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  • 500 3: Zwingli and the Swiss Brethren

    3: Zwingli and the Swiss Brethren by Sean Finnegan

    (For a higher quality video visit lhim.org/resouorces/classes.php?id=64)

    500 years ago, there was only one Christian denomination throughout most of the world. 500 years ago, the church and the government killed those who resisted tradition. 500 years ago, no one could read the Bible in their own language.

    How did we get from there to here? Discover the wild and exciting story of Christianity for the last 500 years, so you can understand how the world ended up the way it is now, avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, and gain inspiration from heroic people who made a… To read the rest of the description visit lhim.org/resouorces/classes.php?id=64

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  • 500 2: Martin Luther &John Calvin

    2: Martin Luther &John Calvin by Sean Finnegan

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    500 years ago, there was only one Christian denomination throughout most of the world. 500 years ago, the church and the government killed those who resisted tradition. 500 years ago, no one could read the Bible in their own language.

    How did we get from there to here? Discover the wild and exciting story of Christianity for the last 500 years, so you can understand how the world ended up the way it is now, avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, and gain inspiration from heroic people who made a… To read the rest of the description visit lhim.org/resouorces/classes.php?id=64

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  • 500 1: Introduction

    1: Introduction by Sean Finnegan

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    500 years ago, there was only one Christian denomination throughout most of the world. 500 years ago, the church and the government killed those who resisted tradition. 500 years ago, no one could read the Bible in their own language.

    How did we get from there to here? Discover the wild and exciting story of Christianity for the last 500 years, so you can understand how the world ended up the way it is now, avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, and gain inspiration from heroic people who made a… To read the rest of the description visit lhim.org/resouorces/classes.php?id=64

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  • Prayer for God's Knowledge

    Ephesians 1:15-23 Prayer for a knowledge of God

    Remember our Lord’s words about prayer recorded in Matthew 7 − ask, seek, and knock.

    1:17 God of our Lord Jesus Christ 1:2 & 3

    The word “revelation” can refer to the time Jesus returns – “the revelation” of Jesus Christ − and in 3:3 communication from God to man.

    Him – Look at the nouns and pronouns: in the first 17 verses, 27 times.

    18 – The prayer is for us to know HIS calling, HIS inheritance, and HIS power. Enlightenment comes from God to us via prayer.
    1:4 According to 2Peter 2 and 3, there are three foundations of the world to consider: 1) Genesis 1:1 to the flood, 2) the flood until the end of this age when it will be destroyed by fire, and 3) the new heaven and earth when the Kingdom comes.

    God called us to be holy and blameless before Him in love.

    1:1 Saints (Greek hagios) -Webster’s definition –

    1) one officially recognized especially through canonization as preeminent for holiness, (to declare [a deceased person] an officially recognized saint);

    2) one of the spirits of the departed in heaven;
    3) angel;
    4) one of God’s chosen and usually Christian people.

    “Saints” is the normal NT designation for Christians. Hagios most often is translated holy (161) and saints (61 times). Because of the evil connotation of the word “saint” today, perhaps “holy ones” would be better.

    Ephesians 1:1, 15, 18; 2:19; 3:8, 18; 4:12; 5:3; and 6:18 When we accept Christ as Lord, we are made holy; henceforth, we strive to progress or mature in holiness; and in the end, we will be completely holy as He is.

    Our call is a call to holiness (1Peter 1:13-16). Holiness has three stages.

    1:18 His inheritance – We get Him, and He gets us − the holy ones.
    Ephesians 1:7-9 – 3:11 God’s purpose of the ages has always been the same −
    I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
    1:10-14 The Kingdom to come is when God’s inheritance will be fully realized.
    19 – The surpassing greatness of His power is explained in the verses following.

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    44 min
  • Commitment

    Judges 6:1-7:22 Gideon
    6:1 They did evil in the sight of Yahweh
    6:5 and 6 Midianites brought them low and devastated the land.
    6:7 Sons of Israel called out to Yahweh.
    6:13 Gideon speaks his mind to God and his doubts.
    6:16 God assured him He would go with him.
    God gave him a sign with the fleece, reduced the number who would go with him, and let him hear the enemy.
    7:19-22 God with Gideon and 300 men who were committed and not afraid brought victory against a huge army.

    Psalm 16:1-5 “The LORD is the portion of my inheritance….”

    16:8 David set the LORD before him. This took a decision.
    16:9-11 His heart could be glad and rejoice. His focus was on his hope with God.

    Daniel 6:1-25 Daniel was faithful to God and trusted in Him.

    Making a commitment requires a decision and confidence in that to which you are committed.
    Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to God.
    Proverbs 16:3
    Romans 4:20 and 21 Know what God has promised.
    2 Timothy 3:12 We will have difficulties, but so did Gideon, Daniel, Moses, David, etc.
    2 Timothy 1:12 “…I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.” Look to the hope.

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    44 min
  • Yahweh and Delight

    Psalms 16:11 – Yahweh’s original design for humanity was an eternal, intimate relationship with Him; so, when we fellowship with Him, life works.
    Genesis 17:7 and 8 The great covenant promise: “I will be your God”
    Lev. 26:12 – I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.
    Jeremiah 7:23; 11:4 – Yahweh’s great dream
    Ezekiel 36:28; Revelation 21:5-7 In the end, the dream will be reality.
    Genesis 3:8 – Adam and Eve hide themselves from the presence of the LORD God.
    Genesis 4:16 – Cain went out from the presence of the LORD.
    Exodus 33: 12-18 – Moses wanted the presence of God.
    Psalm 16:11 – David’s passion for Yahweh, well-documented in his writing, stands as a lighthouse for those who want a similar relationship with their God.
    Psalm 51:11 “Cast me not away from thy presence;”
    Ps 119:16 I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.
    Ps 119:24 Your testimonies also are my delight; they are my counselors.
    Ps 119:35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it.
    Ps 119:47 I shall delight in Your commandments, which I love.
    Ps 119:70 Their heart is covered with fat, but I delight in Your law.
    Ps 119:77 …for Your law is my delight.
    Ps 119:174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
    Psalm 101:6; 147:10-12 – David found great delight in Yahweh and more importantly desired to delight Yahweh. It is a two way street.
    Pro 11:20 – The blameless in their walk are His delight.
    Pro 12:22 – Those who deal faithfully are His delight.
    Proverbs 15:8 – The prayer of the upright is His delight.
    Jeremiah 9:24 – “For I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
    1Corinthians 4:1-6 To be in God’s presence has to do with your thinking. What do you think about? Most minds are filled with self and not God.

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    47 min
  • Smell Like Christ

    2 Corinthians 2.12-13 Paul’s concern over the Corinthians dominated his thinking while he was away from them (see 2 Corinthians 7.5-10).
    2 Corinthians 2.14-16
    Christ leads in triumphal procession, spreading the fragrance of his knowledge everywhere. This is not something we conjure up, but what (super)naturally happens when we follow Christ. This aroma polarizes people into two groups: those who enjoy it and those who despise it.

    Ephesians 5.1-2 “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.”

    John 3.16-21

    Like the fragrance of Christ, our testimony is like a light that divides people into two groups: those who find themselves drawn to the light and those whom the light repels.

    It is so critical to understand that people are going to respond to you differently. Some will show interest in your “abnormal” behavior and testimony whereas others will label and mistreat you. If you allow people’s responses to determine who you are, you will always be a slave. Of course you should care how people respond, but you cannot let it control you.

    1 Corinthians 1.18 “For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

    2 Corinthians 2.14-17 God’s message is free and we should freely give it to anyone interested.

    “Paul offers the gospel freely from a sincere heart. He must act in such a way because he believes that God watches. All that he does, he does in the presence of God and in Christ. Therefore he must act in a Christlike manner. What Paul suggests here…[is] that God, not the Corinthians, is the real judge of his case, of the authenticity of his ministry, and thus that he is laying his case before God. He is speaking ‘in Christ before God.’” (Ben Witherington III, Conflict & Community in Corinth, p. 374.)

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    41 min
  • Love Prayer

    Philippians 1:9-11 A great prayer on love to focus on this New Year
    9 – The only right way to love and certainly “to abound still more and more in love” is to gain God’s knowledge and discernment. God is love, so gaining insight about Him as communicated in the Bible is imperative. His actions and words as recorded in the whole Bible, not just the New Testament, reveal the magnitude of love.

    Discernment – The quality of being able to grasp and comprehend the best thing to do or say for another person requires spiritual insight.

    James 1:3 – God promises to give wisdom to those who ask.
    Ephesians 1:15-17 Knowledge and discernment are available to them who ask, seek, and knock.
    Colossians 1:9 – Asking for knowledge and wisdom are common in prayer (Psalm 119:33-40).
    10– The prayer has two aims: 1) approve things that are excellent, and 2) to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ. The God-given ability to discern the best among the good, which is far harder than detecting good from evil, is necessary for godly love.

    The word “sincere” has an interesting Greek background − strictly tested by sunlight so that you can see right through and thereby determine if it is pure, genuine, real. All Christians are tempted with insincerity, hypocrisy, or falseness.

    Hypocrites are not blameless, and we want to be blameless until Christ returns.

    Psalm 101:5-7 The blameless minister to God.
    Psalm 37:18 The inheritance of the blameless will be forever.
    Proverbs 11:5 and 20 The blameless are God’s delight.
    Proverbs 28:10 The blameless inherit good.
    Philippians 2:12-16; Ephesians 1:4; Colossians 1:21-23; 2Peter 3:14; and Jude 1:24 and 25
    11 – The fruit of righteousness is a complete new life (Ephesians 4:22-24).
    1Thessalonians 3:11-13; 4:9 and 10
    2Thessalonians 1:1-5
    1Peter 1:22; 4:8
    1Timothy 1:5

    But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

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    40 min
  • Integrity

    God means what He says and says what He means. He has a purpose for everything He says when He says it, to whom He says it, and how He says it.

    The Word of God is the will of God

    1Peter 1:24 and 25
    Hebrews 6:13-20 It is impossible for God to lie because He has integrity. He means what He says and says what He means.
    Numbers 23:19 – God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
    Exodus 6:1-9 I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will take you for my people. I will be your God. I will bring you to the land, which I swore to give to Abraham…. I will give it to you for a possession.
    6:7 – You shall know that I am Yahweh.
    7:4 and 5 – The Egyptians shall know I am Yahweh by His power and His faithful word.
    7:17; 8:10, 22, 10:1, and 2 – By His works and words, they would know that Yahweh is God.
    Deuteronomy 4:31-40 All that happened to Israel was so they would know Yahweh is God.
    Ezekiel 6:10 Then, after He does what He said He would do, they will know who He is.

    We can have absolute trust and faith in Yahweh because He has integrity.

    Matthew 5:33-37 Do what you say you are going to do.
    Ephesians 4:25 Do not lie.
    John 8:44 and 55

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    39 min

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