Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

KS

August 19, 2012

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  • History can teach us if we look to God’s word
    • Romans 15:4
    • John 20:31
    • Ephesians 3:4-5
  • A few examples of the messes humans have made in the scripture
    • Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:1-19
    • People of Noah’s day (Genesis 6
    • Abram and Sarai (Genesis 16:1-6
      • They tried to help God fulfill His promises. With Hagar, Ishmael and his descendants were created (Genesis 25:12-16
    • Peter in the garden
      • John 18:1-11 - Peter cut off the ear of Malchus
  • And today … What messes do we make?
    • The family
      • God defined family as husband and wife and children (Ephesians 5:22-6:4
        • World: single parent homes
        • World: live together, no marriage (Matthew 5:27-28
        • World: divorce and remarry for any reason (Matthew 19:3-9
    • The assembling of the Lord’s body
      • Attendance: We are to encourage one another (Hebrews 10:23-25
        • Priorities are evident by our actions (Romans 6:16
          • Do we miss for: work? sports? don’t feel well?
          • When we stand before God, will we say these are more important?
          • Are there times when we could have been here and were not?
    • How we as Christians are perceived by the world
      • Do we teach the lost? Mark 16:15
      • The examples we set
        • Speech - Colossians 4:2-6
        • Dress - Matthew 5:28
    • Our own growth
      • Commanded to study (II Timothy 2:15
      • Must grow/mature (I Corinthians 3:2
  • Do you love the Lord?
    • Matthew 6:33

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

August 19, 2012

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  • We’re heading “the way of the earth”
    • I Kings 2:2
    • II Corinthians 4:16 - The other man is decaying, but the inner man is renewing day by day.
    • Ecclesiastes 12:1-6
    • We often call things tragic because they happen sooner than we thought they would.
  • We should be “making the most” of our time.
    • Ephesians 5:15-19
  • “Power is perfected in weakness”
    • II Corinthians 12:7-10

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

EW

August 19, 2012

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  • Proclamation of oneness
    • Ephesians 4:4-6
  • Warnings
    • Matthew 7:15
  • Where the Spirit of God dwells
    • II Timothy 1:7
    • There will be: harmony, order, organization, self discipline
    • I Corinthians 12:1
  • Marks of the Spirit-led church
    • Promotes Jesus over all rivals
      • I Corinthians 12:3
      • Over our lives and our conduct
      • With respect to the Holy Spirit (John 16:13-14
    • Promotes diversity of ministry
      • I Corinthians 12:4-6
      • Diversity created by same Spirit
      • Differences come through one Lord
      • Multiplicity of activities guided by same God
    • Promotes love over sensationalism
      • I Corinthians 13:1-3
      • Corinthians obsessed
    • Promotes scripture over feelings
      • No immunity to scriptural authority
      • Citing guidance from the Spirit is contradictory
        • Cannot pit scripture against its source
        • How can the Spirit contradict Himself?
      • I John 4:6
    • Promotes order over chaos
      • I Corinthians 14:33
      • Worship at Corinth was mayhem.
      • Paul gives guidance
  • Romans 8:14

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DW

August 15, 2012

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

JJ

August 12, 2012

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  • In local churches that claim to be of Christ, there is much too much of far too many “isms”:
    • Shisms
    • Premillenialism
    • Liberalism
    • Anti-ism - the disposition of binding where God has not bound
    • Institutionalism - using the church to build human institutions for benevolent work
    • Modernism - the disposition of doing any good work, whether God approves of it or not
  • But there is one “ism” of which we have far too little: individualism
  • In becoming a Christian, the individual must act.
  • In living the Christian’s life, the individual must act. (Matthew 5:16
    • The individual must be generous and relieve the needy.
  • God wants us to be busy doing the work He has authorized us to do.
  • It will be individualism in the judgment.
    • Matthew 25 - the parable of the talents

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