August 24, 2008
Living the Truth: Pt. 2 No Welcome Mat for False Teachers
Speaker: Mike Sciarra Topic: Living the Truth Passage: 2 John 1:1–1:13
Living the Truth: Pt. 2 No Welcome Mat for False Teachers (2 John)
The Basics about Jesus
- Christ’s deity – fully God, perfect, without sin (John 17:5; Col. 1:15, 19; Heb. 1:1-3)
- Christ’s humanity – fully man, able to sympathize with us (Heb. 2:17-18, 4:15)
- Christ’s incarnation – His birth and life on earth (John 1:1-18)
- Christ’s sacrifice – His death in our place to pay the penalty for sin (Rom. 5:6-11)
- Christ’s exaltation – the resurrection, the ascension and His imminent return (Luke 24:1-12; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thess. 4:13-18)
The Simple Gospel Message
- God’s holiness – God is holy and perfect (Leviticus 11:44; 1 Peter 1:16)
- Mankind’s sinfulness – we are sinful and separated from God due to our sin (Rom. 3:23; Eph. 2:1-3)
- Christ’s work – He took our sin and paid our debt (Rom. 5:6-11; Gal. 4:4; 1 Peter 2:24, 3:18)
- Our response – “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved…” Acts 16:31; “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24; Eph. 2:8-9)