Author: Craig Mellendorf

Doubting God - Part 2: Leaving Christianity
1 Timothy 4:1-10
Deconstruction—the process of critically examining, questioning, and often dismantling aspects of one’s faith—sometimes with the goal of reconstructing a more authentic faith, but often leading to abandonment or rejection of core Christian doctrines.
Deconstruction done well: a sincere examination of your beliefs,
to let go of what is untrue, so you can hold on to what is true.
Doubt doesn’t mean you’re losing your faith.
Doubt is an invitation to a faith.
1. The Enemy’s Mission: Get you to the faith – vs. 1-2
2. The Enemy’s Method: Get you to replace with rules—vs. 3-5
Legalism—believing that following a set of rules gets you to heaven, gains you favor with God.
Two Ways Legalism Leads to Deconstruction
1) You can’t all the rules so you just give up.
2) You strike a with God that God never struck—consciously or unconsciously. When God doesn’t follow through with what we thought, we jettison our faith.
3. Our Motivation: to pursue leading to hoping in and loving God over anything else – vs. 6-10

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