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Robbed of the Truth ~vs~ Abundance of the Truth

Don Calvert ~ April 21, 2024
1 Timothy 6:3-10

Question: What happens to

within the church, your marriages, and your children when we to turn to what God has written to us in His Word?

Answer: Jesus’ church, your marriages, and your children are

of .
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1st Warning: Anyone who refuses to

Jesus’ teachings are teachers trying to God’s people of His truth.
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2nd Warning: Instead of being

, these teachers are conceited know-nothing -fighters who are spiritually .
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tυφόω [conceited] tuphóō: To be

in .
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vοσέω [unhealthy] noséō: To be .
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lογομαχία [Quarrels about words] logomachía:

- .
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Envy: The

of other people’s success or possessions.
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Strife: Antagonistic spirit, to argue, to quarrel, to dispute.
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Malicious Talk:

evil speech, to purposely damage a person’s reputation.
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Evil Suspicions:

evil opinions presented as true in order to destroy fellowship.
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Constant Friction:

strife with the intent to .
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One Truth –

must be in order for to grow within our lives.
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Key #1: Contentment is being satisfied in

you are, who you are, and what you have, not in what .
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Key #2:

-love us of contentment, while -love fills us with it.
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Key #3: Learning contentment requires us to

our time and effort; our contentment only grows when .
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3rd Warning:

never keeps its promises, but the done to your soul pursing it, can be .
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Decline Step #1: A fall into

.
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Decline Step #2: A

into…
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Decline Step #3: Many foolish and harmful

.
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Decline Step #4: A wandering away from the

.
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Implication #1 – You will never learn true

, nor experience the of God’s truth, if all the resources God has given, on you.
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Implication #2 – Having a Gospel understanding that money and things won’t satisfy us,

us to look to and He says does satisfy.
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