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  • “A Gray Head is a Crown of Glory”
    • Proverbs 16
    • Proverbs 20:29
    • What can older folks do to serve God?
      • Show us what marriage can be.
        • Mark 10:6-9
        • II Peter 2:7-8
        • Use your time for the glory of God.
          • Matthew 25:14-30
          • Psalms 92:12-15 – We should still yield fruit in old age.
          • Transform regret into motivation.
            • I Samuel 3:11-18; 4:15-18 – Eli’s death
            • Psalms 51:12-15
            • Teach the next generation how to live for God.
              • Psalms 71:18,1-9,14-20
                • 30 min
              • Christian Attitudes, Part 4
                • Beatitudes, continued:
                  • Persecuted (Romans 8:35-39)
                    • Roll over and take it? (Acts 9:22-25)
                    • Resist it? (Matthew 10:22-23)
                    • Remember who you are
                      • Salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13)
                      • Light on a hill (Matthew 5:14; I Thessalonians 1:6-7; I Timothy 4:12; Titus 2:7-8)
                      • The righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 5:17-20)
                        • They followed the form
                          • Not just as written
                          • Also as falsely interpreted (Matthew 15:1-20)
                          • They neglected the foundations of the law.
                            • 30 min
                          • Happiness
                            • Love
                              • No one can be truly happy without loving and being loved.
                              • God wants us to love Him. Matthew 22:37
                              • Philippians 2:3-4 – God wants us to love each other.
                              • Ephesians 5:25
                              • Titus 2:4
                              • Matthew 15:4 – Children, honor parents.
                              • I Timothy 5:16
                              • I John 5:1; 4:16
                              • Romans 12:20
                              • We don’t read anything about loving wealth or power.
                              • Self respect
                                • If one does not have self respect, one is not fit to live with.
                                • Peace of mind
                                  • If one is not at peace with himself, he will not be happy.
                                  • Peace of mind has something to do with a pure conscience (I John 3:20).
                                  • Without these three things, happiness will elude those who pursue it.
                                  • Many confuse pleasure and happiness. You can buy pleasure, but you can’t buy happiness.
                                  • In the Bible, “happy” is associated with either suffering or service – not pleasure.
                                    • John 13:17 – service
                                    • Romans 14:22 – service
                                    • I Peter 3:14 – suffering (see Acts 5)
                                    • I Timothy 6:6 – Godliness with contentment is a great gain.
                                      • 30 min
                                    • What Jesus Wants Us to Do
                                      • Disciples
                                        • Acts 14:21-28
                                        • “I want to learn”
                                          • John 8:31
                                          • Luke 6:40,39 – Our goal as disciples is to be like our teachers – Jesus.
                                          • Acts 11:26 – Christians were associated with their teacher – Christ.
                                          • “I want to live like the teacher.”
                                            • Luke 14:26
                                            • John 13:35
                                            • John 15:8 – Being a disciple is about doing, not just believing.
                                            • Servants
                                              • Mark 10:35-41
                                              • “I’m not here for attention or glory.”
                                              • “I’m here to work” (Luke 17:7-10)
                                              • Examples
                                                • Matthew 5:13; 6:1-5,16
                                                • “I’ll ask, “When people see me, does it help them glorify the Father?”“
                                                  • 30 min
                                                • Christian Attitudes, Part 3
                                                  • Beatitudes, continued:
                                                    • Merciful – Matthew 6:14-15; 18:21-35; II Peter 3:9; James 2:13
                                                    • Pure in heart – II Timothy 2:22; Titus 1:15
                                                      • Haggai 2:12-14 – Impurity is contagious.
                                                      • Peacemakers – Colossians 1:19-20; James 3:17-18
                                                        • Acts 8:1-5 – There was no peace between Paul and the church. Ananias became the peacemaker that instructed Paul in the truth.
                                                        • Persecuted – Romans 8:35-39 (Matthew 5:10)
                                                          • Roll over and take it?
                                                          • Resist it?
                                                            • 30 min
                                                          • The Work of Local Churches, Part 2
                                                            • What is a local church?
                                                              • The word “church.”
                                                                • Acts 8:1-3 - Saul persecutes the church, which is composed of men and women.
                                                                • Our English word “church” is translated from the Greek word ”ekklēsia“(1577), which appears in about 115 verses. Greek scholars describe it as follows:
                                                                  • “the ‘called-out ones’ of God” (Mounce)
                                                                  • “It was a common term for a congregation of the_ekkletoi_(n.f.), the called people, or those called out or assembled in the public affairs of a free state, the body of free citizens called together by a held (kerux[2783]) which constituted the_ekklesia_” (Zodhiates).
                                                                  • “The noun_ekklesia_occurs over one hundred times, meaning ‘church,’ with the sense of a gathered community of God’s people assembled for worship. The word has only a few exceptional ‘secular’ uses” (Renn)
                                                                  • ”a calling out,i.e. (concretely) a popular_meeting, especially a religious_congregation(Jewish_synagogue_, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)” (Strong)
                                                                  • “properly, ‘a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place; an assembly’” (Thayer).
                                                                  • The Bible’s usage of ”ekklesia”
                                                                    • It’s important to notice how a word isusedin its Biblical context.
                                                                      • Compare “love” in II Samuel 13:1 and Matthew 22:37,39.
                                                                      • Like virtually all words,_ekklesia_has a range of meanings, so we must see how the word isusedto understand what it should call to our minds.
                                                                      • For example, compare Ephesians 4:4 and Romans 16:16 - is there on church/body or are there multiple churches?
                                                                      • Israel in wilderness. Acts 7:38: Moses “was in thecongregationin the wilderness” (KJV: ”church”).
                                                                      • Riotous mob. Acts 19:32: “some were shouting one thing and some another, for theassemblywas in confusion”; 19:41
                                                                      • Legal court. Acts 19:39: “it shall be settled in the lawfulassembly”
                                                                      • As we can see from the above, the word “ekklesia” was a neutral (non-religious) term. You have to look at the context to see what it’s talking about.
                                                                      • Universal church. Matthew 16:18: “upon this rock I will build Mychurch”
                                                                        • Saved people: Ephesians 1:22; 5:23; Hebrews 12:22-24; Luke 10:22
                                                                          • The dead are in the church in the universal sense (I Thessalonians 4:16; Ephesians 3:14)
                                                                          • Local church. I Corinthians 1:2: “To the church of God which is at Corinth”
                                                                            • 30 min
                                                                          • Are We Sinful By Nature?
                                                                            • The answer is both no and yes.
                                                                            • Matthew 18:3 - If children are innately sinful, then we would have to be sinful to enter heaven.
                                                                            • Ezekiel 18:1-3
                                                                            • Passages where the word speaks of an innate nature
                                                                              • Romans 1:26 - Homosexuality is not the innate nature of man.
                                                                              • Romans 2:27 - Man is physically uncircumcised by nature.
                                                                              • Romans 11:24
                                                                              • Galatians 2:15
                                                                              • Galatians 4:8
                                                                              • Hebrews 2:16
                                                                              • No, we are not innately sinful.
                                                                              • Passages where the word speaks of an acquired nature
                                                                                • Romans 2:14
                                                                                • I Corinthians 11:14 - Corinthian custom showed men with long hair. Custom was not the only reason it was wrong, though (see I Corinthians 11:7).
                                                                                • Ephesians 2:3 - They didn’t have to live like the world. They chose it.
                                                                                • II Peter 1:4
                                                                                • Yes, we can acquire a sinful state.
                                                                                • The answer to the original question depends on the context. Man chooses whether to sin or not. We can choose to sin by an acquired sinful nature.
                                                                                  • 30 min
                                                                                • Four Ways to Fail
                                                                                  • Only think about the short term - Joshua 7:20-21
                                                                                    • Think about the long term - I Timothy 4:8
                                                                                    • Be lazy - Matthew 25:18,26
                                                                                      • Proverbs 22:13
                                                                                      • Be diligent - II Timothy 2:15
                                                                                      • Do what everyone else is doing - I Peter 4:3-5
                                                                                        • Come out and be separate - II Corinthians 6:14-18
                                                                                        • Focus on yourself - Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
                                                                                          • Focus on God and others - Matthew 22:36-39; Ephesians 4:28
                                                                                            • 30 min
                                                                                          • Christian Attitudes, Part 2

                                                                                            Christian Attitudes, Part 2

                                                                                            • Re-emphasizing the heart under Christ.
                                                                                              • I John 3:17 - Returning from extra-scriptural teachings to the attitudinal basis.
                                                                                                • Good Samaritan - Luke 10:25-37
                                                                                                • Romans 13:9
                                                                                                • Sermon on the Mount - Matthew 5-7
                                                                                                  • Attitudes - Matthew 5:1-12
                                                                                                  • Admonishments - Matthew 5:13-20
                                                                                                    • Be good examples
                                                                                                    • Keep the law
                                                                                                    • How His disciples are to be different from scribes and Pharisees. Points of law and associated attitudes. - Matthew 5:21-48
                                                                                                    • Beattitudes - Attitudes, conditions that bring God’s blessings
                                                                                                      • Poor in spirit - Matthew 18:1-3
                                                                                                      • Mourning - II Corinthians 7:9-10
                                                                                                      • Meek - Proverbs 25:8,15; James 3:13
                                                                                                        • Jesus, the ultimate example. John 18:22-23
                                                                                                        • Not for us to impose God’s will or His correction on others.
                                                                                                        • Hunger and thirst - Psalms 42:1-2; 63:1; 107:9
                                                                                                          • 30 min

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