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- I Peter 1:1-16
- I Peter 1:1. This book is an exhortation to Christians, to strengthen them, and to comfort them.
- I Peter 1:2 - God in His foreknowledge put the plan of salvation into action. If we take advantage of God’s plan, we are “elect.” If we choose not to take advantage of that plan, we are not “elect.” Calvinists teach the exact opposite, which is that God chooses individual people to be saved, regardless of their actions.
- I Peter 1:3 - “Living hope” refers to the high position that Christians hold through the resurrection of Jesus.
- I Peter 1:4 tells us what this power of God is.
30 min - Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 2: Strength in Numbers
- Topic 1: Seizing the Opportunity, continued:
- We must seize the opportunity God provides.
- II Thessalonians 2:14
- Romans 3:23-26 - God cannot be a just God and still save the unrepentant. To do so would violate His character.
- Topic 2: Strength in Numbers
- Ezra 8:1-20
- Hebrews 10:24-25
- It is very important for us to come together and worship to encourage each other.
- Ezra assembled a team of people to return with Him to accomplish the work.
30 min - The Temple of God
- Review of other metaphors for the saved relationship:
- The flock
- The kingdom
- The church
- The body
- I Corinthians 3:16-17 - We are the temple of God. The “temple of God” always refers to the saved relationship.
- God’s temple in the Old Covenant
- God chose it (II Chronicles 7:11-12
- He put His Name there (I Kings 9:1-3
- His people could have fellowship with Him there (Exodus 20:24
- God’s temple in the New Covenant
- David’s seed to build God’s house (II Samuel 7:12-14
- He has recorded His Name in the temple built by Christ (II Samuel 7:13
- God dwells in His temple (II Corinthians 6:16
- II Peter 2:5
- Ephesians 1:3
- His temple must be according to the pattern
- Hebrews 9:19-22 - The temple must be blood-cleansed
- Christ is the builder (II Samuel 7:13
- He is the foundation (Isaiah 28:16
- He is the chief corner stone (Ephesians 2:20-21
- He is the high priest in His temple (Hebrews 3:1
- The saved
- Are to give Him all preeminence (Colossians 1:18
- Are to respect His will (Colossians 3:17
- Are to worship Him (Romans 15:9
- Are to do His work (Matthew 18:20
- Are to keep self pure (I Timothy 5:22
- How to become a lively stone in His temple
- We must go to the law to find out. (Matthew 16:19
- Those who have never been the dwelling place of God
- Those who have so defiled the temple that God has withdrawn from them
30 min - My God, My Rock
- Faithful
- Deuteronomy 32:1-4
- God is dependable and He is there for us.
- Psalms 61:1-8 - When the problems of this life beset us, we must look to God for strength.
- Protective
- II Samuel 22:1-7 - David trusted God to protect him.
- II Corinthians 10:3 - Our battle is against the spiritual darkness of this world.
- Ephesians 6:10-17 - The armor of God.
- Unique
- Isaiah 44:6-8 - There is no other god besides God. He is unique.
- Isaiah 31:1-3 - God does not like it when we go to anyone besides Him for help!
- John 14:27 - There is no other peace like the peace that comes from God.
30 min - James 5:14-20
- James 5:14. “Anointing with oil” was not always a literal action.
- James 5:19 - Everyone is capable of straying from the faith, so we must always guard against it.
- James 5:20- Salvation is from spiritual death.
- Romans 4:6-8 - Sins are covered when they are forgiven.
- Galatians 6:1
- Highlights from the book of James
- James 1
- Count it joy when encountering trials (James 1:2.
- Be doers of the word and not hearers only (James 1:20.
- Keep unspotted from the world (James 1:27.
- James 2
- Do not be a respecter of persons (James 2:1.
- Faith alone is dead (James 2:17.
- James 3
- This is not an injunction against teaching. It is an injunction against teaching when you have not studied and prepared and so end up teaching error (James 3:1.
- Be aware that the toungue can be very dangerous (James 3:6.
- Wisdom of God vs. earthly wisdom (James 3:13-18
- James 4
- James 4:3-4 - We cannot be friends of the world and of God.
- James 4:7-8 - We must resist the devil and draw near to God.
- James 5
- God’s judgment on those who misused their riches (James 5:1-6 - we are to give to every man his due.
30 min - Ezra and Nehemiah, Topic 1: Seizing the Opportunity
- Ezra 1
- Ezra 1:3 - Cyrus gave all the Jews an open opportunity to go back and rebuild the city.
- Ezra 1:4 - The plunder from Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of the temple would return with the exiles. This was a great blessing from God to help the operation get started.
- Nehemiah 2:5-9 - God blesses Nehemiah in his return to Jerusalem as well.
- Many times in the Old Testament, we have examples of God presenting people with big opportunities, but still requiring people to seize that opportunity.
- Noah, the Israelites taking the promised land, the fall of Jericho (Johua 6:2,16,3-4,20)
- If people do not seize the opportunities that God gives them, it is their own fault!
- Ezra 1:11 - God made it possible for the materials to go back to Jerusalem, but Sheshbazzar was the agent that actually carried it out.
- Haggai 1:12-15
- God’s plan of salvation works in a similar way. He gives us the opportunity, but we must seize it! (Acts 2:38-41 God calls us through His gospel, but we have to answer that call. God does not call us in some miraculous way - the call comes through hearing God’s word recorded in the Bible.
30 min - What If I Had Been at the "Triumphal Entry?"
- Some praised Jesus because they knew Him to be true.
- John 12:12-19
- John 20:28-31 - Thomas sees the wounds of Jesus and believes.
- I Peter 1:8-9 - We must believe in Jesus and love Him without seeing Him.
- Some were mad at Jesus because they didn’t want to surrender to Him.
- Luke 19:39-40
- Luke 9:23 - We must deny ourselves to follow Jesus.
- Some changed their minds within a week.
- Mark 11:8-10 - The crowd goes from cheering to jeering.
- John 6:59-60 - Some of Jesus’ disciples fall away.
30 min - James 5:1-15
- James 5:1-6 - Warnings against misuse of riches and abuse of power gained through wealth.
- James 5:9 - Do not grudge one another. Put others before yourself.
- James 5:10 - We have many examples of prophets who endured, such as Elijah, Jeremiah, and Paul.
- James 5:12. It is simply saying that we should keep our word without others feeling the need to require an oath from us.
- James 5:13-15.
- Being weak is not necessarily a sin.
- Being weary is not necessarily a sin.
- So here, sin is something other than being weak or weary.
- So, if any suffer hardships, let him pray.
- Is any weak, let him call for the elders.
- The prayer of faith will save the weary.
- If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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