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// April 27th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

I am happy to announce the launch of a new web site for sermon and Bible class recordings:  scripturestream.com.  Since I am now posting so many recordings here, I thought it would be better to put these on their own site, so I ran it past the elders and then set up the new site.  All recordings that are already posted here will remain here indefinitely.  All new material will be put on the new site.  There is also a Twitter feed for the new site that you can follow to get all the latest updates:  @benchleysermons.  Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Virtues and Vices, Part 9: Covetousness: Good vs. Bad

// April 12th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By David Watson

Benchley, April 4, 2010

• Applications, continued:
  • Don’t (inordinately) covet material good.
    • Acts 20:33-35; I Timothy 6:6; Colossians 3:5; Luke 12:15-21,23,31
  • Fix your mind.
    • Micah 2:1-2; Mark 7:21-23; Romans 1:28-32
• Edification vs. being a stumbling block
  • Definitions
    • Romans 9:30-33; I Peter 2:8; Matthew 16:23
  • Applications
    • Edify through worship
      • I Corinthians 14:2; Hebrews 10:23-25
      • Hypocrisy:  Mark 12:38
    • Don’t make yourself stumble.
      • Matthew 5:29

Psalms 137-150

// April 10th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, March 31, 2010

Inspiration of the Bible

// April 8th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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Inspiration of the Bible

By David Watson

Benchley, March 28, 2010

• Historical accuracy
• Prophetic fulfillment
• Scientific foreknowledge
  • the Bible remarks on scientific knowledge before it was discovered by man.
  • Egyptian knowledge of the day (Exodus 15:26)
  • Germs:  Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis
    • Humbers 19:5-22 – God’s laws for washing and handling dead bodies
  • Germs:  quarantine
    • Numbers 5:13; Leviticus 13:1-3,45-54
  • Circumcision on the eighth day
    • Genesis 17:12-14 (Leviticus 12:3)
  • Dietary regulations
    • Leviticus 11 – Moses’ instructions are still useful today.
  • Life is in the blood (Leviticus 17:11-12)
  • Ratio for ship building (Genesis 6:15 – ratio was 30:5:3)
  • Water cycle (Ecclesiastes 1:7; 11:3; Amos 9:6)
  • The earth is a “circle” (Isaiah 40:22)
  • Four types of flesh (I Corinthians 15:39)
  • Basic sanitation (Deuteronomy 23:12-14)
  • The earth is wearing out (Isaiah 51:6)
• The Bible:  from God or man?

Psalms 119-136

// April 8th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, March 24, 2010

Man’s Way or God’s Way?

// April 3rd, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By Joel Moore

Benchley, March 21, 2010

• Isaiah 55:8-9
• Matthew 6:24
• The Word of God is our sole source of authority.  II Timothy 3:16-17
• To supplant God’s Word with your own beliefs is to commit the sin of presumption.
• This disposition was unacceptable in the Old Testament and is still unacceptable today under the New Testament. Deuteronomy 17:12-13
• Salvation
  • Man’s way:  An individual can be saved by a variety of methods and may choose the one that please him the most.
  • God’s way:  It is be baptism (immersion in water) that one gains entrance into a saved relationship with God (John 3:3-5; Galatians 3:26-27; Acts 2:38; I Peter 3:21)
    • There are, however, prerequisites to this immersion.  First, one must believe (i.e., have faith) (Romans 10:9-10,17), repent of his sins (Acts 2:38), and confess Christ as Lord (Romans 10:10).
    • After baptism, the Christian is to press on towards perfection.  Hebrews 6:1; II Peter 1:5-11
• The organization of the church
  • Man’s way:  The church may be organized in any way that is determined best by man.
  • God’s way:  In each local church, there are to be elders who lead the flock in that location (I Peter 5:1-4), deacons who help the elders (I Timothy 3:8-13), and members (Romans 12:4-5).
    • The local church must be organized to the degree to which is can be scripturally organized.
• Controlling one’s thoughts
  • Man’s way:  I can think about whatever I want.  Matthew 15:17-20
  • God’s way:  It is imperative that a Christian control his thoughts and not think about whatever he wants (II Corinthians 10:3-6).
    • Let us remember that all sin develops from desire and a response to temptation (James 1:14-15); therefore, if we control our thoughts (where desire originates and ruminates if uncontrolled), we can effectively control sin.
    • Moreover, in order to better control our thoughts, we must replace evil thoughts with good, wholesome meditation (Philippians 4:8; Psalm 1).

Gideon

// April 3rd, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By Daniel Beamon

Benchley, March 17, 2010

Virtues and Vices, Part 8: Covetousness: Good vs. Bad

// March 20th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By David Watson

Benchley, March 14, 2010

• Applications, continued:
  • Covet God’s Word
    • Create interest in God’s Word
    • Ask for help.  Acts 8:26-40
    • Consider the value.  Romans 2:16
  • Covet good works.
    • I Timothy 3:1; Matthew 22:37
  • Don’t covet one who’s not your spouse.
    • Matthew 5:27-28; Exodus 20:14,17; Genesis 12:11; Esther 2:2-4,12-13; II Samuel 11:2; 13:3-4,14; Mark 6:22-23; Proverbs 6:25; I Corinthians 7:8-9 – Warnings and consequences of coveting women.
  • Don’t (inordinately) covet material goods.
    • Deuteronomy 7:25; Joshua 6:16-19; 7:20-21

Psalms 106-119

// March 20th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, March 10, 2010

Virtues and Vices, Part 7: Humility vs. Pride

// March 15th, 2010 // View Comments // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

 

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By David Watson

Benchley, March 7, 2010

• Applications, continued:
  • Address the causes of pride.
    • Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4) – accomplishments
    • Heritage/ancestry
    • Saul (I Samuel 9:19-10:24; 15:17-19) – power
    • Personality
  • Use strategies to achieve humility.
    • Admit our own pride and be honest with ourselves.  I John 1:8-9
    • Remember and search out our own faults.
    • Remember that we are merely human.
    • Matthew 6:1-4 – Hide your good deeds.
    • Philippians 2:3-4 – Focus on others.
    • Luke 15:15-19 – Let circumstances humble us.  II Corinthians 10:17-18
• Covetousness: good vs. bad
  • Epithumeo:  Luke 15:16; 16:20-21; 22:15
  • Applications
    • Covet God’s Word. – Matthew 13:17; Hebrews 11:13; I Peter 1:10-12; I Peter 2:2