REACTION TO TRUTH

• Previously:• Reaction = response• Truth = entire word of God• 1The reaction of rage• 2The reaction of indifference

Part 2

3) THE RESPONSE: PROCRASTINATE

PROCRASTINATION

• Is a killer of multitudes• Felix reacted with “fear” but still put it off (Acts

24:24, 25)• Many men delay in their response for the same

reasons people are indifferent• Contrast Psalm 119:57-60:

57 HETH. You are my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep Your words.58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.59 I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies.60 I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments.

4) THE RESPONSE: DECLINE

PEOPLE DECLINE CHRIST FOR MANY REASONS; A Major Danger In Worldly Achievement

• Sorrow for what would be lost rather than what is gained• Matthew 19:16-22• Gain through loss is not attractive to many

but some will make that exchange (19:29; Mk. 8:35; Phil. 3:8)!• Mind on earthly things (Phil. 3:19)

5) THE RESPONSE: WREST THE SCRIPTURES

WHEN PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IT, THEY CHANGE IT!

• Some among the Galatians (Gal. 1:6-9)• The danger that faced Corinth (2 Cor.

11:4)• An adversary against gospel preachers (2

Tim. 4:2-4)• The effect is DESTRUCTION (2 Pet. 3:14-

18)• The need to grow so we don’t fall!

6) THE RESPONSE: GLADLY ACCEPT

THE EARLY CONVERTS ON PENTECOST

ACTS 2:37-41• CONSCIENCE PIERCED• ASKED• RECEIVED THE ANSWER

THE LIKE REACTION…

• The Samaritans (Acts 8:12)• The Eunuch (Acts 8:26-39)• Cornelius (Acts 10:1-48)• The Bereans (Acts 17:10-12)• The Corinthians (Acts 18:8)• The Ephesians (Acts 19:1-5)

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO GOD’S TRUTH REGARDING…

• Marriage (Heb. 13:4; 1 Cor. 7:1-5)• Divorce (Matt. 19:9)• Worldliness (Jas. 4:4)• Assembling (Heb. 10:25)• Giving (1 Cor. 16:1, 2)• The nature of the work of the

church (Rom. 14:17; 1 Cor. 11:34)• Repentance (Acts 17:30, 31)• Baptism (1 Pet. 3:21)• Worship in spirit and truth (Jn.

4:24)• Membership (Rom. 12:4, 5; Acts

5:13; 9:26)• Hell (2 Thess. 1:6-10)

EnragedIndifference

ProcrastinationDecline

Wresting ScripturesGladly Accept

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YOUR REACTION TO GOD’S TRUTH DOES MATTER

• “He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day” (Jn. 12:48)