slides for sermon

1. Psalm 105:44
Standing on the
Shoulders of Giants

2.  "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of
Giants.“ – Isaac Newton (1675)
 Bernard of Chartres (1115 -1124, as school chancellor)
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

3.  "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.“
– Isaac Newton (1675)
 Bernard of Chartres (1115 -1124, as school chancellor)
 The Psalm 105:44 – The infrastructure of the Israelite nation was
built by the Gentiles. The crops they harvested, they did not plant.
They inherited the labor of the nations.
 Timothy inherited his mother and grandmother’s knowledge of the
faith. (2 Timothy 1:5, 3:14-17)
 Timothy was commanded to teach others also. (2 Timothy 2:2)
 We too have inherited the labor (teaching) of early American
Christians
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

4.  Unlike Newton, our goal in teaching is not discover a new way, but
the Apostles’ way in the beginning.
(1 John 2:24)
 The scriptures have always been all sufficient, but it helps to have a
guide. (Acts 8:31)
 What took the older generation a life time to learn, we have been
handed in minutes.
 We have been handed powerful scriptural arguments that others spent years
searching for.
 Late 1700s preachers debated whether baptism meant immersion
 1800s elders debated if the Lord gave authority for musical instruments in
His commandment to sing
 In the 1930s some preachers seriously considered premillennialism as
doctrine from God.
 In the 2000s…
Inheriting Their Labor

5. We need a verse 2 attitude
So we will not have a verse 4 attitude
Let’s encourage our brethren to be
fair-minded (Acts 16:11)
 Not closed-minded, Not open-minded, FAIR-MINDED
The Bereans were willing to put in the effort to
judge scriptural arguments with the Scriptures
 That means sometimes starting with a blank sheet of
paper and Matthew
 The Bereans were not the people that were willing to
argue, but not willing to study
We must hand down an Is. 66 Attitude