Gal 1:6-10
What’s Moving Me?

This verse is a frightening verse.  It implies that there is a force
seeking to move us from the gospel, from the truth of the Bible.  Not
only so, but this force is powerful enough that it can be sucessful.
It happened to the Galatians, a New Testament church founded by a
Holy-Spirited filled man during the most powerful out-pouring of the
Holy Ghost.  Are we so vain as to think that it could not happen tu
us?

The only disadvantage that church had was that they lived before the
Word of God was complete.  That in itself teaches us what we need to
do to prevent that force from moving us.

However, that demonic force has other new advantages.
    1. It has 2,000 more years of experience.  2,000 more years to
        set traps, hone arguments, to study our weaknesses.
    2. It has more proponents today.  Christianity is more a minority
        today—at least in this country—than it has been since in
        at least 200 years.

Tonight; let’s consder the question, "What’s moving us away from the
truth?"

I. What is moving us?
    A. There are many philosophies, traditions, and principals
        attempting to move us from Christ, but I think they fall into
        three main catergories.

Col 2:8  Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition
of men, after the rudiments of the world, and
not after Christ.

        1. So called intellectuals
        2. Liberals
        3. Religious
    B. Each has their weapon of choice.
        1. The intellectuals want to move us with their theories.
            a. Sadly today the so called "intellectuals" control
                science.
            b. Science deals largely with unproven and unprovable
                theories.
            c. Creation, extinction, ice ages, fossilization
            d. Since no one was there to see what happen, the best
                science can offer are theories—that means educated
                guesses.
            e. The problem is the so-called intellectuals no longer
                tell you that they don’t know and are just guessing.
            f. And if you disagree with them, they will insult you
                and intimidate you to get you to cow down to them.
            g. That might be no problem for us adults who have
                learned to deal with it but for youths are are easily
                influenced by their peers, it is tragic.
        2. The liberals want to move us with their emotions.
            a. I did not watch a single debate—either side.
            b. I heard of the parents of the war hero who supported
                Hillary and the emphasis on blacks who said they had
                been abused by us white supremacists.
            c. Why did they bring those out?  They wanted your
                sympathy.
        3. The religious want to move us with their experiences.
            a. Most "Christians" believe the Bible until they have an
                experience that changes their mind.
            b. homosexuality, an "unanswered" prayer, a dramtic
                experience

II. What does God say about these forces and their weapons?
    A. To the so-called intellectual, God says He is making a fool
        out of you.

1Cor 1:18  For the preaching of the cross is to
them that perish foolishness; but unto us which
are saved it is the power of God.
19  For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom
of the wise, and will bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.
20  Where is the wise? where is the scribe?
where is the disputer of this world? hath not God
made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21  For after that in the wisdom of God the world
by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the
foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

        1. \\#18\\ Notice to the lost, preaching is foolisness.  (To
            us, it is God’s power.  It breaks the hard heart like
            nothing else can.)
        2. \\#19\\ God is going to attack you at your chosen weapon.
        3. What you think is wise, God is going to make foolish and
            what you think is foolish, God is going to use in a
            mighty way. \\#21\\
        4. God has already done this.
    B. Most of the people that I preach to are not students, but with
        the least little study, you can easily enjoy the ability to
        make the intellectuals who reject God’s Word look foolish.
    C. The two biggest thrones for the intellectuals is creation and
        the flood.  Nothing riles a liberal like

2Ti 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration
of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness:
17  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly
furnished unto all good works.

Eph 6:17  And take the helmet of salvation, and
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God:

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of
the heart.

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