Gird Your Loins With Truth

Sermon: Gird Your Loins With Truth  Ephesians 6:10-20

 

 

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 By: Bryan Walker Given on: 9/30/2018  Sermon plays on KWHW 93.5 FM on: 10/14/2018

 

Sermon Notes

 

Gurnall, William. The Christian in Complete Armour

1. 1. WHY REPEAT – Take-up the whole armor of God
   2. STANDING IN THE EVIL DAY
   3. HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND FIRM
   4. THE SURETY OF STANDING

1. 1. Stand therefore
      1. 1. A call to action vs an acknowledgement of ultimate victory
   2. Having fastened the belt of truth
      1. 1. The true doctrines (teachings)

• • 3 uses of the word stand, (4) withstand means to resist or stand against
  • The stand here is the same word in verse 13, having done all, to stand firm
    • • Verse 13 denotes the outcome
      • Verse 14 is a command to action, a call to stand by doing something
      • Here we learn how to stand with the individual pieces of Armor
      • Military expression, to stand
  • Stand therefore
    • • If you have the means to resist the enemy, not doing so is treason
      • Will you surrender your post when you are fully armed?

• • Will we fight against God or will we fight against Satan?
    • • We press on in faith, knowing our God is greater!!!

• • What Satan lays on, God can take off; but who can ease, if God lays on?   [Would you rather die fighting for your prince or by cowardliness or treason against your prince?]

• • Think of an army, with its order and discipline
  • Not everyone has the same position or rank but everyone is important

• • Personal Zeal – Book, The Lost Fleet, Dauntless (disorder in the ranks)
    • • Worshiping as we see fit, not as commanded
  • Uzzah steading the ark (struck down)
    • • Was he protecting the Holiness of God by not letting the ark fall?
        • • He disobeyed a direct command to not touch the ark
          • It is MORE important to follow the commands of God
  • Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron were struck down for bringing strange fire
    • • They brought the fire before the LORD not another God
        • • God did not tell them to do this
  • The Israelites in their zeal to worship God made a golden calf
    • • They still wanted to worship God but through a golden calf
  • Today, it doesn’t matter how we worship God but that we worship God?
    • • The people wanted a golden calf, this seems practical
        • • We want people to worship God, so let’s make worship according to what man wants
  • People want to hear a NEW word from God, this seems practical
    • • We want people to show up to worship Him
        • • Doesn’t matter what the Biblical standard is for a prophet
            • • We just need to get them in the door
  • People what to hear what the verse means to me, this seems practical
    • • We want to be relevant for each person, the way they are
        • • Doesn’t matter what the verse actually means
  • How important is actual truth?

• • Girting the loins was preparing for action
    • • Much of the meaning is lost in the ESV

• • Here the loins were girded so they were ready to leave Egypt
  • Girding your loins, means to prepare for war with truth
  • TRUTH is a MUST because EVERYTHING hinges on truth
    • • Every sin Satan brings is a lie, starting with Adam and Eve
        • • The battle is over truth vs. lies

• • I’m going to read you several verses to show you how IMPORTANT truth is
    • • My desire is for you to see this is a VITAL matter

• • The true church of Christ is a pillar and buttress of the truth!!!
    • • I “feel” what I believe is true!  Wrong! feelings have nothing to do with it
      • Open the Word of God and question everything you believe to be true
        • • No one feels election to be true
          • It goes against our nature to yield to God’s sovereignty in all things
  • If we don’t examine our truths with the Word of God, we risk falling for a lie
  • It is time for a new Reformation – the world has creeped into the church!
  • Doctrine (teaching) is VERY important, truth vs. a lie
  • Today seems more wicked than history – such an open embrace of LIES

• • 2008 Gender Identity “Disorder” – Diagnosed and treated mental disorder

• • Prior to this how do you explain creation?
    • • Picture of a painting, how did this come into being?
        • • You would say there was a painter
      • A building, how did this come into being?
        • • You would say there is a builder
      • Show you nature, how did this come into being?
        • • This was random chance???
  • This is today’s academic standard?  To deny truth?

• • Guarantee our children are more open to it than we were
  • The world can do what it wants, but we MUST not let the world affect what we know to be true

• • Can we find the truth of what the wives role is today, even in the church?
  • Can we find the truth of what the husband’s role is today?

• • Rhonda’s red velvet cake is the best tasting cake there is?
  • No, Dave Ward’s red velvet cake is the best tasting cake?
  • Have you tried all of the red velvet cakes?
    • • If God said _____ cake is the best, then it’s ____ cake

• • Objective truth is not based on science but God
    • • Science can verify truth, but truth comes from God
  • Gender, is not subjective, God made us male and female
    • • Science proves this, not establishes it
  • Morality is not subjective BUT based on God’s law
    • • Even before God’s law, Cain knew it was wrong to slay Able
      • What kind of world would it be to have no, objective truth?
  • Why does a woman’s right to murder her baby stop at X number of weeks?
    • • North Dakoda 6 weeks
      • Arkansas 12 weeks
      • Oklahoma 22 weeks
        • • Most abortions in Oklahoma is murder in North Dakoda?
      • Why can’t we give parents a 2, 5 and 18 year option?
        • • Do you see how ridiculous this is?
            • • We should also ban all gender reveal parties, how do you know what your baby will CHOOSE
                • • Back to the will of the person vs. God

• • How much poison mixed with good food does it take to kill a man?
    • • Plate filled with meat, bread and vegetables but a few drops of poison
      • A little leaven leaves the whole lump
  • Lady asked me why a Reformed Baptist Church? (Never forget it)
    • • We need a reformation, no more strange fire, golden calfs to please the people
  • For example the VITALLY important Doctrine of Salvation
    • • I challenge you to, look at the history of the Church
  • The modern alter call?
    • • 1850’s for sanctification – Come before God as unworthy
      • 1900’s for salvation – Come to receive Jesus into your heart
        • • Sinners Prayer???
            • • Can one be saved who never repeated after me?
              • Does walking the isle or repeating after me save?
              • Will God reward you for your raising of the hand?
                • • If a reward then it is not grace
  • How is someone saved?
    • • By hearing the word, by God changing the heart
      • By God revealing sin to the sinner and need for repentance
      • Not saved by the decisions of men or other men sparking emotions
  • Charles Finney – Almost worshiped by the charismatics
    • • Revival is NOT a miracle, we can bring it about?
        • • Now we schedule revivals
            • • Use physical means to excite the person
              • The charismatics don’t believe in Preservation of the Saints
                • • Because man brings man in
  • So if saying a sinners prayer is the ONLY way, none were saved for 1800 years
  • To say we must do something, is what Paul had against the Galatians
    • • It is God who causes us to see our sin
      • It is God who cuts us to the bone and we realize we need to repent
      • It is NOT, soft music, motivational speech but preaching the Word
  • Why was there a REFORMATION?
    • • What was the concern of the reformers?
        • • What you must DO to be saved was at the HEART
          • Has the church changed to meet worldly expectations?
  • The majority of the Baptist churches WERE reformed
    • • Read the London Baptist Confession of 1689
      • All Protestant churches started off reformed
        • • What is a Protestant church?
  • It’s not about what the people want but what God commands
    • • How many churches are not warning against premarital sex?
      • How many churches is it totally acceptable to live in sin?
      • How many churches encourage seeking earthly things?
        • • It’s a mess across the land
          • Are we unwilling to preach the truth because of what man wants