Citation of Sources

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Citation of Sources

• Bible Texts
• NASB, KJV, ASV
• Sermon Notes, Outlines, Charts
• Jesse Flowers
• Tim Haile
• Mike Walls
• Mike Wills

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TWISTING THE SCRIPTURES
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• Twist to wring or wrench so as to dislocate or
  distort to alter the meaning of distort,
  pervert
• We Must Not Make Scripture Contradict Itself
• Scripture Cannot be Broken John 1035
• Must Rightly Divide the Word of God
• Compare 2 Timothy 215 2 Corinthians 42

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Bible Words Twisted By Man

• Baptism is twisted to mean
• Pouring or Sprinkling
• Do these require much water?
• John 323 ?
• Real Definition to dip, plunge, submerge,
  submerse, immerse, to bury
• Scriptures Agree
• Buried (Rom. 63-4)
• Buried (Col. 211-12)
• Down intoup out of the water (Acts 838-39)

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Bible Words Twisted By Man

• Melody (Psallo) twisted to mean
• Playhowever, note WHERE the melody is
  (Ephesians 519)
• If make melody means play, then ALL OBLIGATED
  TO PLAY!
• Argued Instruments Used in O.T.
• True Psalm 1503-5
• But Eph. 214-15 Col. 214
• And Galatians 310 53-4

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Bible Words Twisted By Man

• Two Kinds of Music
• Vocal (acappella) Instrumental
• When God Specifies the KIND, All Other Options
  are Unlawful
• Gen. 614 Lev. 101-2 Num. 192
• Where In the NT Do You Find An Instrument?
• Matt. 2630 Acts 1625 I Cor. 1415, 26 Eph.
  519 Col. 316 Heb. 212

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Bible Words Twisted By Man

• Tongue-Speaking Twisted to Mean
• Unintelligible Language (Gibberish)
• Bible Says Tongues are Languages
• Acts 24 - Spoke in other tongues
• SAME heard in own language (26, 8) and heard
  in own tongue (211)
• Divine Law on Tongue Speaking
• Must Edify (I Cor. 143-5, 9, 11)
• 2-3 at Most Each in Turn (1427)
• Dont do it if no interpreter (1428)
• Tongue Speaking Ceased (138-10)

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Bible Words Twisted By Man

• Some Twist the Scriptures to Teach Man Is Born in
  Sin
• Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, in
  sin my mother conceived me (Psalm 515).
• Therefore, as through one mans offense judgment
  came to all menfor as by one mans disobedience
  many were made sinners (Romans 518-19).

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Bible Words Twisted By Man

• REMEMBER Always look at the difficult in light
  of the clear!
• Moreover your little ones your childrenhave
  no knowledge of good evil (Deut. 139).
• The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not
  bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear
  the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the
  righteous shall be upon himself, the wickedness
  of the wicked shall be upon himself (Ezek.
  1820).
• Matthew 183 See Rom. 512, 18-19

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Operation of the holy spirit

• Some Twist the Scriptures to Teach the Direct
  Operation of the Holy Spirit Upon Sinners
• No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent
  Me draws him I will raise him up at the last
  day (Jn. 644).
• How does Father draw that individual?
• Direct operation of the H. S. acting
  independently of gospel preaching?
• No - It is written in the prophets, And they
  shall all be taught by God. Therefore everyone
  who has heard learned from the Father comes to
  Me (John 645).

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Operation of the holy spirit

• Direct Operation of Holy Spirit cont.
• Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She
  was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira
  who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to
  heed the things spoken by Paul (Ax. 1614).
• Question How did the Lord open her heart? Was it
  by the direct operation of Holy Spirit?
• Was Lydia totally depraved as some teach
  thats why it was necessary?

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Operation of the holy spirit

• Spirit Does Convict of Sin, but Notice How
• Jn. 167-11 Acts 236-37, 41
• How did Paul know he was a sinner?
• I Tim. 115 Rom. 320 77
• Spirit is not the Converting Power
• The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the
  soul (Psa. 197).
• SeeHearUnderstand be converted healed
  (Acts 2827).
• Gospel of Christpower of God to save believers
  (Rom. 116).
• Word of Godliving, powerful, sharp
  penetrates the conscience (Heb. 412).

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Operation of the holy spirit

• Life Given by the Spirit the Word
• Jn. 663 - It is the Spirit who gives life
• Psa. 11950 - Thy word has given me life
• Sanctified by Spirit the Word
• I Cor. 611 - Sanctified by the Spirit
• Jn. 1717 - Sanctify them by Your truth. Your
  word is truth.
• Filled with the Spirit/Filled with Word
• Eph. 518 - be filled with the Spirit
• Col. 316 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you
  richly

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Operation of the holy spirit

• Must accept the Bible Revealed Role Work of the
  Holy Spirit
• I Corinthians 210-13 Eph. 35
• In Conversion, the Spirit Works Through the
  Agency of His Word
• the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
  God (Eph. 617).
• Since the Bible never says a word about the
  Spirit operating directly upon a sinners heart
  in order to convert him, the burden of proof is
  upon man who claims the doctrine!

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Salvation

• Some Twist the Scriptures to Teach that Once You
  Receive Salvation You Cannot Lose It
• Notice John 627-29
• The Bible Teaches that we can lose our salvation
• Gal. 61 Rev 25
• You have been severed from Christ, you who are
  seeking to be justified by law you have fallen
  from grace. (Gal. 54)

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Two Covenants

• Two Covenants Twisted to Mean
• There is One Continuous Covenant
• Christ Gave No Law He was a Covenant Victim, Not
  A Covenant Maker or Law-Giver He Only Took Away
  the Ceremonial Aspects of Law
• Continuity of Covenant Since the Days of Abraham
• Law Does Not Become Obsolete When It has been
  Fulfilled
• The Law was Not Nailed to the Cross, Only the
  Debt which Sin Created was Taken Out of the Way

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The eternal covenant Gods Peace Treaty With Man
Stanley W. Paher

• Have you ever pondered the ramifications
  consequences of inaugurating a new different
  covenant, together w/ a new law of Christ, if God
  had instituted one in the first century? The
  revolution of religious thought would have been
  tremendous extensively preached written
  about. Just think! An entire law system nailed to
  the cross of Christ. The creation of a law of
  Christ. A long-standing covenant suddenly
  stricken, a different covenant placed into
  operation. Think seriously about this! If the
  apostles thought that there were two distinct
  covenants, old new, they surely would have
  written about them, delineating them...

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The eternal covenant Gods Peace Treaty With Man
Stanley W. Paher

• clearly forcefully as Paul did (in Rom. 5)
  concerning two men Adam Christ. In that
  lengthy context, the apostle unmistakably
  contrasted the far-reaching effects of their
  work, intertwining powerful opposites - Adams
  trespass the judgment that followed, the
  grace of Christ the justification which it
  brought (vv. 15-19). The point is this a
  scripture discussion involving distinct old new
  covenants would have more importance
  potentially greater influence if such concepts
  indeed had been promulgated w/ full apostolic
  authority, also by the passing of something
  equally significant, an entire system of law -
  Moses -

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The eternal covenant Gods Peace Treaty With Man
Stanley W. Paher

• - in favor of a new law for Christians. However,
  the apostles were absolutely silent about carving
  out such distinctions between either covenant or
  laws, for evidently there were none. The earliest
  church leaders mirrored contemporary thinking on
  covenant law. Note how Clement of Alexandria
  saw one God, one Lord, one covenant of salvation,
  one unity of faith. These church leaders mirrored
  contemporary thinking. Therefore, the new
  covenant-new law theology, allegedly instituted
  in the first century, amounts to a wholesale
  recasting of scriptures early religious
  history. It did not happen. It is pure myth.
  Appendix B

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Two Covenants

• Apostles Absolutely Silent about Two Distinct
  Covenants???
• Jeremiah 3131-32 Hebrews 86-13
• Galatians 51-4 Acts 151, 10
• Galatians 319 (16), 23-25 313
• Ephesians 215 Colossians 214
• Romans 76-7 2 Corinthians 36-17

What Motivation or Purpose would there be to
Twist the Scriptures in such a Way?!
To Try to Get Around What the Lord Says About
Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage in Matthew 191-9.
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Church Autonomy

• Church Autonomy is being Twisted to Mean
• Must Not Criticize False Ways or Doctrines if
  they are in Another Congregation!
• I Plead the 5th Mentality
• NT Teaches there is to be Local Church Autonomy
  (I Peter 52), however Autonomy means
  Self-Government, Not Isolation!

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Violating church autonomy?

• Did the Jerusalem church violate the autonomy
  of the churches in Antioch, Syria, Cilicia
  (Acts 1523)?
• Did the Thessalonian church violate the
  autonomy of the churches in Macedonia Achaia
  (I Thess. 18)?
• Did Paul the church at Colosse violate the
  autonomy of the church at Laodicea vice versa
  (Col. 416)?
• Did John violate the autonomy of the church
  where Diotrephes was a member (3 John 9-10)?
• Did John Christ do so when addressing the 7
  churches of Asia (Rev. 14 2-3)?

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What are the Consequences of Such Error??

• Brethren are Safe to Harbor False Doctrine Its
  Teachers!
• Guilty Can Hide Under Umbrella of Local Church
  Autonomy
• Local Churches become Cities of Refuge for the
  Wicked
• Thus - Error Spreads Infects Many Other
  Christians, b/c Not able to Address It in any
  Way!
• Now, is this Mans Authority or Gods Authority?!

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False Teacher

• False Teacher Twisted to Mean
• One Who Teaches Error - AND - has a Corrupt,
  Immoral Character
• In order for someone to be a false teacher they
  must have the kind of ungodly character that
  Peter describes to us in 2 Peter 2.
• Eyes full of adultery cannot cease to sin heart
  trained in covetous practices allure through the
  lusts of the flesh, through lewdness...
• What does the NT Reveal to us about WHO are False
  Teachers??

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False teachers in the NT

• Matthew 2660-61 Revelation 22
• 2 Corinthians 1126 Galatians 24
• Philippians 32, 18-19
• Matthew 2424, 23, 26
• I John 41, 5
• Acts 151, 2, 5, 10, 19-21, 24, 28
• Galatians 18-9 22, 5, 14, 16
• 2 Peter 21-2 Jude 4, 15
• I Corinthians 1515 Acts 613-14

WHO WILL YOU BELIEVE?