Iron Sharpens Iron (ISI) is a Church of Christ Bible study resource dedicated to presenting the pure Gospel “message of truth” (Eph. 1:13) – the “good news of great joy” (Luke 2:10, see The Path to Eternal Life). It is for the “born again” Christian (John 3:7) who desires to:
- Be “obedient” (Acts 6:7; Rom. 6:17) to the Gospel as “handed down [delivered ESV]” in Scripture (Jude 3; 2 Tim. 4:4; Gal. 1:6-9),
- Worship the Lord Jesus Christ “in spirit and truth” (John 4:23-24; Luke 18:8),
- “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:17-18),
- “Work out your salvation with fear and trembling” (Php. 2:12),
- “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves!” (2 Cor. 13:5),
- “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15) , and
- “Contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all [time] handed down to the saints” (Jude 3).
IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
We are called to worship the Lord “in spirit and in truth,” not in “spirit and the false teachings of man.” I urge you, brother or sister in Christ, not to be ignorant of the truth as given in Scripture and thereby gullible and misled by the “wolves,” “vipers,” “false prophets,” and modern-day “Pharisees” (Matt. 7:15; 10:16; 23:29; Luke 10:3; Acts 20:29; Rev. 16:13; 20:10). Be on guard, so that no-one takes or deceives you out of your “crown of life” (Rev. 3:11). Yes, Scripture warns that you can, in fact, be “tricked” (“deceived”) out of your “crown of life” (Jas. 1:12; Rev. 2:10) by the false teachings of man (“carried away by the error of unprincipled men,” “deceived,” “led astray,” “taken captive”). If you will, we are “a voice of one crying in the wilderness” (John 1:23) of modern, liberal, corrupt, apostate, “lukewarm” (Rev. 3:16), dead, “hypocritical” (Matt. 23:29; 24:51) pretend so-called “Christianity”: “make straight” (John 1:23) the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Amen!
See the “Beware the Wolves” study for more information.