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Grace in Action: Condemnation (#1102)

Grace in Action: Condemnation (#1102)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20241208.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Luke 6:27-37                 Condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned

John 3:14-19                 God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world

John 8:4-11                    Neither do I condemn thee

Romans 2:1-5                For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself

Romans 5:16-18            Condemnation to justification of life

Romans 8:1-5                No condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus

Romans 8:31-39            Who is he that condemneth? Christ that makes intercession for us?

Romans 14:22                Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that he alloweth

II Corinthians 3:7-11     For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more…

I John 3:20-21                 If our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God

Teaching

Grace in Action: Condemnation (#1102)

 

Grace in Action: Examples (#1101)

Grace in Action: Examples (#1101)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20241124.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Judges 6:36-40               Gideon and the fleece

II Chronicles 20:5-19     Jehoshaphat prays

Matthew 7:7-11             Ask and it shall be given

Mark 3:1-6                     Man with the withered hand

John 5:1-9                      Healing at the pool of Bethesda

John 5:24                        The one who believes has passed from death unto life

John 6:28-29                  This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent

Romans 2:1                   Thou that judgest doest the same things

James 1:5-8                    Ask and it shall be given

Teaching

Grace in Action: Examples (#1101)

Grace in Action: Judgement (#1100)

Grace in Action: Judgement (#1100)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone.  20241110.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Matthew 7:1-5           Judge not that ye be not judged, mote in thy brother’s eye

Luke 6:37-42              Judge not, rather give

John 7:20-24               Judge not according to appearance, but righteous judgment

John 8:1-11                 Neither do I condemn thee

John 8:14-18               Ye judge after the flesh, I judge no man

John 12:44-50             I judge him not, for I came not to judge the world

Romans 14                  Judge not him that eateth, etc.

I Corinthians 4:1-5     It is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of man’s day

Colossians 2                Let no man judge you in meat or drink, or respect of a holy day (vs. 16)

Teaching

Grace in Action: Judgement (#1100)

Grace in Action: Gospel Parables (#1099)

Grace in Action: Gospel Parables (#1099)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20241027.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Luke 6:39-45              The mote and the beam

Luke 6:46-49              The rock and the sand

Luke 7:36-50              The two debtors

Luke 14:15-24            The great supper

Luke 15:1-7                The lost sheep

Luke 15:11-32            The forgiving father

Luke 18:1-8                The unjust judge

Luke 18:9-14              The Pharisee and the publican

Teaching

Grace in Action: Gospel Parables (#1099)

Grace in Action: Fellowship (#1098)

Grace in Action: Fellowship (#1098)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20241013.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Genesis 39-40              Joseph and Pharoah

Number 33:55            Thorns in your sides

I Samuel 21:10            David fled to the king of Gath

Daniel 1:6-21               Daniel with the king of Babylon

Matthew 2:13-15         Joseph fleeing to Egypt with mother and child

Matthew 9:10-12         Jesus eating with publicans and sinners – need of a physician

Luke 16:1-9                  Mammon of unrighteousness

“Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends.  Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.” – NLT

Acts 9:11-16                 To bear my name before the gentiles

Acts 10:9-16                 What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common

Acts 18:5-6                   From henceforth I will go to the gentiles

I Corinthians 9:19-24  All things to all men

II Corinthians 6:14      Be not unequally yoked

Teaching

Grace in Action: Fellowship (#1098)

Grace in Action: Food, the Law, and Grace (#1097)

Grace in Action: Food, the Law, and Grace (#1097)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240929.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Leviticus 11                 Dietary Laws – prohibition about eating many things

Matthew 15:1-20        Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which goeth out of his mouth

Acts 10:9-15                What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common [cf. Acts 10:28; 11:9]

Acts 15:1-20                Abstain from meats offered to idols… (vs. 29)

[Acts 21:20 – zealous for the law]

I Corinthians 8            Meat commendeth us not to God (vs. 8)

[we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat – NIV]

NOTE which brother is “weak”

I Samuel 21:1-6         David and the shewbread [consecrated bread]

Matthew 12:1-8         Jesus Christ and the shewbread

Teaching

Grace in Action: Food, the Law, and Grace (#1097)

Grace in Action: Answering the Pharisees (#1096)

Grace in Action: Answering the Pharisees (#1096)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240915, all rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Matthew 5:20                     Except your righteousness exceed the scribes and Pharisees…

Matthew 9:9-17                  Eating with tax collectors, not fasting

Matthew 12:1-8                  Picking grain on the sabbath

Matthew 15:1-9:                 It is a gift, in vain do they worship me

Matthew 16:5-12                The leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Matthew 22:15-22              Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites….render unto Caesar

Matthew 23:1-12                Pharisees for a pretence made long prayer

Mark 7:1-23                         Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition

Luke 7:36-50                       To whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little

Luke 11:37-44                     These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone

Luke 14:1-11                       He that humbleth himself shall be exalted

(Luke 16:19-31)                   Lazarus in Abraham’s Bosom [cf. Judges 9:7-16; Mat. 5:13-16. Some early Greek and Aramaic sources add, “And he said also another parable” to the beginning of Luke 16:19. Pharisees:“They also believe that souls have an immortal vigour in them, and that under the earth there will be rewards or punishments , according as they have lived virtuously or viciously in this life, and the latter are to be detained in an everlasting prison, but that the former shall have power to revive and live again” –  Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XVIII, i, 3.  See also Luke 16:14-15; Acts 23:6-11.]

Luke 18:10-14                      He that humbleth himself shall be exalted

Teaching

Grace in Action: Answering the Pharisees (#1096)

Grace in Action: God Looks at The Heart (#1095)

Grace in Action: God Looks at The Heart (#1095)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240901. All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Genesis 20:1-6      I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart (vs. 6)

I Samuel 16:1-7     The Lord looketh on the heart (vs. 7)

I Kings 3:5-14        Solomon asks for an understanding heart, and receives it

I Kings 21:24-29    Because he (Ahab) humbleth himself before me (vs. 29)

II Kings 5:17-19     He said unto him, Go in peace (vs. 19)

II Kings 22:8-20     Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself (vs. 19)

Psalms 44:20-21   He knoweth the secrets of the heart

Isaiah 1:10-17       To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices? (vs. 11)

Matthew 23:23      These ye ought to have done

I John 3:13-24        God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things (vs. 20)

Teaching

Grace in Action: God Looks at The Heart (#1095)

 

Trust God (#1094)

Trust God (#1094)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 20240804.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalms 5:11                       Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice

Psalms 18:2                       The Lord is my rock, in whom I will trust

Psalms 28:6-7                    My heart trusted in the Lord, and I am helped

Psalms 34:22                     None of them that trust in him shall be desolate

Psalms 37:3-5, 35-40        So thou shalt dwell in the land and be fed

Psalms 44:4-8                    I will not trust in my bow – in God we boast

Psalms 56:11                     In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid of what man can do unto me

Psalms 112:1-8                  His heart is fixed, trusting in God

Psalms 115                        Trust God, rather than idols which talk not

Psalms 118:5-9                  It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man

Proverbs 3:5,6                   Trust in the Lord with all thine heart

Proverbs 11:28                  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall

Proverbs 16:20                  Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he

Proverbs 22:17-21             That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee

Proverbs 28:25,26             He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.  He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool

Proverbs 29:25                   Fear of man – snare; trust in the Lord – safe

Proverbs 30:5                     He is a shield to them that trust him

Isaiah 26:3,4                        Perfect peace, trusting God

Jeremaih 17:5-8                  Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord

Teaching

Trust God (#1094)

Expecting our Hope (#1093)

Expecting our Hope (#1093)

 

As taught by Bruce Mahone, 202240721.  All rights reserved.

Verse Listing and Notes

Psalms 27:14                  Wait (qawah – expect, look for) on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.

Psalms 37:1-9, 34-38    Vs. 5: Commit thy way – “roll thy way upon” the Lord (vss. 9, 34: qawah – wait with expectation) The end of the perfect man is peace.

Psalms 40:1                   I waited (qawah – with expectation) [patiently and expectantly] and he heard

Psalms 62:5-8               My expectation [tiqvah] is from him (God), vs. 5

Psalms 71:1-6               Thou art my hope [tiqvah]

Psalms 130                    There is forgiveness with God (vs. 4), that he may be feared (revered).  I wait (qawah) for the Lord (vs. 5).  Watch for the morning – would include guards, keepers

Proverbs 23:17-18        Surely there is an end [reward]; and thine expectation [tiqvah] shall not be cut off

Isaiah 40:28-31              They that wait (qawah – with expectation) upon the LORD shall renew their strength (vs. 31)

Jeremiah 29:10-11         To give you an expected [tiqvah] end [an expectation and an end; a future and a hope]

Ephesians 2:4-8            That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (vs. 7)

Colossians 1:3-5           For the hope which is laid up (NIV: stored up) for you in heaven – vs. 5

I Timothy 1:1                 Lord Jesus Christ which is our hope

Titus 1:2                         In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised

Titus 3:5-7                      Heirs according to the hope of eternal life

I Peter 1:3-5                   Begotten (born into it!) us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead – vs. 3. Big S – vs. 5

I John 3:1-3                    And we are!

Teaching

Expecting our Hope (#1093)