Ken Noakes preaches this Father’s Day message.
Aware of false teachings, the Apostle Paul encourages the church to resist these teachings and continue preaching the gospel messages as originally taught.
There is great encouragement here for all Christians to remain rooted in the Gospel as first delivered by the apostles, not following the lies and “clickbait” of our world.
Read the text – 2 Thess 2:13-3:5
It was not only the persecutors who made trouble in Thessalonica, but also false teachers. Here the Apostle Paul points out their errors and corrects their false teaching. Paul encourages them to hold to his orthodox teaching, and not be deceived.
Read the text – 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12
Why is sound doctrine important and why should a church seek to appoint elders/leaders who are sound in doctrine. It has something to do with the true faith established.
Read the Bible Text – Titus 1:1-16
– Ken Noakes
Love, Truth and Obedience are three Christian values that together define Christian Love. Christian love, is love where truth is valued. Christian truth tells us how to obey. Christian obedience demonstrates true love.
In the previous posts from this series we have looked at each.
What happens if you corrupt any one of those values?
What does it look like for Christians to love the other? It has something to do with that which is true and something to do with obedience. We considered ‘Love’ last time (Part 3 of this series), so this time let’s focus on ‘Truth’.
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:16-20)
Sermon from the 1 John series ‘The Word Of Life’. Ken Noakes speaking about ‘Truth & Anti-Truth’ from 1 John 1:5-2:6 & 2:18-27 are available to stream or download.
Sunday’s 9am & 5pm sermons ‘Truth & Anti-Truth’ (1 John 1:5-2:6, 2:18-27, 4:1-6) by Ken D Noakes
9am: http://bit.ly/2hIK8Ec (audio only)
5pm: http://bit.ly/2hIp156 (audio and video)
Read the Bible text: http://bit.ly/2fcE0mK
Sermon Text and Workings – Truth & Anti-Truth (1 John 1.5-2.6 & 2.18-27)
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