Darby Creek Church [DCC]
Sermon notes for church service at Darby Creek Church on Sunday, September 12th, 2021. Service starts at 10:30a
Music from today
-This is Amazing Grace
-Graves Into Gardens
-Build My Life
-Raise A Hallelujah
The Best Defense [September 12] Greg Burlile
Outline:
1: The Reason for the Urgency and Reminders (vss 12-15)
2: The Best Defense for the 2nd Coming: Eyewitness Testimony (vss 16-18)
3: The Best Defense for the 2nd Coming: Corroborating Authoritative Evidence (vss 19-21)
2 Peter 1:12-15 ESV
1: The Reason for the Urgency and Reminders (vss 12-15)
* Peter knew he was going to die soon *
Jesus seemed to tell peter the manner in which he would die in john 21:18-19
John 21:18 ESV
John 21:19 ESV
2: The Best Defense for the 2nd Coming: Eyewitness Testimony (vss 16-18)
See Mark 9:1-8 for one of the gospel accounts of the transfiguration
There is a link to 2nd coming and the transfiguration:
The transfiguration was demonstrating not only that Jesus is the Son of God, but it was also giving those who were there (Peter being one) a foretaste of the full glory and majesty of Jesus Christ that will be revealed when he comes again at the 2nd coming.
2 Peter 1:16-18 ESV
3: The Best Defense for the 2nd Coming: Corroborating Authoritative Evidence (vss 19-21)
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV
Three Important Things Truths About the Bible
1) The Bible IS the Word of god
The Bible does NOT contain the Word of God
The Bible does NOT become the Word of God when read or heard
Inspiration is a past event
The authority lies in the Scripture text itself and not our experience of it
2) The Bible ALONE is the supreme final authority
No-one / nothing else supersedes Scripture’s authority
Scripture rightly understood will not contradict science or some other kind of truth rightly understood
3) The Bible is WITHOUT ERROR
the Scripture comes from God and therefore is without error
2 Peter 1:19-21 ESV