Summary: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/westside-christian-fellowship/id386117063">If you want to stay up on the latest audio messages from Westside Christian Fellowship, don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes.</a><a style="line-height: 1.5em;" href="%22http://westsidechristianfellowship.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/Audio/8_13_2017_Is_The_Bible_an_Iffy_Book.mp3</a"><br><br> </a><a class="twitter-share-button" href="http://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><a style="line-height: 1.5em;" href="%22http://westsidechristianfellowship.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/Audio/8_13_2017_Is_The_Bible_an_Iffy_Book.mp3</a"></a><br><br> Complete Sermon Notes<br> Is The Bible An “Iffy” Book?<br> Iffy – things could go either way.<br> ACTS 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” 16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.<br> <br> <br> Watch – Don’t Arm the Enemy<br> <br> <br> 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. 19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.<br> <br> <br> Drachmas value – 50,000 days worth of wages [millions of dollars today].<br> <br> <br> Fear Fell – Fear can be a wonderful motivator; a way to change course and refocus our priorities.<br> BUT any time we overemphasize one area of biblical truth (e.g., God’s goodness) to the exclusion of others (e.g., to fear God) we become unstable and sink.<br> <br> <br> Boat Balancing as an example.<br> <br> <br> <br> “Iffy” – I will only present the entree so you seek out the meal. <br class="m_-5873141376613192318gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="m_-5873141376613192318gmail-kix-line-break"><br> “In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God’s nature to keep His promises. Therefore, go immediately to His throne and say, ‘Do as You promised’.” – C.H. Spurgeon<br> <br> <br> Wisdom and Guidance – Psalm 25:14, “The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.”<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Proverbs/3/7" target="_blank">Proverbs 3:7</a> – “Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.”<br> WICKED – Raw-shaw [twisted]: wickedness twists and contorts<br> <br> <br> Peace and Prosperity – <a href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Deuteronomy/5/29" target="_blank">Deuteronomy 5:29</a> – “Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever!”<br> <br> <br> Isaiah 48:18 NIV – If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.<br> <br> <br> Peace is found in safety, comfort, and assurance – things the world cannot offer.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Finding God – Jeremiah 29:13, “If you seek Me you will find Me.
