ScriptureStream

By Mark Watson

Just the gospel, plainly spoken. ScriptureStream compiles lessons presented at the Benchley church of Christ, located just north of Bryan, TX. Visit ScriptureStream.com for full notes on each lesson a... more

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December 30, 2012 Living By Faith: Faith Credited as Righteousness
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December 26, 2012December 25
We have no command or authorization to celebrate the birthday of Jesus.
We have no evidence that Christians in the First Century celebrated the birthday of Jesus.
December 25 as a legal holiday
Family and friends eat, get together, give gifts, and put up decorations.
Some practice these things with religious significance.
Can a Christian practice these things without any religious significance?
I Corinthians 8:4-11
A Christian could eat meat that had been sacrificed to an idol if:
He knew the idol was nothing.
In eating he did not cause a weak brother to stumble.
A Christian can observe December 25 if:
He knows it is nothing; thus does not observe it as a service to God.
He does not cause a weak brother to stumble.
I Corinthians 10:25-32
A Christian can observe December 25 if:
He does not observe it as a service to God.
He is invited to a Christmas party and it is not said to be in service to God.
Romans 14:1-5
A Christian can observe December 25 if:
He does it as a lawful custom without any religious significance.
He does not cause a weak brother to stumble.
Acts 21:17-26
Many Jews circumcised their male children and kept the custom as a service to God.
Paul taught against this, but he never taught the Jews to forsake the customs as customs.
Paul observed the customs.
Many celebrate Christmas as a service to God.
I teach against this, but I do not teach that a Christian must give up the customs as customs.
A Christian can observe the customs.
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December 23, 2012The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12 - This is called the Golden Rule, but it is more than that. It is a divine truth.
Matthew 25:31-46 - Those who do well to others will receive rest at the judgment. Those who do not will be condemned.
The Golden Rule
“Whatsoever”
This makes the application very broad.
If this rule was universally applied as it should be, the jails would be empty and so would the divorce courts.
If this were applied within a congregation, peace, happiness, and joy would be guaranteed.
“Ye would”
This rule does not depend on what the other person does. It is about what we do!
Galatians 5:23
“Do ye even so”
Whether others apply this rule or not, we must apply it.
“The law and the prophets”
Easy to understand? Yes!
Difficult to apply? Yes!
Possible to apply? Yes!
The question: will I apply?
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December 23, 2012Not Peace But a Sword
Matthew 10:34-39
Isaiah 9:6 - Prophecy of Jesus’ birth
Matthew 5:30 - Hell is worse than losing a family member or a body part!
Matthew 18:8
Luke 14:26 - Serving God is more important than family.
We can’t just focus on the baby in the manger and forget about Jesus on the cross!
Matthew 10:38 - Many people suffer greatly in order to serve Christ, but it is worth it in the end!
Matthew 10:39 - Many people focus on wealth as a source of happiness.
Serving God and having a purpose in life is what really makes us happy.
Hebrews 11:25-26 - We must have the attitude of Moses.
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December 23, 2012How We Got the Bible, Part 2
General revelation
Psalm 19:1-6 - Evidence of God is seen throughout the world.
Specific revelation
Proverbs 16:23 - Lots cast to select Matthias as the apostle to replace Judas.
I Samuel 28:6 - Urim and Thummim
Genesis 20:3 - Dreams were used to communicate God’s will.
Ephesians 3:5 - Prophets used to reveal God’s word.
Hebrews 1:1.
II Peter 1:20-21 - Prophecy is not of private interpretation.
I Corinthians 2:12-13 - The original words were inspired - not just the thought.
Languages of antiquity
Ancient Hebrews, Aramiac - Once the Israelites came out of exile, the Proto-Hebrews written language was replaced by Aramaic block script, which is now the adopted alphabet of modern day Hebrew.
Pentateuch: first five books of the Old Testament (the Torah)
Tanakh: the entire Old Testament
The Samaritan people and their Pentateuch
The Septuagint and apocryphal books
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December 19, 2012Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 10: Leadership
Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 5:1-2 are good examples of godly leaders.
Nehemiah 2:17 - Sometimes a leader is just the person who takes the initiative.
Ezra 7:10 - This is how we can learn to take the initiative. We “set our heart” to do something.
Nehemiah 5:14-19 - Nehemiah led by example. His humility caused others to want to follow him and motivated them to work.
John 13:14 - Jesus showed this same kind of humility and leadership.
A good leader will have vision (Proverbs 4:25.
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December 16, 2012The Lord is My Portion
Lamentations 3:24
Hebrews 6:19-20
Some lessons we can learn from Jeremiah:
Humility of the soul (Lamentations 3:19-20
Humility is a denial of self and an exultation of service to others.
Self-centeredness is the cause of much trouble.
Hope in God (Lamentations 3:21-23
God is ever-compassionate and faithful.
Who can correctly say, “The Lord is my portion?”
The one who hopes and waits fro the salvation of the Lord (Lamentations 3:26
The one who bears His yoke (Lamentations 3:27
The one who searches and tries His ways and turns to the Lord (Lamentations 3:40
The one who lifts up his head and hands to God in the heavens (Lamentations 3:41
The one who calls upon the name of the Lord (Lamentations 3:55
Luke 6:46 - Obedience is required to be acceptable to God.
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December 16, 2012Living By Faith: Increase Our Faith
Luke 17:5-6
Even in the days of Jesus, seeing a miracle did not guarantee faith.
Start from scratch:
II Chronicles 34:1-19 - Josiah’s reforms started with reading the book of the law.
Romans 10:17 - Faith comes from hearing the word of God.
Make is personal
John 13:2
II Chronicles 24:2 - Joash started out obeying God under the counsel of Jehoiada, but left God after Jehoiada died.
Apply it
Acts 26:19-20
James 2:15-17 - Faith without works is dead.
James 1:2-3
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December 16, 2012How We Got the Bible, Part 1
In both Latin and Greek, the word Bible means “book.”
Writings were initially written on stone, clay or papyrus. Scrolls were used up to about the First Century, then codices were used.
The five links:
Revelation
Inspiration
Canonization
Transmission
Translation
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December 12, 2012Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 9: Rooting Out Sin, Part 2
We cannot afford to try to wait until the end of our life to serve God. We should not try to pre-plan repentance.
Luke 16:18 - Marriage is not always approved of by God.
The rule against marrying foreigners was only for the Jews in Old Testament times.
Nehemiah 5:1-13.
Nehemiah 8:13-18.
The Israelites found out what they should be doing by simply reading scripture.
They had a good attitude about their error and got to work fixing it.
The leaders stirred the people up to follow God’s commandments.
The people kept reading the scriptures during the feast.
Nehemiah 9:1-3 - Rooting out sin involved:
Reading God’s word
Humility
Confession
Repentance
Nehemiah corrects more sin:
Nehemiah 13:1-3 - exclusion of foreigners
Nehemiah 13:4-9 - Tobiah kicked out of his room
Nehemiah 13:10-14 - tithes restored for support of Levites
Nehemiah 13:15-22 - rest on Sabbath restored
Nehemiah 13:23-31 - Nehemiah discovers and corrects another problem with intermarriage
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FAQs about ScriptureStream:

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The podcast currently has 3,247 episodes available.