Nehushtan
A. HEZEKIAH DESCRIBED AS GOOD, NONE LIKE HIM.
B. A REFORMER, REPAIRS THE TEMPLE AND DESTROYS THE IDOLS.
1. Destroyed the Brazen Serpent Moses had made.
a. The background of the serpent (Numbers 21:4-9).
b. Why destroy it? (2 Kings 18:4).
c. It Became an Idol (Ex. 20:4-5; 2 Kings 18:5).Desecrated by misuse.
C. MANY OTHER DIVINELY APPOINTED THING HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING
DESECRATED. LET’S LOOK AT A FEW.
A. PURPOSE (Gal. 3:23-24) A Guardian or Tutor:
1. To give hope (Rom. 15:4).
2. To give warning (1 Cor. 10:11).
3. To prefigure the New (Col. 2:16-17; Heb. 8:4-5; 10:1; 9:11-12).
B. DESECRATION:
1. Binding as law (Gal. 3:24-25; Rom. 7:6).
2. Seeking authority (Gal. 5:4) 10 Commandments (Rom. 7:7).
Instrumental Music, Sabbath Keeping (Col. 2:16-17).
A. PURPOSE:
1. Revelation of God’s plan and will for us (Eph. 3:3-5).
2. Testimony to the resurrection and miracles (John 20:30-31).
3. Explanations of our faith (1 Pet. 3:15).
4. Our instruction in sanctification (Rom. 12:2; 2 Tim. 3:16-17).
5. Defines our work and worship (2 John 9).
B. DESECRATION:
1. Can our Bible become an idol?
2. Wrest and change to our destruction (Gal. 1:1-7; 2 Pet. 3:15-16).
3. Disobey (2 Thess. 1:7-8; Heb. 10:26).
A. PURPOSE (Phil. 2:12-13; 1:27) God Has Work For Us (Eph. 2:10).
B. DESECRATION:
1. Burying our talent through neglect (Matt. 25:11-12; 1 Tim. 4:14).
2. Wasted opportunity (Eph. 5:17).
3. Trivial pursuits (2 Cor. 4:16-18).
A. PURPOSE: (1 Cor. 11:23-25).
B. DESECRATION:
1. Sacrament (Acts 8:22).
2. Common meal – Love feast (1 Cor. 11:34).
3. Most important thing – Remember, no magic. More important than singing? praying?
Bible study? Where is Book, Chapter, and Verse?
A. PURPOSE: (Acts 14:23; 20:28). Limited jurisdiction, rule in the local church.
B. DESECRATION:
1. Extend authority beyond the local church. NO SCRIPTURE!
2. Some “lord it over” (1 Pet. 5:2-3).
3. A résumé filler.
A. PURPOSE: (Eph. 3:10-11, 21; 4:11-12; Phil. 2:14-16).
B. DESECRATION:
1. Not a social club or lonely hearts club.
2. Not secular education or children’s recreation club.
3. Not a means of raising money for work not related.
4. Not a social or political organization.
5. Not for entertainment or ego boosting. ie. prayers and songs.
A. PURPOSE:
1. Rom. 6:3-7.
2. Acts 2:38; 22:16.
3. 1 Cor. 12:13.
B. DESECRATION:
1. Infant baptism. Babies don’t need it (Ez. 18:20). Can’t believe (Mark 16:15-16).
2. As a personal testimony to salvation already had. Passage please (Acts 22:6-16).
3. Entrance for saved people into a denomination.
4. For wrong reason or without understanding. Taught wrong but baptized right?
A. MORE TO EXPLORE.
B. HAVE YOU BEEN SCRIPTURALLY BAPTIZED?
