The Great Deception
About this sermon
In “The Great Deception,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about Christian faithfulness. Drawing especially from 2 Timothy 3, John 3, Isaiah 7:14, Psalm 22, the teaching emphasizes that belief must be joined to an obedient life. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that doctrine and conduct must be tested by Scripture.
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Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to examine the heart, receive correction, and finish faithfully. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
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- 0:00:06
the Lord is here. Just reach out and touch him today. Just reach out and touch him. Him of his garment. Just say, Jesus, I need you. I need you more, Lord Jesus. I need more of you in my life, Lord. Jesus. Praise you, Jesus. Living. The Bible says to let the wicked forsake his ways. When the unrighteous man
- 0:11:21
is thought, pull down those and bring them captive to Jesus. And let them just have to rest in you, Jesus. Those of us that know you, help us to rest in you. Those of us that don't know you, Lord Jesus. Save us. Save Lord Jesus. In this house, Lord, have mercy on us, Lord. Just save us, Lord. Save us from ourselves, Lord. Keep worshiping him with us for another minute. Lord, we are hungry for you. We
- 0:16:24
want you, Lord. Your presence, your truth, your power, your gifts, all that you have for us, Lord. Just sing that a little bit more. Living. One that could become a man for our sins. Lord Jesus,
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we are grateful that you willingly laid down your life. They didn't take it from you. You laid it down. You could have called for 12 legions of angels to deliver you, but you did not. You went all the way to the cross for us and allowed them to beat you, spit upon you, and nail you to a cross because of my sin and everyone else's sin in the world. You allowed that to happen to make a way for forgiveness, redemption, cleansing, a second chance for many who need a second chance. Lord, you are telling us to not be deceived and to not go into eternity without calling upon your name, Jesus, believing you died on that cross for our sins and rose from the dead. Lord, I pray that anybody that's not surrendered to you today, you will touch their hearts, call them, draw them, convict them, convince them that you are the way, the truth, and the life. There are not many ways you've made one clear way. Thank you, Jesus, for this. Hallelujah. Somebody praise the Lord in this place. Amen. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus, for making a way for us. Hallelujah. You may be seated this morning. Welcome everyone to Fire and Grace Church. Welcome everyone out there watching all over the country, different parts of the world. Yes, I got Big Boy out this morning. My big replica of 1611 King James Version of the Bible. Now, let me say this. A lot of people think, oh, King James wrote the Bible. No, he didn't. Lord, have mercy on that. That just shows a level of ignorance that it's hard to deal with. If you study any kind of history, you know that the Protestants in England at the time wanted a new version of the Bible that didn't have all the Calvinism, Calvinistic footnotes in it, and they begged King James to commission a big group of scholars across England to give them an English translation without all that extra nonsense in it. They got 54 scholars together and translated from the original Hebrew and Greek, and of course, from Erasmus, who had gathered all the Greek manuscripts from the Byzantine Empire from those days, and the Bible, again, was not put together by King James. So even if you believe bad things
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