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I John, Part 8

Kevin Scott

March 31, 2013

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Authority, Part 10

Jesse Jenkins

March 27, 2013

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Church funds
- How is a church authorized to raise money to do a work that God authorizes it to do?
  - Contribution from the congregation on the first day of the week.
- How is a church authorized to use its money?
  - Support the teaching of the gospel (I Corinthians 9:14
  - Provide place for worship and other things necessary for it to do what it is authorized to do.
  - Benevolence under certain circumstances.
- The scripture authorizes only one way for a church to purpose to raise funds.
- The scripture authorizes three ways for a church to use its funds.
Authority
- Aids are allowed, but never additions.
  - NOTE: An aid is that which makes it possible to do the act without adding another act.
  - Examples:
    - Command: teach word
      - Aid: literature, chart
      - Addition: another gospel or organization
    - Command: sing
      - Aid: leader, book
      - Addition: mechanical instrument
    - Command: relieve widow indeed
      - Aid: place, personnel, necessaries
      - Addition: another widow or organization
    - Command: assemble
      - Aid: place
      - Addition: place for social functions
- Conclusion: It is just as important to do a thing like God said as it is to do it.

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Signs of Character Rot

Benchley sermons 2013

Jesse Jenkins

March 24, 2013

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Titus 1:12
The Cretans were:
- Always liars - Proverbs 19:22
- Evil beats - They did not control their passions.
  - Luke 1:44- Same word for “babe” used in both places. A baby is alive in the womb, despite what supporters of abortion say.
  - Leviticus 18:22- homosexuality prohibited
- Lazy gluttons - Matthew 25:15
The cure (Titus 1:13
Their end (Titus 1:16

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The True Patriot

Benchley sermons 2013

Robert Bond

March 24, 2013

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Proverbs 14:34
Definition of a true patriot
Man’s way of exalting a nation
God’s way of exalting a nation
Righteousness lifts up a nation
- Righteousness - Titus 2:12
- Righteousness as concerns internal life
  - No nation is more or less righteous than the people who make it up. John 1:46
  - Among the magistrates - it will cause them to so rule as to gain a good reputation and be respected.
  - Among the subjects
    - It causes them to be obedient to government
But sin is a reproach to any people
- Reproach - Leviticus 20:17
- Sin as concerns internal life shames any people.
  - The Cretans - Titus 1:10-13
  - Among the magistrates - Nixon and Watergate; Clinton’ Charles and Diana
  - David and Bathsheba - II Samuel 12:14
  - Among the subjects (Romans 1:26-32 - Consider what sin produces in them. Such is a reproach to any people.
What is God’s role relative to the righteousness or sin of a nation?
- What role did He have in the Old Testament?
  - Isaiah 10:5-7- Assyria used to punish Israel
  - Jeremiah 25:12- Babylon punished at the hand of God
  - Daniel 2:20-21- God has power to remove and establish kings. God controlled and used the nations.
- What about in the New Testament?
  - There is still no power but of God. Romans 13:1-6
  - I Timothy 2:1-4 in the affairs of earthly kingdoms, then why this admonition to pray? What good would it do?
Conclusion
- God’s Son still controls (by natural means) the earth and all therein - Colossians 1:16-17
- Let us be a true patriot and put our faith in God. Consider Psalm 33.
Are you a true patriot? (Acts 10:34-35