ready to give an apology,

an explanation, an answer about the gospel. So

again, let me say it. Being ready to give an

answer about the gospel is concentration and

is sanctification. You are sanctifying yourself.

Being ready always to give an answer about the

message of the gospel is your concentration,

is your sanctification. It means you are set

aside. It means all the ideologies in this world.

You are set aside that when you are called, when

you are asked, you are ready to give. So that

is consecration. Because that is why I say, but

sanctify the Lord in your hearts. In today's

world, you say the Lord has a special place in

my heart. He has a special place that if you

just touch any wrong doctrine, I would be kind

to explain to you that you are not representing

God well in your teaching. So it means that you

are ready. You are ready. It's not being apprehensive,

but being ready. You are just ready to teach

someone. You are ready for someone's knowledge

to increase and come to faith. So that sanctification

there means when you are able to give an explanation,

It means you are putting yourself in a state

of consecration. Now, it matches with Isaiah

Isaiah 8:13

8, verse 13. So we can go to Isaiah 8, verse

Isaiah 8:13

13. Isaiah 8, verse 13. It says, sanctify the

Isaiah 8:13

Lord of hosts himself, and let him be your fear,

and let him be your dread. Sanctify the Lord

of hosts himself. Now, this is a situation. where

they were facing enemies. And it says, sanctify

the Lord of hosts himself and let him be your

dread. So it means that you hold on. Now go to

verse 20. Let me read them together. Verse 20.

It says, so the law unto the testimony, if they

speak not according to the words, it is because

there is no light in them. If we read it a little

bit. me open them from my scriptures then we

can get a little bit of a context of what is

happening there and then we can build on that

so it's like they're facing uh isa 8 sorry let's

open it quickly all right good so if you read

from verse Verse one, so the Lord said unto me,

take thee a great school, a great rule, and write

it in a man's pen, consigning Melchaleh as bash.

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record

Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of, the

name is there, right? Verse three said, I went

unto the prophetess and she conceived. Now this

is in a situation of distress, actually, in Israel,

right? It's in a situation. of distress. Of course

we know Isaiah was talking about where they were

in distress. Now verse 7 says, now therefore

be you the Lord bring upon thee the waters of

the river and the waters of the river strong

and many even the king of Assyria and all is

glory and he shall come up over all the channels

and go over all the banks and he shall pass through

Judah he shall overflow and go over and go over

he shall reach even to the neck of the outstretched.

Right so the whole context here right is Israel

right being in distress Israel being in exile

and this is Isaiah prophesying and verse from

verse 11 says for the Lord spake thus to me with

a strong hand and instructed me that I should

not walk in the way of these people saying saying

not a confederacy to all them to whom these people

shall say a confederacy neither fear their fear

nor be afraid was sanctified the Lord right so

it's like holding on to the God's testimony in

a circumstance right holding on to God's testimony

in a circumstance if you keep reading it says

and it shall be for a sanctuary but for I shall

be for a sanctuary but for a stone of stumbling

and a rock of offense to both the house of Israel

and for a jinn and for its net to the inhabitants

of Jerusalem and many among them shall stumble

and fall and be broken and be snared and be taken

bite of the testimonies to seal the law among

my disciples so it's mainly emphasizing if people

set aside right sanctify the Lord our voice himself

and letting be your fear so the fear here right

is talking about reverencing God in a circumstance

okay so reverencing God in a circumstance so

we can say that to be ready to give an account

of the gospel is actually a reverence to God

in that circumstance. So be ready to give an

account and explain the teaching and say this

is what the scripture says is actually reverence

to God. So if you want to reverence God, if you

want to honor God, if you want to fear God in

the words of Isaiah is that you are always willing

to give an account. Now let's now see, the next

thing is, why do we need apologetics? Is it just

for the fun of it? Is it just to show that I

know Bible? No, definitely not. Definitely not.

Why do we need apologetics? That's the next subheading.

Why should I be so engrossed in the scriptures

that I can explain the scriptures from Genesis

to Malachi and to Revelation talking about the

message of God? Why? Why is it important? Why

is it important? The first thing is that a generation

would rise. A new generation would rise. Or I

think I wrote it there, a new generation will

always rise. A new generation will always rise.

Today you have, I mean, let's even use the scientific

way of saying it. You have Gen Z, right? After

Gen Z will be done, you have Gen Alpha, right?

It means that new people would come. Right? And

they will come, a new generation will always

rise. Just like the children of Israel are the

new generation that knew not the law or what

God has done. And that is why they were instructed,

write it down. Let the stones be there. Let the

book be here. Let the statues be there. Why?

So that even before you say you want to teach,

your children will do what? They will ask, why

are we doing this? Right? Why are we doing this?

So a new generation will always rise. Now we

are a new generation. This generation is totally

different from mine. In my generation, I mean,

I'm still very young. I think the way I'm saying

it is looking as if I'm old. But being in, let's

say, in my 20s, let's wait. I think we can say

that now, right? Being in my 20s, you can say

that now, right? Sometimes I used to feel myself

still very young. Now, in my own 20s, Which,

of course, even before my 20s, the zeal and passion

we have for God, I beg to say that is different

from this generation. I really do beg to say

that the zeal that we have, this generation looks

a little bit cold. I'm sorry to say. Now we didn't

have all the revelation. We just had one thing.

Jesus followed. That's it. We were reading all

manner of books. We fell into the ones that are

good. We came out. We fell into the ones that

are good. We held on to it. So we fell into the

ones that are bad. We came out. The ones that

are dangerous. Then one thing we held on to this

one. Right? In my own time, they don't, they

don't compare you to come to church. You want

to be in church. Like they don't have to, you

know, you have to save money. They don't tell

you to save money. You trick. It's not a joke.

We trick from Goyeli to Fuwa. They are here,

at least people that were here. And it's not

here we started. We started from far back home.

where you go and carry the speaker with your

head. I'm not saying that you should not desire

comfort in this time, but when it's not available,

then stretch. Stretch. So a generation will come.

In fact, the way we did, you know, now we're

saying, okay, rich canonicals, we're trying to

push each other. Some of us came here three months

in Cyprus to down the Bible. I'm not kidding.

What were you doing? You go to school, you go

to church, you come back home. Where? No club,

nothing. They don't do anything. No social activities.

We're sitting down. So sometimes I try to understand

the zeal. So it means that in this generation,

we need to do what? To teach the zeal of my father's

house. Right? We need to do what? We need to

teach the zeal of God's house. We need to teach

it again. I remember sometimes we were going

to meet in Pastor Frey's house. That time, now

the transfer system is very good in Cyprus. right

we have class now that time going early boss

will stop at seven seven thirty and we'll have

meeting in pacifist house in probably in other

coin or yenikent area and we are living in merits

i know some of you two are doing that tricks

now so we'll get bishop will carry a guitar we'll

be singing and be trekking till we get to merits

but some people got started knowing us that these

people always come back playing guitar and all

of that and I'm saying that this thing did not

started here what happened here in this is because

we already had the zeal and the truth about the

matter is another generation will rise truly

not maybe because it's not about zeal or maybe

because it's a generation where is the internet

generation every gospel everything is online

right your short message is the someone that

works for you you know attention span all of

the it therefore means that we need to explain

the zeal again of my father's house to us right

so generations will come and things will change

but one thing that must be consistent that we

must keep emphasizing the importance of the gospel

we must keep emphasizing now it's better i don't

know their generation i'm praying for them you

know trusting god That is why it is not wrong

for them to be praying now. So that when they

grow, they'll say, daddy, what is these tongues?

Then we can teach, right? Why do we go to church?

Then we can explain, right? Because that is the

way they will be preserved. So generations will

come. Generations will come. And things will

change. Many systems will change. So we must

be ready. Right, I think it was first was saying

past I was asking about some questions that didn't

come out From the scriptures stretch on that.

It is not a context of Paul or Peter But yet

we have to from the wisdom of the scripture answer

those questions is the same explain Just like

pastor Fred pastor Victor did The bunting or

the feminist and all those ideologies and those

supremacists and all of that. We must be able

from the scripture to explain what is the will

of God. So, Apologia, therefore, is for us to

be ready for energy. Now, the word of God, the

scripture, is transgenerational. You must acknowledge

that. So, whether you are A, B, C, D, E, F, depending

on the category they put you, or you are the

one that live wilderness and you are the one

that is entering Canaan, it doesn't matter. The

word of God is transgenerational. Therefore,

it will stand. So it is for any generation. Any

generation. Therefore, that's why we have to

repeat it. We don't have to update it. Those

ones that are trying to make it the language

of today, try to make it, the Lord is my friend.

We. They are putting in, the Lord is my shepherd.

They are changing it to something else. There

are translations, if you touch. Yes. They are

giving things like that. So you have to avoid

all of those things. You don't need to keep it

the way it is. So we must keep it our soul. That

is one. A new generation will come and they deserve

thoughtful answers. Now you must know that you

owe the generation to come a thoughtful answer

about the scripture. You owe them that. We owe

them because it's instruction from God. We owe

them that. You will give back to children. That's

another thing. Your kids will come. They will

ask you. they will tell you somebody told me

outside that I can be a boy and a girl at the

same time and you will need to explain that and

you will tell me with scripture if you are not

grounded in the scripture so we must know that

generations will come will give back the children

and we owe them one thing that the word of God

will not be scarce in our generation the word

of God will not be scarce in our generation yeah

so the next one is Reason why we need apologetic

teacher, there are some sincere teachers that

needs to be corrected. And I mean the word sincere

teachers that mean to be corrected. Now, sincerity

does not excuse wrong doctrine, okay? Sincerity

does not excuse wrong doctrine. There are some

sincere teachers that needs to be corrected.

Sincerity does not excuse wrong doctrine at all.

It doesn't. Wrong doctrine is wrong doctrine.

Whether you know it, whether you don't know it,

wrong doctrine is wrong doctrine. But accepting

correction is honorable. Yes. But accepting correction

is honorable. It's honorable. Accepting correction

is honorable. For the first one, Deuteronomy

6 .20 still stands for a new generation will

rise. The 206 -20 still stands for that, for

the first one. The second one, Acts 18, verse

Acts 18:24–28

24 to 28, Galatians 2, 11 to 14. For the second

one, some T, some synthesizers that needs to

be corrected, Acts 18, verse 28 to 24, 24 to

28, sorry, and Galatians 2, 11 to 14. Acts 2

Timothy 3, 16. 2 Timothy 3, 16. Now in Acts 18,

Acts 18:24–28

verse 24 to 28, you can see a sincere teacher,

Apollos, okay? He was sincere, teaching, okay?

Those are sincere. That's a sincere teacher.

He was eloquent in the world. So eloquent is

also not revelation, okay? Eloquent is not revelation.

So he was sincere in what he was teaching. but

it was not accurate it was sincere and it was

eloquent yet not accurate sincere and eloquent

yet not accurate we know the scripture so we're

not going to read it and we'll move please don't

let my time disappear and reduce just bring it

back thank you all right so let's read peter's

case calatians 2 verse 11 to 14 let's read peter's

case and when peter was come to aunt george i

was stood in to the face because it was to be

blamed for before the starting before that starting

came from James he did eat with the Gentiles

but when they were calm he withdrew and separated

himself fearing them which were of circumcision

now go back go back to go back to uh that scripture

let me see uh go back to the first verse that

I that I mentioned, right? Galatians 2 .11. Now

look at it. He said, I withstood him. It means

that Paul, right, approached Peter. Why? Because

he was to be blamed. What was to be blamed? I

think some transitionists put it very well, that

he stood condemned, right? What that means, we

are going to dig deeper into it. It means that,

let me tell you what that means, a four time.

It means that Peter provided evidences that Gentiles,

Peter, I'm saying Peter not Paul, are part of

what God is doing. Peter practiced that, okay,

and that is why he hurts with the Gentiles, and

I'll say that with them. Do you get? Now, when

someone else came, some circumcision party, Peter

now stood before them. I saved the evidence of

what he did is wrong. That is what it means.

So Peter stood before them as if he did the wrong

thing. Like I presented evidence to you. We're

gonna see it when it comes to Apologia. This

thing I'm teaching is very important for Apologia.

You know why? Because one of the things that

would happen is that Apologia is actually to

make people, go back to the scripture. You just

put that, I need that word blame there. Apology

is actually to make people to stand blamed. Actually,

it's also another word is ashamed. Now it is

not to shame somebody. It is not to insult somebody

because when I explain spiritual, I'm not saying

to insult you, right? We're gonna see that is

either blamed or ashamed. You can use either

of the two because they refer to the same thing.

It means that you have provided all evidences

that this is true. Someone now comes and begin

to say something. And you now feel, ah, this

thing is not true. You now felt this thing is

not true for all the evidences that you provided.

This is what happened to him here. So he felt

like, ah, maybe all these things that I'm teaching

is not true because some people came. That is

why Paul had to stand before him and say, no,

there is more than sufficient evidence. So the

things that you did and you teach, there is more

than sufficient evidence. So you should not stand

blamed. Why should you stand blamed? Why should

you stand as if the evidences and the life you

live is not what Christ expected? So he said,

no, you cannot stand blamed. You cannot stand

condemned. But when we are preaching, right?

We're going to come to that. When we are preaching

and we are speaking to someone, What we want

the person to do is to see that amidst all their

evidences, the scripture supersedes. Right? And

that will be that to show them that this evidence

from the scripture supersedes so that they can

discard their evidences. We're going to see that

even from tomorrow. So what we'll see here is

that they are sincere. Now, is Peter a sincere

teacher? Yes. Is Apollo a sincere teacher? Yes.

They are not doing it for their bellies. They're

not doing it for their belly. That's what I mean

by a sincere teacher. And they are also receiving

what? Correction. They're also receiving correction.

The next one, which I think for this one we will

see it's correct. The next one is false teachers,

mockers, and scoffers. Why we need apologetics?

False teachers, scoffers, mockers. False teachers,

mockers, and scoffers. must be answered so that

others are not deceived. They must be answered

so that other people will not be deceived. So

you cannot allow somebody to just be saying something.

Now, I'm not saying online. Please don't quote

me. I'm still talking about in an environment.

This has not gotten to that, right? So we are

somewhere and someone is teaching what is not

correct. I can approach them and correct them.

I said again that false teachers, mockers, and

scobards must be answered so that others are

not deceived. Right? Romans 16, 17 to 20. Romans

16, 17 to 20. Now I beseech you brethren, mark

them which cause divisions and offence, contrite

to the doctrine ye have received, and avoid them.

Next. For they that are such serve not our Lord

Jesus Christ. Did you see? This group is different

from Peter and Apollos. Are we together? This

group is different from Peter and Apollos. He

said those, these ones, they are not serving

our Lord Jesus Christ. Peter and Apollos, they

are serving the Lord Jesus. But their own belly,

you see, and by good words, words, hold on to

that good words, and fresh pitches, they deceive

the hearts of the simple. Verse 19. For your

obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad

therefore on your behalf But yet I would have

you wise unto that which is good and simple concerning

evil means talking to them about this people

and God of peace shall bruise Satan under your

feet shortly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

be with you. Amen So the instruction is to these

people that cause division. How do they cause

division because division by first pitches first

pitches, you know Let me use the word of Pasto.

They use literature. Maybe, I don't know, I'm

trying to find the word for it. You know, they

put words together, right? They put words together.

I don't want to say the very popular one so that

it doesn't look like Aspire to Paspire, you know,

those kind of a thing. Those kind of very sweet

words, right? They bring it together. Now, again.

They are using the scripture to do this thing.

They are using the scripture to do this. So first

speeches, speeches are very attractive, very

attractive, right? This is what they are doing,

good words to lure people away. So now go to

1 Peter 3 verse, 1 Peter 3 verse 16, let's see

1 Peter 3:16

what is there. Okay. He said having a good conscience.

Now from verse 15, we already have established

what is happening in verse 15, right? Good verse

15, let's read it quickly then we'll come to

16. But I'm sorry, the Lord, the God in your

heart and be ready always to give an answer to

every man that ask it, that ask get you a reason,

right? Of the hope that is in you with meekness

and fear. The next one, having a good conscience.

Now see, having a good conscience that whereas

they speak evil of you, as evildoers means that

in their evidence you you are evildoer. Now what

will happen to them? They may be ashamed that

falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

They may be ashamed that falsely accuse your

good conversation in Christ. So don't forget

the conversation is coming from sanctify the

Lord to give an answer right? So your answer

right that they may be ashamed that firstly accuse

you of your answer in Christ's okay the answer

you are giving them they will be ashamed now

what is our shame our shame is able to put them

to shame no it simply means that by evidences

what I explained right all evidences that you

will present they will see that this one that

we are holding is not the evidence of Christ

do we get it put more scriptures put more scriptures

where we need to put them. Luke 3 .16, let's

just write them down, then we'll read them. You

will see the opposite of ashamed, right? This

ashamed that they use here. You will see the

opposite of it soon when we read the scriptures.

Luke 3 .16, 2 Corinthians 10 verse 8, Philippians

2 Corinthians 10:8 Philippians 1:20

1 verse 20. Luke 3 verse 16, 2 Corinthians 10

Luke 3:16 2 Corinthians 10:8

verse 8. Philippians 1 verse 20, sorry. So let's

Philippians 1:20

go to Luke 3 verse 16, please. Luke 3 verse Luke,

Luke 3:16

not second, okay. All right, so in these scriptures

you will see, and then as I send on to them,

I did, sorry, is that a scripture I need? That's

quite interesting. Where's the 2 Corinthians

10 .8? Let's go to that one. Let's see. Luke

3 .15. Use the hearts. Just go to 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 10:8

10 verse 8. For though I should boast somewhat

more of our authority, which the Lord had given

us for edification, not for your destruction,

I should not be ashamed, right? This is the same

word there, right? Though I should boast somewhat

of our authority, which he had given us for edification,

right? And not for your destruction, I should

not be ashamed. It means that by the evidence

of knowing the authority God has given me, right,

it is for your building, lest I will be ashamed.

Let's be ashamed. The next scriptures are Philippians

1 -20. That's the one that will give us this

quickly. According to any expectation and my

hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed. So really

according to the ns expectation and my hope that's

in nothing I shall be ashamed but with all boldness

as always and so now also Christ shall be magnified

in My body whether is be life or by dead. So

look at it is it that's in nothing I shall be

ashamed but what's What's that with all boldness?

So it means that when I come to teach and I explain

and I give an answer pertaining the power and

demonstration of God and the suffering of Christ

and his glory and his ascension in me, when I

give evidences to it, those false teachers will

lose their boldness. Do you get it? It is Sean

profane babbling, right? You know there are scriptures,

Sean profane, that is it. So we would not, they

will be shut up, right? They will lose their

boldness. So it's not like, you know, they'll

come out, they have boldness to teach, right?

But when they see sufficient evidence, like Elimas

saw the teachings and the miracles, right? I

feel it did, right? And what happened? It dropped.

It dropped, right? So what happened is that when

sufficient evidence is presented, people who

are false prophets will lose their boldness.

Muckers and scoffers will lose their boldness

when evidence is beyond reasonable that as we

teach so of course uh the scripture we put there

is sufficient right to take now first emotive

four verse 16 you can add it you can add that

to it first emotive four verses said take heed

unto thyself and unto thy doctrine continuing

them for in doing this thou shall save thyself

and them that hear thee so one of the things

why we have to teach and explain scripture apologetically

is that we will save people we will save people

we will snatch people from the hands of the enemy

right we will snatch people from the hands of

the enemy so that's one of the reasons why we

have to explain so that we can save you know

the people from wrong doctrine Good, the first

one is that there will be persecution and you

need boldness to speak. Okay, there will be persecution

and you need boldness to speak. Now we've seen

that in the case of Stephen, we've seen that

in the case of Apostle Paul, right? We've seen

that in both cases and in all the lives of the

disciples, we've realized that when there is

persecution, there is always an answer. for the

gospel so you cannot be persecuted and they ask

you why are you being persecuted and you cannot

give a comprehensive answer of why you have been

persecuted so persecution will come and you must

give an answer right you must give an answer

first Peter 3 17 the first Peter just go to verse

17 first Peter just go to the verse 17 of that

first Peter he said it is better if the will

of God be so that you suffer for well doing than

for evil doing. What is well doing here? To give

an answer for the gospel, right? Well doing here

is to give an explanation for the gospel and

if you suffer for that you say let it be so.

It therefore means that persecution or giving

an answer for the gospel would come with that

or persecution will require you to explain further.

what Christ has done. So you need boldness. You

need boldness to teach, to explain why you have

been, you know, some will say, at least in the

course of it, a number of people will be saved.

But you have to preach the right message. In

the course of being persecuted, a number of people

will be saved. I think Masfredo was telling me

that someone went to debunk, you know, some religious,

you know, false teachings and in the place of

having a conversation over the doctrine of a

particular religion and our religion and our

faiths rather two people give their lives means

two people believed and they followed Christ

on the sports and within that confinement that

environment they killed the person who gave the

defense right that's a game painful but again

right that's a game Paul was saying, for me to

leave is Christ, right, to die is gain. That

is how much painful is it? Two people on the

spot. That is great, right? But how did he do

it? Sufficient evidence so that these people

became ashamed and they didn't know how to respond

than to kill. Sufficient evidence. If you tell

that man if he was alive I asked him would you

like this kind of story I bet you he will say

no matter how painful I think is a good one so

persecution will come and it is the reason why

we need sufficient evidence right sufficient

evidence you know let me let me put it funny

if you want to die for the gospel die for the

correct one like make sure what you are teaching

is the correct one is what dying for right so

be sure So that's why we need to pay attention

to these. So just put scriptures, Acts 7, Stephen's

story again, is another one, Acts 7 in that context.

Acts 4, 29 to 30, Acts 4, 7, just put chapter

7, chapter 7 is fine, across all chapter 7. Then

Acts 4, 29 to 30, that you will grind unto thy

servant, with all boldness they might be able

to do. That is why it's apologia when you say,

should we listen to God or we should obey man?

They cannot say obey man. They cannot say obey

man. They know that you should listen to God.

You should do what God requires you to do. So

that's an apologetic approach to approach people

who are hard -hearted. Now, the fifth one, which

is the one we are going to deal with tomorrow.

very well, we're going to deal with this tomorrow

very well, is we need apologetics because of

groups that are misrepresenting the Bible. Put

it that way. We need apologetics because of groups

that are misrepresenting the Bible. Now, it is

different from, you see, if you are false prophets,

right, it's okay. One here, there. But when they

become an organization, it's more deadly. If

you have one or two prophets, one by one, we

can hold them, right? We can just share ourselves

here and we can go and teach. But when it becomes

an organization, it becomes a very deep problem,

right? So, and the influence is spreading. So

we need this, right? Because of this group that

represents the... the scriptures now the interesting

thing is that most groups want to found a foundation

in the bible like everybody wants to use the

foundation as the bible like you want to start

your conversation your story is from the bible

your it's either you say oh the bible is corrupt

then you build your own or you say after the

bible we collect another revelation why is it

the bible it shows the that shows the authenticity

of the bible if it's not authentic if you use

or roomil as book, it will not be a problem.

We're not even gonna discuss anybody that did

not touch the Bible here. But if you touch the

Bible, we will discuss you. Yes, that is it.

Because you pick the Bible as the authenticity,

and we all know the authenticity of the Bible,

and you build a wrong doctrine on it. So as a

result, those groups needs to be touched upon

gradually, because when you go out, those are

the people you meet. Now, if you meet, if you

meet, a nominal person, right? The person doesn't

have arguments. They don't have much, right?

You are too loaded, right? So even you, you're

trying to just put them within Romans 10 and

John 3 .16, right? You're not going to bend hell

to him, you know? The uniqueness and the appearance

of, you're not going there. You're just giving

them, you're giving them little. But you see

this group. They went to study that Ben Elohim

and interpreted it wrongly. And they gave it

to people to swallow. That is unfaithfulness.

Okay? So these people that are unfaithful with

the Bible, they are unfaithful. That one we cannot

condone, right? We need apologetics for those

ones because they are not propagating the Bible.

Now under them, let's quickly touch to... We'll

touch one or two there about... So under this

five, can you just put A, right? Just put A.

Those who assume we are same. Those that assume

that we are same, right? There are people who

assume that we are same, we are the same. You

know, we serve the same God. And this one is

common in this environment. Put at 14 .11. At

14 .11, let me show you. People who thought apostles

were same with them. And when the people saw

what Paul had done, They lifted up their voices

saying, in the speech of Laconia, the gods are

come down to us in the likeness of men. They

assume that it is the God that they have been

serving, right? That appear to them in the person

of Apostle Paul. Right? So there are people who,

when you manifest or you do something, they'll

say, oh, we are the same. We are serving. Now

look at verse 12. Go to verse 12. And they called

Barnabas Jupiter. And they called Paul's Macurius.

Because he was the chief speaker, next, then

the priest of Jupiter. Can you see? They called

a service immediately, which was before the acidity,

brought oxen and gallants onto. We are not the

same. It's something else. Let's see how the

apostles responded. no no come back to the previous

scriptures and brought garlands onto the gates

and would have done sacrifice to the people right

with the people rather next which when the apostles

them when the apostles brother buds and poor

head of they rent their clothes and ran in among

the people crying out go to the next verse now

that rents in and they just are they just like

they what would i say they just spoil the show

there you know if is a if they were not believers

let's say they were not apostles right the moment

you see that they have made you influencer right

what will you do you're gonna follow us right

you gotta follow us and before you know everywhere

the city they've made you the king jupiter and

more mercurius but look at their response and

saying sas why do you these things why do you

these things we are also men we are also a man

of light passions with you and preach unto you,

that ye should turn from this thing, this same

thing that you are doing, that you want to do

unto us, unto the living God, which made the

heaven and the earth and the sea and all the

things that are therein. Who in the past suffered

all nations to walk in their ways, nevertheless

he left not himself without weakness, in that

he did good and gave us rain from heaven and

full seasons, filling our hearts with food and

gladness. And with this saying, Scarce restrained

they the people, that they had not done sacrifice

unto them. And there came Tita, certain words,

Jews, from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded

the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him

out of the city, supposing he was dead. So, of

course, you know what the Jews do, right? This

is their style. They look for a crowd, right?

They look for a crowd, and within the crowd,

right, they create a rebellion. They create a

rebellion. They create a rebellion that creates

a problem for the apostles. So they couldn't

preach. Now if those Jews were not there, maybe

they would have sat down and they would have

taught them continuously. We have the ones that

they were saying to the unknown God. And from

there, we're going to see that much more. I think

very closely now we might have to see that. So

we have people who might find unifiers, but there

are no unifiers. Is it that you're here or you're

not here? So we have that. Now one of the things

we must convince them of, convince them, one

of the things we must convince them of is that

although, right, humanity is the handwork of

God, right? Humanity, all of us being humans,

right? We are created, right? Humanity is the

handwork of God, right? Means God created humans,

means created Adam and from Adam we are procreated

and as a result we say God created humanity,

right? God is not the father of all. God is not

the father of all. Although God creates humanity,

right, without whom there will be no breath of

life in any man. God is not the father of all.

God is not the father of all. Acts 17, 24 to

27. Acts 17, 24 to 27. Now you see here, it says,

God that made the world and all things therein,

seeing that his Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth

not in temples made with hands, neither is neither

is worshipped with man's hand as though he needed

anything seeing that he give it to all life and

breath and all things and had made of one blood

all nations of men for to dwell on all the face

of the earth at the time in their times before

appointed and bounds of their habitation right

that they may seek the lord if aptly they might

feel after him and finding though he be not far

from every one of us. So it's talking about God

creating a people within this earth, okay? It's

not saying that he's the father of all. So God

creates, that's why saying that they should seek

the Lord that they might find him. Okay, that

they should seek the Lord that if he's talking

to, if he's talking about that those people that

God created are believers and he's talking about

the creation in Christ, he would not be saying

they should seek the Lord and find him because

they found God. So it was coming from explanation

of a general creation, right? Explaining to those

who say to the unknown God. From that point,

it was coming to explain the gospel to them.

Right? So we can acknowledge that, well, we did

not exist. No man, no person created any man.

God created Adam, and from there, we exist. So

we can agree. But to say that he's the father

of all, no. So he's not the father of all. Neither

is he the God of all. Hallelujah. Neither is

he what? The God of all. He's not the father

of all. He's not the God of all. Everybody knows

their father. Ephesians 2. Ephesians two. Ephesians

two. From verse one. And you hear at quick in

who we are dead in trespasses and sin. When in

the past year worked according to the course

of this world, according to the prince of the

power of air, the spirit that is at work in the

children of disobedience right the spirit that

is at work in children of disobedience so it

means that the children of disobedience in this

world there are people now is this one talking

about believers that have come to believe right

but it simply refers to people who are working

according to a spirit that is not a spirit of

god and therefore god cannot be their father

and neither will he be their God. Now if you

read when Jesus is talking to the Pharisees,

right, it tells them, it says, you know your

father, right, it talks about your father the

devil and his activities from the beginning.

So it means that the source of what they are

doing is from the devil. So when people see us

and say, oh we serve the same God, we serve,

you have to ask them, what do you mean? Tomorrow

we are going to see that. The way people have

used terminology, even salvation, It's worse

these days because even in movies, you'll be

seeing atonement. You'll be seeing salvation.

You'll be seeing deliverance in movies. And this

has become the order of the day. And people are

believing this thing. So we must know that we

are not the same. Now let's look at the second

one. The second group on that is five. Those

who believe Christianity is perverted, right?

or the Christendom is perverted. Those who believe

Christendom is perverted. They literally go after

it and say, in fact, some of them refuse to call

themselves Christians, or they say the Christendom

that we practice, Christianity is perverted.

And the third one is those who believe they are

totally different from us. Those who believe

they are totally different from us. Now, what

is As we close, what is our responsibility? We're

gonna see more of it tomorrow. Our responsibility,

right, towards them. First, it's still love,

right? It's still love, but much more. Much more.

Holding on to the faithfulness and integrity

of God's word in our explanation to them. Holding

on to the... faithfulness and the integrity of

God's Word in our explanation to them. Why did

I say love? Because most of these groups, right,

they actually, they're actually anti or antagonistic

towards the gospel. Clearly antagonistic towards

the gospel. Clearly, what I mean clearly, they

go, I mean, they come and say, this is, you know,

this is not a faith. right so so our job to them

is clearly love and faithfulness in or to the

integrity of God's word so the integrity of God's

word so we'll stop here for today so that we

can continue tomorrow we still have a whole lot

to cover but as we go one thing i want us to

go is to have a mindset that you will study the

scripture sufficiently enough to be able to explain

the message of salvation, that there will be

no subjects, there will be no question, right?

I'm trusting that after this meeting we are going

to prepare a material, I think that's a question

raised that matter at some point in time, that

we're going to prepare materials, right, for

us, that you will have those materials and when

you go out before the person says anything you

know where the person is coming from and in love

you will explain to the person and bring the

person out of darkness into the marvelous line

of price. Hallelujah. Can we begin to pray? We

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