Classes - Benchley church of Christ

TS

July 20, 2014

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  • Ecclesiastes 1:1-2:16
  • Life under the sun
    • Full of weariness (Ecclesiastes 1:7)
    • No satisfaction with hearing or seeing (Ecclesiastes 1:8)
    • Nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9)
    • No remembrance of earlier things or later things (Ecclesiastes 1:11)
  • Toil and labor for total self-indulgence
    • Vanity
    • Striving after the wind
    • Nothing to be gained
  • The wise vs. the fool
    • Wisdom is gain (Ecclesiastes 2:12)
    • No lasting remembrance of the wise or foolish

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DW

July 16, 2014

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  • I Timothy 4:1-16
  • History of celibacy and asceticism requirements by various groups.
  • I Timothy 4:4 - “Everything” here does not mean absolutely everything because there are many passages that forbid certain things. This verse is specifically referring to the things listed in I Timothy 4:3.
  • I Timothy 4:8 – It is good to be physically fit, but it is far better to be spiritually fit.
  • I Timothy 4:10 – This is not teaching universalism (that everyone will be saved) because many other passages teach that not all will be saved. See Matthew 25:46. Jesus came to save all men, but not all will choose to receive the gift.
  • I Timothy 4:12 – See Ecclesiastes 12:1. Serve God even in your youth.
  • I Timothy 4:14 – See II Timothy 1:6. Paul could have been the one who laid hands on Timothy.

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DW

July 13, 2014

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  • Genesis 22:1-19
  • Consider every challenge as a step toward more complete faith.
    • Abraham had three days of riding with Isaac to think about what God had asked him to do.
    • James 2:20-24
    • James 1:2-4
    • Luke 16:18 – What if you read this and realized you were in an adulterous marriage? Wouldn’t that be a tough challenge like Abraham faced?
  • Trust that God has a good ending in mind
    • Leviticus 20:1-3
    • Genesis 17:17-21
    • Hebrews 11:17-19 – Abraham apparently thought God would raise Isaac from the dead. Abraham trusted that God would make it work out for the best in the end.
    • Matthew 5:39-42
    • Romans 12:19-21
    • Genesis 22:3 – Abraham rose early in the morning to fulfill God’s command. When we understand what God’s command is, we need to get up and do it!

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JJ

July 13, 2014

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  • Mark 16:14-20
  • Mark 16:17-18 – See also Hebrews 2:1-4. The context here indicates that the sense is that they would be protected from certain things, including poisonous animals. It was not instructing them to go out and handle snakes or drink poison to demonstrate their faith. It covered situations like Acts 28:3-5.
  • Review of the miracles of Jesus as recorded in Mark. At least 26 different occasions are recorded in which Jesus performed miracles.

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DW

July 09, 2014

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  • I Timothy 3:12-4:5
  • Qualifications for deacons, continued:
    • I Timothy 3:12 – good managers of their children and household
      • See also I Timothy 3:4. Elders are required to have this same qualification.
    • I Timothy 3:15
      • Is “church” used here in the local or universal sense?
        • It seems to be used in the universal sense here. Either way, the point is that Christians would have to follow God’s inspired instructions in order to know how to conduct themselves. Paul was not writing just for friendship, or to pass on ordinary news.
      • “the pillar and support of the truth”
        • Saved people obey and teach God’s truth, thus they are the pillar and support of truth. See Acts 8:3; I Corinthians 1:2; 12:13,27-28; Ephesians 5:23.
  • I Timothy 4:1 – See Mark 5:7; Acts 16:17.
  • I Timothy 4:3 – There is nothing wrong with abstaining from marriage, certain foods, etc. It is wrong to bind these rules on other people as a matter of faith.

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