Lehman Ave Church of Christ lehmanavechurchofchrist

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 11:00AM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Andrew Itson
 
John 10 -
I Am the Good Shepherd
10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
19 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
I and the Father Are One
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and u

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 10:00AM Tent Speaker
 
Speaker: Eric D. Garner
 
The ears of the Lord are open to the righteous.
There are many blessings from being a Christian
Because Christians are in Christ then there must also be an outside of Christ. But there is no condemnation for those who walk in Christ.
2 Peter1:3-4 We have God’s word.
We can have fellowship. 1 John.
We get to worship
We can pray to God and have his attention. Hebrews 4. God talks to us through study but we talk to God through prayer.
Things to learn from Jesus's prayer, Luke 11
Adoration for God. He wants us to view him as a caring father. Ephesians 3:14-15
Make sure to confess. Pray with humility. 1 John 1:9.
Thank God. James 1:17. Everything good comes from God. We are blessed.
Ask for supplications. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 
Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_58d9Xh9E5E
 
Duration 40:28

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 10:00AM MPR 1 Speaker
 
Speaker: Mike Vestal
 
Relationships are precious.
Relationships are hard.
 
Relationships with others will be hard when relationships with God are not what they ought to be.
 
Mentoring - Wise, experienced, and Godly advice from a friend and brother
Some people are very wise, Godly, and experienced but not a friend.
 
Everyone needs someone in their life like this
 
Discipling - a follower, a learner, an understudy, and he seeks to be as close to the mentor as possible
Some people who just follow are groupies and some follow loosely
 
John 1-11
Jesus is ultimate relationship guru
Relationships are precious, but relationships are hard, but not in the Godhead.
 
Hebrews 2:17-18
 
We have to take care of our relationship with God!
 
John 2 
first miracle recorded
"Whatever he says to you, do it," Mary said
Jesus is dealing with desperate people; Jesus is present
Running out of wine was a major breach of protocol and could be taken to court
 
John 3
Jesus is a mentor to religious people
Nicodemus
Sometimes religious people don't get what it means to follow Jesus
We have to get over ourselves
 
John 4
Problem people - women at the well
The two people could not be more apart
Friend of tax collectors and sinners
"Sinners are loved here"
A village comes to near Jesus because of a woman
 
John 5
Verses 1-11 Jesus is a mentor to a sick and lonely man
You will never look at the face of another person that does not matter to God
No one to help me get in the water to get healed
 
John 7
Jesus is a mentor to unbelieving people
His own brothers did not believe in Him
Few are capable of saying more hurtful and harmful things than our own family
 
John 8
Jesus is a mentor to sinful people
Woman caught in adultery
Behold a lamb that takes away the sins of the world
Jesus is bilingual - speaks grace and truth! And so ought we
 
John 9
Jesus mentors mistreated people
Man born blind
Only person that really sees was blind
 
John 11
A mentor to the grieving
Grieved as He hung on cross too
Lazarus is dead
Martha needed truth, a reminder of the resurrection
Mary needed to weep
 
The Seven Desires of Every Heart - book
Psalm 37:4, 43:4

Everyone wants to be heard and understood


Everyone needs affirmation

Who you are and what you do are valued


Psalm 8



Everyone needs blessing, to be cherished


Every person needs safety

We seek to give them that in Christ



Every person needs to be touched

Jesus went out of the way to touch lepers



Every person needs to belong


Every person needs to be chosen

Jesus has chosen us


 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNS3jBU5z4c
 
Duration 40:55

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 10:00AM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker:  Bud Woodall
 
The Difference Between Light and Darkness 
John 9 - 
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said,

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 9:00AM MPR 4 Speaker
 
Speaker: Bart Warren
 
John 7:53 - 8:11 (ESV)
[THE EARLIEST MANUSCRIPTS DO NOT INCLUDE 7:53–8:11.]
The Woman Caught in Adultery
53 [[They went each to his own house, 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]
 
Problem:
Why are these brackets and footnotes here?
 
No missing verses controversy

Those searching the ancient manuscripts and trying to be faithful


In year 1611, KJV was made with about 25 manuscripts


Now we have about 5,000  manuscripts


Thankful for those who have found these manuscripts


2 Peter 1:3


Psalm 19:7


Proverbs 30:5


Acts 24:14

 
Where does it fit historically?

Textual criticism

Original manuscripts were copied by hand on perishable material


Seeks to retrieve original texts from manuscript descendants


We have so many manuscripts, experts believe the original text can be found



A few things that sound ominous

NIV archeological study Bible - no early New Testament text or early church father includes this text

Incorrect



Daniel Wallace - inclusion of this text is a tradition of timidity should be removed

Incorrect




This passage found 5 different places in ancient manuscripts


Possible explanations to stay

Widely believed to be a true story about Jesus that was preserved through oral tradition then written down later


David Chapman - while earliest Greek manuscripts omit, some testimony of early fathers includes


Bruce - has all earmarks



Case for inclusion

Decasalia (sp?)


Ditimis the Blind - story of the adulterous found in certain gospels


Codex D includes


Greek orthodox includes


Catholic includes


Leon Morris - can profitably study


Wayne Jackson - widespread evidence


How does this passage fit theologically?

Does not mention how many caught her?

Need more than one witness



Insincere accusers are trying to test Jesus


Where's the man caught in the act?

Unfair trial



The trap is:

If execute - violates Roman law


If doesn't execute - violates Old Testament law



Jesus' First response is quiet time

Let them think



What does it mean - let him without sin, cast the first stone

Does not mean No one can charge because we are all sinners


Take the plank out of your own eye


The sick need a physician


Jesus didn't forgive her here but opened the door for forgiveness


We don't know what happened to the woman.


Video: https://youtu.be/IPVyod_goZA?feature=shared

 
 

Duration 39:27

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 9:00AM Tent Speaker
 
Speaker: Andrew Itson
 
Faith That Will Survive - Lessons from Young Eutychus
Don't fight sleep in a window seat.
Acts 20:1-6 - After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. 2 When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. 3 There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews[a] as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. 4 Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, 6 but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
Troas is like subway station in that it is always an intersection on the path to somewhere else.

Acts 20:7 - 7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread,

Change is proof of the resurrection.
Acts 20:7-8 - Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

In the room, there was proof of expectation.
Acts 20:9 - 9 And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.

"Deep Sleep" scenarios..
Acts 20:10-11 - 10 But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” 11 And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
We easily get annoyed with distractions, but maybe the distraction is the main thing.

What can we learn from young Eutychus? The dangers of falling asleep spiritually.
1 Peter 5:8 - Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1 Corinthians 16:13 -  Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Signs you are sleepy:
Little to no desire to pray
Loss of appetite for The Word
A desire to only be served, not to server
Avoiding accountability
Comparing yourself to other people
Isolated from a community of believers

Be careful WHERE you rest.
Eutychus showed up: Sometimes you are tired because of trying.
Our goal should not be tired-free living. Our goal is to be tired for the right reasons.
Intention gets you into the room. Attention keeps you in the room.
Pursue spiritual things while you are young.
Colossians 2:6-7 - Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Psalm 92:12-13 - The righteous flourish like the palm tree    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;    they flourish in the courts of our God.
Built up = level up
Acts 20:10 - But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.”

Fall on the fallen.
It takes an incredible amount of time and energy to walk alongside someone who is on both sides of the road.
"Ronnie's data loved me into the church" - Sandra Missildine

How am I handling the "Eutychuses" among us?
How to fall on the fallen:
There's a  time to talk and a time to be quiet. There's a time to speak the truth, and a time to let the truth speak for Himself.
Falling on the fallen means we embrace them.
We are to fall on our faces before the Father's throne.

Ministry is about coming down from your upper room.
Acts 20:12 - And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.