Timeless Truth In Truthless Times
Part of Sunday Messages & Discussion Questions
July 9, 2023
Jeremiah 7:28
So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.’
When truth dies, lies thrive. And when lies thrive, people die.
Jude 3
Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
Being held by the Truth of the Gospel is our common ground. Holding to Gospel Truth is the battle ground.
What time is it? It’s time to stand for timeless truth in the midst of truthless times.
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron…
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The further a society strays from truth, the more they will hate those who stand for truth.
John Hancock
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual…Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”
Discussion Questions
- What is the difference between the common ground of our salvation and the battle ground of our sanctification? (See Jude 3)
- What is the definition of “the faith” as it pertains to Jude 3? What does it look like to contend for the faith? (See Hebrews 5:12-14)
- Read Jeremiah 7:28. What does it look like in a nation where “truth has perished?” What are the consequences of truth dying?
- Discuss this quote: Hell has many ways, heaven but one. (See Matthew 7:13-14)
- What is the role of the Church during such truthless times? (See 2 Timothy 3:13-17)