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- Living By Faith: Sound in Faith
- Titus 2:1-2
- What does the Bible teach us about becoming sound in the faith?
- Retain the standard of sound words (II Timothy 1:13
- I Timothy 6:3-5
- I Timothy 1:10 - Sin is what is contrary to sound teaching.
- Titus 1:9
- Don’t chase a good ear-tickling (II Timothy 4:3
- II Timothy 4:1-5
- Truth can hurt. It is always tempting to surround yourself with people who tell you what you want to hear.
- Accept a severe reproof (Titus 1:13
- Titus 1:10-14 - The objective of reproof is to build someone up in the faith.
- Genesis 4:3-8 - We have to get good at being told we are wrong and then improving rather than having a fit.
- Proverbs 16:18 - Pride gets in our way so much.
- Genesis 3:12-13 - Excuses get in our way.
- Romans 12:11 - Laziness gets in our way.
- Acts 26:14-15 - Paul did not prove disobedient to the vision he saw.
30 min - 30 min
- Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 8: Passionate Prayer, Part 2
- Daniel 2:13 - Daniel and his friends prayed passionately for help.
- Acts 8:22 - We can pray for forgiveness, but we must still perform deeds appropriate to that repentance.
- Nehemiah prays to God about the desolation of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 1:1-11
- He praised God
- He showed humility
- He quoted scripture
- What makes prayer acceptable
- No meaningless repitition (Matthew 6:7
- No praying for show (Matthew 6:5-6
- Pray with faith (James 1:6 - faith in the one we are praying to, not necessarily in faith that God will always give us whatever we ask.
- Pray according to God’s will.
- Persistence in prayer (Luke 18:1-5
- Times when it is good to pray:
- Beginning/end of day
- When blessed
- When facing temptation
- In preparation for important moments
- We we are anxious
30 min - There They Crucified Him
- Luke 23:26-46
- Luke 23:26 - Jesus bore His own cross, but not for very long.
- Luke 23:21 - Green wood: Jesus in His sinlessness. Dry wood: Jews in Jerusalem
- “There”
- Exact locality unknown
- Hebrew: Golgotha
- Latin: Calvary
- Shameful place between two thieves
- Conspicuous place (John 19:19-20
- Solitary place (Matthew 27:46
- Appropriate place
- Outside the city (Leviticus 24:23
- Outside the gate (Hebrews 13:11-12
- “They”
- Who crucified our Lord?
- The Jews. They planned and demanded it. Matthew 27:1-2
- They did not actually do the deed - it was done to please them.
- They were murderers in heart - if not in deed.
- Romans soldiers
- All men for whose sins He died
- It was our sins that nailed Him to the cross.
- Isaiah 53:4-6
- “Crucified”
- Romans mode of punishment
- Painful; slow
- Six hours of torture (9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
- John 20:24-29
- Sequence of events in the trial and crucifixion of the Lord.
- All through this, He was mistreated.
- “Him”
- John 1:1-5
- He was their benefactor. Acts 10:38
- He was the sinless one. Matthew 27:19
- He was the lamb of God. John 1:29
- He is the resurrection and life. John 11:25
- Why did He die?
- Not just because He was willing, though He was. Matthew 26:53
- It was God’s will.
- Why? Because of His love for us! John 3:16
- But, we must obey Him. Matthew 7:21
- Did our Lord die in vain as far as you are concerned?
30 min - Our God is Awesome
- “Awesome” is a word that is very overused today.
- Psalms 119:161
- In the Old Testament, people stood in awe of God.
- God’s creation: amazing
- We can see the beauty of God’s creation all around us. God created the world for man and turned it over to him.
- God’s love: unconditional
- God sent His own Son to earth to suffer and die for us (John 3:16. He wants us to have eternal life and gave us rules to follow to take advangage of this.
- God’s salvation: available
- Salvation is available to all (Ephesians 2:8-9 but it is conditional upon our faith and obedience.
- Acts 17:30 - Repentance is required.
- II Peter 3:9 - God does not want any to perish, but to repent.
- Acts 2:38
- God’s mercy: comforting
- Hebrews 4:16 - God’s mercy comforts us when we repent of our sins.
- God’s word: powerful
- John 1:1
- John 12:48 - God’s word will judge us in the last day.
30 min - II Peter, Part 5
- II Peter 2:19 - We are slaves to whatever we decide to serve. If we decide to serve our sinful desires, we are slaves to sin.
- II Peter 3:5-6.
30 min - 30 min
- 30 min
- Living By Faith: The Joy of Faith
- Philippians 1:21-28
- What sources of joy were mentioned?
- With one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. (Philippians 1:27
- What a blessing it is for us to be able to worship with other brethren.
- Do we take our brethren for granted?
- Acts 14:28
- Philippians 4:1 - We should long to be with Christians
- Fruitful label (Philippians 1:22
- Ecclesiastes 3:9-10 - God gives us work to occupy our time on this earth, but our job is not what really defines us.
- God gives us more meaningful things to work on.
- John 4:13-14 - Is there any gift that could top this living water?
- James 5:19-20 - Is there anything better you could do for someone?
- To die is gain (Philippians 1:21
- We gain a heavenly possession. We inherit what God has promised us.
- Philippians 3:18-21
30 min - Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 8: Passionate Prayer
- Ezra 8:21-23 - Ezra prays before starting his journey
- Ezra 8:31-32 - Ezra and the caravan arrive safely
- Deuteronomy 7:1-4 - God warns the Israelites about intermarrying with idolatrous people.
- Ezra 9:5-15 - Ezra prays about the impurity of the people. He admits their sin and guilt before God.
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