Untitled Sermon
Announcement (RT)
Call to Worship (RT)
Hymn 9 (RT)
Prayer of Praise and Confession (RT)
Offering (RT)
Doxology (RT)
Pastoral Prayer
Civil Realm:
The Lost of the World/Mission of the church:
Sanctification
The Sick and Afflicted
Sermon Text Introduction
4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.
Sermon Introduction
Asceticism departs from the faith (1-2)
4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
False teaching in the church does not surprise God (1a)
False teaching is devoted to deceitful spirits, demons, and liars (1b-2a)
The searing of the conscience (2b)
Asceticism denies the gifts of God (3)
3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Forbids God’s gifts to the church of Christ (3a)
God’s gifts are received with thanksgiving according to the truth (3b)
Asceticism denounces the goodness of God’s Creation (4-5)
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.