• Lesson 4, continued:
  • Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week (Matthew 26:29; Acts 20:7) (continued)
    • Matthew 26:29
      • The Supper is for citizens of the kingdom.
      • “That day” is a specific day – the first day of the week (Acts 20:7).
    • The prayers during the Supper are specifically to offer thanks for the bread and the fruit of the vine.
  • Must take the supper in worthy manner (I Corinthians 11:27)
    • In memorial of Christ’s death (I Corinthians 11:26)
    • As a monument to His coming (I Corinthians 11:26)
    • Discerning the Lord’s body (I Corinthians 11:29)
  • Conclusion: Regardless of how sincere people may be, a local church is not like a local church in Paul’s day if they add to or take away from these assigned acts in the assembly of the saints.

Physical family (home)

Spiritual family (church)

Adam

Christ

Head of home – Genesis 3:16; 1:28

Head of church

Alone before sleep – no bride

Alone before death – no bride (Acts 20:28; John 16:32)

In sleep, side opened

In death, side opened

Eve formed from rib to fill man’s need

Church bought by blood to fill man’s need – Acts 20:28

Received name from Adam – Genesis 5:2

Received name from Christ – Romans 16:16

Law of procreation: first family by miracle, reproduction by natural birth

Law of procreation: first family by miracle, reproduction by spiritual birth – John 3:3-5; Hebrews 2:12; Galatians 3:27-28

• Time, Acts 24:25-27
• Money, Matthew 15:4-6
• Effort, Haggai 1:2-5
• Prayer, Daniel 6:10
• Meditation, Joshua 1:8
• Worship, Malachi 1:8, 13
• Strategies to help
  • Love God more!
    • II Corinthians 8:1-5
    • Spend time thinking about what God has done for us. Psalms 77:11-15
    • Read the Bible. Psalms 119:159-164
  • Sacrifice self more!
    • Matthew 16:24-25
    • Acts 4:34-37
    • If God is going to be first on my list, He has to be first on my list!
  • Change your priorities!
    • Spiritual things are important and urgent!
      • Luke 12:17-23, 24-31
    • Earthly things are important, but not urgent. Luke 9:57-62
    • Limit things that are urgent but not important. Luke 8:14; 10:40-42
• Romans 12:11

• Sin
  • How do we come to sin?
    • Matter of conscience – Romans 14:23
    • What about when we doubt?
  • How do we guard against (master) it? The heart of the matter; a matter of the mind.
    • Mark 7:21-22
    • James 1:14-15; 4:1
    • Matthew 23:26
    • Psalms 66:18
    • Romans 13:14
    • Romans 8:5
    • Philippians 4:8-9
    • Proverbs 4:23
    • II Corinthians 10:4-5
    • I Corinthians 14:20
  • We strive for perfection – II Corinthians 13:11
  • We sometimes miss the mark – James 3:2; I John 1:8-2:2
  • Remember
    • God wants us no longer dead _in_sin - Ephesians 2:1-7; Romans 5:8
    • But dead _to_sin - Romans 6:1-14
• Family
  • There are both physical and spiritual families – Ephesians 3:14-15
  • Familiar reference to us all
    • Father, son
      • Genesis 22:7
      • Malachi 2:10
      • I Chronicles 22:6-10
    • Brethren
      • Genesis 25:26
      • Romans 9:3
      • Romans 12:1
    • Hebrew
      • מִשְׁפָּחָה (miš·p__ā__ḥā(h))
        • A family, that is, circle of relatives
        • Amos 3:1
      • אֶלֶף (ʾěl__ěp̄)
        • A family (from a sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
        • Very few occurrences
        • Judges 6:15
      • Greek
        • πατριά (patria)
          • A group of families or a whole race
          • Twice – Luke 2:4
        • οἶκος (oikos)
          • A dwelling
          • A family (literally or figuratively)
          • Household, temple
          • One time – I Timothy 5:4
        • γένος (genos)
          • Acts 13:26
      • Disparity between Old and New Testaments
        • Why?
          • Genealogies
          • Nature of family vs. religion in the Old Testament
          • Familial nature of religion in the New Testament
      • Genealogies throughout Old Testament
        • Genesis 5, 10, 11:10-32
        • Numbers 1:5-16, 19-49
        • I Chronicles 1-9, 24-26 (501 verses!)
        • Purposes for genealogies
          • Give historical context
          • Numbering warriors and tribes
          • Establishing lineage
      • New Testament genealogies
        • Matthew 1:1-17
          • Abraham to Jesus
        • Luke 3:23-38
          • Jesus to God
        • Both proving the legitimacy of Jesus
        • Importance of genealogies in New Testament
          • Lineage of Jesus – very important
          • Since Jesus – not important
            • Hebrews 7:3, 6
            • I Timothy 1:4
            • Titus 3:9
      • Effect of the destruction of Israel
        • Genealogy broken
        • No way to establish lineage to Israel
        • No way to establish Aaronic priesthood
        • No way to legally re-establish temple worship
      • One lineage
        • No genealogy
        • Priesthood – I Peter 2:9
        • Sons of God – Romans 8:14-19
      • Who is our spiritual family?

• Lesson 4 (continued):
  • Contribute on the first day of the week (I Corinthians 16:2)
    • Must give according to prosperity (I Corinthians 16:2), as purposed in heart, cheerfully (II Corinthians 9:7), and bountifully (II Corinthians 9:6)
      • No specific command given to collect funds to use for preaching locally. However, we are told how to raise funds and what the church’s responsibilities are, therefore we conclude that gathering funds to support local preaching is permitted. (Acts 20:28-32)
      • There is no authority for a local church to amass a large sum in the treasury with no purpose in mind. Money collected should be used for edification and to relieve the needy.
    • Business ventures are not authorized in the Lord’s plan for church finance; no pie sales, house rentals, skating parties, farming, or any business enterprise.
      • Some churches use a pledge card system to pressure members into giving more than they would otherwise. This does not fit with I Corinthians 16:2.
    • Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week (Matthew 26:29; Acts 20:7)