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- Christians at Work
- Daniel 6:4 – Daniel’s detractors could find no accusation against him.
- Character
- Colossians 3:8-9
- Luke 3:12-13 – Jesus’ commands to tax collectors.
- Luke 19:8-10 – Zaccheus promises to work honestly.
- II Thessalonians 3:6-13
- Attitude
- Colossians 3:22-25 – If God expected this from slaves, surely he expects this or more from employees who are in a more privileged position.
- Ephesians 6:5-8 – When we work for our boss, we are working for God.
- I Peter 2:18-20 – Your boss might be unreasonable, but we must still obey God and patiently endure.
- Leadership
- Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1 – Masters must answer to God!
- James 5:1-6 – God is not pleased when masters mistreat their workers.
- Leviticus 19:13 – God cares about the worker!
- Spirituality
- Titus 2:9-10
- I Timothy 6:1-2 – Work well so that God’s name will not be spoken against.
30 min - Psalms, Part 1
- Psalms 1-7
- Psalms 1:1 – God has a law and He wants us to walk in it!
- Psalms 1:6 – A godly man is one who respects God and His word. “Godly” is not the same as “god-like.”
- Psalms 2:1-5, 8-10 – The rulers on earth generally rage against God.
- Psalms 4:1 – We can have gladness even in times of persecution because we live in spiritual peace and safety.
- Psalms 5:3 – This is the best and only right way to start our day!
- Psalms 6:1 – Don’t let the hardships of life turn you against God.
30 min - Focus on the First Century, Part 6
Last lesson
- Galilee
- Samaritans
- Temples
- Gerizim
- Elephantine
- Heliopolis
- End of rule for John Hyrcanus
- Treacheries of Aristobulus
This lesson
- Results of Aristobulus’ rule
- Profane rule of Jannaeus
- Last of the Hasmoneans
- First of the Herodians
John Hyrcanus designates wife as heir
- As ruler, not as priest
- He dies in 104 BC
- Son (Aristobulus) imprisons her and 3 brothers
Aristobulus now rules
- Declares himself as both priest and king
- Conquers the rest of Galilee and Iturea
- Dies of illness after one year
Wife of Aristobulus nicer than husband
Jannaeus now high priest and king
- Marries brother’s widow, Alexandra
- Deuteronomy 25:5
- Matthew 22:23-33
- Spent younger years in Galilee
- Vigorous military campaigns
- Gained much territory
- Lost same within several years
- Persecuted Pharisees
- Mocked the feasts
Civil war
- Pharisees vs Sadducees, Hasmoneans
- 50,000 killed in six years
- Pharisees appeal to Seleucids for help
- Eventually dump foreign tyrants for native tyrant
- Jannaeus dies in 76 BC
- Queen Salome Alexandra takes throne
Queen Alexandra
- Establishes Sanhedrin
- Rabbinical council
- Religious legislative powers
- Judicial authority
- Strengthens Judean army
- Appoints son, John Hyrcanus II, as high priest
- She dies in 67 BC
- Son takes throne
John Hyrcanus II takes the throne
- Aristobulus II goes to war
- “Fight” at Jericho
- Siege at Jerusalem
- Hyrcanus surrenders with terms
- Antipater the Idumean
- Well-heeled noble from Idumea
- Skilled politician and diplomat
- Veteran governor of Idumea under Hasmoneans
- Sees Hyrcanus as weak and pliable
Plots to replace Aristobulus
- Places Hyrcanus with Nabateans
- Makes promises for support
Siege of Jerusalem
- Nabateans take 50,000 troops
- They commit two serious offenses
Race for Roman support
- General Scaurus is completing conquest in Syria
- Both brothers try to bribe him
- Initial call is in favor of Aristobulus
Pompey comes to town
- More bribes
- Pompey ignores bribes
- Considers annexation of Judea instead
Caesar and Pompey contend for rule
- Caesar wins, Antipater supports him
- Antipater appointed governor of Judea
- Hyrcanus appointed high priest, tetrarch
Coming weeks
- Herodian Dynasty
- Role of women in Jewish society
- Social strata of Jerusalem
- Religious sects
- Purification
- Laws of the Sabbath
30 min - Paul’s Attitude About Himself
- Acts 22:3, 28 – Paul identified himself as a Jew and a Roman citizen.
- A former sinner
- Acts 7:58 – Paul at Stephen’s stoning
- Acts 9:3-6, 17-20 – Paul’s conversion
- Acts 22
- Acts 26:12-19
- Galatians 1:13; Ephesians 3:8; I Corinthians 15:9; I Timothy 1:13-15 – Paul always viewed himself as a sinner first.
- Romans 7:24
- A convert
- Philippians 3:1-12 – Paul was fully converted to his new life as a Christian.
- A bold Christian
- Ephesians 6:19-20
- Galatians 1:11-24 – Paul’s teaching came straight from Christ.
- Galatians 2:3-11 – Paul’s past did not prevent him from teaching boldly.
30 min - God’s Memorials
- Introduction
- We are admonished to remember God.
- Deuteronomy 4:23
- Psalms 9:17
- II Peter 1:9
- James 1:25
- Rainbow: Genesis 9:8-15
- Sabbath: Exodus 20:11; Deuteronomy 5:15
- Deuteronomy 5:3 – Sabbath was for all the Hebrew nation at that time. It is not for us today.
- Passover: Exodus 12:11, 14
- II Thessalonians 1:8-9
- Omer of manna: Exodus 16:32-36
- Lord’s Supper: I Corinthians 11:24-25
30 min - Exodus, Part 15
- The legacy of Exodus
- Deliverance/freedom
- God is able to deliver His people from slavery.
- Leviticus 26:13; Judges 6:7-10; Leviticus 11:45; Isaiah 48:20-21; Jeremiah 16:14-15; Psalms 77:20
- John 8:31-34 – Jesus delivers us from slavery to sin, just as God delivered the Israelites from physical slavery.
- Provisions
- God provides for the needs of His people.
- Psalms 78:24-25; John 6:31-35
- Nor reading your Bible is like failing to pick up manna from Heaven!
- Lack of faith
- Despite God’s blessings, His people tend to turn their backs on Him.
- I Samuel 10:17-19
- Psalm 78:42-53; 81:10-16; I Corinthians 10:1-7
- Hebrews 10:28-29
- Law
- God’s law is a blessing for His people.
- Romans 3:1-2
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
- Power and glory of God
- God’s mighty hand in Egypt displayed His power and made a name for Himself.
- I Samuel 6:6; Psalms 105:26-45; Isaiah 63:12; Romans 9:17
- Tabernacle
- The tabernacle Moses built is but a shadow of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched.
- Hebrews 8:1-6; 9:1-12
- Acts 7:35-44
30 min - Focus on the First Century, Part 5
- Last lesson:
- Simon
- John Hyrcanus
- Expansion of Judea
- Doctrine of proselytizing
- Effects of expansion
- Observance of law vs. proselytizing
- Hellenized cities vs. Easternized
- Idumea
- Mass forced conversion
- Defections
- Conversion not necessarily assimilation
- Galilee
- Hick town north of Samaria
- Barriers to interaction
- Who were the Samaritans?
- Occupiers of northern kingdom of Israel
- Other nations that had been deported
- Deported yet again – to Samaria ~ 700 BC
- Perplexed at problems
- Attacked by wild animals
- Wanted to appease “god of this land”
- The fix
- Assyrian king sends a priest
- Good choice?
- Did he teach them well?
- Initial results
- “Feared God”
- Kept high places
- Jehovah treated as just another god
- Samaria often refuge for renegades
- Priest named Manasseh (409 BC – Nehemiah 13:28)
- Builds temple
- Samaritans begin abandoning other gods
- Doctor scripture to reflect their “reality”
- Progress of Samaritan “Jewishness”
- Destruction of temple at Mt. Gerizim
- Continued use of Mt. Gerizim
- Speaking of temples
- Temple at Elephantine
- Temple at Heliopolis
- Justification
- Isaiah 19:19
- Does this work?
- Highlights problems of interpretation
- What happened to them?
- John Hyrcanus designates wife as heir
- As ruler, not as priest
- He dies in 104, son imprisons her
- Aristobulus now rules
- Declares himself as both priest and king
- Conquers the rest of Galilee and Iturea
- Imprisons his three brothers
- Dies of illness after one year
- Wife of Aristobulus nicer than husband
- Jannaeus now high priest and king
- Marries brother’s widow, Alexandra
- Spent younger years in Galilee
- Vigorous military campaigns
- Gained much territory
- Lost same within several years
- Persecuted Pharisees
- Mocked the feasts
- Civil war
- Pharisees vs. Sadducees, Hasmoneans
- 50,000 killed in six years
- Pharisees appeal to Seleucids for help
- Jannaeus dies in 76 BC
- Queen Salome Alexandra takes throne
- She sides with Pharisees
- Pharisees dump foreign tyrants for native tyrant
- Queen Alexandra
- Establishes Sanhedrin
- Rabbinical council
- Religious legislative powers
- Judicial authority
- Strengthens Judean army
- Appoints son, John Hurcanus II, as high priest
- She dies in 67 BC
- Son takes throne
- Coming weeks
- Fall of Hasmonean Dynasty
- Roman intrigue, dominance
- Beginning of the Herodian Dynasty
- The role of women in Jewish society
- The social strata of Jerusalem
- Unclean, unwhole
- The Sabbath and its laws
- Homework!
- Read:
- Matthew 2:1-22
- Mark 3:6
- Luke 3:1, 19-20; 8:1-2; 9:1-9; 13:31-32; 23:6-12
- Mark 6:7-29; 8:15; 12:13
- Acts 12:1-23
30 min - Bible Class Teachers
- I Timothy 4:16
- John 6:44-45
- Hebrews 5:12
- Qualities of a good Bible class teacher
- Be a genuine Christian
- This requires the right information and the right disposition (“spirit and truth”).
- Philippians 1:18 – teaching with wrong disposition
- I Corinthians 9:27
- I John 2:15-16
- Those who practice sin should not teach classes.
- Those who are careless with their attendance should not teach classes.
- Be sound in doctrine
- Titus 2:1, 8
- II Timothy 1:3
- Be honest and open
- Acts 15:21
- Psalm 119:128 – The teacher must love truth and hate error.
- Be diligent in study
- Be dependable
- Pray about it
- I Thessalonians 5:17
30 min - How Can Hardships in my Life Bring Others to God?
- Acts 3:1-10 – Peter heals the lame man
- Our hardships can be an opportunity for God to display His power.
- II Corinthians 12:7-10 – Paul’s thorn in the flesh
- Genesis 45:3-8; 50:19-21 – God used Joseph to achieve His plans.
- James 5:13-15
- How we handle a hardship can draw people to (or drive them away from) God.
- Acts 3:11-26
- Acts 4:8-22 – Peter and John use their arrest as an opportunity to teach.
- Acts 16:16-34 – Paul and Silas use their imprisonment to teach the jailer and the other prisoners.
- Job 2:9 – Job’s wife did not handle the suffering well. She turned away from God and encouraged Job to do the same.
- Tell others how God has helped us and what He has accomplished in us because of our hardship.
- Deuteronomy 6:20-25
- If we genuinely appreciate what God has done for us, it is much easier to be motivated to talk to others about God!
30 min - II Peter 2:1-22
- II Peter 2:1-22
- II Peter 2:4-10 – Jude mentions three categories of men who sinned (Jude 1:5-7). Peter here mentions a similar set of people who are reserved for judgment. This passage is talking about examples of men who are reserved for judgment.
- Angels and messengers:
- Matthew 1:24
- Matthew 25:41
- II Corinthians 12:7
- II Corinthians 11:13-15
- Matthew 11:10
- Mark 1:1
- Luke 7:24, 27 – John
- Luke 9:52 – Jesus’ messengers
- James 2:25 – two spies
- Context must determine the meaning of the word “angels”
- II Peter 2:9 – I Corinthians 10:13
- II Peter 2:21 – We are not told exactly how it will be worse for those who have known God and then turned away. Will it be worse at Judgment? Worse while on Earth?
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