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Turning the World Upside Down

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Introduction
  • Acts 17:1-9
  • Matthew 10:34-38
  • Luke 12:51-52
  • I Corinthians 1:22-24 – We preach Christ crucified.
    • Christ and His teaching was controversial to:
    • The Jewish rulers (John 9:16)
    • The Jewish people (John 7:40-40; 10:19-21, 30-33)
    • His family (John 7:2-5)
    • His disciples (John 6:59-67)
      • The controversial gospel of Christ
      • God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1)
      • God made two genders: male and female (Genesis 1:27)
      • Marriage is between man and woman (Matthew 19:4)
      • Homosexuality is perverse and sinful (Romans 1:26-27)
      • Your body belongs to God (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
      • Baptism is essential to salvation (Acts 22:16)
      • Repentance precedes baptism (Acts 2:38; 17:30)
      • One, true church (Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 4:4; 1:22-23)
      • No authority for instruments in worship (Ephesians 5:19)
      • One scriptural cause for divorce (Matthew 5:32; 19:9)
      • II Corinthians 10:4-5
      • Jesus and His teachings have always been controversial.
      • Jude 1:3
      • II Timothy 2:24-26
        • Turning the world upside down preaching …
        • The truth that sets men free from sin was taught. (John 8:32)
        • The message was preached with humility, love, plainness, and boldness.
        • Many rejected the gospel; some souls were saved.
        • Will continue to be controversial and divisive.
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