A Series of Lessons made for the Edification

A Series of Lessons made for the Edification for the Northside Church of Christ. July 6/2014 Eric C

What is BASIC according to the language dictionary? Basic training. a soldier or airman receiving basic training. Something that is fundamental or basic; an essential ingredient, principle, procedure, etc. : to learn the basics of music; to get back to basics.

What do we understand as Basic? 6 1 : 3 n h o J ü Is there something Basic in the Bible? ü The Bible mentions a few or some things, I should say, that are considered very Basic in the Christian life. We should be very familiar with the Basic principles, or rudiments that we find in God’s Word. ü We must be “experts” by now when it comes to Basic Principles of God’s word. ü This series will help us to memorize and to bring back to our memory all of the things that we have learned in the past!

“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. ” Hebrews 5: 12

What is First principles? • Fundamentals of our faith • Elementary principles, first principles, the foundation. The building blocks of our faith • God’s “Scheme of redemption” is found from Genesis to Revelation. Fundamentals help us understand how it is tied together.

What is First principles? • “First principles” does NOT necessarily mean simple – either in compliance or understanding. • Helps us understand the “why” of what we believe. • Consider the “many doctrinal teaching in the Bible”, why we practice them, and why we believe in them. ”

Why we need the basics » Because they are fundamental to understanding the rest and growth. » Reminders never hurt » 2 Peter 1: 12, 2 Pe 1: 12… For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.

Why we need the basics » Because they are fundamental to understanding the rest and growth. » Reminders never hurt » 2 Peter 1: 12, » 2 Peter 3: 1 -2 2 Pe 3: 1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 3: 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,

Why we need the basics » Because they are fundamental to understanding the rest and growth. » Reminders never hurt » 2 Peter 1: 12, » 2 Peter 3: 1 -2 » Philippians 3: 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.

Why we need the basics • Repetition reinforces the fundamentals • Revelation 2 & 3, • Did Jesus always repeat Himself because he did not have anything better to say? • Jesus often repeated teachings. Rev 2: 7 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. " '

Why we need the basics • Repetition reinforces the fundamentals • Revelation 2 & 3, • Did Jesus always repeat Himself because he did not have anything better to say? • Jesus often repeated teachings. Rev 2: 11 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death. " '

Why we need the basics • Repetition reinforces the fundamentals • Revelation 2 & 3, • Did Jesus always repeat Himself because he did not have anything better to say? • Jesus often repeated teachings. Rev 2: 17 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it. " '

Why we need the basics • Repetition reinforces the fundamentals • Revelation 2 & 3, • Did Jesus always repeat Himself because he did not have anything better to say? • Jesus often repeated teachings. Rev 2: 29 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. " '

Why we need the basics • Repetition reinforces the fundamentals • Revelation 2 & 3, • Did Jesus always repeat Himself because he did not have anything better to say? • Jesus often repeated teachings. Rev 3: 6 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. " '

Why we need the basics • Repetition reinforces the fundamentals • Revelation 2 & 3, • Did Jesus always repeat Himself because he did not have anything better to say? • Jesus often repeated teachings. Rev 3: 13 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. " '

Why we need the basics • Repetition reinforces the fundamentals • Revelation 2 & 3, • Did Jesus always repeat Himself because he did not have anything better to say? • Jesus often repeated teachings. Rev 3: 22 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. " ' "

Why we need the basics » You might be reminded of something you have let slip » There may be others present who have not heard these things

Why we need the basics • Because it is being ignored by many around us! • I am concerned about the direction the church is headed in many places. • Consider Israel – Deut 6: 4 -9 Deu 6: 4 -9 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Why we need the basics • Because it is being ignored by many around us! • I am concerned about the direction the church is headed in many places. • Consider Israel – Deut 11: 18 -21 Deu 11: 18 -21 "Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20 And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the

Why we need the basics • Because it is being ignored by many around us! • I am concerned about the direction the church is headed in many places. • Consider Israel – Exodus 12: 26 -27 Exo 12: 26 -27 And it shall be, when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service? ' 27 that you shall say, 'It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households. ' " So the people bowed

Why we need the basics • Because it is being ignored by many around us! • I am concerned about the direction the church is headed in many places. • Consider Israel – Exodus 13: 14 -15 Exo 13: 14 -15 So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this? ' that you shall say to him, 'By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem. '

Why we need the basics • Because it is being ignored by many around us! • I am concerned about the direction the church is headed in many places. • Consider Israel –Psalm 78: 3 -7 Psa 78: 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. 5 For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, 7 That they may set

The Bible and the basics • Heb. 5: 12 -6: 5, 5: 12 -6: 5 concern that they had not matured. They needed the first principles again. • Rev. 2: 4 -5, 2: 4 -5 To Ephesus, “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works…”

The Bible and the basics • Jeremiah 6: 16, “Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it. ’” • Psa. 51: 10, Rom. 12: 2, Renewal addresses the basics.

The Bible and the basics • Examples of the basics: • 1 Cor. 15: 3 -5, Concerning Christ Jesus 1 Co 15: 3 -5 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.

The Bible and the basics • Examples of the basics: • Romans 6: 3 -4, a reminder of baptism Rom 6: 3 -4 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Rom 6: 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Bible Basics – 2014 -2015 • I have chosen 12 fundamental topics, one for almost each month. • We will present 3 -4 lesson on each topic.

Bible Basics – 2014, 2015 Tentatively this is my plan for the remaining of 2014 and all 2015 Lord willing. • July – Why I believe in God • August – Can we trust the Bible? • September – Why I believe in Jesus • October- God’s plan of salvation, • November- Authority,

Back to Basics – 2014, 2015 • December- What it means to be a Christian, • January- The New Testament church, • February- Why is denominationalism wrong? , • March- The Gospel, • April- True worship, • May- Moral living and Teaching concerning the end • The Life Of Jesus- From the beginning to the end of Jesus’ ministry.

Back to Basics – 2014, 2015 • My hope is that with these basics we will be better prepared to defend our faith (1 Pet. 3: 15)

May we strive to go on to perfection