Twisted Scripture by Brett Meador

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Athey Creek Christian Fellowship

West Linn, Day By Day, Brett Meador, Scripture, Through The Bible, Jesus, Church, Bible Teaching, Portland, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Pdx, Oregon, Athey Creek

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🗓️ 17 November 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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While Stephen is preaching about Jesus in Acts 6:8-15, a group of men come against him by spreading lies and accusing him of sharing misinformation. And unfortunately, twisting the truth is the oldest trick in the book and is still in play today. As we study how truth is distorted, we learn how to combat these attacks by knowing what Scripture actually says and how we can become people full of faith and power, like Stephen.

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0:00.0	One of the things the Bible warned us about is over and over is deception.
0:07.1	And Satan, who's called the Father of Lies, and is a deceiver.
0:13.1	That's one of his names is a deceiver.
0:17.9	And what's weird is our culture often likes to really embrace deception and maybe to a whole new level.
0:29.3	If you didn't notice, Donald Trump got elected to be the next president of the United States.
0:36.1	And some of you are mad at me for even saying that right now. But I admit,
0:41.3	I'm glad. I'm hopeful. You know, I don't put my trust in Donald Trump, nor do any of these people
0:46.1	that just yelled right now. And if you do, if Donald Trump is what you put your trust and hope in,
0:51.4	then I'll be praying for you, too. But that's not the thing.
0:54.7	Why would people be excited about such a thing,
0:57.0	especially in light of the fact we just elected Hitler?
1:01.4	We elected Hitler.
1:02.9	We elected a fascist.
1:04.9	Isn't it interesting?
1:05.9	Like, how can that be possible?
1:08.3	And, you know, that's why, you know, Robert De Niro and some of these guys are ready to leave the United States because you can't believe.
1:15.4	They're like, don't let the door hit you.
1:17.6	Yeah.
1:19.3	You know, why would people feel that way?
1:21.9	The truth is, like, I kind of feel sorry for a lot of people who, they took the bait and they were deceived.
1:28.2	Now you say, well, Brett, you're just a, you know, why would you waste a Sunday morning talk about
1:32.2	Donald Trump?
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