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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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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LT

August 12, 2012

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  • Context of John 3
    • Signs led to belief (John 20:30-31
    • Some belief was corrupt (John 2:24-25
    • Some belief, while not necessarily corrupt, included a misunderstanding of the qualifications for citizenship in the coming kingdom: the Jews thought that because they were Jews they would automatically become citizens of the kingdom (Matthew 3:2-9.
  • An exposition of John 3:
    • John 3:1-2
    • John 3:3: Jesus answered with qualifications for entering the kingdom.
    • John 3:5-8: Jesus expounds on the conditions.
      • John 3:7-8: There is a different way to determine kingdom citizenship.
    • John 3:10-21: Jesus drives home the point.
      • John 3:10-12: a rebuke
      • John 3:13: giving credentials
      • John 3:14-15: another explanation that there is more to inheriting the kingdom than just being a Jew: “whoever believes”
      • John 3:16-21: another explanation
        • “believes” 4 times: not just being a Jew
        • “whoever (world)” 6 times: not just Jews
  • About belief
    • Belief cannot happen without the Word.
      • Belief is brought by the Spirit.
      • The Spirit uses the Word. John 6:63
    • Some belief will not save (John 8:30-31
    • Belief must be accompanied by works.
      • James 2:14-26
      • Romans 3:28 - the difference between sufficient and necessary
    • Belief is not all that is necessary to be saved
      • e.g. repentance (Matthew 3
      • e.g. confession (John 12
      • Immersion (“baptism”) in water: John 3
        • The “born of flesh” refers to his literal birth, and emphasizes his ethnicity and stands in contrast to “born of the spirit.”
    • Some people (“Christians”): “But baptism is not necessary because it is not mentioned in John 3:16”:
      • Neither are confessing and repenting mentioned. Does this mean they are unnecessary (John 3:22-26?
      • Mark 16:16 - statement
      • Matthew 28:19 - command
      • Acts 22:16 - example
      • Romans 6:1-7 - necessary inference

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