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Romans 10:01-10 – Is Your Zeal of God According to Knowledge? audio

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Scripture Reading: Numbers 25:1-13 KJV

Lesson Text: Romans 10:1-10

Introduction

A. If you are a Christian, you are happy, upbeat, enthusiastic, and excited because God has smiled on you and freed you from the bondage and penalty of sin through the blood of Jesus – John 8:31-32.

(1) It does not make a difference what predicament you find yourself in, you always need to rejoice in the Lord – Philippians 4:4.

B. For this reason Christians are enthusiastic about all the cause and initiatives of God and His statutes and commandments.

(1) We are most willing to defend the gospel and warn sinners about the destruction that will come to the children of disobedience.

(2) We need men and women to be zealous for God like John the baptizer, when he told King Herod it is not lawful for you to have your brother wife – Mark 6:18.

C. Zeal is defined as: Enthusiastic, diligent devotion in pursuit of a cause, ideal, or goal.

Body

I. Your Zeal for God Must Be According to Knowledge – Romans 10:1-3.

A. Before Paul became a Christian he was zealous of the traditions of the fathers – Galatians 1:14.

(1) This is why he persecuted the church – Acts 8:3.

(2) But his zeal was not according to knowledge, until he was taught correctly and baptized – Acts 22:16.

B. Your zeal for God must be motivated by the purity of the Word – Psalm 119:140.

(1) There is a great importance in valuing what God has said because without His Words we would not exist – Acts 17:28.

(2) The Word of God is more valuable than anything you can imagine.

(3) You need to be receptive and ready obey God – Psalm 19:7-11.

C. Anything in your life, in your household, and even in the church that is not in compliance with God should be removed as Jesus Christ was zealous and drove out those that were defiling the temple – John 2:13-17.

D. Your zeal for God and His Word should motivate and strengthen you to stand up for God and His ways – Jeremiah 6:16.

(1) Once you know God’s Word you must stand on it and defend it.

a. Daniel purpose in his heart not to defile himself with the kings meat – Daniel 1:8.

b. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego took a stand and would not bow down to the kings image that he had made – Daniel 3:16-18.

c. We too must stand on the Word of God – Ephesians 6:10-11.

II. They Have a Zeal for God, But Not According to Knowledge.

A. There are people in the world and in the church that appear on the surface of having a zeal of God – 1 John 4:1.

(1) But if you look closer, examine, test, and prove many – 1 Thessalonians 5:21. You will discover their zeal of God is not according to the Word of God. From these people we need to warn, rebuke, and turn away from.

B. Those who have a zeal for God, not according to knowledge, may do an excellent job of deceiving and making you think they’re holy and righteous on the outside, but on the inside they are full of evil – Matthew 15:7-9; Matthew 23:25-28.