Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

March 20, 2016

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  • Keep emotions in check.
    • I Timothy 3:2-7
    • Everyone should behave when objections are made to a man’s qualifications.
      • Ephesians 4:31-32
      • I Peter 5:3
    • Instead of taking sides, we should all just be on the Lord’s side.
      • Philippians 2:1-4
      • I Kings 18:17-18
    • Take the qualifications seriously, given the work.
      • Able to teach – Titus 1:9-11
      • Aspires/desires the work; eagerness – I Timothy 3:1; 5:3
      • Sensible, just, devout, not a new convert – Hebrews 5:14; I Corinthians 5:1, 13
      • Temperate, gentle, peaceable, not pugnacious – Acts 20:28, 31
    • Don’t be stricter than God.
      • Peter was an elder (I Peter 5:1)
        • On one occasion, Jesus called him “Satan” (Mark 8:33)
        • On another occasion, Jesus said to him “you of little faith” (Matthew 14:31)
        • He denied Jesus 3 times
        • He acted hypocritically and prejudicially in Galatians 2.
      • Titus 1:7

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

March 20, 2016

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  • Luke 24:7-53
  • Luke 24:6-7 – The Jews counted days from sunset to sunset and counted partial days as full days.
    • Acts 10:3, 9, 23-24 – Notice how days are counted in this account.
    • Matthew 27:63-64 – Seemingly different lengths of time are used interchangeably.
  • Luke 24:13-35 – Jesus appears to the two men on the road to Emmaus.
    • Luke 24:13-16, 31 – See Mark 16:12
    • Luke 24:18 – The events of Jesus’ death were evidently already widely known.
    • Imagine how many people these two men talked to. This shows the great importance of evangelism.
  • Luke 24:36-49 – Jesus appears in the midst of the apostles.
  • Luke 24:1, 13, 21, 46 – Some argue that Jesus arose on Saturday, not on Sunday (Sabbatarians). Luke’s account refutes this view completely.
  • Luke 24:43 – See I John 1:1-3; II Peter 1:16-18.
  • Luke 24:50-53 – This matches up exactly with the beginning of Acts. See Acts 1:1-11.

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

March 16, 2016

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  • Titus 1:6 – “faithful children”
    • Faithful: pistos
      • Matthew 25:21
      • Luke 16:10-11
      • Acts 13:34 – “sure”
      • I Peter 4:19
      • III John 1:5
      • Revelation 22:6
    • Compare I Timothy 3:4-5. This is referring to a faithful relationship between the son and father. The second half of Titus 1:6 specifies the sense in which “faithful” is used.

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

March 13, 2016

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  • Revelation 3
  • Acts 11:19-30
  • Do I stick to God’s Word?
    • Acts 11:20; 15:1 ff
    • Acts 14:27-15:3
    • Acts 11:26
    • Acts 15:35
  • Am I truly converted to the Lord?
    • Acts 11:20-24
    • Are we converted to the Lord or to a habit or tradition?
  • Am I actively living for Christ?
    • Acts 11:27-30
    • I John 2:3-6; 1:6
    • I John 3:7
  • Do I rejoice about spiritual things?
    • Acts 15:31
    • Acts 8:3-4 – Saul persecuted Christians.
    • Acts 11:23 – Barnabas rejoiced
    • Acts 8:39 – The Ethiopian rejoiced
    • Acts 13:48
    • Acts 16:34
    • When’s the last time you cared enough about spiritual things to rejoice?

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

March 13, 2016

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  • Luke 23:35-24:12
  • Luke 23:39-43 – Some argue that this passage about the thief on the cross means that we don’t need to be baptized to be saved. There are two issues with this line of reasoning:
    • No one was being baptized into Christ yet.
    • Even so, Jesus could do what He wanted to. He could have made an exception for the thief just as he forgave sins of others on the spot.
  • Luke 23:44-49 – Miracles accompanied the death of Jesus.
    • The veil of the temple was torn.
      • Hebrews 6:19-20 – Jesus entered the most holy place as a forerunner for us.
      • Hebrews 9:3, 7, 11-14
      • Hebrews 10:19-22
    • Earthquakes
    • Darkness
    • The dead are raised – Matthew 27:52
  • Luke 23:50-56 – Jesus is buried.
    • John 12:42 – Many believed in Jesus, but were too afraid of the Jews to follow Him.
    • Mark 15:43
  • Luke 24:1-12 – The resurrection
    • Luke 18:32-34 – The apostles did not understand the resurrection.
    • Matthew 18:13
    • Swoon theory: Jesus just swooned and did not really die.
      • This theory does not make sense for a number of reasons. Jesus would have at the very least been in critical condition and unable to survive the tomb while He was bleeding out for three days. It would have taken a miracle to survive this!
    • Importance of the resurrection: Philippians 3:5-11; I Thessalonians 1:10; I Peter 1:3

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