Holding Onto The Truth In The Church
A talk given at St Helen’s Bishopsgate in 2015. Phillip was preaching at the South East Gospel Partnership.
Sermon Outline
- The Day of the Church
- Acts 7:38, Hebrews 12:18-25,
- Deuteronomy 9:10, 10:14, 18:16
- Deuteronomy 4:1-14
- setting the scene Deut 1-3
- vocal relationship not visual religion 4:9-14
- words to listen, learn, teach, keep and do 4:1-10
- your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples 4:6-8
- the warning of Peor 4:2-4
- Balaam
- money makes a donkey of him Numbers 22-24; Pet 2:14-16, Jude 11
- seduces Israel Numbers25:1-9, 31:8,16
- Why did it Happen
- examples not to follow evil 1Corinthians 10:6,8
- written for Christians 1Corinthians 10:11-13
- Christ’s Warnings to the Church
- to Pergamum Revelation 2:12-17
- to Thyatira Revelation 2:18-29
- in both, members have to stay true
- Today’s Church
- everyday
- Balaam’s alive
- national shifts
- church not nation
- pastoring by teaching
- discipline by rescue and restoration
- fearless and fearful holiness
