Southview Baptist Church
Do You Believe?: Breathe In, Breathe Out
Pastor Nathan Wakefield begins a new sermon series — Do You Believe? Practicing Doctrine — starting in 2 Timothy. This week we learn that even though we live in a fallen world marked by deception we can have confidence because God has breathed out truth, which is effective for our thorough equipping. Therefore, we must know and apply that truth. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
From The Baptist Faith and Message:
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
1. The problem: we live in a fallen world marked by deception and a lack of truth (10‑13).
• The characteristics of a Christ follower (faith, patience, love, endurance) are at odds with the fallen world.
• The one who follows Christ will face persecution.
• The deception of the world breeds more deception.
Action: Recognize the situation that we are in as Christ followers.
• The characteristics of a Christ follower (faith, patience, love, endurance) are at odds with the fallen world.
• The one who follows Christ will face persecution.
• The deception of the world breeds more deception.
Action: Recognize the situation that we are in as Christ followers.
2. The Solution: God‑breathed truth is available for our thorough equipping (14‑17).
• God's Word is truth.
• God's Word is God‑breathed.
• God's Word thoroughly equips.
Action: Recognize the significance of God's Word.
• God's Word is truth.
• God's Word is God‑breathed.
• God's Word thoroughly equips.
Action: Recognize the significance of God's Word.
3. The Action: Allow God's Word to work.
• Allow God's Word to save (2 Tim. 3:15).
• Allow God's Word to point (Luke 24:27).
• Allow God's Word to teach (Psalm 119:97‑100).
• Allow God's Word to encourage (Heb. 13:5).
• Allow God's Word to confront and convict (James 1:22‑25).
• Allow God's Word to guide (Psalm 119:105).
Action: Engage in God's Word this week.
• Allow God's Word to save (2 Tim. 3:15).
• Allow God's Word to point (Luke 24:27).
• Allow God's Word to teach (Psalm 119:97‑100).
• Allow God's Word to encourage (Heb. 13:5).
• Allow God's Word to confront and convict (James 1:22‑25).
• Allow God's Word to guide (Psalm 119:105).
Action: Engage in God's Word this week.
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