A very important issue in any church is "Which teaching is the true doctrine? How can you tell?" Paul gave us the criteria to judge whether any teaching is true or false. Unfortunately, he started with human traditions and the spirit of the world which may imply that all human traditions are wrong. But the real test is about Christ which he spent a long paragraph telling who and what Christ is and had accomplished. Any teaching that goes against that is false and wrong. See the lessons below for details.
Lessons:
- #1 How to judge a false doctrine?
- not by arguing about what is worldly or human traditions
- but what they deny about who Christ is and what Christ had done for humans.
- #2 Who is Christ？
- Christ is God who came as a man to die for man's sins and was resurrected to give eternal life to man.
- #3 What Christ has done?
- 1 He filled us - Christ in Us
- 2 He is the Supreme Authority - King of Kings
- 3 He circumcised us spiritually, crucifying us with Him on the cross, removing our self-seeking flesh
- 4 He baptized
us --- crucified and raised us up with His resurrection - 5 He forgave all our sins.
- 6 He destroyed all that was against us --- our debt of condemnation. He fully paid our debt
- 7 Victory Over Spiritual Powers: He disarmed all other spiritual powers that are against us.
Prayers:
- Heavenly Father,
- Thank You for revealing Your truth through Your Word. Help us discern and reject false teachings that do not align with who Christ is and what He has done for us.
- Lord Jesus, You are the Almighty God who came to save us from our sins. Fill us with Your presence and empower us to live in obedience to Your Word.
- Thank You for forgiving our sins and canceling our debt of condemnation through Your sacrifice on the cross. Help us to walk in the freedom and victory You have secured for us.
- May Your authority reign in our lives, and may we always find our strength and identity in You alone.
- In Jesus' name, we pray.
- Amen.
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