1 00:00:10,575 --> 00:00:13,635 This one comes from Matthew. 2 00:00:13,635 --> 00:00:15,177 "Denominations. 3 00:00:15,177 --> 00:00:16,612 There's lots of them today. 4 00:00:16,612 --> 00:00:19,177 It's frustrating finding the truth. 5 00:00:19,177 --> 00:00:21,616 Is everyone wrong? 6 00:00:21,616 --> 00:00:22,836 There's only one truth. 7 00:00:22,836 --> 00:00:24,241 One interpretation. 8 00:00:24,241 --> 00:00:25,446 One right answer. 9 00:00:25,446 --> 00:00:28,779 How on earth do you find it?" 10 00:00:28,779 --> 00:00:32,331 Think that's a good question? 11 00:00:32,331 --> 00:00:34,273 The thing I would say to Matthew, 12 00:00:34,273 --> 00:00:36,225 is Matthew, for one, I'll tell you this, 13 00:00:36,225 --> 00:00:37,979 you don't find it in denominations, 14 00:00:37,979 --> 00:00:40,147 and you don't find it in men. 15 00:00:40,147 --> 00:00:44,670 Basically, 16 00:00:44,670 --> 00:00:48,400 what is the source of truth? 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:53,074 Jesus Christ says, "Sanctify them... 18 00:00:53,074 --> 00:00:54,656 by Your truth. 19 00:00:54,656 --> 00:00:59,105 Your Word is truth." 20 00:00:59,105 --> 00:01:01,918 That's where we have to go. 21 00:01:01,918 --> 00:01:05,291 John 8:31, "Jesus said to the Jews who had 22 00:01:05,291 --> 00:01:07,761 believed in Him, 23 00:01:07,761 --> 00:01:10,895 'If you abide in My Word, 24 00:01:10,895 --> 00:01:14,534 you are truly My disciples. 25 00:01:14,534 --> 00:01:17,342 And you will know the truth, 26 00:01:17,342 --> 00:01:19,698 and the truth will set you free.'" 27 00:01:19,698 --> 00:01:23,003 How does anybody come to know the truth? 28 00:01:23,003 --> 00:01:25,191 I mean, if you don't know what the truth is, 29 00:01:25,191 --> 00:01:29,481 how do you come to know it? 30 00:01:29,481 --> 00:01:31,161 You go to God's Word. 31 00:01:31,161 --> 00:01:32,735 What happened? 32 00:01:32,735 --> 00:01:34,460 You go to Acts 17. 33 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:36,951 Who was noble? 34 00:01:36,951 --> 00:01:38,278 You know what I would have 35 00:01:38,278 --> 00:01:39,952 Connie put on the calendar? 36 00:01:39,952 --> 00:01:42,383 That this is called the Berean Bible Study. 37 00:01:42,383 --> 00:01:44,936 You know why I wanted it to be called that? 38 00:01:44,936 --> 00:01:47,206 Basically people that searched the Word of God; 39 00:01:47,206 --> 00:01:49,556 they were noble and they searched the Word of God 40 00:01:49,556 --> 00:01:53,955 to see if these things were true. 41 00:01:53,955 --> 00:01:56,728 That's how we're going to find truth. 42 00:01:56,728 --> 00:01:58,705 Listen, 43 00:01:58,705 --> 00:02:01,934 the reality is that you can come across 44 00:02:01,934 --> 00:02:05,324 Methodists, Lutherans, 45 00:02:05,324 --> 00:02:07,589 you can come across Presbyterians, 46 00:02:07,589 --> 00:02:09,219 you can come across Brethren, 47 00:02:09,219 --> 00:02:11,709 you can come across Congregationalists, 48 00:02:11,709 --> 00:02:14,750 EV Free people 49 00:02:14,750 --> 00:02:17,882 that have truth. 50 00:02:17,882 --> 00:02:19,385 And you can come across a lot 51 00:02:19,385 --> 00:02:22,958 of Baptists who don't have much truth. 52 00:02:22,958 --> 00:02:26,827 You know, we can get all hung up with denominations. 53 00:02:26,827 --> 00:02:28,717 And of course, the Catholic church 54 00:02:28,717 --> 00:02:30,610 likes to say, "Well, they all broke away from us. 55 00:02:30,610 --> 00:02:32,348 That's why there's so many of them. 56 00:02:32,348 --> 00:02:34,277 We were the true church in the beginning 57 00:02:34,277 --> 00:02:37,261 And there's all this multiplicity of denominations. 58 00:02:37,261 --> 00:02:38,438 We're only one. 59 00:02:38,438 --> 00:02:40,462 And then you have all these denominations 60 00:02:40,462 --> 00:02:42,218 because they broke off from us." 61 00:02:42,218 --> 00:02:43,286 That's not true. 62 00:02:43,286 --> 00:02:45,195 And basically what all the denominations 63 00:02:45,195 --> 00:02:46,698 prove to us, is that you've got 64 00:02:46,698 --> 00:02:48,045 a lot of different people 65 00:02:48,045 --> 00:02:50,178 interpreting a lot of different things 66 00:02:50,178 --> 00:02:52,058 in the Bible, in a whole lot of different ways. 67 00:02:52,058 --> 00:02:53,107 And you say, 68 00:02:53,107 --> 00:02:54,853 well, how am I supposed to know? 69 00:02:54,853 --> 00:02:56,633 If you've got these people over here 70 00:02:56,633 --> 00:02:57,990 that interpret it that way; 71 00:02:57,990 --> 00:03:00,318 and these people over here, that interpret it that way. 72 00:03:00,318 --> 00:03:02,646 These people over here, interpret it that way. 73 00:03:02,646 --> 00:03:05,779 Well, I can tell you this. 74 00:03:05,779 --> 00:03:07,260 There are some basic essentials 75 00:03:07,260 --> 00:03:10,117 to the Gospel that if you believe, you'll be saved. 76 00:03:10,117 --> 00:03:13,757 Even if you're off on other parts. 77 00:03:13,757 --> 00:03:15,226 Folks, wouldn't we agree, 78 00:03:15,226 --> 00:03:16,884 there are Presbyterians in heaven 79 00:03:16,884 --> 00:03:18,893 that got it wrong on baptism. 80 00:03:18,893 --> 00:03:20,483 Right? 81 00:03:20,483 --> 00:03:21,705 Congregationalists. 82 00:03:21,705 --> 00:03:24,270 We might say there that they got it wrong over here. 83 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:27,933 But there are those that got it right enough. 84 00:03:27,933 --> 00:03:29,458 Folks, I'm reading right now 85 00:03:29,458 --> 00:03:33,029 about some Lutherans that had a whole lot right. 86 00:03:33,029 --> 00:03:34,493 And I've read before about 87 00:03:34,493 --> 00:03:38,481 some Methodists that have a whole lot right. 88 00:03:38,481 --> 00:03:40,221 And bottom line, 89 00:03:40,221 --> 00:03:41,938 how do we determine right and wrong? 90 00:03:41,938 --> 00:03:43,860 It's not by the denominational label 91 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:45,772 that somebody holds. 92 00:03:45,772 --> 00:03:46,731 It certainly isn't, 93 00:03:46,731 --> 00:03:48,761 you drive down the road and you see a sign 94 00:03:48,761 --> 00:03:50,578 that says "Baptist" and you can say, 95 00:03:50,578 --> 00:03:52,271 "Oh, well, they've got the truth." 96 00:03:52,271 --> 00:03:55,542 How do you know? 97 00:03:55,542 --> 00:03:57,859 The Apostle John said this, 98 00:03:57,859 --> 00:03:59,944 he says "test the spirits." 99 00:03:59,944 --> 00:04:02,371 How in the world do you test the spirits? 100 00:04:02,371 --> 00:04:05,014 Paul speaking to the Thessalonians said the same thing. 101 00:04:05,014 --> 00:04:06,053 Test everything. 102 00:04:06,053 --> 00:04:07,799 Hold fast to what's good. 103 00:04:07,799 --> 00:04:09,266 Or, hold fast to what's true. 104 00:04:09,266 --> 00:04:10,629 How do you know? 105 00:04:10,629 --> 00:04:12,466 How do you know what to hold fast to? 106 00:04:12,466 --> 00:04:14,522 You've got to be like the Bereans. 107 00:04:14,522 --> 00:04:16,255 What happened? 108 00:04:16,255 --> 00:04:19,454 What was it that the Bereans did? 109 00:04:19,454 --> 00:04:21,002 They searched the Scriptures. 110 00:04:21,002 --> 00:04:23,667 But what did they search the Scriptures to do? 111 00:04:23,667 --> 00:04:27,468 What in the world even possessed them to search the Scriptures? 112 00:04:27,468 --> 00:04:30,518 Well, they had heard teaching, right? 113 00:04:30,518 --> 00:04:33,238 They sat under teaching. 114 00:04:33,238 --> 00:04:34,965 They'd heard somebody preach, 115 00:04:34,965 --> 00:04:36,753 and then they went to the Word of God 116 00:04:36,753 --> 00:04:38,256 to see if it was true. 117 00:04:38,256 --> 00:04:39,390 You know what? 118 00:04:39,390 --> 00:04:41,712 I call this Berean Bible Study, 119 00:04:41,712 --> 00:04:44,344 because I hope that you folks 120 00:04:44,344 --> 00:04:47,176 are going to be folks that are going to know the Bible much. 121 00:04:47,176 --> 00:04:48,306 Jesus Christ said, 122 00:04:48,306 --> 00:04:51,834 "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." 123 00:04:51,834 --> 00:04:53,374 How do people know the truth? 124 00:04:53,374 --> 00:04:56,456 They know the truth when they're taught of the Spirit. 125 00:04:56,456 --> 00:04:59,304 They know the truth when God opens their eyes to realize 126 00:04:59,304 --> 00:05:03,430 that certain things are true. 127 00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:07,262 I suspect that God gave us 128 00:05:07,262 --> 00:05:12,734 enough difference 129 00:05:12,734 --> 00:05:15,904 to test our love. 130 00:05:15,904 --> 00:05:18,006 To test our graciousness. 131 00:05:18,006 --> 00:05:21,622 You know what Jesus Christ said? 132 00:05:21,622 --> 00:05:24,826 You know, some of the disciples came to Him one day 133 00:05:24,826 --> 00:05:30,475 and said, "Lord, we told these people over there to stop." 134 00:05:30,475 --> 00:05:32,493 Why? 135 00:05:32,493 --> 00:05:34,369 Because they weren't with us. 136 00:05:34,369 --> 00:05:37,568 In other words, another denomination. 137 00:05:37,568 --> 00:05:38,345 Right? 138 00:05:38,345 --> 00:05:39,406 It's just like that. 139 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:42,718 They went, Lord, they weren't with us. 140 00:05:42,718 --> 00:05:45,467 We're the in group. We're the in crowd. 141 00:05:45,467 --> 00:05:47,175 And see, we tend to think that. 142 00:05:47,175 --> 00:05:48,770 Most people think, 143 00:05:48,770 --> 00:05:51,117 we've got the truth. 144 00:05:51,117 --> 00:05:53,141 Very few others do. 145 00:05:53,141 --> 00:05:55,933 And what did Jesus say? 146 00:05:55,933 --> 00:06:01,479 He said look, if they're not against Me, 147 00:06:01,479 --> 00:06:03,301 then what? 148 00:06:03,301 --> 00:06:04,573 If they're not against us, 149 00:06:04,573 --> 00:06:08,035 they're with us. 150 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:11,792 It is a sad fact 151 00:06:11,792 --> 00:06:16,584 of those who do bear witness to the truth, 152 00:06:16,584 --> 00:06:18,929 now that's not to say there's a whole lot, 153 00:06:18,929 --> 00:06:21,345 but it's interesting how we write certain things up. 154 00:06:21,345 --> 00:06:22,754 Can I tell you something? 155 00:06:22,754 --> 00:06:25,491 When George Whitefield preached, 156 00:06:25,491 --> 00:06:27,050 anybody know what denomination 157 00:06:27,050 --> 00:06:32,481 he was affiliated with? 158 00:06:32,481 --> 00:06:37,063 Whitefield never sought to start 159 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,831 a denomination. 160 00:06:39,831 --> 00:06:42,401 He pretty much pledged himself 161 00:06:42,401 --> 00:06:44,689 to the Anglican movement 162 00:06:44,689 --> 00:06:45,979 Whitefield and Wesley 163 00:06:45,979 --> 00:06:47,889 came out of Anglicanism. 164 00:06:47,889 --> 00:06:49,845 Now Wesley made definitely 165 00:06:49,845 --> 00:06:51,809 more of a concerted effort. 166 00:06:51,809 --> 00:06:54,077 And you know we have the Wesleyan Methodists, 167 00:06:54,077 --> 00:06:56,420 the Arminian Methodists that came 168 00:06:56,420 --> 00:06:59,359 more out of Wesley's efforts; 169 00:06:59,359 --> 00:07:00,880 and then more of the Calvinistic 170 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,631 Methodist movement came out of 171 00:07:03,631 --> 00:07:08,539 those that God raised up in Wales, 172 00:07:08,539 --> 00:07:10,031 like the Daniel Roland's, 173 00:07:10,031 --> 00:07:11,814 the Howell Harris's. 174 00:07:11,814 --> 00:07:18,494 And then also the George Whitefield's. 175 00:07:18,494 --> 00:07:25,278 You know, Anglicans. Anglicans! 176 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:28,028 Do you know that the Baptists 177 00:07:28,028 --> 00:07:30,305 would discipline their members 178 00:07:30,305 --> 00:07:35,846 if they went to hear Whitefield preach? 179 00:07:35,846 --> 00:07:38,945 I had a man that I highly respect 180 00:07:38,945 --> 00:07:40,384 tell me he would not allow 181 00:07:40,384 --> 00:07:44,252 George Whitefield in his pulpit. 182 00:07:44,252 --> 00:07:47,925 Why? 183 00:07:47,925 --> 00:07:49,299 You know what? 184 00:07:49,299 --> 00:07:51,802 Can I tell you something? 185 00:07:51,802 --> 00:07:55,563 In the first and second Great Awakenings, 186 00:07:55,563 --> 00:07:57,895 the Calvinistic Baptists were 187 00:07:57,895 --> 00:08:01,092 largely passed over. 188 00:08:01,092 --> 00:08:02,272 It's historical. 189 00:08:02,272 --> 00:08:03,796 You can read about it. 190 00:08:03,796 --> 00:08:05,551 Why? 191 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:08,637 For that very reason right there. 192 00:08:08,637 --> 00:08:10,474 They would discipline their members 193 00:08:10,474 --> 00:08:13,065 if they'd go listen to Whitefield preach. 194 00:08:13,065 --> 00:08:15,182 The Spirit of God rested upon Whitefield. 195 00:08:15,182 --> 00:08:17,180 Multitudes were being converted. 196 00:08:17,180 --> 00:08:19,233 The Spirit of God rested upon John Wesley, 197 00:08:19,233 --> 00:08:22,896 as much as a lot of Calvinists don't want to admit it. 198 00:08:22,896 --> 00:08:25,792 And the Baptist churches were disciplining 199 00:08:25,792 --> 00:08:27,197 members if they'd go. 200 00:08:27,197 --> 00:08:28,323 By and large, 201 00:08:28,323 --> 00:08:30,601 in the first and second Great Awakenings, 202 00:08:30,601 --> 00:08:33,833 the Spirit of God passed over the Baptists. 203 00:08:33,833 --> 00:08:36,446 Isn't that shameful? 204 00:08:36,446 --> 00:08:39,747 And you know what's likely to happen today? 205 00:08:39,747 --> 00:08:42,107 If revival breaks out in this land, 206 00:08:42,107 --> 00:08:44,130 I'm not going to say it might not happen 207 00:08:44,130 --> 00:08:45,705 among Calvinistic Bapists, 208 00:08:45,705 --> 00:08:47,935 but what if it broke out among Lutherans? 209 00:08:47,935 --> 00:08:49,818 What if it broke out with Methodists? 210 00:08:49,818 --> 00:08:52,846 Would we even know? 211 00:08:52,846 --> 00:08:54,376 What if true revival broke out 212 00:08:54,376 --> 00:08:56,680 among the charismatics? 213 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,521 Would we even know? 214 00:08:59,521 --> 00:09:03,384 I just watched a video - 215 00:09:03,384 --> 00:09:05,469 just a little part of it last night, 216 00:09:05,469 --> 00:09:10,095 like the first five minutes. 217 00:09:10,095 --> 00:09:14,095 Some guy did a message on 218 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:16,413 charismatic Calvinists. 219 00:09:16,413 --> 00:09:19,658 Just bitter and hateful. 220 00:09:19,658 --> 00:09:20,831 You can see it. 221 00:09:20,831 --> 00:09:27,353 It's one of the most popular videos 222 00:09:27,353 --> 00:09:30,649 on sermonaudio.com right now. 223 00:09:30,649 --> 00:09:32,559 You see that kind of thing. 224 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,702 If revival broke out among charismatics, 225 00:09:34,702 --> 00:09:37,129 I can tell you that guy preaching that message 226 00:09:37,129 --> 00:09:41,656 wouldn't even know. 227 00:09:41,656 --> 00:09:44,132 Brethren, bottom line, 228 00:09:44,132 --> 00:09:46,301 if we see something that seems to be 229 00:09:46,301 --> 00:09:47,171 a move of God; 230 00:09:47,171 --> 00:09:49,786 we see something preached out there, 231 00:09:49,786 --> 00:09:51,162 we need to test the spirits. 232 00:09:51,162 --> 00:09:52,867 Not by the denominational label, 233 00:09:52,867 --> 00:09:55,404 but by "thus sayeth the Lord." 234 00:09:55,404 --> 00:09:56,918 Go to the Word of God. 235 00:09:56,918 --> 00:09:59,404 You know what, if they love Christ, 236 00:09:59,404 --> 00:10:00,884 I think we should be stand, 237 00:10:00,884 --> 00:10:03,410 I think we should be willing to spill our blood for 238 00:10:03,410 --> 00:10:05,301 our convictions regarding baptism 239 00:10:05,301 --> 00:10:06,560 and the Lord's Supper. 240 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:10,945 We ought to be willing to die for our convictions. 241 00:10:10,945 --> 00:10:13,344 But the fact is, 242 00:10:13,344 --> 00:10:14,736 we'd have to admit, 243 00:10:14,736 --> 00:10:16,466 that people have had different ideas 244 00:10:16,466 --> 00:10:17,659 about the Lord's Supper 245 00:10:17,659 --> 00:10:18,817 and about baptism 246 00:10:18,817 --> 00:10:21,633 that are in heaven now. 247 00:10:21,633 --> 00:10:23,354 And I know there are some Baptists 248 00:10:23,354 --> 00:10:27,203 that don't like to admit that. 249 00:10:27,203 --> 00:10:29,934 Folks, look, there are a lot 250 00:10:29,934 --> 00:10:31,730 of different ideas out there, 251 00:10:31,730 --> 00:10:33,054 but I'll tell you this, 252 00:10:33,054 --> 00:10:35,967 who's the pillar and ground of truth? 253 00:10:35,967 --> 00:10:38,078 The church is. 254 00:10:38,078 --> 00:10:39,115 And so you know what? 255 00:10:39,115 --> 00:10:40,910 Even though there's a lot of differences, 256 00:10:40,910 --> 00:10:42,734 there are good churches out there, 257 00:10:42,734 --> 00:10:44,360 and they are few and far between, 258 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:45,832 as I've told people lately 259 00:10:45,832 --> 00:10:47,349 that I've counseled to, 260 00:10:47,349 --> 00:10:50,444 and people over the Internet and by phone. 261 00:10:50,444 --> 00:10:54,160 Look, I think behind any decisions you make 262 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,319 about receiving Christ, 263 00:10:57,319 --> 00:11:02,719 I think next to choosing the right spouse in life, 264 00:11:02,719 --> 00:11:04,347 the third most important decision 265 00:11:04,347 --> 00:11:06,759 you can make in life 266 00:11:06,759 --> 00:11:09,750 has to do with what church you go to. 267 00:11:09,750 --> 00:11:11,912 I believe that you should choose 268 00:11:11,912 --> 00:11:14,067 where you live, where you work, 269 00:11:14,067 --> 00:11:16,152 based on what church you're going to go to. 270 00:11:16,152 --> 00:11:18,290 Where you're going to raise your children, 271 00:11:18,290 --> 00:11:20,581 based on where a good church is. 272 00:11:20,581 --> 00:11:21,675 Because I'll tell you what, 273 00:11:21,675 --> 00:11:23,694 it will have a lot to do with your life. 274 00:11:23,694 --> 00:11:30,691 It will have a lot to do with your fruitfulness. 275 00:11:30,691 --> 00:11:35,127 But we need to be testing them. 276 00:11:35,127 --> 00:11:36,398 Listen to this, 277 00:11:36,398 --> 00:11:38,111 you know this - Revelation 2:2 278 00:11:38,111 --> 00:11:41,215 Jesus said this of the Ephesian church, 279 00:11:41,215 --> 00:11:43,883 "I know your works; your toil, your patient endurance; 280 00:11:43,883 --> 00:11:47,036 how you cannot bear with those who are evil, 281 00:11:47,036 --> 00:11:48,749 but have tested..." Look at that. 282 00:11:48,749 --> 00:11:51,907 "...but have tested those who call themselves apostles 283 00:11:51,907 --> 00:11:57,025 and are not, and found them to be false." 284 00:11:57,025 --> 00:11:58,408 How do you test? 285 00:11:58,408 --> 00:12:01,924 How do you test somebody and find them to be false? 286 00:12:01,924 --> 00:12:03,384 I'll tell you what Jesus said 287 00:12:03,384 --> 00:12:05,466 about false prophets. 288 00:12:05,466 --> 00:12:08,422 You've got false churches; you've got bad doctrine. 289 00:12:08,422 --> 00:12:09,529 Jesus says this, 290 00:12:09,529 --> 00:12:10,848 "Beware of false prophets. 291 00:12:10,848 --> 00:12:12,394 They come in sheep's clothing, 292 00:12:12,394 --> 00:12:14,956 but inwardly are ravenous wolves." 293 00:12:14,956 --> 00:12:19,416 How did He say we'll recognize them? 294 00:12:19,416 --> 00:12:20,958 By their fruits. 295 00:12:20,958 --> 00:12:22,208 I'll tell you this, 296 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:24,982 where you find unholy living, 297 00:12:24,982 --> 00:12:26,443 you've got bad doctrine. 298 00:12:26,443 --> 00:12:29,073 Guarantee you. 299 00:12:29,073 --> 00:12:30,979 You want to know what's most important? 300 00:12:30,979 --> 00:12:34,603 What are the doctrines that are really essential? 301 00:12:34,603 --> 00:12:38,771 Let me just throw some off the top. 302 00:12:38,771 --> 00:12:43,565 Listen, the devil attacks primarily in two places: 303 00:12:43,565 --> 00:12:45,968 The person of Christ. 304 00:12:45,968 --> 00:12:48,012 And the work of Christ. 305 00:12:48,012 --> 00:12:48,969 Guarantee it. 306 00:12:48,969 --> 00:12:54,463 And it's Christ. He is always the issue. 307 00:12:54,463 --> 00:12:56,282 So you want to look for good doctrine. 308 00:12:56,282 --> 00:12:58,575 You want to look for good church. 309 00:12:58,575 --> 00:13:00,772 I don't care what the denomination is. 310 00:13:00,772 --> 00:13:02,300 You're looking for a church that 311 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:04,941 is really a pillar, a ground, 312 00:13:04,941 --> 00:13:06,238 a buttress of truth. 313 00:13:06,238 --> 00:13:07,675 You're going to go in there, 314 00:13:07,675 --> 00:13:09,861 and you're going to look at these two things. 315 00:13:09,861 --> 00:13:12,297 What do they do with Christ? His person? 316 00:13:12,297 --> 00:13:15,305 What do they do with Christ - His work? 317 00:13:15,305 --> 00:13:19,779 Guarantee - the devil attacks in both places. 318 00:13:19,779 --> 00:13:22,243 You've got false doctrine? 319 00:13:22,243 --> 00:13:23,963 What are they doing? 320 00:13:23,963 --> 00:13:25,025 Oneness doctrine: 321 00:13:25,025 --> 00:13:28,060 The Father is the Son. 322 00:13:28,060 --> 00:13:31,841 Rejection of the deity - the JW's. 323 00:13:31,841 --> 00:13:34,094 He's not God. 324 00:13:34,094 --> 00:13:39,175 There will be some rejection in His person. 325 00:13:39,175 --> 00:13:42,477 The devil always goes after the glory of Christ. 326 00:13:42,477 --> 00:13:45,756 He wants to chop it down somehow. 327 00:13:45,756 --> 00:13:47,104 And then the work. 328 00:13:47,104 --> 00:13:48,834 What about the work? 329 00:13:48,834 --> 00:13:51,370 Anywhere where there's works? 330 00:13:51,370 --> 00:13:53,806 Run for your life! 331 00:13:53,806 --> 00:13:55,987 Because it's damnable. 332 00:13:55,987 --> 00:13:57,727 Because the only Gospel that saves, 333 00:13:57,727 --> 00:13:59,809 is the Gospel that is 100% 334 00:13:59,809 --> 00:14:02,708 based on the merits of Jesus Christ. 335 00:14:02,708 --> 00:14:06,656 That doctrine of justification is essential. 336 00:14:06,656 --> 00:14:08,355 We are justified by faith 337 00:14:08,355 --> 00:14:10,992 aside from any works of the law. 338 00:14:10,992 --> 00:14:13,020 And anytime people want to add to it, 339 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:16,119 whether it's - you've got to be baptized; 340 00:14:16,119 --> 00:14:17,888 you've got to speak in tongues; 341 00:14:17,888 --> 00:14:19,969 they add anything whatsover, 342 00:14:19,969 --> 00:14:21,795 no matter how pretty it might sound, 343 00:14:21,795 --> 00:14:23,491 if they're adding anything 344 00:14:23,491 --> 00:14:25,002 to the merits of Jesus Christ, 345 00:14:25,002 --> 00:14:26,733 run from it like the plague. 346 00:14:26,733 --> 00:14:27,997 But I'll tell you this, 347 00:14:27,997 --> 00:14:31,416 where they make much of Christ, 348 00:14:31,416 --> 00:14:32,995 and much of the work of Christ, 349 00:14:32,995 --> 00:14:37,632 though they may go wrong in many things; 350 00:14:37,632 --> 00:14:40,473 they're with us. 351 00:14:40,473 --> 00:14:41,892 They're with us, folks. 352 00:14:41,892 --> 00:14:44,697 Where Christ is the sole basis 353 00:14:44,697 --> 00:14:48,729 of our acceptance with God. 354 00:14:48,729 --> 00:14:50,317 Where Christ is made much of, 355 00:14:50,317 --> 00:14:51,867 where He's exalted, 356 00:14:51,867 --> 00:14:54,917 and where what's said of Him in the Scriptures 357 00:14:54,917 --> 00:14:56,888 is said of Him by that church 358 00:14:56,888 --> 00:14:58,681 or by that preacher, 359 00:14:58,681 --> 00:15:01,018 they may go wrong in things like baptism; 360 00:15:01,018 --> 00:15:03,556 they may go wrong in things like the Lord's Supper; 361 00:15:03,556 --> 00:15:04,963 they may go wrong 362 00:15:04,963 --> 00:15:08,349 and their ecclesiology may be off 363 00:15:08,349 --> 00:15:09,632 and they may have problems 364 00:15:09,632 --> 00:15:15,432 with regards to their cessationist views 365 00:15:15,432 --> 00:15:22,382 or non-cessationist or various works of the Spirit... 366 00:15:22,382 --> 00:15:35,390 Test the spirits, brethren.