27 April 2008

Broadstreet Church of Christ

1213 Broad Street Phenix City, Alabama

Sermon Notes 27 April 2008

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Sermon Notes

27 April 2008

Morning Worship

Tell them of Jesus Lesson Five - Peace is Better Than War

Evening Worship

The first family

or the family of Adam

Broadstreet Church of Christ

1213 Broad Street Phenix City, Alabama

Schedule of Services
Sunday:

Bible Study
10:00 A.M.

Morning Worship
11:00 A.M.

Evening Worship
5:00 P.M.

Wednesday:
Bible Study
7:30 P.M.

All times
Eastern

Morning Worship

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Tell them of Jesus Lesson Five - Peace is Better Than War

Enemies of God before conversion

Ephesians 2:11,12

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Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

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That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

At war with God, if we leave Him

James 4:4

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Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

I. Ephesians 1:1:

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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

a. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God -

Paul's use of the title for himself was as of a plenary representative of Christ, in harmony with the will of God had personally commissioned him:

1. Galatians 1:15

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But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

2. I Corinthians 14:37

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If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

3. II Corinthians 12:12

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Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

b. to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

1. The saints

John 17:17

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Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

2. At Ephesus- their geographic location

3. the faithful in Christ Jesus – their spiritual location

II. Ephesians 1:2:

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Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

a. Grace be to you – God’s unmerited favor

b. and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ:

1. Philippians 4:7

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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

2. James 1:16,17

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Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

III. Ephesians 1:3:

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

a. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places:

1. The expression conveys the idea that the totality of all blessings of a spiritual nature and having eternal value. are to be found exclusively "in Christ."

b. in CHRIST - Exclusively:

1. Galatians 3:27

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For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

2. I John 1:7

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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

3. Acts 4:10-12

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Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

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This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

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Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

iv. Ephesians 1:4:

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According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

a. According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world:

1. Key is “In Him” – plan was for all the redeemed in the church be saved in Christ

b. that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

1. Be holy – in Christ

Philippians 3:9

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And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

2. Without blame before Him

Romans 8:1

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There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

3. In Love

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life

v. Ephesians 1:5:

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Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

a. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself:

1. God in designing the creation of man with the express purpose of making people his sons through Christ.

2. Romans 8:15

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For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

3. Galatians 4:6

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And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

b. according to the good pleasure of his will:

1. His unalterable purpose to confer this blessing on all those who should believe in Christ, and only those.

2. Romans 1:5;16

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By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Evening Worship

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The first family

or the family of Adam

Introduction:

a. In Genesis 5, we read of 10 generations - beginning with

Adam, and ending with the sons of Noah

b. In Genesis 11, we also find 10 generations, beginning with Shem and ending with Abraham

C. These generations are also found in the genealogy of Jesus - Luke 3

d. These genealogies say very little of these men expect that they lived, bore children, and died

e. Death had entered the world with the sin of Adam

f. Victory over death would come through the descendent of these men

g. In this lesson, we will consider some of the notable persons in the family of Adam

I. Seth

Genesis 4:25,26

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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

GENESIS 5:6-8

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And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

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And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

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And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

A. Seth was the son of Adam and Eve.

B. The name Seth means "set", or "appoint." Adam named

him Seth because God had appointed seed from him instead

of Abel, who was murdered by Cain.

C. Seth named his son Enos, which means "frailty."

D. It says that in the days of Seth, "men began to call on the name
of the Lord" - Genesis 4:26. It has been suggested that Seth named his son Enos (frailty) because he recognized the frailty of man and their need for God. Therefore they began to call on the name of the Lord

II. Enoch

Genesis 5:21-24

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And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

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And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

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And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

A. Enoch walked with God. He had close communion with God and

directed his life IN ACCORDANCE with God's will.

B. Enoch "was not, for God took him.":

1. This expression means that Enoch did not die like those who preceded him. Instead, God translated him.

2. This is the same expression used concerning Elijah

II Kings 2:3-5

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And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

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And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

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And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

C. "By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, and

was not found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God" - Hebrews 11:5

D. Jude called Enoch a prophet - Jude 14 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints -This prophecy deals with the judgment of God upon the ungodly

III. Methuselah

Genesis 5:25-27

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And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

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And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

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And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

a. The only notable thing about Methuselah was that of all those mentioned in the Bible, he lived the longest, 969 years

IV. Noah

Genesis 5:29

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And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

A. The name Noah means "rest"

B. Lamech, Noah's father, gave him this name because, "This one will

comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed" – Genesis 5:29

V. Terah

GENESIS 11:27,31

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Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

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And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

A. Terah was the father of Abraham.

B. Terah traveled with Abraham when Abraham left the Ur of the

Chaldees as God instructed him. After Terah's death in Haran,

Abraham continued on to Canaan - Acts 7:4 - Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

C. Terah was the grandfather of Lot, Abraham's nephew

CONCLUSION:

A. The consequences of Adam's sin, physical death, continued through his offspring

B. Men should call on the name of the Lord – Acts 22:16 - And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord

C. One can "please God" by "walking with Him."

D. No matter how long one lives, he will eventually die – Hebrews 9:27 - And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment