{"id":92570,"date":"2025-12-13T18:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=92570"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:54:24","slug":"i-attend-bible-classes-because","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-attend-bible-classes-because\/","title":{"rendered":"I Attend Bible Classes Because…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

by Eldred Stevens<\/p>\n

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  1. It is a delightful way to obey a scriptural command (II Timothy 2:15; II Peter 1:5; 3:18; I Timothy 4:13; John 5:39).<\/li>\n
  2. I have a great desire to emulate first-century Christianity (Acts 2:41-47; 4:23,24; 12:12; 17:11).<\/li>\n
  3. I have three children (Proverbs 22:6; Deuteronomy 4:9; 6:7; Ephesians 6:4).<\/li>\n
  4. I like to be with my brethren (Romans 12:10; I John 4:7,8; 3:14).<\/li>\n
  5. I want to do good, to abound in good works (James 4:17; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Revelation 20:12,13; 14:13; 2:2.9.13.19; James 2:16).<\/li>\n
  6. I want to be consistent (Titus 1:6).<\/li>\n
  7. I must protect and maintain a good influence (Matthew 5:13-16).<\/li>\n
  8. It helps to keep my spiritual temperature high (Revelation 3:16).<\/li>\n
  9. I love our home congregation (II Corinthians 11:2; I Thessalonians 1:2-8).<\/li>\n
  10. I respect the eldership (Acts 20:28; I Peter 5:2).<\/li>\n
  11. I want to keep my scale of values properly adjusted (Matthews 6:33).<\/li>\n
  12. I love the truth (II Thessalonians 2:10-12; Matthew 5:6).<\/li>\n
  13. I love the Lord, and I have a reverence for God (John 14:15).<\/li>\n
  14. I want to be a good example (I Timothy 4:12).<\/li>\n
  15. I shall be judged by the Bible (Revelation 20:12).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    by Eldred Stevens It is a delightful way to obey a scriptural command (II Timothy 2:15; II Peter 1:5; 3:18; I Timothy 4:13; John 5:39). I have a great desire to emulate first-century Christianity (Acts 2:41-47; 4:23,24; 12:12; 17:11). I have three children (Proverbs 22:6; Deuteronomy 4:9; 6:7; Ephesians 6:4). I like to be with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[356,358],"class_list":["post-92570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-attendance","tag-bible-class"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32815,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-the-message-preached\/","url_meta":{"origin":92570,"position":0},"title":"Notes on the Message Preached","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Faith General References Acts 6:7 Acts 13:8 Acts 14:22 Acts 16:5 I Corinthians 16:13 Galatians 3:23 Ephesians 4:13 Colossians 1:23 Colossians 2:7 I Timothy 1:2 I Timothy 3:13 I Timothy 4:1 I Timothy 5:8 I Timothy 6:10,12 Titus 1:2, Titus 1:13 Titus 3:15 I Peter 5:9 Jude 3 Word\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Notes"","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61464,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-faithful\/","url_meta":{"origin":92570,"position":1},"title":"Notes on Faithful","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 19, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Faithful\" is from the Greek word pistos\u00a0which means \"trustworthy, faithful, reliable, credible, trusting or believing.\" A reliable servant Matthew 24:45 Matthew 25:21, 23 Luke 12:42 Luke 19:17 \u00a0Corinthians 4:2 Trustworthy in deeds Luke 16:10-12 I Corinthians 1:9 I Corinthians 10:13 II Corinthians 1:18 I Thessalonians 5:24 II Thessalonians 3:3 Hebrews\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Notes"","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":90633,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/instrumental-music-to-worship-of-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":92570,"position":2},"title":"Instrumental Music to Worship of God","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Gary Colley The following reasons, concerning why churches of Christ do not use mechanical instruments of music in worship to God, were given recently in our Denominational Doctrines class. It has been requested that they be in our bulletin for the help of all. It can be stated without\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61263,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-amen\/","url_meta":{"origin":92570,"position":3},"title":"Notes on Amen","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 9, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Comprehension Required I Corinthians 14:15-17 Purpose Agreement Individual Numbers 5:22 I Kings 1:36 Jeremiah 28:6 Assembly Deuteronomy 27:15-26 I Chronicles 16:36 Nehemiah 5:13 Nehemiah 8:6 Psalm 106:48 I Corinthians 14:15-17 Revelation 5:14 Revelation 7:12 Revelation 19:4 Expression of God's Faithfulness II Corinthians 1:20 Revelation 3:14 Conclusion to Prayer Matthew 6:13\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Notes"","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42336,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/our-sole-standard\/","url_meta":{"origin":92570,"position":4},"title":"Our Sole Standard","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Ephesians 3:1-13 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In a discussion with a Roman Catholic, he objected to the idea of staying only with the Bible as our source of authority. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In particular, he believes that the Spirit uses sources other than the Bible to reveal God\u2019s will \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He argued that the apostles only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1552,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-things-that-accompany-salvation\/","url_meta":{"origin":92570,"position":5},"title":"Notes on Things that Accompany Salvation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Hear Believe Repent Confess Be Baptized Obey Commanded Acts 16:31; Hebrews 11:6 Commanded Acts 2:38; 17:30; 26:20 Commanded Acts 10:48 Commanded Philippians 2:12 To come to God John 6:45 To please God Hebrews 11:6 To gain times of refreshing Acts 3:19 Brings joy in heaven Luke 15:7 To be confessed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Notes"","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}