Model Christians

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Model Christians

• 1-9-05

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Know this

• 1You should also know this, Timothy, that in the
  last days there will be very difficult times.
  2For people will love only themselves and their
  money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing
  at God, disobedient to their parents, and
  ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
  3They will be unloving and unforgiving they will
  slander others and have no self-control they
  will be cruel and have no interest in what is
  good.

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Counterfeit truth

• 4They will betray their friends, be reckless, be
  puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather
  than God. 5They will act as if they are
  religious, but they will reject the power that
  could make them godly. You must stay away from
  people like that. 8And these teachers fight the
  truth.Their minds are depraved, and their faith
  is counterfeit. 2 Tim. 31-5,8 NLT

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Evangelicals

• Evangelicals affirm that faith is very important
  in their lives today believe they have a
  personal responsibility to share their religious
  beliefs about Christ with non-Christians believe
  that Satan exists believe that eternal salvation
  is possible only through grace, not works
  believe that Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on
  Earth and describe God as the all-knowing,
  all-powerful, perfect deity who created the
  universe and still rules it today. George Barna

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Christian False Teaching

• Any Christian who still believes himself to be a
  sinner is believing a lie from hell I didnt
  stop sinning until I finally got it through my
  thick head that I wasnt a sinner anymore. I am
  not a sinner. That is what I was and if I still
  am then Jesus died in vain. Joyce Meyer

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Calling God a liar

• If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling
  ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. 9But
  if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and
  just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every
  wrong. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we are
  calling God a liar and showing that his word has
  no place in our hearts. 1 John 18-10 NLT

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Open Theology

• "God can't foreknow the good or bad decisions of
  the people he creates until he creates these
  people, and they, in turn, create their
  decisions." Gregory Boyd Letters from a Skeptic

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The Great Decline

• Churches accept the American Psychological
  associations decree that homosexual relations
  are not deviant.
• Sexually active gay people are allowed to be
  members of churches.
• Sexually active clergy are allowed to be pastors
  of churches.
• Religious leaders accept the idea of civil
  unions.
• Churches accept the idea of gay marriages.
• Next, we will see gay clergy getting married.

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Contrast

• Lovers of self and money
• Boastful and proud
• Scoffing at God
• Disobedient to parents
• Ungrateful
• Nothing sacred

• Lovers of others and not things
• Modest and humble
• Praising God
• Obedient to Parents
• Always thankful
• Truth is sacred

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How they did it

• They contested spiritual error wherever they
  found it.
• Truth and doctrine matters.
• They found ways to show Jesus love at every
  opportunity.
• Doing good changes hearts.