DISCERNERS AND DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH, NOT DEFECTORS

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DISCERNERS AND DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH, NOT
DEFECTORS

• Dr. Jobe Martin
• www.creationproclaims.com
• www.biblicaldiscipleship.org
• www.evolutionofacreationist.com
• www.slideshare.net (Jobe Martin)

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THIS SPEAKERS HISTORY

• Raised in the church, but not a true Christian
• At Bucknell University majored in Music and
  Biology
• Became a convinced Old Universe Evolutionist
• In 1966 Graduated from U. of Pittsburgh College
  of Dentistry as an Agnostic, Zen Buddhist,
  Evolutionist
• Served my country as a USAF dentist for the
  pilots and crews of AF1 and the presidential
  fleet (89th MAW) during Viet Nam war (President
  Johnson)
• Received the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior at
  age 27 (1967).

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• Upon becoming a Christian I immediately became a
  Theistic Evolutionist (God Big Bang millions
  of years)
• Established a private dental practice at NASA in
  Clear Lake City, Texas
• 1971 became a professor of dentistry at Baylor
  College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas
• My first lecture The Evolution of the Tooth
  (How fish scales moved into the mouth and became
  teeth)
• Two students challenged me after that first
  lecture to investigate Young Earth Creation (1971)

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• After several years of studying the Bible, the
  assumptions behind evolution and the irreducible
  complexity of animals, I emerged a Young Earth
  Creationist. (Earth 6000 yrs. old, Global Flood
  4400 yrs ago)
• In 1982 I resigned my full professorship (with
  tenure) and enrolled at Dallas Theological
  Seminary
• Since completing the degree in Systematic
  Theology in 1986, Jenna Dee, Taryn, Mirren and I
  have been travelling around the USA and across
  the oceans teaching and preaching about various
  aspects of worldviews and the veracity of true
  Christianitya relationship with the God of the
  Bible through the death and resurrection of His
  only Son, Jesus Christ.

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DISCERNING DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH

• 1 Peter 314-15
• 14But and if ye suffer for righteousness
  sake, happy are ye and be not afraid of their
  terror, neither be troubled 15But sanctify the
  Lord God in your hearts and be ready always to
  give an answer to every man that asketh you a
  reason of the hope that is in you with meekness
  and fear.

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DEFECTORS FROM THE FAITH?

• Proverbs 1412
• There is a way which seemeth right unto a
  man, but the end thereof are the ways of death

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Where is Our Heart?
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Do we desire Truth in our innermost being for
ourselves and our children?

• Psalm 516
• Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward
  parts and in the hidden part thou shalt make me
  to know wisdom.

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James 15-6

• 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
  God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
  upbraideth not and it shall be given him. 6But
  let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he
  that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven
  with the wind and tossed

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Have we been so long with the Father and yet we
do not know or understand His heart?

• John 149
• Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
  time with you, and yet hast thou not known me,
  Philip?

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Have we been led astray from the simplicity and
purity of devotion to Christ?

• 2 Corinthians 113
• But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
  beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds
  should be corrupted from the simplicity that is
  in Christ

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Have we been compromised, neutralized and diluted
by Satans culture by our flesh?

• Psalm 1012-3
• 2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O
  when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within
  my house with a perfect heart. 3I will set no
  wicked thing before mine eyes I hate the work of
  them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me.

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• We do not become compromised or diluted over
  night.It is a conscious process!
• 1 Corinthians 1013-14
• There hath no temptation taken you but such as
  is common to man but God is faithful, who will
  not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are
  able but will with the temptation also make a
  way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
• 14Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
  idolatry.

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1 John 520-21

• 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and
  hath given us an understanding, that we may know
  him that is true, and we are in him that is true,
  even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true
  God, and eternal life. 21Little children, keep
  yourselves from idols. Amen.

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Colossians 35-6

• 5Mortify therefore your members which are upon
  the earth fornication, uncleanness, inordinate
  affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness,
  which is idolatry 6For which things sake the
  wrath of God cometh on the children of
  disobedience.

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Psalm 394-5

• 4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure
  of my days, what it is that I may know how frail
  I am. 5Behold, thou hast made my days as an
  handbreadth and mine age is as nothing before
  thee verily every man at his best state is
  altogether vanity. Selah.

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Psalm 9012

• So teach us to number our days, that we may apply
  our hearts unto wisdom.

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Ephesians 516-17

• 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding
  what the will of the Lord is.

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Colossians 45-6

• 5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without,
  redeeming the time. 6Let your speech be alway
  with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know
  how ye ought to answer every man.

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We choose moment by moment to be conformed to
this world or to be transformed into the image of
our Lord Jesus by the renewing of our minds as we
meditate on His Word!
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Romans 121-2

• 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
  mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
  living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
  which is your reasonable service. 2And be not
  conformed to this world but be ye transformed by
  the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what
  is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will
  of God.

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• Are we choosing to be conformed or transformed?

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What are we choosing?

• Therapy over Theology?
• The Artificial over the AUTHENTIC?
• Entertainment over Entreatment (of the Bible)?
• The World over the Word?
• Passion over Purity?
• Feeling good over Being Good?
• Professing Faith over truly Possessing The Faith?

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Are we choosing the world, the flesh and the
devil?

• 1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in
  trespasses and sins 2Wherein in time past ye
  walked according to the course of this world,
  according to the prince of the power of the air,
  the spirit that now worketh in the children of
  disobedience 3Among whom also we all had our
  conversation in times past in the lusts of our
  flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
  the mind and were by nature the children of
  wrath, even as others. Ephesians 21-3

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Why would we choose the world, the flesh and the
devil?

• We, even as Christians young and old, choose
  the world the flesh and the devil because of the
• Lust of the flesh
• Lust of the eyes
• Pride of life.

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1 John 215-17

• 15Love not the world, neither the things that are
  in the world. If any man love the world, the love
  of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in
  the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of
  the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
  Father, but is of the world. 17And the world
  passeth away, and the lust thereof but he that
  doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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• Lets take a look at ourselves and our families.
• Are we slipping into worldliness?
• Are we allowing our vitality, enthusiasm and
  God-given focus and gifts to be compromised and
  diluted?
• Are we practicing Godliness in our homes and
  families?
• Are we bringing eternal glory to our dear Lord
  Jesus as we accomplish His works starting in our
  homes?

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Ephesians 210

• For we are his workmanship poem, created in
  Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
  before ordained that we should walk in them.

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• To be defenders of The Faith we must practice
  Colossians 110-11
• 10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all
  pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and
  increasing in the knowledge of God
  11Strengthened with all might, according to his
  glorious power, unto all patience and
  longsuffering with joyfulness.

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• One of our motivating factors to live out
  Scriptures such as Colossians 110 should stem
  from the appreciation and gratitude of
  understanding
• 1 Corinthians 620
• For ye are bought with a price therefore
  glorify God in your body, and in your spirit,
  which are Gods.

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• How can we glorify God in our body and spirit?
• Galatians 522-25
• 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
  peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
  faith, 23Meekness, temperance against such there
  is no law. 24And they that are Christs have
  crucified the flesh with the affections and
  lusts. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us also
  walk in the Spirit.

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Proverbs 423-27

• 23Keep thy heart with all diligence for out of
  it are the issues of life. 24Put away from thee a
  froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from
  thee. 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let
  thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26Ponder
  the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be
  established. 27Turn not to the right hand nor to
  the left remove thy foot from evil.

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• We must guard our feet from slipping off the
  straight and narrow path of Gods Word.
• 16These six things doth the LORD hate yea, seven
  are an abomination unto him 17A proud look, a
  lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
  feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19A
  false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
  soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 616-19

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Romans 315-18

• 15Their feet are swift to shed blood
  16Destruction and misery are in their ways 17And
  the way of peace have they not known 18There is
  no fear of God before their eyes

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• To be defenders of The Faith we must guard our
  hearts and teach our children to guard their
  hearts.
• Placing Scriptural guards on our hearts is the
  best way to guard the path of our feet.
• Two of the main motivators for guarding our
  hearts and the path of our feet is a deep-seated
  love and healthy fear of the Lord.

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The Fear of the Lord

• There are two aspects to the fear of the Lord
• Awesome Reverence
• Bone Shaking Terror

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The Fear of the LordAwesome ReverenceBone-shakin
g Terror

• The Greek term phobos phobeo includes both
• The Hebrew term Yire Yirah includes both
• Fear is like a volcano You are drawn to it in
  awe, but you are repelled from it in fear it
  could blow up and kill you.

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Proverbs 17

• The fear yireh of the LORD is the beginning
  of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and
  instruction.

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Luke 124-5

• Jesus said, 4And I say unto you my friends, Be
  not afraid of them that kill the body, and after
  that have no more that they can do. 5But I will
  forewarn you whom ye shall fear Fear him, which
  after he hath killed hath power to cast into
  hell yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

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Ecclesiastes 1213-14

• 13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
  matter Fear God, and keep his commandments for
  this is the whole duty of man. 14For God shall
  bring every work into judgment, with every secret
  thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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John 1421

• He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
  them, he it is that loveth me and he that loveth
  me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love
  him, and will manifest myself to him.

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• Are we teaching our children
• how to defend the Faith in the love and fear of
  God?

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JUDE 3

• Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto
  you of the common salvation, it was needful for
  me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye
  should earnestly contend for the faith which was
  once delivered unto the saints.

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1 PETER 315

• But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and be
  ready always to give an answer to every man that
  asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you
  with meekness and fear.

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COLOSSIANS 28

• Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy
  and vain deceit, after the tradition of men,
  after the rudiments of the world, and not after
  Christ.

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HOSEA 46

• My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
  because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
  reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me
  seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I
  will also forget thy children.

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PROVERBS 1412

• There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,
  but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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Ezra 710

• 10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law
  of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel
  its statutes and judgments.

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• We are losing to other worldviews of Satans
  world system up to 89 of our children of
  evangelical Christian families.
• By age 20 to 29 we only have 11 of our kids who
  were raised in the church still involved in
  Christian pursuits! Many have come home from
  college or now high school and even middle school
  professing atheism.

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• Source Nehemiah Institute. PEERS Biblical
  Worldview Test. Nehemiah Institute
  http//www.nehemiahinstitute.com/peers.php
  (accessed November 15, 2008)
• Dan Smithwick, Worldview Assessment and
  Training, The Nehemiah Institute,
  www.nehemiahinstitute.com (accessed November, 14,
  2008).

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Biblical Theism
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3069 Secular Humanism 029 Pure Socialism, lt0.
100-70
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Moderate Christianity
69-30
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The Making of a Disaster
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Trend toward Secular Humanism and Socialism
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So what is the goal of most of todays younger
generation in USA including Christians? They want
to become rich and famous!
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ALREADY GONEby Ken Ham and Britt Beemer

• 20 churched as teen, spiritually active at age
  29
• 61 churched as teen, disengaged from church
  during their twenties

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Of all the 20 to 29-year-old evangelicals who
attended church regularly but no longer do so

• 95 of them attended church regularly during
  their elementary and middle school years
• 55 attended church regularly during high school
• 11 were still attending church during collage.
• Already Gone, p.31

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• We are losing 40 before high school.
• We are losing another 44 before college.

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• In other words, there is a disconnect between
  knowing Truth and practicing Truth.
• John 321
• But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
  that his deeds may be made manifest, that they
  are wrought in God.

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• Dads and Moms are we teaching our children
  Biblical discernment and
• how to defend the Faith?

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• Young people and children Are you ready to
  defend the true Faith of Christianity no matter
  what the consequence, the cost, or the
  circumstance?

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• Are we all fearing God with awesome reverence
  combined with bone-shaking terror?

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• Are we remembering that there are severe
  consequences for sinthat there is a price to be
  paid for walking with our Lord in Satans world
  system.

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• Our Lord Jesus paid the price for our sin with
  His very life. Romans 57-10
• 8But God commendeth his love toward us, in
  that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for
  us. 9Much more then, being now justified by his
  blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
  10For if, when we were enemies, we were
  reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much
  more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his
  life.

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• Because of what Lord Jesus did for us we exist
  for His glory. Whether we live or die we exist
  for the glory of God.
• Isaiah 428-9
• 8I am the LORD that is my name and my glory
  will I not give to another, neither my praise to
  graven images. 9Behold, the former things are
  come to pass, and new things do I declare before
  they spring forth I tell you of them.

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Isaiah 533-6

• He is despised and rejected of men a man of
  sorrows, and acquainted with grief and we hid as
  it were our faces from him he was despised, and
  we esteemed him not. 4Surely he hath borne our
  griefs, and carried our sorrows yet we did
  esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and
  afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our
  transgressions, he was bruised for our
  iniquities the chastisement of our peace was
  upon him and with his stripes we are healed.
  6All we like sheep have gone astray we have
  turned every one to his own way and the LORD
  hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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Romans 109

• 9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
  the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart
  that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
  shalt be saved.

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• To be a defender of The Faith a person must
  exchange religious piety for a personal
  relationship with our crucified and resurrected
  Lord, Creator and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ!
• Romans 1013
• For whosoever shall call upon the name of the
  Lord shall be saved.