The Home Church Podcast episodes:

• April 12, 2021Who Is God? Part 10

  God is Just

  Deuteronomy 32:4, Job 37:23, Psalm 89:14

  The Three Aspects of Divine Justice

  1. The MEANING of God's Justice

  1 Peter 1:17

  3 Things God’s Justice Means

  ● God cannot be anything but just

  ● God does justice naturally – Psalm 37:28

  ● God has never wronged any – Ezra 9:13; Romans 9:20

  2. The MEASURE of God’s Justice

  3 Types of Divine Justice

  ● Remunerative – Romans 2:6; Luke 17:10

  ● Retributive – Exodus 34:7

  4 Clarifications of Retributive Justice

  ➔ God sometimes uses evil people as instruments to do evil work

  ➔ God lets people go on in sin, and prosper, to render them inexcusable – Romans 2:4

  ➔ God sometimes punishes openly, that His justice might be taken notice of

  ➔ God lets people prosper all while His cup of wrath is filling – Jeremiah 25:15, Matthew 10:28

  ● Redemptive Justice – Psalm 72:2

  3. The MEAT of God’s Justice

  3 Important Principles about God’s Justice

  ● God’s ways are sometimes secret - but never unjust – Matthew 3:17

  ● God is never unjust because whoever perishes, his destruction is on himself – Hosea 13:9, Psalm 81:10

  ● God will eventually set all things right – Acts 17:31

  The 3 BIG B’s

  √ Believe!

  √ Be Baptized!

  √ Belong!

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• April 12, 2021Live in the Light Lesson 1 | Adult Bible Class

  Gnosticism -- Special Knowledge (Enlightenment)

  • “gnosis” (Greek) — where we get our English word “knowledge”

  • A blend of Judaism, Eastern religions, Plato’s philosophy, and Christianity

  • Fundamental belief was that the physical world was evil and the spiritual world was good

  4 Central Themes of 1John

  1. Identity of Jesus

  2. Reality of sin

  3. God’s provision for forgiveness

  4. Teaching on maintaining fellowship with God and others

  Three distinguishing marks of a Christian in 1John

  1. Theological mark — Belief that Jesus was truly the son of God in the flesh

  2. The moral mark — Consistent obedience to the commandments of God

  3. The social mark — Love for one another in the family of God

  4 Purpose Statements in 1John

  1. To make our joy complete (1:4)

  2. To warn us about habitual sin (2:1)

  3. To refute false teachers (2:26)

  4. To assure us of our salvation (5:13)

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• April 07, 2021Three Things Jesus' Resurrection Means For Us

  Philippians 3:20-21

  3 Evidences of the Resurrection from 1 Corinthians 15

  ● The Testimony of transformed lives

  ● The Testimony of the Word of God

  ● The Testimony of the Eyewitnesses

  7 Tragic Implications if there is no Resurrection

  1. Then the birth, life and death is all there is

  2. Then there is no message of salvation

  3. Then having hope is a delusion

  4. Then the Apostles were perpetrators of fraud

  5. Then there’s no such thing as heaven

  6. Then all dead people are damned forever

  7. Then Christians are an ignorant, deceived group

  3 Things Jesus’ Resurrection Means for Us

  1. It means there can be REDEMPTION

  1 Corinthians 15:29

  2. It means there can be CONTRIBUTION

  1 Corinthians 15:30; 2 Corinthians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 15:31-32; Luke 12:19

  3. It means there can be TRANSFORMATION

  1 Corinthians 15:33-34

  3 Practical Choices to make:

  √ Believing!

  √ Baptizing!

  √ Belonging!

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• March 29, 2021Who Is God? Part 9

  God is Jealous

  Exodus 34:14; 2 Corinthians 11:2

  Four Characteristics of God’s Jealousy

  The Lord is Jealous of:

  1. His Deity

  Exodus 34:14; Ezekiel 8:3; Exodus 12:12, 20:3

  2. His Authority

  Psalm 2:3; Deuteronomy 5:9; Joshua 24:19

  3. His Integrity

  Psalm 115:1; 1 Kings 19:10

  4. His Property

  Joel 2:18; Zechariah 8:2; Psalm 135:4; Hosea 2:19

  2 Practical and Powerful Ways To Honor a Jealous God:

  # 1 BAPTISM

  # 2 BELONGING (Membership)

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• March 29, 2021Unshakable Part 13 | Adult Bible Class

  Daniel 11-12

  • Prophecies about Persia (11:1-2)

  • Prophecies about Greece (11:3-4)

  • Prophecies about the Kings of the North and South (11:5-20)

  • Prophecies about Antiochus Epiphanes and Syria (11:21-35)

  • Prophecies about the Time of Tribulation (11:36-12:1)

  • Prophecies about the Kingdom (12:2-3)

  • Final Instructions to Daniel (12:4-13)

  Study suggestion: www.blueletterbible.org

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• March 22, 2021Who Is God? Part 8

  Part #8 – God is Infinite

  Job 36:22; Psalm 50:10; Ephesians 3:19-20; Psalm 139:7-10, 145:2

  Three Aspects of God’s Infinity

  1. His Infinite Infallibility

  Psalm 145:3; Job 11:7-9; Matthew 5:48

  2. His Infinite Eternity

  Psalm 145:4, 102:12

  3. His Infinite Immensity

  Psalm 145:5-6; 1 Kings 8:27; Isaiah 66:1

  3 Wonderful Implications Of God’s Infinity

  a. It Is Impossible To Have Only One Infinite Attribute

  Exodus 3:14

  b. It Is Impossible For There To Be Other Unlimited Beings

  Isaiah 45:5, Acts 17:30

  c. It Is Impossible For An Infinite God Not To Be A Real “Being”

  Jeremiah 23:23-24

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• March 22, 2021Unshakable Part 12 | Adult Bible Class

  Unshakable Part 12

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• March 15, 2021Who Is God Part 7

  Lesson #7 - God is Incomprehensible

  Psalm 145:3; Job 26:14

  Three Truths About God that are Beyond Comprehension

  1. God’s Mind is Unfathomable

  Romans 11:33; Psalm 92:5; Romans 7:19-20, 11:33; Psalm 139:6

  2. God’s Means are Unmeasurable

  Romans 11:33; Psalm 147:5; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11

  3. God’s Methods are Untraceable

  Romans 11:33; Psalm 77:19; 1 Corinthians 13:12

  3 Reinforcing Questions on God’s Incomprehensibility

  1. Does anybody know God’s mind perfectly?

  Romans 11:34; Isaiah 40:13

  2. Who does the Lord go to for advice?

  Romans 11:34; Job 42:3

  3. Who has God in debt to Him?

  Romans 11:35; Job 41:11

  Two Implications of God’s Incomprehensibility

  1. I’m Deeply Humbled

  2. I’m Strangely Assured

  Philippians 3:10; Psalm 25:14

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• March 15, 2021Unshakable Part 11 | Adult Bible Class

  Daniel 9

  “70 Weeks” = 490 Years

  “70 Weeks” to Accomplish 6 Things:

  1. Finish the transgression—Israel finally turning to the Lord

  2. Make an end of sins — A new redeemed world

  3. Make reconciliation for iniquity — Jesus dying for sins on the cross

  4. Bring in everlasting righteousness —Christ’s Second Coming to Rule in Righteousness

  5. Seal up the vision and prophecy — Prophecies all fulfilled

  6. Anoint the Most Holy [Place]— Anointing of the future Temple in the Millennium

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• March 10, 2021Who Is God Part 6

  Part #6 - The Impartiality of God

  1 Timothy 4:12; Romans 2:11; Psalm 5:12; Acts 10:34; Deuteronomy 10:17; 1 Samuel 16:7; Job 36:5

  Three Degrees of Light Reveal God’s Impartiality

  1. The Light of Nature – Romans 2:12; John 1:9; Romans 2:14-15

  2. The Light of Law – Romans 2:12; Luke 12:47

  3. The Light of the Gospel – Romans 2:16; Psalm 82:2

  4 Traits of an Impartial God

  ● He is RATIONAL – Proverbs 18:13

  ● He is REASONABLE – Romans 12:1

  ● He is RELIABLE – James 2:1

  ● He is RIGHTEOUS – Galatians 2:6; Romans 1:5

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