Scripture of The Week 01/11/15 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.-1 Timothy 4:16 I Am A Church Member #IWill... Study Gods Word -Sermon Notes and Personal Sermon Notes: *God intends the follower of Jesus to live in COMMUNITY, not in ISOLATION. *God did not intend for people to live alone. 2 Timothy 2:15 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the Word of Truth. *CHALLENGE: BECOME A PART OF A BIBLE STUDY HERE AT BFCOC Why Study Gods Word? -Spiritual NOURISHMENT. 1 Peter 1:23-2:3 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God. 24 For, All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25 but the Word of The Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was preached to you. 2:1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that The Lord is good. Hebrews 5:12-14 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s Word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. -a lack of appetite = a severe illness -milk = infant (like childhood Sunday School; the simple truths) -meat = mature (deeper learning/knowledge; how to forgive, how to overcome temptations, learning Gods Will, readying oneself for eternity) Why Study Gods Word In Community: -To LEARN FROM TEACHERS (*Teachers who have learned and studied the Bible and know it better than you) KEY WORD: KNOWLEDGE *you have learned a lot - who have you taught? *teach others how to live by your actions - rebuke to correct (in love!) *Jesus didnt stay home and not go out and meet and talk to people! -you cannot isolate yourself from the world, you must let Gods light shine through yourself and onto them to bring others to The Good News! *BFCOCs Vision Statement: -LEAD people to follow Jesus. -LEARN how to follow Jesus better. -LIVE as followers of Jesus every day. -So that others may BENEFIT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE (*EDIFICATION). KEY WORD: EDIFICATION. -you learn from others in a Bible Study -you build relationships through this fellowship and then you can build each other up Acts 8:26-40 Philip and the Ethiopian 26 Now an angel of The Lord said to Philip, Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means queen of the Ethiopians). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, Go to that chariot and stay near it. 30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. Do you understand what you are reading? Philip asked. 31 How can I, he said, unless someone explains it to me? So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth. 33 In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can speak of His descendants? For His life was taken from the earth. 34 The eunuch asked Philip, Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else? 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized? [37] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of The Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea. -It KEEPS YOU IN CHECK. 1 Peter 2:1 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Peter 2:1-3 False Teachers and Their Destruction 1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying The Sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. 1 Timothy 4:16 16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. KEY WORD: ACCOUNTABILITY (*TO STUDY WITH A GODLY ATTITUDE) *you have to show up for a Bible Study and have sound doctrine -you need a Bible Study with a good teacher -Gods prosperity = spiritually -It develops IN-DEPTH RELATIONSHIPS. Acts 2:46(-47) 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And The Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. KEY WORD: FELLOWSHIP -meaningful relations -supernatural -celebrate/pray together -you are missing out on so much more of Gods blessings if you only come to Church of Sundays *a coal in a fire, with other coals, stays lit - but it burns out if you remove it from the fire/other coals CHALLENGE: GO TO THE CHURCHS FACEBOOK PAGE AND POST: #IWILL STUDY _______ (if you are not currently in a Study). Jeremy will seek you out to teach you how to disciple! BFCOC offers many Sunday School and Bible Study Opportunities: Sunday SCHOOL CLASSES Sundays 9:30am: -Christian Standard Room 203, taught by Gary Cooper -Proverbs Room 204, taught by Ken Stefanko -The Holy Spirit Room 304, taught by Bob Morehead -Birth-Age 2 Room 201, taught by Elisa Torres -Preschool in Fellowship Hall, taught by Janet Rector -Elementary Room 105, taught by Marlene White -Middle School Room 106, taught by Dawn Klein -High School Room 104, taught by Susie Bischoff, Joe Lookabaugh and Debbie Bozsik STUDIES: -New Class: Thursday evenings 6pm beginning 01/15/15, History of the Restoration Movement: Find out where our church got its start. Bob Morehead will lead you from the Protestant Reformation through today. *Please sign up at the Information Center if you plan on attending. -New Womens Study: Monday evenings 6:30pm, beginning 01/19/15, This Study, Discovering and Enjoying What God Can Do Through You, will begin with a Spiritual Gifts Inventory, then you will learn how to use these gifts for Gods work. The Study includes a book ($7) and a 30-minute dvd ($22). The total cost will include book, dvd, s&h and tax. *Please sign up at the Information Center if interested. See Sandy Collier or Becky Byers for more information. -Ladies Bible Study: Tuesday mornings 10am - 11am begins again 02/03/15. This Study looks at different Books of the Bible and/or Scripture, going verse by verse to learn and cross-reference Scripture, to fully understand Gods Word. *Please contact Carol Marsh if you plan on attending. Scriptures that encourage Study: 2 Timothy 3:14-17 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Psalm 119:11 11 I have hidden your Word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Joshua 1:8 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Proverbs 3:1-2 Wisdom Bestows Well-Being 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. Psalm 119:105 105 Your Word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Deuteronomy 11:18-23 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land The Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth. 22 If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love The Lord your God, to walk in obedience to Him and to hold fast to Him— 23 then The Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you. Psalm 119:18 18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. Acts 17:11 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Romans 12:2 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s Will is—His good, pleasing and perfect Will. Psalm 119:9 9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your Word. 1 John 2:27 27 As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in Him. Ephesians 6:11-17 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.. Hebrews 4:12 12 For the Word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 2 Timothy 3:1-17 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. 6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone. A Final Charge to Timothy 10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet The Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. John 13:17 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. Luke 4:4 4 Jesus answered, It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone. James 1:22 22 Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. John 6:63 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. Romans 8:1-10 Life Through the Spirit 8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. Isaiah 28:9-10 9 Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast? 10 For it is: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there. Proverbs 2:1-5 Moral Benefits of Wisdom 1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—3 indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand the fear of The Lord and find the knowledge of God. John 8:32 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 1:1-5 The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Revelation 1:3 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John 5:39-40 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. Psalm 119:17 17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your Word. John 6:68 68 Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Hosea 4:6 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. Matthew 28:19-20 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 5:48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Galatians 1:6-8 No Other Gospel 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the One who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 2 Peter 3:18 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 2 Peter 1:3-4 Confirming One’s Calling and Election 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 4 Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. Psalm 1:1-6 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of The Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For The Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. View this weeks Sermon here: https://youtube/watch?v=gZYtsjoqNj4&feature=em-uploademail
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