12/26/2021 – Voddie Baucham: “Calling Out False Teachers by Name” // Brothers and Sisters: “Contend for the Purity of the Gospel ! “
I will leave y’all to keep notes through this 20 minute presentation but I want to leave the biblically support for this position (#2 of Five points) : 1 Timothy 1: 19-20 / 2 Timothy 4: 14-15 / Jude 3:4 / Matthew 23 / Galations 1: 6-9 / Galations 5:12 / Titus 1:9 / Romans 16:17
And , Voddie covers over a post from earlier this year, what I would submit as a strong candidate for the most quoted verse from “future” christians: Matthew 7: 1 – 2 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” The issue is that they do not appropriately connect the verse to 1 Corinthians , Chapter 5 – “Expel the Immoral Brother”. So, therefore, it is clear that Matthew 7: 1-2 is God’s Word speaking an imperative not to judge those that are outside of the church (a future Christian). But Paul writes from God in Corinthians that we must judge those that are within the church! We must let scripture testify to scripture, lest we take isolated verses out of context.
- Note another repeat item: “We all need brothers and sisters that stand ready to refute our assumptions that we bring in our reading of the Bible.”
- Quote: “I can’t stand in judgment of the text but I must read the text in judgment of me! “
- “Stand in the wall to where God has assigned you.” As Voddie notes, we cannot be completely informed about everything. This in fact is further support for the imperative of building His remnant church to support one another.
Blessings indeed; Soli Deo Gloria!