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  • Walking Righteously
    • Isaiah 33:14-16
    • Who can stand in the righteous judgment of God? He who walks uprightly.
    • Walking righteously:
      • Speaking uprightly
        • James 3:8; 1:26
        • This is a life-long task.
        • Colossians 4:6
        • I Peter 3:15
        • Despising unrighteous gains
          • II Corinthians 8:21
          • Rejecting bribes
            • Judas accepted a bribe to the condemnation of his soul.
            • I Samuel 8:3
            • Stopping your ears from hearing about bloodshed.
            • Shutting your eyes from looking on evil.
              • Habakkuk 1:13
              • II Peter 2:14
              • Matthew 5:28
              • Walking righteously is an exalted walk. Isaiah 33:16
                • Ephesians 4:1-3
                • The Christian walks on the highest plane a man can walk.
                • Walking righteously is a well-supplied walk.
                  • Philippians 4:7
                  • Walking righteously is a walk of hope. Isaiah 33:17
                    • Romans 8:23
                    • Titus 1:2
                    • Hebrews 2:9
                    • Hebrews 5:8-9
                    • Hebrews 6:19
                    • I John 3:2
                    • Philippians 3:2-3
                      • 30 min
                    • Preparing to Read Leviticus
                      • Leviticus 1-10: God defines worship
                        • Leviticus 4:1-7 – Instructions for sacrificing a bull.
                        • God is the one being worshiped, so He has the right to define how that is done.
                        • Leviticus 10:1-3 – Nadab and Abihu worshiped in an unauthorized way. God exercised His right to define how He was worshiped.
                        • Leviticus 11-15: Clean and unclean
                          • Leviticus 11:1-3, 44-47 – God’s rules for clean and unclean animals.
                          • Unclean does not necessarily mean sinful.
                          • Leviticus 15:13
                          • It was special to approach God. You had to prepare yourself and be clean.
                          • Looking back, we can see the medical wisdom behind God’s rules for cleanliness.
                            • Exodus 15:26
                            • Leviticus 13:45-46 – rules for handling leprosy
                            • Leviticus 16-17: Atoning blood
                              • Leviticus 16:15-17, 34
                              • Hebrews 9:11-12; 10:10
                              • Leviticus 18-27: “I am the Lord”
                                • Leviticus 19:1-4
                                • Leviticus 18:1-5, 26-30
                                • Leviticus 20:26
                                • I Peter 1:14-16
                                • God is holy, therefor we should be holy.
                                • II Corinthians 6:16-18
                                • Leviticus 26:11
                                • Leviticus 25:23 – The law of jubilee. The land always belonged to God – they were just temporarily sojourning on it.
                                  • 30 min
                                • I Peter, Part 3
                                  • I Peter 2:1-14
                                  • I Peter 2:1 – “Therefore” – since they had purified their souls and been born again, Peter exhorts them to put aside malice, deceit, hypocrisy, etc. and desire the word of God.
                                  • I Peter 2:2 – No matter how long we have been serving God, we still need the milk of God’s word.
                                  • I Peter 2:3 – The word “if” here is used in the sense of “since.” Do these things in verse 2 since you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
                                  • I Peter 2:9 – Christians are a chosen race in the sense that they are the people who decided to obey God. It’s not a particular physical race that are now God’s chosen race.
                                    • See also Colossians 1:13. We have been called out of darkness.
                                    • I Peter 2:10 – The quotes here are from Hosea 1:10.
                                    • I Peter 2:11 – We can win this war because God has promised not to tempt us beyond what we are able to bear. (I Corinthians 10:13)
                                    • I Peter 2:12 – We should live so as to influence others for good. Even if they have heard the word and rejected it, seeing us living well may cause them to seek God.
                                      • “day of visitation”:
                                        • Psalms 8:4
                                        • Psalms 106:4
                                        • Luke 1:68, 78
                                        • Luke 7:16
                                        • Luke 9:44
                                        • I Peter 2:13-14 – Compare Romans 13:4.
                                          • 30 min
                                        • How to Use Your Bible, Part 15
                                          • Commentaries, continued:
                                            • Preaching is really an audio commentary.
                                            • Nehemiah 8:7
                                            • Class workbooks are also their own form of commentary.
                                            • Don’t blindly accept what any commentary says.
                                            • Reference: Commended Commentary List from Mark Roberts: http://www.BibleClassMaterial.com/commentary
                                            • Greek
                                              • Studying the Bible using Strong’s numbers. Each Greek and Hebrew word is assigned a number, so you can look them up and compare them without knowing the original languages.
                                              • It’s now much easier to do word studies in the original language, thanks to Strong’s numbers and other helps.
                                              • Be careful about drawing the wrong conclusion based on individual words. Every word has more than one meaning! Context is important!
                                              • John 21:15 – See John 19:26
                                                • 30 min
                                              • What Makes Benchley Work
                                                • Introduction
                                                  • Acts 17:1-9 – The beginning of the local church in Thessalonica.
                                                  • The local church in Benchley was started October 23, 1994 in the living room of Joe and Sherri Harding.
                                                  • I Thessalonians 2:19-20
                                                  • Love
                                                    • I Thessalonians 1:1-3
                                                    • In any successful church, love is actively working.
                                                    • I Thessalonians 3:5-8
                                                    • I Thessalonians 4:9-10
                                                    • II Thessalonians 1:3; I Thessalonians 1:6
                                                    • I Thessalonians 5:12-18
                                                    • I Thessalonians 4:13-17; 5:1-11 – Paul answers their questions and tells them to use the information to comfort and encourage each other.
                                                    • Truth
                                                      • I Thessalonians 2:13
                                                      • II Thessalonians 3:1
                                                      • I Thessalonians 5:27
                                                      • II Thessalonians 2:1-12
                                                      • I Thessalonians 4:1
                                                      • Work
                                                        • I Thessalonians 1:3
                                                        • I Thessalonians 2:14
                                                        • II Thessalonians 3:4, 13-14 – Keep working!
                                                        • I Thessalonians 5:14
                                                          • 30 min
                                                        • I Peter, Part 2
                                                          • I Peter 1:10-25
                                                          • I Peter 1:18-19 – We are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ. Without the shedding of that blood, there is no remission of sins (Hebrews 12:22). God planned for this before the foundation of the world.
                                                          • I Peter 1:24-25 – Peter is quoting Isaiah here to illustrate the difference between the temporal and the eternal. The emphasis is on the word of God, which endures forever. When you have access to the word of God, don’t let yourself be drawn away by things that are merely temporal.
                                                            • 30 min
                                                          • How to Use Your Bible, Part 14
                                                            • Misusing figures, continued:
                                                              • Don’t take an unintended lesson from the figure, continued:
                                                                • “Jonah was not dead in the fish; Jesus was not dead in the tomb. He appeared to die but did not actually die.” (Matthew 12:39-40) This contradicts many other passages that plainly say Jesus died. The comparison here is in the timing of the two events. Compare also John 3:14.
                                                                • “If my grown child falls away, I should not seek him out. The father in Luke 15 waited for the son to come home on his own.” (Luke 15:18) This contradicts the parables of the lost sheep and lost coin earlier in the same chapter. Compare Matthew 18:15-17.
                                                                • “One person wins a race. So only one person is going to Heaven.” (I Corinthians 9:24) The context talks about Paul helping others to reach Heaven, so clearly that’s not what the passage means.
                                                                • “Take two people and bind them with a rope. If you cut the rope, both are free. So, if one is free to remarry, the other is, too.” (Romans 7:23) Rope is not in the context. The bond is a legal one from God’s perspective. Rope is a poor analogy.
                                                                • Commentaries
                                                                  • Read the Bible first!
                                                                    • Matthew 15:3-9
                                                                    • Let your first impressions come from the inspired text itself.
                                                                      • 30 min
                                                                    • The Personality of God
                                                                      • The deity of God
                                                                        • Omnipotence – Amos 4:13; 5:8
                                                                          • Amos 1:3-2:8 – Judgment against the nations
                                                                          • Omniscience – Amos 9:3-4; Psalms 139:8
                                                                          • The personality of God
                                                                            • Amos 1:3 – God communicates with others.
                                                                            • Amos 4:2 – God swears by Himself.
                                                                            • Amos 5:21 – God is capable of hate.
                                                                            • Acts 7:3, 6 – God repents.
                                                                              • The sinner can affect the actions of God. If he turns to righteousness, God will bless him. If he turns to sin, God will condemn him.
                                                                              • Amos 9:3-4 – Compare Hebrews 5:8. God commands obedience.
                                                                              • Amos 5:4, 6, 8 – God is merciful. II Peter 3:9
                                                                                • 30 min
                                                                              • Sowing & Reaping
                                                                                • Introduction
                                                                                  • Hosea 8:7
                                                                                  • Hosea 10:12
                                                                                  • Plant (sow) → harvest (reap)
                                                                                  • Cause → effect
                                                                                  • You reap what you sow!
                                                                                  • This is always true … especially long term!
                                                                                    • Matthew 7:16-20
                                                                                    • Job 4:8-9
                                                                                    • Some things take a long time to show results.
                                                                                    • We can really set ourselves up for trouble.
                                                                                      • Romans 2:5
                                                                                      • Ephesians 5:23-27
                                                                                      • Ephesians 6:1-3 – Children, respect your parents.
                                                                                      • Ephesians 6:4 – See Proverbs 29:15. Don’t sow selfishness in your children’s hearts.
                                                                                      • Or we can prepare a beautiful future!
                                                                                        • Proverbs 11:18
                                                                                        • Galatians 6:7
                                                                                        • II Corinthians 9:6-11 – Sow bountifully so you can reap bountifully.
                                                                                          • 30 min
                                                                                        • I Peter, Part 1
                                                                                          • I Peter 1:1-16
                                                                                          • Introduction to the book:
                                                                                            • Writer: Peter
                                                                                            • Author: Holy Spirit (John 14:26; 16:13; I Corinthians 2:13-14)
                                                                                            • Audience: People who were scattered (probably from Jerusalem) and serving God in various other places.
                                                                                            • I Peter 1:1-2 – One is chosen by God by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. God foresaw that we would need a means of sanctification and salvation and provided it through Jesus.
                                                                                              • “sprinkled with His blood” is for purification – a reference to the way men were purified under the Old Law.
                                                                                              • I Peter 1:3 – See Romans 1:4; I Corinthians 15:42-57
                                                                                              • I Peter 1:5 – See Romans 1:16; Philippians 3:21
                                                                                              • I Peter 1:6-7 – Genuine faith is more precious than gold. Luke 6:46
                                                                                                • 30 min

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