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- Giving God Our Leftovers
- Time, Acts 24:25-27
- Money, Matthew 15:4-6
- Effort, Haggai 1:2-5
- Prayer, Daniel 6:10
- Meditation, Joshua 1:8
- Worship, Malachi 1:8, 13
- Strategies to help
- Love God more!
- II Corinthians 8:1-5
- Spend time thinking about what God has done for us. Psalms 77:11-15
- Read the Bible. Psalms 119:159-164
- Sacrifice self more!
- Matthew 16:24-25
- Acts 4:34-37
- If God is going to be first on my list, He has to be first on my list!
- Change your priorities!
- Spiritual things are important and urgent!
- Luke 12:17-23, 24-31
- Earthly things are important, but not urgent. Luke 9:57-62
- Limit things that are urgent but not important. Luke 8:14; 10:40-42
- Romans 12:11
30 min - Word of the Day, Part 14: Sin, Family
- Sin
- How do we come to sin?
- Matter of conscience – Romans 14:23
- What about when we doubt?
- How do we guard against (master) it? The heart of the matter; a matter of the mind.
- Mark 7:21-22
- James 1:14-15; 4:1
- Matthew 23:26
- Psalms 66:18
- Romans 13:14
- Romans 8:5
- Philippians 4:8-9
- Proverbs 4:23
- II Corinthians 10:4-5
- I Corinthians 14:20
- We strive for perfection – II Corinthians 13:11
- We sometimes miss the mark – James 3:2; I John 1:8-2:2
- Remember
- God wants us no longer dead _in_sin - Ephesians 2:1-7; Romans 5:8
- But dead _to_sin - Romans 6:1-14
- Family
- There are both physical and spiritual families – Ephesians 3:14-15
- Familiar reference to us all
- Father, son
- Genesis 22:7
- Malachi 2:10
- I Chronicles 22:6-10
- Brethren
- Genesis 25:26
- Romans 9:3
- Romans 12:1
- Hebrew
- מִשְׁפָּחָה (miš·p__ā__ḥā(h))
- A family, that is, circle of relatives
- Amos 3:1
- אֶלֶף (ʾěl__ěp̄)
- A family (from a sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
- Very few occurrences
- Judges 6:15
- Greek
- πατριά (patria)
- A group of families or a whole race
- Twice – Luke 2:4
- οἶκος (oikos)
- A dwelling
- A family (literally or figuratively)
- Household, temple
- One time – I Timothy 5:4
- γένος (genos)
- Acts 13:26
- Disparity between Old and New Testaments
- Why?
- Genealogies
- Nature of family vs. religion in the Old Testament
- Familial nature of religion in the New Testament
- Genealogies throughout Old Testament
- Genesis 5, 10, 11:10-32
- Numbers 1:5-16, 19-49
- I Chronicles 1-9, 24-26 (501 verses!)
- Purposes for genealogies
- Give historical context
- Numbering warriors and tribes
- Establishing lineage
- New Testament genealogies
- Matthew 1:1-17
- Abraham to Jesus
- Luke 3:23-38
- Jesus to God
- Both proving the legitimacy of Jesus
- Importance of genealogies in New Testament
- Lineage of Jesus – very important
- Since Jesus – not important
- Hebrews 7:3, 6
- I Timothy 1:4
- Titus 3:9
- Effect of the destruction of Israel
- Genealogy broken
- No way to establish lineage to Israel
- No way to establish Aaronic priesthood
- No way to legally re-establish temple worship
- One lineage
- No genealogy
- Priesthood – I Peter 2:9
- Sons of God – Romans 8:14-19
- Who is our spiritual family?
30 min - Lessons on the Local Church, Part 7
- Lesson 4 (continued):
- Contribute on the first day of the week (I Corinthians 16:2)
- Must give according to prosperity (I Corinthians 16:2), as purposed in heart, cheerfully (II Corinthians 9:7), and bountifully (II Corinthians 9:6)
- No specific command given to collect funds to use for preaching locally. However, we are told how to raise funds and what the church’s responsibilities are, therefore we conclude that gathering funds to support local preaching is permitted. (Acts 20:28-32)
- There is no authority for a local church to amass a large sum in the treasury with no purpose in mind. Money collected should be used for edification and to relieve the needy.
- Business ventures are not authorized in the Lord’s plan for church finance; no pie sales, house rentals, skating parties, farming, or any business enterprise.
- Some churches use a pledge card system to pressure members into giving more than they would otherwise. This does not fit with I Corinthians 16:2.
- Lord’s Supper on the first day of the week (Matthew 26:29; Acts 20:7)
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- Lessons on the Local Church, Part 6
- Lesson 4, continued:
- Preach or teach the Word (Acts 20:7; 5:42)
- The teacher
- Obligated to please God, not man (Galatians 1:6-10; II Timothy 4:2-4)
- Must preach truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), so as to be understood (I Corinthians 14:19), and with authority (Titus 2:15)
- The listener
- Must listen discerningly (Acts 17:11; Luke 8:18)
- Listen not to prove self right, or the other wrong, but to learn truth.
- Must obey and uphold truth (James 1:22-25)
- Must reject and expose untruth (I Thessalonians 5:22; Acts 18:24-26)
- Sing (Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:19)
- Singing must be from the heart, instructive to others (Colossians 3:16), and in praise to God (Hebrews 2:12)
- Vocal, not mechanical music is authorized
- All passages in the New Testament that mention music in praise of God specify vocal; thus, there is no authority for mechanical instruments of music in praise of God.
- Wrong to add to or take from things written (Revelation 22:18-19)
- Wrong to add mechanical instrument in praise of God.
- Wrong to take away the vocal, i.e., refuse to sing in the assembly.
30 min - Our Earthly Tent
- Philippians 1:21-24
- Paul compared our earthly body to a tent – a temporary structure
- II Corinthians 5:1
- I Peter 2:11
- John 1:14
- A tent speaks of a pilgrim’s journey
- Acts 7:2-5
- Hebrews 11:8-10, 13-16
- A tent speaks of brevity
- James 4:14
- I Peter 1:24
- Job 14:1-2
- Psalms 90:3, 10, 12
- Brevity necessitates urgency
- Matthew 6:32
- Ephesians 6:4
- I Timothy 5:14
- Ecclesiastes 12:1, 13
- I Corinthians 15:58
- I Peter 5:4
- Hebrews 13:17
- II Corinthians 6:2
- Ezekiel 3:17
- Philippians 3:13-14
- Ephesians 5:15-16
- Luke 9:62
- Hebrews 12:1-2
- Each day we live moves us one day closer to the time when we must “break tent” – lay aside this earthly tent to never pitch it again and one day closer to our house which is eternal in the heavens if we are faithful. But each day moves us one day closer to eternal destruction if we do not use this earthly tent in the service of the Lord.
30 min - The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
- Luke 16:1-14
- Introduction
- Jesus is not telling us to sin like the shrewd manager.
- What it cannot mean
- That you should lie, cheat, and steal
- Luke 3:12-14
- Proverbs 11:1
- That you can buy your way into Heaven
- II Corinthians 5:10
- Proverbs 11:4
- Luke 16:19, 25; 12:20-21
- That you should make money your god
- Luke 16:13-14
- Matthew 6:19-21
- The meaning that fits with context and harmony
- God’s people ought to be wise stewards of material possessions, serving God and others so they can go to Heaven in the end.
- Luke 16:8a – The master isn’t happy, but begrudgingly has to hand it to him – “You got me! Well played.”
- Luke 16:8b – Worldly people know how to provide for the future. Isn’t it a shame that God’s people don’t do the same thing in a good way? (Matthew 10:16)
- Luke 16:9a – “wealth/mammon of unrighteousness” – carnal, temporary wealth
- Use the resources you are blessed with to serve others.
- Luke 16:9b – I suggest that “they” refers figuratively (by metonymy) to the works you have done for others.
- Compare II Corinthians 3:1-2
- Matthew 25:40
- Luke 16:10-12 – God’s people should demonstrate their faithfulness with small blessings so that they can be trusted with bigger blessings. (Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:11-27; I Timothy 3:5, 12)
- Luke 16:13-14 – Earthly wealth is not the end goal, but a tool to serve God and others.
- Make application!
- I Timothy 6:17-19
- Luke 10:25-37
- II Corinthians 8:1-5; 9:12-14
30 min - Word of the Day, Part 12: Bless
- Bless
- Our English word
- Middle English
- Derived from pagan worship
- Marked by blood from sacrifice
- Gradually transitioned to the Catholic tradition.
- Old Testament
- בָּרַךְ (b__ār__ǎḵ)
- To kneel
- By implication, to bless God as an act of worship
- To bless man or object as a statement of favor
- Genesis 24:48; 1:21-23; 1:27-28; 2:1-3
- אַשְׁרֵי (ʾ__ǎ__šrê)
- Happiness
- Used as an interjection: How happy!
- Blessed, happy
- I Kings 10:6-9 (II Chronicles 9:5-8)
- Two other words used twice
- Only בָּרַךְ (b__ār__ǎḵ) is used toward God
- New Testament
- εὐλογέω (euloge__ō) (verb)
- To speak well of
- To praise
- To celebrate with praises
- To acknowledge God’s goodness
- To express desire for God’s Word - Luke 2:25-32
- εὐλογητός (eulog__ētos) (noun)
- The praised
- Used only toward God – Mark 14:61
- μακαρίζω (makariz__ō) (verb)
- Luke 1:46-48; James 5:11
- Root: mak – large, lengthy
- μακαρισμός (makarismos)
- Galatians 4:15
- Eneulogeomai (passive verb) – Acts 3;25
- Patriarchs blessed their descendants
- Hebrews 11:17-22
- Why? Genesis 12:3
- Were they prophets?
- Genesis 27:39-40 (II Chronicles 21:8-10)
- Genesis 49:8-10 (Matthew 1:3; Revelation 5:5)
- Genesis 49:27
- Judges 5:14; 20:14-16
- I Chronicles 8:40
- II Chronicles 14:8; 17:17
- Blessing God as worship
- Psalms 145:1
- Ephesians 1:3
- Pronouncing God’s favor upon someone
- Deuteronomy 2:7
- Matthew 5:3ff
- Happiness in a religious sense (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
- Temporal happiness
- I Kings 10:6-9
- Matthew 24:45-47
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