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  • Escaping the Mire of Mediocrity
    • I Thessalonians 4:1,10
    • I Thessalonians 1:3, 6-10 – Paul compliments the Thessalonians on their faith.
    • I Thessalonians 2:13-19
    • II Thessalonians 3:4
    • I Thessalonians 4:1, 9-10 – Excel still more!
    • Take the initiative and stay busy!
      • I Thessalonians 5:14-18 – These are all things that we must be active in seeking out and doing. These tasks won’t just fall into our laps!
      • Titus 2:14
      • I Thessalonians 4:11; II Thessalonians 3:7-12
      • Demonstrate love for others!
        • I Thessalonians 3:11-13
        • I Thessalonians 4:13-18 – They were to comfort each other with these words.
        • I Thessalonians 5:11
        • Read God’s word and hold to it!
          • II Thessalonians 2:15-17; Exodus 24:7 – We must stick to what God has told us.
          • I Thessalonians 5:27 – Paul wanted his letters to be read – not just put on a shelf.
          • II Thessalonians 3:6,14-15 – Stay away from people who does not obey God’s commandments.
            • 30 min
          • Christian Attitudes, Part 16
            • God is the ultimate authority. Ephesians 1:18-23
              • All other authority is under Him. Colossians 2:8-10
              • To defy authority is to defy Him. II Peter 2:9-10
              • God has ordained governments. Romans 13:1-7
                • For a purpose (vs 4)
                • With the right to sustain themselves (taxation) vs 6)
                • His expectation is for us to submit to their rule (vs 1)
                • God has supremacy over governments
                  • God and government don’t always agree
                  • Government sometimes usurps God’s authority
                    • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3)
                    • Daniel (Daniel 6)
                    • Peter (Acts 4)
                    • God uses governments for His purposes
                      • Pharaoh (Exodus 10:1-2)
                      • Cyrus (Isaiah 44:28-45:3; 46:8-11)
                      • God’s people have served in governments in times past
                        • Joseph served government officials and was himself a government official
                          • The head of Pharaoh’s bodyguard (Genesis 39:1-4)
                          • Special assistant to the head jailer (Genesis 39:20-23)
                          • Pharaoh’s “prime minister” (Genesis 41:41-44)
                          • Daniel served kings as a top administrator
                            • To Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:48-49)
                            • To Belshazzar (Daniel 5:29)
                            • To Darius (Daniel 6:1-2)
                            • To Cyrus (Daniel 6:28)
                            • We should maintain respect for government authority
                              • King Saul was a government official
                              • King David was a government official
                                • Saul was king
                                • Saul had sinned and his throne was rejected by God (I Samuel 15:24-28)
                                • David had been anointed to take his place (I Samuel 16:13)
                                • David still held Saul in reverence (I Samuel 24:1-6)
                                • Festus was a Roman official
                                  • Corrupt and evil government
                                  • Treated with respect by an Apostle of Christ (Acts 24:25-27; 26:24-25)
                                  • It is okay to disagree with government
                                    • Speaking out against an official’s misdeeds is not wrong
                                    • John the Baptist did so (Matthew 14:1-4)
                                    • It is our duty to reveal evil for what it is (Ephesians 5:11-13)
                                    • It is wrong to do so unkindly or with disrespect (II Peter 2:10)
                                    • We should maintain our respect for authority
                                      • Recognize its place and be subject to it
                                      • Be ready to stand for what is right, but with respect and propriety
                                      • Appeal to its guarantees of safety and protection
                                      • Serve it with diligence and Godliness if and when called upon
                                      • Defer to the Greater Power when usurped by earthly authority
                                        • 30 min
                                      • Together With Jesus
                                        • “Together” is a very comforting concept.
                                        • The question should never be, “Do I have to assemble Sunday night or Wednesday night?”
                                        • Together with Jesus
                                          • Crucified together with Jesus – Galatians 2:20; Romans 6:4; I Peter 4:3-4
                                          • Buried together with Jesus – Romans 6:4
                                          • Raised up together with Jesus – Romans 6:5
                                          • Made alive together with Jesus – Ephesians 2:1-5
                                          • Sit together with Jesus – Ephesians 2:6
                                          • Suffer together with Jesus – Romans 8:17; II Timothy 3:12; I Peter 4:16; Philippians 3:8-10; Acts 5:41-42; James 2:2-3
                                          • Heirs together with Jesus – Romans 8:17
                                          • Glorified together with Jesus – Romans 8:18
                                          • If heaven is worth anything, it is worth everything!
                                          • Just think – eternally with Jesus!
                                            • 30 min
                                          • Christian Attitudes, Part 15
                                            • Many of our traditions and even days of the week and months of the year have pagan origins.
                                            • How should we consider religious holidays?
                                              • Are they evil in and of themselves?
                                              • Do we eschew them and totally disconnect ourselves from them?
                                              • Do we “straddle” the issue?
                                                • Participate in the secular aspects of the holiday
                                                • Stay away from the religious aspects of the holiday
                                                • Is this a matter of religious conviction? Romans 14:5-6
                                                • Is there opportunity where people are thinking about religion?
                                                  • When was the church established? Acts 2:1
                                                  • Where did Paul find Lydia? Acts 6:13-15
                                                  • How did Paul respond to being in Athens, a city full of idols? Acts 17:16-32
                                                    • 30 min
                                                  • Are We the Only Church That is Right?
                                                    • I Corinthians 1:20; Ephesians 4:4-9 – There is one body.
                                                    • We are not the only ones who teach:
                                                      • The Bible is the inspired Word of God (II Timothy 3:16-17; Jude 1:3)
                                                      • There is a distinction between the Old and New Testaments
                                                      • Instrumental music in worship is unscriptural.
                                                      • The Lord’s Supper is to be observed each Sunday.
                                                      • Baptism is immersion in water.
                                                      • Baptism is for remission of sins.
                                                      • The saved are to be called by a name that points ownership to heaven.
                                                      • The saved are to live godly lives (I Timothy 5:22; Ephesians 5:27).
                                                      • The congregation is God’s arrangement for together work and worship.
                                                      • One who teaches and practices all of these things is a member of the one body.
                                                        • 30 min
                                                      • Beyond Bethlehem
                                                        • Luke 1:34ff
                                                        • Luke 2:10-20
                                                        • John 6:59,66
                                                        • When Jesus grew up, what did He teach?
                                                          • Jesus must come first in our lives – Matthew 10:34
                                                            • Matthew 19:9 – Jesus’ teaching on adultery
                                                            • Jesus commands denial of self – Luke 9:23
                                                              • Matthew 5:43-45
                                                              • Matthew 5:27-30 – Beware of lust!
                                                              • Matthew 20:27 – We should be servants of others
                                                              • Jesus expects us to remember Hid death every week – I Corinthians 11:24-26
                                                                • Jesus expects obedience!
                                                                  • 30 min
                                                                • Connecting to the Past, Part 3: High Priests
                                                                  • Hebrews 3:1
                                                                  • Services Jesus renders to us as high priest:
                                                                    • He gives us an anchor within the veil.
                                                                      • Hebrews 6:19-20
                                                                      • Leviticus 16:2,15-17,6,29
                                                                      • Hebrews 9:1-7,11
                                                                      • Jesus helps keep us where we need to be.
                                                                      • I Thessalonians 4:18
                                                                      • He is always there for us.
                                                                        • Hebrews 7:23-25,27 – Jesus holds the high priesthood permanently.
                                                                        • Hebrews 7:1-3,15-17 – Jesus is a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
                                                                        • I John 2:1-2 – Jesus is our advocate with the Father.
                                                                        • He sympathizes with us.
                                                                          • Hebrews 2:14-18; 4:14-16 – Jesus was tempted and so can sympathize with us.
                                                                          • Hebrews 5:1-10
                                                                          • Connecting to the past
                                                                            • Journey to the promised land: Canaan vs. Heaven
                                                                            • Sacrifices for sin: Animals vs. Jesus
                                                                            • High priests: Old Covenant Levites vs. Jesus
                                                                            • Luke 24:26-27,44-45
                                                                            • We are in a good phase of God’s plan now, but we are looking forward to the best phase – Heaven!
                                                                              • 30 min
                                                                            • Christian Attitudes, Part 14
                                                                              • What forgiveness is
                                                                                • The result of a combination:
                                                                                  • Change of mind (repentance)
                                                                                  • Request for forgiveness
                                                                                  • Desire to mend the relationship (reconciliation)
                                                                                    • On the part of the one forgiving (Romans 12:18; II Peter 3:9)
                                                                                    • On the part of the offender
                                                                                    • Accessibility to the one forgiving (II Corinthians 5:18-20)
                                                                                      • Matthew 11:28-30
                                                                                      • Matthew 23:37
                                                                                      • What forgiveness is not
                                                                                        • It is not quid pro quo – Colossians 3:12-13
                                                                                          • How did Jesus forgive us?
                                                                                          • What did it cost Him?
                                                                                          • What did He want in return?
                                                                                          • It is not forgetting
                                                                                            • We remember our own sins (who can forget?)
                                                                                              • Learn from the experience (James 1:2-3)
                                                                                              • Gain strength against repeat offenses
                                                                                              • We put them behind us and press on
                                                                                                • Philippians 3:13-14 – Oops! Forget?
                                                                                                • I Timothy 1:12-16 – Not forget, but put behind, set aside
                                                                                                • Luke 7:36-48
                                                                                                • Romans 6:23
                                                                                                • It is not avoiding one who you have forgiven
                                                                                                  • Peter and James
                                                                                                    • On the water (Matthew 14:26-31)
                                                                                                    • On the night of betrayal (Matthew 26:69-75)
                                                                                                    • Denying fellowship with Gentile Christians (Galatians 2:11-13)
                                                                                                    • Forgiveness
                                                                                                      • Renewed the relationship
                                                                                                      • The forgiven not relegated to lower state of service
                                                                                                      • Continued as an apostlesLed 1st Gospel sermon (Acts 2)
                                                                                                      • First to take the Gospel to the Gentiles (Acts 10)
                                                                                                      • Wrote important epistles (I and II Peter)
                                                                                                      • Us and others
                                                                                                        • We are not better than Jesus
                                                                                                        • Our forgiveness should be for mending, not separating (Matthew 5:23-24)
                                                                                                        • Our desire to forgive should be as His desire to forgive us
                                                                                                          • 30 min

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