10 http://www.injesus.com Relevant Bible Teaching Last 10 Posts Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:02:19 -0500 en-us http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=WB007HEZ&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=WB007HEZ&GroupID=CT0138BA Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:03:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Biblical training is not just training of any kind. Unless we know what the Scripture teaches, we might think we are doing things right when, in actuality, we are doing just the opposite. We must know what God has to say on the matter if we want children that are a blessing to us and to others. First, we must understand right theology about the nature of man http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=6B007HDM&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=6B007HDM&GroupID=CT0138BA Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:47:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) It is not easy being in a fallen, corrupt world, especially as believers. Temptations are everywhere, persecution is on the increase, and those who hate Jesus continue to multiply. Even Lot, who was not the most shining Christian example, testified to just how oppressing and tormenting it was to be around the sinful practices of the world in which he lived (2 Peter 2:7-8). Our modern world might make Sodom and Gomorrah blush, and it certainly should make us blush (Jeremiah 6:15, 8:12). Even http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=BB007HCS&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=BB007HCS&GroupID=CT0138BA Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) The only way to know if we are growing spiritually is to know what spiritual maturity looks like. Paul said that we are to imitate him as he imitated Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1). In other words, Christ is the perfect expression of what it means to grow to maturity in the Lord. We will never be perfect in this life as He was when He walked the earth, but to set our standards any lower is to guarantee that we will not grow as we ought to. Looking at the example of Christ, we learn that maturit http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=FB007HC0&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=FB007HC0&GroupID=CT0138BA Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:37:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) Whether it is acceptable or not to get a tattoo is a hot topic among Christians, especially young people. Just as there is great peer pressure to sleep around, to experiment with drugs, to watch garbage on television, and to compromise in music, there is also great lure surrounding tattoos. To further confuse matters, those who support tattooing can be found inside evangelicalism. I went to a “Christian” college, and the president of the college said on welcome weeke http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=UB007HAS&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=UB007HAS&GroupID=CT0138BA Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:53:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) God is a God of love, a God of grace, and a God of mercy. These things we have heard more times than we can count. However, what we may not have heard is that the Scripture also refers to God as a God of vengeance. Psalm 94:1 says, “O LORD, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth!” The Psalmist is in agony watching the wicked get away with their evil, hurting the innocent, even the people of God. The wicked mock and scorn God, believing that they have gotten away http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=BB007HAA&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=BB007HAA&GroupID=CT0138BA Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:52:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) The early church met for corporate worship on the first day of the week, which is Sunday, the same day Christ rose from the dead (Matthew 28:1). Acts 20:7 says, “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.” Also, 1 Corinthians 16:2 says, “On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=NB007H9N&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=NB007H9N&GroupID=CT0138BA Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:16:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) We all know what the world thinks about divorce given its prevalence. People moan and groan about its effects on children, yet it continues on recklessly because too often people marry recklessly. People would take who they date and eventually marry so much more seriously if they didn’t view divorce as their “ace in the hole” or “bailout.” There is so much distrust in marriage today that many are afraid to make a commitment, or if they do, the http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=SB007H8A&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=SB007H8A&GroupID=CT0138BA Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:08:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) Church government, sometimes called church polity, can degrade into the worldly, combative, “us versus them” mentality that politics in general often involves. In the world, people take sides with the group that most aligns with their personal viewpoint. They hope that a person will adequately stand for what they believe, and if they are in a democracy, they will try to vote that person into office. If they are in another form of government, where free speech is limited or http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=MB007H74&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=MB007H74&GroupID=CT0138BA Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:43:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) The great battle for truth is not between atheists and theists. I once thought that if we could just help people to believe in God then coming to faith in Christ wouldn’t be that far off. But the reality is that, though the battle against atheism is worth fighting, the real and intense battle is the call to faith in Jesus Christ. I say this because of a phrase locked away in 2 Timothy 3. Paul gives an extensive list about the characteristics of people living in the last days, rangi http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=7B007H6X&GroupID=CT0138BA http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=7B007H6X&GroupID=CT0138BA Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:11:00 -0500 relevantbibleteaching-subscribe@myinjesus.com (Brent Barnett) Fasting is a theme that runs throughout the Scriptures. Done rightly, it can have great benefit in our walks with Christ. Too often, however, it is done improperly for the wrong reasons and motives. Fasting is not a rote tradition that is done to earn God’s favor. It is not as if choosing not to eat a meal in and of itself draws us closer to God. We are not more holy if we abstain from food. Enjoying our food and drink is a great blessing and mercy of God in this life (Ecclesiastes 5:1