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Bible Class Teachers

Jesse Jenkins

July 09, 2017

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I Timothy 4:16
John 6:44-45
Hebrews 5:12
Qualities of a good Bible class teacher
- Be a genuine Christian
  - This requires the right information and the right disposition (“spirit and truth”).
    - Philippians 1:18 – teaching with wrong disposition
  - I Corinthians 9:27
  - I John 2:15-16
  - Those who practice sin should not teach classes.
  - Those who are careless with their attendance should not teach classes.
- Be sound in doctrine
  - Titus 2:1, 8
  - II Timothy 1:3
- Be honest and open
  - Acts 15:21
  - Psalm 119:128 – The teacher must love truth and hate error.
- Be diligent in study
- Be dependable
- Pray about it
  - I Thessalonians 5:17

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Bible classes

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How Can Hardships in my Life Bring Others to God?

Ara Casada

July 09, 2017

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Acts 3:1-10 – Peter heals the lame man
Our hardships can be an opportunity for God to display His power.
- II Corinthians 12:7-10 – Paul’s thorn in the flesh
- Genesis 45:3-8; 50:19-21 – God used Joseph to achieve His plans.
- James 5:13-15
How we handle a hardship can draw people to (or drive them away from) God.
- Acts 3:11-26
- Acts 4:8-22 – Peter and John use their arrest as an opportunity to teach.
- Acts 16:16-34 – Paul and Silas use their imprisonment to teach the jailer and the other prisoners.
- Job 2:9 – Job’s wife did not handle the suffering well. She turned away from God and encouraged Job to do the same.
Tell others how God has helped us and what He has accomplished in us because of our hardship.
- Deuteronomy 6:20-25
- If we genuinely appreciate what God has done for us, it is much easier to be motivated to talk to others about God!

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evangelism

lame beggar

suffering

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II Peter 2:1-22

Jesse Jenkins

July 09, 2017

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II Peter 2:1-22
II Peter 2:4-10 – Jude mentions three categories of men who sinned (Jude 1:5-7). Peter here mentions a similar set of people who are reserved for judgment. This passage is talking about examples of men who are reserved for judgment.
- Angels and messengers:
  - Matthew 1:24
  - Matthew 25:41
  - II Corinthians 12:7
  - II Corinthians 11:13-15
  - Matthew 11:10
  - Mark 1:1
  - Luke 7:24, 27 – John
  - Luke 9:52 – Jesus’ messengers
  - James 2:25 – two spies
- Context must determine the meaning of the word “angels”
II Peter 2:9 – I Corinthians 10:13
II Peter 2:21 – We are not told exactly how it will be worse for those who have known God and then turned away. Will it be worse at Judgment? Worse while on Earth?

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2 Peter

angels

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Focus on the First Century, Part 4

Ed Whitt

July 05, 2017

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Last lesson
- Men of action: the Maccabees
  - Revolt against Menelaus
  - Revolt against Seleucids
  - Purification and rededication of the temple
  - Establishment of Hasmonean Dynasty
This lesson
- More on the Hasmonean Dynasty
  - Expansion of Judea
  - Doctrine of proselytizing
  - Position of Galilee
  - John Hyrcanus
  - Aristobulus
  - Jannaeus
  - Civil war
Hasmonean Dynasty established
- Irony of change in philosophy
- Outcropping of “schisms”
- Motivation of priestly service corrupted – again
Simon ratified as high priest
- Not a foreign appointment
- Onias III, IV, etc.
- Priests and elders agree
- Hasmonean Dynasty begins in 140 BC
Hasmonean embassy in Rome – 159 BC
New king in Antioch – 158 BC
- Demands Judea return to original borders
- Simon refuses
- Another war
Seleucid-instigated coup attempt
- Simon and two sons assassinated
- Third son (John Hyrcanus) escapes
John Hyrcanus new high priest
- Offers troops to Antiochus VII
- Antiochus VII besieges Jerusalem
- Imposes new status on Judea
- Antiochus VII killed in battle vs Parthians
Balance of John Hyrcanus’ rule
- Seleucid empire in disarray
  - Multiple attempts at taking throne
  - All anti-Jewish actions interrupted
  - Empire shrinks
- Judea again widens its borders
Effects of expansion
- Observance of law vs proselytizing
  - Exodus 12:48
  - Leviticus 24:22
  - Isaiah 2:1-4; Micah 4:1-3 – Some thought these prophecies meant they should go out and make Jews of the people that were brought into Judea. Proselytizing was not permitted under the Old Law. These verses were talking about the coming of Jesus.
  - Acts 2:8-12
  - Acts 8:27 – The Ethiopian eunuch was probably a proselyte.
  - Matthew 23:15
- Hellenized cities vs Easternized
- Idumea
  - Mass forced conversion
  - Defections
  - Conversion not necessarily assimilation

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Joshua

David Watson

July 02, 2017

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Exodus 17:9-15 – First introduction to Joshua.
He followed a great example
- Exodus 24:12
- Exodus 33:11 – Joshua was involved as the servant of Moses.
- Numbers 11:27-30
- Philippians 3:17 – Paul says, follow my example!
- I Peter 2:21
He had the courage to be different
- Numbers 13:30 – Caleb and Joshua say they can take Canaan.
- Numbers 14:6-10 – The people are ready to stone Caleb and Joshua.
- I Peter 1:14-16 – Be holy! Be set apart!
- I Peter 4:3-4
- Romans 12:2
- II Corinthians 6:14-17
He caused others to serve God
- Joshua 24:14-16, 24-28, 31

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