Classes - Benchley church of Christ

JS

September 23, 2015

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  • The Sinner’s Prayer
    • Usage
      • Historical example from Pilgrim’s Progress
      • Example from Billy Graham
      • Example from “God’s Not Dead”
    • Is it written?
      • Romans 10:9-10, 13-16
      • Acts 2:21, 37-78; 22:16
        • Acts 2:37-38 – Notice that the people did not know what it meant to call on the name of the Lord, so Peter had to explain that they needed to repent and be baptized.
      • Small groups
        • Usage
        • Is it written?
          • Acts 2:46
          • Acts 5:42
          • Acts 20:20
          • James 1:23-25
        • Worship teams
          • Usage
          • Is it written?
            • In the Old Testament, God ordained specific people to worship Him in specific roles. This is no longer the case under the New Covenant.
            • I Corinthians 14:25
            • Ephesians 5:19
            • Colossians 3:16

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

September 20, 2015

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  • All agree that sin exists and that it is most appalling.
  • In regard to sin, there are at least four prominent characteristics:
    • Love of sin – Psalms 52:3
      • Hebrews 11:26
    • Practice of sin – Romans 1:28-32
    • Guilt of sin – Genesis 4:7
    • Punishment of sin – John 5:28-29
      • Matthew 25:46
    • Sin and its cure as it relates to the sinner
      • In the gospel there are at least four prominent characteristics that have to do with the cure of sin:
        • Faith – Romans 5:1
        • Repentance – Acts 17:30
          • Matthew 21:26-28
        • Baptism – Acts 2:38
        • Pardon – Acts 2:38
      • Sin and its cure as relates to the Christian
        • Faith destroys the love of sin.
        • Repentance destroys the practice of sin.
        • Prayer destroys the guilt of sin.
        • Pardon destroys the punishment of sin.

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

September 20, 2015

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  • Daniel 6:16
  • Would not defile his conscience
    • Daniel 1:5, 8, 12-16
    • Three reasons Daniel’s attitude is impressive:
      • It would have been hard for any Jew to have much of a conscience as that point in their history.
      • Daniel is in exile.
      • Daniel is young.
    • Titus 2:11-14
    • Can you worship God when no one else will worship God?
  • Gave sound advice from God
    • Daniel 1:17
    • Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st dream: Daniel 2:10-11, 26-30
    • Nebuchadnezzar’s 2nd dream: Daniel 4:27
    • Belshazzar’s writing on wall: Daniel 5:22-23
    • I Timothy 4:16
  • Trusted God enough to pray
    • Daniel 6:10-23
    • Open your windows toward Jerusalem (keep your goal in mind)
      • I Kings 8:46-49
    • Get on your knees
    • Make it a habit
      • Romans 12:12
    • Thank God
    • Trust in God

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

September 20, 2015

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  • Luke 3:7-4:21
  • Luke 3:7-20 – John taught everyone and was not shy about pointing out their faults.
    • Luke 3:16 – This is a general statement about the baptism of Jesus – it does not mean that literally every person would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire. Compare Luke 7:30; Acts 1:2, 5, 8; 2:4
  • Luke 3:21-22 – Jesus is baptized. It was not for the forgiveness of sins. See Matthew 3:15.
  • Luke 3:23-38 – The genealogy of Jesus. Compare Matthew 1:16. It is possible that Luke is giving Mary’s lineage and Matthew is giving Joseph’s lineage. In that case, Luke 3:23 is saying that Joseph is the son-in-law of Eli, just like King Saul called his son-in-law David “son” (I Samuel 18:27; 24:16). This would satisfy two claims to the throne. If you traced the lineage of Jesus through Mary, you would see that Jesus was “born of a descendant of David according to the flesh” (Romans 1:3) – that is, Jesus was a blood descendant of David through His mother. If you traced the lineage of Jesus through His adoptive father Joseph, you would see that Jesus was a legal heir of David, whose ancestors included the Kings of Judah from David, Solomon, and onward.
  • Luke 4:1-13 – Jesus is tempted by the devil.
    • Luke 4:3-4 – Jesus never performed miracles on command. He certainly wasn’t going to perform on command for Satan.
    • Luke 4:6 – See I John 5:19; Psalms 24:1. This is not really true. Satan has influence in the world but that does not mean the world is his to give.
    • Luke 4:9-12 – It is wrong to test God. We have to be careful to not be guilty of this in subtle ways (promising God we will serve Him if He will do this or that, etc.).
  • Luke 4:14-21 – Jesus begins his public ministry.
    • Luke 4:18-21 – This is talking about Jesus freeing us from captivity to sin. It was not talking about rebellion against Rome.

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

September 16, 2015

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  • Lesson 5, continued:
    • Discipline (I Corinthians 5:1-7): This is to try to save the erring, keep the church pure, and cause others to fear, i.e., to know that sin will not be tolerated (I Timothy 5:19-20).
      • II Thessalonians 3:6; Titus 3:10-11
    • Negatively: Any effort to put the church in the entertainment field or in business is without Bible authority.
    • Conclusion: Though a church may be right in name, worship, and plan of salvation, if it corrupts the functions of the church, it cannot long remain of Christ.
  • Lesson 6:
    • Introduction: In this lesson, we emphasize the necessity of respecting the structure (organization) in and through which Christians function collectively in spiritual matters.
    • Relative to Christians, the word church is used in three senses:
      • The assembly of the whole church (I Corinthians 14:23, 34-35)
      • The whole family of God; all saved by Jesus’ blood (Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 3:15; Hebrews 12:23)
        • There is no organization for the church universal.
        • There are no collective functions assigned for the church universal.
        • There is no assigned common oversight for the church universal.
        • Christ is the head of the body, king of the kingdom, shepherd of the flock, and all saints are brethren (Ephesians 1:22-23; Acts 2:30-33; John 10:11, 16, 27; Matthew 23:8)
      • The local church – a relationship where saints agree to work together under a common oversight and pool their resources to finance the work Christ assigned to it.
    • The local church is the only structure known to the New Testament in and through which saints are to worship and work together under a common oversight in the things of Christ.
      • It is an independent unit answerable only to Christ (Acts 20:28).
      • Each church is to have elders as soon as men attain the qualifications (I Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5).

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