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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

CT

February 03, 2013

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  • Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Ephraem Manuscript, Codex Bezae
  • Byzantine Text (Majority Text)
    • Accounts ofr 94% of all known Greek manuscripts
    • Majority of extant copies are cursives written after A.D. 600
  • Alexandrian Text (Oldest Manuscripts)
    • Accounts for 4% of known Greek manuscripts
    • Characteristics are … brevity and austerity
  • Oxyrhynchus
    • Excavated by Egyptian Exploration society at the turn of the 20th Century
    • Oldest known Biblical papyrus, the John Rylands Fragment, was discovered here. It was dated to A.D. 130, within 50 years of the death of the apostle John.
  • Western Text (Popular Text)
    • Smallest percentage of Greek translations
    • Main characteristic is a love of paraphrase
  • William Tyndale - Tyndale Bible, A.D. 1525
  • The Great Bible (A.D. 1537)
    • Placed in every church in A.D. 1539
  • The Geneva Bible (A.D. 1560)
    • Uses Roman type. Contains much Protestant influence.
  • King James Version (A.D 1611)
    • Revised version (A.D. 1769)
    • Revised Standard Version (A.D. 1870) - reflects findings from newly available manuscripts

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JJ

January 30, 2013

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  • “Authority” is power to command and to require obedience, with the right of punishment for disobedience.
  • There are three kinds of authority:
    • Inherent, as is characteristic of Deity.
    • Delegated, as given to apostles, (II Corinthians 10:8. This delegated authority is “to assign or entrust power or function to another.” -Webster; thus authorization to act in assigned matters, not the right to assign matters.
    • Usurped, as seen in conventions in some churches and even in some elderships.
  • Jesus has all authority (Matthew 28:18
    • Man has none, be it elders, saint, or any organization.
    • Man has authorization to do certain things, but not authority in the strictest sense.
    • Every teaching and every practice must pass the sentinel of His authority.
    • To practice anything in His service without it passing the sentinel of His authority is to usurp His authority.
  • Authority comes to man in one of two ways:
    • Specific
      • In specific authority, there are no choices left man.
      • To make a choice other than that which is specified is to usurp His authority.
        • He specified sing (Ephesians 5:19
        • To add a mechanical instrument is to usurp His authority.
        • He specified preach the gospel (Romans 1:16.
        • To preach any other message is to usurp His authority.
        • He specified the first day of the week for the Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:29.
        • To take the Supper any other day is to usurp His authority.

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

January 27, 2013

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  • Romans 6:1-11
  • Grow by reading, then doing (I Peter 1:23-2:3
    • Our sould need a good diet and exercise just like our bodies do.
  • Join a local church and be active (Acts 2:41-47
    • God knows that we benefit from being around others who can encourage us in our service. The ideal place for a Christian on earth is in a local church.
    • Acts 9:26-28 - Paul joined a local church after his conversion.
    • A local church continually teaches and encourages.
  • Try to get others to obey like I have (Acts 9:19-20
    • Paul immediately started to proclaim Jesus was the Son of God after his conversion.
    • Those who were scattered because of the persecution were still able to spread the gospel.

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

January 27, 2013

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January 27, 2013

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  • The Old Testament was written between roughly 1500 B.C and 425 B.C.
  • The New Testament was written between roughly 4 A.D. and 90 A.D.
  • Asceticism - abstaining from physical pleasures in pursuance of spiritual goals. See Colossians 2:18-23.
  • Gnosticism - belief that matter is evil and spirit is good. Gnostics believed they had special knowledge that allowed them to be good. See I John 4:1-6
  • Docetism - belief that the body of Christ seemed real, but was an illusion.
  • Pseudepigrapha - Greek for “falsely attributed.” There were many books in the First Century that were falsely attributed to trusted authors.
  • I Timothy 5:18 as “Scripture.”
  • Origen of Alexandria
  • By the 4th Century A.D., the canon of the New Testament is firmly set.
  • We have over 5,000 manuscripts of the New Testament in Greek. The next closest writings are the Iliad and Odyssey. There are about 643 manuscripts of the Odyssey.
  • Uncial - A form of manuscript written in all capital letters with no spaces or punctuation. This form was used to aid in checking for errors in the text because all the letters would always line up.
  • Cursive - A form of manuscript written in standard form with spaces and punctuation.

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