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  • II Peter 1:5-11
  • Faith
    • Hebrews 11:1-3, 6 – What faith is.
    • Romans 1:22
    • James 2:14-26; Matthew 7:20-27 – faith alone is not enough to save us
    • John 3:16
    • John 20:30-31
  • Virtue
    • I Timothy 3:16-17
    • John 16:13
    • John 12:48
    • I Corinthians 16:13
    • Acts 4:18-20
  • Knowledge
    • John 8:31-32
    • Proverbs 24:5
    • Hebrews 5:12-14
    • Psalms 119:11
    • Hosea 4:6
    • Matthew 4:1-11
    • I Peter 1:14-15
    • Romans 10:2-3
  • Temperance (self-control)
    • Galatians 5:22-23
    • I Corinthians 9:24-27
    • Proverbs 16:32
    • Matthew 16:24-26
  • Patience
    • Not being hasty enduring when things aren’t going your way
    • Hebrews 12:1-2
    • Romans 15:4-5
    • James 5:10-11
    • I Timothy 3:10
    • Revelation 2:2, 3, 19
    • II Timothy 4:2
    • II Corinthians 6:4
    • James 1:2-4
    • Hebrews 6:12
  • Godliness
    • God-likeness
    • John 14:7
    • I Peter 2:21
    • Galatians 2:20
    • I Corinthians 11:1
  • Brotherly kindness
    • Matthew 5:43-48
    • Matthew 7:1-12
  • Love
    • I Corinthians 13:13
    • Matthew 22:36-40
    • Ephesians 5:23-33
    • Hebrews 13:1
    • John 3:16
    • I John 2:15
    • I Timothy 6:10

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  • Mark 10:13-16
  • Class structure at Benchley
    • Class 1 (1-2 years)
      • Learn how to be in Bible class
      • Learn “Bible words”
    • Class 2 (2-4 years)
    • Class 3 (K-2nd grade)
    • Class 4 (3rd-4th grade)
      • Make connections to applications
    • Class 5 (5th-8th grade)
      • Become independent learners
    • Class 6 (8th-10th grade)
      • Prepare for independent lives
      • Prepare for adult responsibilities
    • What can I do?
      • Teach!
      • Help
      • Parents: prepare children for class
      • Give feedback
      • Give

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  • I John 2:7-21
  • I John 2:8 – See John 13:34.
  • I John 2:16 – The devil only has three ways to get us to sin: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life. Satan used all three of these on Even in Genesis 3:1-6. He also used the same approach when tempting Jesus.
  • I John 2:19 – Being against Christ is not the only way one can become an antichrist. Claiming to be for Christ, but working against His teachings is also sufficient to become an antichrist.
  • I John 2:20 – This “anointing” is the word of truth. I John 2:21 shows that they know the truth – this is that “anointing.”

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  • Visitors, continued:
    • Survey of Benchley visitors
    • Philippians 2:3-8
    • Beware of insider language and lack of info
      • I Corinthians 9:19-23; 8:9
        • Acts 21:40-22:3 – Paul addresses this crowd much differently than the Greeks in Athens.
        • “Go forward”
        • “Local church” and “universal church”
        • “Gospel meeting”
        • “Scriptural marriage”
        • “MDR”
        • “Liberal church”
        • “Institutional” vs “non-institutional”
        • “Invitation song”
      • I Peter 4:11; Ephesians 4:29
      • Colossians 4:3-6

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  • King Josiah and King Cyrus
    • I Kings 13:2 – prophecy of Josiah
    • Isaiah 44:28 – prophecy of Cyrus
  • Volunteers
    • Isaiah 6:8 – “Here I am. Send me!”
    • Psalms 110:3
    • II Corinthians 8:3
  • Evangelistically minded
    • Isaiah 2:3 – “Many shall come and say, ‘Come and let us go …’”
    • Mark 5:19-20 – This man just went and told what he knew!
    • Zechariah 8:20-23
    • Zechariah 3:10
  • Characterized by joy, gladness, and thanksgiving
    • Isaiah 51:3, 11
    • Isaiah 9:1-4
  • Fully reliant upon God
    • Isaiah 10:20
  • Enjoy peaceful relations
    • With man
      • Isaiah 11:6-9; 65:25; 19:23-25
    • And with God
      • Isaiah 54:5-10
      • Micah 7:18-19
  • Isaiah 26:8-9
  • Keeps the truth
    • Isaiah 26:2
    • II Chronicles 13:7-9
    • I Kings 15:3

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