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By David Watson

Benchley, April 25, 2012

• “Moses … struck the rock”
• Numbers 20:7-13; 27:14 – Moses and Aaron sinned by not treating God as holy. Because of this, they were not allowed to enter the promised land.
• Numbers 20:24 – Moses did not “almost:” follow God’s ommand. God called his act rebellion.
• Deuteronomy 3:24-29 – Moses pleads with God to allow him to enter the promised land.
• Deuteronomy 34:1-6 – God did not relent and let Moses enter the promised land.
• Moses was not held to a higher standard. God commands all men to live to His standard. See II Samuel 6:1-7 (Uzzah); Leviticus 10:1-2 (Nadab and Abihu); Acts 5 (Ananias and Sapphira).
• What lessons do we learn from Moses in this story?
• We can never be so right with God that we cannot fall.
• We must always watch ourselves and show humility before God.
• Do what God says like God says!

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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 Tim Stevens

Benchley, September 29, 2011

• From the rescuers above – there’s help!
• Romans 5:6-8; 8:3; John 8:23 – Christ died to save us when we couldn’t save ourselves.
• Romans 5:20-21; I John 2:1-2 – God’s grace saves us through Jesus’ sacrifice.
• Hebrews 4:14-16 – Jesus our High Priest
• Cooperation with the rescuer – a must!
• Romans 3:25-26 – God provided Jesus to serve as the sacrifice for our sins.
• Romans 10:5-11 – God provided the means for our salvation.
• Romans 6:3-4; Galatians 3:27 – We must be baptized and then live faithfully to be saved.
• We must cooperate with the plan God has put in place to be saved.
• Those being rescued – work together!
• Ephesians 4:1-3 – Keep the “unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
• Hebrews 10:36 – We must have endurance.
• We need to show the world how Christians should act! John 13:34-35
• There’s light at the end of the tunnel!
• Matthew 2:2 – Jesus’ birth brought a light over Bethlehem.
• Matthew 4:16; John 1:1-9 – Jesus is the light.
• Revelation 21:22-27 – The saved walk in the light of Jesus.
• I John 3:1-3

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By David Watson

Benchley, September 18, 2011

• II Timothy 4:1-2 – Preaching was important in the early days of the church.
• Romans 10:13-15
• Preaching is relevant…
• Because God still exists and Jesus is still the Christ!
• Acts 17:23; 10:42-43 – We need to know the same things that were preached back then.
• Because salvation is still desirable!
• Romans 1:15-16; Mark 16:15-16; I Corinthians 1:18-24 – The gospel is still the power of God unto salvation.
• If it is gospel preaching!
• II Timothy 4:2-5; 3:1-2; Acts 17:28; 18:24,28 – True gospel preaching will offend some people, but it must have the Word of God as its foundation.
• Because it promotes obedience!
• Hebrews 3:16; 4:1-2; Acts 8:12; 14:15
• We should still be eager to hear gospel preaching!

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, September 18, 2011

• Titus 1:5-9 – Qualifications of elders
• Elders are overseers or stewards of God’s house, which is His people. Elders are to watch and provide for the sheep that we in their care.
• A man must have these qualifications to be appointed an elder and must maintain these qualifications to continue serving as an elder.
• Titus 1:9 – An elder doesn’t have to be able to convince every single person who contradicts the Bible. Not even Jesus did that. He does have to be able to use a good working knowledge of the Bible to convince those with honest hearts.
• Titus 1:10-11 – Elders must be able to silence those who rebel and upset the church and have the fortitude to actually do it.

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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 10, 2011

• Ephesians 6:1-3 – Children must obey and honor their parents.
• Genesis 20:12
• Ephesians 6:1 – “in the Lord” means as far as you can while obeying the Lord.
• Ephesians 6:4 – See Colossians 3:21. Do not provoke children to anger.
• Ephesians 6:5-9 – Be obedient to masters. See Colossians 3:23.
• Ephesians 6:10 – Take a strong stand in the things of the Lord.

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, June 26, 2011

• Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 11:5-6; Acts 10:33-35; James 2:24 – These passages all harmonize!
• Saved:
  • Not by works (excluded):
    • Sinlessness
    • Devise own plan
    • Any man’s plan
  • By works (included):
    • Faith that responds in works of obedience (Galatians 5:6)
• God’s offer:
  • Joshua 6
    • Boastful work? No.
    • Man’s faith? No.
    • Man’s obedience? YES.
  • II Kings 5
    • Boastful work? No.
    • Man’s faith? No.
    • Man’s obedience? YES.
  • John 9
    • Boastful work? No.
    • Man’s faith? No.
    • Man’s obedience? YES.
  • Mark 16:16
    • Boastful work? No.
    • Man’s faith? No.
    • Man’s obedience? YES.
  • Was the blessing each received by the grace of God? Yes!
  • Did they receive the blessing while rejecting God’s plan? No!
  • Did they receive the blessing at the point of faith? No.
  • Did they receive the blessing when they, through faith, worked the works that God commanded? Yes.

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, March 27, 2011

• I John 3:2; Philippians 3:2
• If we are to be like Him then, we must be like Him now.
  • Romans 8:29
  • II Corinthians 3:18
  • II Peter 1:4
  • I John 2:1-2
• Being like Christ
  • Involves obedience
    • Hebrews 5:8-9; John 5:30; 6:38
    • James 1:2
  • Involves purity
    • I John 3:3,8-10 – Purity is our goal.
  • Involves love
    • John 13:34-35 – command to love one another
    • Matthew 5:48
    • I Corinthians 13:4
  • Involves being forgiving
    • Forgiving is hard because it takes denial of self and humulity
    • Matthew 6:15; Luke 17:3-4 – command to forgive our brothers
    • Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60 – Jesus and Stephen forgiving those that killed them
  • Involves being patient in suffering for His cause
    • I Peter 2:21-24
    • Philippians 3:8-11; Romans 8:18
    • Romans 12:20
  • Summed up, it involves seeking God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33).

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By David Watson

Benchley, January 9, 2011

• Genesis 6
• The obedience of Noah
  • Genesis 6:5-12 – Noah was totally outnumbered by wickedness.
  • Genesis 6:14-16 – God commands Noah to build the ark.
  • Mark 8:34; Matthew 5:27-28,43-44; 7:21 – God commands us to go against some of our natural tendencies.
  • Noah’s obedience was not convenient!
  • Hebrews 11:7
• The punishment of God
  • Genesis 6:17; 7:23 – God punished mankind.
  • II Peter 3:3-7 – God will punish again.
  • We must pay attention to how God has punished man before and be careful to obey Him now.
  • Hebrews 10:26
• The salvation of God
  • Genesis 8:1; 9:1; 6:13
  • I Peter 3:18-22; II Peter 2:4-9 – God offers us salvation just as He offered it to the people in Noah’s day.