Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

December 12, 2010

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  • He who loves money will not be satisfied with money.
    • We need to seek satisfaction through God, not money.
    • Ecclesiastes 5:10
  • The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.
    • We need to love God more than money.
    • I Timothy 6:9-11
  • The worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word.
    • We need to trust what God says about money.
    • Matthew 13:22

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

CW

December 12, 2010

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  • The context of miraculous spiritual gifts (I Corinthians 13
    • Spiritual gifts would cease (I Corinthians 13:8
    • Spiritual gifts were provided as a temporary solution to confirm God’s Word until revelation was completed. Once revelation was complete, these spiritual gifts would be unnecessary, so they would cease with the death of the apostles and those they had transferred gifts to.
      • Spiritual gifts could be transferred only by the apostles when they laid their hands on them (Acts 8:17-18. Others besides the apostles could not transfer gifts.

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

DL

December 08, 2010

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  • Bad habits to break:
    • Selfishness
    • Retaliation
    • Complaining
    • Worldliness
    • Pride
    • Laziness

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Sermons - Benchley church of Christ

DW

December 05, 2010

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  • All authority is specified to a certain degree.
    • In order to do what is authorized, I need to comply to the degree at which things are authorized.
    • Genesis 6:14 - God commands Noah to build an ark of gopher wood.
  • Applications
    • Musical worship in the New Testament
      • Ephesians 5:19 - Command to sing
    • The work of the church
      • God authorized the church to provide for needy saints. II Corinthians 8:3-4
      • God authorized the church to provide for worship and edification. I Corinthians 14:3
      • God authorized the church to provide for the preaching of the gospel. I Corinthians 9:11
  • Choosing specifics
    • Authority to choose a specific is included in the authority for the gospel.
    • We are not authorized to choose a specific that is outside the bounds of the general command.
    • We cannot violate some other Bible principle (Matthew 15:4.

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Classes - Benchley church of Christ

CW

December 05, 2010

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  • Miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit
    • These gifts were prophesied about in Joel 2:28-29.
    • Miracles are acts that break or are outside the laws of nature, which shows divine intervention by God. Spiritual gifts are therefore miracles.
    • Different gifts:
      • Wisdom (I Corinthians 1:18-31
      • Knowledge
      • Faith
      • Healing
      • Working of miracles
      • Prophecy
      • Discerning of spirits
      • Speaking in unknown tongues (Acts 2:8-11
      • Interpretation of tongues
    • Speaking in tongues was not an uncontrollable ecstatic utterance. It was a language that could be interpreted and understood.
    • The gifts of the Holy Spirit were unified in source and purpose.

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