Sr. Pastor-Teacher: Rev. Mark A. Cain 

SERIES:  THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS

CHAPTER 19:  SOVEREIGN PROTECTION TO PREACH THE GOSPEL

TEXT (L62):         Acts 19:33-41

Memory Verse— "For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today's events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”                 Acts 19:40(NASB)

THE DOCTRINE OF THE PUBLIC LIE

1. The public lie exist in two categories: (A) It is used to discredit establishment doctrine (God's sacred provision of the Individual, Marriage, Family, and Nationalism). (B) It is used to discredit those who communicate the Gospel and sound Bible doctrine.

2. If you believe the lie, you have previously rejected Bible doctrine because of wrong priorities, or by refusing to consistently listen to Bible teaching by your right pastor. Rejection of sound Biblical teaching leads to distractions in life, i.e. Eve in the garden.

3. Without Bible doctrine stored in the soul the believer becomes vulnerable to believing the public lie. At this point he/she has no capacity to believe the truth due to suppressing what little truth remains, which is covered by scare tissue on the soul from false truth.

4. Anyone can say anything about anyone else and someone will always believe it, especially if they have mental attitude sins toward that person. Those who believe the lie are those with no truth in their soul due to being suppressed by accumulated garbage in the soul (Eph. 4:17-24). "Your soul should be a storehouse of wisdom not a wastebasket full of lies."

5. Liability does not terminate with the originator of the public lie, but extends to those who believe it (Hosea 4:6-7; Gal. 6:7-8). This is the Law of Volitional Responsibility.  

6. There is a sinful and evil motivation attached to the origin and reception of the public lie. It is often rooted in the mental attitude sins of arrogance, jealousy, bitterness, hatred, vindictiveness, implacability, and revenge.

7. The public lie is the place of compatibility for evil people and every form of evil. This is how conspiracy begins (Acts 19:23-29). "Evil prevails when good men do nothing."  

8. The public lie is designed to create an environment of control and manipulation of others at the expense of character assassination (Acts 19:37).

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