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  • Criticism
    • Criticism is uncomfortable
      • If you enjoy giving criticism, you are probably not giving it in the right way.
      • II Timothy 3:16-17
      • Proverbs 13:18
      • Galatians 6:1 – Criticism is necessary.
      • Titus 1:3 – Criticism is necessary to make us sound in faith.
      • Giving criticism
        • Philippians 2:1-4
        • Colossians 3:12-17 – If we do not have love, we will give criticism with the wrong heart.
        • II Timothy 2:22-26 – Teaching is an important aspect of criticism.
        • II Timothy 4:2 – We must have patience when criticizing others.
        • I Peter 5:5 – Be humble!
        • Be care to not have an “I gotcha!” attitude in criticizing others.
        • Receiving criticism
          • Philippians 2:1-4 – We must receive criticism in a spirit of love.
          • Proverbs 9:7-9 – Receive criticism with wisdom. Use it to improve.
          • Do not receive criticism with pride or anger. It doesn’t help anyone.
          • Peter and Paul
            • Galatians 1:18-2:14 – When Peter was in error, Paul withstood him to his face.
            • II Peter 3:13-18 – Peter still counted Paul as a beloved brother.
              • 30 min
            • Titus
              • The world is full of sin
                • Titus 1:5, 10, 13 – Crete was a rough place to be!
                • Acts 2:11
                • Galatians 2:3-4
                • The world needs God’s Word, which is good and profitable!
                  • Titus 3:8
                  • Titus 1:5, 13; 2:1-10 – Titus had some difficult assignments.
                  • Titus 2:15-3:2 – Titus was to speak with confidence and authority.
                  • You gotta believe in the message!
                    • I Timothy 4:8
                    • II Corinthians 8:6, 16-23; 12:17-18 – Titus was sent to deal with sensitive money issues.
                    • You will obey it!
                      • Titus 1:4
                      • Titus 2:6-8 – We are to be good examples.
                      • Titus 2:12
                      • You will try to get others to obey it.
                        • Titus 1:9
                        • The world should thank God for His grace.
                          • Titus 1:1-2; 2:11-14
                            • 30 min
                          • Luke, Part 5
                            • Luke 4:22-5:16
                            • Luke 4:22 – This is the last mention of Joseph in the New Testament.
                            • Luke 4:25-31 – Both of the examples Jesus used showed how God blessed Gentiles who trusted in God. This enraged the Jews.
                            • Luke 4:38-44 – Jesus heals many.
                              • Luke 4:38-39 – See Matthew 5:10-11; 6:12-16. When Jesus called Peter to be an apostle, Peter had plenty of evidence that Jesus was the Christ.
                              • Luke 5:1-11 – Simon, James, and John see Jesus’ power and leave everything to follow Him.
                              • Luke 5:12-16 – Jesus heals the leper.
                                • Luke 5:16 – Notice that Jesus would take time to pray, even with so many people longing for His teaching. This gives us some indication of how important prayer is.
                                  • 30 min
                                • Is It Written?  Part 1
                                  • The Sinner’s Prayer
                                    • Usage
                                      • Historical example from Pilgrim’s Progress
                                      • Example from Billy Graham
                                      • Example from “God’s Not Dead”
                                      • Is it written?
                                        • Romans 10:9-10, 13-16
                                        • Acts 2:21, 37-78; 22:16
                                          • Acts 2:37-38 – Notice that the people did not know what it meant to call on the name of the Lord, so Peter had to explain that they needed to repent and be baptized.
                                          • Small groups
                                            • Usage
                                            • Is it written?
                                              • Acts 2:46
                                              • Acts 5:42
                                              • Acts 20:20
                                              • James 1:23-25
                                              • Worship teams
                                                • Usage
                                                • Is it written?
                                                  • In the Old Testament, God ordained specific people to worship Him in specific roles. This is no longer the case under the New Covenant.
                                                  • I Corinthians 14:25
                                                  • Ephesians 5:19
                                                  • Colossians 3:16
                                                    • 30 min
                                                  • Sin and its Cure
                                                    • All agree that sin exists and that it is most appalling.
                                                    • In regard to sin, there are at least four prominent characteristics:
                                                      • Love of sin – Psalms 52:3
                                                        • Hebrews 11:26
                                                        • Practice of sin – Romans 1:28-32
                                                        • Guilt of sin – Genesis 4:7
                                                        • Punishment of sin – John 5:28-29
                                                          • Matthew 25:46
                                                          • Sin and its cure as it relates to the sinner
                                                            • In the gospel there are at least four prominent characteristics that have to do with the cure of sin:
                                                              • Faith – Romans 5:1
                                                              • Repentance – Acts 17:30
                                                                • Matthew 21:26-28
                                                                • Baptism – Acts 2:38
                                                                • Pardon – Acts 2:38
                                                                • Sin and its cure as relates to the Christian
                                                                  • Faith destroys the love of sin.
                                                                  • Repentance destroys the practice of sin.
                                                                  • Prayer destroys the guilt of sin.
                                                                  • Pardon destroys the punishment of sin.
                                                                    • 30 min
                                                                  • Daniel
                                                                    • Daniel 6:16
                                                                    • Would not defile his conscience
                                                                      • Daniel 1:5, 8, 12-16
                                                                      • Three reasons Daniel’s attitude is impressive:
                                                                        • It would have been hard for any Jew to have much of a conscience as that point in their history.
                                                                        • Daniel is in exile.
                                                                        • Daniel is young.
                                                                        • Titus 2:11-14
                                                                        • Can you worship God when no one else will worship God?
                                                                        • Gave sound advice from God
                                                                          • Daniel 1:17
                                                                          • Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st dream: Daniel 2:10-11, 26-30
                                                                          • Nebuchadnezzar’s 2nd dream: Daniel 4:27
                                                                          • Belshazzar’s writing on wall: Daniel 5:22-23
                                                                          • I Timothy 4:16
                                                                          • Trusted God enough to pray
                                                                            • Daniel 6:10-23
                                                                            • Open your windows toward Jerusalem (keep your goal in mind)
                                                                              • I Kings 8:46-49
                                                                              • Get on your knees
                                                                              • Make it a habit
                                                                                • Romans 12:12
                                                                                • Thank God
                                                                                • Trust in God
                                                                                  • 30 min
                                                                                • Luke, Part 4
                                                                                  • Luke 3:7-4:21
                                                                                  • Luke 3:7-20 – John taught everyone and was not shy about pointing out their faults.
                                                                                    • Luke 3:16 – This is a general statement about the baptism of Jesus – it does not mean that literally every person would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire. Compare Luke 7:30; Acts 1:2, 5, 8; 2:4
                                                                                    • Luke 3:21-22 – Jesus is baptized. It was not for the forgiveness of sins. See Matthew 3:15.
                                                                                    • Luke 3:23-38 – The genealogy of Jesus. Compare Matthew 1:16. It is possible that Luke is giving Mary’s lineage and Matthew is giving Joseph’s lineage. In that case, Luke 3:23 is saying that Joseph is the son-in-law of Eli, just like King Saul called his son-in-law David “son” (I Samuel 18:27; 24:16). This would satisfy two claims to the throne. If you traced the lineage of Jesus through Mary, you would see that Jesus was “born of a descendant of David according to the flesh” (Romans 1:3) – that is, Jesus was a blood descendant of David through His mother. If you traced the lineage of Jesus through His adoptive father Joseph, you would see that Jesus was a legal heir of David, whose ancestors included the Kings of Judah from David, Solomon, and onward.
                                                                                    • Luke 4:1-13 – Jesus is tempted by the devil.
                                                                                      • Luke 4:3-4 – Jesus never performed miracles on command. He certainly wasn’t going to perform on command for Satan.
                                                                                      • Luke 4:6 – See I John 5:19; Psalms 24:1. This is not really true. Satan has influence in the world but that does not mean the world is his to give.
                                                                                      • Luke 4:9-12 – It is wrong to test God. We have to be careful to not be guilty of this in subtle ways (promising God we will serve Him if He will do this or that, etc.).
                                                                                      • Luke 4:14-21 – Jesus begins his public ministry.
                                                                                        • Luke 4:18-21 – This is talking about Jesus freeing us from captivity to sin. It was not talking about rebellion against Rome.
                                                                                          • 30 min
                                                                                        • Lessons on the Local Church, Part 11
                                                                                          • Lesson 5, continued:
                                                                                            • Discipline (I Corinthians 5:1-7): This is to try to save the erring, keep the church pure, and cause others to fear, i.e., to know that sin will not be tolerated (I Timothy 5:19-20).
                                                                                              • II Thessalonians 3:6; Titus 3:10-11
                                                                                              • Negatively: Any effort to put the church in the entertainment field or in business is without Bible authority.
                                                                                              • Conclusion: Though a church may be right in name, worship, and plan of salvation, if it corrupts the functions of the church, it cannot long remain of Christ.
                                                                                              • Lesson 6:
                                                                                                • Introduction: In this lesson, we emphasize the necessity of respecting the structure (organization) in and through which Christians function collectively in spiritual matters.
                                                                                                • Relative to Christians, the word church is used in three senses:
                                                                                                  • The assembly of the whole church (I Corinthians 14:23, 34-35)
                                                                                                  • The whole family of God; all saved by Jesus’ blood (Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 3:15; Hebrews 12:23)
                                                                                                    • There is no organization for the church universal.
                                                                                                    • There are no collective functions assigned for the church universal.
                                                                                                    • There is no assigned common oversight for the church universal.
                                                                                                    • Christ is the head of the body, king of the kingdom, shepherd of the flock, and all saints are brethren (Ephesians 1:22-23; Acts 2:30-33; John 10:11, 16, 27; Matthew 23:8)
                                                                                                    • The local church – a relationship where saints agree to work together under a common oversight and pool their resources to finance the work Christ assigned to it.
                                                                                                    • The local church is the only structure known to the New Testament in and through which saints are to worship and work together under a common oversight in the things of Christ.
                                                                                                      • It is an independent unit answerable only to Christ (Acts 20:28).
                                                                                                      • Each church is to have elders as soon as men attain the qualifications (I Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5).
                                                                                                        • 30 min
                                                                                                      • The Devil
                                                                                                        • In the New Testament, when people or things are referred to by several names, each name depicts a certain characteristic of those people of things. Examples:
                                                                                                          • Elder, bishop, shepherd
                                                                                                          • Christian, saint, disciple, brother
                                                                                                          • Kingdom, body, flock, bride, church
                                                                                                          • The devil is called by several different names:
                                                                                                            • Beelzebub – Mark 3:22
                                                                                                            • Serpent – Genesis 3:1
                                                                                                            • Wicked one – I John 3:12
                                                                                                            • Satan – Matthew 4:10
                                                                                                            • Father of the lie – John 8:44
                                                                                                            • Devil – Matthew 4:1
                                                                                                            • Consider each of these names:
                                                                                                              • Beelzebub (Mark 3:22) – prince of devils, supremacy of evil spirits
                                                                                                              • Serpent (Genesis 3:1)
                                                                                                                • II Corinthians 11:3
                                                                                                                • Wicked one (I John 3:12)
                                                                                                                • Satan (Matthew 4:10)
                                                                                                                  • Mark 4:15; I Peter 5:8
                                                                                                                  • Father of the lie (John 8:44)
                                                                                                                  • Devil (Matthew 4:1)
                                                                                                                    • Genesis 3:5; Job 2:1-6; II Timothy 3:1-5; Titus 2:3
                                                                                                                      • 30 min
                                                                                                                    • Abortion
                                                                                                                      • Psalms 127:3
                                                                                                                      • Leviticus 20:1-5
                                                                                                                      • Life begins in the womb
                                                                                                                        • The word brephos (baby)
                                                                                                                          • Luke 1:30-44; 2:12, 16
                                                                                                                          • Used in several other verses:
                                                                                                                            • Luke 18:15
                                                                                                                            • Acts 7:19
                                                                                                                            • The word huios (son)
                                                                                                                              • Luke 1:57, 36
                                                                                                                              • The word syllambano (conceive)
                                                                                                                                • Luke 1:36, 24, 31; 2:21
                                                                                                                                • Exodus 21:22-25 – No further penalty for a successful premature birth, but if the unborn baby dies, God says the punishment is life for life!
                                                                                                                                  • Yeled = child/youth
                                                                                                                                  • Yasa = go out, come out, bring out
                                                                                                                                  • Yeled yasa
                                                                                                                                  • God’s protection of the baby still in the womb shows that an unborn baby was already considered a life.
                                                                                                                                  • Therefore, abortion is murder.
                                                                                                                                    • Abortion deliberately ends a life. That’s murder, which is a sin (Romans 1:29) because it is the unlawful taking of a life of one who was made in the image of God (Genesis 9:6).
                                                                                                                                    • James 2:26 – God appears to be granting a soul at the point of conception.
                                                                                                                                    • What about criminal cases?
                                                                                                                                      • What is it that makes abortion wrong in the first place? It’s that an innocent life is being ended.
                                                                                                                                      • If that child is born and reaches its 5th birthday, then his mother decides the painful memories are just too much, could she kill him then?
                                                                                                                                      • How can we help?
                                                                                                                                        • Teach the gospel.
                                                                                                                                          • Matthew 21:23, 31-32
                                                                                                                                          • Stand firm against false arguments.
                                                                                                                                            • I Corinthians 6:15
                                                                                                                                            • “A woman’s body belongs to her. She can do what she wants with it.”
                                                                                                                                            • “This is a woman’s health issue.”
                                                                                                                                            • “This fetal tissue is used for life-saving research.”
                                                                                                                                            • Encourage responsibility
                                                                                                                                              • Philippians 2:3-4
                                                                                                                                                • 30 min

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