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May 25th, 2025 • "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." – 2 Timothy 3:16-17

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Hey, good morning. Thank you. If you have your Bible, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join

me in 2 Timothy chapter 3. If you do not have a Bible, I want to encourage you at the end of the

service, back here to my left are some black Bibles. We would love for you to come and get one of those

as a gift from us to you. If we can give you anything else, it would be our privilege to give

you a copy of God's Word. Also, if you have a copy of God's Word, and maybe the translation is a little

bit difficult for you to read or understand, please come back and get one of those as well.

It is the translation that I use on Sunday mornings, so I want to invite you to do that.

I'd like to read before we get started, 2 Timothy 3, 16 through 17, and it'll be our focal verse. We'll

read it again later, but it says,

Would you pray with me? God, thank you so much for this time and this opportunity, Lord, that we could

gather in here today. God, I thank you for Dawn Coulter as she shared her story. God, your story with what

you're doing in her life at the 9 o'clock hour. God, thank you for the power of the testimony. God,

testimony about you. God, I pray that as we dive into your Word today, through the power of your Holy

Spirit, this will not just be factual information that we process, but God, through the power of

your Word, the power of your Spirit, God, that some will be saved. God, that lives will be transformed.

God, and we'll grow to be more the men and women of God that you've called us to be.

And I ask all these things in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Also, I forgot to say this. If you're a

first-time guest, my wife and I will be back in the back as well at that table, the same table where

the Bibles are at the end of the service, and we would love to greet you. We would love to thank you.

We would love to welcome you for being here and worshiping with us. So if you wouldn't mind just a

couple moments, just stop back there, and if you do have any questions about who we are as a church,

be a wonderful place and opportunity to get those answered. Well, we're starting our summer series

this week, our new series. For years now, I feel like we've kind of gotten in some rhythms with how

we teach different things here at our church, not just topical versus expository, which we're

expository. We typically work through books of the Bible, but during the summertime, we kind of take

a transition time, I guess, for how we teach. We bring in a summer series, and so this summer series

that we're going to do is we're going to look at some common verses of the Bible. In fact, I would

argue that as I've looked through these, I'll be teaching through most of them. Dave's going to do

a couple. Josh is going to do one. That these verses of the Bible, if you've been around church,

if you've been in church, you've probably heard these verses before. Even if you haven't been in

church, maybe you've heard your friends or those around you or even on social media where people use

these very common verses, but we're not talking about these verses because they're common. We're talking

about these verses because they're common used verses that are oftentimes misunderstood and then

misused. Verses that we take and are misunderstood and misused. Now, when Dave and I were talking

about this and praying through doing this months ago, and I was really excited. I thought this would be

something that people would get excited about, that people would want to listen to and be a part of

and kind of find out these things. And then I started talking to some people over the last couple

weeks and I would hear phrases like, I'm a little scared about this series. And so like, if someone

tells me that they're scared, like, well, why are you scared? And they're like, I'm afraid that there

are verses of the Bible that I've been using and I've been using them incorrectly the entire way,

the entire time. So here's, I want to cover that with you really quickly as we get into this,

okay? I'm going to make an assumption this morning. And the assumption is this. Have you and I,

we're in this together. Have we ever misunderstood or misused scripture? Yes. Yes, we have.

Absolutely. There has been points and times where you have and where I have misunderstood and misused

scripture. Number two, does God's grace cover us when we do this? Yes. Yes. Now, I'm not going to hold

back from this because there have been points and times where I look and evaluate, had someone point

out, have conversations through, and when I realize that I've misused or misunderstood scripture,

I don't go, oh, whatever, not that big of a deal. I need to repent, come before the Lord and acknowledge

that. But God's grace covers this and it is good. It is good. Like, correction, we'll see this, we'll talk

about this a little bit later. Like, correction is not a punishment from God. Like, correction is a

gracious gift of God's grace or God's love for us, right? So when he corrects us, we experience his love

and his mercy and we understand it even more. So what's the goal of this series? What's the goal

of this series? The first thing, to correct where we've been wrong. To correct where we've been wrong.

You know, maybe we're wrong because we don't know. Maybe we're wrong because we've been mistaught.

Maybe we're wrong because we've been manipulated. Maybe we're wrong because we're reading scripture

through the context of our sin, of what's there. We want to correct where we've been wrong.

A few years ago, Immigration Center 17, a few years ago, God took us on a journey,

a difficult journey for them and for Aaron and I as we taught them how to drive, right?

They learned life lessons through that. Aaron and I, man, we clung to the Lord, right?

And God was faithful through it all. One of our kids was more, how should I say this?

Aggressive in their driving. And one of our kids was more passive in their driving. Both of those,

by the way, can put you in situations where you're afraid for your life.

I heard a mom, like, absolutely. Preach on.

So, one day

me and a particular child

were riding to school.

And we came to a red light.

And the light

was red for us.

That's red light.

Coming to it.

We need to turn right.

There's cars coming

this way. It's Highway 1.

And what I've learned is, like, I can be

aggressive

in instructions.

And I need to let go.

And so, I'm thinking in my mind, we should be slowing down.

Why aren't we slowing down?

Why aren't we stopping?

Why did we just turn

like this is, you know,

we're out in the middle of nowhere or whatever.

It's a red light. We just turn.

And I looked at the child that was

driving, and I said,

why did you just do that?

No grace,

no understanding,

judgmental dad

in the moment.

This child looked at me

and said,

yesterday

you told me

that I can turn right

on red lights.

Sure.

I absolutely

did.

That was the words

that I used.

But you misunderstood

because you had a bad teacher, right?

So, we had the conversation.

I'm at fault.

That child was right.

We're good.

So, sometimes we've been taught wrong.

And the goal of this

is not to look

and point fingers,

but it's to correct

where we've been wrong

and to praise God

because we've been corrected, right?

Number two,

the goal for this series

is it's a desire for us

to help grow a heart

for deeper understanding

and application

of God's Word.

And both of these

are important, right?

We don't just want

to understand

God's Word.

We want to apply

God's Word

as we understand

God's Word.

And where we go wrong

oftentimes

in the usage

of Scripture

is number one,

it's either

an intellectual pursuit,

so let me gain knowledge

that doesn't play out

in application,

let me try to

apply the things

that I don't even know

if they are true.

And then oftentimes

they're not.

And that's what we'll see

in these,

that we've taken

misinformation

and we've tried

to apply it,

and then when it doesn't work

the way that we think

that it should,

but in our mind,

but I've done

what it says

even though we haven't,

then God's failed.

So we want to understand

and have proper application.

The other thing

that we want to do

is we want to grow together

as a community

with this,

as a community

of church together.

So what we will do

each week

following

the Sunday morning's

lesson,

so the next week,

so next Sunday morning

at 9 a.m.,

we will gather together

to discuss

this message

that I'm teaching

this morning.

And we want you

to be here.

We're going to gather

back in here

as many of you

that will come.

We'll have different

individuals come up

and facilitate

a discussion with us

where you'll talk

about some things

in some small groups.

We'll talk about

some things.

I can even answer

questions,

and I may even ask

questions as well

as we kind of navigate

through this.

So I'm inviting you

to join me

in this process

as we go through

this together

so that you

and I

can become

more faithful

in understanding

and applying

God's word.

Now,

when I talk to people,

and the other reason

why I think

this is always

so important,

anytime we can

come together

as a congregation

to kind of push

ourselves into

reading the Bible

is also for

accountability.

Because so many

of you,

and I've had

this conversation

and my heart

breaks with you

and for you

through this,

is that so many

people say,

like,

Bo,

and I believe

this about you.

I've been there.

Sometimes I even

am there.

I want,

I want to read

the Bible,

but I struggle.

I struggle

with understanding

the Bible.

And it is

complex.

There are parts

of it that are,

that seem to be

more simple,

parts of it

that seem to be

a little bit

more difficult.

Well,

a sermon series

that we're going

to do in the

fall is on

Daniel.

Right?

I'm going to tell

you,

that's going to,

it's going to

stretch you,

it's going to

stretch me,

it's going to

stretch my brain,

it's going to

stretch my heart.

Like,

I can't wait to

see what all

God's going to

do through this.

And it can be

a difficult process

and a difficult

journey.

But I began to

see and like

think through

and hear like

six things

I want to

give you

this morning

as we talk

about this,

of the reasons

why people

struggle in

understanding and

properly applying

the Bible.

And like,

man,

this is fingers

toward you,

fingers toward me,

like I'm in

this with you.

Number one is

this,

a struggle that

people have.

Let's be

completely candid

with one another.

a lack of commitment

and a lack

of discipline.

All right?

Lack of

commitment and

a lack of

discipline.

Have a plan.

I heard somebody

say this the other

day.

They said,

any plan is

better than no

plan, but some

plans are better

than others.

Any plan is

better than no

plan, but some

plans are better

than others.

It's a lack of

commitment.

It's a lack of

discipline.

What you and

I need, if

we're going to

be the Bible

readers, the

Bible understanders,

the Bible

application that

God has called

us to, is that

you and I

need a plan.

So here's what

we're here for.

If you don't

have a plan, let

us help you

formulate a plan.

So many tools,

so many resources,

so many opportunities

that you can.

We want to

help you in

your commitment

and in your

discipline.

And I'll tell

you what we'll

do through the

course of this

week.

If you make a

commitment, I'm

going to tell you

at the end of

the message, the

verse that we're

going to talk

about next week,

and if you make

a commitment to

be here at

9 a.m.,

then you'll have

the opportunity

to talk about

what we have

and to continue

to see forward

as we keep

moving forward

with what God

has for us.

So number one,

a lack of

commitment and

discipline.

The second is

we have to

understand that

reading the

Bible is a

spiritual process.

reading the

Bible is a

spiritual process.

It's a work of

what God is

going to do in

and through the

person who is

reading his

word.

So let me ask

you this.

If we understand

that reading the

Bible is a

spiritual process,

do we do

spiritual things

as we prepare

to open his

word?

Do you begin

with prayer?

God, whatever

you have for me,

whatever your

word says,

Lord, through the

power of your

Holy Spirit,

would you teach

me?

Right?

like, that's

why I pray

every single

Sunday morning

before I

preach.

It's a

spiritual process

of what God

is going to

do.

Number two,

do you seek

to be

transformed?

To see

change, to

experience change

in your life?

And then with

that, are we

honestly, and

this, man, this

got me this

week, like as

we read, are we

looking to

repent?

Are we

looking to

repent for

God to bring

us to that

space?

So, a lack of

commitment, do

you read the

Bible, do you

understand that

it's a spiritual

process?

Number three,

are you not

using outside

sources?

We live in a

world where

there's so many

opportunities when

we struggle with

the Bible that

there are outside

sources that God

has used through

the blessing of

technology, through

the blessing of

education, through

the blessing of

books, through

the blessing of

others?

Are we using

outside sources to

help?

And we're going

to be building

some of these and

working with you

guys to help so

that we can grow

and that we can

learn.

I'm going to tell

you, one of the

wonderful things

that God has

blessed me with is

a library and

resources that I

can draw from and

I can pull from and

I can read from

godly individuals who

have studied the

scripture and the

power of the Holy

Spirit that depend

on Him.

We come together

for this.

Using outside

sources.

But then number

four, are we

overusing outside

sources instead of

trusting the Holy

Spirit?

Because if it is a

spiritual process and

the Holy Spirit

dwells in me and

He enlightens and

opens my mind to

understand and to

transform and change,

are we solely

looking for what the

educators have

taught us, the

seminarians have

taught us, our

pastors have taught

us, are we

depending on the

power of the Holy

Spirit to teach

us?

The next is that

we're reading, or

a reason why we

struggle with

continuing to read

the Bible is that

we're reading the

Bible not attached

to community.

Not attached to

community.

Do you have a

place where you

can ask questions?

Do you have people

who can pour into

you?

And do you have

people that you

can pour into?

The Bible, when we

begin to see the

early church in Acts

chapter 2, what we

find, one of the very

first things that it

talks about the local

church, is that they

were devoted to the

apostles' teachings.

That in and amongst

the community of

individuals there, they

said, this is what we

are doing.

There's no first

person singular

pronouns.

It's we.

And are you engaged

in a community of

people that can

help hold you

accountable, where

they can help you

answer questions, but

where you can also

have wonderful

discussions and

dialogue about the

truth of God's

word.

And then the last,

and I think this is

often times what most

of us struggle with

right now, I'm sorry,

what we most struggle

with is that we read

the Bible with an

agenda.

We read the Bible

with an agenda.

We read the Bible

oftentimes with the

agenda that I'm

right, let me prove

that I'm right.

Instead of God is

right, let me see

where I am wrong, and

let me see where I am

right.

We remove the agenda

and we come at it

through the beauty of

God's word.

There is nothing more

so as a staff, apart

from someone coming to

faith in Jesus Christ

as their personal Lord

and Savior, than we

desire more than to see

those who are saved

through the work of

Jesus Christ to grow in

their relationship and

obedience to Him by the

power of the Holy

Spirit.

And we want to equip you

to doing that.

Several years ago, for

our adults in our adult

ministry, we purchased

Right Now Media.

We pay for it every

single month.

It's a wonderful online

tools that you can have

the app, that you can

have all the things.

We've got cards back in

the back with QR codes

that you can scan and

download, and there's

Bible study after Bible

study after Bible study

after Bible study.

There's men's studies,

there's women's studies,

there's for married people,

there's for single people,

there's for books of the

Bible, there's for topics,

there's all these things,

and we've given it and

said, here you go.

Take this, use this, walk

along through this to help

you break down, dissect,

and understand the beauty

of God's word.

I sent Joel Van Ham and

Don Coulter a text message.

I said, hey, this is what

I'm going to be talking

about.

Could you point me towards

some words to be able to

share with our congregation

so that they know if they've

got a youth or they've got

a child, how they can

better walk along, how you

can better walk along and

encourage them to engage in

this.

And they got giddy when I

said this.

So I'm going to read their

words, all right?

Here's from Joel.

There are currently 32

youth and youth leaders

reading through the entire

Bible together.

We read one chapter a day.

We've been on our three-year

journey for about, for

almost a year.

We bounce between the Old

Testament and the New

Testament books, learning

how the Jewish people live

before Christ as well as

learning about our Savior's

life and what it means to

be an apprentice to Him.

A couple times a week, we

check in and ask or share

things gleaned from that

day's reading.

It is amazing seeing the

youth process through

difficult passages and how

those have strengthened their

faith.

Our youth team understands

how incredibly important it

is to learn how to study the

Bible when they are in a safe

home environment.

This learning tool developed at

this age will not only set a

precedent of importance, but a

good habit as they leave their

home.

All right, so parents, if you're

like, man, I got the teenager, I

want to connect them with this,

get with Joel, he'll get them

connected, and then you hop on

that journey with them.

Kids ministry.

You just heard our Bible story

buddies event that we have for

our little ones with

preschoolers where they get to

pick out and have all this fun

stuff, toys all built into it.

Dawn says it's a fun and

exciting way to encourage your

child to want to learn about

God as they get a Bible story

book and a Bible buddy to

encourage reading of daily

devotions.

And she said, we just announced

this, like you can register for

this now.

If you don't already, like you

can, if you're not already a

part of this, like you can get

your preschoolers connected with

this.

And then she said to reinforce

what they do on Sunday

mornings, right?

Because if you heard her

testimony, right, like we are

not, we are not the primary

disciple makers for your kids.

Parents, you are.

You are.

And we count it as a privilege

that you invite us into that

process, but we want to help

you grow in all this.

So she says, for our older

kids, the JTS show from our

Go curriculums, what they do

in the mornings, is posted

weekly after the Sunday lesson

to give opportunity for you

and your child to watch and

discuss the scripture and

questions together.

Now for copyright, we can't

just release that on our

website or on Facebook.

And so Dawn has sent this

out.

She's willing to do it

again.

So it's got to be password

protected.

So email or get with Dawn to

gain access to this

information.

What are we saying?

It's not just about coming

and what does the preacher

have to say.

It's a very inadequate way

for you and me to say,

how do I take what's in God's

word, understand it, process

it, and apply it to my life.

And it's a daily commitment

of a spiritual work of what

God is calling us to do.

And it's so important because

we live in a world of lies,

but we want to stand on the

truth of God's word.

And how can we apply the

truth if we don't know it?

If we don't spend time in it?

I mean, look at the beauty as

Paul writes to Timothy in 2

Timothy 3.

All Scripture is breathed out by

God.

Every word.

And profitable for teaching,

for reproof, for correction,

and for training.

The man of God

might be complete,

equipped

for every

good

work.

There's some theological

terms that we draw from

this, which is why we hold

to the Bible is the primary

source that we use to teach.

Because we believe in this, and we

believe from this.

Here are some phrases, some words

we're going to throw on the

screen as we work through this

this week of the importance, or

this summer, the importance of

this series, is that we believe

these things about God's word.

Number one, that we believe that

God's word is inspired.

We believe that God's word is

inspired.

And what we mean by that is

while the Bible was written by

over 40 authors over 1,500

years, every word in every part

of the Bible comes from

God.

And that means that the

inspiration extends

not just, extends to the very

words themselves, not just

concepts or ideas.

That every single word matters

and is a beautiful gift from

God.

And so inspiration extends to

all parts of scripture and all

subject matters of scripture

because we believe that God's

word is inspired.

The second thing is that we

believe that God's word is

authoritative.

Is authoritative.

And what we mean by authoritative

is the Bible is the ultimate and

infallible source of truth,

guidance and authority for Christians.

God's word.

This is the authority that we

apply to our life.

This goes beyond national affiliation.

This goes beyond political affiliation.

This goes beyond family affiliation.

This is the ultimate authority.

God's word.

In your life.

In my life.

Number three.

We believe that God's word is

inerrant.

Is inerrant.

We mean by that is the Bible

is without error.

Now,

you can go jump on YouTube

and dive in to a dark tunnel

of heresy.

Right?

There are issues

with translations.

Right?

The original languages

that this was written in.

Sometimes there's complications

in translations.

And so we work through that.

But the Bible is without error

because the Bible was the very

word of God.

And God is without error.

And the Bible was without error.

It's inerrant.

Number four.

The Bible is complete.

If you ever listen to someone

and they're like,

you know,

I heard a new word from the Lord.

No, they didn't.

And there's nothing to add to it.

God's word is full.

God's word is complete.

And all that God has to say to us

is what God has communicated to us

through His word.

Every point.

Complete through His scripture.

Nothing to add.

Nothing to take away.

It is complete.

We believe that God's word

is unified.

That God's word

tells a single coherent story

about God

and His plan

for humanity.

From Genesis to Revelation.

We see the thread

in the story of Jesus.

We see the rebellion

of God's people.

We see His love

and His pursuit

of them.

And we see His

and His only

means of salvation.

And we see that God's word

is sufficient.

It's sufficient.

The Bible

is sufficient

in that it is the only

inspired

and errant

word

and therefore

the final authority

for all Christians,

for faith,

for godliness.

And all we need

for salvation

is found

here.

Every part.

All we need

for salvation

is found here.

So,

why does this matter?

Turn with me

to Genesis chapter 2.

Why does this matter?

Like,

in all the issues

that we're facing

in the world,

why do we,

largely with a group

of you

who were here last week

who will be back here

with us next week

or who are followers

of Jesus,

why does this matter

that we take

a whole season

and we want to focus in

on making sure

that we understand

that not only

God's word is true,

why do we take

the time

to point out

and to pick out

where you and I

have misunderstood

and then maybe

misapplied

the truth of God's word?

I'll take you back

to the garden

for a moment.

Read me

Genesis 2

verses 15 through 18.

It says,

the Lord took the man

and put him

in the garden of Egypt

and the garden of Eden

to work it

and keep it.

And the Lord God

commanded the man

saying,

you may surely eat

of every tree

of the garden,

but of the tree

of the knowledge

of good and evil

you shall not eat,

for in the day

that you eat of it

you shall surely die.

then the Lord God

said,

it is not good

that the man

should be alone.

I will make

a helper

fit

for him.

So there's so much

that we can draw

in this early

creation account,

but I just want to

paint the picture

of the setting

of what we see

in God

and his kindness

and his goodness

and his mercy

before sin

enters into the world

of God's plan

and God's communication

for man.

What we look at

is we see

that God gives

right here

at this very beginning.

What we see

in Genesis

is purpose

through work.

So work

is of God

and work

is good

and work

has purpose

and meaning

and we see

that

in perfection

and we see

that man

has relationship

with God.

God said

to him

there's this

beautiful

encounter

of what we see

that Adam

has this experience

that you and I

we don't have

the same kind

of experience.

See this depth

of relationship.

God spoke.

He heard

there's this

peace that's there.

We see this

beautiful partnership

with a spouse.

Like in perfection

marriage is the plan.

And God looks

at man

and he goes

it's not good

that this guy

is alone.

Right?

He needs a helper

a helpmate

is how we translate

that word

a partner

fit for him.

And we see

we see

right here

at the beginning

the very word

of God.

The very word

of God.

God's word

spoken.

God's word

heard.

God's word

experienced.

God's word

lived.

Now

jump over

Genesis 3

verse 1.

Now

the serpent

was more

crafty

than any

other beast

of the field

that the

Lord God

had made.

He said

said to the

woman

did

God

actually

say

you

shall not

eat

of any

tree

in the

garden.

And the

woman

said to

the serpent

we may

eat of

the fruit

of the

trees

in the

garden

but God

said you

should not

eat of

the fruit

of the

tree

that is

in the

midst

of the

garden

neither

shall

you

touch

lest

you

die.

But the

serpent

said to

the woman

you will

not

surely

die

for God

knows

that when

you eat

of it

your eyes

will be

opened

and you

will be

like God

knowing

good

and evil.

So when

the woman

saw the

tree

was good

for food

and that

it was a

delight to

the eyes

and that

the tree

was desired

to make

one wise

she took

of its

fruit

and ate

and she

also

gave some

to her

husband

who was

with her

and he

ate

and then

the eyes

of both

were open

and they

knew they

were naked

and they

sewed fig

leaves

together

and made

themselves

loincloths.

Here's

the danger

there's so

much

in this

passage

of scripture

in Genesis

3 about

the condition

of man

and the

pursuit

of flood

all these

things

but here's

brokenness

enters

sin

enters

there's

consequences

for their

actions

but I want

us to look

at this

encounter

they

did

Adam

and Eve

weren't in

the garden

one day

and

talking

through

what God

had for

them

in their

work

and just

decided

amongst the

two of

them

that they

were

dissatisfied

and walked

away

from their

purpose

but they

would

they

didn't

say

you know

God's

not

fair

to us

God's

not

good

and

let's

make the

choice

to walk

away

from their

relationship

with God

through their

experiences

and through

their

understandings

well they

will

but they

didn't

that's not

what we

see here

they

didn't

they

didn't

become

in what

we read

disgruntled

with one

another

she's not

walking around

and going

if there

were literally

any other

option I'd

take it

right now

you know

so where

does

the rub

come

where does

the fall

where does

break in

purpose

where does

break in

relationship

where does

break in

marriage

come from

they

listened

Satan

they

ignored

the word

of God

they

broke

from God's

word

here's the

caution

if you

and I

are not

active

and

invested

in the

truth

of God's

word

if we

become

lazy

in our

desire

to know

the word

of God

it can

be very

easy

in our

ear

to begin

to hear

did God

really say

that

God

wouldn't

God

wouldn't

limit

you

God

wouldn't

hold

you

back

after

you

if we

don't have

the foundation

of who

he is

in his

word

now

jump

with me

Luke

verse

see

Jesus

preparing

for his

earthly

ministry

Satan

will

attack

again

but

we'll

see a

different

outcome

Luke 4

starting

verse

and

Jesus

full

the

Holy

Spirit

returned

from

the

Jordan

and

was

led

the

Spirit

the

wilderness

for

forty

days

being

tempted

the

devil

and

ate

nothing

during

those

days

and

when

they

were

ended

was

hungry

the

devil

said

him

you

are

the

son

God

command

this

stone

become

bread

and

Jesus

is in

the

wilderness

Jesus

fasting

the

son

fasting

out

his

obedience

the

father

being

led

the

Holy

Spirit

and

Jesus

answered

him

written

man

shall

not

live

bread

alone

logic

says

eat

God's

word

says

don't

listen

him

listen

verse

five

and

the

devil

took

him

and

showed

him

all

the

kingdoms

the

world

moment

time

and

said

him

you

will

give

all

this

authority

and

their

glory

for

has

been

delivered

and

give

whom

will

then

you

will

worship

will

all

yours

and

Jesus

said

him

written

you

shall

worship

the

Lord

your

God

and

him

only

shall

you

serve

you

see

the

kingdom

there

for

Jesus

but

it's

not

found

surrenders

Satan

but

he's

obedient

the

father

and

gets

the

cross

Calvary

verse

nine

and

took

him

Jerusalem

and

set

him

the

pinnacle

the

temple

and

said

him

you

are

the

son

God

throw

yourself

down

from

here

verse

for

written

Satan

going to

quote

scripture

Jesus

will

command

his

angels

concerning

you

guard

you

and

their

hands

they

will

bear

you

lest

you

strike

your

foot

against

the

stone

and

Jesus

answered

him

said

you

shall

not

put

the

Lord

your

God

the

test

and

when

the

devil

had

ended

every

temptation

departed

from

him

until

opportune

time

Jesus

every

single

instance

combats

the

lie

Satan

with

the

truth

God's

word

and

here's

what

happens

that

last

one

that

just

read

Satan

takes

and he

pulls

verse

from

the

91st

Psalm

and

understand

the

context

this

verse

what

see

that

this

general

promise

God

his

people

that

God

will

care

for

his

people

and

Satan

uses

this

attempt

get

Jesus

God

that

trust

it's

him

not

you

see

what

Satan

will

take

the

message

God's

word

and

try

twist

and

manipulate

get

you

actually

move

from

the

expectation

God

move

from

who

God

that

your

mind

and

mind

God

fails

and

wins

let me

give you

an example

of that

if you

ask

somebody

about

the story

of God

and they

say

something

you know

let me

tell you

who

God

loves

you

just

the way

you

are

and they

place a

period

there

let me

tell you

something

God

does

love

you

God

does

love

you

right

where

you're

God

does

love

you

just

the way

that

you

are

but

that

phrase

is not

met

with a

period

but

comma

when we

begin

understand

the

story

God's

word

accurately

applied

to our

lives

that

yes

God

does

love

you

just

the way

that

you

are

but

desires

save

you

and

transform

you

by the

power

of the

Holy

Spirit

now

it's

not

manipulation

God's

word

for

stay

sin

but

it's

calling

God's

word

wrestle

with

see

the

power

the

Holy

Spirit

working

that

old

leaves

and

the

new

come

praise

for

God

because

God's

word

powerful

church

it's

our

important

job

it's

our

calling

not

just

understand

but

apply

one

the

most

beautiful

pictures

we see

scriptures

Paul

writing

the

church

Ephesus

Ephesians

and

he's

writing

the

church

Ephesus

Ephesians

instructs

the

church

put

the

armor

God

and

does

this

that

they

can

stand

against

the

schemes

the

devil

and

uses

the

illustration

the

Roman

soldier

and

says

that

they

need

put

the

belt

truth

the

breastplate

righteousness

shoes

that

they

will

stand

firm

carry

with

them

the

shield

faith

put

the

helmet

salvation

and

when

look

those

what

see

soldier

preparing

for

defense

stand

firm

hold

willing

take

the

blows

the

enemy

that

come

but

then

but

then

Paul

says

but

get

offense

get

sword

and

here's

what

says

the

end

Ephesians

the

sword

the

spirit

which

the

word

God

church

that we

would

take

what

God

has

given

and

cherish

and

love

and

depend

and

understand

its

sufficiency

and

its

power

but

careful

but

careful

because

what

see

that

when

Satan

can

he'll

use it

against

you

why

wouldn't

if he

used it

Jesus

why

wouldn't

use

you

why

wouldn't

use

want

understand

God's

word

that

can

apply

God's

word

that

can

glorify

God

all

that

are

being

transformed

into

who

he's

called

the

point

this

series

not

create

attitude

fear

the

point

this

series

not

create

attitude

guilt

the

point

this

series

for

you

and

dive

deep

into

God's

word

delight

God's

word

discuss

God's

word

treasure

God's

word

see

God's

word

understood

and

rightly

applied

our

lives

it's

summertime

everybody's

busy

it's

summertime

everybody's

got

somewhere

to go

the

challenge

that I

have

for you

joining

continue

become

even

people

faith

and

people

God's

word

Sunday

nine

o'clock

gather

back in

here

give us

the

opportunity

to do

this

together

and

then

Sunday

1015

I'm

going to

teach

out of

Philippians

413

can

all

things

through

him

who

strengthens

would

you

pray

with

God I

thank you

for your

word

thank you

for the

truth

of your

word

God

thank you

for the

power

of your

word

God may

we as

a people

faith

come

to you

to want

understand

your

love

your

kindness

your

mercy

your

grace

your

goodness

God

as we

understand

Lord we

apply

so we

become more

and more

the men

and women

of God

that you

called us

to be

God where

Satan wants

to speak

and say

see I

told you

you were

wrong

where we

would

fall into

the pattern

of guilt

and shame

but fall

into the

arms

of our

God

and find

the grace

that when

we are

wrong

Lord you

correct us

Lord and

you forgive

God thank you

that you

forgive us

where we

fall into

the lie

believing

Satan

in the

did you

actually

say

instead of

seeing Lord

what you

actually

did say

Lord may

we not

pursue

your

word for

legalism

but God

may we

pursue

your

word

transformation

the power

of your

word

the

sufficiency

of your

word

that all

of it

every

word

breathed

out from

you

the very

word of

God

and Lord

we see

that it

all

it all

points us

Jesus

our

Lord

and

Savior

God

if there's

anyone here

this morning

they do

not

know

Jesus

Christ

as their

Lord

and Savior

Lord

I pray

that today

is the

day

where this

begins

come to

you

admitting

they're a

sinner

believing

in Christ

as the

and only

way of

salvation

confessing

him

as Lord

and Savior

and Lord

we celebrate

with the

angels

in Jesus

name

I pray

amen

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week's

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