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By David Watson

Benchley, March 3, 2013

• I Corinthians 15:50-58
• “The dead will be raised… Your toil is not in vain in the Lord.”
  • I Corinthians 15:52
  • John 5:25-29
  • I Corinthians 15:12-19,32,58 – If there is no resurrection, our faith means nothing. Since there is a resurrection, our labor for God is not in vain.
• “We will all be changed”
  • I Corinthians 15:50-53,35-49
  • I John 3:2
  • Earthly body vs. heavenly body
  • Don’t stress too much about the physical body (I Timothy 4:7-8)
  • Look forward to a better existence!
• “O Death, where is your sting?”
  • I Corinthians 15:54-57
  • Psalms 116:15
  • I Corinthians 10:12

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By Kevin Scott

Benchley, December 9, 2012

• II Peter 3:14 – We need to be at peace with God. We need to metaphorically bleach our clothes and be blameless and clean in God’s eyes.
• Review
  • II Peter 1:
    • Theme: Make one’s calling and election sure through spiritual growth in true knowledge. II Peter 1:1-11
    • Purpose: Put believers in continual rememberance. II Peter 1:12-15
    • Validity/authority: II Peter 1:16-21
  • II Peter 2:
    • Warning: False teachers will arise among them. II Peter 2:1-3
    • Examples: II Peter 2:4-10
    • Descriptions: II Peter 2:11-22
  • II Peter 3:
    • Warning: II Peter 3:1-10
    • Admonitions: Conduct of the believers. II Peter 3:11-18
    • Doxology: II Peter 3:18b

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By Kevin Scott

Benchley, November 25, 2012

• II Peter 2:19 – We are slaves to whatever we decide to serve. If we decide to serve our sinful desires, we are slaves to sin.
• II Peter 3:5-6 – See Hebrews 11:3.

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, August 12, 2012

• In local churches that claim to be of Christ, there is much too much of far too many “isms”:
  • Shisms
  • Premillenialism
  • Liberalism
  • Anti-ism – the disposition of binding where God has not bound
  • Institutionalism – using the church to build human institutions for benevolent work
  • Modernism – the disposition of doing any good work, whether God approves of it or not
• But there is one “ism” of which we have far too little: individualism
• In becoming a Christian, the individual must act.
• In living the Christian’s life, the individual must act. (Matthew 5:16; Hebrews 10:24-25)
  • The individual must be generous and relieve the needy.
• God wants us to be busy doing the work He has authorized us to do.
• It will be individualism in the judgment.
  • Matthew 25 – the parable of the talents

By David Watson

Benchley, June 24, 2012

• II Timothy 2:15
• II Peter 3:10
• Text
  • Always start by reading the text itself first.
• Context
  • In its context, what does this verse seem to be saying?
  • II Peter 3:1-9,11-18
• Translations
  • Compare translations of the verse in several reliable, conservative translations (KJV, NKJV, ASV, NASB, ESV).
• Other passages
  • Isaiah 13:6,9; II Thessalonians 2:1-2 – “the day of the Lord”
  • I Thessalonians 5:1-3 – “come like a thief”
  • Romans 2:16; I Corinthians 4:5 – “burned up” or “discovered”
• Definitions
  • Vine’s Expository Dictionary
  • Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (and numbering system)
• Commentaries
  • Use carefully!
• Conclusion and application

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By David Watson

Benchley, March 28, 2012

• Why must we have self-control in the following areas? (continued from last week)
• Desires (Romans 6:12)
• God gave us permissible outlets for our desires. We must make sure we use only those to be free from sin.
• Strategies for maintaining self-control
• When possible, leave the situation (Genesis 39:12; I Timothy 2:22)
• Use righteous outlets (I Peter 5:7; Ephesians 4:29; I Corinthians 7:1-5)
• Trust in God as the final judge (Romans 12:19)

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By David Watson

Benchley, March 25, 2012

• Galatians 4:4 – Jesus came when the time was right for Him to come.
• The balanced truth about Jesus…
• He complimented, but He also condemned.
• Matthew 8:10; 15:28 – Jesus compliments people for their faith.
• John 2:13-17 – Jesus drives the moneychangers from the temple.
• Matthew 23:13-33 – Jesus calls out the religious leaders of the day for their unfaithfulness.
• He praised family life, but He also made severe regulations.
• Matthew 15:3; 19:4-6 – Jesus rebukes the traditions of the Pharisees.
• If Jesus spoke out about marriage like this today, would he be popular?
• Serving God must always come before family.
• He offered salvation, but He also demanded obedience.
• Matthew 11:28-30
• Matthew 7:21-27 – We can’t be acceptable to God with just lip service. We must obey!
• He spoke of heaven, but also of hell.
• Matthew 25:31-46 – Jesus describes the scene at judgment.
• Matthew 5:22; 10:15,28; 12:41; 13:40-51 – Jesus warns of punishment for those who do not obey.

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By Chris Thomas

Benchley, September 18, 2011

• What the cross was
• What God made it
• Acts 2:3; 5:30; 10:39; Romans 3:25; Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 12:2; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:16; I Peter 1:10-12
• The Cross is for all.
• Titus 2:11-14; Romans 1:16; Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8; Romans 9:6; Ephesians 3:1-12; Romans 10:11-12; Galatians 3:28
• The Cross is our only hope.
• John 14:6
• Christ is our unshakable foundation.
• The Cross is a call.
• Luke 9:23; Romans 12:1; II Timothy 2:22; 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12
• II Peter 3:10-13; Galatians 3:27 – the coming of the day of the Lord

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, August 28, 2011

• II Timothy 3:17 – The phrase “man of God” is used about seventy-five times in the Old Testament and always refers to a teacher of the word. It seems to mean the same thing here. This verse shows that the Bible is all you need to teach someone the truth. Calvinists and some other religious groups might argue that something besides just the scripture is required for faith (such as some operation of the Holy Spirit).

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, July 31, 2011

• II Timothy 1:14 – This is one of the very few passages that talk about the Holy Spirit dwelling in the Christian.
• Ephesians 3:17 – Christ dwells in our hearts by faith. This is the same way God the Father and the Holy Spirit dwell in us.
• Colossians 3:16 – The word of Christ is to be that which motivates and directs our lives.
• The Holy Spirit dwells in one when one allows the word delivered by the Holy Spirit to direct his life. (See John 14:26.)
• II Timothy 1:18 – We all hope to find mercy in judgment. We can’t hope to have gotten everything so right in our lives that we have no need of mercy.
• II Timothy 2:2 – We all have the responsibility to teach others.
• II Timothy 2:3 – See Hebrews 13:23. At some point, Timothy was imprisoned for teaching the truth.
• II Timothy 2:4-5 – We must show discipline in obeying God. We must obey the rules set out for us. See I Corinthians 9:25-27.
• II Timothy 2:6 – See I Timothy 5:18.