Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

May 29, 2013

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  • The Bible teaches us that unavoidable conclusions authorize, continued:
    • Genesis 2:24
  • Notice some unavoidable conclusions in Scripture:
    • Acts 8:35-36- Preaching Jesus includes preaching baptism.
    • Matthew 26:17- Unleavened bread to be used in the Lord’s Supper.
  • How to be saved:
    • Hebrews 11:6
    • Acts 17:30
    • Romans 10:10
  • Part 2: All authority is specified to a certain degree.
    • “Please go buy me a dog.”
      • In order to do what is authorized, I need to comply to the degree at which things are specified.
    • “Son, I want you to mow the lawn on Monday.”
      • In order to do what is authorized,the sonneeds to comply to the degree at which things are specified.
    • Genesis 6:14: “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood.”
      • In order to do what is authorized,Noah needed to comply to the degree at which things were specified.
    • Musical worship in the New Testament
      • Matthew 26:30- singing authorized
      • In order to do what is authorized,we need to comply to the degree at which things are specified.
    • Work of the local church
      • God authorized the church to provide for:
        • Needy saints (II Corinthians 8:3-4
        • Worship and edification
        • The preaching of the gospel
      • In order to do what is authorized,we need to comply to the degree at which things are specified.

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

May 26, 2013

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  • Luke 15:11-32
  • Luke 15:1-2- Jesus told three parables trying to teach the scribes and Pharisees to rejoice over saving a lost sinner.
  • The elder brother
    • Respected his father’s will as long as it pleased himself.
      • Luke 7:36-39
    • Was self-righteous
      • Luke 18:10-14
    • Lack of love and resentment robbed him of a joyful reunion with his brother.
      • The elder brother should have rejoiced at the return of his brother, just as the Pharisees should have rejoiced when sinners returned to God.
    • Lost sight of the blessings of his father’s fellowship.
  • Lessons for us
    • Let us be sure we respect the Father’s will even when it does not conform with our first choice.
    • Let us realize we are not righteous of ourselves because of much lawkeeping, but by the grace of God, the blood of Christ, and our trust in Him.
    • Let us be sure we never let self-righteousness and resentment rob us of joy when a sinner repents.
    • Let us never lose sight of the great blessings of fellowship with the Father.

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Philippians 2:12
DW

May 26, 2013

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  • Acts 16:9. Philippians was written about 12 years later.
  • “Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence.”
    • Paul was in prison at the time. He wanted them to continue obeying, even while he was not there with them.
    • We must do right even when no one but God is looking.
    • Acts 8:26-28- The Ethiopian was reading by himself.
    • Ephesians 6:5-8- Our relationship with God should be the driving force in all our other relationships.
  • “Work out your salvation”
    • We must do our part to receive God’s git!
    • Matthew 7:21
    • Philippians 1:9-10- We must work toward the goal!
    • James 1:3
  • “With fear and trembling”
    • We must revere God!
    • Philippians 2:10
    • II Thessalonians 1:6-9- God will punish those who do not know Him in eternal destruction.

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

KS

May 26, 2013

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DW

May 22, 2013

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  • Matthew 16:5-12
  • To “imply” is to send a message.
  • To “infer” is to receive a message.
  • Dad may never actually say he wants the son to “use the lawnmower,” but the boy understands that through what has been said (“fill the mower with gas,” etc.).
  • Unavoidable conclusion?
    • Acts 16:15- infants were baptized?
      • This cannot be unferred because we can’t know that there were infants in the house. Based on other scriptures which state that people must believe before being baptized, we could argue that infants could not possibly be included in the meaning here.
  • The Bible teaches that unavoidable conclusions authorize.
    • Acts 10:10-16+ 19-20 + 22 => 28b
      • Vision of animals no longer unclean
      • Spirit: “Go with them.”
      • “Angel told Cornelius to hear your message.”
      • Thus: “God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean.”
    • Psalms 110:1
      • The Christ would descend from David.
      • David called Him “Lord.”
      • Thus, Christ is superior.
    • Genesis 14:18-20
      • Melchizedek blessed Abraham, Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek.
      • Lesser is blessed by the greater.
      • Levites descended from Abraham.
      • Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek.
      • Thus, Jesus is a superior priest.
    • Exodus 3:6
      • Genesis: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob die.
      • Exodus: “I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
      • Thus, “But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush …”

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