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  • Fellowship and Sonship (1 John)

    Obedience is the outward expression of love.
    1 John 1:1-3 Fellowship with brothers in Christ, God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ are all connected or interwoven. You cannot have one without the other.
    4 Joy is realized in life as we share in fellowship.
    6 This epistle confronts some deceptions that were influence by Gnosticism.

    The false assertion is that we can have fellowship with God, while at the same time we walk (habitually live) in darkness. Some of the early Gnostics were guilty of believing that Christians are released by grace from the obligation of observing the moral law. They thought of the body as a mere envelope covering the human spirit, which, they further maintained, was incorruptible; it could not be contaminated by the deeds of the body. Others taught a truly spiritual person progressed beyond the possibility of any defilement. You could be righteous without necessarily doing righteousness. Consequently, the communion of the spirit with God was independent of the morality of the body.

    Psalm 66:18; Isaiah 1:15; 59:1-2 Such believing was part of the original sin with Adam and Eve.
    1 John 1:6 The Greek word “poieo” translated “practice” occurs 13 times in 1 John, most often meaning practice, repeatedly, habitually.

    Note the word “if” used in 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. On this little word, hangs significant truth that may determine your eternal life.

    7 If we walk, we are cleansed by the blood (Revelation 1:5; 7:14; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19; Ephesians 1:7). Conversely, if we walk in darkness, we are not.
    8 Much of the emphasis of the epistle is to confront the lies and deception about the consequences of sin.
    1 John 2:1 The knowledge of forgiveness is not to free you to sin but rather to avoid sin.
    2:1-2 “Propitiation” is to appease, to gain or regain favor with God, conciliate.
    3 The word “know” occurs 36 times in the five chapters of John.
    5 This addresses the false notion that you can know God without keeping His commandments. The very opposite is the truth; the only way to know Him is to keep His commandments. To know God experientially, you must obey Him. There is no other way.
    9 Another false assertion is you can walk in the light and still hate your brother.
    17 The one who does the will of God lives forever.
    28-29 Those who practice righteousness are born of Him; those who do not are not.
    3:7-8 Do not be deceived. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians 5:3-6
    1 John 3:9 No one born of God practices sin. Another point of misunderstanding addressed is that we are able to maintain sonship independent of fellowship.

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    46 min
  • Yahweh Loves You

    1 Chronicles 28:9 If you seek Him, He will let you find Him.
    2 Chronicles 15:1-4 Yahweh is with you when you are with Him.
    Jeremiah 29:11-14 “You will seek Me and find Me…” God is not hiding; rather, He is in open view for those who truly seek to know Him. We are required to seek, that is to want, Him — the foundation of every love relationship. You must want Him.
    Genesis 2:17 Self-determination was necessary for Adam and Eve to have a loving relationship with Yahweh.
    Matthew 7:7-12 Ask, seek, knock
    Deuteronomy 7:7-8 Yahweh loved you.
    Jeremiah 31:1-6 Yahweh’s love is everlasting.
    Micah 7:14-20 Although Israel’s love faded for Yahweh, His love has been unchanging.
    Romans 5:6-11 He loves you and has called you to be with Him forever.
    Ephesians 1:7-8 If God has demonstrated His love and longing to the degree He has, we can be certain that there is something special about you and that you are not like everyone else in the world. You are God’s child!
    2:1-10
    Titus 3:3-8
    Romans 8:31-39 The only thing that can separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus was not listed — you.

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    43 min
  • The Most Important of All

    The purpose of the ages is the Kingdom of God, and the purpose of the Kingdom is an everlasting, perfect love relationship with Yahweh our God. Most important to God is a continual love relationship with you; therefore, the most important thing for you is to constantly pursue a love relationship with Him.
    Genesis 1:1 The beginning of our relationship with Yahweh is to acknowledge that He is the Creator.
    Genesis 1:11-13 God sets these facts in simple, understandable ways. Now on the other hand, there is the convoluted theory of evolution. Darwin’s evolution theory is preposterous in denying God, our Creator, and proven scientific facts, yet it is commonly taught our children as a matter of fact beginning in elementary schools.
    Genesis 1:14-19 The radius of the sun is 432,376 miles, and it is one small star in the Milky Way galaxy that supposedly contains 400 billion stars, and there are 170 billion more galaxies in the observable universe. Rather than God the Creator, the big bang theory is the cosmological model. These devilish doctrines are designed to diminish the Creator and worshipping Him.
    Psalm 19:1-3 The creation compels us to worship Yahweh, our Creator.
    Romans 1:20-22
    Deuteronomy 6:4-9 The Shema is a prayer that is recited at least twice daily (morning and evening). In its entirety, the Shema consists of three paragraphs including Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21; and Numbers 15:37-41.

    The first part of the Shema is Yahweh is one.

    Isaiah 44:24; 45:5-7, 18; and 46:9 We must be clear who God is in order to carry out the most important matter of all.
    Mark 12:28-34 Jesus knew what was most important.
    1 Corinthians 8:4-6 One God and one Lord
    Romans 13:8-10; 12:9-10 Most important of all

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    41 min
  • Ezra: Believer, Teacher, Revivalist

    Ezra, the Believer
    Ezra 7:1-10 Ezra was a scribe, skilled in the Law of Moses. He requested that King Artaxerxes of Persia send him to Jerusalem to support the temple there.
    Ezra 8:21-36 Ezra didn’t want to ask for an escort from the king, but instead wanted to put his trust in God to protect him (and the money) on their five month journey.

    Ezra, the Teacher

    Nehemiah 8:1-14 Ezra taught the people, reading from God’s book and helping the people understand it. He helped them both to learn the doctrine as well as how to practice their faith. He supervised the celebration of Sukkot (the Feast of Booths).

    Ezra, the Revivalist

    Deuteronomy 7:1-6 God had forbidden Israel from intermarrying the inhabitants of the land of Canaan.
    Jeremiah 7:16-18; 11:11-14; 14:11-12; Ezekiel 8:5-18; Psalm 106:34-47 Repeatedly, God’s people ended up falling into idolatry and worshipping the gods of the land, which is why he evicted them for seventy years. In Ezra’s time, the people had been back in the land for approximately eighty years.
    Ezra 9:1-15 Ezra can’t believe that the people are going right back into marrying these same peoples that brought idolatry into Israel in the past. They barely survived the exile, and it’s like the people have no clue.
    Ezra 10:1-14 Amazingly, the people responded in repentance, paving the way for a legacy of faithfulness to God. After Ezra’s stand, we never hear about Israel worshipping other gods in the rest of biblical history.

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    50 min
  • Follow the Leader

    1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 The believers followed Paul.
    1 Corinthians 4:14-17 Paul followed Christ; Timothy followed Paul; and the Corinthians were to follow Timothy.
    1 Corinthians 10:24-11:1 Everything Paul did was for the glory of God, always endeavoring to win one soul for the glory of God. We are to be imitators of this man because he was an imitator of Christ.
    Philippians 3:12-20 Paul pressed on toward the goal for the prize, and likewise we should do the same. Follow the leader, Paul. We have a written example in him.
    Philippians 4:8-9 The Philippians were to follow Paul who followed Jesus who followed God.
    Acts 16:6-7 Paul did what Jesus told him even if it was contrary to what he wanted to do.
    14 The Lord opened her heart. All that distance and all that time and all that energy were for one soul!
    18 Jesus powered the spirit out of the woman. Paul followed the Lord; the lord did not follow Paul.
    30 God through Christ through Paul reached the jailor.
    Acts 17:1-14 This was the great example the believers in Thessalonica had to follow.
    1 Thessalonians 2:1- 20 He treated them with the gentleness of a nursing mother and the strength of a father. They became examples for the churches in Macedonia and Achaia

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    43 min
  • The Preeminence of Christ

    Colossians 1:18 (ESV)
    And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent
    Colossians 1:3-6
    The hope laid up for you in heaven
    Colossians 1:11-12
    He has qualified us to share in the inheritance.
    Colossians 1:13
    He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son.
    Colossians 1:14-20 — The preeminence of Christ

    Christ is seated at the right hand of God — Consider what this means.

    Ephesians 1:19-23

    There are powers in this world — earthly kingdoms with hierarchy of rule. There are the rulers of the darkness of this world — Satan’s kingdom — spiritual forces of wickedness (Eph 2:2; 6:12; 2 Cor 4:4; Luk 4:5). There are myriads of angels — powerful created beings (Dan 7:10; Heb 12:22; Jud 14; Rev 5:11). There are the seven spirits before the throne (Rev 1:4; 4:5; 8:2). There are four angels holding back the four winds of the earth (Rev 7:1; Dan 7:2; Eze 37:9; Mt 24:31). There are 24 elders (Rev 4:4). And there are the four living creatures — the cherubim before the throne of Yahweh (Rev 4:6-9; Ps 99:1; Eze 1:1ff; 10:1ff).

    When men saw visions of God’s throne, they brought them to great humility: Isaiah 6:5; Ezekiel 1:28; Daniel 7:28.

    Jesus ascended to the right hand of God above all principality, power, might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in the world to come! (Ps 110:1; Dan 7:13-14; Mat 26:64; Mar 14:62; Luk 22:69-70; Mat 28:18; Eph 4:8; Heb 1:2, 13; Heb 10:12; Rev 5:1ff)

    Colossians 2:8-10
    In him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form, and in him you have been made complete, and he is the head over all rule and authority.
    Colossians 2:15
    He has disarmed the rulers and authorities, made a public display of them, and triumphed over them.
    Colossians 2:17-19
    The substance belongs to Christ…and not holding fast to the head.
    Colossians 3:1
    Keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

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    48 min
  • Chase the Prize–Philippians

    Philippians 3:10-12 Paul knows he has not yet obtained resurrection; he’s not yet been made complete. Press on = dioko: to pursue, chase, persecute. He sees the finish line of the resurrection and races toward it.
    Philippians 3:13-14 Like a running, straining every muscle and nerve, he’s pushing himself forward to the hope. He’s not holding back or hedging his bets.
    Philippians 3:15-17 If you’re mature, you’re like Paul–your eye is on the finish line. Rather than sitting comfortably on your laurels, you’re actively seeking to walk with God today. When’s the last time God did something in your life?
    Philippians 3:18-19 Sadly, there are people who make themselves enemies of the cross of Christ. We can’t be so focused on our appetites and earthly things that we put stumbling blocks before other Christians. Rather, we must keep our eyes on the hope.
    Philippians 3:20-21 Citizenship was important in the Roman Empire, especially in a city like Philippi since it was a Roman colony. Our citizenship is in heaven from which we await our Lord.

    “'We are citizens of heaven,' Paul declares in verse 20. At once many modern Christians misunderstand what he means. We naturally suppose he means 'and so we're waiting until we can go and live in heaven where we belong.' But that's not what he says, and it's certainly not what he means. If someone in Philippi said, 'We are citizens of Rome,' they certainly wouldn't mean 'so we're looking forward to going to live there.' Being a colony works the other way round. The last thing the emperors wanted was a whole lot of colonists coming back to Rome. The capital was already overcrowded and underemployed. No: the task of the Roman citizen in a place like Philippi was to bring Roman culture and rule to northern Greece, to expand Roman influence there.” NT Wright (Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters, p. 124)

    Let’s press on towards the prize with a clear focus. Let’s chase after the hope without allowing ourselves to be distracted by what’s around us. Although our resurrection is in the future, it should affect how we live now, including how we spend our time and money, how we plan the future, and how we treat people.

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    44 min
  • Mystery Revealed–Ephesians

    The Scriptures are progressive in revealing God’s plan. The Old Testament points to the coming Messiah, while the gospels present the historical Christ — that is what he did when he first came. Little is communicated about what was accomplished on the cross because God kept it a secret, or as it is called a mystery.
    1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Paul the Apostle was given the revelation about the great mystery which is now written in the church Epistles with his name. The book of Acts records the history of the early church after Christ ascended. Obviously, they did not know the fullness of what was accomplished on the cross until Paul shows up on the scene.
    Romans 16:25 — The next few weeks we will focus on the epistles that reveal the great mystery.
    Ephesians 1:9; 3:1-11 In this mystery, we see God’s eternal purpose. Within the mystery, we learn our new identity in Christ.
    Ephesians 1:1-23
    1:1 Saints are the faithful in Christ, the Greek word hagios is translated 9 times as “saints” in Ephesians and 5 times “holy.” The saints are the holy ones. In Christ you have been made holy. You are a saint!
    3 — Heavenly 1; 20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12

    Only God knew what was to be accomplished IN CHRIST — 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15

    4 — Many are called, few are chosen. Matthew 22:14

    You were called. Have you responded? If so, you are chosen.

    5 — Predestination and free will (Matthew 22:1-14)

    God’s kind intention to you is that you become His son, that you be a part of the purpose of the ages, His family.

    6 — Praise of God’s glory, 12 and 14
    7 — Redemption — 2:1-13 If the devil knew killing Jesus would free those whom he held captive in sin, he would not have killed him. Christ took on sin on the cross.
    9 — God’s kind intention is why we are included and why we can know when for centuries others did not know.
    10-14 All these blessings now and, if we are faithful, the Kingdom when it comes — how can we not live to the praise of His glory?

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    47 min

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