NOVEMBER 1, 2015 SERMON NOTES Misguided Notions about God 1 - - PDF document

Misguided Notions about God 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Pastor John Sloan Introduction: The world is full of bad theology. Wrong views about God. And while no one is immune to these misguided notions about our Creator—because we are broken people whose hearts, wills, and minds have been tainted by sin, none of us has perfect understanding of God—there are some who are so devious and self-serving that their teaching divides and destroys the church. And the most dangerous thing: it typically appears to be right. 01. 02. .03

NOVEMBER 1, 2015 SERMON NOTES

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• 1. When are the “later times” that Paul talks about in verse 1?
• 2. What does Jude 4 (and 18) tells us about the way false teachers tend to work (and the

motivation behind their efgorts)?

• 3. What does it mean to have a “seared conscience” (verse 2)?
• 4. The devil often works in either one of two ways: he seeks to induce within his objects

despair or pride. How does the gospel of grace provide weapons against both of the evil

• ne’s overtures?
• 5. What is asceticism? How is it an afgront to the completed work of Jesus?
• 6. Why does any addition to God’s plan of salvation (by faith alone in Christ alone) ruin

everything? What efgorts or merit are you inclined to add?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION & DISCOVERY

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Misguided Notions about God 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Pastor John Sloan

• 1. “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing

about us.” - A.W. Tozer

• 2. “Jesus bled and died for us so that we could lay claim to fjnancial prosperity.”
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• 3. “Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists when people disobey their

conscience.” - Pope Francis

• 4. Read passage: 1 Timothy 4:1-2 ESV
• 5. 01. Bad theology comes from the devil and is advanced through the false teaching
• f dishonest and deluded leaders.
• 6. Read passage: 1 Peter 5:8 ESV
• 7. Read passage: Matthew 19:24
• 8. “What he is unable to crush by force he seeks to suppress by cunning and lies. This was

his strategy at the beginning. … He raised up false prophets and erring spirits and fjlled with world with heretics.” - Martin Luther

• 9. Read passage: - 1 Timothy 4:1

10 . Apostasy is a decisive turning away from God by those who once claimed to belong to Him.

• 11. 02. The efgect of bad theology, uncorrected over time, is it dulls the soul to the need

for God and leads to a “turning away” from Him.

• 12. Read passage: - 1 Timothy 4:3-5 ESV
• 13. 03. The antidote to bad theology is the grateful recognition that every good thing

we have comes from God—even our righteousness.

NOVEMBER 1, 2015 SERMON SLIDES

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