WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.799 Our reading this morning is from Titus chapter 1 and that's on page 1198 of the Red Church Bibles. 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:14.200 That's page 1198, Titus chapter 1, beginning at verse 5. 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:22.339 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished 00:00:22.339 --> 00:00:25.900 and appoint elders in every town as I directed you. 00:00:25.899 --> 00:00:31.019 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, 00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:37.339 a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:42.560 Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless, 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:51.280 not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:56.420 Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.200 who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.299 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught 00:01:04.299 --> 00:01:09.980 so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. 00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:14.780 For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, 00:01:15.379 --> 00:01:17.500 especially those of the circumcision group. 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:21.980 They must be silenced because they are ruining whole households 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:24.519 by teaching things they ought not to teach, 00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:27.640 and that's for the sake of dishonest gain. 00:01:28.900 --> 00:01:31.120 Even one of their own prophets has said, 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:35.859 Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons. 00:01:36.500 --> 00:01:37.879 This testimony is true. 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:42.599 Therefore, rebuke them sharply so that they will be sound in the faith 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:47.500 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of those who reject the truth. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.059 To the pure, all things are pure, 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:53.739 but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:57.560 In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 00:01:58.339 --> 00:02:01.819 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:06.780 They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:18.599 Thanks very much, Chris. 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:22.060 Well, keep your Bibles open in Titus. 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.060 Kayla's going to pass around some pens on the back of the new sheet. 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:38.599 You can take notes if anybody would like to. 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:40.699 You can just grab a pen there. 00:02:42.259 --> 00:02:45.599 This is a series that we're looking at together from Titus. 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:47.740 And you may be wondering, 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:50.900 I thought this morning was about a baptism. 00:02:51.979 --> 00:02:55.199 What has what we've just read got to do with baptism? 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.060 Well, pay attention and you'll find out. 00:02:59.060 --> 00:03:01.199 It's all very good. 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:20.819 We're going to be focusing this morning primarily at verses 10 through to 16 of Titus. 00:03:20.819 --> 00:03:28.939 Thanks very much, Kayla. 00:03:29.519 --> 00:03:35.500 Well, before we look at it, let's pray and ask for God's help as we look at this together. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:45.340 Our Father God, we thank you so much for your word, for the Bible. 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.460 Thank you for its truth. 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:52.780 Thank you that we can trust it because they are words that come from you. 00:03:52.780 --> 00:04:00.060 But yet we need to understand these words and therefore we ask for the power and the help of your Holy Spirit. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:07.460 Not just to give us intellectual understanding, but heart understanding. 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:22.259 That the words that we look at would change us and transform us and bring about the kind of life that you so desire in all people. 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:28.759 So please help us now as we read and study together. 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:30.500 In Jesus' name. 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:31.720 Amen. 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:31.820 Amen. 00:04:35.020 --> 00:04:41.480 Well, do you believe everything you read and are told? 00:04:43.320 --> 00:04:46.880 Do you believe everything you read and are told? 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:49.080 I received this email on Friday. 00:04:49.820 --> 00:04:50.580 Listen to this. 00:04:51.380 --> 00:05:00.280 I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that money under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:05.819 Now I want you to contact my account officer with the information stated below. 00:05:06.599 --> 00:05:14.099 Arrange with him how the total sum of five million dollars will reach you safely, which I have already kept for you. 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:19.000 Thank you for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:20.179 Victor. 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:23.439 Well, I don't know any Victor. 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:29.839 You see, not everything we read or hear is true. 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.600 So let me ask us this question. 00:05:33.719 --> 00:05:39.579 How do you know if everything that I preach on a Sunday morning is true? 00:05:39.579 --> 00:05:50.620 Maybe everything that I say is actually all lies and that I've been cleverly deceiving you with ideas and arguments. 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:54.139 Could be true. 00:05:55.819 --> 00:05:58.659 Megan is going to be baptized later. 00:05:58.660 --> 00:06:05.540 How does Megan know that all she has been told and now believes in is true? 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:14.320 Perhaps Megan is just joining some weird cult and it's all a cunning plan to get some of her money. 00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:16.040 Don't tell her. 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:16.360 Shh. 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:22.660 You see, not everything we hear is true. 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:31.319 So it's of critical importance to know that what we hear and believe is what we're going to call pure doctrine. 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:37.520 We need to know, is it true or is it false? 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:46.719 So we're going to look at three things to show us how important it is to have pure doctrine. 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.719 Why we need pure doctrine. 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.099 How to identify pure doctrine. 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.779 And what difference pure doctrine makes. 00:06:55.899 --> 00:06:57.539 So why we need it. 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:00.299 How we can identify it. 00:07:00.979 --> 00:07:03.579 And what difference it's going to make. 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:05.500 So the first one. 00:07:05.599 --> 00:07:07.560 Why we need pure doctrine. 00:07:08.919 --> 00:07:13.019 Well, the answer is given to us in verse 10. 00:07:13.539 --> 00:07:15.259 Let's read it there in verse 10. 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:19.319 The reason why we need pure doctrine. 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:23.060 Because there are many rebellious people. 00:07:24.139 --> 00:07:25.719 Mere talkers and deceivers. 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.719 Especially those of the circumcision group. 00:07:29.539 --> 00:07:31.819 That were those from a Jewish background. 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:33.759 They must be silenced. 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:37.099 Because they are ruining whole households. 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:39.459 Whole church families. 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:41.599 By their teachings. 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:44.800 Or by teaching things they ought not to teach. 00:07:46.579 --> 00:07:52.980 You see, impure doctrine or false teaching is not harmless. 00:07:54.039 --> 00:07:55.779 It's very dangerous. 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:58.899 Their teaching, we are told in verse 11. 00:07:58.899 --> 00:08:01.779 Is ruining whole households. 00:08:01.779 --> 00:08:08.019 Literally disrupting and breaking up these small house churches. 00:08:08.799 --> 00:08:11.799 Rather than leading people to the truth. 00:08:12.239 --> 00:08:15.500 And giving them the assurance of eternal life in Christ. 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:19.039 They are taking people away from the truth. 00:08:19.899 --> 00:08:23.259 Which leads to an empty life. 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:29.899 Now we all need to listen very carefully to what we hear. 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:34.500 Just because we're in a church gathering this morning. 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:37.220 And just because I'm teaching this morning. 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.439 Doesn't mean to say that everything you hear is true. 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.760 I hope it is. 00:08:42.760 --> 00:08:44.480 But we've got to check. 00:08:46.100 --> 00:08:47.920 Because look at verse 10. 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:52.700 The people that are being described here in verse 10. 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:56.540 Are those who are within the church. 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:57.860 They haven't come from outside. 00:08:57.980 --> 00:08:59.620 They're actually in the church. 00:09:00.540 --> 00:09:03.540 They are described as mere talkers. 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:05.660 Hot air bags. 00:09:05.800 --> 00:09:06.640 Full of gas. 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:08.279 Empty. 00:09:09.779 --> 00:09:11.220 Meaningless promises. 00:09:11.539 --> 00:09:13.279 That they give out to people. 00:09:14.439 --> 00:09:16.360 In fact, as we read on in verse 10. 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:18.019 They are deceivers. 00:09:19.740 --> 00:09:22.919 They take you away from what is good and pure. 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:24.120 And right. 00:09:24.699 --> 00:09:27.799 And lead you down a dodgy path. 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.399 In fact, when we dig a little bit deeper. 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:34.259 We discover that they're actually in it. 00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:35.840 For a very selfish motive. 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:37.540 Look at the very end of verse 11. 00:09:40.180 --> 00:09:42.740 They teach things they ought not to teach. 00:09:43.460 --> 00:09:46.040 And that for the sake of dishonest gain. 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:49.920 They're out to make a quick buck. 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:52.800 Or get a bit of money out of you. 00:09:53.660 --> 00:09:56.759 For those who will listen to their deceptive teaching. 00:09:58.139 --> 00:10:00.740 I think we've all seen them on television. 00:10:00.920 --> 00:10:03.220 Or perhaps even witnessed or heard them ourselves. 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:05.720 Give to Jesus right now. 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:08.300 Sow a seed of 100 euro. 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:10.700 Give it to this ministry. 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:11.940 Or give it to this pastor. 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:16.960 And the Lord is going to return many, many blessings upon you. 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:20.560 Perhaps even through your giving. 00:10:20.560 --> 00:10:24.639 They will promise you healing of cancer. 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:26.780 And healing of all kinds of things. 00:10:27.160 --> 00:10:29.320 Just if you do these simple things. 00:10:31.660 --> 00:10:36.060 All out to make a quick buck from their deceptive teaching. 00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:44.299 Now I think we're beginning to understand how important it is for Megan and for all of us. 00:10:44.719 --> 00:10:49.199 To know that what we listen to and what we believe is actually true. 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:53.860 That's why in this letter to Titus. 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:59.560 Who is telling us that there must be leaders who will teach pure doctrine. 00:10:59.900 --> 00:11:00.879 Look at verse 9. 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:03.360 Titus. 00:11:03.540 --> 00:11:05.560 He's been sent to these churches. 00:11:05.820 --> 00:11:07.180 And he's told there in verse 9. 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:08.700 That he must hold firmly. 00:11:09.400 --> 00:11:11.560 To the trustworthy message. 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:13.580 As it has been taught. 00:11:13.580 --> 00:11:18.360 So that he can encourage others by sound or pure doctrine. 00:11:19.100 --> 00:11:21.540 And refute those who oppose it. 00:11:23.180 --> 00:11:29.780 In fact, verse 11 tells us he must silence those who are teaching wrong things. 00:11:29.780 --> 00:11:33.420 He must stop them from spreading their harmful teaching. 00:11:34.680 --> 00:11:35.680 Or verse 13. 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.400 The end of verse 13. 00:11:37.540 --> 00:11:39.500 He is to rebuke them sharply. 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:43.240 So that they will be sound in the faith. 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:45.759 Confront them and correct them. 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:49.580 So that they will teach and believe what is pure. 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:56.700 So all of a sudden it's become quite an urgent matter, hasn't it? 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:59.440 Why do we need pure doctrine? 00:12:00.680 --> 00:12:04.700 Well, because it's going to protect us from going astray. 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:09.919 And to protect us from harmful and dangerous teachings. 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:14.500 So that's the first part. 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:16.599 The second part is this. 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.959 How can we actually identify pure doctrine? 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:23.419 It's well for you, Johnny, to be saying, 00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:25.000 Listen to my teaching. 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.620 I'm telling you what's true. 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:29.919 Well, how do you know if I'm telling you is... 00:12:30.479 --> 00:12:32.659 How do you know what I'm saying is true? 00:12:32.659 --> 00:12:36.459 And that the person over there is saying something false. 00:12:37.219 --> 00:12:39.019 I could be a false teacher. 00:12:40.079 --> 00:12:41.379 How are you going to know? 00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:48.600 Well, there are three simple tests to apply to identify pure doctrine. 00:12:49.219 --> 00:12:50.399 The first one is this. 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.159 We need to check out the source of the message. 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:58.059 Look at how these false teachers are described. 00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:59.319 Again, look at verse 10. 00:13:00.219 --> 00:13:04.399 The first phrase he uses there are they are rebellious people. 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:07.360 Well, what does that mean? 00:13:08.199 --> 00:13:09.639 To be rebellious. 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.919 Well, they are those... 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:13.339 Look at the end of verse 14. 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:16.699 The last little phrase there. 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:20.379 They are those who reject the truth. 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:25.019 They rebel against the authority of truth. 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:28.159 They do not submit to the truth. 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:34.200 But where does this truth come from that they are rejecting? 00:13:34.779 --> 00:13:37.240 Where's the source of this truth? 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:39.000 How can we actually check it out? 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:43.159 Well, look at chapter 1, verse 2. 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.940 Right at the very beginning, he set this out 00:13:46.940 --> 00:13:51.740 so that we are absolutely clear as to the source of the truth. 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:53.220 He talks about this truth. 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:55.280 He explains it like this, verse 2. 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.580 A faith and knowledge 00:13:56.580 --> 00:14:00.380 which is resting on the hope of eternal life 00:14:00.380 --> 00:14:04.040 which God, who does not lie, 00:14:05.420 --> 00:14:08.340 promised before the beginning of time. 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:11.200 So this truth comes from God. 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:14.500 And at his appointed season, 00:14:15.160 --> 00:14:18.200 he brought his word to light 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:21.800 through the preaching entrusted to me 00:14:21.800 --> 00:14:24.960 by the command of God, our Saviour. 00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:27.620 You see, the source of this truth 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:30.080 originates not with a person, 00:14:30.900 --> 00:14:32.320 but if we keep going back, 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.100 it originates with God 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:37.580 and his spoken word to us. 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:40.420 So the way Titus was to know 00:14:40.420 --> 00:14:43.139 if this doctrine was pure or impure 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.379 was to check it 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:46.520 against the source, 00:14:46.660 --> 00:14:48.139 the truth of God's word. 00:14:48.780 --> 00:14:50.400 And we have this same word 00:14:50.400 --> 00:14:51.639 written down for us now. 00:14:52.020 --> 00:14:54.160 We're reading part of this word right now, 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.480 this letter of Titus, 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:57.420 so we can do our own checking. 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:02.960 So, how does Megan know 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:05.940 what she has been taught is true? 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:09.440 Well, listen to her own story. 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:10.940 These are her own words 00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:14.980 which are written in that little flyer. 00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:16.140 Listen to these words. 00:15:17.060 --> 00:15:17.620 Megan says, 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:19.940 I began regularly attending a church 00:15:19.940 --> 00:15:20.940 as a young child. 00:15:22.040 --> 00:15:25.440 Thankfully, this was a Bible-believing church. 00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:28.940 And the Lord began using my experiences 00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:32.760 at Sunday school to teach me about himself. 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:35.260 Well, how did she know if that was true? 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:38.259 Well, I received a Bible of my own 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:39.600 and began reading it. 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:43.379 The Lord was teaching and leading me 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:45.960 through my time spent with an aunt and uncle 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:47.279 who were both Christians. 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.100 How do we know they were saying the truth? 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:53.000 Well, during one summer spent with them 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.819 when I was 12, 00:15:53.939 --> 00:15:56.039 my aunt had been taking time to read 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.299 through the scriptures with me. 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:01.980 Megan was simply learning the truth 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:03.759 from the source. 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:07.300 And what about this notion of being baptized? 00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:08.740 Where did that come from? 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.560 Well, again, listen to what Megan says. 00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:13.620 As I read through scripture, 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:16.600 it became clear that baptism 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.779 is a sign of salvation 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:20.659 and it's something all believers 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:22.480 are called to do. 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:25.800 Everything that Megan believes and follows 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.500 is from the source of God's word. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:30.179 It's not my word. 00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:31.859 It's not anybody else's word. 00:16:32.079 --> 00:16:34.779 It's the truth of God's word. 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.359 Any other message is man-made. 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.139 It's empty. 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:40.659 And it cannot be trusted. 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:43.919 So we check the source. 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.319 The second check is this. 00:16:45.859 --> 00:16:47.939 Check out the heart of the message. 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:52.180 We're told what was central to their teaching. 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:54.080 Look at verse 13. 00:16:55.560 --> 00:16:58.360 We'll pick it up just into verse 13. 00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:58.720 It says, 00:16:59.040 --> 00:17:00.240 Therefore, rebuke them sharply 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.180 so that they will be sound in the faith 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:05.160 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:07.559 or to the commands of those 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.940 who reject the truth. 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:11.279 So this is a bit confusing. 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.740 They were teaching Jewish myths 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:16.340 and man-made commands. 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:18.839 Well, what's a Jewish myth 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:20.220 and what's a man-made command? 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.619 Well, you know what? 00:17:22.679 --> 00:17:23.259 I don't know 00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:25.179 because it actually doesn't tell us 00:17:25.179 --> 00:17:26.599 precisely what it is. 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:29.179 But we are given a hint. 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:33.199 So if you turn back a few pages 00:17:33.199 --> 00:17:34.539 to 1 Timothy. 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:36.339 So keep your finger in Titus 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:39.759 and go back and you'll see 2 Timothy. 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:41.579 Go back another page. 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.599 1 Timothy. 00:17:43.459 --> 00:17:46.319 And we want to go to 1 Timothy chapter 1. 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:52.740 1 Timothy chapter 1 and verse 3. 00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:55.039 So Paul, the same author, 00:17:55.199 --> 00:17:58.000 is writing similar things to Timothy. 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:02.199 Chapter 1 verse 3. 00:18:02.399 --> 00:18:03.480 So he says to Timothy, 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:05.980 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, 00:18:06.139 --> 00:18:07.399 stay there in Ephesus 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.600 so that you may command certain men 00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:15.540 not to teach false or impure doctrines any longer, 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:18.860 nor to devote themselves to myths 00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:22.000 and endless genealogies. 00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:25.920 These endless genealogies were kind of like 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:29.940 being able to tie yourself into a particular line 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:32.700 and if you could tie yourself to a particular people group 00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:33.539 or a line, 00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:35.940 well then that would make you better than other people. 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:40.259 These promote controversies 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:42.779 rather than God's work 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:45.080 which is by faith. 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.860 You see, God's work 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:50.420 here is the work of salvation. 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:53.160 It's the offer of eternal life 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:54.039 which is received, 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:55.299 as we see in verse 4, 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.559 by faith. 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.460 In other words, 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:59.879 the way to receive new and eternal life 00:18:59.879 --> 00:19:02.779 is by faith in what Jesus has done. 00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:05.179 But these false teachers 00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:07.720 were teaching a myth. 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:10.079 They were saying that salvation 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.019 could be achieved 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:13.339 by following man-made commands, 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:16.579 by identifying yourself 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:18.559 with these endless genealogies, 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:21.259 saying that you belong to a certain people group 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.759 or a list of people 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:24.359 and if you were kind of in that bunch, 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.819 then you were okay. 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.539 This is impure doctrine. 00:19:30.639 --> 00:19:33.279 And there are many similar impure doctrines 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:35.099 that get floated around today 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:37.899 to say this is how you can be right with God. 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:40.019 Let me tell you one. 00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:42.500 There's a myth today 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:46.200 that the act of baptism will save you. 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:49.000 That if you are baptised, 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:51.619 sprinkled or dunked 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:54.259 as an infant or as an adult, 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:56.379 that somehow that very act 00:19:56.379 --> 00:19:58.519 is going to make you right before God. 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:02.359 Well, the Bible is very clear to say 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:04.720 that baptism will not save you. 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:07.259 No work or effort on our part 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.339 will save us. 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.519 It's a myth. 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.839 It's empty. 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.440 It's hollow. 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.359 It's not true. 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:14.199 It's only God 00:20:14.199 --> 00:20:16.179 who can make us right. 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:19.899 Go back to Titus with me 00:20:19.899 --> 00:20:25.939 and look at Titus chapter 3 verse 4 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:29.380 and we'll see that it is simply 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:32.299 through what God has done for us. 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:34.299 Not through any myth 00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:37.120 or not through any man-made commands. 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:39.559 Titus chapter 3 verse 4 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:54.519 Listen to how Megan puts it. 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.679 Again, this is taken directly 00:20:56.679 --> 00:20:58.359 from her words. 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:02.299 We talked about how all people 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.819 have sinned and fallen short 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.859 of God's glory 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:07.079 and are in need of Jesus Christ, 00:21:07.179 --> 00:21:08.219 the perfect Saviour. 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:11.539 I learned of Christ's work on the cross 00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:13.439 and how he lived a sinless life, 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:15.559 was crucified and rose again. 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.240 He suffered the punishment 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.179 that we deserve 00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:19.740 so that those who believe 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:21.379 are saved from death 00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:23.379 and separation from God 00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:25.839 and given the gift of eternal life 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.779 with the Lord. 00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:28.819 Upon hearing the message 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.599 of the Gospel, 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:31.539 I became convicted 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:33.000 of my own weakness 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:35.059 and need for Christ. 00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:37.160 I turned to him 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.660 asking for forgiveness 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.680 of my sins 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:42.899 and trusted in Jesus Christ. 00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:47.440 The heart of the message 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:49.599 is all about a person, 00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:51.180 Jesus Christ. 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.859 If we are hearing other things, 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.559 then it's only going 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.639 to lead us astray. 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:57.860 So that's the second test. 00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.520 Check out the heart 00:21:59.520 --> 00:22:01.160 of the message. 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:03.660 The third test is this. 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:05.400 Check out the effect 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.220 of the message. 00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:09.140 Because the proof 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:14.140 is if this message is true, 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.820 it will be seen 00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:16.940 in the transformation 00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:19.080 of a person's life. 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:21.620 If the message is true, 00:22:22.320 --> 00:22:23.060 it will be seen 00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:23.960 in the transformation 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.240 of a person's life. 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:27.620 Look how these false teachers 00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:29.100 are described 00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:30.220 in verse 16 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.720 of chapter 1. 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.980 Look carefully. 00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:36.460 Chapter 1, verse 16. 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.740 They claim to know God, 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:41.579 but by their actions 00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:43.279 they deny him. 00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.680 They are detestable, 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.019 disobedient, 00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.180 and unfit 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.500 for doing anything good. 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:51.480 You see, 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.579 anybody can say, 00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.819 oh, I believe. 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:56.839 I can stand before you 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.740 right now and say, 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.220 I believe in God. 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.579 I have the truth. 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.680 Listen to me. 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.799 Well, the real test 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:07.859 is not only to listen 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.640 to their words 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.819 and to check it out 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:11.099 with Scripture 00:23:11.099 --> 00:23:12.220 and to check it out 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:14.460 with what it's actually saying, 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:16.059 but we must also look 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.860 at the life 00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.940 of the people. 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.420 Look what it says 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.240 in verse 16. 00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:22.220 They claim to know God, 00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.640 but their actions 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.620 deny him. 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.480 So someone who claims 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.660 to have the truth, 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.960 but then their life 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.960 is marked by 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.340 a quick temper 00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:36.360 or by lies 00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.079 and greed 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.200 or drunkenness, 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.039 well, it's evidence 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.200 that they are teaching 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.180 or believing 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:43.960 a false message. 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.140 On the other hand, 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.019 if we believe 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.019 what is true, 00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.840 then our life 00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.519 will be marked 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.440 by all kinds 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.160 of good things. 00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.160 Hospitality, 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:55.140 a self-controlled life, 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.860 upright, 00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.400 holy, 00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.640 and disciplined. 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.299 So, 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.720 if you want to know 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.140 if what Megan believes 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.039 is true, 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.319 look at her life. 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.100 Listen to how 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.059 Megan speaks. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:13.120 to other people. 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.539 Is it gentle 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:16.420 or is it harsh? 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.039 Watch how Megan 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.420 behaves in public. 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.920 Is she other-centered 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:25.620 or is she self-centered? 00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.799 Well, I have watched 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:31.160 and I have listened 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:33.299 and I'm sure many of you 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.580 have done exactly the same. 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.200 And I can say 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.220 there is no doubt 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:39.340 that what Megan believes 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.379 is true 00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:42.679 because her life 00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:44.299 shows it. 00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:46.179 It's a transformed life. 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.199 So, 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:50.079 three very simple tests 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.299 to identify 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.919 pure doctrine. 00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:53.980 Check the source, 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.759 check out the heart, 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.939 and check out the effect 00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:59.199 of the message. 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.199 The last thing 00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:01.119 that we're going to look at 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.899 is simply this. 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:04.100 It's all great, 00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.000 pure doctrine, 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.460 wonderful, 00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.980 but what difference 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.380 is it actually going to make 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.560 to my life? 00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:11.000 Well, 00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:12.360 it does this to us. 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:14.080 It makes us pure 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:15.480 before God. 00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.519 Look at verse 15. 00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:19.080 We haven't forgotten 15, 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.019 so here we are. 00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.340 Let's read it. 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.240 To the pure, 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.340 all things are pure. 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.919 But to those 00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.759 who are corrupted 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.119 and do not believe, 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.919 nothing is pure. 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.220 You see, 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.799 to be pure 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.619 in this context 00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:34.099 is to be forgiven 00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:35.139 of all of our sin, 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.259 to be washed 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.220 of all our guilt 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.539 and cleansed 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.759 from all of our shame. 00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:42.019 Those who have heard 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.159 pure doctrine, 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.240 those who have heard 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.959 the trustworthy message 00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:47.559 about Jesus Christ 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.939 and have trusted in him, 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.659 are now treated 00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:52.859 by God 00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:54.139 as if you are pure. 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.759 As God now looks 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.319 at Megan, 00:25:58.679 --> 00:26:00.500 he sees a pure life 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.019 because he sees 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.399 Christ in her. 00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.119 You see, 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.899 pure doctrine, 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.179 the truth about Jesus, 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.459 is like a hot shower 00:26:11.459 --> 00:26:13.279 after you've been working 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.339 in a muddy garden. 00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:17.279 It cleans you. 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.519 And what this 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:21.459 truth about God's word 00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:22.659 as we trust in Jesus, 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.619 it cleans us 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.919 not just on the outside, 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.759 it cleans us 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.500 deep inside, 00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.619 a real deep 00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.839 inside cleansing. 00:26:30.979 --> 00:26:31.639 And baptism, 00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.359 as we'll see 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.159 in just a minute, 00:26:33.479 --> 00:26:34.979 is a picture of that. 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.919 The water that's there, 00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.079 well, 00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:39.099 that isn't going to make 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.879 Megan pure 00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:41.299 or anybody else pure. 00:26:41.959 --> 00:26:43.039 The water isn't going 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.199 to deal with her guilt 00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.979 or her shame. 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:47.679 It's trust in Jesus Christ. 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:50.299 going down into the water 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.460 is saying that 00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.860 Jesus has died 00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.779 for my sin. 00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.880 He's taken the blame 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:56.000 for all the wrong things 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.580 that I've done. 00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.420 Coming up out of the water, 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.840 and we always make sure 00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.560 this happens, 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.740 otherwise it would be 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.340 disastrous, 00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:04.160 is to say, 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:04.980 yes, 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.440 this is a new life 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.539 that Megan now has 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.519 through her trust 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.700 in Jesus. 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.560 This is what makes us 00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:13.759 pure in God's sight. 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:16.839 to be treated 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:18.700 by God 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.700 as he treats 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.519 his own son. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.160 Incredible. 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.980 That's what this teaching 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.099 will do for us. 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:28.319 But it's much more 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.900 than that. 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.000 Look at the rest 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.779 of verse 15. 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.660 To the pure, 00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.940 all things 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.900 are pure. 00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.019 It's telling us 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.759 that we now live 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.400 a completely different way. 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.859 We now see 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:41.079 that all that God 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.240 has given to us 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.880 is something pure 00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.599 and beautiful. 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.460 The relationships 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.380 that we have 00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.120 and enjoy, 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.539 our families, 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.599 our work, 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.759 our interests, 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:53.160 are no longer 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.460 used and abused 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.660 in an impure way 00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.779 to try and get out 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.400 of them things 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.339 for ourselves. 00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.839 Instead, 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.740 they've now become 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.200 pure to us. 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.160 Something beautiful. 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.680 They are gifts 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.660 that we receive 00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.319 from God 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.759 with thanksgiving, 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.579 and they are gifts 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.480 to be enjoyed 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.759 and celebrated. 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:14.099 Everything becomes 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.779 pure 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.759 to those 00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.299 who have been 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.940 made pure. 00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.059 Our whole life 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.539 is radically changed. 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.059 But, 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:26.819 look at verse 15. 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.720 To those 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:29.680 who are corrupted, 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.220 to those 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.859 who have been 00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.539 believing 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:34.500 an impure doctrine 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.880 or following 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:37.799 corrupt teaching, 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:41.500 and do not believe 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.619 nothing is pure. 00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.759 In fact, 00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.440 their minds 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.559 and consciences 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:47.259 have been corrupted. 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.460 Every good gift 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.000 that God 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.879 has given to us 00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:52.139 is just simply 00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:53.419 ruined and destroyed 00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:54.259 because we're just 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.299 looking to it 00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.299 and we try and 00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.180 take from it 00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.180 something that 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.980 only God 00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.619 can give us, 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.779 which is a pure life. 00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:04.119 impure doctrine 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:06.660 will ruin you 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:08.500 and destroy you. 00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.079 Pure doctrine, 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.740 the teaching 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.139 about Jesus Christ, 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.799 makes all 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.559 the difference. 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.960 It makes you pure, 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.779 treated as pure, 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.299 and lets you live 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.899 a life 00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:24.079 of purity. 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:27.359 So, 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.000 let me ask 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.619 this question 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.199 in closing. 00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.939 What 00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:32.099 are we 00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.980 listening to? 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.019 What are we 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.359 hearing? 00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:38.220 What are we 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.299 actually believing 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.679 in 00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:41.279 and trusting in? 00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.579 Because 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.439 only pure 00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:44.960 doctrine, 00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.980 the trustworthy 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.939 message of 00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:49.039 Jesus Christ, 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.220 will save you 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.879 and change 00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.439 your life. 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.299 that's what 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.980 Megan has 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.299 done. 00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.179 Trusted 00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:59.679 in the pure 00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.179 doctrine, 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:01.240 the trustworthy 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.059 message of 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.859 Jesus Christ, 00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:04.599 her life has 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.399 been saved 00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:08.139 and her life 00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:09.019 is being 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.779 changed. 00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.699 That's not 00:30:11.699 --> 00:30:12.339 only true 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.299 of Megan, 00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:13.899 it can be 00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:15.019 true for 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.879 every one of 00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:17.199 us as well. 00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.740 What do we 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.299 listen to 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.879 and what do 00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.299 we believe 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.559 in? 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:24.159 let's 00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.500 pray 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.460 together. 00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.059 Father, 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.559 thank you 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.960 that you 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.339 have given 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:37.500 us your 00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.960 word, 00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.179 the truth. 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.859 We thank you 00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.379 that it is 00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:41.279 not a cold 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.759 word, 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:43.179 but it is a 00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.279 truth about 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.000 your son, 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.440 the Lord 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.839 Jesus, 00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.319 who has 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.139 done so 00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.779 much for 00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.159 us. 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.860 thank you 00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.200 for the 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.700 story, 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.180 for the 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.640 testimony 00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.259 of Megan. 00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:55.680 Thank you 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:55.980 for the 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.460 work that 00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.840 you've done 00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.259 in her 00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.660 life. 00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:59.340 We pray 00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.720 that you 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.040 would go 00:31:00.040 --> 00:31:00.779 on changing 00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.380 her to be 00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.960 more like 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.660 you every 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.980 day, 00:31:04.060 --> 00:31:05.160 always trusting 00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.440 in the 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.900 Saviour, 00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:08.880 Jesus Christ. 00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.240 And we 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.980 pray for us 00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.620 all that in 00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.540 all times and 00:31:12.540 --> 00:31:13.220 all occasions 00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.480 we would 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.360 listen carefully 00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:16.019 to what we 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.480 believe, 00:31:17.300 --> 00:31:17.720 that we 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.420 would trust 00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.900 you in 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:20.100 all circumstances, 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.040 and that we 00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:22.620 would know a 00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.220 life being 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.420 changed day 00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.980 by day. 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.140 We pray 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.900 that you 00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.340 will help 00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.900 us for the 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.380 rest of our 00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:30.140 time together 00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:31.519 as we share 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.320 over tea and 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.880 coffee and 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.259 chat, 00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.259 that it 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.680 would be an 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.180 encouragement 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.019 to us all. 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.359 In Jesus' 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.160 name we 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.519 pray. 00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.779 Amen. 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.720 Well, 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.279 we're going 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.900 to sing 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.500 this song 00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.920 which has 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.539 been chosen 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.180 by Megan. 00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.079 Immediately 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.839 after the 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.099 song, 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.740 just remain 00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.539 seated where 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.440 you are.