DECEMBER 15, 1967 SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE Elders are the eye-bars - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

DECEMBER 15, 1967

SILVER BRIDGE COLLAPSE

Elders are the eye-bars on the bridge of truth. Leadership matters (verb) in leadership matters (noun).

WARNING PASSAGES Matthew 7:15 Acts 20:29-30 II Timothy 3:6-7 II Peter 2:1 I John 4:1 Jude 3-4

TITUS 1:10-12 I. Restraining Heresy A. Restraining Against Their Lips B. Restraining Against Their Lives

TITUS 1:13-16 Rebuke: Bring T o Light, Expose, Convince Titus 2:15 & Revelation 3:19 Sharply: Curt, Abrupt, Decisively II Corinthians 13:10 & II Timothy 3:16

A. AGAINST THEIR LIPS “They Profess T o Know God” (16) “Unbelieving” (15) II Timothy 3:2-5 & Matthew 7:21-23

DANIEL AKIN “How we think will give way to how we speak. Lie to ourselves, and we will lie to others. Lie to ourselves, and we will lie about God. By their man-centered, humanistic message, that focuses on what they can do, they make an idol of themselves. ”

B. AGAINST THEIR LIVES 1. Devotion T o T eachings Of Men (14) a. Jewish Myths (Going Beyond Scripture) I Timothy 1:3-4; 4:7; & II Peter 1:16 b. Commands Of People (Going Against Scripture) Mark 7:5-9

2. MIND & CONSCIENCE DEFILED (15) Defiled Juxtaposed Against Pure Good & Clear Vs. Defiled & Seared Mark 7:15-22

3. DETESTABLE (16) Abomination As God Views Idolatry Matthew 24:25 & Revelation 21:27

4. DISOBEDIENT (16) Non-Compliant & Rebellious “For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another” (Titus 3:3).

5. UNFIT (16) Reprobate Or Disqualified, Cast Away “God Gave Them Up” (Romans 1:28) “Disqualified Regarding The Faith” (II Timothy 3:8)

ELDERS IN THE LOCAL CHURCH Must Both Restrain Heresy Must Meet The And Reprimand Heresy Qualifications Found In That Exists On The Lips Titus 1:6-9 And In The Lives Of People.

DANIEL AKIN “The ministry of confrontation is not easy, but it is essential. When the integrity of the gospel is at stake, we cannot run and hide. We must stand and fight. ”

WHY THE NEED FOR ELDERS? “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths” (4:3-4).