Transcript SUBJECTIVISM: AN UNREASONABLE FACSIMILE”

“SUBJECTIVISM:
AN UNREASONABLE
FACSIMILE”
Isaiah 8:20
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Isaiah 8:20 KJV 20 To the law and to the
testimony: if they speak not according to this
word, it is because there is no light in them.
Objectivism
 is
the belief that what really matters
is that one obeys an absolute
standard of authority a concrete
moral code of behavior regardless
of his feelings; that facts, not
feelings, are the final judge.
Subjectivism

on the other hand, is the belief that the thing
that really counts is how you feel—that one’s
feelings are the final criterion of what is right
or wrong, good or bad, acceptable or
unacceptable.
Subjectivism Illustrated
 Consider,
for example, some areas
where objective faith has been
replaced by subjective faith.
(1) Baptism.
faith says, “I don’t think
a person has to be baptized in
order to go to Heaven.
 Subjective
 Objective
faith accepts the Word of
God on baptism and believes that it
is a requirement for salvation.
Mark 16:16 KJV 16 He that believeth and
is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned.
 Acts 2:38 KJV 38 Then Peter said unto
them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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1 Peter 3:21 KJV 21 The like figure
whereunto even baptism doth also now
save us (not the putting away of the filth
of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God,) by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ:
(2) Not Necessary To Be A
Member of the Lord’s Church
 Subjective
faith says, "You can
go to Heaven outside the church
just as well as in it!" OR "One
church is just as good as
another, but none of them are
essential."
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Objective faith says,
– Let's read Ephesians 4:4-6 & then
pick out the non-essentials.
You might as well talk about
God, Christ or the Holy Spirit
being non-essential.
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Ephesians 4:4-6 KJV 4 There is one
body, and one Spirit, even as ye are
called in one hope of your calling; 5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6
One God and Father of all, who is
above all, and through all, and in you
all.
(3) Hell
Subjective faith says, “I don’t think God
would send people to torment. I just
can’t imagine a God of love doing that.
Surely God won’t cast people into
eternal fire.”
 Objective faith accepts the Biblical
teaching on Hell and believes that
eternal punishment awaits the wicked.
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Matthew 5:29 KJV 29 And if thy right
eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable for thee
that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell.
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2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 KJV 8 In flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who
shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the
Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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Revelation 21:8 KJV 8 But the fearful,
and unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which
is the second death.
(4) Marriage & Divorce.
Subjective faith says, “I feel that if a
person wants to get a divorce he can.
He surely isn’t expected to stay with his
mate if they don’t love each other
anymore.
 Objective faith stands for what the Bible
teaches about divorce and believes that
marriage should be permanent.
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Matthew 5:31 KJV 31 It hath been said,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him
give her a writing of divorcement:
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 KJV 10 And unto the
married I command, yet not I, but the Lord,
Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11
But and if she depart, let her remain
unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband:
and let not the husband put away his wife.
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Romans 7:3 KJV 3 So then if, while her
husband liveth, she be married to
another man, she shall be called an
adulteress: but if her husband be dead,
she is free from that law; so that she is
no adulteress, though she be married to
another man.
(5) Abortion.
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Subjective faith says, “I think a woman has a
right to decide for herself if she wants an
abortion. I can’t see how God would hold it
against her if she didn’t want the baby. I feel
that it’s up to the mother.”
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Objective faith considers what the Bible says
about terminating the innocent and believes
that to destroy human life is forbidden.
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Exodus 20:13 KJV 13 Thou shalt not kill.
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Proverbs 6:16-17 KJV 16 These six
things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven
are an abomination unto him: 17 A
proud look, a lying tongue, and hands
that shed innocent blood,
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Matthew 19:18 KJV 18 He saith unto
him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do
no murder, Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not bear false witness,
God’s Word or Our Feelings
 It
is not, then, how we feel about
such issues as baptism, Hell,
church, divorce, and abortion, etc.
but What saith the Scriptures?
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John 12:48 KJV 48 He that rejecteth me,
and receiveth not my words, hath one
that judgeth him: the word that I have
spoken, the same shall judge him in the
last day.
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Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV 8 For my thoughts are
not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as
the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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John 10:35 KJV 35 If he called them
gods, unto whom the word of God
came, and the scripture cannot be
broken;
Biblical Examples
 Over
and over in the Bible we find
examples of people, good, honest,
sincere people who were totally
misguided by their feelings.
“Jacob”
“Jacob” saw the bloodstained robe of his beloved son
Joseph, he tore his own clothes
and went into a period of grief that
lasted for years.
 When
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Genesis 37:32-33 KJV 32 And they sent
the coat of many colours, and they
brought it to their father; and said, This
have we found: know now whether it be
thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it,
and said, It is my son's coat; an evil
beast hath devoured him; Joseph is
without doubt rent in pieces.
“Prophet Elijah”
“Prophet Elijah” in a moment
of depression, tried to convince
God that he was the only one left in
Israel who hadn’t become a rank
idolater.
 The
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1 Kings 19:10 KJV 10 And he said, I have
been very jealous for the LORD God of
hosts: for the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets with
the sword; and I, even I only, am left;
and they seek my life, to take it away.
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1 Kings 19:18 KJV 18 Yet I have left me
seven thousand in Israel, all the knees
which have not bowed unto Baal, and
every mouth which hath not kissed him.
“Naaman”
 “Naaman”
the leper felt he could
wash in some other river than what
God commanded him to wash in to
be cleansed of his disease.
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2 Kings 5:11-14 KJV 11 But Naaman was
wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I
thought, He will surely come out to me, and
stand, and call on the name of the LORD his
God, and strike his hand over the place, and
recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and
Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all
the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them,
and be clean? So he turned and went away in
a rage.
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13 And his servants came near, and spake
unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet
had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest
thou not have done it? how much rather then,
when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself
seven times in Jordan, according to the
saying of the man of God: and his flesh came
again like unto the flesh of a little child, and
he was clean.
Joseph and Mary
 Joseph
and Mary actually traveled
an entire day without their son, all
the while thinking Jesus was with
them.
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Luke 2:44 KJV 44 But they, supposing
him to have been in the company, went
a day's journey; and they sought him
among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
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John 20:15 KJV 15 Jesus saith unto her,
Woman, why weepest thou? whom
seekest thou? She, supposing him to be
the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou
have borne him hence, tell me where
thou hast laid him, and I will take him
away.
Saul of Tarsus
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Acts 26:9-11 KJV 9 I verily thought with
myself, that I ought to do many things
contrary to the name of Jesus of
Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in
Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I
shut up in prison, having received
authority from the chief priests; and
when they were put to death, I gave my
voice against them.
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And I punished them oft in every
synagogue, and compelled them to
blaspheme; and being exceedingly
mad against them, I persecuted
them even unto strange cities.
The Jailer
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Acts 16:27 KJV 27 And the keeper of the
prison awaking out of his sleep, and
seeing the prison doors open, he drew
out his sword, and would have killed
himself, supposing that the prisoners
had been fled.
Faith or Feelings?
 All
of these cases serve to teach us
an important truth: feelings are not
reliable (especially when founded
on partially true or untrue
testimony). Emotions cannot be a
safe test of the truth of a thing
believe.
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John 14:6 KJV 6 Jesus saith unto him, I
am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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John 17:17 KJV 17 Sanctify them
through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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Proverbs 14:12 KJV 12 There is a way
which seemeth right unto a man, but the
end thereof are the ways of death.
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1 John 3:24 KJV 24 And he that keepeth
his commandments dwelleth in him,
and he in him. And hereby we know that
he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he
hath given us.
Conclusion:
 Brethren
we should feel good
about our salvation. People
rejoiced after they became
Christians in the Bible.
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Acts 8:39 KJV 39 And when they were
come up out of the water, the Spirit of
the Lord caught away Philip, that the
eunuch saw him no more: and he went
on his way rejoicing.
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Matthew 7:21 KJV 21 Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven.
What Must I Do?