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God’s view on David

Davidic Covenant

but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.’”

The prayer of Jabez

Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.

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Correction

Divisions

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

Communion = Proclaimation

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Communion Warning

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.

Role

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

The cross

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Purpose of Spiritual Gifts

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

Purpose of tongues

Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.

Resurrection

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

The gospel

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Giving

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

Natural man

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Don’t sue

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?

Self control

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Flee immorality

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

Lordship

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

The purpose of singleness

I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

Marriage is only in the Lord

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

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The Tests of Eternal Life

Admit sin

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Confess sin

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Don’t love the world

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Endurance is Assurance

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

Propitiation for the whole world

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Real love gives

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

God is the initiator in love

We love because he first loved us.

Love God, Love Brothers

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

The power in you

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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United/Divided Kingdom

Solomon compromises

For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Solomon asks for wisdom

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

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Standing Firm

Long for the word

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Christ our example in suffering

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

The church is like Israel in purpose

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Spiritual Gifts

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

Younger men submit to elders

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

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Judges to Kings

Not Fail to Pray for the Flock

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

A man after God’s own heart

But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Obey better than sacrifice

And Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.

David Annointed.. The Lord looks at the heart

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Evil Spirit from the Lord on Saul

Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre.

Themes

The Growth of a Baby Church

Rapture

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Sexual Purity

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

Right Attitudes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Discernment

but test everything; hold fast what is good.

Not wrath

For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Leadership

Love goal of teaching

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

God desires all saved

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Mediator

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Strong desire to shepherd

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

Priority of the home

He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,

Deacons

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Priority in Ministry

Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Pastors flee

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

The Rich

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Contentment

But godliness with contentment is great gain,

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God’s view on Judah’s Kings

If my people

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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Defense of Apostleship

Every Thought Captive

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

My grace is sufficient

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

The Trinity Benediction

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Test of Assurance: Christ in You

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Comfort

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Transformed

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Believer’s Judgement

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Compels Us

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;

All New

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Ambassadors

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

To be sin on our behalf

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Genuine and False Repentance

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.

Christ gave up riches

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

Giving

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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Tough Truth

False Teacher - Type of Anti-Christ

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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Captivities
(Israel then Judah fall)

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Character and Counterfeit Christianity

The process of inspiration

knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Partakers of the Divine Nature

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

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David’s reign as king

Babies go to heaven

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Cost me nothing

But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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Work While You Wait

Discipline

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

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Combat

Spiritual Gifts Need Attention

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,

Study and Cut the word Straight

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Training men

and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Don’t Argue

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

Last days are difficult

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.

Inspiration

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Be ready to preach

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Ear tickling

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

Death is a departure

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

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Loyalty to the Truth

The greatest pastoral joy

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

The danger of seeking to be first

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.

Dates

2166 BC

Themes

The Birth and Growth of the Church

Second Coming Return

and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Bereans

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Witnesses

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

The Whole Counsel of God

for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Repent and be baptized

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Church Priorities

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Salvation in no one else

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

God is sovereign over evil

for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

Obey God rather than man

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

The Holy Spirit is God

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

Immediate Baptism

And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

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Social Injustice of Israel

God sovereign over calamity

Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?

Social Injustice

But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.