Classes - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

February 11, 2018

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  • I Peter 2:1-14
  • I Peter 2:1 – “Therefore” – since they had purified their souls and been born again, Peter exhorts them to put aside malice, deceit, hypocrisy, etc. and desire the word of God.
  • I Peter 2:2 – No matter how long we have been serving God, we still need the milk of God’s word.
  • I Peter 2:3 – The word “if” here is used in the sense of “since.” Do these things in verse 2 since you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
  • I Peter 2:9 – Christians are a chosen race in the sense that they are the people who decided to obey God. It’s not a particular physical race that are now God’s chosen race.
    • See also Colossians 1:13. We have been called out of darkness.
  • I Peter 2:10 – The quotes here are from Hosea 1:10.
  • I Peter 2:11 – We can win this war because God has promised not to tempt us beyond what we are able to bear. (I Corinthians 10:13)
  • I Peter 2:12 – We should live so as to influence others for good. Even if they have heard the word and rejected it, seeing us living well may cause them to seek God.
    • “day of visitation”:
      • Psalms 8:4
      • Psalms 106:4
      • Luke 1:68, 78
      • Luke 7:16
      • Luke 9:44
    • I Peter 2:13-14 – Compare Romans 13:4.

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

February 07, 2018

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  • Commentaries, continued:
    • Preaching is really an audio commentary.
    • Nehemiah 8:7
    • Class workbooks are also their own form of commentary.
    • Don’t blindly accept what any commentary says.
    • Reference: Commended Commentary List from Mark Roberts: http://www.BibleClassMaterial.com/commentary
  • Greek
    • Studying the Bible using Strong’s numbers. Each Greek and Hebrew word is assigned a number, so you can look them up and compare them without knowing the original languages.
    • It’s now much easier to do word studies in the original language, thanks to Strong’s numbers and other helps.
    • Be careful about drawing the wrong conclusion based on individual words. Every word has more than one meaning! Context is important!
    • John 21:15 – See John 19:26

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

February 04, 2018

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  • Introduction
    • Acts 17:1-9 – The beginning of the local church in Thessalonica.
    • The local church in Benchley was started October 23, 1994 in the living room of Joe and Sherri Harding.
    • I Thessalonians 2:19-20
  • Love
    • I Thessalonians 1:1-3
    • In any successful church, love is actively working.
    • I Thessalonians 3:5-8
    • I Thessalonians 4:9-10
    • II Thessalonians 1:3; I Thessalonians 1:6
    • I Thessalonians 5:12-18
    • I Thessalonians 4:13-17; 5:1-11 – Paul answers their questions and tells them to use the information to comfort and encourage each other.
  • Truth
    • I Thessalonians 2:13
    • II Thessalonians 3:1
    • I Thessalonians 5:27
    • II Thessalonians 2:1-12
    • I Thessalonians 4:1
  • Work
    • I Thessalonians 1:3
    • I Thessalonians 2:14
    • II Thessalonians 3:4, 13-14 – Keep working!
    • I Thessalonians 5:14

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

February 04, 2018

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  • I Peter 1:10-25
  • I Peter 1:18-19 – We are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ. Without the shedding of that blood, there is no remission of sins (Hebrews 12:22). God planned for this before the foundation of the world.
  • I Peter 1:24-25 – Peter is quoting Isaiah here to illustrate the difference between the temporal and the eternal. The emphasis is on the word of God, which endures forever. When you have access to the word of God, don’t let yourself be drawn away by things that are merely temporal.

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

January 31, 2018

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  • Misusing figures, continued:
    • Don’t take an unintended lesson from the figure, continued:
      • “Jonah was not dead in the fish; Jesus was not dead in the tomb. He appeared to die but did not actually die.” (Matthew 12:39-40) This contradicts many other passages that plainly say Jesus died. The comparison here is in the timing of the two events. Compare also John 3:14.
      • “If my grown child falls away, I should not seek him out. The father in Luke 15 waited for the son to come home on his own.” (Luke 15:18) This contradicts the parables of the lost sheep and lost coin earlier in the same chapter. Compare Matthew 18:15-17.
      • “One person wins a race. So only one person is going to Heaven.” (I Corinthians 9:24) The context talks about Paul helping others to reach Heaven, so clearly that’s not what the passage means.
      • “Take two people and bind them with a rope. If you cut the rope, both are free. So, if one is free to remarry, the other is, too.” (Romans 7:23) Rope is not in the context. The bond is a legal one from God’s perspective. Rope is a poor analogy.
  • Commentaries
    • Read the Bible first!
      • Matthew 15:3-9
      • Let your first impressions come from the inspired text itself.

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