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By David Watson

Benchley, July 27, 2011

• Mark 12:38-40 – Be careful of those who walk around in long robes and desire the adoration and respect of others.
• Mark 12:41-44 – The poor widow gives two mites into the collection.
• Giving to God is about the heart, not the amount.
• This is not teaching that we are to give all of our money to God. There is no specificied amount under the new law. (II Corinthians 9:6-9)
• Mark 13:1 – The stones of the temple were truly massive, some as large as 45x12x11 feet.
• Mark 13:30 – All these things that were prophesied were going to happen in the time of the generation that was then alive.

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, July 24, 2011

• Many live for things.
• Genesis 13 – Lot chose the good land desptire the ungodly people that lived there.
• Ecclesiastes 2:3-11 – Solomon decided that all the pleasures of earth were vanity.
• II Timothy 4:10 – Demas was guilty of materialism.
• II Peter 1:9
• Many live for popularity.
• Many live for riches.
• I Timothy 6:9-10
• Many live for physical self.
• Some live for Christ.

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By David Watson

Benchley, July 24, 2011

• Jonah: You can’t hide from God.
• Psalms 139:1-12
• Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 – God is aware of everything that we do.
• Matthew 12:36 – God hears every idle word.
• Hebrews 4:13 – Everything is open and laid bare before God.
• I John 1:9-2:2 – We must face what we’ve done and confess.
• Stephen: Be willing to serve.
• Acts 6:1-5 – Stephen chosen to serve.
• Acts 7:51-58 – Stephen stoned for preaching the truth.
• I Timothy 3:1 – Elders must desire the work.
• II Corinthians 8:10-11
• Abraham: Stand on God’s promises.
• John 8:39-40
• Hebrews 11:8-10,17
• Romans 2:6-11 – God promises to render to each of us according to our deeds.

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, July 24, 2011

• II Timothy 1:5 – Timothy’s faith came from the teaching of his mother and grandmother and from his own study. Like him, we must study to build our own faith.
• II Timothy 1:6 – Timothy had a spiritual gift he had received from Paul.
• I Timothy 4:14 – The gift was through the agency of Paul with the approval of the elders. Some point to these two verses as a contradiction in the Bible, but a study of the original wording clarifies the issue.
• II Timothy 1:8 – We are to be joyful if we must suffer for the gospel.
• II Timothy 1:9 – See Titus 3:5. This is not teaching that obedience is unnecessary as some claim. We must still be obedient, but we can’t be obedient enough to merit our own salvation. We must still rely on God’s grace.
• I Peter 1:20 – Our salvation was planned before creation of the world.
• II Timothy 1:13 – See II Timothy 2:2. Timothy was to hold fast to what he was taught and teach it to others.

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, July 20, 2011

• The book of Habakkuk is unique in that the prophet takes his concerns about Juday to God. This is the only book of prophecy in which this is true.
• God told Habakkuk that He would use the Chaldeans to punish Judah for their sin.
• Habakkuk 2: God pronounces five woes on the Chaldeans
• Habakkuk 2:6-8 – because of human bloodshed and violence to the land
• Habakkuk 2:9-11 – because they got evil gain for their house
• Habakkuk 2:12-14 – because they built a city with bloodshed
• Habakkuk 2:15-17 – because they made their neighbors drunk
• Habakkuk 2:18-19 – because of their idolatry
• Psalms 11:4 – The Lord is in His holy temple.
• Habakkuk 3: Habakkuk prays to God
• Habakkuk pleads for mercy from God in His wrath.
• II Timothy 1:16-17 – Paul offered a similar prayer on behalf of Onesiphorus
• Habakkuk 3:18-19 – Habakkuk rejoices in the Lord, even though disaster was coming.
• See Hebrews 13:6; Romans 8:31

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, July 10, 2011

• I Corinthians 5:1-11 – This letter was written to correct a situation at Corinth.
• II Thessalonians 3:6-15 – Paul instructed the Thessalonians to withdraw from one who was walking disorderly among them.
• The issue was a man that would not work for himself.
• They were to withdraw from him so he would be ashamed and admonish him.
• Neither of these texts say anything about family members – that subject is covered in other passages.