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  • Colossians
    • Colossians 1:1-4
    • Chapter 1: Preeminence – Realize that Christ is the center of everything!
      • Colossians 1:13
      • Colossians 1:22
      • Colossians 1:15 – Christ is the firstborn of all creation. See Psalms 89:27. Jesus has a status above all of creation. This does not mean that Jesus was created. See Colossians 1:16-17.
      • Colossians 1:16-20 – We can now be reconciled to God through Christ’s blood.
      • Chapter 2: Problems – Don’t let anything distract or deceive you away from Christ!
        • Colossians 2:2-3
        • Colossians 2:13-14 – Jesus set aside the debt of sin people were under from the old law.
        • Colossians 2:20-23 – There is no holiness to be gained by abstaining from certain foods. We only need to worry about obeying Christ!
        • Chapter 3-4: Practical points – Here’s what it means to live for Christ.
          • We have to get Heaven in our heads!
            • Colossians 3:1-4
            • Stop monkeying around with sin!
              • Colossians 3:5-8
              • Serve Christ daily!
                • Colossians 3:9-17
                • The center of everything we do must be God.
                  • 30 min
                • Luke, Part 18
                  • Luke 18:1-43
                  • Luke 18:1-8 – At all times we should pray and not lose heart.
                    • Luke 18:7 – The elect are those who choose to follow God.
                    • Luke 18:8 – It is not clear if this is part of the same conversation as Luke 17. It is hard to know if Jesus is referring to the destruction of Jerusalem or the end of the world. Either way, the point is that God will answer the prayers of those who are faithful if people will be faithful!
                    • Luke 18:9-14 – We must be humble and exalt ourselves. With his comments here, Jesus is also cutting through bias and prejudice. The Pharisees carried an air of superiority.
                    • Luke 18:15-17 – We must receive the kingdom of God like a child. He is primarily talking about their innocence, but this also shows that Jesus did not consider children to be guilty of inherited sin as some claim.
                    • Luke 18:18-27 – The parable of the rich young ruler
                      • Luke 18:22 - We are not instructed anywhere to give up all our wealth, so this was apparently a command specifically for this man.
                      • Luke 18:25 – It is difficult to be wealthy and obey God. But nearly everyone in the United States is wealthy, relatively speaking! There are many examples in the Bible of wealthy people who obeyed God: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David, Daniel, and others. It is possible!
                      • Luke 18:28-30 – God will take care of those who follow Him. This may not necessarily involve earthly wealth, but God will take care of His own.
                      • Luke 18:31-34 – The disciples again misunderstand a very straightforward statement from Jesus because of their ignorance. It is easy for us to do the same thing.
                      • Luke 18:35-43 – Jesus heals a blind man. The man addressed Jesus with respect and persistence. See Mark 10:46-52.
                        • 30 min
                      • Foundations Under Attack
                        • Psalm 11
                        • Psalm 11:3 – What foundations are David speaking of?
                        • Foundations under attack:
                          • Marriage relationship
                            • Genesis 2 – God institutes marriage: one man and one woman for life.
                            • Romans 7:2-3
                            • By Genesis 4, Lamech had already gone beyond God’s marriage law by marrying multiple women.
                            • Now feminism and the push for homosexual marriage are attacking God’s marriage law.
                            • Civil government
                              • Romans 13:1-5
                              • Genesis 9:6 – God has always demanded life for life. It was in effect during the patriarchal era, the law of Moses, and now under the gospel.
                              • There is a push in effect to change the government away from what God would have it be.
                              • The church
                                • Ephesians 2:14-18; Matthew 6:18
                                • Matthew 20:28, 32
                                • When men put churches into the business of doing things other than what God assigned them to do, God’s church is under attack.
                                • What then can we do?
                                  • Keep trusting God (Psalms 11:1)
                                  • Keep being righteous (Psalms 11:7)
                                  • Keep teaching others
                                  • If heaven is worth anything, it’s worth everything!
                                    • 30 min
                                  • Galatians, Part 6
                                    • Galatians 4:1-16
                                    • Galatians 4:1-7 – Through Christ, we have become sons of God, and heirs to the promise of salvation.
                                      • Galatians 4:6 – See Romans 8:15.
                                      • Galatians 4:8-11 – Paul is trying to get the Galatians to realize how much they were giving up to try to go back to the old law. They were giving up their relationship of son-ship with God.
                                        • Galatians 4:11 – See I Corinthians 3:11-15. The Galatians were Paul’s work. He did not want to lose them!
                                        • Galatians 4:15 – Some interpret this to mean that Paul had poor eyesight. This verse does not necessarily say that. Paul could have simply been indicating the great love they had shown him.
                                          • 30 min
                                        • Will We Trust God or be Afraid of Giants?
                                          • Have you heard of these men?
                                            • Shammua
                                            • Shaphat
                                            • Igal
                                            • Palti
                                            • Gaddiel
                                            • Gaddi
                                            • Ammiel
                                            • Sethur
                                            • Nahbi
                                            • Geuel
                                            • Numbers 13:4-16
                                            • Moses’ commission – Numbers 13:17-20
                                            • The goodness of the land – Numbers 13:27
                                            • The spies looked at the giants – Numbers 13:28-33
                                            • Caleb and Joshua encouraged the people – Numbers 14:6-9
                                            • Israel rebelled against the Lord – Numbers 14:10
                                            • Our commission – Matthew 28:19
                                            • Romans 10:13-15
                                            • Romans 1:16-17
                                            • Our giants
                                              • Other churches
                                              • Social interests
                                              • Pleasures of the world
                                              • Rejection
                                              • I Corinthians 6:9-11
                                              • I Corinthians 3:5-7
                                              • Lessons to learn
                                                • Talk about Jesus
                                                • Pray for others
                                                • Live faithfully
                                                • Remember what the Lord has done
                                                  • 30 min
                                                • Gambling
                                                  • Matthew 19:3-6 – Jesus is asked a question about divorce, but Jesus answers with a principle about marriage. Gambling is not specifically addressed in the scriptures, but we do have principles that we can apply.
                                                  • What’s not wrong:
                                                    • Taking a chance
                                                    • Playing games or rooting for a sports team. I Corinthians 10:27
                                                    • What’s definitely wrong:
                                                      • Compulsive gambling – I Corinthians 6:12
                                                      • The problems that come from compulsive gambling
                                                      • Two principles to consider:
                                                        • The love of money is a root of all sorts of evil.
                                                          • I Timothy 6:6-11
                                                          • Ephesians 5:3-7
                                                          • Colossians 3:5-6
                                                          • Hebrews 13:5
                                                          • Mark 4:18-19
                                                          • Luke 12:25; 16:13-15
                                                          • Ephesians 4:28
                                                          • II Thessalonians 3:10
                                                          • Love your neighbor as yourself.
                                                            • Matthew 22:36-40
                                                            • Romans 13:7-10
                                                            • I Corinthians 10:24
                                                            • Are you free from the love of money?
                                                            • Are you loving your neighbor?
                                                              • 30 min
                                                            • Luke, Part 17
                                                              • Luke 17:1-37
                                                              • Luke 17:1-4 – We have an obligation to help other people avoid sin by not causing them to stumble and rebuking them to help them return to God is they do.
                                                              • Luke 17:7-10 – We are entitled to nothing but a life in service to God. See Luke 9:23; 14:11; 18:13.
                                                              • Luke 17:11-19 – Jesus cleanses ten lepers, but only one returns to thank Him.
                                                                • What if we only had today what we thanked God for yesterday?
                                                                • Keep things in perspective.
                                                                • Be thankful for past blessings.
                                                                • We have redemption through Christ. If nothing good happens to me the rest of my life, isn’t that enough?
                                                                • Luke 17:20-21 – The kingdom of God was within them!
                                                                • Luke 17:22-37 – This appears to be a prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. Some interpret this to be at least partially talking about the second coming of Christ, but in comparison with other parallel passages, it seems to be wholly in reference to the destruction of Jerusalem. The apocalyptic language used here is used elsewhere in the Bible in reference to earthly battles and wars. See also Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21.
                                                                  • Luke 17:33-34 – Those who would listen to the prophecy and get out would be saved. Those who try to stay behind and try to preserve their old life will be lost.
                                                                    • 30 min
                                                                  • Galatians, Part 5
                                                                    • Galatians 3:15-29
                                                                    • Galatians 3:18 – Our inheritance is based on the promise given to Abraham, not on the law. The Galatians were trying to go back to the old law, but Paul is trying to get them to see that it would not get them any closer to salvation.
                                                                    • Galatians 3:19 – God provided the law to define what sin was until Jesus came.
                                                                    • Galatians 3:20 – There was a mediator for the Old Covenant, but God was the only one involved when He brought His promise to pass in bringing Jesus. Here God is showing the superiority of Christ and the New Covenant over the Old Covenant.
                                                                    • Galatians 3:21-22 – The law and the promise were not contradictory. The law prepared the way for the promise to come.
                                                                      • 30 min
                                                                    • Gossip
                                                                      • Definition of gossip
                                                                      • Idle word – word that does nothing
                                                                      • Slander – oral communication of false statements
                                                                      • Matthew 12:36-37
                                                                      • Why is there so much gossip?
                                                                        • No preaching on it.
                                                                        • It is a rationalization of self-righteousness.
                                                                        • Gossips do not have the mentality for serious conversation.
                                                                        • Undoubtedly much evil is done
                                                                          • If someone tells something bad about you, I cannot possibly feel the same about both of you!
                                                                            • If I believe the tale, I will not feel the same about you.
                                                                            • If I do not believe the tale, I will not feel the same about the one who told it.
                                                                            • What good does it do?
                                                                              • The only time I need to report any actual evil of someone is when I’m seeking information as to how to help the person involved.
                                                                              • -or- when it will help somebody else. For example:
                                                                                • If I know someone is a poor credit risk.
                                                                                • Advising someone against associating with someone.
                                                                                • Reporting sin in the church (I Corinthians 1:11).
                                                                                • Scriptures
                                                                                  • Leviticus 19:16
                                                                                  • Psalms 50:20
                                                                                  • Proverbs 20:19
                                                                                  • Ezekiel 22:9
                                                                                  • Psalms 15:1-3
                                                                                  • Proverbs 16:28
                                                                                  • Proverbs 17:9
                                                                                  • Proverbs 18:8
                                                                                  • Proverbs 26:20-22
                                                                                  • Proverbs 6:16-19
                                                                                  • James 4:11
                                                                                  • I Peter 2:1
                                                                                  • II Corinthians 12:20
                                                                                  • Romans 1:29-31
                                                                                  • We will be judged by our words and deeds!
                                                                                    • 30 min
                                                                                  • If Every Member of This Church Were Like Me
                                                                                    • Acts 20:18-20, 32-38
                                                                                    • Disclaimers:
                                                                                      • I Corinthians 11:1 – None of us are the example to look at – Jesus is the perfect example.
                                                                                      • Romans 12:4-8 – We are all different.
                                                                                      • Ask yourself some questions …
                                                                                        • Am I dependable and hard-working, or am I kinda lazy? Acts 6:1-7
                                                                                        • Am I devout or hypocritical in daily life? Acts 10:1-2
                                                                                        • Am I generous or stingy? Acts 4:32-37
                                                                                        • Am I an obedient student of God’s Word or do I just ignore it? Acts 8:27-39
                                                                                        • Am I devoted to prayer or negligent? Acts 1:13-14; 2:41-42; Matthew 6:5-7
                                                                                        • Am I helpful and encouraging, or a drag? Acts 18:23-28
                                                                                        • What do I need to do right now?
                                                                                          • Think about this.
                                                                                          • Talk about this.
                                                                                          • Do something about this.
                                                                                            • 30 min

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