Church of Christ Sermons on the Bible

Sermon/Lesson	Media
The Inerrant Word of God Why should the Bible be trusted? Very simply the answer is because its author is Jehovah God! (II Timothy 3:16) We know that the Bible is “inspired”, “God breathed.” How much of the Scripture is inspired? All Scripture and every Scripture is a product of God. I. The Bible’s Portrayal of God II. The Bible’s claim of Its Truthfulness III. The Bible’s Use of Itself	Bobby Stafford January 6, 2013 Sunday AM Sermon
Why We Must Love God's Word King David loved and cherished God’s Word. He knew God’s Word reflected His love for mankind. He wrote of his love for God’s Word in many scriptures. One in particular really encapsulates David’s devotion to God’s Word in Psalms 119:105-113 We should love God’s Word because it protects, sustains and delivers us Ephesians 6:14-18 God’s Word is Information	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\Image2.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ David Hersey
God's Word Is Sufficient Tim 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. There is nothing in God's Word that did not come directly from Him. We know from 2 Peter 1:20-21 it was the Holy Spirit that was in charge of getting it all right from the beginning. God's Word is absolutely trustworthy. We can confidently depend upon it for our instructions, teaching and correction when we need it. God has provided us with everything we need to know to serve Him and live the Christian life.	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ David Hersey
The Bible, Is it Real? Pt 2 The Bible records prophecies of things that were to happen in the future. foretelling specific events centuries before they happen with 100% accuracy is something only an all knowing God can accomplish. Prophecy and fulfillment is how God authenticated His word. How else would Isaiah know that Jesus would be born of a virgin 700 years ahead of time. How else could Zechariah know that Jesus would ride in to Jerusalem on a donkey 500 years before it happened? How else could King David know that anyone would cast lots for Jesus' clothing at his crucifixion 1000 years ahead it? How else could Micah know Jesus would be born in Bethlehem 800 years before His birth? There are over 400 prophecies of certain details of and events in Jesus life. Every single one of them has come true with meticulous precision with the only exceptions being the prophecies regarding His next coming.	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ David Hersey
The Bible, Is it Real? Pt 1 The Bible was written over a span of 1,500 years by about 40 writers. It has a singular goal which is the salvation of man. It records the creation, the fall of man from fellowship with God, the measures God took to make fellowship possible again and the instructions on how to do that. Preserved in more than 25,000 manuscripts, the textual evidence is greater for both the Old and New Testaments than any other ancient document. The early church writers quoted the New Testament enough that it could be reconstructed from their writings alone.	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ David Hersey
Be Strengthened By The Word Of God Psalms 119 is the longest of all the Psalms, being divided into twenty-two parts or sections. Each part begins with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The Psalm teaches respect and praise for God’s Word. Our part today, verses 25-32, teaches how the Word can strengthen each of us as we read and apply it.	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ Bobby Stafford
The Word of God “I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure.” Psalm 119:162 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. (Psalm 19:8-10) The Word of God is one of the greatest blessings ever given to mankind. Its value is beyond measure. Let’s examine why: 1) God’s Word Is Powerful	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ Bobby Stafford
The Bible Our Final Authority as God's Word	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\Image2.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ Bobby Stafford
Principles of Interpretation The Importance of Context Paul told young Timothy in II Timothy 2:15 that to meet God’s approval, he must “rightly divide the word of truth” to interpret accurately and correctly. It is possible to so misinterpret or twist the Scriptures that spiritual destruction is our end. (II Timothy 2:15) “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” NKJV (II Peter 3:14-16) “Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation – as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.” NKJV So we see clearly that it is not enough to just know the Scriptures, we must reason correctly from them. We must properly interpret their message. Use common sense. An excellent example of this lack of proper reasoning is that of many 1st Century Jews. The evidence was there in the Old Testament Scriptures. They had all the facts that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. Yet most did not recognize or accept Him. They were responsible. Jesus told them their problem. “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about a Me.” John 5:46 No, just being acquainted with the Word isn’t sufficient; one must understand it. Aim: To examine the importance of context Example: in understanding the Scriptures The context is the most important principle in interpreting a Bible passage.	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\Image2.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ Bobby Stafford
Have You Not Read? Recently, John MacArthur wrote, “From the very beginning, the battle between good and evil has been a battle for the truth.” Note Genesis 3:1-5. “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’ And the woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ ” NKJV Satan succeeded in getting Eve to question the truthfulness of God’s instruction. This has been his tactic ever since: to cast doubt on God’s straightforward revelation, to get people to question whether God’s Word is clear enough to be certain about what it teaches. Theme: Is the Bible clear enough to be understood; can we be certain about what it teaches?	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\Image2.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ Bobby Stafford
Principles of Interpretation Whenever we begin to open the Word of God to come to an understanding of it, let us be like Ezra of old. “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.”NKJV Ezra 7:10. Theme: To examine “significant distinctions” in the Bible and how they help us come to a proper understanding of it.	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\Image2.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ Bobby Stafford
The Power of the Word Listen to the words of this great old hymn: “Earth holds no treasure but perish with using, However precious they be; Yet there’s a country to which I am going, Heaven holds all to me.” Text: Hebrews 4:11-13 Heaven Holds All To Me	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ Bobby Stafford
Reactions To The Word Parable of the Sower/Soils: Matthew 13 Matthew 13:3-9 “Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: ‘Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop; some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!’ ” NKJV Text: Acts 17	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\Image2.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ Bobby Stafford
The Need To Read The Bible A recent study was conducted of two thousand churchgoers with adult children ages eighteen to thirty. The researchers wanted to know what parenting practices pay off over the long haul when it came to the faithfulness of their children. About forty factors were considered that could affect a child’s moral and spiritual development. The top factor which predicted the greatest faith- fullness was whether the child regularly read the Bible while growing up. What can we learn? God’s Word truly changes lives. Since we know reading the Bible on a regular basis is helpful in keeping us and our children faithful, what about memorizing God’s Word? Are there also benefits from memorizing Scripture? The following is a partial list I have put together from a variety of sources over the years.	$Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\word.png$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\pps.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\Image2.gif$ $Description: Description: C:\Users\david\Documents\My Web Sites\Church\images\youtube.gif$ Bobby Stafford
What Does the Bible Say? How often do we as 21st century Christians set down and read our Bibles? Do we let other people tell us what the Bible says and go with it, or do we read what God says in His word and let Him be the one who directs us in our daily walk? Jesus told a group of people who were challenging Him in Mark 7:6-10, "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' 8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." 9 And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!" If Jesus condemned people in the first century for setting aside God's rules then it only makes sense that we shouldn't do that today	David Hersey
A Famine in the Land More than 700 years before the birth of Christ, a “herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs” was entrusted by God to warn Israel of consequences if they did not repent. His name was Amos. He made a prophecy in Amos 8:11-14 from which all of us need to learn. (Amos 8:11) “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” He said that because the nation had rejected the Word of the Lord, they would have no word from Him at all. They would come to realize that the revelation from God was their most prized possession. Today we have a famine in the land as well; it us a famine for the Word of God. It is different in some ways but similar in others.	Bobby Stafford
The Sword of the Spirit As a young boy, I well remember reading about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. I especially recall his famous sword, Excalibur. Swords have played an important role in several battles throughout history. The Roman sword was the gladius, a fearsome weapon in close range combat. Its tapered point could pierce even heavy metal armor. The apostle Paul describes the Christian armor in Ephesians 6. All but one are defensive pieces. The only offensive one is the sword of the Spirit. (Ephesians 6:17)	Bobby Stafford
The Light of God's Word A star is a marvel of creation. It has a core temperature of millions of degrees and releases massive amounts of energy. Our sun is a star and releases about 70,000 horsepower per square yard. The Bible mentions several stars and constellations: The Bear (Arcturus), Orion, and Pleiades. (Job 9:9) Scripture informs us that Jehovah created the stars on Day 4 to give light on the earth. (Genesis 1:16-19)	Bobby Stafford
Fifteen Periods of Bible History We live in a day and time when all around us are failing to take responsibility for their actions. We make excuses for what is done or not done. We believe some behavior is excused due to the environment in which we live. It is “society’s fault!” People have been making excuses for centuries. Text: Luke 14:15-24	Bobby Stafford
Proof Of Inspiration An acquaintance asks you, “Why do you believe the Bible?” The Bible claims that it is inspired; that it came from God. (II Timothy 3:16) But what proofs exist that show the Bible is indeed the Word of God? Theme: Examine a number of evidences proving the Bible is God’s communication to man.	Bobby Stafford
The Silence of Scripture	Bobby Stafford
How to Understand the Bible	Gene Wood
Rightly Dividing the Bible (Old & New Testament)	Don Cope
The Bible, THE Book	Robert Moss
Read the Word But this morning, the reason I am giving this particular lesson, the purpose of this lesson, is to put forth a particular challenge. Because there is something that we should have as a part of our routine, something that should be a habit that we have developed, and it is a good habit. Now, there are some here this morning that I am certain already have this as a good habit in their life and as part of their routine. Perhaps there are some here who need to have this as more of a part, a larger part of their routine, and perhaps there are some here who, at this point, do not have this in their routine, this is not a habit that they have developed yet. And so I’m putting forth the challenge that we create or maintain as a habit and a part of our routine, the regular reading of the scriptures, that we develop a habit of opening our Bibles and reading God’s word. In Exodus Chapter 24, I want to begin reading in verse 3. It says, “And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.” What a wonderful attitude to have towards the commandments of God. Saying we will listen to those commandments and we will do those commandments.	Richard Chambers
Lesson 1 Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth	Bobby Stafford
Lesson 2 Understanding Figurative Language	Bobby Stafford
Lesson 3 The Importance of Context	Bobby Stafford
Lesson 4 Some Things to Keep in Mind	Bobby Stafford
Lesson 5 Does God Mean What He Says	Bobby Stafford

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