Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

April 15, 2018

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  • Malachi exposes our selfish perspectives
  • Introduction
    • Malachi 1:2, 6, 7, 12; 2:14; 3:7, 8, 13 – “you say …” statements
  • We don’t even recognize God’s blessings.
    • “How have you loved us?” – Malachi 1:2
    • God had blessed them the whole way, but they failed to recognize it.
    • Do we make the mistake of thinking God does not love us if some specific prayer is not answered?
    • Hebrews 2:9-18; 4:15-16; 12:2-3 – Jesus knows the suffering and temptation we face!
  • We offer pitiful worship and claim it’s good enough.
    • “How have we despised your name? … How have we defiled you?” – Malachi 1:6-7
    • “My, how tiresome it is!” – Malachi 1:13
    • “How have we robbed you?” – Malachi 3:8
  • We live in sin and then pretend to worship.
    • “For what reason does God reject my worship?” – Malachi 2:14
    • Malachi 2:10-15
    • Matthew 5:23
    • I Peter 3:7, 10-12 – Mistreating your wife hinders your prayers!

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

April 15, 2018

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  • Luke 11:38-42
  • Salvation by grace (grace only)
    • Titus 2:11
    • What we need to remember: we are saved by grace!
    • Titus 3:3-7
    • Romans 4:4, 9-10 – Abraham’s faith was credited to him before he was circumcised!
    • Why we need to remember: so we give God the glory and don’t focus solely on works!
    • Ephesians 2:3
  • Emotion in our spiritual life (emotionalism)
    • What we need to remember: there is certainly a place for emotion in the lives of God’s people.
    • Malachi 2:1-2; Matthew 15:7-9
    • Why we need to remember this: we need to have sincere emotion to be pleasing to God.

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SLL

April 11, 2018

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  • As Christians, does guilt still play a part in our lives?
  • Lights in the world – Philippians 2:12-16
  • Paul opposes Peter – Galatians 2:11-14
  • Qualifications for overseers – I Timothy 3:1-5
  • Instructions to the Thessalonians – I Thessalonians 5:1-11
  • II Timothy 4:5
  • I Peter 1:13
  • I Peter 4:6-8
  • I Peter 5:8
  • Acts 20:26-31
  • Romans 15:14
  • I Corinthians 4:10-14
  • I Thessalonians 5:12-14
  • II Thessalonians 3:14-15
  • I Corinthians 10:11-12
  • II Timothy 4:7-8

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

April 08, 2018

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  • Ephesians 3:6-12
  • Ephesians 3:1 – “For this reason” – Paul was imprisoned because he preached the gospel to the Gentiles.
  • Ephesians 3:2 – Jesus chose Paul specifically to bear the message to the Gentiles.
  • Ephesians 3:3 – The mystery is that the Gentiles would be saved as part of the same body as the Jews (see Ephesians 3:6).
  • Ephesians 3:5 – Apostles and prophets are listed as two separate groups, which may be emphasizing that truth was revealed to the apostles, who then laid hands on others so that they could prophesy as well.
  • Ephesians 3:8 – Paul was very humble in his use of hyperbole here. He was certainly not the least of all saints!
  • Ephesians 3:10 – See Ephesians 6:12. “Heavenly places” means the highest of whatever category is under consideration. Paul uses the phrase this way consistently in Ephesians. See also Ephesians 2:6. Here, Paul is simply referring to the rulers at the highest levels in the land.
  • Ephesians 3:11 – God’s eternal plan was salvation of both Jews and Gentiles.

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

EW

April 08, 2018

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  • How and why does God forgive?
    • God desires to forgive
      • He finds forgiveness delightful – Micah 7:18-19
      • He desires that we repent – II Peter 3:9
      • Forgiveness is in His interest – Isaiah 43:25 (I John 2:12)
    • He planned to forgive
      • In mind of God at the beginning – Genesis 3:15; II Timothy 1:8-11
      • Foretold through the ages – Isaiah 53:4-6
    • He worked to forgive
      • Shaped the nations, made them rise and fall – Acts 17:24-27
      • Gave the law to Moses
        • To teach us of sin – Romans 7:7
        • To teach us of forgiveness – Leviticus 4
      • Gave His Sin as a sin offering – Romans 8:3
      • Gave of His Spirit to teach – John 14:25-26; 15:26-27
      • Recorded and preserved His Word
    • Established conditions for forgiveness
      • Hear His Word – Romans 10:17
      • Believe in Him – Romans 10:9
      • Repent of our sins – Acts 3:19; 5:31
      • Confess belief in the Christ – Romans 10:9
      • Be buried in baptism – Acts 2:38
      • Pray for forgiveness of subsequent sins – Acts 8:22
    • Why?
      • For His sake – for His name’s sake – I John 2:12
      • It brings great joy – Luke 15; 2:8-15
  • God wants us to forgive also
    • Important to us – Matthew 5:23-24
    • Important for us – Colossians 3:12-13
    • Essential for our souls – Matthew 6:14-15; Luke 17:3-4
    • It is undoubtedly commanded of us.
  • How should we forgive?
    • “… just as the Lord has forgiven you …”
    • What does that mean?
      • What’s been said
      • What’s been written – Ephesians 5:1
        • Desire to forgive
        • Plan to forgive
        • Work to forgive
        • Find joy in forgiving

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