The Cincinnati Church

We are an historic baptist church that believes in the Divine inspiration and authority of the King James Bible as the word of God in English which is the only standard of our beliefs and practices. As the scriptures teach, we believe that only believers in the Lord Jesus Christ may be baptized, and that baptism is necessary for membership in a local church. The local church was meant to be a vessel for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ; the expression on earth of His divine government of the kingdom of heaven; a cote into which His sheep should obediently press for safety, comfort, instruction, improvement of faith and all attendant blessings of the Holy Spirit Who indwells it. For more information on our beliefs and practices, please read our Articles of Faith.

For information about when and where we meet for worship, please contact The Cincinnati Church.

For some food for thought see the Thought for the Day normally authored by Pastor Tim Boffey and occasionally authored by other church members.

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Faith and Facts
I. Scripture calls on men to believe truth and NOT believe error. 1JO 4:1-6.
A. Belief of a lie is an unsound faith whereas rejection of a lie is a healthy unbelief.
2TH 2:11-13.
B. Therefore, Biblical faith requires the usage of one’s reason and critical faculties to discern
the truth that one is to believe.
C. Reason is compatible with faith.
1. Paul reasoned out of the Scriptures in an effort to persuade men to believe that
Jesus is the Christ. ACT 17:2-4; 18:4.
2. Those who have no faith are UNREASONABLE. 2TH 3:2.

Faith and Facts
I. Scripture calls on men to believe truth and NOT believe error. 1JO 4:1-6.
A. Belief of a lie is an unsound faith whereas rejection of a lie is a healthy unbelief.
2TH 2:11-13.
B. Therefore, Biblical faith requires the usage of one’s reason and critical faculties to discern
the truth that one is to believe.
C. Reason is compatible with faith.
1. Paul reasoned out of the Scriptures in an effort to persuade men to believe that
Jesus is the Christ. ACT 17:2-4; 18:4.
2. Those who have no faith are UNREASONABLE. 2TH 3:2.

Lev 27:1-7
(1) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
(3) And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
(4) And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

Faith and Facts
I. Scripture calls on men to believe truth and NOT believe error. 1JO 4:1-6.
A. Belief of a lie is an unsound faith whereas rejection of a lie is a healthy unbelief.
2TH 2:11-13.
B. Therefore, Biblical faith requires the usage of one’s reason and critical faculties to discern
the truth that one is to believe.
C. Reason is compatible with faith.
1. Paul reasoned out of the Scriptures in an effort to persuade men to believe that
Jesus is the Christ. ACT 17:2-4; 18:4.
2. Those who have no faith are UNREASONABLE. 2TH 3:2.

(Galatians 5:18) But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

(In the interests of enviro-sensitivity and conservation, the following is a recycled meditation with a little extra perfume in it)

(Genesis 8:22) While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Good Thoughts, God's Peace, God's Presence
(Philippians 4:8-9)
A. These verses are actually a continuation of Paul's prescription for peace (vs. 6-7), introduced by
the adverb, “Finally.”
1. finally: In the end, lastly, at last, ultimately. b. Indicating the last point or conclusion of a
discourse, treatise, etc.
2. These are Paul's closing arguments on attaining the “...peace of God which passeth all
understanding...” (PHIL 4:7).
B. He starts by addressing the believer's thought life. Recent messages dealing with the importance

Cryin,' Lyin,' Lion, Dyin'
(1 Kings 13)
The Background
A. The kingdom had recently divided over the reckless attitude of Solomon's son, Rehoboam.
1KI 12:12-19.
B. The split was actually due to Solomon's idolatry. 1KI 11:9-13.
C. By the order of God, Jeroboam was made king over the ten tribes. 1KI 11:31; 12:20.
D. Jeroboam promptly turned Israel to idolatry. 1KI 12:28-30.
1. Jeroboam gained an ongoing notoriety for this wickedness.
2. No less than 20 times are forms of the phrase, “...who made Israel to sin” attached to
Jeroboam's name.

Ezra: Rebuilding God's Temple
I. The Book of Ezra deals with the return of a great number of the Jews from Babylon to rebuild the
temple of God at Jerusalem.
A. The present age of the gospel was prophesied of as a time of rebuilding old wastes.
ISA 61:1-4; ACT 15:15-16.
B. The gospel church is the reformation of the existing church which had fallen into gross
disrepair. HEB 9:10; ROM 11:11-21.
II. Like its counterpart book which deals with the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Nehemiah), Ezra sets forth

Genesis 13:11) Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

The Sovereign Dominion of God
I. This study sets forth what Scripture teaches about the government of the most high God. The
manner in which God's will is accomplished will be considered. Certain questions need to be
addressed, some of which are:
A. Is God active in the events of history, or has He simply created all things and left the
creation to plot its own course?
B. Does the universe function completely passively, as a glove on the hand of God?
C. Is God's will ever not done?
D. Is God the author of evil or sin?

The Sovereign Dominion of God
I. This study sets forth what Scripture teaches about the government of the most high God. The
manner in which God's will is accomplished will be considered. Certain questions need to be
addressed, some of which are:
A. Is God active in the events of history, or has He simply created all things and left the
creation to plot its own course?
B. Does the universe function completely passively, as a glove on the hand of God?
C. Is God's will ever not done?
D. Is God the author of evil or sin?

The Sovereign Dominion of God
I. This study sets forth what Scripture teaches about the government of the most high God. The
manner in which God's will is accomplished will be considered. Certain questions need to be
addressed, some of which are:
A. Is God active in the events of history, or has He simply created all things and left the
creation to plot its own course?
B. Does the universe function completely passively, as a glove on the hand of God?
C. Is God's will ever not done?
D. Is God the author of evil or sin?

Ezra: Rebuilding God's Temple
I. The Book of Ezra deals with the return of a great number of the Jews from Babylon to rebuild the
temple of God at Jerusalem.
A. The present age of the gospel was prophesied of as a time of rebuilding old wastes.
ISA 61:1-4; ACT 15:15-16.
B. The gospel church is the reformation of the existing church which had fallen into gross
disrepair. HEB 9:10; ROM 11:11-21.
II. Like its counterpart book which deals with the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Nehemiah), Ezra sets forth

Hebrews 12:18-24
(18) For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
(19) And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
(20) (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
(21) And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

Believe Me Not!
I. Men are to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. ACT 16:31.
A. There are “...lords many...” (1CO 8:5).
B. There is “...another Jesus...” (2CO 11:4).
C. There are “...false Christs...” (MAT 24:24).
D. It is therefore necessary to qualify which lord, which Jesus, which Christ is to be
the object of true faith and worship.
II. The Lord Jesus Christ of the Scriptures is the One Who does the work of His Father. JOH 10:37.
A. Everything He ever did was a work of His Father. JOH 5:19.

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11.
A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21.
B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty.
C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.
1. His power is in the lie: the telling of it and our love of it.

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11.
A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21.
B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty.
C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.
1. His power is in the lie: the telling of it and our love of it.

Alive Without the Law (Rom 7:9)

I. The purpose of this study is to provide a proper Biblical understanding of Rom 7:7-13 and to answer the following questions:
1. Was Paul referring to being spiritually alive (in possession of eternal life) when he said that he was "alive without the law once"?
2. Was Paul referring to living in sinless innocence prior to the law coming to him when he wrote "without the law sin was dead"?
3. Did Paul die spiritually when the commandment came and sin revived and slew him?
4. If not, then what kind of death was he referring to?

Alive Without the Law (Rom 7:9)

I. The purpose of this study is to provide a proper Biblical understanding of Rom 7:7-13 and to answer the following questions:
1. Was Paul referring to being spiritually alive (in possession of eternal life) when he said that he was "alive without the law once"?
2. Was Paul referring to living in sinless innocence prior to the law coming to him when he wrote "without the law sin was dead"?
3. Did Paul die spiritually when the commandment came and sin revived and slew him?
4. If not, then what kind of death was he referring to?

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11. A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21. B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty. C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.

(Deuteronomy 32:2) My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

A beloved relative recently sent me stunning macro photographs of water droplets on various flowers. The detail and clarity were such that one could see mirror images of the flowers in the droplets which clung to the flowers. This moved me to search the scriptures, which brought today's text to mind.

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11.
A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21.
B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty.
C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.
1. His power is in the lie: the telling of it and our love of it.

Fighting Satan and Sin
I. We must not be ignorant of Satan's devices lest he take advantage of us. 2CO 2:11.
A. Satan brings us into bondage by exploiting the strengths of his ally which is our flesh and
blinding us to the ugliness and sinfulness of sin. EPH 2:3; TIT 3:3; ROM 6:19-21.
B. Satan holds us in bondage by blinding us to the truth about deliverance and liberty.
C. Satan's entire operation is based upon one concept: the lie. He is the father of lies.
JOH 8:44.
1. His power is in the lie: the telling of it and our love of it.

Pastor Boffey teaches on the cleansing of the leper from Leviticus 14 and shows parallels in the New Testament church.

The Church and its Minister
I. All sinners have a problem with submitting to authority.
A. “...sin is the transgression of the law” (1JO 3:4).
B. law: A rule of conduct imposed by authority.
C. For someone to say that he has no problem with authority is to say that he has no sin,
which is self-deception and in effect charges God with lying. 1JO 1:8, 10.
D. Honesty and sincerity demand that we admit that we have a natural reluctance to submit
to godly authority because it gets in the way of our sins, our liberties, our plans and our
pride.