The title of the sermon this morning is “Do Not Depart from the Faith.” Paul tells Timothy in verse 1 that “some will depart from the faith,” and the warning for Timothy and for the church in Ephesus and for our church today is, do not depart from the faith. As we consider the fact that some will forsake the Gospel and turn away from the truth and leave the church and depart from the faith, this fact should impact each of us in the form of a very serious warning. May this not be true of me! May this not be true of any of us here! Some will depart, but let it not be me. Let it not be any of us. My hope is that the warning of this passage will be a means of spurring us on to greater holiness and a more intense pursuit of God. My hope is that it will give us a greater resolve to remain faithful to the truth of the Gospel revealed in the Bible. My hope is that for any who are being enticed by false teaching, that you would be warned by this passage and strengthened in your commitment to Christ. My hope is that God will use these verses to change our desires and increase our delight in Him so that we don't want to depart from the faith, we don't want to be deceived by false teaching, but rather we want to walk more closely with our Lord and experience the joy of being with Him forever. May this warning serve to revive us and awaken us, that we might fight against certain sins and tendencies in our own souls that would make us susceptible to the tragedy that is described here.
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