Classes - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

July 29, 2018

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  • Jude 1:5-11
  • Jude 1:6 – “Angels” here could just mean messengers – not celestial beings. The same word is used in: II Corinthians 11:13-14; Matthew 11:10; Mark 1:1-2; Luke 7:24; Luke 9:52; James 2:25
  • Jude 1:7 – Jude uses the example of Sodom and Gomorrah to compare the way in which the angels sin. Those that sinned at Sodom and Gomorrah were men – not celestial beings. This lends more credence to the idea that the angels in Jude 1:6 were earthly messengers. Nowhere in the Bible do we see any evidence that celestial beings can sin or be judged for sin. Compare II Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 25.
  • Jude 1:9 – It’s possible that the devil wanted Moses buried in a prominent place to become a snare to the Israelites. Instead, God buried Moses in an unknown place. See Deuteronomy 34:6.
    • It is not our place to stand in God’s place and rebuke Satan. It would do no good and might even by harmful to us. God will punish Satan in His time.
  • Jude 1:11
    • The way of Cain:
      • Willful contempt to divine authority
      • Divine condemnation because he had no respect for God’s authority
      • Hatred
      • Intolerance
    • The way of Balaam (Numbers 22-25)
      • Not enough love for truth
      • Hypocrisy
      • Putting a stumbling block before God’s people
      • Greed for reward

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

BB

July 25, 2018

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  • Philippians 3:17-19
  • The family
    • Acts 8:4
    • Rafiq taught and baptized over 40 people in Antalya, Turkey.
    • Due to persecution, he and his family moved repeatedly, eventually ending up in Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Re-examine our lives
    • Self-focus
    • Negative
    • Self-pity
    • Self-absorption
  • Hebrews 12:4
  • Philippians 2:3-4
  • Most everyone has:
    • Family issues
    • Money issues
    • Health problems
  • Give God an opportunity to show His power.
    • John 10:28; Hebrews 13:5; I Peter 5:10
  • II Kings 22:20
  • Daniel 3:16-18
  • What they need: Jesus
  • Why successful: Matthew 5:13-16
  • Be different in a positive way.
  • Kids in the family
    • Social outcasts
    • Lives disrupted
    • In harm’s way.
    • Yet, they are happy and doing well!
  • We must have confidence in our kids and expect the best from them.
  • James 5:16b
  • Powerful cycle:
    • See the example à be the example

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

July 22, 2018

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  • Worldliness: of or relating to the concerns of this life as distinguished from the life to come.
  • I John 2:15
  • II Corinthians 5:10
  • The whole sphere of man’s life:
    • Religious, domestic, economic, political, and social
  • Luke 19:10
  • Religious worldliness is the very theory of premillennialism.
    • This theory posits that the Jews were so obstinate in Jesus’ day that He was not able to establish a spiritual kingdom. Instead, He started the Church Age and will return later to establish a perfect kingdom on Earth.
    • Counterproof:
      • Zechariah 6:13 – If Jesus is not now king and high priest, the premillennialist has no king or high priest.
      • Romans 8:34 – Jesus is now king and high priest.
      • Galatians 4:4
      • Acts 2:33-36
      • I Corinthians 15:28
      • Jeremiah said no one of the lineage of Jeconiah could sit on the throne of Jerusalem and prosper. Jesus was out of that lineage, so if He returns to set up a physical kingdom, this prophecy would work against Jesus!
      • Daniel 7:13-14
      • Mark 9:1 – The kingdom was coming in their lifetime!
      • Revelation 1:9 – The kingdom existed at this time!
  • Social: Many churches today try to operate as social institutions, holding all kinds of events that have nothing to do with religion.
  • Domestic: Many churches try to involve themselves in orphans’ homes and old folks’ homes.
  • Economic: Some churches enter into business ventures to support themselves.
  • Political

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

July 22, 2018

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  • Introduction
    • Colossians 1:1
    • Colossians 3:5 – Being a Christian in the first century was tough!
    • Colossians 2:8 – There was a lot of false doctrine going around!
    • Why would anyone go through all of this? God’s blessings!
  • Clean conscience
    • Colossians 1:13-14, 21
    • II Corinthians 1:12
    • Acts 9:9
  • Sense of purpose
    • Colossians 1:9-10
    • Colossians 2:6
    • Colossians 3:1-3, 17
    • II Timothy 2:21
  • Brethren
    • Colossians 1:3-4
    • Acts 2:44
  • Hope!
    • Colossians 1:3
    • Colossians 3:4
    • I Thessalonians 4:13, 16-18
    • Hebrews 6:19
  • What should we do with these blessings?
    • Enjoy them!
      • Genesis 3:1
      • I Timothy 1:5
      • We should be happy to be in a good relationship with God.
    • Help others desire and acquire them!
      • Philippians 2:14

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

July 22, 2018

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  • 3 John 1:9-15; Jude 1:1-5
  • 3 John 1:10 – This is a case of people being put out of the church in which the people being put out were innocent, but the one putting them out was not.
  • Jude 1:1 – Jude is the writer. The Holy Spirit is the author.
    • Luke 6:13-16 – It is generally assumed that Judas the brother of James wrote the book of Jude.
    • The writer uses triplets 14 times in this book.
    • “Kept for Jesus Christ” is not something permanent. People who are obeying God must work to maintain that relationship lest they fall away.
  • Jude 1:4 – When one teaches that one cannot so sin as to be lost (i.e., “God’s grace is greater than my sin”), he is turning God’s grace into licentiousness. It’s possible that Jude was trying to combat Gnosticism, which taught that the spirit was good, and the physical was evil. Therefore, you could give in to lust as long as you kept your spirit pure.

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