The Joy of Forgiveness (Ps. 32)

A Contrite Repentance (Ps. 51:14-19)

A Fearful and Joyful Experience

Purge the Inward Parts

God's Just Judgement (Ps. 51:4-6)

Tender Mercies (Ps. 51:1-3)

The Sin of David

A Psalm of Repentance

A King Whose Heart and Soul is Devoted to the Lord (2 Kings 22-23, 2 Chronicles 34-35)

Adding Roots to our Prayers

The Impact of Holiness (Daniel 10:1-19)

"We have Sinned" (Daniel 9:3-23)

Navigating through a Divided Heart (Luke 10:38-42) and (1 Cor. 7:28-40)

When God calls and Audible

The State of the Gospel (Romans 1:16, 1Cor. 1:17-18, 2:1-5)

I-Hebrews 13:1-25 (Sacrifices Pleasing to God)

 Sacrifices Pleasing to God

H-Hebrews 12:18-29 ( A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken)

 A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

G-Hebrews 12:3-17 ( Do Not Grow Weary)

 Do Not Grow Weary

F-Hebrew 11:1-40 & 12:1-2 (Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Faith)

 By Faith

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Faith

E-Hebrews 10:19-39 (The Full Assurance of Faith)

 The Full Assurance of Faith

D-Hebrews 10:1-18 (Christ Sacrafice Once and for All)

 Christ Sacrafice Once and for All

C-Hebrews 9:11-28 (Redemption Through the Blood of Christ)

 Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

B-Hebrews 9:1-10(The Earthly Holy Place)

 The Earthly Holy Place

A-Hebrews 8:1-13(Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant)

 Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant 

0-Hebrews 7:1-28 (Melchizedek)

 Melchizedek

9-Hebrews 6:13-20 (The Certainty of God's Promise)

 The Certainty of God's Promise

Here after dealing with the above text not talking about losing your salvation, but stating if you do lose it you can't get if back. We look at another piece of the puzzle to eternal security. The idea of perseverance of the saints that God will finish what He starts.

It is His nature to complete what He starts well. So if your salvation wasn't completed it would be better to assume that God never started it, than to think He couldn't keep you from falling away. That is just a wrong view of God. You have to have a extra biblical view of free will to believe this. Apart from God our will is not free, but bound. That is why we need the liberation that only He can provide.

Promise, confirmation, and guarantee 

two unchangeable things

We who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul

A hope that enters into the inter place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone on our behalf

(God is saying here, I want you to have confidence in my salvation for you)(It is what the text say not my opinion or bias)

8-Hebrews 5:11-6:12 (Warning Against Apostasy)

 Warning Against Apostasy

Young group of believers that are not progressing along.

He encourages them strongly.

He has better hopes for them.

vs 4-6 is a hypothetical not this group for sure and does not point a finger to any specific real group.

Can not use text to support losing salvation, but can support if you lose it you can't get it back.

Catholic believe if you commit a moral sin you lose it and have to do restorative work to get it back

This text is a transition piece outside of the narrative. A break to talk to audience about their growth and maturity.

7-Hebrews 4:14-5:10 (Jesus the Great High Priest)

 Jesus the Great High Priest

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Heb. 2:18, for because he himself has suffered when tempted, he able to help those who are being tempted.

For every high priest chosen from among men

is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God

to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. (This is why we still sin also, is because we are man and have weakness toward temptations)

Because of this He is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as He does for those of the people

And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.

In his days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears to Him, who was able to save Him from death

although He was a son, He learned obedience through what He suffered

And being made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

Designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

6-Hebrews 3:7-4:13 (A Rest for the People of God)

 This may need to be two parts are add to lesson 5 it is short can make a break some where

REST

Unbelief

hardened heart

tie in to Romans 9-11

Why did Jews not enter in

Why did wilderness Jews enter in

What is the rest actually

5-Hebrews 3:1-6 (Jesus is Greater than Moses)

 Jesus is greater than Moses

son vs servant

builder of the house

vs the house

Hebrews Outline

1-Hebrews 1:1-4 (It is Finished) 4/4 Audio Notes

2-Hebrews 1:5-14 (The Supremacy of God's Son) 4/11 Audio  Notes

3-Hebrews 2:1-4 (Warning Against Neglecting Salvation) 4/18 Audio

4-Hebrews 2:5-18 (The Founder of Salvation) 4/25 Audio

5-Hebrews 3:1-6 (Jesus is Greater than Moses) 5/2

6-Hebrews 3:7-4:13 (A Rest for the People of God) 5/9

7-Hebrews 4:14-5:10 (Jesus the Great High Priest) 5/16

8-Hebrews 5:11-6:12 (Warning Against Apostasy) 5/23

9-Hebrews 6:13-20 (The Certainty of God's Promise) 5/30

0-Hebrews 7:1-28 (Melchizedek) 6/6

A-Hebrews 8:1-13 (Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant) 6/13

B-Hebrews 9:1-10 (The Earthly Holy Place) 6/20

C-Hebrews 9:11-28 (Redemption Through the Blood of Christ) 6/27

D-Hebrews 10:1-18 (Christ Sacrafice Once and for All) 7/4

E-Hebrews 10:19-39 (The Full Assurance of Faith) 7/11

F-Hebrew 11:1-40 & 12:1-2 (Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Faith) 7/18

G-Hebrews 12:3-17 (Do Not Grow Weary) 7/25

H-Hebrews 12:18-29 (A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken) 8/1

I-Hebrews 13:1-25 (Sacrifices Pleasing to God) 8/8

4-Hebrews 2:5-18 (The Founder of Salvation)

- What is man that you are mindful of him?

-You made the son of man for a little while lower than the angels

You have crowned Him with glory and honor, putting everything in subjection under His feet

-Subjection (nothing is outside of His control) We do not see that right now though.

 Jesus is crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death

He tasted (2nd) death for everyone

The founder of our salvation was made perfect through suffering

He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source

-That is why He is not ashamed to call them brothers

Share in flesh and blood

He destroyed the one who has the power of death that is the devil

and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to life long slavery

It is not the angels that he helps, but the offspring of Abraham 

Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every respect

So that, He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God to make propitiation for the sins of the people

For because (He Himself has suffered when tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted)

3-Hebrews 2:1-4 (Warning Against Neglecting Salvation)

 Therefore, is a tie in from Heb. 1:1-3 and the Angel dialogue.

Therefore, We must pay much closer attention to what we have heard

Lest we drift away from it, 

OT-For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution

NT-How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?

It was declared at first by the Lord and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

2-Hebrews 1:4-14 (The Supremacy of God's Son)

 Audio

Having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

5-For to which of the angels did God every say?

Ps.2:7, Ps. 89.26-27, Ps.97:7, Ps.104:4

8-But of the Son He says,

Ps.45:6-7, Ps. 102:25-27

13-And to which of the angels has he ever said?

Ps.110:1

Ps.34:7, 91:11, 103:20-21

I put these verses in and recommend you do the exercise of reading them from the original source and consider how the author chose to use them and what points or assumptions did he make from them?

The take away here though is that the angels are greater than man and Jesus is way greater than angels.

1-Hebrews 1:1-4 (It is Finished)

Hebrews 1:1-4 (4-4-21) Audio

 1-How does God speaks and direct His people?

• Long ago at many times and in many ways, God spoke to the fathers by the prophets
• But in these last days, he has spoken to us by His Son.

-What time frame is last days describing in this text?

• 1-Plan of Redemption completely made know? 
• 2-The end of mercy for Jewish unbelief? (dispersion and falling away from Jewish traditions)
• 3-70 AD, no more temple and no more passover sacrifices? 

-Was the testimony of Christ incomplete in such a way that we still need other prophets to help us understand what God is doing in regard to redeeming His people?

• The Cessation view on prophecy. Modern view on prophecy in its continued form.
• The role of signs and wonders in the establishing of a covenant.
• When Christ said "It is finished", what exactly was finished?

2-Who is Christ from the Beginning to the End?

• Christ in the beginning was the word in which all things were created by Him. 
• He in the end is also as the Son, the beneficiary or heir of all things.

3-How does Jesus resemble what God looks like?

• He is the radiance of the glory of God
• The exact imprint of his nature
• He upholds the universe by the word of His power

4-What was the main point of Jesus coming to earth and where is He now?

• After making purification for sins
• He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high

5-What was finished at the Cross?

John 19:30 (NKJV): 

So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

Finished revelation of how God makes a way to be reconciled with God?

The payment of sin?

Whose Sin?

Was a way finished or a greater more decisive victory?

9-1 John 5:1-21 (a)

 1 John 5:1-5, Paul

1 John 5:6-12, Jeff

1 John 5:13-17, Mike

1 John 5:18-21, Shane

We got together and finished 1 John letter.

Next week moving to intro in Hebrews

I will try to add notes and share audio in the week to come for this meeting.

1 John 5:1-21 Audio

1 John 5:1-5, Paul

• Love Other Christians
• His Commandment are not burdensome
• Overcoming the World by our Faith

1 John 5:6-12, Jeff

• 3 Witnesses Agree-Water, Blood, & Spirit
• Testimony of God is greater than Testimony of Men
• The Testimony in Himself
• The Life is in the Son

1 John 5:13-17, Mike

• That you may know that you have eternal life
• If we ask anything according to His will
• A sin that leads to death

1 John 5:18-21, Shane

• We know everyone who is born of God does not keep sinning
• God protects those who know Him
• The Son of God has come and has given understanding 
• Little Children, Keep yourselves from idols

8-1 John 4:17-21

 1 John 4:17-19

• Confidence in Day of Judgement
• Boldness in Day of Judgement
• No fear in perfect love
• We love because He first loved us
• John 2:28, we may have confidence and not shrink back in shame of His coming
• Hebrews, further explanation on veil being torn top to bottom
• Shane fireman holy of holiness have to have suit on
• veil removed from our eyes so we can see meaning of God's words
• What is perfect love? Sanctification or Salvation terms? Christ's love or our love towards Him?
• What Judgement? (perfected in love, the work of Christ)
• 1 Cor. building on foundation, (sanctification, stewardship, fire insurance)
• Great white throne and beam seat
• No one can snatch you out of hand and servants
• I don't fear my salvation, but I still have hesitancy is God going to be disappointed with me
• uncomfortableness with how you live
• make much of Christ rather than much of us
• God has done all the work and inviting us in it
• Matt 25:31-46 (The final judgement) separating Goats and sheep, When did we do this.
• 15:45

1 John 4:20-21

• 15:45
• Brother
• mankind, family, other Christians
• good samara tin 
• same denomination 
• different camps
• Voodie Bauchum "thou shall be nice" We think love is being nice. Just to address it offends people

27:50

• have real conversation
• stand on God's word, His word not our opinions. God's word will keep us united
• Salvation and Sanctification
• Christian family for neighbor
• snipets bomb shells
• original hears probably had a oral frame work we don't have for interpretation
• taking scripture out of context, I always look at what concept is God trying to teach us here, to instill in our heart
• Other better grammar interpreters, 
• give grace to one another at in each other opinions
• work out salvation in fear and trembling, it is God doing the work in us (temple fear, holiness fear)
• pray we grow as a group take on tough and technical issues. Be brave to share, and to sharpening one another with text
• Chapter on bible on forgiveness. Possible all 66 books. 25 key concepts you only know 15. they may some of the ones you don't know

33.32

• Replacement theology, Jeff if I called Jim. A mischaracterization of some good people
• let people explain how they feel. If I hear you correctly you are saying this?
• Jesus taking on our sins, one person said no way that could happen, When she seen it in scripture, she yielded to it
• What scripture helps you conclude that
• If that is true how does Christ deal with your sin
• Some text no wiggle room, but some text is not super clear, because of lack of words and clarification

37:00

• Ps 139:21, Lord I hate those who hate you. If they have rejected you I can hate them but if not I can't 

38.36

• How to handle 1 John 5
• Covenant Theology (Puzzle Box is NT and OT is the pieces)

7-1 John 4:7-16

 1 John 4:7-12

1 John 4:13-16

6-1 John 4:1-6

 1 John 4:1-6

5-1 John 3:14-24

4-1 John 2:28-3:13

1) 2:28-29 

• Dont Shrink Back (Gen 3:7-11)
• If you are saved, practice righteousness (Gen. 4:1-7)

2) 3:1-3

• We are children of God
• The world doesn't know us because it didn't know Him (John 14:15-23)

3) 3:4-8

• Practice & Keep
• Sin is Lawlessness
• Abide=well done good and faithful servant
• Righteousness
• Reason Jesus Came
• Born of God
• Abide=Stewarding well
• The Beginning

(Matt. 5:21-24)

• Anger, Murder, Brother, You Fool
• Liable of Judgement and Hell Fire
• Offering a gift at the altar

4) 3:9-10

• By This
• Children of God
• Brother

(Gen. 4:8-10)

• Cain killed Abel because anger rose up in his heart
• Where is Abel your Brother?
• Am I my brothers keeper?

5) 3:11-13

• The Beginning (the message you have heard)
• Don't be like Cain
• Brother (Murder and evil deeds)
• The world will hate you (John 7:1-7)

(Gen. 4:11-16)

• Cursed
• Out of God's presence
• Shrink Back

3-1 John 2:18-27

 1)1 John 2:18-19, 

The Great Falling Away

(What do you think when professing Christians turn from what they once seemed to believe and hold on to?)

2)1 John 2:20-21,

You are anointed. Sealed by the Spirit

(What does it mean to be anointed? Can you lose the anointing? Is the anointing something you need to work up or rest in?

3)1 John 2:22-23,

Defining the Antichrist 

(How does the Bible define the Anti Christ?)

4)1 John 2:24-25,

Hold on to what you received from the beginning 

(Why is it important to know what God has given you and to hold onto it?)

5)1 John 2:26-27

The anointing teaches you

Nothing will convict and guide you personally like God’s word. 

1) 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (ESV): Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction

2)John 4:10–14 (ESV): Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

2)Ephesians 1:13–14 (ESV): In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. 

3)1 Corinthians 12:3 (ESV): Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. 

3)Matthew 16:16–17 (ESV): Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

4) Ephesians 6:13 (ESV): Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

4) Galatians 3:1–5 (ESV): O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

5) John 14:25–26 (ESV): These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

5) John 16:13–14 (ESV): When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Audio 1 John 2:18-27 (2-7-21)

Dennis, Paul, Shane, Jeff, Keith (Paul had to jump of at 8:00)

1-1 John 2:18-19 (0:00)

• Jeff read text
• Highlighted  some of the key terms, anitchrist, last hour, therefore we know, went out, open thoughts
• 1:40, Keith, Sheeps clothing and inward ravenous wolves. Matt. 7:15
• 2:10, many antichrist has come. Christ return and 70 ad. Temple has not been rebuilt. No more sacrifice.
• Temple tent, building now no temple.
• Went out from us, the great falling away is happening and the temple destroyed.
• Just because a person professes to be a Christian or goes to church doesn't mean they are.
• 1 Cor. 12:3, no one can say Jesus is Lord except in the Holy Spirit. John 6:66, disciples falling away. Teaching get to hard and a thinning of the herd can happen.
• 6:48, Paul, the last hour, they though then, why should we think it is the last hour now? Disciples thought it would be in their lifetime. 
• 7:50, Jeff, they thought they were in the last day. 70 ad so significant. Not just one person, but many antichrist. Trying in infiltrate the church.
• 9:15, They deny key gospel concepts. Nothing but love or nothing but wrath. Knowing all of God. If someone harms you child out of foolishness wrath is coming out of you. Christ Return, last day of last days. America in last days, in reformation the Catholic Church in last days. Christopher Columbus Europe last day. When tested shown who people are at the core.
• 12:22, Body of Armor, we just studied. 
• 13:22, Shane, he who deny the Father and the Son
• 13:40, Paul, 2nd term antichrist, false teachers, and person who bring upheaval 
• 2 Thes.  Man of lawlessness (eat of flesh and drink of my blood) (Man of lawlessness) (Rebellion and lawlessness) Lying

2-1 John 2:20-21(16:05)

• Shane Read
• 16:35,
• 17:36, Jeff, Aaron was anointed. Set apart for something important. Luke 4, home town of Nazareth, spirit has anointed me.
• 19:13, anointed by the Holy one.
• 19:38, Paul, didn't do first miracle till was baptized. OT, Spirit goes where it wants. Spirit came upon them. After resurrection that it dwelled in believers.
• 21:10, Could anointed mean filled by the Holy Spirit
• 22:05, When we baptized some one, buried with Christ in Baptism and raised out of the water into new life (Col. 2:12)
• Jesus dies on the Cross and raised from the dead, negative to pay debt and positive to new life. 
• Imagery or fore shadow of what is going to happen to us. Unless we die, pickup our cross.  If you try to hold on to your life you will loose it and if you give your life you will find it.
• Eph. 1:13-14, seal of guarantee I know what it is to have the spirit in me and not. God's mark is the Holy Spirit on you and in you.

3-1 John 2:22-23 (27:30)

• Keith, read
• 27:58, define the antichrist, a spirit against God, Peter in Matthew 16, Jesus get behind me Satan. Confess Christ or Deny Christ is Spiritual.
• 29:25, Shane, acknowledges Him and denies Him. What went wrong there? Peter stumbling dramatically changed in Acts 2, but, then Gal. 2, Peter ruff around  the edges. Taught us with Peter through his blooper and Paul with excellent . 
• 31:45, Paul, Rm. 7, what a wretched man, I am, Paul and Barnabas division. A battle starts. Not save living in the world 100%. We have a helper or comforter. As soon as we make a victory for the Lord we can be attacked by Spirit of the Anti-Christ.
• 33:50, Peter was a fishermen or a simpleton, and Paul was educated and the Holy Spirit amplified what you have. What they were faithful to . A drug dealer saved or a pretty nice person. Everyone still has a sin problem. BC vs AD.

4-1 John 2:24-25 (35:50)

• Shane, Read
• 36:40, Paul, Col. 3, I am dead to the flesh, but I am alive hidden in Christ. Abiding. Win your saved the sin desire doesn't completely go away, but you now have a choice.
• 38:10, add, medicine, changes their state. One state and the other state. Walking in your salvation or not. Family members who are not morning people. If you based your relationship or that morning person. Some people do not wake up recognizing who they are in Christ. We have to wake up and realize we are a child of the King. 
• Leading our spouse and children in leading them to Christ
• 43:27, Paul, The church of Ephesis, You have forsaken your first love. 
• 45:00, Jeff, John 15, connected to the vine. Resting in that.
• 45:55, Paul, jump off
• 45:25,Keith, 

5-1 John 2:26-27 (47:11)

• writing because some are trying to deceive us
• we know the truth. Wolves in sheep's clothing is going to come.
• The anointing will teach you.
• 50:15, Jeff, You don't need anything new.
• 50:45, John 14, The helper will come and teach you of all things.
• John 16, The helper will guide you.
• 52:50, Don't prep to much, Jesus with make a way
• teaching 3 times you don't need anyone to teach you
• My philosophy , abide in your word, tools to look closely at scripture. 
• Teacher is not me but the Holy Spirit
• 55:00, in March 22 years of marriage. Met her crazy in love for scripture. 
• My passion changed, for a love or ministry or people.
• I got of the path of reading scripture for reading scripture. Scripture was the key source I had available to me.
• All the answer I really need is in their I just have to mine
• When you get away from your word, you get away from the greatest tool you have to shed light on that situation
• If our churches are going to be strong, It is based on men and women getting serious on scripture
• a church can only be as 
• 58:28, Jeff abide in truth and remember what we heard from the beginning
• 58:50, Keith, stay in the word. John 12
• 59:55, Shane, reading ahead not to shrink from Him. Stay in the word and be prepared.
• 1:00:50, Mike jumped in good study.

6-Closing (1:01:16)

• Mike closing prayer

2-1 John 2:3-17

 2:3-6, Know of 39 times

By This of 11 times

2:7-11, Light and Darkness of 13 times

Commandment of 18 times

2:12-14, Perspective Groups based on age

2:15-17, The World of 24 times

Top 5 words used by John (3109)

1. Love 52 times
2. Know 39 times
3. Sin 27 times
4. Abides 26 times
5. World 25 times

Audio-Jeff, Shane, Dennis, Keith, Paul, Mike audio only.

1-Asked about Bible reading

Jeff in Job, Elihu new character (possible foreshadow of Christ)(no written word) What if you didn't have scripture or a church in a hard time

Shane Exodus 26, hard reading. 

Dennis, trying to keep up with politics, started 15-30 mins of Bible before other interest. Put your hope in Christ before you worry about woes of the world. Wake up in middle of night and listen to scripture when can't sleep. Try to get a least 15mins of written word. A good gravy can make any food taste good. Find a text you like.

Keith in Genesis. Almost to Exodus. Exodus great redemptive event. Door what saved them was the blood. Joseph led brothers to repentance.

Paul-finished Romans and Spurgon study, and at church married class. 1 John.

Mike-trying take 2, fell behind last year. 

2-1 John 2:3-6 (10:00)

• Mike's father in law would always point 1 John to how we can know we are saved
• By This, notice these statements, here vs.3 and vs. 5
• Know, 4 times in text. Love-52, Know-39, Abide-26 times
• Adam Knew His wife, a form of intimacy 
• 3 types of Know, 
• 1-What is the weather outside
• 2-Work profession skill, color code for phone man, 2nd degree of knowledge 
• 3-How you know your wife or your children
• I little bit of knowledge will make you a atheist at lot of knowledge will make you a Christian
• Shift from absolute truth to relative truth
• 18:00, Jeff 3 levels of knowing distinction, trying to keep commandment, application. Seeking after the desires of God's heart, a way of being intimate with Him
• it is not a check list, if you are in Him your attitude is changed and it is not so hard to obey
• If someone asked you what book to read about forgiveness? Forgiveness is throughout the whole Bible. A traditional book you would buy of the shelf, but the Bible is written in a different way. The idea of theology is developed about forgiveness. 25 concepts, person A have 15 and another has 10 and they interact together and collaborate, about what the Bible most clearly says about Forgiveness. That should encourage them to do that for more Biblical themes.
• 4 point thing systematic theology, push back because they think we are trying to force a system on scripture. the Bible tends to go from topic to topic. It is a system of thought on forgiveness, but not forced on
• Philosophy is were we can bring our bias to Scripture. Love and Wrath. If I am pro Love, I will ignore wrath text.
• Action-Social Justice, What every action we do should come from scripture, right theology, right philosophy then action. Submitting their thinking to the word of God
• People take the wrong path on knowledge
• 26:55, Shane, (Keep His commandments is legalistic, some would say) Because I am not in the word as much, I don't hunger to keep the commandment sometime. 
• It can almost be like a gauge if you don't desire to keep commands. (license to sin)
• Deceive ourselves 1 John 1:8, 1 John 2:4 By This, He is giving you a gas gauge
• something wrong under the hood
• Matt. 16, Peter confess Christ, This was not revealed to you by flesh and blood
• 31:14, Keith, "The have too's become the want too's (Rich young Ruler)(Works and the Faith_
• 32:35, encouraging us to go through the word.
• 33:10, about knowing, disciples in the boat vs. the centurion on authority. little faith vs much faith. not trying to mustard it up, but come to know Him. Delivered out of Exodus without lifting a weapon. Knowing is important, a lot of people can't persevere in loving Christ because they don't really know Him. Worshiping in Leviticus, some flesh has to burn and blood has to be shed, this is the cost of sin. They need to know the cost for sin. Not one sin that was not covered by blood and fat.
• 36:54, Paul (Love God and others, Love in deeds not just in words)(John 17)(It is time for you to walk with me)(Surrender your life to me)(Abiding in Him and the Holy Spirit help you)
• 39:20, Keith, on obedience "Our Action should confirm our salvation not secure it"

3-1 John 2:7-11 (41:26)

• 41:26, read text, Light and Darkness of 13 times
• 42:30, Paul Darkness Sin and Light walking with Christ and in the Spirit, not a new thing.
• Gen 4, Cain madd because God didn't receive offering
• 45:30, Jeff, concept of darkness and light, JOY, Jesus, Others, Yourself last. 
• 46:45, Shane, when I got saved my friend relationships changed, but cared for them more now.
• 46:15, Keith, Darkness is passing away
• 48:10, The darkness blinded their eyes.

4-1John 2:12-14 (48:40)

• Little Children, first saved, Father's long time believer, Young men in the prime of their life.
• 52:42, Keith, Fathers
• 52:30, Paul,
• 54:26, memory, eyes, getting old. pray for the youth. Fighting age. Men who can go to battle.

5-1 John 2:15-17 (57:00)

• World used 6 time here. Rich Young Ruler, sell what you have and you will have treasures in heaven. Store up your treasures where moth and rust will not destroy. Peter said "we have given up so much" and Jesus said none of what you have given up will be rewarded.
• Pilgrims progress, sin, judgement and heaven and hell a real place. The struggle to get to heaven and glory. If we don't talk about the consequences of sin and judgement is coming
• Passion and Patience, waited 1 year but last forever. This life is temporary 
• 1:04:20, Keith, moon reflects the light of the sun, the earth gets in the way on light reflection
• 1:05:05, Shane, get wrapped up in world making money. vacations
• 105:48, Jeff, what world. How to define it? Kevin Deyoung. Not people of the world, but this corrupt system of the world.
• 106:40, Keith
• 107:04, Paul, what is Hebrew word there?
• 107:55, Shane, study Bible says
• 1:08:15, consider doctrine of original sin next week? Historical Christianity would say we were born with a sin nature. Progressive Christianity we are born good and we sin and act up because someone teaches us to sin or hate. 
• If you do not have a sin nature that cripples you there is no need for a savior.

 6-Pray (1:11:50)

• Dennis
• Shane
• Keith
• Paul

1-1 John 1-2:2

This morning, we started the letters of John. The hope and idea is to prepare our hearts for the Gospel book of John. 

As we spend the next 5 weeks or so in the letters of John, we hope to unpack to some degree or another some solid foundational doctrines. Three doctrines that stood out for me were, 1-The sufficiency of Scripture, 2-Penal Substitutionary Atonement, and 3-Assurance of Salvation. The book is not limited to just these 3 though because it speaks to much more than just these.

From the Beginning

John 1:1-4, The first idea we see here is based on "from the beginning". John starts his letters just like he does his gospel. John 1:1 says, "In the beginning", for those who abide in scripture this is a natural appeal to Gen. 1:1"In the beginning".

So as we survey the Bible, the very first 5 verses speaks about the first day of creation where God said "let there be light" and we have light and darkness. Then in the NT, John in his gospel starts with tying in two important moments of time, the creation of our world and the incarnation which is the start of redeeming our world. After the Church has begun its journey in the great commission, we see John writing a letter to shepherd the flock of God he has been entrusted too and again here we see him starting with reminding the sheep of who to look to, the one who all creation finds its being (Acts 17:24-31). We will look at this a little more in next section when we look at "light and darkness". 

Manifest

For me a key word here in this text was also "Manifest". In John 14, you can unpack 3 questions the disciples make. 

1-Thomas, "Lord we do not know where your are going, how can we know the way? (vs 5). 

2-Philip, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us"(vs 8). 

3-Judas not Iscariot, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world (vs 22)? 

3 key things here is knowing, seeing and understanding "The Way". 

The definition of manifest as an adjective is "clear or obvious to the eye or mind" and as a verb it is "display or show something by demonstration." 

In context this was the last conversation the disciples would have with Jesus before the Cross, so you can see the hunger to get their last instructions.

What Jesus promised them in the John 14 text and following they are confirming here. They are acknowledging that this idea of that, they were equipped to know the way, to know the Father, and to see how they should conduct themselves even though they didn't have God in the flesh anymore was true and they are furthermore communicating to their audience the same message of truth is for them, that they were able to come to know. This promise is in vs. 3&4 surrounded around the key word "fellowship and joy". 

Light and Darkness

John 1:5-7, Here with pick back up on the idea of "light and darkness". As a group it was pointed out that God created light on the first day and that was before He created the sun on the fourth day. Also in  Revelation 21:23 & 22:5, we see "And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and it's lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk" and "They will need no light of lamp or sun for the Lord God will be their light. We spoke about how dark it can get. If you neighborhood loses power at night and you walk outside it is scary dark. It has a thick feel to it. God has been good to us to give us the reflections of light from the Sun and the moon. They are not sources of light but reflections of it. We spoke of 

John 1:8-10, 

John 2:1-2, 

Audio-Dennis, Jeff, Mike, Paul, and Keith. (Shane helping with another study)

• Intro to 1 John with comments from Paul and Jeff and opening prayer. 

Part 1

• 6:20, 1 John 1-4, reading of the text
• Manifest, John 14, How will you make yourself know to us but not to the world?
• Absolute truths and infallibility of scripture, If the word of God a firm foundation or not?
• Outside of reading scripture, your eyes ears and heart will just not be open to digest truth.
• Without scripture is like knowing your blind and refusing to put on your glasses.
• 11:15 Jeff, "In the beginning" Gen. 1 and John 1.
• 12:30, response on Jesus incarnation and the importance of the information of what they did have.
• 15:00, Paul, Ch. 4:2, testing the spirits, follows up on false teaching that He was not God in the flesh. "Do not believe every spirit, test the spirits to see if they are of God, for many false prophets have already gone into the world, by this you know the spirit of God.
• 19:00, Keith being invited into a group to study
• 20:25, The physical, what we have seen, heard and touch. With many infallible proofs. 
• 21:50, We didn't write everything, but we wrote enough for you to know. We will not know it all, but we can know enough. We can give good answers, but will not be able to answer all. At some point they will have to go to Jesus personally.
• Put it in you knower. As time goes on God will make is makes sense or come alive.
• Without God's word understanding Him is a fools errand.
• 25:10, Mike on his friend Benny. Deut. 29:29. The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us forever, so that we may do all the words of this law.

Part 2

• 27:33, 1 John 1:5-7, Walking in the Light
• 29:30, Paul, Deep darkness is not desirable, but the reduction of light allows us to appreciate the lesser lights, but we are still enjoying the light.
• 31:15, Fellowship, unity, in order to have good fellowship with man we have to first have it with God. Sin creates division. Our unity with men is limited by our fellowship with God. Lured by the sin nature to do something in darkness because you wouldn't do it in the light. We do not pursue our actions in darkness.
• 34:20, Jeff, attributes of God, God is light. Walking in darkness
• 36:25, Paul, 7 days of creation, light before sun, where did that light come from? Rev. not sun?
• 37:10, Mike day 4 before sun was created
• 37:40, Jeff, the sun makes think grow and Jesus is going to do that for us in eternity
• 38:10, Paul, pitch darkness, terrifying feeling. Do we want it to be all the time. At night it is a different light
• 39:00 Keith, see moon because of reflection of the light. 
• 39:26, We are to be image bearers
• 39:40, Telescope, trying to explain about the sun and who it revolves around
• 40:30, Mike, the moonshiners bible study

Part 3

• 41:00, 1 John 1:8-10,
•  Unpack sin in about 3 ways. 
• If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Sometimes we don't share the Gospel in a good news way.
• If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and his word is not in us.
• 43:30, Mike, The word "sin" can be used as a noun and a verb.
• If you remember in English class, a noun is a person, place or thing. Where a verb is something you do. State of Sin, Jesus rescues us from that and rescues us from that and redefines us. Other times you sin but that is not what defines you. If you get this wrong you can see "losing salvation".
• Jesus took away the sin of the world as a noun not as a verb. 
• 46:35, Infallibility of scripture, PSA, and losing salvation.
• 47:20, Paul, confessing Weirsby
• 47:45, Jeff, How important is it to confess your sins? If you don't confess it, you are saying you have no need for it.
• 48:50, Mike, It restores the relationship. Bench seat. She moves over. We don't move. Relationship is settled at the cross, but lack of confession kills fellowship and intimacy. 
• 50:20, Keith, 
• 51:05, the refusal to confess, does that link to the idea of you walking in darkness, prepare you for deception. 
• 52:00, Paul, Ps. 51, I am in agreement with the Lord on how He sees his sin
• 53:40, Mike, restore the joy of my salvation. Be restorative.

Part 4

• 54:10, 1 John 2:1-2
• 1 John 1:7, The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
• 1 John 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• 1 John 2:1-2, But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins.
• Clear about the hope of Christ, a tool to realize it.
• The gospel is still light that penetrates to darkness of our day.
• Gen. 3 Adam sinned and blaming others. When we fall, repent and trust in God
• 57:45, Jeff, Advocate. We need and advocate between us and our Father. Satan the accuser
• 58:40, Mike, Hebrews 4, Jesus a high priest that understands us.
• 59:15, Jeff raising kids, does it get easier. Praying for you.
• 1:00:35, Keith, follow my command if you love me.

Prayer 

• 1:01:40
• You don't call us to be perfect, but you call us to come into the light.
• You know our heart and you can guide us through our struggles.

Q&A Luke 12 week series Review

12 "The Parable of the Prodigal Son" (Luke 15:11-32)

11 "The Parable of the Rich Fool" (Luke 12:13-21)

1)13-14, (The Situation)

In the middle of a teaching Jesus is interrupted by a brother that is not content with his share of the family inheritance.

He appeals to a custom where Rabbi’s would take on the role of settling civil disputes among the people.

Jesus responds with a question to him about who He is? 

Jesus responded this way in Luke 18:18-19 with the Rich Ruler. He approached Jesus as a “Good Teacher” and Jesus asked Why do you call me good?

I believe both of the responses with a question is similar to what we see in Matt. 16:13-16. 

First Jesus ask His disciples who do others say that I am and then He makes it personal, who do you say that I am. 

We have all had someone deal with us in a way that you realize they know nothing about you. 

With the magnitude of the work that Jesus came to accomplish, He often dealt with people that had a very small view of what He was all about. 

When you consider the words of Jesus in Luke 12:8-12, He is not talking about a trivial matter, He is talking about some of the most weighty topics for men to consider. 

This line of questioning that the man proposes shows he is fairly oblivious to the grown up conversation that is going on and Who he is talking too.

Who is Jesus? Do you really know Him?

Remember how in Luke 5:21-26, we see the Pharisees struggle with the truth that only God can forgive sins. This was a 100% accurate theological statement.

The problem was not that they were theological wrong, but that they failed to realize Who it was that they were talking with. Jesus vaguely gives them a hint in vs 24, by saying “so that you know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins” He is identifying Himself as the Messiah at this point and they fail to recognize that the miracle He performed before their eyes was evidence that He is the one the scriptures pointed to as rescuing them.

2)15, (The Command)

10th Commandment, Do not Covet. Exodus 20:17

In John 14:15, Jesus says, If you love me you will keep my commandments. 

In Matt. 28:20 Jesus  says make disciples by teaching them to observe all that He has commanded.

Here we see, Him making a commandment base on the 10th commandment handed to Moses by God. 

Be on guard against all tendencies of a covetousness nature.

He teaches to this commandment here saying that one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.

As people seek to find value in their life, some inventory their worth by the abundance of possession they acquire in this life.

Jesus will use a parable here to teach to the perspective and importance of seeing the value of treasures in Heaven.

3)16-17, (When a Blessing comes your way!!!)

What do you do when a door is open before you? 

When you have a great opportunity? 

Do you consider how God wants you to handle or manage the opportunity? 

The man in our parable has only thoughts of his own well being. He doesn’t think of anyone else.

He isn’t described as a person who would be mindful of others needs.

In comparison we can look to Gen. 41, where we see Joseph in a place to steward an unusual blessing of the Lord. 

He is guided to lead the greatest nation of his day in the Lord’s direction so that many nations can be cared for. 

It is revealed to him that there will be 7 years of prosperity and 7 years of famine. 

He puts together a plan of stewardship that makes a way for others to be cared for throughout this time of famine.

4)18-19, (Do you inquire of the Lord???)

In 2 Chronicles 18, Two Kings. One like the rich fool is only mindful of his own prosperity. The other like Joseph considers what is God’s will in this matter?

The Rich Fool worries about where to store his stuff. He never considers sharing with others. He never considers he was blessed to be a blessing. He never comes to know there is treasure in helping others meet their needs and being a conduit for the Lord that feeds a soul greater than the meager rations of the physical life. There is a food that the eyes of the earthly body can’t perceive. But in obedience to the commands of Christ our eyes can be opened to some degree to a food and a treasure that can not be compared to the things of this life.

5)20-21, (Do your treasures join you to God or separate you from Him?)

Treasures in heaven are not a consolation prize. Denying things of this life in order to know more about the life to come is not a foolish choice. 

Mark 8:36-37, says “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?

We may can buy temporary comforts in this life, but we can not buy our salvation. This is a much weightier topic for consideration than how we will retire in this life.

Jesus showed us how He handled this situation in Matthew 4:8-10 when tempted the 3rd time. The devil offers all the kingdoms to Jesus if He would bow down and worship Him.

Jesus could not be bought or bribed to misplace His worship.

John 1:3, Everything that exist was spoke into existence and has derived it’s being from God. All that we can perceive is from Him. 

It is foolish for any of us to worship the creation over the creator Romans 1:25. The only practical way we fall in this trap is by being ignorant to Who God is Mark 4:41.

Our ability to walk in the light is foundationally established by knowing who He is John 3:18-21. All too many people try to earn their salvation by mustering up a measure of faith as a means to a desirable end, but faith is not something we muster up, but it is a result of truly knowing who God is. It is impossible to give all that we have away without knowing the God of the Bible Luke 18:24-27. But in knowing Him like we seen with Matthew Luke 5:28 or Zaccheus Luke 19:8 the tax collectors forsaking all is the wisest thing we could ever do.

We can try to acquire things, so that we don’t need God or we can learn to trust in the Lord to provide our needs.

Like the Rich Fool, we can comfort ourselves with our ability to acquire stuff in this life or we can inquire of the Lord to direct our steps.

In the book of Exodus, we do not see the people of God needs being overlooked. He meets all their needs. He protects and provides for them. 

He gives them sunblock in the day by a cloud. He gives them warmth at night by a pillar of fire. He leads their steps in the moving of the cloud or pillar of fire Exodus 13:17.

He gives them food either by manna or doves Exodus 16. He gives them water from a rock Exodus 17. And even when the Egyptian army comes after them again, He defends them by fighting for them Exodus 14.

Some that were part of the Exodus journey was ready to go anywhere with God and others still longed to go back to Egypt.

So is he who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God

In closing, take time to consider where you are at in regard to coveting? That is the key teaching here. That is what Jesus told the Parable for. Is your security found in your stuff or the creator of your stuff. Does your stuff have a hold on you? Are you willing to surrender your stuff for His will in and through you? 

Overcoming a covetous desire puts you in a position to be a blessing to others. Joseph in Gen. 41, was not a slave to a covetous heart and because of that he was found to be the only one wise enough to manage God’s provisions for the people. In this his eyes were opened to a foretaste of the goodness of God to use him as a vessel of grace to meet the needs of others. Jesus said it best in John 4:32, “I have a food to eat that you do not know about.”

Philippians 4:11-13 “I have learned in whatever situation I am in to be content.”