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II Peter, Part 3

Kevin Scott

October 28, 2012

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2 Peter

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Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 6: Dealing With Enemies

David Watson

October 24, 2012

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Nehemiah 4:6 - The people were ready to work and with God’s help, they got it done.
Nehemiah 4:7-23 - Nehemiah helps rally the people to make a stand and fight. They made specific plans for defense and were constantly on guard. We must do the same today in defending against Satan and sin.
Deceipt and propaganda
- Nehemiah 6:1-14 - Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah and upset the work.
- Matthew 10:16 - Jesus warns his disciples to be careful.
- Titus 1:7-11 - Qualified elders are necessary to defeat deceivers. The defense is with words, not physical violence.
Nehemiah 6:15-19 - God helped the Jews complete the wall in the presence of opposition, but He did not eliminate the opposition entirely.

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The Individual in Benevolence

Jesse Jenkins

October 21, 2012

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Luke 10:30-35- the good Samaritan
- This is talking about what an individual person should do.
James 1:22-27- visiting widows and orphans
- This shows personal responsibility.
Matthew 5:43-47 - Love your enemies.
Galatians 6:1-10- We are to do good to all, but brethren take precedence.
- This passage is talking about individuals doing spiritual good to others.

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benevolence

generosity

parable of the good Samaritan

love

orphans

widows

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The Age of the Earth

David Watson

October 21, 2012

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Present to Christ: 2000 years
Christ to Abraham: 2000 years
Abraham to Adam: ?
- Genesis 5: 1946 yeras
Thus earth is about 6000 years old.
Science has not proven the earth is billions of years old.
Polystrate fossils
- Fossils that extend through multiple layers of rock.
- These kinds of fossils must have been buried rapidly because otherwise they would have decayed before the upper layers formed.
- Romans 1:20
Circular reasoning in the geologic column
- Dating rocks based on fossils and vice versa.
Faulty dating methods
- Based on assumptions
  - Rate of decay has always been the same
  - No sources of contamination
  - Etc.
- Known eruptions
  - Sunset Crater: 900 years ago
    - Radioisotope dating dates it to 210,000-230,000 years ago
  - Kaupulehu Flow: 200 years ago
    - Radioisotope dating dates it to 140 million to 2.96 billion years ago
  - Mount St. Helens: 32 yeras ago
    - Radioisotope dating dates it to 350,000 to 2.4 million years ago
- Faulty carbon-14 dating results
Mount St. Helens and “catastrophism”
- Coal may be formed rapidly by large mats of vegetation that are buried quickly by a catastrophe.
- Fossilized trees and Spirit Lake
- Petrifaction can happen as quickly as one year given the right conditions.
- Genesis 7:11-12 - How much of what we see today is a result of the flood?
Five points of evidence for catastrophism at Mount St. Helens
- Quickly formed stratification
- Rapidly eroded canyons
- Upright deposited logs in Spirit Lake
- Rapidly formed peat layer in Spirit Lake
- Quick recovery of ecosystem in blast zone
Conclusion
- There is no need to try to reinterpret Genesis 1-2.
  - Day age theory
  - Gap theory
  - Exodus 20:11
- There is no reason to believe science has disproved the Bible.