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Do not add to or take from God’s commands

Do not add to or take from God’s commands

 

1. In the first century

 

(a) The sect of the Pharisees added to the word of God

(b) The sect of the Sadducees took away from the word of God

(c) Jesus and His disciples simply obeyed the word of God

 

2. Today

 

(a) Modern sects/denominations also add to the word of God

(b)  Modern sects/denominations also take away from the word of God

(c) Like Jesus, we must simply obey the word of God

Conclusion

Our lesson today has been:  Do not add to or take from God’s commands

Reject all modern sects/denominations which add to or take away from the word of God!

Simply be added to and remain in the church that Jesus built

 

 

Have you not Read?

Have you not Read?

What Happened at the Beginning? Where God Spoke and it was So? Gen 1:6-7; Gen 1:9; Gen 1:14-15; Gen 1:24; Psa 33:8-9 Where God gave Commandments to Adam Gen 2:15-18 Where Mankind Believed a Lie? Gen 3:1-6; 1Ti 2:14 What Jesus Said in His Day? Jesus uses the Word of God as his Sword to defeat Satan Mat 4:3-10 Jesus warns followers about the unfaithful teachings of the religious leaders Mat 23:1-3; Mat 15:1-3; Mat 22:1-5 What we need to do? Where Jesus gives the great Commission? Mat 28:18-20 How we know that we know Him? 1Jn 2:3-6 If you Don’t do his Will? Mat 7:21-23; Rev 21:7-8

“Put On The Full Armour Of God” (Eph. 6:11)

“Put On The Full Armour Of God”

(Eph. 6:11)

Why do we need God’s armour? Christians are in a real spiritual struggle against supernatural foes – it is life or death, spiritually!

Will you guard your spiritual welfare in the way God has prescribed (Eph. 6:10-17)?

But be assured that we have all we need to win the battle for our souls:

  • 6:13 Therefore, take up the full armour of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
  • Jam 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

 

Note: Jesus was able to remove Satan’s armour:

  • 11:22 “But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armour on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.

The Women are to Keep Silent in the Churches (1Cor. 14:34)

The Women are to Keep Silent in the Churches

(1Cor. 14:34)

let’s all be reminded of:

  • The vitally important role godly women play in the church!
  Rules of

Speech

 Elaboration Justification
 

Tongues

 2 or 3,

in turn,

one interprets

 no interpreter

= keep silent

 speak to himself

and God,

not church
 

Prophets

 2 or 3,

others weigh,

one by one

 revelation to

one sitting,

first keep silent

 spirits of prophets

are subject to

prophets
 

Women

 keep silent,

subjection,

as Law says

 learn by asking

men at home

 improper for

a woman to

speak in church

Paul’s 4 arguments against women speaking in church

What about women singing, etc. in church?

Universal application (not just to the church in Corinth, not just the culture of Paul’s day, not just to the time of “gifts”) – this subjection was God’s plan from the beginning!

  • The gifts of tongues and prophecy have been done away with now that “the perfect” has come (cf. 1Cor. 13:8-10) = God’s completed revelation.
  • But let’s still do all things “properly and in an orderly manner” (1Cor. 14:40) = women silent in the churches!

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This is not a matter of superiority/inferiority – but different roles God has assigned in the church!

  • The tongue-speaker/prophet of 1Cor.14:28/30 who was to “keep silent” was not “inferior” to the others!
  • Not all men can fill the role of elders in the church, but this doesn’t mean they are inferior to the men who are elders! It’s just different roles.
  • Similarly, women cannot fill speaking roles in the church, but this doesn’t mean that women are inferior to men. It’s just different roles.

The Door Will Shut (Luke 13:22-30)

The Door Will Shut (Luke 13:22-30)

Someone asked Jesus a very relevant question: And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” 

Let’s consider Jesus’ teaching in Lk.13:24-30 today under the following headings:

  1. Strive to enter through the narrow door (13:24)
  2. The head of the house will get up and shut the door (13:25-27)
  3. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (13:28-30)

Will you and I be among the saved when the door is shut?

  • Let’s “strive to enter through the narrow door” ( 13:24)!

Not yet a Christian?

  • 16:16 “He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

Erring as a Christian?

  • Acts 8:22 “Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.

Already a Christian?

    • Rev 2:10 ‘Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Did God’s Character Change Between the Old and New Testaments?

Did God’s Character Change Between the Old and New Testaments?

Please note, We understand that the Woman caught in Adultery wasn’t in the original manuscripts and was probably added at a later date.

Did God’s Character Change Between the Old and New Testaments? Mal 3:6-7 ESV (6)  “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. (7)  From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

Lessons Learnt

Gods Nature Old Testament

God is righteous and just Psa 145:17; 1Ki 21:13; 1Ki 21:19; 1Ki 22:38

God is loving and Kind Psa 63:3; Jon 3:10; Jon 4:1-2

God is patient and longsuffering Psa 145:8-9; Gen 15:16

Gods Nature New Testament God is Righteous and Just Joh 8:3-11

God is Loving and Kind Joh 3:16-17; 1Jn 4:9-10

God is patient and longsuffering 2Pe 3:9; Mat 26:73-75; Joh 21:17

So, What Has Changed?

Old Testament/Covenant Exo 24:3-8; Jer 31:31-33 New Testament/Covenant Mat 5:17-18; Joh 19:28-30; Joh 17:18-21

The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)

The Lord Is My Shepherd

(Psalm 23)

Not all are the Lord’s sheep! This is evident even in the psalm itself

But for those who are the Lord’s sheep, Psalm 23 is a truly wonderful psalm!

Abstain From Blood Acts 15v29 (Blood transfusions are okay)

Abstain From Blood Acts 15v29 (Blood transfusions are okay)
1. History of food and blood

(i) From creation

(ii) From Noah

(iii) Under the Law of Moses

(iv) Jesus’ teaching

2. The context in Acts 15

(i) The issue

(ii) The resolution

(iii) The letter

(iv) The circulation of the letter

3. Applications today

 

No One Can Serve Two Masters

No One Can Serve Two Masters

Introduction to Judas

Judas a Chosen Apostle Luk 6:12-16

The Son of Simon Iscariot Joh 6:70-71;

Judas Stays by Jesus when Others Abandoned Him Joh 6:65-71

Judas Chooses His Master Was Judas’ god money? Joh 12:2-8; 1Ti 6:9-10; 1Co 6:9-10

Judas Sells his Soul Mat 26:14-16; Learning from The Rich young ruler Mar 10:17-23; Mat 16:26

Better to have not Been Born A Willing Vessel Joh 13:21-30; Mat 26:24-25

A kiss of Death Luk 22:47-48

A tale of two confessions Mat 27:3-5; Luk 23:39-43