Sunday, April 03, 2005

Apologetics III

How should we defend the faith?

1. Classical Apologetics—

a. Definition: To fight on the ground of the enemy, using the enemy’s weapons to convince the enemy’s people [who can never see nor hear the Truth without The Holy Spirit] that a book in which they do not believe which is about a Man in whom they do not believe is the answer for a problem which they don’t think they have.

(1) This battle typically takes place among intellectuals

(2) The details of the battle are at the mercy of the experts on both sides.

b. Tools

(1) Logic, Rhetoric/debate, even higher mathematics!

(2) The Search for Evidence that will convince a skeptic.
(a) Historical
(b) Biological-scientific
(c) Archaeological

(3) Various arguments from nature, from science, from reason, from philosophical questions.

(4) Lots of very big words

c. Success—it happens every now and then, proving that the Holy Spirit can even used flawed tools to work a perfect outcome.

2. Biblical Apologetics--overview

a. Definition: defending the faith using the weapons of God’s warfare to accomplish the task that God has given each of us to do in the place and time in which He has placed us. The goal of this defense is not only to protect the faith of the faithful, but to convert those who oppose the faith.

b. Simpler definition: spiritual warfare—2 Cor 10:1-6, Eph 6:10-18

c. Tools—The weapons of our warfare(The Armor of God, (prayer and the Truth) and the gifts of the Spirit, plus wisdom, faith, grace, gifts, testimony)

3. The Holy War’s Strategy—in the minds of men. Strategy—The big picture—2 Cor 10:3-4

a. This war is a spiritual warfare—Eph 6:12— Behind those who oppose the gospel and would entice us to sin are dark evil forces. these forces exist--they are real, active, and powerful.

b. Our battle is no light thing--we cannot fight it in our own strength, because we are mere flesh, and we are fighting in a battle that is beyond our abilities to even comprehend, against forces with vast powers we cannot even imagine.

(1) Whose battle is it? 1 Sam 17:46-47, Eph 6:10.

(2) We do not fight in our own strength, but in the strength of God--He fights the battles we cannot see, He directs our paths in places where we have no light, nor eyes nor ears to comprehend.

c. Vital point—we have won already.

(1) If the battle is the Lord's, then victory is sure! 1 Chr 29:12, 2 Chr 25:8, Ps 62:11, Rom 16:25

(2) Think of the forces He commands: Josh 5:13-14

(3) Think of His Personal Power: Sovereign, Supreme, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Immutable, Eternal.

d. Note of caution—I am not denigrating the importance of scientific creationism, of the evidence of nature (Ps 19:1-6), or of logic, but these are, and must be secondary.

e. Second note of caution, the battlefield is in the mind, but it is the deepest part of the inner man, what the Bible calls the heart, that is our objective.

4. The Holy War’s Tactics—2 Cor 10:5-6

a. Oppose false ideas about God—

(1) The strongholds that 2 Cor 10:4 talks of are strongholds of false ideas and imaginations that exist in the minds of men and women. Rom 1:18-25, Col 2:8

(2) Some examples: Legalism, Theological Liberalism, Human philosophy, New Age religion, Cults, Plain old hedonism, and more recently, post-modernism

b. Bring thoughts into obedience—2 Cor 10:5b: Evangelism—We are to bring thoughts into captivity by evangelism and discipleship

(1) We are to witness Christ with passion and Truth, we are to advertise, but the Recruiter is the Holy Spirit!

(2) Discipleship—Once people are won to the Lord Jesus Christ, we must make them Disciples. Jesus did NOT say, “Go and make converts...” What did He say in the Great Commission? Mat 28:19-20.
(a) No Army worth its salt would send untrained and untested troops directly into battle--but we in the modern American churches have done so.
(b) Professional Armies train, and drill, and train, and drill, and make sure that their troops know how to conduct themselves on the field of battle, but far too many of the people of God have no idea how to conduct themselves on the field of Spiritual conflict.
(c) The early church trained their troops--all of the great teachers of the first three centuries of the Christian church were men who taught in the Catechism Schools of the church--New believers in Christ were taught the faith, drilled on the faith, and tested. And well they should have been--many of them had to literally lay down their lives and give a good testimony in the process.
(d) The Puritan revival--those great men of God, who shook England, Founded America, and through America sent missions to the world--those great men taught and discipled those who came to Christ under their ministry.
(e) But the modern American church has been lax in this area, and great ruin has resulted. We have had every cult and ism in the book, every TV preaching, faith-healing, money-grubbing, con man you can imagine who have sucked up gullible people into their nets--and many of these people came from the pews of Bible-believing churches.
(f) Acts 2:42--God built His church in Jerusalem on four things--the Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship, the breaking of Bread, and Prayer.
(g) Progression—there should be a progression, from 1 Cor 2:1-5 simplicity to 1 Cor 2:6-13. See also Heb 5:12-14, Eph 4:11-16

c. Maintain orderly assemblies—2 Cor 10:6

(1) It is not a pleasant topic, nor an easy one, but a church that will not practice discipline when it is necessary is telling the world, the enemy, and its own flock that it is not 16 about the gospel.
(2) The Example of Judge Greer’s Pastor
(3) A church that tolerates theological liberalism or heresy under the guise of being open-minded is asking for "Ichabod" to be painted across its doors.
(4) A Denomination that tolerates theological liberalism or heresy in its schools under the guise of being open-minded is playing Russian Roulette with the souls of thousands or millions of people.


d. Our way of warfare is different

(1) Sacrificial Love
(2) Mercy and Compassion
(3) We do not shed the blood of anyone—our goal is to take them prisoner and make them part of our army!
(4) The only blood shed is Christ's, shed one time for all time for salvation, or our blood shed as martyrs.

e. Do not forget the supernatural—God moves in ways that we just can’t perceive (Jn 3:8)

f. In the Holy War, there is no secret, there is no hidden agenda to be worked, There is simply no substitute for the basic thing-- the key to victory for a church is this:

(1) Proclaim Biblical Truth without Compromise or apology.
(2) Love People without reservation or hesitation
(3) Live the Word of God every day--put shoe leather on the gospel.
(4) Disciple new converts to make them spiritual warriors for Christ.

Sunday Sermon I--What Can We Learn From the Rich Young Ruler?

What Can We Learn From The Rich Young Ruler?
Mat 19:16-22
Mk 10:16-22
Luke 18:18-23

The incident with the rich young ruler is often preached on, seldom interpreted correctly, and often interpreted very wrongly.

To see this in our minds as we need to see it, we must place this man in the present day, and later in the lesson we will do that.

1. First, what can we learn about him?

a. His identification
(1) “one”
(2) Rich and young—Matthew
(3) Ruler—Lk 18—MacLaren says that the young man was a synagogue official, very unusual for one who can still be called “young.”
(4) He had GREAT possessions—but note, they were of no comfort to him!

b. His religion—good points

(1) He was serious, sincere, humble (this took place in public) and concerned about eternal things—he wanted to be right.
(2) He understood the central issue in his mind—eternity
(3) He ran to Jesus and fell at His feet, so he felt the urgency of need—Mark 10:17
(4) In spite of his religion, as with his wealth, he had no peace—deep down inside, he knew that he was at war with a Holy God, and that he must eventually be converted or die.

c. His religion, negative points

(1) He had only a surface understanding of the Law, or he would never have claimed to have kept it.
(2) He was self righteous—he thought he had kept the Law
(3) He did not know who Jesus was
(4) He was, in short, a heretic—his understanding of eternal life was that he would work his way to heaven
d. His reason for coming—he was not satisfied yet—works will never satisfy.

(1) Perhaps here we have a a type of conviction, but not the Holy Spirit kind
(2) He would avoid Hell
(3) He would get Heaven
(4) But there was no dread, no repentance
(5) There was no confession

e. A.T. Robertson’s comments are helpful here.

“…What lack I yet? (ti eti husteroôö) Here is a psychological paradox. He claims to have kept all these commandments and yet he was not satisfied. He had an uneasy conscience and Jesus called him to something that he did not have. He thought of goodness as quantitative (a series of acts) and not qualitative (of the nature of God). Did his question reveal proud complacency or pathetic despair? A bit of both most likely…”

f. Bottom line—

(1) He thought that he could buy eternal life with one great deed.
(2) This was one of the theological ideas floating at the time—that a man could do one great deed, or be very holy in one area, and so merit heaven. This is the reason for the question which was asked by more than one of the Jewish leaders in forms slightly different, but yet the same question—Mt 22:36, Mark 12:28—Which is the most important commandment in the Law?
(3) Jesus’ answer was uniform—He summed up the whole law!
(4) This young man’s religion was little different from the Pharisee ideal—“I thank thee Lord that I am soooo good.”

2. What can we learn from Jesus’ reaction?

a. First, Jesus “flunked evangelism 101…” (John MacArthur)

(1) This man was READY—or was he?
(2) He has come looking for eternal life, he has come to Jesus—or has he?
(3) Why did Jesus react this way? Is it just because, as the God-man, that He knows man (John 2)? NO!
(4) Jesus saw what any Christian worker or preacher should look for—He saw a man who had no repentance, and who was looking to an improvement to his own self-made religion.
(5) At this point, this man could have been led in “the sinner’s prayer,” and he would have dutifully said all the right words and signed the card
(a) He would have been baptized, perhaps that night in most Baptist churches, to make sure he did not get away
(b) He’d have been taught about tithing right away!
(c) In months, he would have been teaching a class
(d) In a couple of years, he would have been made a deacon
(e) One big problem—he was not for real!

b. The questions and statements Jesus made to and about this man

(1) "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.”
(a) In other words, “do you know who I am?”
(b) Have you had this revealed to you, as it was to Peter? (Mat 16:16-18)
(c) Of course, the young man did not have this knowledge, but being self-righteous, he assumed that some men were good.

(2) The true or false question—“But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

(a) Jesus is not teaching false doctrine here—if any COULD obey, they could enter into life
(b) The problem is that we are born sinners, we have a congenital disease called “sin,” inherited from our first father, Adam, and manifested and practiced in our own lives.

(3) Mat 19:18-19

(a) First, Jesus picks the “easiest” commands, the ones concerning interpersonal relationships between human beings. He skips the hardest questions, having to do with out worship of God and our devotion to Him. However, even this abbreviated test is beyond the ability of the young man, as it is for us.

(b) The lists of commands are somewhat different in the three gospel accounts—and they include two things that are not directly part of the 10, “Love your neighbor, and do not defraud.”

(c) These last two were a setup for the hammering conviction of covetousness, which not only involves the worship of possessions, but it also involves envy of others, and a desire to have their stuff.

(d) It is also a true heart sin, a thing of the soul, something where superficial faith cannot even pretend to be real.

(e) The unbridled desire for “stuff,” when it interferes with God, family, church, is a symptom of this sin of Coveting.

(f) Coveting is not about wanting stuff, it is beyond that—it is wanting your neighbor’s stuff. It is not keeping up with the Jones’, it is looting them in your heart—Exo 20:16-17

c. The Rich Young Ruler’s Response is even more shocking—19:20: The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?"

(1) Here again is his shallow understanding of the Law, and here again is his cluelessness with regard to his own sin.
(2) Yet, still, there is this doubt in his mind.

3. Jesus Gives a Test, and the Ruler Fails it—19:21-22

a. Did Jesus hereby command us, or, for that matter, anyone else, to live by this? Absolutely not. He dealt with many wealthy and influential people in his ministry, and He never said any such thing to any other.

b. This was a test, given to this man who was a slave to his possessions and his position—John 12:46—and the man failed the test, proving that he would have faired no better with the first half of the Pentateuch.

4. Jesus’ often forgotten words—19:23-26

a. Few passages in the Gospels have been so abused as this one. A.T. Robertson’s comments are helpful: “It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye … Jesus, of course, means by this comparison … to express the impossible. The efforts to explain it away…[such as] narrow gorge or gate of entrance for camels which required stooping, etc. All these are hopeless, for Jesus pointedly calls the thing “impossible” (verse 26). “
b. His real conclusion is this—only God Saves Sinners.




Brother Charley Buntin
Trace Creek Baptist Church
Sunday School Teacher
Mayfield, KY
270- 727-0707
mainto4@ethixs.com

Defending the Faith II

1. How do we study worldviews?

a. First, by learning the only genuinely true worldview—the Christian worldview
b. By looking briefly at the various unchristian ideas in the marketplace
c. By seeing the common threads of the world’s worldviews.

2. The Defender of the Faith in the Marketplace—17:16-21

a. First, this is not a “failed effort” after which Paul abandoned intellectual arguments. 1 Cor 2:1-5 can be made to say that, until you look at 1 Cor 2:6-15. Paul preached as a learned man to learned people, and as a common man to the unlearned! See 1 Cor 9:18-22
b. What was he doing there? He had been thrown out of Thessalonica, and was awaiting his companions before he moved on.
c. Paul goes sightseeing, and gets provoked. Acts 17:16

(1) The word means “stimulated, irritated, aggravated…”;
(2) Paul saw the city in the grips of the worst of paganism, and he could not keep his mouth shut.

d. Paul stirs up others as well—Acts 17:17-18

(1) In the synagogue—why? The believers in Jehovah had not been a witness for Jehovah, but had become complacent.
(2) In the marketplace–because that is where the people were.
(3) Who were the Epicureans and Stoics?

(a) First, they exist today in various forms, the most important basic pagan and atheist viewpoints are close to these.
(b) Epicureans worshipped pleasure
(c) Stoics worshipped hard-bitten selfish success, and were exceedingly powerful. A Stoic who experienced a great failure was liable to commit suicide.

(4) Their reaction to Paul—a “seed picker.”
(5) Their reaction to the Gospel—“strange gods.” Note, that Paul is not arguing philosophy in the marketplace, he is preaching the Gospel as the answer for all problems.
(6) “Jesus and the resurrection”—see 1 Cor 15:1-4—the Person and Work of Christ is the basis for all Truth

e. The great minds of the pagan world meet the great mind of The Faith—17:19-21

(1) What was the Areopagus? It was a great grouping of philosophers and learned, able to declare what was legal philosophy and what was not.
(2) The description of them in verse 21 is humorous but funny.
(3) So, the great minds of the pagan world are about to meet the most profound mind of the church.

2. The characteristics of false Gods: Acts 17:22-23

a. False "gods" are created by their own worshippers, and the false "gods" are created in the images of those worshippers.

(1) They want a God who is just like them—Psa 50:21
(2) This does not even make logical sense, as the LORD points out to Isaiah: Isa 44:9, 19-20

b. False Gods are not Almighty, Sovereign, Eternal, Immutable, etc.

(1) The 'gods' of the pagan world were by legend, claimed to be powerful and great, but even the pagan legends show their false deities fall far short of the power and majesty of Jehovah.
(2) The reality of idols is: they are blind, deaf, dumb – De 4:28, they are helpless –Jer 10:5
(3) The 'gods' of the pagans are mere shadows of the imaginations of their creators, and they are utterly helpless.
(4) False Gods cannot save—Isa 45:20èIf you examine the teachings of the world's major religions, only Christianity has a sufficient answer for the question: "How can a good and holy God reconcile with sinful men and women?"

3. The Real God declared to the really lost—17:24-27

a. This is really the heart of the defense of the faith: a positive teaching about the nature of God.
b. God is creator and sustainer of the universe—17:24a
c. God is Sovereign Ruler over all
d. God is self-sufficient

(1) God is not limited by man: “…does not dwell in temples made with hands…”
(2) God does not need man—in fact God has no needs at all: 17:25 "Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything.” Remember, “worship” means to exalt, to ascribe worth to—and human religion cannot worship God.
e. God is the God of Providence—He provides and He rules—17:25b-26.

(1) God provides all for mankind—for that matter, He provides for all creation
(2) All mankind came from one common ancestor—God made every nation
(3) God determined the time, location, and end of every nation before the world was made. Dan 2:20-22 "Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. 21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings…” Ep 3:1-11, Rom 11:36, Is 14:24-27, Is 40, Is 46:8-11


4. The Grand Reason—His Glory

a. In Evangelism—17:27a
b. Even some pagan poets came close to seeing this—why? 17:27b-28

(1) Psalm 19:1-6, Rom 1:19-20
(2) Nature reveals even God’s invisible attributes
(3) Conscience reveals God’s Law—Rom 2:16

c. In Proper Worship—17:29

(1) God is glorified when our worship shows that we have a proper understanding of His nature
(2) We should know—we are responsible to know—that God is not something man can devise, draw, mold, sculpt, or understand, except for what He reveals in His word, in nature, in conscience—see Rom 1:21-25

d. Therefore, God’s Command—17:30-31. Note that salvation is not a choice or an option, it is a command.

5. The reaction to the defense of the faith—17:32-34

a. Some mocked
b. And some believed, even after a brief presentation. Why?
c. Because the bankrupt nature of human philosophy is subconsciously aware to many who claim to live by and believe it, and when the Holy Spirit merely pricks the balloon, some will be quickly deflated and defeated.

6. Analysis—what, then is our worldview?

a. Reality exists
b. The Faith is about real events that took place involving real persons in real time.
c. The Bible is “true Truth,” its words are those God inspired men to write down, and it is the only reliable guide to faith and Practice.
d. Man is not an independent creature who can call his own shots, but is dependent upon God for all things.
e. There is no salvation outside of Christ, outside the Truth Faith

7. What about the worldviews of the world?

a. First, they are diverse
b. Second, they have many things in common

(1) Moral laxity
(2) Self-love
(3) Worship of people, ideas, and things over God
(4) Human pride and arrogance
(5) Opposition to all things Holy, particularly Christianity
(6) They are pretty much summed up in Romans 1:18-32


8. How do we engage the worldviews of the world?

a. First, by knowing ours—

(1) Studying the Word—2 Tim 2:15
(2) The teaching/learning cycle—2 Tim 2:1-5

b. Second, by living ours—Jn 10:27, 1 Pet 2:11-12
c. Third, by speaking the Truth in love—Eph 4:12-16
d. By overcoming with

(1) Faith—1 Jn 5:4
(2) The blood of the Lamb and our testimony—Rev 3:21, 12:11
e. By realizing that this is spiritual warfare in its truest sense—Next Lesson

Defending the Faith 1

Basic Apologetics Lesson 1
An Apologetic Lifestyle

Reading: 1 Pet 3:13-17
Jude 3-4

Introductory Thoughts—Apologetics—Defending the Faith—not apologizing for it—Acts 22:1 "Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now."

Classical Apologetics—Definition: To fight on the ground of the enemy, using the enemy’s weapons to convince the enemy’s people [who can never see nor hear the Truth without The Holy Spirit] that a book in which they do not believe which is about a Man in whom they do not believe is the answer for a problem which they don’t think they have.

Biblical Apologetics—Definition: defending the faith using the weapons of God’s warfare to accomplish the task that God has given each of us to do in the place and time in which He has placed us. The goal of this defense is not only to protect the faith of the faithful, but to convert those who oppose the faith.








1. The Battlefield

a. The enemies of Truth today

(1) The principalities and powers and dark forces of the world—Eph 6:10-18—we must never forget this all-important understanding
(2) New Age Religion
(3) Post-Modern Philosophy
(4) Christian Apathy and worldliness—there are some actual believers and many professing believers who live like the world, and who see no contradiction between their lifestyles and their faith.
(5) Most academics and members of “the secular establishment”

b. Issues

(1) Is there such a thing as Truth?—John 18:37-38, Rom 3:4—This “new” belief is not new—as Solomon said, there is nothing new under the sun—Pilate, by his acts and statements, showed himself to be “postmodern,” when in reality, he was of the ancient world of Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and the other empires before the one which employed him.
(2) Is the Bible Reliable? Is the Bible Truth, or is it “our truth.?”
(3) How can we know anything for sure?
(4) Did God create the world, or did everything come into being by some cosmic accident?
(5) The “traditional” values and the Social Issues that Christians are concerned about—are they valid concerns, or merely cultural and personal choices?
(6) Is the Gospel exclusive, or are there other ways to salvation? John 14:6, Acts 4:12, 1 Tim 2:5—This is a major issue, and it is certainly not a new one. In the Roman empire, the reason that Christianity never became a religio licta (a legally permitted religion) is because Christians said that Jesus was the ONLY way to salvation, that the Triune God was the ONLY God.

c. The Context of the text

(1) A suffering people—3:13-14

(2) The Example of Christ—3:16-17

2. The Importance of Personal Devotion—"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts…”

a. The most important factor in an apologetic lifestyle is your personal walk with the Lord.

b. Sanctify the Lord Always

(1) Definition of Sanctify—set apart as sacred to God; make holy, consecrate; regard as sacred; purify, cleanse[1]
(2) Greek—aorist imperative 2nd person plural—“All of you, right now, set God aside in your heart by faith.”
(3) Set God aside the primary place He whould have in your affections.
(4) In your hearts—practice the indwelling presence of God in your life—How?

c. The keys to devotional life and an apologetic lifestyle
(1) Personal Salvation—Jn 10:27
(2) The Lordship of Christ—Rom 10:9-10
(3) A Biblical Worldview—Gen 1:26-28
(4) Biblical and doctrinal maturity—Eph 4:12-16
(5) Prayer and Bible study
(6) Corporate and individual worship
(7) Actively serving God and cultivating your gifts

3. An ever-ready defender—“…and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope …”
a. The battle might be joined at any time; you never know when the next ambush might come.
b. Defense--apologia
c. Look at some of the great defenses of the Faith—and there are many more.
(1) Moses before Pharoah
(2) David against Goliath
(3) Elijah on Mount Carmel
(4) Jesus’ entire life
(5) The blind man from John 9
(6) Peter—Acts 2, 3:11-26, 4:1-22, 10:34-39, 11:1-18, 15:7-11
(7) Paul—Acts 9:19-22, 17:22-31, 22:1-22, 23:1-10, 24:10-21, 25:13-27, 26:1-32, 28:17-31
(8) Stephen—Acts 7
(9) Jude
(10) The great discourses of Jesus

d. What are some common characteristics of the great defenses?
(1) All defenses
(a) Christ Centered
(b) Personal
(c) Evangelistically oriented
(2) To those with some semblance of the true faith
(a) Christ centered
(b) Historical
(c) Biblical
(3) To Pagans
(a) Common starting point
(b) Biblical
(c) Christ centered
(d) Personal
(e) Universal illustrations
(i) Acts 14:11-18
(ii) Acts 17:221-31
e. Universal—to everyone—
(1) Context appropriate
(2) Audience appropriate
(3) Personal
(4) Biblical
f. A Reason—The Greek—logon, “…This attitude calls for an intelligent grasp of the hope and skill in presenting it…” (AT Robertson)
(1) The content of apologetics cannot be simple-minded, ignorant, or merely an emotional appeal.
(2) The presentation of apologetics must take into account a host of factors
(a) The social, legal, and authoritative position of the person who is object of the defense
(b) The cultural background and biblical knowledge of the recipient
(c) A constant, loving awareness of the need of the one who is receiving the message.
(d) The proper use of language, analogies, and illustrations
g. A reason of the hope
(1) This, again is all about Jesus
(2) Again, apologetics must be gospel-centered, Christ-centered, testimony-centered, and evangelism must always be the intent.

4. The Right Attitude—“…with meekness and fear;"

a. Meekness—strength under control
(1) This is not about winning an argument and losing a soul
(2) This is about a reasonable presentation of the Truth, trusting in God to use the defense for His glory.
b. Fear, Reverence
(1) Reverence for God and His Gospel, that it will not be trivialized
(2) Reverence for the deep need of the unbeliever, and conscious of that person’s pride and dignity.

5. The View From Jude’s Eyes—Jude 3, 4

a. This was a non-volunteer job for Jude—he had wanted to write a happy letter. Desired topic—salvation, but there was a constraint laid upon Jude—he was compelled involuntarily to write on this subject.
b. The Desired Outcome—Jude 1:3 "… contend for THE FAITH
(1) Earnestly contend

“The exhortation was to earnestly contend for THE FAITH. THE FAITH here is not faith as exercise by the individual, but Christianity itself in its historic doctrines and life-giving salvation. “Earnestly contend”…the simple verb was used of athletes contending in the athletic contests. The word speaks of a vigorous, intense, determined struggle to defeat the opposition.” (Wuest, page 234-235, vol. 2)

(2) For THE FAITH once delivered— Historic Christianity is called “THE FAITH.”

Acts 6:7 "… great company of the priests were obedient to THE FAITH."

Acts 14:22 "… and exhorting them to continue in THE FAITH…”

Acts 16:5, Rom 1:5, 1 Cor 16:13, 2 Cor 13:5, Eph 4:13, Col 1:23, Col 2:7, 1 Tim 1:2, 1 Tim 3:9, 1 Tim 4:1, 2 Tim 3:8, 2 Tim 4:7, Titus 1:13,













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