Mount Eaton Church

READ: 1 John 3:1-3 The Love of God the Father is demonstrated in His Manner, Means, Matter, and Method through His Son. Because of His work of salvation, those who believe are given the right to be called children of God. - John 1:12-13 - 1 John 3:1 - “See what kind of love (means) the Father has given (manner) to us, that we should be called children of God ; (matter) and so we are. The reason wh...

READ: 1 John 2:15-29 What is Christian Deconstructionism? Christian deconstructionism is the process of critically examining, questioning, and dismantling a person's previously held religious beliefs, church culture, and foundational doctrines. Often starting within evangelicalism, it involves taking apart a lifelong belief system to see what is true, harmful, or shaped purely by politics and trad...

The Beginning of Knowledge 1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, 3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— 5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, 6 to...

. To walk as Christ walked is to love you brother as He has loved us. You are your brother’s keeper as Christ is to His brothers and sisters. - John 13:34-35 - 1 John 2:7-11 - “ Beloved , I am writing you no new commandment , but an old commandment that you had from the beginning . The old commandment is the word that you have heard . 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment (John 13:34) that I...

Christ is our Advocate and Propitiation for our sin. The Advocate is the one who speaks on your behalf that you are not guilty; the Propitiation is the one who has paid the cost of your guilt. - Hebrews 7:25 - “Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.” - 1 John 2:1-2 - “My little children, I am wr...

1 John 1:1-10 Receive the Light - 1 John 1:1-4 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word[a] of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—" Proclaim the...

READ: 2 Peter 3:11-18 To know Christ is returning, what kind of people should you be? - 1 John 3:2-3 - 2 Peter 3:11-13 - “ Since all these (verse 10) things are thus to be dissolved , what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness , (aims and acts of devotion) 12 waiting for (look forward to) and hastening (earnestly desire) the coming of the day of God , (see below) becaus...

READ: 2 Peter 3:1-10 Let us stir up one another until His return - Luke 12:35 - 2 Peter 3:1-3 - “This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder , (1 Peter 4:7) 2 that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment (Matthew 24:44, 1 Thess. 5:6, Luke 12:35-48) of the Lord and Savior...

READ: 2 Peter 2:4-22 As sure as God’s salvation is for His people, so is the judgment of the wicked and rebellious.) - 2 Peter 3:7 - “But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.” - 2 Peter 2:4-10a (Jude 6, Revelation 20:1-3; Genesis 6:17; 7:12-26; Genesis 18:20-21; 19:24-25; Genesis 19:10, 15...

What do we do concerning false teachers? We are commanded to beware and watchful - Matthew 7:15, warn the family of God - Acts 20:29, expose them - Ephesians 5:11, avoid them - Romans 16:17, and rebuke them - 1 Timothy 5:20. - Romans 16:17-18 - “I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them....

Since we are partakers of the divine nature, we must always, without fail, and not reluctantly, remind each other of how we must live and whom we represent. Genuine Faith is not seen in how genuinely human you are but in how genuinely Christ-like you are. - 2 Peter 1:5-7 - 2 Peter 1:12-15 - “ Therefore , I intend always to remind you of these qualities , though you know them and are established in...

Be In Awe of GOD & Obey His Commands - Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Lanny Lewis

Through the gift of Faith, Christ has imputed to us His Righteousness by which we now can grow in the knowledge of Christ. - 2 Peter 1:1-2 - “Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ , To those who have obtained (chosen by divine will) a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ : 2. May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledg...

The Men whom God has ordained have been called and commanded to the Care of the Flock of God. - Acts 20:26-28 - 1 Peter 5:1-4 - “So I exhort (plead, beg) the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker (participant) in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd (feed, tend, keep, govern) the flock of God that is among you, exercising...

Having the same mind as Christ and being people like-minded, we must live as He lived. - 1 Corinthians 2:16 - 1 Peter 3:8-12 - “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind , (of one mind, like-minded) sympathy , brotherly love , (love like brothers) a tender heart , (compassionate) and a humble mind . (friendly) 9 Do not repay evil (wickedness) for evil or reviling (insult, slander) for reviling , but...

READ: 1 Peter 4:1-6 (Romans 6) 1 Peter 3:18 - “ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,... ” “...How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” - Romans 6:2-3 - Romans 6...

Psalm 112:1 “Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!” 1. The Call to obedience. To obey Christ is to Love Christ. - Deuteronomy 6:4-9 - John 14:20-21 - 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps (tereo: obey, guard) them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves...

2 Timothy 3:16-17 " All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God[ a ] may be complete, equipped for every good work."

The Word - God Said - “Hear The Word, Do The Word” - James 1 1. “...for you know that the testing of your faith produces…” 2. “...ask in faith , with no doubting …” 3. “... lowly brother boast in his exaltation , and the rich in his humiliation ,...” 4. “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. ” 5. “Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth ,...” 6...

The Word - God Said - “To Love Is To Obey” John 14 1. To obey Christ is to Love Christ. - Joshua 22:5 - “Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” - John 14:16-17 - “...

READ: Jeremiah 1:1-12, John 12:44-50 - 1. God is the only one who sends His word. Christ is the word sent. - John 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[d] from the Father, full of grace and truth." - Jeremiah 1:1-3 - “The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to...

READ: Exodus 20 - 1. GOD speaks His law and commands Israel to obey. - Exodus 20:1-6 - “And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth bene...

READ: Isaiah 55 - 1. Are you Hungry and Thirsty? Come, He does satisfy. - John 6:35: - Isaiah 55:1-2a - “ Come (yalak: refers to a starting point; summons to start here), everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come (yalak), buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for...

The Gospel Lived In The Church READ: 1 Corinthians 3 - True Spiritual Maturity is seen in how we live amongst one another. - John 13:34-35 - 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 - “ But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual (governed by the Spirit) people, but as people of the flesh , (worldly, sinful) as infants (childish, untaught, unskilled) in Christ . 2 I fed (offer water, teaching easy to understan...

READ: James 3 - Bit for horses, rudder for ships, and the tongue for the mouth, only one is a restless evil by which man can not tame. - Proverbs 13:3 - James 3:1-5 - “ ... we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways . ... 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though...