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- 30 min
- 30 min
- Dull and Boring Services
- Longing for milk
- I Peter 2:1-3
- Do you have the longing?
- Sin and worldliness will weaken your appetite (Luke 8:15; I Corinthians 2:14-3:3)
- Laziness will kill your longing ( I Corinthians 9:24-27)
- Taste and see the Lord is good
- People enjoy what they’ve been trained to appreciate – Psalms 34:8; 119:103
- Remember what God offers in His Word – Psalms 119:18,25,28,38,52,165
- The Naaman Complex
- Our expectations and reality are out of sync – II Kings 5:14
- Some want to be entertained by Jesus – Luke 23:6-12; II Corinthians 11:3
30 min - Christian Attitudes, Part 11
- Last week
- Subject of giving
- Looked to Jesus for example of giving
- Gave Himself - I Timothy 2:5-6
- Left His place in Heaven - John 3:13
- Served His creation - Matthew 20:25-28
- Sacrificed His life – John 10:14-18
- We look to the same example when studying husbands and wives.
- The Likeness of Marriage to the Relationship Between Christ and His Church – Ephesians 5:25-33
- Importance of marriage relationship
- It is ordained by God
- It requires a great and always growing knowledge of each other
- It produces a family
- It lasts for life
- It is much like the most important spiritual relationship there is
- Established in love
- John 3:16
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Maintained in purpose
- Revelation 21:2
- Ephesians 5:27
- Colossians 1:21-22
- Sustained in service
- Romans 8:38-39
- Hebrews 13:8
- Sealed in sacrifice – Ephesians 5:25
- Established in Love
- Commandment – to love your wife
- What kind of love? Agapeo – social, spiritual love; seeks the best for the object of the love
- John 3:16
- Romans 5:8
- I John 4:8
- Same as in Luke 10:25-37 – Compassionate, complete, unqualified love
- Maintained in Purpose
- What is the purpose? - Ephesians 5:27
- Husband as leader (head)
- Wife is to be in subjection to her husband – Colossians 3:18
- What is a subject?
- What is a sovereign?
- Is the Christ-Church relationship similar?
- Privilege or responsibility?
- Quotes from Kings (I Kings 14:15-16; 22:51-53; II Kings 3:1-3; 10:31)
- God held them to account for their leadership
- Good/Poor leadership vs Effective/Ineffective leadership
- Respect is important to the process – Ephesians 5:33
- Wife is to respect her husband
- She will be encouraged by her husband’s respect
- Mutual respect is more attainable and sustainable
- Gentleness – I Peter 3:7
- Example of leading gently – Psalm 23
- Be the leader. Lead. Be an example. Lead with kindness, compassion, respect, and love. Submission and respect will almost surely follow.
30 min - The Work of Local Churches, Part 10
- Notice that the first churches and preachers were focused on spiritual edification
- Acts 20:32 – God’s word is what can build people up.
- Colossians 3:16 – Even singing provides a means of teaching and admonishing one another.
- I Corinthians 14:11-19 – Understanding is necessecary for edification.
- I Corinthians 11:26-29 – We must be careful to take the Lord’s Supper in the right way and understand what it means.
- II Timothy 4:1-5 – The young preacher Timothy was told to preach the Word.
- Ephesians 4:11-16 – The body of Christ (universal church) will be built up by those who spread the word of God (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers).
- There is a difference between edification and what might be done simultaneously with it.
- While it is true that Christians shard common meals together (Acts 2:46), and that spiritual teaching can occur during a meal (Matthew 9:11-12), that does not mean that eating is edification, or that local churches can provide for the meal.
- To illustrate: Philip taught the Ethiopian while riding in his chariot (Acts 8:26ff), but just because teaching can be done on a chariot, churches are not authorized to start providing chariots (or cars) for people so that teaching can occur in them.
- Jesus taught two men as they walked along a road (Luke 24:13-35). But that does not authorize a church to build a walking track or road so that teaching can be done while people travel.
30 min - Remembering Jesus
- God expects us to remember!
- In the Old Testament: “I brought you out of Egypt”
- Exodus 13:3-10; 22:21
- Leviticus 19:36
- Numbers 15:37-41
- Deuteronomy 4:19-20; 5:15
- Joshua 24:15-17
- Judges 2:12
- Micah 6:4
- Haggai 2:5
- Remembering Jesus
- Jesus forgave
- Luke 17:3-41; 23:39-43, 33-34
- Colossians 3:12-13; Exodus 22:31 – We must forgive others. We have been in their position ourselves!
- Jesus died for me
- Hebrews 12:1-3; I Corinthians 11:24-25
- Deuteronomy 4:19-20
- Jesus made a law
- Hebrews 10:26-31 – The old law had serious punishments! The punishment for breaking the new law is no less serious!
- II Peter 3:1-2
30 min - Christian Attitudes, Part 10
- Christian attitudes concerning giving
- Last week: attitudes toward money
- Centered on purpose and motivation
- Can’t serve both riches and God – Matthew 6:24
- Prosperity is good and has purpose – III John 1:2; Ephesians 4:28
- Actively seeking after riches is dangerous – Luke 18:24
- We must understand the difference.
- Giving depends on an established need, desire, prosperity, planning, and following through.
- Need
- Communicated by leadership – Acts 11:22-30
- Recognized by individuals – Luke 7:12-15; 10:33
- Results - Exodus 36:2-6
- Desire
- We should want to follow the example of Jesus
- We should want to be like God – Acts 14:15-17
- We should desire the fellowship of giving – II Corinthians 8:3-5
- Prosperity
- Our giving is out of our prosperity – I Corinthians 16:2
- We need to recognize when we have prospered
- It is sufficiency
- It is not necessarily riches
- Park of sufficiency is “sufficient to give”
- We should not make ourselves needy by our giving – II Corinthians 8:12-13
- Prosperity is as much attitude as amount
- We should desire excellence – II Corinthians 8:7
- We should recognize such excellence comes from God – II Corinthians 9:8-10
- We should be cheerful to give of or share our prosperity
- Planning
- Giving is not haphazard – II Corinthians 9:7
- Giving demands thought; premeditation; intent
- What to put into the collection
- What to give to charitable causes
- What balance to strike – II Corinthians 8:13-14
- Giving requires consideration of the gift
- It’s ours – Acts 5:3-5
- God put it into our care
- We should remember it is a gift from God
- We should consider how God would have us use it
- Following through
- When we purpose, we determine to do what we purposed
- We’re called to be steadfast – I Corinthians 15:58
- A sign of maturity – Ephesians 4:14
- Individual charitable giving
- Who is needy? Psalms 41:1-3
- Where do we find them?
- What are they in need of? Isaiah 58:6-11
- How much to we give?
- Could vary according to need.
- The rule is within your heart. II Corinthians 9:6-11
- Remember Matthew 25:32-46
- Don’t let your faith die a lonely death – James 2:15-17
- Fun facts on Old Testament giving
- How much did Israelites give under the Law of Moses (Hint: it was not 10%)
- What giving was there besides the tithes? How about Leviticus 19? How big were the corners and how hard did they strike the trees? Deuteronomy 24:19-21
- How much was given in the form of sacrifices? Start looking with Leviticus 7. Much more to follow.
- What gifts were shared between the giver and the receiver? Deuteronomy 12:17-18; 14:22-29
- What was a votive offering? How often was it offered? Trick question!
- Giving under the law of Moses is not quantifiable. There was more free will than specified amounts. It was easily over the commonly accepted 10%.
30 min - The Work of Local Churches, Part 9
- Local churches are authorized to provide for worship and edification.
- The local church is a group we can rely on for mutual encouragement as we serve God together.
- We certainly can (and should!) grow spiritually or our own as individuals (II Peter 3:17-18).
- But even in secular things, we recognize the benefit of a group.
- e.g. Weight Watchers, Alcoholics Anonymous, even atheist mega-churches!
- God designed the local church so that we would routinely come together with like-minded people to worship and work together and encourage one another.
- Acts 20:7 – They gathered on the first day of the week to partake of the Lord’s Supper.
- I Corinthians 11:18,20,27
- I Corinthians 16:1-2 – Paul instructed them to put aside and save on the first day of every week.
- Hebrews 10:24-26 – We have a duty to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, but some back then had a habit of forsaking such assembling.
- I Corinthians 14:26 – The Corinthian church had gotten off track, but a local church assembling together is intended to provide an opportunity for worshiping God together and mutual edification.
- Questions for thought: if we didn’t meet together, do you suppose you…
- Would sing quite as much on your own each week?
- Would know about and send support to preachers in other places?
- Would study as much?
- Would know about and have as many opportunities to encourage others?
30 min - God's Powerful Word
- Hebrews 4:12-13
- The word is a light
- Psalms 119:105,130
- I John 1:6 – You can’t have fellowship with God and walk in darkness.
- John 3:19-20
- The word is milk
- I Peter 2:2 – The word of God is always uplifting to man.
- The word is meat
- Hebrews 5:12-14
- The word is a mirror
- James 1:22-25
- The word is as a fire
- Jeremiah 23:29
- The word is as a hammer
- Jeremiah 23:29
- The word is a sword
- Ephesians 6:10-17
- James 4:7 – Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
- Acts 20:28-32 – The word of God is the only thing that will build one up spiritually.
- The word is the seed of the kingdom.
- Luke 8:5-18
- The word is able to save the soul.
- Psalms 19:7
- Romans 1:16; James 1:18,21
30 min - Modern Day Miracles?
- Mark 16:18
- Acts 28:3-6 – Paul is unharmed after being bitten by a serpent.
- Miracles in the New Testament…
- Nature
- Acts 3:2-10; 4:7-22
- Known, instantaneous, undeniable
- Purpose
- Mark 16:20; I Corinthians 2:4-5; Hebrews 2:1-4
- Confirm the Word
- Duration
- I Corinthians 13:8-12
- Until the perfect (complete New Testament) comes
- Participants
- Mark 16:9-20; Acts 2:4; 8:4-19; 10:44-46
- Apostles, those apostles touched, house of Cornelius
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