Our Necessary Response to the Great Transformation: Devote Yourselves To Good Works and Shun False Teaching
Main Idea: Because we are transformed by grace, our lives must show it!
• We must follow good works (8) “Faithful is the word” (4-7, 8a) Those who have believed in God must devote themselves to good works (8b) These things are excellent and profitable for people (8c)
• We must flee false teaching and false teachers (9-11) Avoid false teaching (9) Foolish controversies Genealogies Dissensions Quarrels about the law Reason: They are useless and fruitless
Deal with false teachers (10-11) Warn them once Warn them twice Have nothing more to do with them They are warped They are sinful They are self-condemned
Applications
Good works: Are we known by our good works?
Good teaching: Are we careful to distinguish false teaching from true?
Grace: Do our lives reflect the grace that has been shown to us?
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