John Barch

Ten Commandments Wk7

jbarch — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:01:00 GMT

Fifth Command Exodus 20:12
l Respect for Authority Begins at Home
l Love for God Must Come First
l The Parent/Child Relationship is the Beginning of Human Society
l Honor Your Father & Mother
l Honor-Means Heavy or Weighty
l To Honor One’s Parents is to Give Due Weight to Their Position
l To Honor is to Respect, Esteem, Value, and Prize Fathers and Mothers as Gifts From God
l The Opposite of Honor is Dishonor
l Parents Should Not Be Treated Lightly
l Rebellion & Disrespect Against Parents Has Become a Common Sin (Lev 20:9 & Deut 21:18–21)
l thy father and thy mother-Both With Equal Respect (Prov 6:20 & Lev 19:3)
l The Command Applies to Children & Adults
l Respecting Authority Applies to Every Person in Every Relationship
l The Israelites Used the Term father in Relationships Outside the Home
l What is Involved in Honoring Parents?
l Gratitude
l Obedience
l Support (Prov 23:22)
l What’s Involved in Honoring Others in Authority?
l The Government (1 Peter 2:17 & Rom 13:1)
l Our Work (Eph 6:5)
l Leaders in the Church (1 Tim 5:17)
l Respect for Those in Authority is Respect for God
l The Other Side
l Those in Authority Are Responsible to Exercise it to Please God
l Family Duties Are Reciprocal
l Children Are to Obey Their Parents
l Parents Are to Give Proper Discipline (Eph. 6:4)
l Although Children Don’t Always Listen, They Never Fail to Imitate l Life & Prosperity
l A Reason to Keep the Command- Our Own Best Interest
l To the Nation of Israel, Long Life in God’s Land
l To All Individuals, A General Promise Conditioned on Obedience
l Repeated in the NT, the First Command with a Promise (Eph. 6:2)
l days may be long upon the land-A Hebrew Phrase for the Fullness of God’s Blessing (Eph 6:3)
l This is the General Purpose of God & Reveals What Usually Happens
l Another Reason, God Holds Us Responsible for Spiritual Instruction
l It is Essential For Salvation & Passing on The Faith (Prov 1:8 & 3:1–2)

Ten Commandments Wk6

jbarch — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:16:00 GMT

Fourth Command Exodus 20:8-11
o What to Do
o Remember-More Than Just Memory
o The Sabbath Was Not New to Israelites
o For the Jew, the Sabbath was Connected with Creation
o This Was Not a One Time Event
o This Demanded a Total Engagement of Our Person
o Sabbath (šabbāṭ )-Stopping or Cessation
o Sabbath day-Stopping Day Where Regular Work Ceases
o Gives Laborers a Break From Daily Routine & A Heightened Focus on God
o To keep it holy-A Day Belonging to God or Setting it Apart for Sacred Use
o Keeping the Lord’s Day Holy Preserves the Sabbath Principle of Resting
o The Day was Provisional—a Sign of Israel’s Coming Salvation
o How To Do It?
o Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work-Our Part of the Week
o We Are to Work
o Work is Not a Result of the Fall (Gen 2:15)
o Having 6 days to Work is Divine Grace
o But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God-Belongs to Him for Worship
o Unfortunately, Sabbath Became Legalistic Beyond Belief for Jews
o No Work for thou, nor thy…-Rest for Everyone
o Family Instruction
o Employers Responsibility
o Why Do It?
o God’s Pattern in Creation is the Model for Our Own Work and Rest
o We Work Because We are Made in the Image of a Working God
o The Duty to Work is for Everyone, Not Just for People Who Get Paid
o We Also Serve a Resting God
o The Sabbath Remembered Creation as well as Redemption (Deut. 5:15)
o Our Transition to the Lord’s Day
o The Sabbath is Not the Lord’s Day
o We Now Ask: How Do I Keep the Lord’s Day?
o In Practice, A Special Day is Still a Necessity
o We Have Received A New & Greater Deliverance
o We Remember That Jesus is Risen from the Dead and Alive Forever
o Jesus is the Fulfillment of the 4th Commandment
o The OT Sabbath Pointed to the Full and Final Rest Only Found in Christ
o Jesus Gives a New Meaning to Work & Rest
o He Came into the World & Finished the Work of His Father (John 4:34)
o On the Basis of That Work, He Provides Rest to Our Souls (Matt. 11:29 & Heb 4:9–10)
o What Are Some Lord’s Day Activities:
o Rest is Needed to Restore Efficiency
o The Family Needs to Participate Together
o The Church Assembles for Worship (Heb 10:25)
o The Church Studies and is Exhorted by the Word
o The Church Fellowships Together
o The Church Gives to the Needs (I Cor 16:2)

Ten Commandments Wk5

jbarch — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:44:00 GMT

Third Command                       Exodus 20:7
•         The Name Above All Names
•         Our Full Names are Given, Not Chosen
•         Naming is an Act of Authority
•         No One Named God
•         It Was an Act of Sovereign Authority
•         the LORD ( יהוה ) -YHWH or YAHWEH, Gods Personal Name
•         Meaning: I AM Who I AM (Ex 3:14-15)
•         God’s Name is His Identity
•         His Name Refers to the Essence of His Divine Being
•         His Name Represents His Reputation
•         God Made a Name for Himself in Creation & Redemption (Ps 106:8)
•         Misusing God’s Name
•         take-Means Lift Up or Raise
•         How Was This Done with God’s Name?
•         Used in Legal Situations with the Taking of an Oath
•         Used Broadly for Situations When People Took God’s Name on Their Lips
•         God’s People Were Not Forbidden to Use God’s Name
•         God Gave Us His Name to Address Him Personally
•         What God Forbids is Misuse of His Name
•         in vain- Means Empty
•         Specific Misuses: Carelessly, Thoughtlessly & Flippantly
•         To Treat Something Holy & Sacred as Common and Secular
•         God’s Name Was Taken in Vain in OT Times:
•         In Sorcery-The Occult (Deut 18:10-12)
•         In False Prophecy (Jer 14:14-15)
•         In Swearing False Oaths-Perjury (Lev 19:12)
•         What About Today?
•         The Most Obvious is to Use His Name as a Swear Word
•         To Use it as a Mild Oath
•         Use it to Advance Our Agenda
•         All Promises Are Really Oaths Before God
•         Broken Promises of Daily Life
•         Work is a Promise or Contract
•         Oaths in Law Courts
•         The Marriage Vow
•         Dedication of a Child in Church
•         Whenever We Confuse What We Want With What God Wants, We Take His Name in Vain
•         Merchandising God’s Name
•         By Being Careless in Our Worship
•         The Consequences
•         will not hold him guiltless-To Go or Leave Unpunished
•         The Precise Punishment is Left Unspecified
•         His Name is Wonderful
•         The Positive Side-Use His Name Properly
•         The First Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, Hallowed be Thy name (Matt. 6:9)
•         To Hallow Means: To Consecrate or To Set Apart for a Sacred Purpose
•         What are Some Ways to Use God’s Name Properly?
•         His Name Can Be Praised, Honored, Blessed & Celebrated
•         His Name Can Be Exalted, Worshiped & Adored
•         From the Book of Psalms: Ps 29:2; Ps 66:2; Ps 72:19; Ps 103:1
•         There is a Clear Connection Between Honoring God’s Name and Spreading the Gospel
•         Our Reputation is a Reflection on His Reputation
•         At the Name of Jesus
•         Some Will Keep Using God’s Name in vain Until the Day of Judgment (Matthew 7:22–23)
•         In That Day, His Name Will Be Praised (Phil 2:10–11)

Ten Commandments Wk4

jbarch — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:08:00 GMT

Second Command                              Exodus 20:4-6
•        The First Commandment is to Worship the Right God
•        The Second Commandment is to Worship the Right God in the Right Way
•        The Explanation of Idolatry
•        The Rule
•        Don’t Make Any Idols
•        graven images-Crafted by a Tool
•        likeness… in heaven…earth…water-Everywhere
•        not bow down…nor serve them- Forbids Making Things to Serve as Objects of Worship
•        The Israelites Had Been Living with the Egyptians
•        The God of Israel Refused to be Represented in the Image of Any of His Creatures (Is 44:14-20 & Jer 10:3-5)
•        What is the Process By Which an Idol Becomes a god?
•        The True God is Spirit and Unseen
•        Let’s Make it Easier to Remember by a Little Image
•        Over Time, the Image Ceases to Represent God and Takes the Place of Him
•        What Is the Attractiveness of an Idol?
•        Guaranteed Presence
•        Selfish Advantage
•        Easy Obligations
•        Convenient Locations (1 Kgs 14:23)
•        Normal Practice in the Ancient World
•        Pleasing to the Senses
•        The Reason
•        God Forbids Idolatry Because of His jealousy
•        We Usually Define Jealousy as: Envy or the Desire to Get Something That Belongs to Another
•        A Holy Jealousy is One that Guards Someone’s Rightful Possession
•        God Wants us to Worship Him in a Way Worthy of His Honor
•        The Warning
•        God Doesn’t Punish an Innocent Generation for Sins of a Former Generation (Deut 24:16)
•        of them that hate me -They Are Not Innocent!
•        God’s Determination to Punish Successive Generations for Continuing to Commit the Same Sins Learned from their Parents
•        The Children and Grand-children of Idolaters Start in Life Under Disadvantages
•        The Promise
•        shewing mercy unto thousands-Great Contrast Between 3 to 4 and Thousands
•        love me- Not Emotion, But Loyalty
•        Idolatry Applied to Today
•        Like Each of God’s Laws, the Second Commandment is Also Spiritual
•        God Wants to Be Heard Not Seen (Rom 10:17)
•        Idolatry is When Means Become Ends
•        Idolatry Substitutes the Thing Seen for the Person

Ten Commandments Wk3

jbarch — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:12:00 GMT

First Command                                            Ex 20:3
•         The First Commandment
•         Thou shalt have no other gods before me
•         God Will Not Share His Glory With Anyone (Isaiah 42:8 )
•         Thou…me-You Individually….to me Personally
•         An Exclusive Love Relationship with Each One of His Children
•         The Context of the First Commandment
•         Man’s Belief About God Was in Three Stages
•         First Stage, Polytheism-Belief in Many gods
•         These Man-made Deities Competed for the Worship of Men.
•         The Egyptians Were Worshiping Multiple gods
•         The Israelites Eventually Worshiped These gods Too (Ezek 20:7-8)
•         Second Stage, Henotheism-Territorial gods (Jud 11:24)
•         Conflicts Between Nations Were Seen as a Conflict Between gods and Their Territories
•         Third Stage, Monotheism-One God for all the Earth
•         Other gods
•         Why the Mention of other gods? (Is 45:21 & 1 Cor 8:4 )
•         False gods Enslave Because Demonic Forces Use Them to Gain Mastery (Gal 4:8)
•         Men Wish to be Like the False gods of Their Belief
•         Exclusive Worship
•         before me (al-pānı̂m)-Literally, Before My Face
•         This Does Not Mean Priority
•         This Does Not Mean Insulting God to His Face
•         Since God is Everywhere, We are Forbidden from Worshiping False gods Anywhere (Dt 4:35; Is 43:11 & Mk 12:32)
•         When it Comes to Worshiping God, It is All or Nothing (Jos 24:15, 1 Ki 18:21 & Matt 6:24)
•         Two Tests for Idolatry
•         One is the Love Test
•         Anything that Replaces God as the Object of Our Affections
•         The Other is the Trust Test
•         In Times of Trouble, We May Turn to Addictions or Obsessions
•         In Times of Insecurity, We May Turn to Tangible Means
•         In Addition to All These, There is the god of Self
•         Christ is the Cure
•         Single, Deep Love and Commitment to Christ
•         This is Against the Popular Trend in America of Many Ways to God
•         The Pluralistic Approach is a Direct Attack on the First Commandment (Jn 14:6)
•         It is Not Simply Our Duty to Worship Christ as the Only God, But Also Our Privilege

Ten Commandments Wik2

jbarch — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:16:00 GMT

Interpreting God’s Law
•         God’s Law is the Moral Standard
•         The Commands are Not as Simple as They Seem
•         Interpretation Rules
•         Biblical Context
•         Scripture Interprets Scripture
•         Context is a Valid Method Because the Whole Bible Comes From One Source (2 Tim 3:16 )
•         Therefore, We Must Know How Jesus Interpreted the Commands
•         The Inside/Outside Rule
•         The Law Deals With Our Souls & Bodies (Rom 7:14)
•         Internal Integrity & External Conformity
•         God is Omniscient and Omnipresent (1 Sam 16:7)
•         We are Accountable
•         The Two-Sided Rule
•         The Law of Opposites
•         Every Commandment is Both Positive and Negative
•         The Intent is To Tell Us What To Do & What Not to Do
•         The Rule of Categories
•         Each Commandment Stands for a Whole Category of Sins
•         Not Just the Specific Sin, But All Those That Lead Up to It
•         The Commandments Forbid the Most Extreme of a Particular Category
•         Stay Away From Lesser Sins
•         The Rule of Brothers Keepers
•         We Are Required to Help Others Keep the Commands When We Are in a Position to Do So
•         Create the Environment Which Encourages Others
•         We Must Not Become an Accessory to Someone Else’s Sin (Ex 32; Hab 2:15)
•         Don’t Set a Bad Example (Lk 17:1-3)
•         Don’t Fail to Prevent Sin (1 Samuel 3:13 )
•         Don’t Silently Endorse Someone Else’s Violation of the Law (Acts 7:58 & 8:1)
•         The Rule of Priority
•         Sometimes Called the Rule of the Tables (Stone)
•         The First Table of the Law Always Takes Priority Over the Second (Acts 5:29)
•         The Rule of Love
•         The Purpose of Every Commandment is to Show Love, Especially For God (Rom 13:10)
•         Is Interpreting This Way Too Legalistic?
•         Limited Understanding of the Law Tempts Legalism
•         Because We Think That We Can Keep the Law!
•         Biblical Reasoning Rescues Us From Legalism by Preventing Us From Lowering God’s Standard

Ten Commandments Wk1

jbarch — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:06:00 GMT

Introduction                                       Exodus 20:1-2
Today’s moral “laws” are:
•         Nothing More than Situational Ethics
•         Respect for God Always Demands Respect for His Law
•         The Lord Your God
•         Decalogue- Meaning: Ten Words
•         The Preface to the Ten Commandments
•         And God (Elohim)-Trinity
•         Spake all these words- Direct Voice
•         Israel Was Fearful That They Would Die (Ex 20:18-19)
•         The People Could Not Doubt His Presence Among Them
•         Angels Were Present (Acts 7:53 & Gal 3:19)
•         This Law was the Result of an Agreed Covenant (Ex 19:5-8)
•         God and His Law
•         The Law Comes from God and Reflects His Divine Character
•         This Character Includes the Attribute of Love (Matt 22:37-39)
•         Summarized: Love God and Love Your Neighbor (John 14:21)
•         Cannot Separate God’s Law from God’s Love
•         The Law is Eternal
•         When We Break God’s Law, We are Making a Direct Assault on God
•         The Law is Perpetually Binding
•         Expressed in the Symbolism of Writing in Stone
•         The Commandments are the Giving of the Law
•         They Were In Effect Before God Wrote Them Down
•         The Law Distinguished
•         The Moral Law is the 10 Commandments
•         The Civil Law Governed Israel as A Nation
•         The Ceremonial Law was for Worship
•         Preamble Identifies Who are the Parties to the Covenant
•         I am the LORD thy God
•         Thy-Israel is the One Receiving
•         Israel is Represented by Singular Pronouns-Nation
•         thy God-Personal Relationship
•         the LORD is Identified as the Giver of the Covenant
•         I am the LORD- He is the Great I AM, the Sovereign and Almighty LORD
•         This is a Two-Party Covenant
•         Prologue Identifies How the Parties Came to Be Related
•         have brought thee out of the land of Egypt-A Rescue
•         Sometimes Called a Hesed Relationship
•         Meaning: Loyalty Required in Response to Loyalty Shown
•         brought thee out- A Saving Relationship
•         The Ten Commandments Don’t Begin with the Law, But With the Gospel

Galatians Wk24

jbarch — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:27:00 GMT

Contrast Between True & False Teachers               Gal 6:11-18
•         Difference in Personal Concern
•         Paul’s Concern
•         Ye see- Behold
•         how large a letter-Size of the Greek Letters
•         with mine own hand-Probably, Wrote Only the Conclusion (2 Thes 3:17)
•         Paul Showed His Concern by Writing a Little More
•         Concern of the Judiazers
•         Impress Others
•         Make a fair shew-Literally, Put on a Good Face
•         in the flesh-According to Men’s Standards
•         Dictators
•         they constrain you-Constant Pressure
•         Fear Persecution
•         suffer persecution for the cross of Christ-Real Reason for Their Doctrinal Position
•         Difference in Glory
•         Glory of the Judiazers
•         Neither they themselves… keep the law-Hypocrites
•         desire to have you circumcised-Their Religious Agenda
•         that they may glory in your flesh-Another Notch in the Belt
•         Glory of Paul
•         God forbid-As Far As I Am Concerned, May it Never Come to Pass
•         save in the cross-Dependence on the Sacrifice of Christ
•         the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world-The Cross Separates
•         Difference in Position
•         New Creation
•         but a new creature-Human Distinctions Disappear in Christ
•         New Walk
•         as many as walk-Conditional on Walking in the Spirit
•         this rule (canoni)-The Principle of Grace
•         peace be on them, and mercy-Daily Provision From the Spiritual Walk
•         and upon the Israel of God
•         Israel is Not the Church of the NT
•         The Nation Israel Has the Name, But Only After the Flesh
•         Some of the Nation of Israel Believe in Christ (Rom 2:29 & 9:6 )
•         The Israel of God is Distinguished as Believing Gentiles and Jews
•         Difference in Benediction
•         let no man trouble me-Mental & Physical Anguish
•         for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus-Physical Afflictions Because of His Testimony
•         the marks (stigmata)-Means to ***, Stick or Sting
•         In Contrast, the Judiazers Had No Marks of Persecution
•         Brethren, the grace-Reminder of Grace to Family Members

Galatians Wk23

jbarch — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:13:00 GMT

Proper Attitudes and Works               Gal 6:3-10
n     Proper Attitudes
n     Humility
n     Walking Spiritually Will Give A Biblical Opinion of the Self
n     think himself to be something-Walking After the Flesh Gives a High Opinion of the Self
n     This Thinking Leads to Two Failures in Relationship:
n     The Refusal to Bear the Burdens of Others
n     The Refusal to Allow Anyone Else to Help Bear the Burden
n     when he is nothing-Not Even in a Position to Be Proud
n     he deceiveth himself-Self Deception Through False Reasoning
n     Self-Fulfillment
n     His Work
n     prove his own work-Discern Whether it is Worthy
n     His Satisfaction
n     rejoicing in himself alone-Take Satisfaction That God Knows (Matt 6:4 & Heb 6:10)
n     and not in another-Not Comparing With Others (2 Cor 10:12)
n     Accountability
n     every man-Personal Responsibility
n     shall-Now and for the Rest of the Earthly Life
n     bear his own burden (phortion)-Carry His Back Pack
n     A Man’s Accountability is With His Own Pack
n     This Pack (phortion) is Different From the Heavy Loads (baros)
n     Good Works
n     In Supporting Ministers
n     him that is taught in the word-The Spiritual Christian
n     Taught (katēchéō)-To Instruct Orally
n     him that teacheth-The Divinely Appointed Pastor (Eph 4:11)
n     communicate-Share, Distribute or Partake (Rom 12:13 & 1 Cor 9:14)
n     In Sowing Righteousness
n     The Problem
n     Be not deceived-Literally, Stop Being Deceived
n     God is not mocked-God Will Not Allow You to Turn Up Your Nose at Him
n     The Principle
n     whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap-The Law of Kind (Gen 1:11)
n     Like Begets Like
n     The More One Sows the More One Reaps (2 Cor 9:6)
n     One Reaps More Than What He Sows
n     The Products
n     Corruption-Physical Decay and Moral Rottenness from Walking in the Flesh
n     life everlasting-Holy & Happy Life With No End
n     The Promise
n     let us not be weary-Give in to Evil (Malachi 1:13 )
n     in well doing-Don’t Give in to Evil, Especially When Involved in Service (2 Cor 4:1)
n     for in due season-Results Aren’t Always Immediate
n     we shall reap, if we faint not-Guaranteed Results, If We Don’t Quit (Lk 18:1)
n     In Giving Charity
n     Have…opportunity-Both the Means and the Contact
n     good unto all men-Saved and Unsaved
n     especially unto them… household of faith-Priority (1 Tim 5:8)

Galatians Wk22

jbarch — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:36:00 GMT

Recognizing A Spiritual Walk              Gal 5:24-6:2
l     Moral Responsibility
l     Crucified the Flesh
l     they that are Christ’s-All Believers
l     have crucified the flesh-Something Done by Us
l     The Process of Mortification or Dying Daily
l     with the affections and lusts-Improper Emotional Desires & Mental Drives
l     Walks in the Spirit
l     If we live in the Spirit-Our Chosen Existence in Christ
l     let us also walk-Follow the Holy Spirits Continuous Guidance
l     To Be Guided by the Spirit is Follow the Word of God
l     Blessing to the Saints
l     vain glory-Empty or No Real Substance
l     provoking one another-Make Yourself Look Good by Making Others Look Bad
l     envying one another-Not Rejoicing in the Blessing of God in the Lives of Others
l     Brotherly Concern
l     Restore the Sinning Brother
l     Brethren (adelphoi)-Our Own Family in Christ (1 Cor 6:1-8)
l     be overtaken-Surprised by the Force of Temptation
l     in a fault-Already in the Trespass
l     ye –Minimum of 2 Individuals
l     which are spiritual-Recognized as Walking & Producing the Fruit of the Spirit
l     of meekness-One of the Identifiers of the Fruit not Works
l     restore such an one-A Command to be Repeated
l     The Word restore Used:
l     To Set Broken Bones
l     To Mend the Nets of Fisherman (Matt 4:21)
l     To the Perfecting of the Saints for the Work of the Ministry (Eph 4:12)
l     How Do the Spiritual Restore the Brother?
l     Pray ( 1 Jn 5:16)
l     Confront the Person With the Sin (Matt 18:15)
l     Produce the Change (James 5:19-20)
l     The Attitude of the Restoration
l     considering thyself-Self Evaluation
l     lest thou also be tempted-Self Protection (1 Cor 10:12 )
l     Bear the Burdens of Each Other
l     Bear-Take up and Hold
l     Burdens (baros)-A Heavy Weight
l     ye one another’s-You Assist with a Brothers Hardship
l     so fulfil the law of Christ-Remove Weights that Would Crush Others (1 Cor 12:25 )

Galatians Wk21

jbarch — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:11:00 GMT

Identifying the Two Natures                          Gal 5:19-23
¡    There is An Unmistakable Contrast
¡    Flesh Produces Works
¡    Spirit Produces Fruit
¡    The Works of the Flesh
¡    Works-A Plural Verb
¡    The Sin Nature is Unchanged in the Believer
¡    Scripture Calls That Condition A Carnal Believer (Rom 8:5-6 & 1 Cor 3:3)
¡    are manifest-Known to God and to Man
¡    Sexual Sins
¡    Adultery-Pre-marital & Extra-marital Sexual Intercourse
¡    Can Be Committed by Both Married and Unmarried
¡    No Surprise, One of the 10 Commandments (Ex 20:14)
¡    Jesus Extended the Sin From its Activity to its Attitude (Matt 5:28)
¡    Fornication (porneia)-General Word for Any Sexual Sin
¡    Uncleanness-Moral Impurity, Especially a Filthy Mind
¡    Lasciviousness-Absence of Moral Restraint
¡    Religious Sins
¡    Idolatry-Whatever Moves God From First Place
¡    Pagan Deities in Visual Form
¡    Serving Demons (1 Cor 10:19-20)
¡    Witchcraft (pharmakeia)-Astrology, Magical Arts, and Demonic Worship
¡    Attitude Sins
¡    Hatred (echthrai)-A Dislike of People
¡    Variance-Quarrels and Discord
¡    Emulations-Selfish Jealousy
¡    Wrath-White-Hot Anger
¡    Strife-Get Ahead at the Expense of Others
¡    Seditions-Literally, To Split in Two
¡    Heresies (haireseis)-Opinions Differing From Established Beliefs
¡    Envyings-Wrongly Desiring to Have Something Belonging to Another
¡    Social Sins
¡    Murders-Premeditated Killing of Another
¡    Drunkenness-Private & Public Intoxication by Alcohol
¡    Revellings- Riotous Conduct & Drunken Festivals
¡    and such like: Not Exhaustive (Rom1:29-31; Mk 7:21-22; 1Tim 1:9-10; 2 Tim 3:2-5)
¡    Judgment for These Works
¡    told you in time past-On the First Missionary Journey
¡    which do such things- Continually or Habitual Practice
¡    shall not inherit the kingdom of God-Not Saved (Eph 5:4-5; 1 Jn 3:6, 8 & 10)
¡    The Fruit of the Spirit
¡    But-The Contrast
¡    Works Are From Self; Fruit From the Spirit
¡    Works Show What You Do; Fruit Shows What You Are
¡    Works Show Conduct; Fruit Shows Character
¡    Work Emphasizes Doing; Fruit Emphasizes Being
¡    Fruit-Singular Verb; One Fruit, Nine Qualities
¡    of the Spirit-The Source of the Fruit Bearing (Jn 15:5 & Phil 1:21)
¡    Inward Qualities
¡    Love-Sacrificial Love (agape)
¡    Joy- Rejoicing in Doing the Will of God
¡    Peace-Inner Assurance that God is in Control
¡    Outward Qualities
¡    Longsuffering (makrothumia)-Literally, Long Burning
¡    Gentleness-Grace in Action
¡    Goodness-Honesty of Motive and Conduct
¡    Upward Qualities
¡    Faith-Believes God
¡    Meekness-Power Under Control
¡    Temperance-Self Control
¡    Conclusion
¡    against such there is no law-The Law Never Prohibited Expressions of the Spirit
¡    The Law was Given to Restrain the Works of the Flesh
¡    The Law Can’t Provide the Power & Motivation to Produce Fruit (Rom 8:1)

Galatians Wk20

jbarch — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:06:00 GMT

Stand in Love & Spirituality                          Gal 5:13-18
n     Basis for Love
n     Liberty Without Love
n     ye have been called unto liberty-The Result of Salvation
n     only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh-Liberty is Not a License to be Lawless
n     Flesh- Our Old Sin Nature Which All Redeemed Sinners Still Have
n     Occasion-Means a Starting Point
n     Using Liberty for Selfish Pursuits is Lust Not Love
n     Liberty to Love
n     but by love serve one another-Be a Slave to Others
n     Service Without Love Becomes a Punishment
n     Service Through Love Becomes a Blessing
n     Options of Love
n     Presence of Love
n     For the Law to be Fulfilled, There Must be the Principle of Love at Work (Rom 13:10)
n     Absence of Love
n     ye bite and devour one another-Christian Cannibals
n     The Nature of Spirituality
n     The Definition
n     Walk-Keep on Walking or Pursuing
n     In Contrast to Running, Walking is Slower
n     In Contrast to Sitting, Walking Needs Initiative and Purpose
n     Walking Spiritually Should be as Natural as Walking Physically
n     A Believer Should be Known by his Walk:
n     Worthy in Humility (Eph 4:1)
n     Distinctive from the Unsaved (Eph 4:17)
n     In Sacrificial Love (Eph 5:2)
n     As a Child of Light (Eph 5:8)
n     Circumspectly (Eph 5:15)
n     in the Spirit-By Means of the Holy Spirit’s Power
n     Christians Can Only Function Spiritually When Yielded to the Holy Spirit
n     What Characteristics Mark This Walk?
n     First, We Will not Grieve the Holy Spirit (Eph 4:30)
n     Second, We Will not Quench the Holy Spirit (1 Thes 5:19)
n     Third, We Will Fill Ourselves With the Spirit (Eph 5:18)
n     The Results of the Walk
n     ye shall not fulfil-An Absolute Guarantee Conditioned on an Obedient Walk
n     the lust of the flesh-All the Evil Desires that Come From a Fallen Human Nature
n     The Conflict of Spirituality
n     The Christian Has Two Natures
n     Adam At Creation was Perfect
n     Adam Sinned and His Nature Changed to Sinful
n     Everyone Born After Adam Has This Nature
n     At Conversion, the Divine Nature Indwells the Believer
n     The Believer Has Two Natures; Sin (flesh) & Divine (Spirit)
n     Believers Will Have These Two Natures Till Death
n     The Christian Has Two Desires
n     these are contrary the one to the other-Opposite and Exclusive
n     lusteth against (epithumei)-An Intense Desire
n     When the Flesh Lusts it Produces Ungodly Thoughts and Deeds
n     When the Spirit Lusts it Desires Complete Surrender to God
n     The Christian is Perplexed
n     so that-In Order That or The End Result is
n     ye cannot do the things that ye would-The Contrast is Between Willing and Doing
n     The Solution
n     led of the Spirit-Yielded to His Direction
n     ye are not under the law-Spirituality Does Not Come from Conforming to a Set of Laws

Galatians Wk19

jbarch — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:29:00 GMT

Steadfast in Liberty                   Gal 5:1-12
•         The Command to be Steadfast
•         Stand in Liberty
•         Stand fast-A Firm Position; No Retreats
•         in the liberty-Freedom from Sin’s Bondage
•         Christ hath made us free-This Liberty is Only Through Christ
•         hath made is a Past Event and Occurs at Conversion
•         Don’t Return to Bondage
•         be not entangled again-Don’t Permit Yourself to be Snared Like Before
•         the yoke of bondage- Non-Voluntary Restrictions (Acts 15:10)
•         The Problems of Mixing Law & Grace
•         No Profit From Christ
•         I Paul say-Strong Personal Appeal
•         that if ye be circumcised-Not Happened Yet
•         Christ shall profit you nothing-The Sacrifice is of No Benefit
•         Debtor to the Whole Law
•         that is circumcised-About to be Circumcised
•         debtor to do the whole law-One Step in This Direction Means Bondage to the Whole Law (James 2:10 )
•         Fallen From Grace
•         whosoever of you-False Teachers & Their Converts
•         are justified by the law-Being Continually Justified
•         With Legalism, Justification is a Continual Process
•         Christ is become of no effect-Inoperable in Your Life
•         ye are fallen from grace-Which is the Divine Standard of Justification
•         The Privileges of Believers
•         Hope of Righteousness
•         We… wait-The Christians Eager Anticipation of Receiving
•         the hope of righteousness by faith-A For Certain Future in Heaven
•         through the Spirit…by faith-The Guarantee (Rom 8:11 ) •         Equality in Christ
•         Race or Covenant Sign is No Advantage; Oneness in Christ
•         Works of Faith Through Love
•         Faith-Saving Faith Through Trust in Christ
•         The False Teachers Say Works Are Essential for Salvation
•         Scripture Says That Works Are an Evidence of Salvation (1 Jn 4:19)
•         The Perils of the False Teachers
•         They Hinder You
•         Ye did run well-Initial Spiritual Progress was Good
•         Hinder-To Cause to Stumble
•         Who-The Emphasis is on the Leader
•         not obey the truth-Disastrous Result
•         They Persuade You
•         This persuasion Was Not From God
•         They Permeate You
•         Not Content with Just a Part; it Spreads Until the Whole is Affected
•         They Trouble You
•         I have confidence in you-Paul Believed They Would Ultimately Obey Scripture
•         through the Lord-Not Wishful Thinking
•         none otherwise minded-Get your Thinking Straightened Out
•         he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment-Judged by God and the Church
•         They Persecute Paul
•         if I yet preach circumcision-As a Pharisee He Did Preach This Need
•         why do I yet suffer persecution?-Would Not Have Been an Issue
•         the offence of the cross ceased
•         Preaching Circumcision Contributes to Salvation
•         The Cross Shows That Man is Unable to Contribute Anything
•         They Unsettle You
•         Trouble-Literally Means: to Drive Someone From His House
•         False Teachers Evicting Galatians From the House of Grace
•         Trying to Move them Into the House of Self Righteousness
•         cut off-Related to Circumcision

Galatians Wk18

jbarch — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:06:00 GMT

Conflict: Isaac & Ishmael          Gal 4:21-31 •         The Appeal
•         Tell me-A Command to Answer
•         Desire to be under the law-The Will is Moving in That Direction
•         Do ye not hear the law?-The Books of Moses
•         The Historical Situation
•         Abraham Was 75 When God Made the Covenant with Him (Gen12:4)
•         Sarah Was 65 (Gen 17:17)
•         Abraham Was Promised to Have Many Physical Descendants (Gen 13:16)
•         No Children for 10 Years
•         Sarah Encouraged Abraham to Have a Child by Hagar
•         Ishmael Was Born When Abraham Was 86 (Gen 16:1-16)
•         Later, Sarah Conceived and Isaac was Born When Abraham Was 100
•         Two Sons by Two Women
•         For it is written-Scripture Alone is the Basis for Settling Arguments
•         Abraham had two sons-For the Purpose of This Illustration
•         one by a bondmaid-A Slave Under the Law to Sarah
•         the other by a freewoman-The Rightful Wife of Abraham
•         Two Sons By Two Methods
•         Ishmael born after the flesh-The Result of Human Planning and Effort (Gen 30:3 & 9)
•         Isaac was by promise-Humanly Impossible (Heb 11:12)
•         The Allegory
•         What is an Allegory?
•         Spiritual Application of a Literal Historical Event
•         Birth By Works of the Law
•         these are the two covenants
•         Sarah Symbolized the New Covenant (Heb 8:6–7 )
•         Hagar the Covenant of Law
•         Ishmael Came Before Isaac; So Law Before Grace
•         Bondage-Born Under Slavery As Hagar
•         Ishmael Did Not Receive the Inheritance
•         No Person Can be Born Again by Faith and Obedience to the Law
•         Hagar Symbolized the Jews Trying to Gain Righteousness by Their Own Efforts
•         Birth by Faith in the Promise
•         Sarah is Jerusalem which is above (Heb 11:10, 12:22; Rev 21:2 & Phil 3:20)
•         is free-From Bondage of Laws in Earthly Jerusalem (Jn 8:36)
•         mother of us all-Offspring of the Right Heir
•         barren… travailest not…desolate-Gentiles
•         she which hath an husband-Jewish People
•         Rejoice-Look to the Future Glory & Triumph of Israel (Is 54:1)
•         The Application
•         In Identity
•         we, brethren, as Isaac was-Paul & the Galatians Are as Isaac
•         Believers are the children of promise
•         In Persecution
•         Ishmael Was Mocking Isaac After He Was Weaned (Gen 21:8-9)
•         even so it is now-In Galatia
•         The Judiazers (Representing Ishmael) Were Mocking Paul & The Galatians (Representing Isaac)
•         In Discipline
•         Cast out the bondwoman and her son-Not the Heir & No Inheritance
•         Why? Born of Two Different Mothers by Two Different Means
•         In Summary
•         Impossible to Be Born of Two Mothers
•         Spiritual Heirs Cannot be Both From Grace and Works at the Same Time

Galatians Wk17

jbarch — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:31:00 GMT

Strained Relationships                        Gal 4:12-20
•         Brethren-Genuine Brothers in Christ
•         The Warmth of the Past
•         Paul Had Not Been Permanently Hurt
•         Be as I am; for I am as ye are-Indentify With Him
•         Ye have not injured me at all-This Current Situation Will Not Come Between Us
•         Paul Preached in Weakness
•         At the first-First Missionary Journey
•         I preached the gospel unto you-Paul Was the Spokesman (Acts 4:12)
•         Through infirmity of the flesh-Because of Physical Weakness
•         The Galatians Accepted Him Completely
•         First, They despised not His Physical Appearance (2 Cor 10:10 & 11:24)
•         Second, nor rejected Him Because of These Physical Problems
•         Third, They received Him But Not as An Ordinary Man
•         My temptation-Dependence Upon Paul’s Own Skills (2 Cor 12:9 )
•         They Would Have Given Him Their Eyes
•         Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?-You Have Lost Your Joy
•         Plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me-Exchanged Physical Sight for the Spiritual Sight
•         The Coldness of the Present
•         They Did Not Like What He Said
•         Become your enemy-Emissary to Enemy
•         Because I tell you the truth?-Sometimes Truth Can Be Hard to Hear
•         They Liked What the Judiazers Said
•         Zealously affect-A Deep Concern
•         The Zeal of the False Teachers:
•         First, It Was not well For the Believers or Truth (Prov. 27:6 )
•         Second, that ye might affect them-Admiration and Financial Support for False Teachers
•         They would exclude you-Fence in the Churches and Rule Over Them With Regulations
•         Third, zealously affected always in a good thing-Paul Was Not Jealous of Other Good Teachers
•         Not only when I am present with you-Learning Should Be Constant
•         The Hope of the Future
•         My little children- A Term of Affection by a Teacher to His Disciples
•         Maturity in Christ
•         Travail in birth-Spiritual Birth is Like Physical Birth
•         Again until Christ be formed in you-Paul Travails Now Until They Grow and Shape Up (Eph 4:13–15)
•         Removal of His Doubts
•         To change my voice- The Attitude One Has For Others
•         Stand in doubt of you-How Far Have You Drifted From the Truth