The Sword of the Spirit & Obedience
About this sermon
In “The Sword of the Spirit & Obedience,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the authority of Scripture, faith, holiness. Drawing especially from 2 Timothy 3, Mark 4:4, Romans 8, Psalm 12, the teaching emphasizes that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises.
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Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through 2 Timothy 3, Mark 4:4. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through Romans 8, Psalm 12. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on freedom from fear while working through Luke 5:1. The message argues that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. It connects this with the conviction that revival begins with repentance, renewed hunger for God, and practical obedience among His people. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through Psalm 68. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through 1 Corinthians 5, Matthew 7, Ezekiel 18. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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open up the Gat Heaven you rest us C down heart the come rest on us come rest on us Cal down Spirit when you move you make my heart when you the room come rest on us rest on us you come you come asking and waiting for you to come your presence here God we your presence here open up [Music] the we asking you tonight come rest on come rest on us come rest on us come rest on us what we [Music] love that there's always more that's what we love about you that there's always what we [Music] Love's there's always what we love about it's that there's always more what we love [Music] there's that there's there's there's [Music] there's what we love there's [Music] we about is that there's what we come on sing it [Music] out yes Lord come rest on us Lord rest on us calm down Spirit when you make my
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heart when you feel the RO rest [Music] on I know there's more me I know there's [Music] more yes Lord yes Lord hallelujah We Worship You almighty God we thank you that there's always more Lord you want us to move from Faith to Faith and from glory to glory you want us to be a people that love your word and love to obey your word and whether that is the written word or you speaking directly to us to do something you want us to be an obedient people that's where your blessing is that's where your power is that's where your presence manifests and so Lord we ask you to help us to to hear your voice to discern what you're saying to us individually and to the church help us to honor and respect your holy word that's in the scriptures that we have before us Lord your Bible you gave us and preserved Lord we pray God lead us and guide us into all truth lead us and guide us into your perfect will for our lives I pray this today for everyone here everyone watching and listening I pray it in Jesus Jesus mighty name everybody said amen amen all right thank you yeah it's a sword day you know I got this years ago because the Bible says what the word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword and we're going to talk about the word for a minute the word of God for today and uh it always helps people people get a little bit of illustration right now I have swords and Spears and knives that are really real like you know stuff like that that'll cut you but this one's just a replica so everybody's safe today all right um but this is actually a rep replica of Carlos I of Spain King that he ordered his Spanish Armada to carry so this is a genuine replica of that but um the sword of the spirit is the word of God and then we're told what the word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword so we're going to look at that today because I need to Define some things I seem to be getting a lot of message messages about you know some things I've said about what it means to be born again and I guess I need to clarify some things but first I want you to turn with me we're going to read a couple of scripture passages just to introduce this but everybody ought to know these let's go to Second Peter second Peter chapter 1 verse
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16 and this is Vally important I'm just going to tell you right now that if you don't believe that the Bible we have today and I'm talking about the English translation I'm talking about the King James version that we have that came from the correct text and ancient manuscripts if you don't believe the Bible is the inspired infallible inherent words of almighty God you call yourself Christian I'm just going to tell you right now you're either not born again or you have fallen away from the faith you understand that that's the foundation the foundation of our faith is believing the Bible is the word of God in fact first Peter says that we Are Born Again by the word of God and it was the word of God that we heard because no man can come to Jesus without hearing the preaching or the the ministry of the word of God so the word of God is the sharp two-edged sword that pierces our hearts now what I'm finding there's a lot of Christians that people rather that claim to be Christians but they don't really believe the entire Bible is the word of God believe it's a lot of nice stories of you know moral truths but not necessarily every word is important or every word is inspired and these people are deceived and these people are teaching our next generation of pastors to come in fact they actually invaded the seminaries many many decades ago the Jesuit uh priests and assassins they they infiltrated the church and they infiltrated our seminaries and they've been teaching this nonsense that the word uh the Bible is not necessarily all of it's the word of God I I love this you know what my former Pastor Dr Lee you know he had two phds Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth Texas um of course he messed up and got baptized and filled with the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues and really just he said while he was in seminary everybody he laid hands on got baptized in the Holy Spirit and uh they they didn't they were not happy about that at the Baptist Seminary there in Fort Worth um but he said in his graduate class now his Doctorate level graduate class back in in the 70s now they were teaching for instance the first 11 chapters of Genesis was a true myth it's what they said a true myth the theological implications are true but it's not necessarily the word of God and uh there probably wasn't never a man named Noah and there probably wasn't never a man named Adam and of course Larry Lee said he raised his hand they called on me he said well Jesus thought they were real and Paul said they were real and he goes the professor said well they just didn't have the information we have today I'm going to tell you right now that that person whoever that Professor was was
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not a Christian yet he's teaching doctrate level theology classes right and this was in the 70s you want to wonder how bad it is now take a guess you think it's any better no no no no um in fact what I'm going to get one of the things I'm going to get into at Skyfall is I'm I'm going to show you the history of the Bible and and the how the Jesuits came in and basically every every new modern translation apart from this one right here has been corrupted and stamped approval of the Roman Catholic church if you see if you see the Roman Catholic Church promoting the Bible I can go and tell you you know it's wrong all right you just need to get that down in your head already all right um but here's what the Bible say says here what the Apostle Peter wrote down we're going to read this he said for we have not followed cunningly devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ but were eyewitnesses of his majesty for he received from God the Father honor and Glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent Glory this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased and this voice which came from heaven we heard when we were with him in the Holy mount we have also a more sure word of Prophecy whereinto you do well that you take heed unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day Dawn and the day star arise in your hearts knowing this first somebody say knowing this first if you're a Christian you better know this first he says that no Prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation and you could also say that as man's ideas these about man's ideas that are in this book it says this very clearly for the prophecy came not in Old Time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost now let's go to Second Timothy chapter 3 now I've talked about this many times but there's something want to point out in this passage but I want to get it get it down here this is what it says 2 Timothy 3 we're going to go down to verse 15 now this is Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit teaching a young Pastor to be I believe Timothy was really an apostle but you know people want to argue with me about that he says this to him though verse 14 but continue thou in the things which thou Hast learned and Hast been assured of knowing of whom thou has learned them and that from a child thou Hast known
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