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ScriptureStream episodes

  • How 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
            • 30 min
          • Ezra 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.
                  • 30 min
                • The 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.
                            • 30 min
                          • Living 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
                                    • 30 min
                                  • How 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
                                        • 30 min
                                      • Ezra 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
                                                • 30 min
                                              • Paul's Prayer Model
                                                • Philippians 1:9-11
                                                • Prays for their love to grow (Philippians 1:3-5
                                                • Prays that they may approve things that are excellent!
                                                  • Luke 10:38-42 - Mary praised for her correct priorities
                                                  • Ephesians 5:15-16 - We must make the most of our time.
                                                  • There are times that we should sharpen the ax rather than cut down the tree.
                                                  • Philippians 3:12-14
                                                  • Sincere and without offense until the day of Christ.
                                                  • Filled with the fruits of righteousness
                                                    • People with sincere hearts radiate righteousness in their lives
                                                    • I Thessalonians 3:12-13
                                                    • To the glory of God
                                                      • Matthew 5:16 - Let your influence cause others to glorify God.
                                                      • Philippians 1:18-20
                                                      • Philippians 3:20-21
                                                        • 30 min
                                                      • Living By Faith: Sincere Faith
                                                        • I Timothy 1:1-5
                                                        • I Timothy 1:19-20 - An example of those whose hypocrisy has become known.
                                                        • Developing a sincere faith matters to:
                                                          • God
                                                            • I Chronicles 29:5-9 - The people gave with their whole heart.
                                                            • We should not look at Christianity as a prison camp and only serve God because we feel like we have to.
                                                            • II Corinthians 6:3-6 - Genuine love commends us to God.
                                                            • If I live an unrighteous, hypocritical life, I undermine my influence and that of the church.
                                                            • Self
                                                              • Philippians 1:9-11
                                                              • Mark 10:20-22 - At this point, this man was not at peace.
                                                              • Hebrews 10:22
                                                              • Others
                                                                • II Timothy 1:5 - The faith of Timothy’s mother and grandmother mattered to him!
                                                                • II Corinthians 2:17 - Others will be able to tell if we are sincere in our faith.
                                                                  • 30 min
                                                                • II Peter 3:13-18
                                                                  • II Peter 3:14 - We need to be at peace with God. We need to metaphorically bleach our clothes and be blameless and clean in God’s eyes.
                                                                  • Review
                                                                    • II Peter 1:
                                                                      • Theme: Make one’s calling and election sure through spiritual growth in true knowledge. II Peter 1:1-11
                                                                      • Purpose: Put believers in continual rememberance. II Peter 1:12-15
                                                                      • Validity/authority: II Peter 1:16-21
                                                                      • II Peter 2:
                                                                        • Warning: False teachers will arise among them. II Peter 2:1-3
                                                                        • Examples: II Peter 2:4-10
                                                                        • Descriptions: II Peter 2:11-22
                                                                        • II Peter 3:
                                                                          • Warning: II Peter 3:1-10
                                                                          • Admonitions: Conduct of the believers. II Peter 3:11-18
                                                                          • Doxology: II Peter 3:18b
                                                                            • 30 min
                                                                          • Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 9: Rooting Out Sin
                                                                            • Deuteronomy 7:1-5 - God warns the people about intermarrying with the Canaanites.
                                                                            • Nehemiah 13:23-28 - Nehemiah fights the intermarriage problem agian.
                                                                            • Ezra 9:3-4.
                                                                            • Ezra 9:5-15 - This shows the attitude we should have before God in prayer and particularly when we find ourselves in sin.
                                                                            • Ezra 10:1-4 - The people come to Ezra, wanting to make their sin right.
                                                                            • Ezra 10:5-17 - Straightening out the intermarriage problem was a big task and took three months or so.
                                                                            • Ezra 10:18 - No one is exempt from God’s law.
                                                                            • Ezra 10:44 - There were many earthly consequences to their sin.
                                                                              • 30 min

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