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second Timothy chapter 2 and we'll look

at verse 15 second Timothy 2:15 study to

show thyself approved unto God a workman

that needeth not to be ashamed rightly

dividing the word of truth

so Tekkit 2nd Timothy 2:15 tells us to

study the God it's written as a command

study to show thyself approved unto God

and then it tells us how we are to study

a workman that needeth not to be rightly

dividing the word of truth

we're manded rightly divide the word of

truth which means that the Bible must

have divisions in other words if the

Bible didn't have divisions it wouldn't

make sense to divide it but since we're

commanded to divide it it must have

divisions since we are commanded to

rightly divide it it must be very

possible there's a risk that people will

wrongly divide it I don't know about

your experience I'll tell you what mine

was when I first got saved I was under

the understanding that the Bible is

God's love letters to man

and since the Bible is God's love

letters to man you can simply open the

Bible and put your finger down and

anywhere you read its intended for you

well things don't work that way all of

the Bible is true but not all of the

Bible applies at the same point in time

for example none of you have built an

ark today right even though it's the had

a lot of rain in Ohio

no one has built an ark because we all

know that God's not going to flood the

earth again and none of you offer an

animal sacrifice for your sins even

though Leviticus tells us to because we

understand that that was art of

Revelation that was given in time past

but it's not applicable today now what I

want to notice there's a there's an

interesting connection here that it's

just worth taking the time to understand

so look with me at second 3215 again

study to show thyself approved unto God

a workman that needeth not to be and

then it uses the word ashamed

what 2nd Timothy 2:15 indicates is that

there is shame in not rightly dividing

the word of truth get with me we're

going to come back to 2nd Timothy but

get first Corinthians 3 now while you're

getting first Corinthians 3 let me just

remind you briefly of the simplicity of

the gospel so 1st Corinthians 15 says

Paul says moreover brethren I declare

unto you the gospel in verse 3 he says

for I delivered unto you first of all

that which I also received how that

Christ died for our sins according to

the scriptures and then he was buried

then he rose again the third day

according to the scriptures so 1st

Corinthians 15 lays out the gospel in

simple terms Christ died for our sins

was buried and rose again the third day

Ephesians 2:8 9 says for by grace are

you saved through faith and that not of

yourselves it is the gift of God not of

works lest any man should boast

in other words salvation is by grace

through faith in an instant your works

have nothing to do with your salvation

so 1st Corinthians 15 says the gospel as

Christ died for your sins

Ephesians 2 says the way you get saved

is you have faith you have faith in the

gospel you're not saved by works you're

not saved by by tithing or church

membership or water baptism we're

keeping anything

or any of those things you're saved by

grace through faith in a moment when you

trust what Christ did for you on the

cross and shedding his blood now when

you present the gospel clearly here's

what happens people will say to you it

can't be that easy they will say to you

well you think that you can get saved

and then still sin and the answer of

course is yes that's what scripture says

the reason why people struggle with that

is it feels to them like someone is

getting away with something that in

other words I say I believe the gospel

but then I do all these bad things and

I'm still saved how can that be right

look with me at 1st Corinthians 3 and in

1st Corinthians 3 I just want to look a

bit chart for a minute after the

catching up of the body of Christ the

last event of the dispensation of grace

is when people commonly call the rapture

scripture calls it the adoption 1st

Thessalonians 4 refers to being caught

up in other words the body of Christ

departs from the earth and receives new

bodies at that point in time spiritual

bodies that were designed to inhabit for

all eternity

after the catching up the next event

that happens is the judgment seat of

Christ which we're going to read about

in 1st Corinthians 3 so let's look at

this together

1st Corinthians 3 10 according to the

grace of God which is given unto me the

me is clearly Paul since he's the author

of 1st Corinthians as a wise

masterbuilder I have laid the foundation

and another buildeth thereon but let

every man take heed how he buildeth

thereupon for other foundation can no

man lay than that is laid which is Jesus

Christ so Paul's the wise masterbuilder

he laid the foundation the foundation is

Jesus Christ so building upon a

foundation other than Jesus Christ is

totally worthless the Lord Jesus Christ

as I am the way the truth and the life

no man come

the father but by me there is no hope

for mankind apart from Jesus Christ look

at verse 12 now if any man build upon

this foundation gold silver precious

hones wood precious stones wood hay

stubble every man's work shall be made

manifest for the day shall declare it

because it shall be revealed by fire and

the fire shall try every man's work of

what sort it is so what Paul says is he

laid the foundation which is Christ and

then every man can choose how he builds

upon that foundation he can choose the

building material the six ones that are

listed are gold silver precious stones

wood hay and stubble they're going to be

tested by fire well if your building is

going to be tested by fire doesn't

matter what you build with sure you may

remember a famous very deep complicated

story called the three little pigs right

and the three little pigs is a is a

parable about building materials isn't

it right if the big bad wolf is coming

you don't want to build with straw or

hay or I can't remember what sticks or

whatever it was you need to build with

the more durable substance well at the

judgment seat of Christ it's an

evaluation of what people build with

isn't it look at verse 14 if any man's

work abide so this is clearly a judgment

of a man's work you can see that if any

man's work abide which he hath built

thereupon he shall receive a reward in

verse 14 for the man's work to abide the

fire it must have been gold silver

precious stones it must have been

something that was not flammable notice

verse 15 if any man's work shall be

burned so verse 15 is obviously about

building with wood hay and stubble he

shall suffer loss the loss that

suffered in verse 15 is the loss of

reward mentioned in verse 14 it is not

the loss of salvation how do I know that

what does the next phrase say but he

himself shall be saved so let me just

give you an overview of how life works

and let's start if you will from being

an infant so as an infant you're not

lost did you do you know that look with

me at Romans 7 this would be a good this

would be a good to cover look with me at

Romans 7 verse 9 for I was alive without

the law once but when the commandment

came sin revived and I died here's the

way that life works an infant doesn't

have knowledge of the law they don't

have knowledge of their guilt and so

what happens is they are spiritually

alive according to Romans 7 verse 9 if

they happen to die during that time

prior to the knowledge of the law what

God does is he attributes the sacrifice

of Jesus Christ to their account so when

someone dies in infancy they end up in

heaven because God attributes the

sacrifice of Jesus Christ to on their

behalf I don't know if you've ever

observed this but there are some folks

that will become older in life you know

40 50 years old but they'll have mental

limitations in terms of their

understanding and if you've ever

interacted with those folks they tend to

be very happy joyful people and the

reason why is they're spiritually alive what

what

the law does so look with me at Romans

three look at romans 3:19 now we know

that what thing soever the law saith it

saith to them who are under the law

notice what it then says that every

mouth may be stopped and all the world

may become guilty before God therefore

by the deeds of the law there shall no

flesh be justified in his sight for by

the law is the knowledge of sin as you

talk to people you will encounter folks

that believe that they're keeping the

Ten Commandments and therefore they're

going to please God now that's a mistake

because first of all if you're under the

law do you have to keep just ten

commandments no there are six hundred

points of the law and by the way when

you look at the law the law has specific

regulations as to how you handle a

bird's nest just curiosity as it would

be this week we discovered a bird's nest

in our garage what had happened is we

had some folks out painting and the

garage was open we've been gone for a

little bit we came back there's a bird's

nest in the garage if we're under the

Old Testament law there's specific

regulations as to what we're supposed to

do in handling a bird's nest there are

specific regulations in the Old

Testament law about the type of clothing

you can wear and the type of threads it

can have there are specific regulations

in the Old Testament law about what the

roof of your house should look like now

the reason I tell you that is here's

what people think they think they're

gonna please God by keeping the law

because they haven't committed murder

right the law is expansive it tells you

how to deal with birds nests it tells

you how to build the roof of your house

it tells you what type of threat

you can wearing your clothing you follow

me in other words the law is incredibly

burdensome what Romans 3 says is the the

law makes the whole world guilty is what

it says and then verse 27 for by the law

is the knowledge of sin people have this

idea that what happens is they're going

to keep the commandments and God's going

to be pleased because they didn't rob a

bank or kill anyone know what the law

does is the law holds up a perfect

standard of righteousness men fail to

keep it the law creates a perfect

standard of righteousness men fail to

keep it and the purpose of the law is to

declare people guilty the law doesn't

justify you it gives you the knowledge

of sin so let's go back to the infant

the infant starts off and the infant is

spiritually alive according to Romans 7

verse 9 but then what happens Paul says

but when the commandment came sin

revived and I died when you come to an

understanding of the law you know what

it makes you guilty and then because it

makes you guilty what you need to do is

you need to find the solution for your

sins and the solution is what Jesus

Christ did when he died on the cross for

your sins that's resolved in a moment in

an instant when you believe the gospel

now let's go forward from there so

what's next what do you do after you

believe the gospel well what I would

suggest to you is that what the rest of

your life should be about it should be

about serving the Lord Jesus Christ and

what I want you to understand is this

after you're saved what the rest of life

is according to 1st Corinthians 3 is you

build with gold silver precious stones

or wood hay stubble in other words

everyday you get to decide what

your activities are what your work is

what you do and you are either building

with gold silver precious stones or wood

hay stubble when you show up at the

judgment seat of Christ it will be

evaluated now what that should do

hopefully is that should give you

clarity as to the question or the

objection well you can get saved and

then sin and you get away with it you

don't get away with it it's evaluated at

the judgment seat of Christ and it

determines your reward people will say

if you preach grace you're saying it

doesn't matter how I live all contraire

it does matter how you live because it

will be evaluated at the judgment seat

of Christ now you're in first

Corinthians 3 or you're not but let's go

back there I want you to notice

something so in first Corinthians 3 see

how it talks about gold silver precious

stones wood hay stubble one of the

questions you might naturally have is

okay what's the gold silver precious

stones wood hay stubble well what what

is that referring to and there are

verses in the Old Testament particularly

in Proverbs that would liken gold and

silver to knowledge and wisdom what's

fascinating is this if you run the

Pauline cross references in other words

if you take the word gold and you get in

a Bible search program and you say what

else does Paul say about gold or you

take the term silver and you say what

else does Paul say about silver because

that's the way you find the verses that

interconnect and explain the doctrine

what you notice is that it

points you to one very clear place

second Timothy to and you see we're

coming full circle to where we started

get second Timothy chapter 2 look at

verse 20 2nd Timothy 2 verse 20 but in a

great house there are not only vessels

of gold and of silver but also of wood

and of Earth notice and some to honor

and some to dishonor what verse 20 is

saying is that in any great house there

remain if you will formal vessels and

informal vessels in other words there's

the fancy china that you have and then

there's the paper plates if you will

there's different vessels and what it's

telling you there is there are some

vessels of gold and silver but there's

also ones that are wood of earth and

then it describes some as some to honor

and some to dishonor they go up to verse

16 what we just looked at in 2nd Timothy

2 verse 20 is what I believed to be the

key cross-reference to understand the

gold silver precious stones wood hay

stubble of 1st Corinthians 3 look at

verse 16 and let's get the context but

shun profane and vain babblings for they

will increase unto more ungodliness what

Paul's saying there in he's warning

Timothy there's going to be vain and

profane babblings within Christendom

there is a lot of just nonsense teaching

I believe that's what that's a reference

to and it would it then says here it's

gonna increase unto more ungodliness

it's gonna get worse and their word will

eat as doth a canker of whom is

if you good passage to read later today

is take a look at first Corinthians 11

and particularly first Corinthians 11 19

Paul says there must needs be heresies

that they which are approved may be made

manifest among you the key thing there I

want you to notice is Paul says there

has to be heresies in other words it's a

fairly common experience for people to

look out at Christendom and say hey why

can't we get our act together

there's disunity there are all of these

different teachings people don't agree

and they sort of have the hope that that

would change but if you think about what

Paul says there have to be heresies they

have to exist and they exist for the

purpose of making manifest and it

specifically says those that are

approved get first Corinthians 11 I was

quoting that to you but it's better for

you to see it with your eyes get first

Corinthians 11 first Corinthians 11

verse 19 first Corinthians 11 19 for

there must be also heresies among you

that they which are approved may be made

manifest among you approved is the same

word that we saw in 2nd Timothy 2:15 you

remember that study to show thyself

approved be approved in 2nd Timothy 2:15

relates to 1st Corinthians 11 19 so let

and I'll just do it this way Chris andum

tends to be obsessed with the red

letters we need to do what Jesus said in

acts 9 when Paul was on the road to

Damascus who appeared to him Jesus Christ

Christ

but people have this fascination of

Matthew Mark Luke and John is where we

need to focus our attention and what we

need to do I agree that we need to focus

on what the Lord Jesus Christ would have

us to do and if that's what you're going

to do you need to pay attention to the

most recent thing he said right

I mean think of it this way what if I in

the evening said to the children hey

guys time to get ready for bed

and then the next morning I said time to

get up can one of them raise their hand

and say well dad you're contradicting

yourself because one time you say it's

time to go to bed another time you say

it's time to get up make up your mind

well that's a silly response isn't it

because in context both of those

statements made sense and when I was

saying get up the prior context was no

longer applicable what the Lord gave his

revelation during the Gospels of course

was 100% to true 100% accurate but has

the calendar moved on it has is God

doing the same thing today that he was

then no he's not now if you think about

this if you think of many of the

confused practices that go on within crew

crew

by and large they are the result of the

failure to rightly divide the word of

truth there are people that teach water

baptism is required for salvation

can you teach that from the Scriptures

sure you can

you'd use mark 16:16 acts 2:38 at luke

729 there are verses that say that they

just don't happen to apply today when

Paul says there's one Lord one faith one

baptism are there verses that talk about

having a healing ministry sure there are

are there verses about tongues see that

all of these practices tend to have a

scriptural foundation but they're not

something that God is doing during the

dispensation of grace I don't think it's

a coincidence that in 2nd Timothy 2:15

when it says study to show thyself

approved it then immediately tells you

to do what rightly divide the word of

truth God is not honored when we focus

our energies on doing things that he's

not doing let me give another example

what if I were to say I have such a

strong faith in the Word of God that I'm

going to keep the entire Old Testament

law and I memorize Leviticus and

Deuteronomy and I keep it scrupulously

would that please God Romans 6:14 says

for ye are not under the law but under

grace so it's possible for me to study

the word and spend all sorts of effort

complying with parts of it and it not be

honoring to God because it is not what he

is currently doing right that's the case

get with me if you would go back to

second Timothy to second Timothy to look

at verse 17 and their word will eat as

doth a canker of whom is hymenaeus and

philetus notice verse 18 who concerning

the truth have erred notice what they

are saying saying that the resurrection

is passed already and overthrow the

faith of some what Paul is dealing with

in second Timothy 2:18 is a specific

timing error what some of the folks were

saying was what event had they missed

the resurrection the resurrection is

past already there are some folks that

teach this if the resurrection is past

70th week right if you missed the

resurrection then the prophecy program

has resumed what I want you to notice is

simply this the timing issues in your

Bible are not optional they are not

extra credits they're not superfluous

they are foundational to understanding

what's going on what you should be doing

at any point in time depends on

understanding what God is doing at that

time so in second Timothy 2:18 Paul is

dealing with a specific dispensational error

error

look at verse 19

nevertheless the foundation of God

standeth sure having this seal the Lord

knoweth them that are his and let

everyone that nameth the name of Christ

depart from iniquity does it matter how

you live well it everyone that name with

the name of Christ depart from iniquity

well obviously it does now let's look at

verse 20 and then verse 21 but in a

great house there are not only vessels

of gold and of silver but also of wooden

of Earth and some to honor and some to

dishonor so let me tell you this in and

some folks won't be happy to hear this

but it's the truth and so you just need

to know it people sometimes have the

idea that once you get saved and you

then know the grace message then

everything is going to be fine at the

judgment seat of Christ that's not

necessarily true when we were in 1st

Corinthians 3:13 it said the fire shall

try every man's work does it matter how

you live yes it does

the issue for you simply should be this

if you were to step back and say what is

the great question I need to resolve in

life the great question I need to

resolve as my salvation right number one

I thought that would just be soothing

for you to look at it after you solve

that question what's the next issue well

once you saw the issue of salvation your

eternal destiny is resolved you're

blessed with all spiritual blessings in

heavenly places all of those issues are

resolved they're done you don't eat you

don't need to worry about them

the thing that is uncertain is what your

reward will be

and therefore doesn't matter how you

live it matters now if you think about

second timothy 2 verse 20 take it for

what it says it says some to honor and

some to dishonor in the great house

are there different rewards are there

different positions there are and some

of them are ones to honor and some of

those are ones to dishonor now just to

be clear

you'd rather be there than the

alternative right there's really only

three things right there's vessels of on

or vessels of dishonor and you're in the

lake of fire so this one let's rule that

out as definitely a no-no right

but once you've resolved the issue of

being in heaven does it matter

how you live it does look at verse 21 if

a man therefore purge himself from these

and I believe that's a reference to the

vain babblings that we saw in verses 16

to 17 if a man therefore purge himself

from these he shall be a vessel unto

honor sanctified and meat for the

Masters use notice this and prepared

unto every good work so it does matter

how you live and what I want you to

notice about this is what is critical is

it starts from the right doctrinal

perspective so think about this with me

preaching John the Baptist gospel and I

just preached that as fervently and

accurately as I could

would that be a good thing to do it'd be

a terrible thing to do wouldn't it

because John the Baptist gospel is

Peter says in acts 2:38 repent and be

baptized for the remission of sins is

that how your salvation works today it

doesn't so what my encouragement to you

would be this the first issue in life is

to get saved the second one is to come

unto the knowledge of the truth because

coming unto the knowledge of the truth

will allow you to build with gold silver

precious stones I don't know if you've

ever done this have you ever been in a

house and you've seen something built

certain way and you thought to yourself

well gee I just if I could do it again I

wouldn't build it that way

wouldn't put the bathroom there I'd put

the bathroom over here right you've all

seen things where the things already

built and it's not optimal it would have

been better to do it another way well

think about 1st Corinthians 3 for a

minute at the judgment seat of Christ

Paul says Jesus Christ is the foundation

let every man take heed how he buildeth

thereupon is the fire of God's word

going to approve any unsound workmanship

it can't write and what that tells you

is there's going to be a lot of hard

work where people built with the wrong

materials a lot of hard work but it's

wood hay and stubble and when the fire

of God's Word evaluates it it's a lot of

wood but that's not a good thing and so

it's just going to be consumed which is

credit that means it's critical that we

rightly do what would divide the word of

truth so we know what God would have us

to do and here's key part and then we do

it there's actual work involved it's not

just head knowledge it's understanding

what God would have us to do and then

walking in that truth amen that's what I

wanted to cover there in the first half

so let's let's conclude there and then

we'll start up again at 11 o'clock

father God we thank you for your word we

thank you for preserving it for us we

just pray that you will be glorified and

all we do it's in the name of Lord Jesus

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