TITLE: Some Shall Depart

TEXT: I Timothy 4:1-5

PROPOSITION: Men will depart from the faith.

QUESTION: Which?

KEY WORD: Ways

READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

          1. Some will depart from the faith.

          2. I John 2:19 "went out form us, not of us"

          3. Some are not "really converted."

          THEY SHALL DEPART IN THEIR:

I. Doctrine              1-2a

          1. Don't blame God - He speaks clearly.

          2. Why would some depart in doctrine?

                    A. Listen to those who would seduce them.

                    B. Attracted to doctrines of devils (Satan).

          3. Three ways to depart in doctrine:

                    A. Bind what God has not bound.

                              Make laws where God has allowed freedom.

                    B. Loose what God has bound.

                              Give freedom where God has spoken clearly.

                    C. Speak with hypocrisy

                              Lead people to believe A while you do B.

                                        Jim and Tammy Baaker - Swaggert

II. Conscience                  2b

          1. Trained reflex - teach it wrong = react wrong

          2. Seared = lost ability to be influenced, moved

          3. "I don't care what the Bible says."

III. Lifestyle            3-5

          1. Marriage

          2. Eating meats

          3. What is the difference between:

                    A. Rule- no meat in Friday?

                    B. Practice - eating meat without thanksgiving?

          4. Animal rights advocates - no meat, no furs, no tests

                    A. They were made for us to use - not refused

                    B. Receive with thanksgiving.

                    C. Use is sanctified with prayer.