Gospel Living

The Importance of the Resurrection | Various Texts Shaun Marksbury | Morning Service | 16 April, 2017 Only the resurrection gives us gospel hope, so much so that denying the resurrection means apostasy from the Christian faith.  With that in mind, we’re going to look at the implications the resurrection has for our lives in an attempt to see why it is so important.  I’m not presenting an exhaustive list, but hopefully it proves helpful. Video: https://youtu.be/ObyGQbr-0yY Audio: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=418171340341 Notes  PDF:  http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/418171340341/418171340341.pdf SERMON NOTES The Importance of the Resurrection | Various Texts Shaun Marksbury | Morning Service | 16 April, 2017 I.                Introduction Let’s open to and read 1 Cor 15:14–19, “And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain...

35  And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 36  Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 37  But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?” 38  And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.” 39  Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 40  So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. 41  And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 42  And they all ate and were satisfied. 43  And they took up twelve baskets full of b...

Dr. Bill Barrick answered two questions we've all had concerning salvation: Where does the OT talk about giving the nations an opportunity to repent?  Is faith in the OT based upon what a person understands about God? Pre-Mosaic or Mosaic, could they truly understand the Jesus of the NT or have enough knowledge of the Messiah? How were people saved from pre-Flood to prophetic times? Want to know the answers?  Find them out on his blog post .

One of the most confusing areas for students of God's Word is how the NT writers read and apply OT citations.  Some have even wondered if the Holy Spirit moved them to reinterpret  certain passages, a sort of divine act of eminent domain. Dr. Micheal Vlach has entered into the blogosphere, kicking things off with discussion on this very topic .  Go ahead and subscribe to his feed to find out more on this subject as well as many others coming in the future that have made his   TheologicalStudies.org such a good resource for all of these years.

Here are my final two parts to the series on how Christians should read and apply the Old Testament.  If you haven't read/listened to the first part, it is commanded that you do so now . Some words of caution before beginning: as this was to originally be a two-part series, there are only notes for two parts.  Also, there was a problem recording the third and final part, resulting in a longer re-recording of the session with a small reduction in audio quality. Notes for Parts 2 and 3 ( PDF ) Audio for Part 2 ( MP3, 36:19 ) Audio for Part 3 ( MP3, 51:02 )

Here is the first part of a message series I delivered at church.  How do we as NT believers read and apply the Law and the rest of the OT? Both in my notes and in the audio, I reference this being a two-part series.  However, a change in the service schedule coupled with my inability to trim down the material (you know I can be long-winded) turned this into a three-parter. The first part was delivered November 28. Audio (MP3, 1 hr) Notes (PDF)

A few weeks ago a person at church asked how we as Christians should treat the Law. One extreme is to ignore it. The other is to try to put Christians under it. The third option is to see it in light of the New Covenant. Consider this: we learn about the God we serve through the Law. For instance, nearly half (48%) of occurrences of the Hebrew word for holy, qodesh , occurs in the first five books of the Bible —the Law. Since the primary revealed attribute (not to be confused with saying that He has "greater" or "lesser" attributes) is His holiness, it's instructive that the concentration of OT teaching on holiness comes in the Law . Further, the command in Leviticus to " be holy " comes on the basis that God is holy (19:2; 20:7). The command is even repeated for NT believers in 1 Peter 1:16. If holiness is revealed in the Law, then we can discover invaluable truths about holy living in the Law. The problem is that we are not under the Law (for i...