1. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

2. And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

3. The Declarative Nature of the Gospel Not Giving Mere SuggestionsNot Giving Mere Suggestions Colossians 1:27-29

4. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

5. The Declarative Nature of the Gospel Not Giving Mere SuggestionsNot Giving Mere Suggestions Colossians 1:27-29 Not the Offering of Alternative ViewsNot the Offering of Alternative Views Matthew 12:3o; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8

6. Matthew 12:30 “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.” There is only one view that is acceptable to God. If we are not actively following Christ, we are allaying ourselves against Him!

7. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

8. The Declarative Nature of the Gospel Not Giving Mere SuggestionsNot Giving Mere Suggestions Colossians 1:27-29 Not the Offering of Alternative ViewsNot the Offering of Alternative Views Matthew 12:3o; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 Not Silent, but Militant (2 Tim. 4:2)Not Silent, but Militant (2 Tim. 4:2)

9. 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. The call for Timothy to preach comes in the context of a warning that some would not endure sound doctrine.

10. The Declarative Nature of the Gospel Not Giving Mere SuggestionsNot Giving Mere Suggestions Colossians 1:27-29 Not the Offering of Alternative ViewsNot the Offering of Alternative Views Matthew 12:3o; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 Not Silent, but Militant (2 Tim. 4:2)Not Silent, but Militant (2 Tim. 4:2) Militant Message: Truth (John 14:6) Militant Manner: Reprove, Rebuke, Exhort Militant Moment: Urgent (In Season & Out)

11. The Gospel: Unique & Unrivaled But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:11-12) But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:11-12)