Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

December 16, 2012

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  • Lamentations 3:24
  • Hebrews 6:19-20
  • Some lessons we can learn from Jeremiah:
    • Humility of the soul (Lamentations 3:19-20
      • Humility is a denial of self and an exultation of service to others.
      • Self-centeredness is the cause of much trouble.
    • Hope in God (Lamentations 3:21-23
      • God is ever-compassionate and faithful.
    • Who can correctly say, “The Lord is my portion?”
      • The one who hopes and waits fro the salvation of the Lord (Lamentations 3:26
      • The one who bears His yoke (Lamentations 3:27
      • The one who searches and tries His ways and turns to the Lord (Lamentations 3:40
      • The one who lifts up his head and hands to God in the heavens (Lamentations 3:41
      • The one who calls upon the name of the Lord (Lamentations 3:55
  • Luke 6:46 - Obedience is required to be acceptable to God.

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

December 16, 2012

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  • Luke 17:5-6
  • Even in the days of Jesus, seeing a miracle did not guarantee faith.
  • Start from scratch:
    • II Chronicles 34:1-19 - Josiah’s reforms started with reading the book of the law.
    • Romans 10:17 - Faith comes from hearing the word of God.
  • Make is personal
    • John 13:2
    • II Chronicles 24:2 - Joash started out obeying God under the counsel of Jehoiada, but left God after Jehoiada died.
  • Apply it
    • Acts 26:19-20
    • James 2:15-17 - Faith without works is dead.
    • James 1:2-3

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CT

December 16, 2012

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  • In both Latin and Greek, the word Bible means “book.”
  • Writings were initially written on stone, clay or papyrus. Scrolls were used up to about the First Century, then codices were used.
  • The five links:
    • Revelation
    • Inspiration
    • Canonization
    • Transmission
    • Translation

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DW

December 12, 2012

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  • We cannot afford to try to wait until the end of our life to serve God. We should not try to pre-plan repentance.
  • Luke 16:18 - Marriage is not always approved of by God.
  • The rule against marrying foreigners was only for the Jews in Old Testament times.
  • Nehemiah 5:1-13.
  • Nehemiah 8:13-18.
    • The Israelites found out what they should be doing by simply reading scripture.
    • They had a good attitude about their error and got to work fixing it.
    • The leaders stirred the people up to follow God’s commandments.
    • The people kept reading the scriptures during the feast.
  • Nehemiah 9:1-3 - Rooting out sin involved:
    • Reading God’s word
    • Humility
    • Confession
    • Repentance
  • Nehemiah corrects more sin:
    • Nehemiah 13:1-3 - exclusion of foreigners
    • Nehemiah 13:4-9 - Tobiah kicked out of his room
    • Nehemiah 13:10-14 - tithes restored for support of Levites
    • Nehemiah 13:15-22 - rest on Sabbath restored
    • Nehemiah 13:23-31 - Nehemiah discovers and corrects another problem with intermarriage

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GS

December 09, 2012

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  • Philippians 1:9-11
  • Prays for their love to grow (Philippians 1:3-5
  • Prays that they may approve things that are excellent!
    • Luke 10:38-42 - Mary praised for her correct priorities
    • Ephesians 5:15-16 - We must make the most of our time.
    • There are times that we should sharpen the ax rather than cut down the tree.
    • Philippians 3:12-14
  • Sincere and without offense until the day of Christ.
  • Filled with the fruits of righteousness
    • People with sincere hearts radiate righteousness in their lives
    • I Thessalonians 3:12-13
  • To the glory of God
    • Matthew 5:16 - Let your influence cause others to glorify God.
    • Philippians 1:18-20
    • Philippians 3:20-21

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