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- One Thing You LackIntroduction
- Mark 10:17-22
- God deserves all of our heart, soul, and mind.
Even good people have areas of weakness.- Eli
- I Samuel 1:9-14; 2:11, 26 – He did a good job of raising Samuel.
- I Samuel 4:18 – Eli was a priest and a judge – no small thing!
- I Samuel 2:12, 29; 3:13 – Eli was negligent with his sons.
- David
- I Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22 – David was a man after God’s heart.
- I Kings 15:5 – David had his weakness.
- Peter
- Matthew 26:69 – Peter did so much good, yet he had his weakness.
Self-evaluate and find your weaknesses.- Don’t …
- Advertise your other virtues.
- Matthew 23 – The Pharisees did some good things, but had gaping holes in their character.
- Do …
- Find verses and let them convict you.
- Hebrews 4:13
- Read the verses and weep like Peter.
- Don’t …
- List excuses
- Exodus 32:3, 24 – Aaron and the golden calf.
- Do …
- Repent and pray for forgiveness.
- Psalms 51:17
- Acts 8:22
- Don’t …
- Procrastinate
- Luke 9:61-62
- Do …
- Bear fruit in keeping with repentance
- Acts 26:19-20
- Don’t …
- Survey your friends and fish for approval or permission for your sin.
- I Peter 4:4-5
- Do …
- Ask a trusted, mature Christian for help if needed.
- Galatians 6:2
0 min - Genesis, Part 6Genesis 7 – God’s flood, continuedExisting physical evidence, continued
- The hydrology
- Plate tectonics
- Where did the water come from?
- Hurricane Harvey in 2018 dropped sixty inches of rain over four days. This level of rain over 40 days over the entire earth would put fifty feet of water over the entire surface of the earth.
- The landforms
- Genesis 7:11 – What was the deep? This word almost always refers to a body of water.
- The power of God
- Mr. St. Helens volcano
- The Hunga-Tonga volcano
- The ark rested on Ararat after 150 days and the floodwaters receded.
- If thousands of feet of water started draining off of the earth, wouldn’t there be evidence?
- Large volumes of water do not cause damage. Moving water does.
- If the Grand Canyon were filled to the brim and suddenly allowed to drain, the flow would reach 273 ft./sec.
- Where did the water go?
- God could have made it disappear.
- God could have sent it back to where it came from.
- Psalms 104:8-10.
38 min - Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage, Part 3If you are in an unlawful situation …
- Love God and lean on brethren.
- Acts 17:11
- Matthew 19:10-12
- I Corinthians 7:11
- Matthew 12:46-50
- Romans 8:18
If you have never been married …- Be wise and choose carefully.
- Mark 10:11-12
- Luke 8:13; 16:18
- We must be deeply convinced that marriage is permanent.
- Are you and your prospective spouse free to be married?
If you are lawfully married …- Work on your marriage!
- Ephesians 5:28-29
- Titus 2:3-4
- Marriages need maintenance.
20 min - Acts 4:17-5:16Acts 4, continued
- Acts 4:23-30 – Despite the persecution, they continued to pray for boldness.
- Acts 4:32-35 – Some use this passage to promote communism, but that is not what is being taught here. We know from other scriptures that each should work for his own food. This is talking about common treasury controlled by the apostles.
Acts 5- Acts 5:1-6 – The sin here was lying to the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 5:4 – Note that this verse combined with v3 equates the Holy Spirit to God.
- Acts 5:9 – Peter says they “test(ed) the Spirit of the Lord.” God does not look kindly on those who try to see what they can get away with.
- Acts 5:12 – In Acts 1-5 so far, the apostles alone have been working all the miracles.
45 min - Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage, Part 2
[Due to technical difficulties, the first few minutes of this lesson were not recorded. Sorry about that! -MRW]
Introduction- This is such an emotional topic, but we must remain objective and appeal to God’s word.
- Mark 6:17, 21 – John ended up being beheaded because he called out the marriage as unlawful.
What should happen in an unlawful marriage?- Luke 16:18
- They must divorce and repent of their adultery. I Corinthians 6:9
- “But marriage itself is holy. No one should be told to divorce.”
- Ezra 9-10 – These marriages were unlawful and had to be broken up.
- Mark 6:17-18
Are divorced people still “marriage in God’s eyes?”- I know of no passage that uses or implies that wording or concept. Sometimes we might say that because we’re trying to communicate the fact that God doesn’t approve.
- Luke 16:18
- Romans 7:2-3
- Mark 10:11-12
- These people were really divorced and actually marriage to other people. They were married to one person, yet bound to another, thus it is adultery.
- Matthew 19:9 – These divorces and marriages are real.
What about marriages and divorces before one was ever a Christian?- God’s laws are for everyone, both Christians and non-Christians.
- Mark 6:17-18 – Herod and his wife were not Christians, but they were in sin.
- I Corinthians 6:9-11
- If God’s laws do not apply to non-Christians, why are people told to repent before they are baptized (Acts 2:38)?
- And why would you even get baptized and become a Christian, if prior to that you have no sin and therefore no need of salvation?
Does forgiveness change the situation?- Acts 2:38; 8:22; 26:20
- There is still a need to repent and not keep sinning.
- If I steal a car…
- Then I pray for forgiveness ….
- Can I keep the car?
- No – it is still a sin for me to have it.
- If I take an unlawful wife …
- They I pray for forgiveness …
- Can I keep the wife?
- No – it is still a sin for me to have her.
Does I Corinthians 7:15 give another exception?- I Corinthians 7:10-17
- I Corinthians 7:10 – “Leave” here means “divorce.”
- I Corinthians 7:11 – This does not imply approval of the divorce. See I John 2:1.
- I Corinthians 7:12-13 – It is okay for a Christian to be married to a non-believer.
- I Corinthians 7:14 – This cannot be saying that an unbelieving spouse can be saved by the believing spouse (II Corinthians 5:10). It is merely saying that the marriage is legitimate.
- I Corinthians 7:15 – There is no permission for remarriage here. Matthew 5:32
Does I Corinthians 7:27-28 give another exception?- I Corinthians 7:27 – “Released” here cannot mean “divorced for any reason” because it would contradict what Paul just wrote in I Corinthians 7:10-17.
Can the innocent party divorce years after the divorce?- Suppose that:
- A man divorces his wife (not for fornication)
- Years later, he remarries.
- Can the wife now divorce him for fornication and remarry with God’s approval (Matthew 19:9)?
- No. You can’t divorce someone you’re not married to.
- Luke 16:18
ConclusionNothing is greater than fellowship with God; nothing lasts longer than heaven.
38 min - Genesis, Part 5Genesis 6 – Animals, continued:
- God gives instructions about how many animals to bring according to their kind (H4327 – min)
- After their kind
- Same phrase as used in Days 3, 5, and 6 to describe plants and animals.
- Does the application of the phrase “after its kind” support evolution?
- How did Noah and his family take care of the animals?
- Hibernation?
- God told Noah to feed the animals
Genesis 7 – God’s flood- Noah and his family and the animals go into the ark.
- When did they go into the ark and when did it start to rain? Is there a discrepancy?
- Genesis 7 is made up of four paragraphs: Genesis 7:1-5, Genesis 7:6-10, Genesis 7:11-16, and Genesis 7:17-24.
- The first three contain repeating information about:
- Noah and his family entering the ark
- The animals entering the ark
- The flood coming upon the earth
- Noah did as God commanded.
- The fourth paragraph describes what happened to everyone else except Noah and his family.
- God’s flood was a catastrophic, earth-changing event.
- If God flooded the entire globe, wouldn’t there be evidence? Acts 17:23-28
- Absolutely! If we can show people the evidence, then we can teach the truth.
- Thomas in John 20:24
- Existing physical evidence
- Hydrology and hydraulics
- Landforms
- Geology
- Evidence of God’s power
- Mount St. Helens volcano
- How could 40 days and 40 nights of rain flood the entire earth?
- What did the earth look like before the flood?
- Supercontinent?
- Mountains?
- Canyons?
- Ocean depth?
- How much water?
- We estimate there is currently 332.5 million cubic miles of water on earth.
- If we assume a pre-flood average mountain height of 5300 ft., this would require about 335.3 million cubic miles of water, which is within about one percent of the current estimated total.
42 min - Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage, Part 1Introduction
- I Corinthians 6:9
- I Thessalonians 5:2
- Failure to obey God’s law on marriage and divorce will keep us out of heaven!
- This is a very emotional topic, but we must be led by God’s word.
- John 12:48
- Acts 17:11 – This is what we want to do – search the scriptures.
Seven scriptures about marriageGenesis 2:18, 22-24 – The first marriage- The word “marriage” is not used here, but that is clearly what is being talked about.
- Deuteronomy 24:2; 7:3
- Ezekiel 16:8
- I Corinthians 7:2
- Romans 7:3 – The phrase “joined to” is the same as is used in Genesis 2.
- In Hebrew and Greek, there was no separate word for “husband” or “wife.” Context must be used to determine if it’s “man” or “husband.”
- Genesis 2:22-3:2
- Words can help refer figuratively to the past or future.
- Prolepsis:
- Luke 2:11
- Deuteronomy 22:23-24
- Adjournment
- Exodus 7:10, 12
- John 9:17
- II Samuel 11:26; 12:10
- Mark 6:17
Romans 7:2-3- The married woman is bound by God’s law while he is alive.
- The phrase “joined to” means marriage here, just as we saw in Genesis 2.
- If the woman is bound to one man, but marriage to another, she is an adulteress.
I Corinthians 7:39- “Only in the Lord” means “according to God’s marriage law.”
Mark 10:11-12- Marriage law is the same for men and women.
Luke 16:18- Divorcing a spouse and marrying another causes one to commit adultery.
Matthew 19:9- The NASB (1995) uses the word “immorality” here, which is too broad. Other translations make it more specific by using the phrase “sexual immorality.”
- I Corinthians 6:13, 18; 7:2 – Same word used here to mean “sexual immorality.”
- A man who divorces his wife for sexual immorality is no longer bound to her and is free to marry again. The original wife is still bound and not free to marry.
Matthew 5:32- The man causes his wife to commit adultery because of the situation he put her in.
Conclusion- Sin and Satan are the problems here, not God or His laws!
27 min - Acts 3:16-4:17Acts 3, continued:
- Acts 3:16 – Peter had convicted the audience at this point.
- Acts 3:19-20 – This is what it’s all about!
- “Times of refreshing”
- See Isaiah 35:1-7; Jeremiah 17:5
- Acts 3:24 – See II Samuel 7:12.
Acts 4- Acts 4:7 – By whose power? Jesus! See Acts 4:10.
- Acts 4:8 – Peter shows his boldness. Compare Matthew 10:5, 16-20.
- Acts 4:11 – See I Peter 4:4.
45 min - Genesis, Part 4Genesis 4 – Cain and Abel, continued:
- Cain is afraid of being killed
- By whom?
- What mark?
- This may or may not have been a physical mark. Compare New Testament passages in which we are to mark those who are out of step as brothers.
Genesis 5- Eve had another son after Abel died – Seth.
Genesis 6 – Corruption of man and the ark- Sons of God, daughters of man
- Where is the sin?
- Beauty over content
- Abandoned God to pursue fleshly desires
- My spirit shall not remain with man forever (Genesis 6:3)
- His days shall be 120 years
- Lifetime or life left?
- Who were the Nephilim?
- Context of Genesis 6:4 indicates that different kinds of people were having children and producing other kinds of people.
- Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord
- In a nearly completely wicked world
- Perfect (complete)
- How? By walking with God.
- Complete dependence
- God gives instructions for Noah to build the ark
- Perfect dimensions for stability
42 min - Eagles Fly Alone“EVERYONE” was in sin but Noah
- Genesis 6:5-8
- Matthew 24:37-39
- Hebrews 11:7
Abraham left “EVERYONE” to serve God- Genesis 12:1-4
- Hebrews 11:8-10
“EVERYONE” Joseph called a brother hated him- Genesis 37:11, 18-20
- Genesis 50:20
- Hebrews 11:22
Moses had to leave “EVERYONE” in Pharaoh’s house- Hebrews 11:24-27
Others who turned against “EVERYONE”- Esther, Mordecai, Daniel, etc.
Sometimes “EVERYONE” is who is leading us away from God- Matthew 7:13-14
Jesus lived a lonely life, yet soared with God- Matthew 4:11
- Isaiah 53:3-9
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