• Sin
    • How do we come to sin?
      • Matter of conscience – Romans 14:23
      • What about when we doubt?
    • How do we guard against (master) it? The heart of the matter; a matter of the mind.
      • Mark 7:21-22
      • James 1:14-15; 4:1
      • Matthew 23:26
      • Psalms 66:18
      • Romans 13:14
      • Romans 8:5
      • Philippians 4:8-9
      • Proverbs 4:23
      • II Corinthians 10:4-5
      • I Corinthians 14:20
    • We strive for perfection – II Corinthians 13:11
    • We sometimes miss the mark – James 3:2; I John 1:8-2:2
    • Remember
      • God wants us no longer dead _in_sin - Ephesians 2:1-7; Romans 5:8
      • But dead _to_sin - Romans 6:1-14
  • Family
    • There are both physical and spiritual families – Ephesians 3:14-15
    • Familiar reference to us all
      • Father, son
        • Genesis 22:7
        • Malachi 2:10
        • I Chronicles 22:6-10
      • Brethren
        • Genesis 25:26
        • Romans 9:3
        • Romans 12:1
      • Hebrew
        • מִשְׁפָּחָה (miš·p__ā__ḥā(h))
          • A family, that is, circle of relatives
          • Amos 3:1
        • אֶלֶף (ʾěl__ěp̄)
          • A family (from a sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
          • Very few occurrences
          • Judges 6:15
        • Greek
          • πατριά (patria)
            • A group of families or a whole race
            • Twice – Luke 2:4
          • οἶκος (oikos)
            • A dwelling
            • A family (literally or figuratively)
            • Household, temple
            • One time – I Timothy 5:4
          • γένος (genos)
            • Acts 13:26
        • Disparity between Old and New Testaments
          • Why?
            • Genealogies
            • Nature of family vs. religion in the Old Testament
            • Familial nature of religion in the New Testament
        • Genealogies throughout Old Testament
          • Genesis 5, 10, 11:10-32
          • Numbers 1:5-16, 19-49
          • I Chronicles 1-9, 24-26 (501 verses!)
          • Purposes for genealogies
            • Give historical context
            • Numbering warriors and tribes
            • Establishing lineage
        • New Testament genealogies
          • Matthew 1:1-17
            • Abraham to Jesus
          • Luke 3:23-38
            • Jesus to God
          • Both proving the legitimacy of Jesus
          • Importance of genealogies in New Testament
            • Lineage of Jesus – very important
            • Since Jesus – not important
              • Hebrews 7:3, 6
              • I Timothy 1:4
              • Titus 3:9
        • Effect of the destruction of Israel
          • Genealogy broken
          • No way to establish lineage to Israel
          • No way to establish Aaronic priesthood
          • No way to legally re-establish temple worship
        • One lineage
          • No genealogy
          • Priesthood – I Peter 2:9
          • Sons of God – Romans 8:14-19
        • Who is our spiritual family?