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- How to Use Your Bible, Part 5
- Inspiration and translation, continued:
- Acts 22:16
- What is the original meaning of the text?
- II Peter 3:14-18 – If God wants each of us to just come up with his own interpretation, there would be no such thing as distorting God’s word, which Paul warns against here.
- There is an ongoing need for translations.
- Matthew 14:15 (KJV): “victuals”
- II Corinthians 12:1
- I Thessalonians 4:15
- English changes over time.
- Matthew 6:9-10 – original KVJ vs current KJV and ESV
- Translation philosophy
- No translation is inspired or perfect.
- The pros and cons of different translation philosophies.
- Word-for-word (formal equivalence or literal)
- Thought-for-thought (functional equivalence, dynamic equivalence, or idiomatic)
30 min - Prayer
- The man Christ Jesus makes prayer possible as the mediator between God and man. I Timothy 2:5
- We need our intercessor to help when we pray. Romans 8:26-27
- Who has the right of prayer? I Peter 3:12; John 9:31
- Ephesians 1:3
- Prayer is an important part of the Christian’s life. Luke 18:1; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; I Thessalonians 5:17; Psalms 119:164; Daniel 6:1
- Prayer is also an important part in assembly worship. Acts 2:42
- Elements of acceptable prayer:
- To God – Matthew 6:9; Acts 7:59
- Through Jesus – John 14:13; I Timothy 2:5
- In faith – James 1:6
- If it be God’s will – I John 5:14
- With forgiving heart – Mark 11:15-26
- With right motives – James 4:3
- Be a doer of His will – I John 3:22
- In the assembly:
- One who leads, lead so that others can say, “amen.” – I Corinthians 14:19
- How do we know Go answers prayer?
- One word is the answer: FAITH. James 1:6; I John 5:15
- How does God answer prayer?
- Deuteronomy 29:29
- Relative to spiritual things, He answers through His laws governing spiritual things. Luke 23:34
- Relative to material things, He answers through His laws concerning material things. Romans 15:30-31
- If there is more beyond this, God knows.
- Jesus prayed:
- At the beginning of His ministry. Luke 3:21
- At the beginning of His day. Mark 1:35
- At meal time. Matthew 15:36
- At close of His day. Mark 14:23
- The night before selecting apostles. Luke 6:12-13
- At His transfiguration. Luke 9:28-35
- At Gethsemane. Luke 14:32-35
- He closed His life on earth in prayer. Luke 23:34, 36
30 min - Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Demanding love
- Mark 10:17-22 – Jesus makes a demand of the rich young ruler.
- Matthew 10:32-33 – Jesus demands public loyalty.
- Matthew 10:1, 7-8, 16, 22, 25, 28, 34; 11:1 – Jesus demanded much of his disciples.
- Tough love
- Matthew 23:37, 13-15 – Jesus told people what they needed to hear.
- Acts 9:3-9, 15-16; 22:16 – Jesus showed tough love for Saul by blinding and scaring him.
- We should not soften the word of God when we read it or teach it to others. Jesus did not do that and we shouldn’t either!
- Romans 12:16
- Unpopular love
- Luke 7:36-50 – Jesus loved lowly people, even when it made Him unpopular.
- Luke 7:22
- Patient love
- Matthew 14:30; 16:21-23 – Jesus loved Peter with patience.
- John 13:8-10
- Luke 22:31-32, 50-51, 60-62
- John 21:19-22
- Jesus loves us with a love that never gives up.
- Sacrificial love
- John 1:29; 10:11; 15:13
- John 19:1-3, 16-18, 28 – Jesus loved us so much that He sacrificed Himself for us.
- Personal love
- Galatians 2:20 – Jesus gave Himself up for me.
30 min - Psalms, Part 15
- Psalms 119-131
- Psalms 119:104, 128 – If you love truth properly, you hate falsehood. It is not wrong to teach negatively. Jesus did more negative teaching than positive. Negative teaching is necessary to correct error.
30 min - Joseph of Arimathea
- John 19:31-42
- He used his money for good.
- Matthew 27:57-60 – Joseph provided for a dignified burial for Jesus.
- Matthew 19:23
- There are many examples in the Bible of people using their wealth for good.
- I John 3:17; Ephesians 4:28
- He struggled with enormous peer pressure.
- Mark 15:42-47
- In general, the Sanhedrin was strongly against Jesus. Joseph was a prominent member of the counsel.
- John 3:1-2 – Nicodemus was in a similar position.
- John 19:38 – Joseph was secretly a disciple of Jesus.
- John 12:42
- Luke 23:51
- I Peter 3:16-17; 4:3-5
30 min - Preaching – Studying the Word
- I Timothy 4:13 – Timothy was told to give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
- Titus was told to preach the word. Titus 3:15
- Titus was told to preach the authoritative word of God.
- The church at Corinth assembled to study the Word. I Corinthians 14:23-25.
- In the Lord’s Supper assembly, Paul preached the Word. Acts 20:7
- Thus, preaching is a very important part of the local church.
- The preacher:
- Speak words that become sound doctrine. Titus 2:1
- Speak so as to be understood. I Corinthians 14:19
- Speak the truth in love. Ephesians 4:15
- Speak with all authority. Titus 2:15
- The listener:
- Take head how you hear. Luke 8:18
- Take heed what you hear. Acts 17:11
- Be sure the Word is mixed with faith. Hebrews 4:2
- Control your thinking – do not let your mind wander.
- Uphold, do not apologize for the truth that was taught.
- Put the word to use in your life. James 1:22-25
30 min - God’s Point of View
- I Peter 3:12
- Anthropomorphisms
- “eyes”
- “ears”
- “arms”
- “finger”
- “remember”
- “relent”
- “laugh”
- “scoff”
- “walk”
- “angry”
- “jealous”
- God sees and cares about human suffering.
- Exodus 3:9; Judges 2:18; Revelation 6:10
- God is grieved when we sin.
- Genesis 6:5-7
- Ephesians 4:26-31
- Hosea 11:1-8; 3:1
- I Samuel 8:7
- Judges 10:16
- Psalms 78:40
- Isaiah 7:13; 43:24; 63:10
- Mark 3:5
- Luke 16:15
- Hebrews 10:28-29
- We should use the grief of God as motivation not to sin!
- God rejoices in our righteousness
- Job 1:8; 2:3; 42:7
- Luke 15:7, 10
- I Peter 3:4
- II Peter 3:9, 14
- Matthew 18:14
- Ezekiel 33:11
- We ought to look for ways to make God happy!
30 min - 30 min
- How to Use Your Bible, Part 4
- Jeremiah 36:20-24
- Digital Bibles
- Inspiration and translation
- Inspiration is verbal and plenary.
- Verbal: God inspired the words themselves, taking into account the personality of the writer.
- Plenary: The Bible is fully Every part of it is inspired.
- II Samuel 23:2
- Matthew 10:17-20
- I Corinthians 2:10-13
- I Thessalonians 2:13
- II Timothy 3:14-17
- I Peter 1:10-12
- II Peter 1:20-21
- Acts 2:39 – Peter didn’t fully understand the phrase “far off” here to mean Gentiles, even though he spoke the words. He wouldn’t totally understand this until Acts 10.
- The Holy Spirit did His work with a personal touch.
- There is a connection between inspiration and translation.
- Specific wording is important in two places – inspiration and translation.
30 min - Why Sing?
- The first song in the Bible – Exodus 15:1-21
- Sang to praise and magnify God
- For their redemption from Egypt
- The song in Judges 5
- Sang to praise God
- For their redemption from the Canaanites
- The song in II Samuel 2
- Sang to praise God
- For his redemption from his enemies
- Romans 15:9-12
- Sing to praise God
- For redemption provided in Christ Jesus
- Ephesians 5:18-20
- Sing to praise God
- For redemption in Christ Jesus
- Colossians 3:15-16
- Sing to praise God
- For redemption in Christ Jesus
- To teach and admonish one another
- James 5:13
- Sing to praise God
- For redemption in Christ Jesus
- I Chronicles 16:23-25; Psalms 13:6
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