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  (SERMON CLIP) DO YOU USE FACEBOOK TO PLATFORM YOURSELF AS AN AUTHORITY
  by Tim Conway
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the tendency to engage in debates and
express opinions easily, especially in the age of the Internet, while
neglecting the importance of self-reflection and facing personal
shortcomings. It highlights the challenge of confronting one's own
faults and sins, urging individuals to prioritize self-examination and
repentance before trying to fix others.

Topics: "Self-Reflection", "Humility in Judgment"
Scripture References: Romans 2:1, James 1:22, Psalm 139:23, Matthew 7:3, 1 John 1:9

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This sermon emphasizes the tendency to engage in debates and express
opinions easily, especially in the age of the Internet, while neglecting
the importance of self-reflection and facing personal shortcomings. It
highlights the challenge of confronting one's own faults and sins,
urging individuals to prioritize self-examination and repentance before
trying to fix others.

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It is so easy to debate theories and opinions. You just look at the
Internet. Quite honestly, I don't even know what the proper adjective
would be to look for as to how I feel every time I hear about all the
stuff that even some of the people from our own church are involved with
on Facebook.

Everyone vents. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone's an authority.

And it's all so easy. Social justice. We're going to be the authority.

Election. Calvinism. Miracles.

Cessationism. Eschatology. We're going to be the authorities.

And everybody wants to fix everyone else. And you know this. And how
easy it is for people to spew forth their opinions on all sides of the
matter.

But it's much more difficult to face yourself. Oh, God, give us some
people on Facebook who say, I'm not here to banter about this thing or
that thing or the other. I was in prayer the other day and God showed me
I'm not a good wife.

I failed as a mother. The Lord showed me I'm not so honest as I thought.
He's convicted me of anger or resentment.

You see, you don't see that, do you? That's not what people want to talk
about. But that's what God would have us do. Face ourselves.

Adam, where are you? How'd you get there? What have you done? This
excerpt is from the full sermon, Where is Adam?

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/R2vEojD9mSM.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/tim-conway/sermon-clip-do-you-use-facebook-to-platform-yourself-as-an-authority/
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