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ALL HE WANTS IS YOU
 ALL HE WANTS IS YOU
 ALL HE WANTS IS ME
 NO ONE ELSE WILL DO
 UN-RE-SERV-ED-LY
 NOT JUST A PART
 NOT JUST AS PART
 HE WANTS ALL OF
 HE WANTS ALL OF MY
Y0UR HEART
 ALL HE WANTS IS ALL
OF YOU
 ALL HE WANTS IS YOU.
HEART
 ALL HE WANTS IS ALL
OF ME
 ALL HE WANTS IS ME
WHEN IS IT RIGHT NOT TO
BE NICE?
WOW!
Evangelical Manifesto
 Oz Ginness wrote a book several years ago called “A
Call to Civility”
 He felt nobody listened…. So he organized an
Evangelical Manifesto… got famous Evangelicals to
work on it for three years… and in May 2008
released it with big fanfare from Washington DC.
 It was “light” on what Evangelicals believe … and
“Heavy” on being civil in society.
Civility
 The Manifesto encourages Evangelical preachers to
not be “confrontive” ... But gracious and civil as they
address national concerns… (like abortion, gay
marriages, euthanasia, et al)/
 He purpose seems to desire “Evangelicals” to
separate from “Fundamentalists” (who take the
scripture literally). Note: Many “extreme” liberal
theologians signed on to the Manifesto.
 The Manifesto was received by most as a big
thud/dud.
Quote by Phil Johnson
 “one of the greatest dangers of the political activism
of the so-called “religious right” is this: It fosters a
tendency to make enemies out of people who are
supposed to be our mission-field, even while we’re
forming political alliances with Pharisees and false
teachers.”
When in DOUBT
“WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?”
 TO A SEARCHING SOUL: KIND, GRACIOUS,
LOVING, CARING….
 TO FALSE TEACHERS/LEADERS … (e.g.
PHARISEES, SCRIBES, SADDUCEES)
CONFRONTIVE
JESUS CONFRONTATION WITH THE
PHARISEES, SCRIBES, AND SADDUCEES
 INTENSITY
YEARS OF MINISTRY
LETS READ THE PASSAGE TO STUDY THIS
MORNING
 GALATIANS 2: 11-14
WHEN IS IT RIGHT NOT TO
BE NICE?
WOW!
BACKGROUND
 AFTER THE STONING OF STEPHEN (AND MANY
OTHERS) … ACTS 7
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LARGE QUANTITY OF BELIEVERS LEFT JERUSALEM
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FOR
 ALEXANDERIA
 ANTIOCH
 ROME
ANTIOCH
REVIEW (2 wks ago)
 Gal 2: 9 “AND WHEN JAMES, CEPHAS (PETER) AND JOHN
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WHO SEEMED TO BE PILLARS PRECEIVED THE GRACE
THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ME (Paul) …..”
PETER AND JOHN WERE A____________
THREE “JAMES” IN SCRIPTURE
ACCORDING TO ACTS 12:2 JAMES (THE BROTHER OF
JOHN … ) WAS THE FIRST APOSTLE TO BE MARTYRED
(A.D. 46)
GALATIANS WAS WRITTEN ABOUT A.D. 50
WHO IS THIS JAMES … WHO WAS A PILLAR?
JAMES
 OLDEST ½ BROTHER OF JESUS (Gal. 1:19)
 AFTER RESURRECTION, JESUS APPEARED TO HIM (1 Cor. 15:7)
 HE WAS LEADER OF JERUSALEM CHURCH (ALWAYS
MENTIONED FIRST in LISTINGS) plus GAVE SUMMARY
JUDGEMENT AT FIRST CHURCH COUNCIL AFTER ….PETER,
PAUL & BARNABUS HAD SPOKEN (Acts 15:12-21)
 TRADITION INDICATES THAT PETER AND JOHN APPOINTED
JAMES
 WROTE EPISTLE/LETTER OF “JAMES” TO THE “DISPERSED” ..
PROBABLY THINKING OF MAJOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
AT ALEXANDERIA, ANTIOCH, AND ROME
REMEMBER: THERE ARE 3 GROUPS IN THIS
WORLD
 1 COR. 10:32
 “GIVE NO OFFENSE, EITHER TO THE JEWS OR TO THE
GREEKS (GENTILES) OR TO THE CHURCH.”
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CHURCH
JEWS
GENTILES
SATAN’S STRATEGY
 GET “JEWS” IN the CHURCH TO LIVE LIKE “JEWS”
(I.E. BACK UNDER THE CEREMONIAL LAWS)
 GET THE “GENTILES” IN THE CHURCH TO GO BACK
AND LIVE LIKE “GENTILES”
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I.E. 2 PETER 2:13 “…THEY COUNT IT PLEASURE TO REVEL IN
THE DAYTIME. THEY ARE BLOTS AND BLEMISHES, REVELING
IN THEIR DECEPTIONS, WHILE THEY FEAST WITH YOU. They
have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady
souls. They have hearts trained in greed…….” et al
SATAN’S PURPOSE
 CONFUSE/DESTROY THE DOCTRINE OF THE
GOSPEL…
 AS “HE SOWS FALSE DOCTRINE” … HE
MASKERADES AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT… (read
2 Cor. 11:13-15) .. Acts 20: 29-30
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I.E. EATING SEPARATELY SEEMS LIKE SUCH A LITTLE THING
Satan used the Phar./et al to attack Christ
 SHOULD IT BE CONFRONTED?
 J. MacArthur’s latest book (pg 70)
SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SIMPLE THING
WHICH TABLE YOU EAT AT
GENTILE TABLE
JEWISH TABLE
In Paul’s Eyes
 Peter was attacking the gospel of GRACE by his
behavior
 Actually it was a case of what Peter was NOT doing
 Remember, after Peters experience at Simon’s house
in Joppa, Peter had begun eating (fellowshipping)
with Gentile Christians (Peter understood the PLAN
OF GOD FOR THE CHURCH)
SATAN STILL AT IT -- movies
 Indoctrination…
The
Twilight Saga
(Remember
Satan and the Demons
appear as angels of light)
In
these movies witches and goblins and war
wolfs… are young attractive individuals
In Australia, young people are secretly forming
covens….
God’s WORD tells us to strongly avoid
Paul Calls Peter to Remember
what James taught
 “Faith without works is dead”…. i.e. genuine faith will
ALWAYS result in life changing behavior.
 (you say that you believe the gospel… so do the demons
… they know it better than you, the difference is …. They
have made no commitment to the truth (TO TRUSTING
WHAT GOD SAID) … so they are eternally lost.)
 (or saying it another way, your actions with let people
know what you really believe… no behavioral change,
YOUR faith IS NOT GENUINE)
Paul Spoke Directly to Peter
in Front of All
 Why? It was not just Peter that was not putting
their faith to proper behavior … it was the whole
JEWISH PORTION OF THE Antioch Church….
 DID THE ANTIOCH CHURCH CHANGE?
 DID THE ANTIOCH CHURCH UNDERSTAND
THAT “IN CHRIST”, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN JEW AND GENTILE… ALL ARE ONE?
Change in ANTIOCH BEHAVIOR
 FIRST PLACE MENTIONED IN ACTS (11:19-20) WHERE
JEWISH CHRISTIANS PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO
GENTILES
 NOT ONLY WAS THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH, THE FIRST
RECORD IN SCRIPTURE TO BRING JEWISH AND
GENTILE CHRISTIANS TOGETHER IN WORSHIP AND
FELLOWSHIP, BUT AS FAR AS IS KNOWN, IT WAS THE
FIRST CHURCH TO SEND MISSIONARIES TO PREACH
SPECIFICALLY TO GENTILES (ACTS 13:1-3)
 FIRST CALLED “CHRISTIANS” AT ANTIOCH .. THEIR
BEHAVIOR SHOWED
RESULT
 CONTENDING FOR “THE FAITH” PROBABLY
CAUSED GREAT “OFFENSE” … BUT THE END
RESULT WAS AWESOME…. (ESPECIALLY SINCE
MOST OF US HERE IN THIS ROOM ARE
GENTILES).
 THIS GOSPEL WAS BELIEVED BY MANY… AND
PASSED DOWN GENERATION-TO-GENERATION
TO YOU AND ME.
HOME
CHURCH
PRAISE GOD FOR PAUL
 CONTENDED FOR THE TRUTH… BY HIS LIFE
(BEHAVIOR) AND WORDS … THO COST
SOMETIMES VERY HIGH
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IT COST JESUS CHRIST HIS LIFE
IT COST TEN OF THE APOSTLES THEIR LIVES
FRANCIS OF ASSISI: “PREACH THE GOSPEL ALL
OF THE TIME, IF NECESSARY, USE WORDS”
So what?
 WHEN IS IT RIGHT TO CONFRONT?
 PEOPLE WHO ACTIVELY TEACH SERIOUS ERROR –
ESPECIALLY DOCTRINES THAT CORRUPT VITAL GOSPEL
TRUTH (2 JOHN 7-11)
 DISCERNMENT IS EVERY CHRISTIANS DUTY: “TEST ALL
THINGS, HOLD FAST WHAT IS GOOD. ABSTAIN FROM
EVERY FORM OF EVIL”.. (I THESS 5:21-22)
 JUDGE WITH RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT (John7: 24)
`JESUS FINAL WORD TO THE
CHURCHES…. REVELATION 1-3
 The silencing of false teachers was still one of our Lord’s
primary concerns… even from HIS throne in heaven. HE
addressed seven churches. ONLY two of the churches
(Smyrna and Philadelphia), were commended for their
faithfulness without any qualification or hint of rebuke. All
five other churches received various measures of rebuke,
based on how corrupt, unfaithful or spiritually lethargic they
were.
 A prominent theme in practically all Jesus messages to those
seven churches is the issue of how they responded to false
teachers and rank heretics in their midst.
Whether we like it or not
 Our very existence in this world involves spiritual
warfare – it is not a party or picnic
 If Christ Himself devoted so much of His time
and energy during His earthly ministry to the
task of confronting and refuting false teachers,
surely that must be high on our agenda as well.
•HIS STYLE OF MINISTRY OUGHT TO BE THE
MODEL FOR OURS, AND HIS ZEAL AGAINST
FALSE RELIGION OUGHT TO FILL OUR
HEARTS AND MINDS AS WELL.
JOHN MACARTHUR
FINALLY 1st QUOTE FROM SPURGEON
 Sermon on September 7, 1867
“the Christian serves his Lord simply out of gratitude, he
has no salvation to gain, no heaven to lose… now out of
love to the God who chose him, and who gave so great a
price for his redemption, he desires to lay out himself
entirely in his Master’s service… The child of God works
(changed behavior) not for life, but from life, he does
not work to be saved, he works because he is saved.”
Another Quote
 “GOD CHOOSES NOT MILKSOPS DESTITUTE OF
BACKBONE, TO WEAR HIS GLORY UPON THEIR
FACES. WE HAVE PLENTY OF MEN MADE OF
SUGAR, NOWADAYS, THAT MELT INTO THE
STREAM OF POPULAR OPINION; BUT THESE
SHALL NEVER ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE
LORD, NOR STAND IN HIS HOLY PLACE, NOT
WEAR THE TOKENS OF HIS GLORY.”
• CHARLES H. SPURGEON
AMEN
AND
AMEN