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By David Watson
Benchley, May 13, 2012
- Titus 2:3-5
- Reverent in their behavior
- I Peter 3:3-4
- Not malicious gossips
- Not enslaved to much wine
- This does not imply that having a little wine is okay.
- Teaching what is good.
- Encourage the young women.
- To love their husbands and children
- To be sensible
- To be pure
- To be workers at home
- To be kind
- To be subject to their own husbands
- So that the word of God will not be dishonored.
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By Jesse Jenkins
Benchley, May 13, 2012
- Mark 9:1 – The kingdom of God was imminent.
- Colossians 1:13; Hebrews 12:28
- The metaphor kingdom never refers to a local church.
- Facts about the kingdom
- Essentials of citizenship
- Judgment picture
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By David Watson
Benchley, May 6, 2012
- Luke 4:1-13
- The devil will tempt anybody!
- I Corinthians 10:12 – Do not think you are beyond temptation. If the devil would try to tempt Jesus, he will not shy away from tempting anyone!
- The devil’s gonna hit you where it hurts!
- Jesus was intensely hungry after fasting for forty days and the devil offered him bread.
- Job 1:11,2:5 – The devil decides how to tempt Job.
- Job 2:9-10 – The devil uses evil pain and suffering to tempt men. He knows that people tend to question God when tragedy strikes.
- Job 31:1,9-11
- The devil quotes scripture
- The devil only flees for a season.
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By Jesse Jenkins
Benchley, April 29, 2012
- John 10:11,27 – Jesus is the good shepherd.
- The relationship is directly between Jesus and His sheep.
- God has also provided for a congregational arrangement in which elders act as shepherd of the congregation. The sheep are still directly subject to the chief shepherd, which is Jesus. They have an additional relationship to the elders of the local congregation. (Acts 20:28; Hebrews 13:17)
- Each congregation is always to be independent. If a local church is not developed such that is has elders, it should still be independent.
- Shepherds are to feed, lead, and oversee the flock.
- Each congregation is to have a plurality of elders if men are qualified. Elders are always spoken of in the plural in the Bible (Titus 1:6).
- Paul used “flock” to teach that a congregation is to support the preaching of the gospel.
- As relates to the local flock:
- Shepherds are to lead in the will of the Chief Shepherd.
- Sheep are to follow the shepherds when they follow the Chief Shepherd.
- Sheep are to recognize the necessity of staying with the flock.
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By David Watson
Benchley, Apri 29, 2012
- Proof of God’s love
- Our response
- God loves you and you need to love Him back!
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By Jesse Jenkins
Benchley, April 22, 2012
- Some believe that Jesus divested Himself of the characteristics and qualities of deity and lived on earth as a man.
- One cannot be God without the powers and prerogatives of God.
- Some teach that Jesus had both human and divine attributes, but never used any of His divine attributes while on earth.
- Jesus, while on earth, was fully God and fully man.
- His miracles proved He was the Son of God – deity
- No Holy Spirit empowered apostle could:
- Forgive sins. Jesus did.
- Walk on water, except Peter for a while by the power of Jesus’ word. Jesus did.
- Control the sea. Jesus did.
- Say “I give you power over unclean spirits.” Jesus did.
- Say “I have power to lay down my life and I have power to take it again.” Jesus did.
- Say He was in heaven. Jesus did.
- John 20:30-31
- Of what did He empty Himself? Philippians 2:7-8; John 17:5
- He did not empty Himself of authority and power.
- If He did not have the attributes of God He was not fully God.
- Colossians 2:9; 1:19; Hebrews 13:8 – These passages being true, how could anyone think He emptied Himself of any divine attribute?
- Does “all authority hath been given Me” prove that He did not have authority while He worked on earth?
- What about passages that say the Father or the Holy Spirit did a work by Jesus?
- Jesus never used His attributes to overcome trials and tribulations.
- He used the same avenue that are available to us. Matthew 4:1-10; 26:26-45
- But when it did not get in the way of His being the servant and example He came to be, He did use His powers to prove that He was whom He claimed to be!
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By David Watson
Benchley, April 22, 2012
- How shall we treat God’s word?
- No matter what sin we find in our lives or the live of our loved ones, it must be corrected. The penalty is too great to let sin continue (II Thessalonians 1:7-8).
- The parable of the sower teaches us the importance of hearing the word with an honest and good heart (Luke 8:15).
- Five key passages:
- Romans 7:2-3 – A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If a woman is married to someone she is not bound to, she is an adulteress.
- Mark 10:11-12 – The ssame teachin from the man’s perspective.
- Luke 16:18 – If you marry someone who is an adulterer, you are an adulterer also.
- Matthew 19:9 – If a spouse commits sexual immorality, God allows the innocent spouse to divorce and remarry.
- Matthew 5:32 – If a man divorces a wife for any reason other than sexual immorality, he causes her to commit adultery (because he put her in a position where she could not lawfully marry).
- And now for some questions…
- Who has the right to marry?
- Aren’t all marriages considered good by God?
- No, adulterous marriages are not.
- What should those in unscriptural marriages do?
- What responsibilities do other Christians have regarding those in adulterous marriages?
- What is one wasn’t a Christian when a marriage, divorce, or remarriage took place?
- I Corinthians 6:9-11 – People are accountable to God’s laws whether or not they are Christians.
- If God’s laws do not apply to non-Christians, why are people told to repent before they are baptized? (Acts 2:38)
- Doesn’t baptism wash away past sins?
- Yes, but you cannot continue in sin!
- What about the situation some refer to as “mental divorce”?
- This position argues that if he remarries (thus committing adultery), she may remarry because of his sexual immorality.
- No. the marriage was already over before he committed adultery so she cannot scripturally put him away (Luke 16:18).
- Is it possible for a marriage to survive an affar?
- Yes. The guilty spouse must stop the sin, repent, and pray for forgiveness (Acts 8:22).
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By Jesse Jenkins
Benchley, April 15, 2012
- Jude 1:11
- Numbers 16 – Korah was a Levite, but he was not satisfied with his place and rose up in rebellion against Moses and Aaron.
- “Gainsaying” simply means “speaking against”.
- Pride
- Disrespect for God’s order
- Many disrespect God’s command that there be one church.
- Many disrespect God’s commands regarding the work of the church.
- Presumption
- Korah sinned in presuming to set himself up as the leader and high priest of the people.
- People today presume to put their desires ahead of God’s commands and modify their worship to suit themselves.
- Deuteronomy 18:20 – The prophet that presumes to speak for God but has not received his message from God shall die.
- Rebellion
- Divine condemnation
- Let us be sure that we do not follow after the gainsaying of Korah.
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By David Watson
Benchley, April 15, 2012
- I Peter 2:9-10
- Titus 2:14
- We need to get real about sin.
- I John 1:5-10 – If we say that we have no sin, we are liars and God’s word is not in us.
- The people who pretend sin is not a big deal will not be in heaven. Only those who are humble and willing to confess their sins to God will make it to heaven.
- I John 3:1,6-10 – You can’t claim to have fellowship with God and keep on sinning.
- We need to realize that we are not on our own.
- We need to walk in newness of life.
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By Jesse_Jenkins
Benchley, April 8, 2012
- Jude 1:1-11
- Numbers 22-24 – Balaam and Balak
- Not enough love for the truth.
- Hypocrisy
- Balaam loudly proclaimed his love for the truth, but then proceeded to work against what God instructed him to do.
- Cast a stumbling block before God’s people by means of false doctrine, and that for personal gain.
- Greed
- In the beginning, Balaam started as a true prophet of God, but he ended up caught up in greed and hypocrisy.