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  • Two Sides to Man’s Salvation
    • Introduction
      • Ecclesiastes 7:29
      • Hebrews 2:14
      • Romans 5:12
      • Divine
        • God, the Father – John 3:16; Romans 5:8
        • Christ – John 19:10; Ephesians 1:7
        • Holy Spirit – John 14:26; 16:13
        • Grace – Ephesians 2:8; Titus 3:7
        • Gospel – Romans 1:16; I Corinthians 15:1-4
        • Church – Matthew 16:18; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 5:23
          • Christ bought the church with His blood, which puts the church on the divine side. Any other church besides the one Christ bought with his blood is not Christ’s church!
          • Human
            • Hear – Romans 10:17; John 6:44
            • Believe – Acts 16:31; Hebrews 11:6
            • Repent – Acts 17:30
            • Confess – Romans 10:10
            • Baptized – Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16
            • Study – II Timothy 2:15; Ezra 7:10
            • Serve – Philippians 3:14-15; I John 1:7
            • Teach – Acts 8:4; Matthew 28:20
            • Be faithful – I Corinthians 15:18
              • 30 min
            • The Return and Rebuilding
              • Jeremiah 25:11; 29:8-10
              • II Chronicles 36:19-21

                • 1st Deportation

                Jeremiah 25:11-12

                605 BC

                2nd Deportation

                Jeremiah 29:10

                597 BC

                3rd Deportation

                II Chronicles 36:21

                586 BC

                1st Return

                Ezra 1:1-3; Large group led by Zerubbabel; Ezra 1-6; Temple rebuilt

                538-535 BC

                2nd Return

                Ezra 7:28; Large group led by Ezra; Ezra 7-10; Reforms

                458 BC

                3rd Return

                Nehemiah 2:5-11; Nehemiah (group unknown); Book of Nehemiah; Wall rebuilt

                445 BC

                • How to make a comeback:
                  • Get back to God (read and pray)!
                    • Ezra 7:10 – Set your heart to study, do, and teach.
                    • Ezra 8:15-17 – How did Ezra know he needed Levites? By studying God’s word!
                    • Ezra 8:21; 9:6 – Ezra prayed for help from God and confessed their sins.
                    • Acts 8:34, 22 – Read God’s word and pray!
                    • Deal with your enemies!
                      • Ezra 4:4-7; Nehemiah 4:1-6; 6:15-16 – Nehemiah and the people were demoralized by enemies, but they built the wall anyway.
                      • Nehemiah 4:4; 5:19; 6:11-14; 13:14, 22, 29-31 – Nehemiah was looking to the future.
                        • 30 min
                      • Psalms, Part 10
                        • Psalms 55-63
                        • Psalms 55:12-15 – The companion in this psalm could be referring to Ahithophel, who had been David’s advisor, but left to conspire with Absalom.
                        • Psalms 58:3 – This is hyperbole. We now from Ezekiel 18 and other passages that this is not literally true.
                          • 30 min
                        • Focus on the First Century, Part 17

                          [Sorry, no audio available for this lesson due to technical difficulties. -MRW]

                          • First persecution of the church
                            • Happened soon after Pentecost
                            • Result of Stephen’s stoning
                            • Saul eager participant
                            • Church was scattered
                            • Went everywhere preaching Christ
                            • Acts 8:1-8
                            • Conversion of Saul
                              • Completes the circuit on the Diaspora
                              • Paul appointed apostle to the Gentiles
                              • Jews are everywhere
                              • Paul not first to teach the Gentiles
                              • Followed by Christians in some places
                              • Paul comes with apostolic authority
                              • Acts 11:19-26
                              • Acts 13:13-52 – Paul preaches to the Gentiles
                              • The religious sects of the Jews
                                • A Jew is not a Jew is not a Jew is not …
                                  • Just being a Jew was not the complete picture
                                  • Different divisions of beliefs and practices
                                  • The two major divisions were at odds
                                  • Unity was only attained via outside pressure
                                  • The Pharisees
                                    • “Separated ones”
                                      • Possibly derogatory term
                                      • Called themselves “great”
                                      • Embraced the name “Pharisees” after a time
                                      • Began in the early Hasmonean Dynasty
                                        • John Hyrcanus was a Pharisee
                                        • Lead to the civil war under Alexander Jannaeus
                                        • Pharisees made gains under Alexandra Salome
                                        • What did the Pharisees believe?
                                          • High degree of dedication to law and prophets
                                          • Held oral traditions as equally important
                                            • Matthew 15:1-20 – Jesus rebukes their tradition
                                            • Matthew 23:25-26
                                            • I Peter 2:4-5 – Our purity is internal, not external.
                                            • Interpretations by noted rabbis
                                            • Given and relayed by word of mouth
                                            • Committed to writing around 70 AD and after
                                              • 30 min
                                            • Hospitality’s Two Questions
                                              • Introduction
                                                • II Kings 4:8-10 – The hospitality of the Shunamite woman.
                                                • What do others need?
                                                  • Hebrews 13:1-3
                                                  • Romans 12:10-13
                                                  • Acts 2:46-47
                                                  • Romans 16:1-2
                                                  • Luke 14:12-14
                                                  • I Peter 4:8-11 – Be hospitable without complaint.
                                                  • What is my purpose?
                                                    • Luke 7:36-48 – Hospitality must be done with the right attitude.
                                                    • Luke 10:38-42
                                                    • Matthew 25:34-36
                                                    • Genesis 18:1-8 – Abraham practiced hospitality before the men even entered his tent.
                                                    • It’s not about what you can or can’t provide – it’s about your love for others.
                                                    • III John 1:1-8
                                                      • 30 min
                                                    • Soul and Spirit
                                                      • Introduction
                                                        • Are soul and spirit used interchangeably? No
                                                        • Does the work soul always mean the same thing? No
                                                        • Does the word spirit always mean the same thing? No
                                                        • Soul, its meanings
                                                          • The whole man – Genesis 46:22; I Peter 3:20; Acts 7:14
                                                          • Mind, passions, emotions – Numbers 21:4; I Samuel 1:10-15
                                                          • The body – Job 33:22
                                                          • One mindedness – Acts 4:32
                                                          • The eternal spirit – Matthew 10:28; Ezekiel 18:4
                                                          • Spirit, its meanings
                                                            • Holy Spirit – Acts 2:4
                                                            • Mind, disposition – Romans 8:15; Matthew 5:3; I Kings 21:5; Romans 8:9
                                                            • The gospel in contrast to the law – II Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 10:1-10
                                                            • The eternal spirit – Ecclesiastes 12:7; James 2:26
                                                            • Soul and spirit sometimes used interchangeably
                                                              • Saved – Hebrews 10:29; I Corinthians 5:5
                                                              • Purified – I Peter 1:22; II Corinthians 7:1
                                                              • Departs – James 2:26; Genesis 35:18
                                                              • I Thessalonians 5:23
                                                              • Have I appropriated the blessings for the soul and spirit to myself?
                                                                • Luke 6:46; Matthew 7:21
                                                                  • 30 min
                                                                • Where Did Matter and Energy Come From?
                                                                  • Introduction
                                                                    • Psalms 8:1-4
                                                                    • Isaiah 42:5
                                                                    • Psalms 33:6
                                                                    • Self-created
                                                                      • Big bang – big problems
                                                                        • Where did the cosmic egg come from?
                                                                        • Laws of thermodynamics
                                                                          • Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only change forms.
                                                                          • “Flatness”
                                                                          • “Horizon”
                                                                          • Mature galaxies
                                                                          • Comets
                                                                          • Blue stars
                                                                          • Spiral galaxies
                                                                          • Redshift
                                                                          • Can we reconcile this with the Bible? NO
                                                                            • Genesis 1:31
                                                                            • Exodus 20:11; 31:17
                                                                            • Genesis 1:1, 16, 19 – God created heavens and the earth first.
                                                                            • Eternal
                                                                              • Laws of thermodynamics
                                                                                • Energy is becoming less usable. (Entropy is increasing.)
                                                                                • Created
                                                                                  • Colossians 1:13-18; Psalms 102:25-27; 136:1-9
                                                                                  • Psalms 19:1
                                                                                  • It’s not that science hasn’t found the answer yet. Science isn’t capable of finding the answer.
                                                                                  • A word about faith
                                                                                    • Hebrews 11:3
                                                                                    • Belief in the Big Bang Theory requires faith! We didn’t observe it and can’t test it.
                                                                                    • Why our origins matter
                                                                                      • Romans 1:18-20 – God’s creation points to Him.
                                                                                        • 30 min
                                                                                      • Psalms, Part 9
                                                                                        • Psalms 49-54
                                                                                        • Psalms 49:1 – The high, low, poor, and rich will all be alike in death.
                                                                                        • Psalms 49:12 – Man’s body decays just like the bodies of beasts.
                                                                                        • Psalms 50:10 – See Acts 17:25
                                                                                        • Psalms 51:16-17 – God wants a contrite heart first before the sacrifices are acceptable.
                                                                                        • Psalms 51:5 – This verse is often misused in Calvinist doctrine. We know that it does not mean David was sinful at birth (Ezekiel 18:2-4). Matthew 18:3 also tells us that children are not in sin.
                                                                                          • Psalms 71:6; 139:13-14; 58:3
                                                                                          • We know that this birth is not saying David was born out of wedlock. See Ruth 4:22. David was in the line to Christ and was certainly not illegitimate.
                                                                                          • Psalms 53:1 – Declaring that there is no God identifies you as a fool regardless of your intellectual accomplishments.
                                                                                          • Psalms 53:6 – See Ephesians 4:8, which applies this passage to those who are captives of sin.
                                                                                            • 30 min

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