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Bible Study #743
The goal of Bible Study is not just learning, but living
If you are saved, you will have a desire to be holy, a hunger for the Word, the inner witness of the Spirit,
and a desire to share Jesus. These are the birthmarks of the believer.
#743 1 Sept 15
Before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed
Galations 3:23
Grateful for . . . .
THE WORD OF GOD !
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Greetings! before faith came: From the viewpoints of both the history of redemption and through all times in the area of individual salvation, only saving faith unlocks the door of the prison where the law keeps men bound.
kept in custody under the law: Paul personifies the law as a jailer of guilty, condemned sinners, on death row awaiting God's judgment (Rom 6:23)
the faith . . . later to be revealed: Again Paul was looking at the coming of Christ, historically and at each believer's salvation, individually. Faith in Christ alone releases people from bondage to law, whether the Mosaic law, or the law written on the hearts of Gentiles (Rom 2:14-16)
Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart! ♥
Memory verse for this week: Rev. 2:10
Six rules for Studying the Bible Correctly:
#1-We must be humble and teachable--Matthew 11:25; 1 Corinthians 1:21, 26-31.—
#2-We must let the Bible interpret itself by comparing scripture with scripture. Isaiah 28:9, 10; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Luke 24:27, 44—
#3-We must ask the Holy Spirit to guide us.--1 Corinthians 2:7, 10-14; John 16:13.—
#4-We must really want to know truth.-2 Thessalonians 2;9-12; Hebrews 4:12; Romans 1:28—
#5-We must really search for truth.--Jeremiah 29:13; 33:3-Matthew 13:45, 46; Isaiah 44:3; Matthew 5:6-
#6-We must follow what we already know to be truth.-Matthew 13:10-12;7:24-28; John 8;31; John 7:17; John 17:17-26; Revelation 2:25, 26.
This week's Trivia's: [answer's below . . ]
1. Fill in the following blank of the fourth Commandment with two words": "Remember the ____________ _________ to keep it holy."
2. Complete the following verse: "Seek and ye shall find . . ."
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If your pocketbook is empty .. read Psalm 37
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BIBLE MEDITATION: “Let them praise the name of the Lord: for He commanded, and they were created.” Ps 148:5
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: In Genesis 1:11-12 we read, “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good”.
ACTION POINT: If evolution is true, then one specie would have to involve into another specie, and if that is true, then you would expect to find transitional forms of life. You hear talk about the “missing link.” May I tell you, the whole chain is missing!
from the Ministries of Love Worth Finding . . . by Adrian Rogers
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When you feel down and . . . read Romans 8:31
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We have begun another journey and will learn from the book "AGENTS of the APOCALYPSE" written by David Jeremiah. A Riveting Look at the Key Players of the End Times. GBY
. . . . AGENTS of the APOCALYPSE . . . .
THE SCRIPTURE BEHIND THE STORY . . cont.
A Profitable Book . . .
Revelation is the only book in the Bible that motivates its readers by promising a blessing for those who will read and obey it. The promise is made at the beginning and the end:
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written init; for the time is near. Rev. 1:3
Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. Rev. 22:7
The word blessed means “happy; blissful; joyous.” It may seem strange to associate joy with the sometimes chilling drama of the book of Revelation, but Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones helps us understand why this is a logical reaction for those who read the book: “Revelation was written in order that God’s people who were passing through terrible persecutions and terrible adversity might still be able to go on rejoicing. It is a book that showed them the ultimate victory of the Lord over Satan and all the other forces of evil. . . . It was written for men and women who had been in trouble, and it was meant to help them, not only people who would live 2,000 years later. . . . If your understanding of the book of Revelation does not help you rejoice, you are misunderstanding it.”
Profitable For Personal Application . . . .
John was not interested in merely stimulating the imaginations of his readers. His goal was to influence their lives and change the way they lived. Scripture is a guide for conduct as well as the source of doctrine. Seven times in the book of Revelation we read this phrase: “He who has an ear, let him hear” (2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). What we read in this book should govern our conduct.
Our conduct today is affected by what we know of tomorrow. The book of Revelation tells us of God’s plan for the future and assures us that we are on the winning side. It often appears that t he enemy is winning, but Revelation puts everything into perspective. Satan may win some present battles, but the outcome of the war has already been determined—and Satan knows it. When we know that truth as well, it gives us courage to persevere through the downturns. Like castaways who keep on rowing because the map shows an island ahead, we’ll have the courage to press on.
Perhaps this is the reason the devil tries to discourage people from reading this amazing book. “The devil has turned thousands of people away from this portion of God’s Word. He does not want anyone to read a book that tells of his being cast out of heaven, bound in a bottomle3ss pit for a thousand years and eventually cast into the lake of fire to be ‘tormented day and night for ever and ever.’ Nor is he anxious for us to read of the ultimate triumph of his number one enemy, Jesus Christ. The more you study the Book of Revelation, the more you understand why Satan fights so hard to keep God’s people away from it.”
Profitable for Public Assembly . . .
The dramatization at the beginning of this chapter portrays an assembly of the first-century church, inspired by the writings of the early church leader Justin Martyr (AD 100-165). He describes the nature of their worship in his First Apology: “On the day called Sunday there is a meeting in one place of those who live in cities or the country, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read as long as time permits. When the reader has finished, the president in a discourse urges and invites [us] to the imitation of these noble things.”
The Beatitudes of Revelation:
1. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it. (Rev. 1:3)
2. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. (Rev. 14:13)
3. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame. (Rev. 16:15)
4. Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! (Rev. 19:9)
5. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (Rev. 20:6)
6. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. (Rev. 22:7)
7. Blessed are those who do His commandments that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. (Rev. 22:14)
Public reading and exhortation were an integral part of gatherings in the early church. Paul told young Timothy, for example, to “give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine” (1 Tim. 4:13).
Revelation 1:3 indicates that the public reading of the Revelation will meet with a special blessing from God.
Profitable For Prophetic Anticipation . . .
The third verse of Revelation 1 ends with the phrase the time is near, and Revelation 22:10 declares that “the time is at hand.” Many people have interpreted these phrases to mean that fulfillment of the prophecy must be just around the corner. This has resulted in rash predictions about when the Rapture, the Tribulation, the Millennium, and the second coming of Christ will occur.
However, the expression “the time is near” does not necessarily mean the event will occur immediately. It indicates nearness from the standpoint of prophetic revelation, which operates according to its own timetable. To say that an event is near means it is the next major occurrence on the prophetic calendar. These events were near in that sense when John recorded them; they were the next major even on the calendar. And they are even closer today. Prophecy is God’s way of giving us fair warning so we can prepare our hearts and minds to be ready for what is ahead.
A Practical Book . . . .
More than a century ago, William E. Blackstone wrote a little book called Jesus Is Coming: God’s Hope for a Restless World. It had a significant impact on the Christian world and spurred much of today’s interest in the study of prophecy. In his book, Blackstone devotes an entire chapter to the practical benefits of studying prophecy, which he calls the true incentive to a holy life. He writes, “No other doctrine in the Word of God presents a deeper motive for crucifying the flesh, for separation to God, to work for souls, and as our hope and joy and crown of rejoicing than this does.”
Blackstone goes on to give forty benefits listed in the Bible for those who study prophecy. I don’t’ have space to mention forty, but I would like to share three practical paybacks that come to us from studying prophecy—and especially the book of Revelation.
Studying Prophecy Motivates us to Live Productive Lives . . . .
Some people think a keen awareness of the second coming of Christ will turn us into lazy souls who stand around gazing upward in some kind of useless trance. But in reality, the opposite is true. In the greatest sermon ever preached on the Second Coming (the Olivet discourse in Matthew 24-25), Jesus listed the “signs of the times” and described the events surrounding His return. Then He told a series of stories illustrating the importance of being productive and prepared. “Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing,” He said (Matt. 24:46).
Denis Lyle, a Baptist pastor in Belfast, Northern Ireland, tells of a tourist who visited a beautiful mansion on a lovely lakeshore in Switzerland. The house was surrounded by well-kept gardens connected by tidy pathways. There wasn’t a weed in sight.
“How long have you been caretaker here?” the tourist asked the gardener.
“I’ve been here twenty years.”
“And during that time how often has the owner of the property been in residence?”
the gardener smiled. “He has been here only four times.”
“And to think,” the visitor exclaimed, “all these years you’ve kept this house and garden in such superb condition. You tend them as if you expected him to come tomorrow.”
“Oh no,” replied the gardener, “I look after them as if I expected him to come today.”
Jesus is coming back—coming any minute, coming soon, maybe coming today. These are some of His last words recorded in the Bible: “Surely I am coming quickly” (Rev. 22:20). The more aware we are of His impending return, the more motivated we’ll be in our work for Him in these last days.
next week: . . THE SCRIPTURE BEHIND THE STORY cont. . .
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If self pride/greatness takes hold .. read Psalm 19
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WARNING ABOUT HIS RETURN, Part 1
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[He] will then repay every man according to his deeds. Matt. 16:27b
At His glorious coming Jesus also “will then repay every man according to his deeds.” The believer looks forward to the second coming in the hope of sharing His Lord’s glory, but the unbeliever can look forward to it only in fear of being condemned under the Lord’s judgment.
In speaking here of repaying “every man according to his deeds,” Jesus was pointing out that it will be a time of glory and reward for those who belong to Him and a time of judgment and punishment for those who do not. On that day every man will be judged on the basis of his deeds. It is not that deeds are the means of salvation, which is by grace through faith alone. But as person’s outward deeds are the surest evidence of his inward spiritual condition. People are best known by their fruits, Jesus said (Matt. 7:16). James declared that “faith, if it has no works, is dead” (Jas. 2:17).
The Lord’s return is bittersweet for believers who are sensitive and loving. Like John as he tasted the little book he took from the angel’s hand (Rev. 10:10), they think of the second coming as “sweet as honey” regarding their own destiny but “bitter” regarding the destiny of the many lost souls who reject Christ. His coming ultimately will resolve the destiny of every person (cf. Jn 5:25-29).
ASK YOURSELF
How motivated are you by the reward of being honored at judgment for the ways you’ve let God’s righteousness, love, and mercy flow through you—the many evidences of fruit borne in you by His Holy Spirit? Forsake all that would cost you His greatest blessings.
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For a great invention/opportunity .. read Isaiah 55
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Q & A With McGee:
What is the Difference Between Premillennialism, Amillennialism, and Postmillennialism?
All of these are an interpretation relative to the Millennium. Scripture teaches that there is coming a kingdom to be established upon this earth, and that the Lord Jesus will reign over that kingdom for a thousand years. The premillennialists believe that He will come first and take His church out of the world. The world then enters the Great Tribulation Period, and then Christ returns to the earth to establish His kingdom here upon this earth. This was the view of the early church.
Postmillennialism believes that Christ is coming at the end of the Millennium. It is the belief that the church would be the one to bring in the kingdom, not Christ coming personally to establish His kingdom. Rather, the church by the preaching of the gospel would convert the world and bring the entire world into obedience to Christ. Then He would come to the world, and it would be sort of like a victory parade. Honestly, today it seems unbelievable that there was a period when men believed that. They seemed to pay no attention to the prophecies made in Scripture saying that there was coming a time of great trouble on the earth and there would be a rebellion against God and an apostasy was coming upon the earth. I would say postmillennialism is dead today. I do not believe you will find very many reputable theologians in the world today that hold that position.
That brings us to the third position: Amillennialism. An amillennialist is one who does not believe that there’s going to be a Millennium at all. They don’t believe there’s going to be any Millennium at all, and they spiritualize all of the passages of Scripture that have to do with this kingdom that is to be set up. They take the Book of Revelation and spiritualize every bit of it. Honestly, when it comes out it makes no sense whatsoever. Those strong passages of Scripture that have to do with the pouring out of the bowls of wrath are absolutely toned down and fitted in two some event that’s already taken place in history. There’s no attempt to make the Book of Revelation a logical or chronological book at all. And when you get to the twentieth chapter where the thousand years are mentioned, they’re great at saying, “Well, it’s only mentioned in one passage.” But the thousand years are mentioned six times in one chapter. How many times does God have to say a thing before it’s true? I’ve always felt that Amillennialism is the weakest of all of them.
Premillennialism is the position that I hold, I defend it, I believe I can give a reason for the hope that is within me relative to the premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The wages of sin is death, [but] the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord Rom. 6:23
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Answers to this week's Trivia's:
1. Fill in the following blank of the fourth Commandment with two words": "Remember the ____________ _________ to keep it holy."
A. Sabbath day Exo 20:8
2. Complete the following verse: "Seek and ye shall find . . ."
A. "Knock and it (the door) shall be opened." Matt 7:7
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. . . David Jeremiah . . .
Q. How should I live today in light of eternity?
What we think about heaven determines how we live today. We can easily be led away from God’s purposes if we do not steadfastly pursue the things of God and His will (2 Peter 3:17); and without diligence, we can be lulled into apathy and ungodliness, which bring no joy to God or to our personal lives. C.S. Lewis once said: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next.”
How do we become effective for Christ in our present world? We must make sure that our lives are matching the purpose for which we were created, we must be diligent to pursue God’s righteousness through the Word, prayer, purity, and seeking His will. That’s the way to live in light of eternity—in light of “the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior.”
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. Titus 2:11-13
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Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.
Until next time remember, "Keep looking up!"
God loves you with an everlasting love!
Nancy <\\\><
Remember:
A man may go to heaven…..
Without health, without wealth;
Without fame, without a great name;
Without learning, without earnings;
Without culture, without beauty;
Without friends and without ten thousand other things----
But he can NEVER go to Heaven without Christ.
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This week's Quiz: God’s Faithful ..
Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God. All of the following people could say with the apostle Paul, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim 4:7). What do you know about these faithful of God?
1. Of whom does the Bible say, “In all this ________ sinned not, nor charged God foolishly”? Job 1:22
a. Nehemiah c. John
b. Job d. Moses
2. Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace because they refused to: Dan 3:12
a. pray to the king c. bow down to the king’s statue
b. stop praying to their God d. all of the above
3. About whom is the Bible speaking when it says that among men whose thoughts were only evil continually, this person found grace in the eyes of the Lord? Gen. 6:5, 8
a. Noah c. David
b. Abraham d. Moses
4. About whom was God speaking when He said, “He has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully”? Num. 14:24
a. Job c. David
b. Caleb d. Moses
5. Which of the following is not listed by name in Hebrews 11, God’s hall of fame for His faithful?
a. Abel c. Rahab
b. Joseph d. Elijah
6. About which of Noah’s ancestors does the Bible say he “walked with God” and “God took him”? Gen 5:24
a. Seth c. Enoch
b. Methuselah d. Lamech
7. When Abraham proved his faithfulness to God by preparing to sacrifice Isaac, what did God provide as a sacrifice instead? Gen 22:13
a. a lamb c. a ram
b. a bullock d. a goat
8. About whom did Jesus say, “I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel”? Matt. 8:5, 10-14
a. John the Baptist c. the centurion with the sick servant
b. Jarius d. the man with the demon-possessed son
9. How many years did Noah spend preparing the ark as God told him? Gen 5:32; 7:11
a. 10 c. 75
b. 50 d. 100
10 What prophet who devoutly feared God hid one hundred prophets from Jezebel? 1 Ki 18:3-4
a. Elijah c. Obadiah
b. Elisha d. Isaiah
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Bible Study #740
The goal of Bible Study is not just learning, but living
If you are saved, you will have a desire to be holy, a hunger for the Word, the inner witness of the Spirit,
and a desire to share Jesus. These are the birthmarks of the believer.
#740 11 Aug 15
Now brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching?
1 Cor. 14:6
Grateful for . . . .
THE WORD OF GOD !
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Greetings! if I come to you . . . what will I profit . . .?
Even an apostle who spoke in tongues did not spiritually benefit a congregation unless, through interpretation, his utterance was clarified so that the revelation and knowledge could be understandably preached and taught. Any private use of this gift is excluded for several reasons:
1. it is a sign to unbelievers (v. 22)
2. it must have a translator to have any meaning, even to the speaker (v. 2)
3. it must edify the church (v. 6)
Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart! ♥
Memory verse for this week: Acts 17:26
This week's Trivia's: [answer's below . . ]
1. What is another term for the "wise men" who visited baby Jesus?
2. Jesus told us not to fear those who kill the body, but instead we should fear those who kill what?
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God does business with those that mean business
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BIBLE MEDITATION:
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matt. 5:6
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Jesus tells us that when we seek after righteousness, we will be filled. Sounds like we’ll be happy, don’t you think? But happiness is not something we find by hungering for it, it is something we receive by serving the Lord.
God doesn’t want us to be happy without Christ. God allows us to experience unhappiness in our lives in the same way we experience pain when we step on a nail. The pain tells us something is wrong.
ACTION POINT:
Now, for us to seek happiness without seeking righteousness would be like breaking our arm and then not taking a pain killer and getting it set. Blessing comes when we find the Deliverer. When you hunger for Him, you will have Him. How much of God do you want today?
from the Ministries of Love Worth Finding . . . by Adrian Rogers
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Knowledge comes by looking around .. wisdom comes by looking up
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We have begun another journey and will learn from the book "AGENTS of the APOCALYPSE" written by David Jeremiah. A Riveting Look at the Key Players of the End Times. GBY
. . . . AGENTS of the APOCALYPSE . . . .
THE EXILE . . [part 1]
It was a Sunday morning in the first century AD, and the members of the Ephesian church were gathering to worship in the spacious atrium in the villa of Marcellus, a wealthy Roman convert who freely offered his home as a meeting place.
As the members arrived, their faces were taut with uncertainty. Tension filled the air, like a mooring line ready to snap. The meeting began as usual, with a hymn, but today the church sang with little feeling. Their minds were distracted by the ominous rumors coming out of Rome. After a prayer and a reading from the prophet Isaiah, Tychicus, one of the deacons, stood to address the congregation.
“Dear brothers and sisters, the church leaders have asked me to inform you of evil tidings. A decree has just been posted in the forum telling us that the Roman emperor Domitian has assumed the title ‘master and god.’ He has demanded that everyone in the empire swear an oath to worship him. He has already launched an aggressive campaign to enforce the edict in every city under
Rome’s jurisdiction. What is worse, he has especially singled out Jews and Christians because he suspects our disloyalty to Rome.”
A voice from the crowd called out.” Are the rumors true that the edict has already been enforced in some of the other churches?”
The deacon nodded soberly. “A fortnight ago Roman soldiers invaded all the Christian homes they could find in Pergamos and demanded that every member immediately take the oath of worship to Domitian.”
”Did they do it?” another tremulous voice asked.
A pained look crossed Tychicus’s face. “It grieves me to report that two-thirds of them gave in and took the oath.”
A gasp rippled through the crowd. “What happened to those who would now bow?” someone asked.
“I am sorry to tell you that they were brutally flogged and executed. And we can be sure the same thing will soon happen here in Ephesus.”
The room fell silent. Finally someone asked, “What can we do?”
At that moment, an aged man who had been sitting to the side stood slowly, aided by the staff in his hand. Unlike the other faces in the room, his showed no distress. In fact, he positively radiated joy. “It was almost as if his face glowed,” one member later observed.
The apostle John faced the group. “My dear brothers and sisters,” he began, “you ask what we can do. There is but one answer.” At the age of ninety, his voice still rang out clear and strong. But there was a warmth in his delivery that dissolved much of the tension in the room.
“We can stand ready to give back to our Lord Jesus Christ what He has given to us. He gave us life by giving up His life, and we must do no less for Him.”
“Perhaps we should stop meeting for a while,” Marcellus said. “That would keep us from being so visible and identifiable.”
“No, that is exactly what we must no do,” John replied. “We must look at this trouble coming our way as a test of our faith. Will we love our Lord enough to stand firm and suffer with Him? Or will we turn our backs on the One who gave us the greatest gift of love in history? With such trouble coming, we need more than ever to meet together in order to support and encourage one another to stand strong. If we stop assembling, we will isolate ourselves and lose the strength we draw from each other. We must never stop meeting, no matter how severe the persecution.”
“As long as this threat remains, we have decided that we should meet all over the city in separate homes,” Tychicus said. “The Romans will never be able to find us all. Some of us may fall, but the church in Ephesus will survive.”
“And, I hope, grow even stronger in the face of the persecution,” John added. “Sometimes I fear that we are becoming complacent that that the love we originally had for our Lord and for each other is beginning to cool. Persecution could rekindle that love by drawing us together as we face a common danger.”
“Why is God letting this happen?” a voice cried out from the back. “We have been loyal and dedicated. We have done many good things in Christ’s name. Yet the more good we try to do, the more the world seems to hate us.”
“Do not marvel, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you,” John replied. “Our Lord and Savior was perfect in every way, and yet the world hated Him. People hate what they do not understand. We should look on this coming trial as a great honor. We are being chosen to share His cross and His sacrifice for us. Many who have already died for Christ have received their suffering with joy. In the years since His death and resurrection, all my fellow apostles, including that late-coming firebrand Paul, have been called to suffer death for Him. I am the only apostle remaining who has been denied that honor. And now that I see it on the horizon, I welcome it with all my heart. I urge all of you, my dear brothers and sisters, to remain steadfast and true to Christ, no matter the cost. You will receive a reward in heaven that will make your sacrifice seem as a mere trifle.”
John resumed his seat, leaning heavily on his staff. After another hymn and several prayers, the assembly dismissed.
As usual, the members clustered around John with questions or prayer needs, or simply to bask in the man’s magnetic presence. But today a tense undercurrent ran through the conversations. It wasn’t long before Marcellus pushed his way through the group and stood facing the apostle. His face was as red as wine, and his eyes blazed with anger.
“How can you ask us to do this?” he demanded. “I have a wife and five young children. Do you expect me to just stand by while they are tortured and slaughtered? I will not do it! The rest of you can meet next Sunday like cattle waiting for these Roman butchers. But not I! You must find another place to meet. There will be no worship here until this crisis has passed. I am perfectly willing to live for Christ, but it’s too much to ask me to die for Him!”
Without another word, Marcellus turned on his heel and walked away. Soon the remaining members dispersed to their homes. How would they react when the Romans came? They weren’t entirely sure. Would they face the crisis with the courage of their apostle John or with the fear of Marcellus?
next week: . . Part 2 . .
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Those of us who quit too soon will never learn to endure
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THE PROMISE OF JESUS' RETURN, Part 1
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The Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels. Matt. 16:27a
ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF JESUS' ministry on earth is found in Matthew 16:27-17:6. It looks ahead to His return to earth in exaltation and glory, when all His enemies will be placed under His feet and He will establish the long-hoped-for eternal kingdom.
At the time Jesus spoke to the disciples about His return, they were in desperate need of encouragement. Recently they had heard much of pain but little or gain, much of suffering but little of glory, and much of the cross but little of the crown. Jesus therefore assured them that He was indeed the Son of Man who would "come in the glory of His Father with His" thousands upon thousands and myriads upon myriads of holy angels to receive the kingdom and execute judgment.
Here was Jesus' first specific revelation to His disciples of His second coming. After just telling them that He was God human flesh, that He was the promised Messiah, that He would build a kingdom that nothing could hinder or destroy-but that He first had to be rejected, killed, and raised from the dead-He now informed them that He will one day return in great glory and righteous judgment to establish His throne.
ASK YOURSELF
"The glory of [the] Father with His angels" may not be a sight with which you can do justice in your imagination. But spend a few moments trying to sense the majesty and drama of this coming event. How could meditating on this reality help you do real justice to this day?
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If you learn to trust God, He will be there to meet your need
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THE PRODIGAL SON . . .
‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.’ Lk 15:31
read the story of the prodigal son, and you get the idea that hardship never seemed to touch the life of the older brother. After the prodigal headed for “Hollywood,” the older son kept faithfully managing the father’s farm and paying the bills. He kept his nose clean and never suffered consequences of disobedience.
Then one day, when his younger brother showed up, the father went crazy with excitement. Steaks on the barbecue. Crepe paper strung on the tent posts. “Welcome home” banners over the doorway. It wasn’t the cost of confetti and fatted calves that irked the older brother; it was the gushing favor of his father showered on his sibling.
Just when the older brother thought he was missing out, he heard these words of tender reassurance: “’My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me and everything I have is yours.’” The prodigal son only had a portion of the inheritance. The older son possessed everything. He simply forgot that.
This is an important lesson for those whose lives have not been touched or scarred by deep suffering. Christians who do not regularly taste pain and hardship must live more circumspectly and carefully. Without suffering, one could become like the prodigal’s older brother who, in his trouble free circumstances, forgot how much he had. But God has blessed every believer “in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ” (Eph 1:3). God has nothing more beyond Christ to give those who suffer…or those who do not.
Father, thank You for giving me all things in Christ. If my days are blessed with ease and comfort, help me not to forget the rich and many spiritual blessings You have bestowed upon me. Help me to desperately and urgently cleave to You, even when my circumstances are pleasant. May I never forget what I have. May I always be grateful.
Blessings, Joni Eareckson-Tada
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Only God can inspire a believer to prophecy.. for Him
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The important thing is obeying God's commands. You all were bought at a great price, so do not become slaves of people. 1 Cor. 7:19-23
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Answers to this week's Trivia's:
1. What is another term for the "wise men" who visited baby Jesus?
A. The Magi Gen. 13:9
2. Jesus told us not to fear those who kill the body, but instead we should fear those who kill what?
A. The soul Matt. 10:28
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Answers to Questions about Heaven . . . David Jeremiah
Q. What is the purpose for the Millennium?
There are a number of reasons that a literal Millennium must occur.
To reward the people of God: there are scores of promises scattered throughout the
Bible, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, guaranteeing God’s people that they will receive rewards for faithful service (Matt 16:27; 25:34; Rev 22:12). And part of our heavenly reward will be to reign and rule with Christ upon this earth during the Millennium. Each of us will have opportunities to serve the Lord based upon our faithfulness in serving Him right now.
To respond to the prophets’ predictions: the prophets of the Old Testament predicted such a time (Ps 72:11; Isa 9:7; Lk 1:32-33). And without the Millennium, none of those prophecies could be fulfilled.
To receive an answer to the disciples’ prayer (Matt. 6:8-13): One day, when Jesus returns, His kingdom will come and His will shall be done on this earth.
To reemphasize man’s depravity and the necessity of Christ’s death: During the Millennium, those faithful servants who survive the Tribulation will bear children, in whom the sin nature will reside, because the fallen human nature of man will not be eliminated until eternity begins at the end of the millennial kingdom. At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be released, and he will stir up a final rebellion against God just as he did in the Garden of Eden (Rev. 21:1-3, 7-8). That’s right—even though Christ is ruling and reigning on the earth during the Millennium, some will yet be deceived. This demonstrates just how deeply man needs a Savior. Man can never achieve righteousness apart from God.
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Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.
Until next time remember, "Keep looking up!"
God loves you with an everlasting love!
Nancy <\\\><
Remember:
A man may go to heaven…..
Without health, without wealth;
Without fame, without a great name;
Without learning, without earnings;
Without culture, without beauty;
Without friends and without ten thousand other things----
But he can NEVER go to Heaven without Christ.
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This week's Quiz: Tabernacle and Temple . . .
According to Hebrews 8:5, God told Moses to make the tabernacle according to the pattern shown to him on the mount. As Christians, we can learn much by comparing the utensils of the tabernacle to their symbolic references--light, bread, mercy; everything points to Jesus. The temple was patterned after the tabernacle but as a permanent dwelling. How much do you know about the tabernacle and the temple?
1. Which of the following was not one of the colors of the tabernacle curtains? Exo 26:1
a. blue c. purple
b. red d. white
2. Which of the following was not placed in the Holy of Holies? Exo. 30:18
a. table of showbread c. a bronze basin for washing
b. altar of incense d. golden lampstand
3. Who carried the tabernacle and its furnishings? Num. 1:50
a. the Levites c. the Reubenites
b. the Gadites d. the Ephraimites
4. When the Israelites camped, the tabernacle was set up: Num. 2:17
a. to the north of the camp c. to the east of the camp
b. to the south of the camp d. in the middle of the camp
5. The glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle as: Exo. 40:38
a. a pillar of cloud c. lightning
b. a pillar of fire d. both a and b
6. Who built the first temple? 2 Chron. 2:1
a. Moses c. Samuel
b. Solomon d. Hezekiah
7. When David wanted to build a temple, why did God tell him he couldn't? 1 Chron. 22:8
a. because he didn't have the right building materials
b. because he sinned with Bathsheba
c. because he had shed much blood
d. because he was too old
8. According to 1 Chronicles 22:1-5, which of the following was not a material gathered to build the temple?
a. iron c. stone
b. brass (or bronze) d. gold
9. Jesus cleansed the temple of: Matt. 21:12
a. money changers c. Pharisees
b. animals d. priests
10. When Jesus died, the veil in the temple was torn in two from: Mark 15:38
a. bottom to top c. right to left
b. top to bottom d. left to right
Bible Study #738
The goal of Bible Study is not just learning, but living
If you are saved, you will have a desire to be holy, a hunger for the Word, the inner witness of the Spirit,
and a desire to share Jesus. These are the birthmarks of the believer.
#738 28 July 15
For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.
1 Cor. 14:2
Grateful for . . . .
THE WORD OF GOD !
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Greetings! one who speaks in a tongue: This a singular indicating that is refers to the fake gibberish of the counterfeit pagan ecstatic speech. The singular is used because gibberish can't be plural; there are not various kinds of non-language. there are, however, various languages; hence when speaking of the true gift of language, Paul uses the plural to make the distinction. The only exception is in vv. 132, 27, 28 where it refers to a single person speaking a single genuine language.
does not speak to men but to God: This is better translated, "to a god". The Greek text has no definite article (see similar translation in Acts 17:23). Their gibberish was worship of pagan deities. The Bible records no incident of any believer ever speaking to God in any other than normal human language.
no one understands . . . in his spirit he speaks mysteries: The fleshly, or carnal, Corinthians using the counterfeit ecstatic speech of paganism were not interested in being understood, but in making a dramatic display. The spirit by which they spoke was not the Holy Spirit, but their own human spirit or some demon; and the mysteries they declared were the type associated with the pagan mystery religions, which was espoused to be the depths that only the initiated few were privileged to know and understand. Those mysteries were totally unlike the ones mentioned in Scripture (e.g., Matt. 13:11; Eph 3:9), which are divine revelations of truths previously hidden (No matter what the gift, ministry, or effect, all spiritual gifts are from the Holy Spirit. They make Him known, understood, and evident in the church and in the world, by spiritually profiting all who receive their ministry . . ie: v. 12:7)
More on this subject next week.
Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart! ♥
Memory verse for this week: 2 Cor. 4:18
This week's Trivia's: [answer's below . . ]
1. What became closed in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah to be mistress?
2. Name the Jewish ruler who came to see Jesus secretly at night.
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Jesus said "I don't wanna condemn you .. I wanna save you"
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BIBLE MEDITATION: “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord…” 2 Peter 1:2
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Have you ever noticed how God puts things in sequence in the Bible? For example, the Bible says, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you.” It never says “peace and grace”—always “grace and peace.” Why? You’ll not know peace until you know grace.
The Bible also says “Believe and be baptized.” Not “Be baptized and believe.” If you were immersed or sprinkled before you gave your heart to Jesus and truly believed, you haven’t been “baptized” at all. True baptism follows true belief. There is another order that God has put in the Bible. Not only grace and peace, not only belief and baptism, but repentance and faith. Always in that order: repentance first, then faith. If you’re having difficulty with faith, try repentance.
ACTION POINT: There’s nothing so damning, so debilitating, as sin in the heart. The writer of Hebrews says, “Take heed lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief.”
from the Ministries of Love Worth Finding . . . by Adrian Rogers
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Christ loves us DEARLY- and wants us restored and conformed into His image
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We have begun another journey and will learn from the book "Hard To Believe" written by John MacArthur. In his book John helps us to understand the
high cost and infinite value of following Jesus. GBY
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. . BUT SOME WILL BELIEVE . .
WHY BOTHER WITH THE TRUTH? . .
Even before you dedicate yourself to proclaiming the whole truth of Christianity, you face the question of whether or not witnessing and evangelism of any kind are worth the trouble. If the gospel is that hard to accept, and if God chooses His people anyway, why should you put yourself out?
To some people God grants His gracious Spirit, to work in them at an early age, so that they never doubt the necessity and urgency of salvation. Others come to an understanding of what the truth is gradually, over time. Still others can point to dramatic events in their lives when the power and importance of the gospel jumped out at them suddenly and gripped their hearts. And so it is that many of you, who have been Christians for some time, have been for the first time awakened dramatically by this book to the glory of the true gospel.
In an earlier chapter I wrote that meeting a beautiful cheerleader names Polly was one especially important even in my spiritual life. Another happened the summer after my freshman year at the university. I was thrown from a car going 75 miles an hour—this was before seat belts—and slid about 120 yards down an Alabama highway on my backside. I was fully conscious (I even stayed in my own lane!), and I tried to brake by putting my hands down. The scars on my hands are still there.
No one else was hurt, and a passerby took me to the nearest hospital. After the doctors there did what they could, they wrapped me up and put me on a plane home to California. I spent three months lying on my stomach and wondering if I’d ever play football again. I thought a lot about life and death, and what exactly we were on earth to do. I came to grips with the reality that life is fragile, and that I needed to make sure I was doing what the Lord wanted of me. It could all be over in a heartbeat, with no warning whatsoever.
Up to that time, I was more concerned with finding my own direction in life, and picking my own career, than listening to what God might want for me. But then life took on a serious tone. I realized I wasn’t in control of my future. I had survived something that should have killed me; God suddenly had my undivided attention. I remember saying, “Lord, I’ll do anything You want me to do, and I understand that life is much bigger than my little agenda.”
Like a lot of healthy young college students, I’d felt a sort of invincibility and assurance that I was going to carve out my own little world. After the wreck, I began to come to grips with the reality of eternity, and what really mattered. I remember lying in bed, reading the New Testament, and thinking seriously about the things of God. I eventually healed, and the Lord allowed me to go on and enjoy an extensive athletic career, which was grace upon grace.
My introduction to Polly a short time later sealed the commitment. To know Him, to know His gospel, and to make it known became my life.
God calls all Christians to proclaim the message of Christ. Most do it by word and deed, as a part of daily living. Some make evangelism their lives’ work, as God called me to do. I learned, early on, from that first experience at a South Carolina bus station down to the present, that I can’t save anybody. All I can do is proclaim the gospel.
If you looked at the world and judged God’s power by the responses of men, you would give up trying to share the Word of God. I have gone places and poured out my heart, and nothing happened. But that’s all right, because all that the Father gives to Christ are going to come home. That’s what Jesus said: “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me” (Jn 6:37).
I’m not responsible for who gets saved, and neither are you. I refuse that responsibility. Then who is responsible? “No man comes to Me,” Jesus said, “except the Father draw him.” God has that responsibility, not us. Therefore, I can look over the multitude and say, as Jesus said, “Most of your won’t believe.” But some will believe, brought to faith through reading the Bible, talking with a friend, or hearing a preacher on the street. Then, instead of being unbelievable and foolish, these words that are so hard to believe become the only balm that soothes a sinful heart; the only guide through the narrow gate that leads to eternal life; the only truth rich, complete, and holy enough to save a soul from eternal fire.
Those hard words become precious and welcome and treasured. “All that the Father gives to Christ, they will come.”
They will come. Our calling is to reach them with the truth.
next week: . . "Agents of the Apocalypse"
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When you come to Jesus you have a world wide group of brothers and sisters
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This bears repeating every now-n-then . . .
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Lovely people, hold on to your faith today....Fight the good fight....Run the race that has been set before you....Nothing good will be withheld from those who love the Lord....
All good works will be rewarded....Now is not the time to give up....Answers are just in sight....God's time is not our time....Don't be discouraged today....God sees you....
He knows what you have need of....God doesn't fail and He'll never leave you comfortless....We have the precious Holy Spirit....My friends, you're never alone....
I don't care what you've done....God loves you and He will forgive you....So many of us struggle with believing that we don't deserve God's forgiveness....You'll never be "good enough"....Friends, our Father looks past our faults and loves us anyway....When you're covered by the blood of Jesus, He doesn't see your sins....You don't earn God's love....He just gives it to you....Don't ever let anybody tell you otherwise....My friends, He'll meet you right where you are today....He'll go down to the gutter if that's where you are....He's a big God and He fears NOTHING....He fought for Moses and His people....He'll fight for you....He's the same God who parted the sea....The same God who saved Daniel in the lion's den....The same God who stood with David before Goliath....He hasn't changed....Yes, hold on to your faith....God is moving on your behalf right now....Praise His holy name....Go ahead and shout about it!!!!
"Fear not, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness."
~ Isaiah 41:10 Amen ♥
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Before you can reach someone, you must love them as Christ loves them
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The Holy Spirit: An Absolute . . . C. Stanley Luke 24:36-49
Salvation occurs when we trust Jesus as our Savior – He forgives us, transforms us, and sees us as righteous. In that moment, we are redeemed, and though we continue to struggle with sin, it is a defeated foe. Then as time goes on, our service, gifts, and love for Him should naturally become greater.
Unfortunately, a lot of Christians sit in church week after week, going through the motions yet lacking passion and failing to grow. How is such a thing possible? Tragically, many believers are unaware of the essential ministry of God’s Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is a member of the Trinity and co-equal with God the Father and God the Son. The opening chapter of Scripture tells us that He existed before the formation of the earth and in fact participated in creation (Gen. 1:2, 26). Today, He has the critical role of helping and counseling all believers.
The Holy Spirit is a gift to every child of God. His presence within us isn’t something we have to earn or acquire. Rather, it is a marvelous privilege – by indwelling our hearts, He can guide and strengthen, steering each believer away from danger and into truth (Jn 16:7-8). Scripture tells us that Jesus came so we could experience a full life (10:10). This is possible only when we listen to His Spirit and obey.
Are you experiencing the abundant life Jesus promised? He wasn’t talking about happy circumstances but rather the joy and contentment possible through a relationship with Him. If you’re lacking in this area, consider your understanding of the Holy Spirit, and pray to be in tune with His promptings.
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Resolve to enjoy life instead of enduring it
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The Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment. 2 Pet. 2:9
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Answers to this week's Trivia's:
1. What became closed in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah to be mistress?
A. The wombs of all the women Gen. 20:18
2. Name the Jewish ruler who came to see Jesus secretly at night.
A. Nicodemus John 3:1-2
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Answers to Questions about Heaven . . . David Jeremiah
Q. When will the "Millennium" take place?
Now, it might not immediately seem important—what a person believes about the timing of the thousand years—but a person’s interpretation of that thousand-year period affects his or her interpretation of other passages and events in the Bible.
Church history has seen the rise of three competing views. . .
Postmillennialism: This is the view that the Second Coming will follow the Millennium. As more and more people are converted, the world will gradually be conquered for Christ. At that time, God’s justice will prevail across the earth, and Jesus will return to take up the throne that was won for Him by His Church.
Amillennialism: This is the view that there is no literal Millennium. In other words, the events that are in Revelation 20 are happening right now, and the Church is reigning with Christ over the earth. This view leads to a highly allegorical interpretation of Scripture.
Premillennialism: This is the oldest of the three views and is the view that I believe to be accurate. Premillennialism is based on a literal interpretation of Scripture and teaches that the Second Coming will precede the Millennium. This would place the Millennium after the Rapture and after the seven years of tribulation. Then Jesus Christ will come back and literally reign on the earth for a thousand years.
Premillennialism Timeline:
Old Testament .. Church Age .. Rapture .. Seven-Year Tribulation .. Second Coming of Christ .. Thousand-Year Millennium . . Heaven (Eternal State)
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Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.
Until next time remember, "Keep looking up!"
God loves you with an everlasting love!
Nancy <\\\><
Remember:
A man may go to heaven…..
Without health, without wealth;
Without fame, without a great name;
Without learning, without earnings;
Without culture, without beauty;
Without friends and without ten thousand other things----
But he can NEVER go to Heaven without Christ.
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This week's Quiz: Priests . .
God instituted the priesthood. He chose the tribe of Levi because they were the only ones who stood with Moses to punish those worshipping the golden calf. The only book of the Bible names for a tribe of Israel is Leviticus, which describes the duties of the priests. Today we Christians are God’s royal priesthood. What do you know about the biblical priests?
1. When Samuel was dedicated to service in the house of the Lord, the priest he served was: 1 Sam. 1:20-25
a. Zadok c. Eleazar
b. Eli d. Melchizedek
2. When Aaron died, what was the name of his son who became high priest? Deut. 10:6
a. Eleazar c. Joshua
b. Phinehas d. Caleb
3. Melchizedek was a priest of: Gen. 14:18
a. Jerusalem c. the most high God
b. Baal d. Israel
4. Which apostle wrote a book of the Bible that describes all believers as a royal priesthood? 1 Peter 2:9
a. Paul c. Joshua
b. Peter d. John
5. When the Israelites returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity, the high priest was: Haggai 1:1-2
a. Ezra c. Joshua
b. Nehemiah d. Zerubbabel
6. David put the two priests Abiathar and Zadok in charge of: 2 Sam. 15:29
a. the temple service c. bringing the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem
b. the temple singers d. all the other priests
7. Hebrews says that Jesus is our High Priest forever according to the order of: Heb. 6:20
a. Moses c. Levi
b. Aaron d. Melchizedek
8. In Jesus’ day a curious situation occurred in which two men were referred to as being the high priest. The two men were: Luke 3:2
a. Annas and Caiphas c. Annas and Zecharias
b. Caiaphas and Zecharias d. Caiaphas and Gamaliel
9. Which of the following was not a part of what the priests were to wear? Exo. 28:4-39
a. ephod c. breastplate
b. turban d. gloves
10. How often could the high priest enter the Holy of Holies, where the ark of the covenant was? Heb. 9:6-7
a. once a year c. on the Sabbath
b. on holy feast days d. twice a year
Bible Study #737
The goal of Bible Study is not just learning, but living
If you are saved, you will have a desire to be holy, a hunger for the Word, the inner witness of the Spirit,
and a desire to share Jesus. These are the birthmarks of the believer.
#737 21 July 15
Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head. But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head. For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
1 Cor. 11:4-7
Grateful for . . . .
THE WORD OF GOD !
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Greetings! [Depending on your age..] Do you remember ever seeing women wearing hats in church years ago?
something on his head . . . disgraces: Literally "having down from head," is probably a reference to men wearing a head covering which seems to have been a local custom. Jews began wearing head coverings during the fourth century A.D., although some may already have been wearing them in NT times. Apparently, Corinthian men were doing the same, and Paul informs them that it is a disgrace. Paul is not stating a universal law from God, but acknowledging a local custom, which did reflect divine principle. In that society, a man's uncovered head was a sign of his authority over women, who were to have their heads covered. For a man to cover his head was to suggest a reversal of proper roles.
woman . . . while praying or prophesying: Paul makes clear directives that women are not to lead or speak in the services of the church (cf. 14:34; 1 Tim 2:12), but they may pray and proclaim the truth to unbelievers, as well as teaching children and other women (cf. 1 Tim. 5:16; Titus 2:3,4). Wherever and whenever women do pray and proclaim the Word appropriately, they must do so maintaining a proper distinction from men.
uncovered: In the culture of Corinth, a woman's covered head while ministering or worshiping was a symbol to signify a subordinate relationship to her husband. The apostle is not laying down an absolute law for women to wear veils or coverings in all churches for all time, but is declaring that the symbols of the divinely-established male and female roles are to be genuinely honored in every culture. As in the case of meat offered to idols (chaps. 8, 9), there is nothing spiritual about wearing or not wearing a covering. But manifesting rebellion against God's order was wrong.
disgraceful . . . hair cut off: In that day only a prostitute or a feminist would shaver her head. If a Christian woman rejected the covering that symbolized her submission in that culture, she might as well have shaved her head--the shame was similar.
image and glory of God: Though men and women were both created in God's image (Gen. 1:27), it is men who bears the glory of God uniquely by his role. Like God, he is given a sphere of sovereignty as the earthly sovereign over God's created order.
[when you have the time, read the rest of chapter 11:1 to 16, you may find it interesting]
Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart! ♥
Memory verse for this week: Ps 37:28
This week's Trivia's: [answer's below . . ]
1. Who broke the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written?
2. How many gospels record the miraculous feeding of the 5,000?
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To get saved .. it'll cost you nothing. To live for Christ .. it'll cost you everything
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BIBLE MEDITATION: “And I will give him the morning star.” Rev. 2:28
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: I remember reading a story about a wealthy Roman who had a lavish estate, and he had a servant named Marcellus. When the wealthy Roman died, he wrote his will and left everything to his slave. The wealthy Roman also had a son, and for some reason he had had a disagreement with him, so in his will he said, “I have left my entire estate to my slave Marcellus. To my son, I leave him only one thing. He can choose any one thing from my estate he wants, but that's all.” The son said, “Very well, I choose Marcellus.”
Here at the end of Revelation 2, our Lord gives another sweet promise to those who overcome (v. 28): "And I will give him," that is, the overcomer, "the morning star." Jesus is that morning star. What He's saying is, “You'll receive the greatest reward of all, you'll receive Me, the morning star.” Do you know what the morning star is? It’s the star that appears just after the darkest hour of the night.
ACTION POINT: It's getting very dark. Praise God, it's getting gloriously dark, and before long that morning star is going to appear. Jesus is the morning star. If you choose Jesus, with Jesus comes all the Father's wealth.
from the Ministries of Love Worth Finding . . . by Adrian Rogers
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God will not spare present pain if it means eternal profit
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We have begun another journey and will learn from the book "Hard To Believe" written by John MacArthur. In his book John helps us to understand the
high cost and infinite value of following Jesus. GBY
. . . . . . . . . . HARD TO BELIEVE . . . . . . . . . .
. . BUT SOME WILL BELIEVE . .
REWARD AND RETRIBUTION . .
Second Thessalonians 1 gives a brief but very potent lesson in reward and retribution, beginning in verse 7: “The Lord Jesus [shall be] revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire.” This is the Second Coming, the day Paul mentioned in Acts 17:31, on which God has appointed Jesus to be the judge. On that day, God will reveal the Lord Jesus from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire and furious final judgment.
Notice an essential point in the next verse: “He will deal one retribution.” Retribution means judgment, payment, and punishment. For whom? For “those who do not know God, and [for] those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thess. 1:8). In the original Greek, that passage is designed to be an explanation of those who do not know God. The word “and” would be better translated “even” because it’s a further description of the same people. The passage could read this way? “This flaming final judgment falls on those who do not know God, by virtue of the fact that they do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus, and these will pay the penalty of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power.”
If you don’t believe the gospel, you don’t know God. If you don’t know God, you’re going to be judged without regard for your human morality.
Views of inclusivism, natural theology, or wider mercy are heresy. One writer called this perspective “later light,” suggesting that this is new revelation that says when you die and go to heaven, what you don’t know will get straightened out up there. Such a claim is frightening in its implications; it is a damning and deadly heresy, because God commanded us to reach people with the complete and true gospel. At any time, God may be using us as mouthpieces of His truth and a means by which others may hear and be saved.
God Himself is the only source of knowledge with regard to His own being and a relationship with Him. God, as the only source, must disclose it to us, and He has done so by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit knows the deep things of God, revealing them to the writers who recorded them in the Scriptures. Thus, in the inspired word of the Bible, and only there, we have the mind of God and the mind of Christ.
Natural theology reduces you to an ignorant idol worshipper, engaged with demons and headed for divine judgment. Natural revelation is sufficient to damn, but not to save. It makes man without excuse but not without condemnation. Our command and duty as responsible Christians is still in place: go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”
next week: . . WHY BOTHER WITH THE TRUTH? . . [Coming soon: "Agents of the Apocalypse"]
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Your goal need not be "sinless" - but to "sin - less"
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PERILS OF THE DRAGNET, PART 2
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. . . and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matt. 13:50
CONTINUING FROM LAST WEEK,
CONTINUING FROM LAST WEEK, we can learn several more biblical truths about hell, the dragnet’s ultimate peril. For example, the lost will suffer hell’s torments in varying degrees. Those who willfully reject Jesus Christ and blatantly scorn His sacrifice will receive far greater punishment than people who had only the light of the Old Testament. The author of Hebrews writes, “Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?” (Heb. 10:28-29; cl. Matt. 11:22-23).
Concerning the slaves who waited for their master’s return, Christ’s parable states that “that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready for act in accord with His will, will receive many lashes, but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few” (Lk 12:47-48).
Finally, nothing will be a s horrible about hell’s torment as its endlessness. The Lord uses “eternal” to describe both heaven’s and hell’s duration: “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matt. 25:46). Sadly, people who experience hell will realize a complete absence of hope for all eternity. But rejoice if you area a believer—you have a hope of heaven that will be validated for all eternity.
ASK YOURSELF
The sensitive person asks, “How can a loving God doom a person to hell?” what is your answer to this common question and complaint? How is justice involved? Why would some be spared? Know how to respond to this type of opinion ahead of time.
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Our outward pain helps us accelerate inward progress
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Why Did the Crowd Turn Against Jesus So Quickly? .. by Alfred Edersheim
During the Passion Week, the crowd in Jerusalem seems to have had a major swing in opinion. Jesus entered the city to praise and adoration but, by the end of the week, faced a crowd shouting for His crucifixion. Can such a change really happen so quickly?
We must consider first that the people shouting “Hosanna” when Christ arrived were not the residents of Jerusalem. Instead, He rode in the company of pilgrims coming to the city for Passover. Because of the news about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead and hopes that the Messianic Kingdom would soon begin, these pilgrims took to shouting and praising in their enthusiasm. Singing on the road to Jerusalem was not uncommon, and with their false ideas about a Rome-conquering Messiah, the enthusiasm spilled over into palm branches.
Most of the people in Jerusalem, to put it mildly, disagreed with the “unlearned” rabble from the country. Among these types we find the Pharisees, who urged Jesus to rein in the crowd. When Jesus refused and claimed the rocks would praise Him if the people didn’t, their animosity only grew. Between these two opposing currents, Jesus rode into town.
We can envision a Jerusalem packed with outsiders pressing close to hear Jesus answer the challenges of Israel’s leaders who came to embarrass Him. But this only incited more anger. Jesus had at least the superficial support of the outsiders, but the insiders—though they feared the temporary crowds—only needed opportunity, which came soon enough.
Thus, when those insiders arrested Jesus and brought Him to trial, the former supporters likely felt intimidated by the authority of the leaders. Supporting someone is much easier when there’s a reduced chance of being imprisoned for it (e.g., Peter’s denials). And perhaps some of those wrapped up in the enthusiasm for Jesus were just as quickly wrapped up in the fervor against Him.
Not all those who supported Jesus turned against Him. Some, in fact, later wrote the accounts we have today.
Adapted and updated from The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah . . . by Alfred Edersheim
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God always gives the best to those who leave the choice to Him
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To choose life is to love the LORD your God, obey Him, and stay close to Him. He is your life. . . Deut. 30:20
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Answers to this week's Trivia's:
1. Who broke the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written?
A. Moses Exo. 32:19
2. How many gospels record the miraculous feeding of the 5,000?
A. 4 Matt 14:15-21; Mk 6:35-44; Lk 9:10-17; Jn 6:1-14
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Answers to Questions about Heaven . . . David Jeremiah
Q. Where does the term "Millennium" appear in the Bible?
Before we can address this question, we must understand the term itself. Millennium is a Latin word which is made up of two root words: mille, which means “a thousand,” and annum, which means “years.” so the word Millennium means “a thousand years.”
Revelation 20 is the only place in the Bible where that actual phrase appears; and it appears in the text six different times.
Verse 2: “He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.”
Verse 3: “That he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished.”
Verse 4: “… and they lived and reigned with Christ … a thousand years.”
Verse 5: “The rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished.”
Verse 6: “Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”
Verse 7: “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison.”
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Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.
Until next time remember, "Keep looking up!"
God loves you and yours, He really does!
Nancy <\\\><
Remember:
A man may go to heaven…..
Without health, without wealth;
Without fame, without a great name;
Without learning, without earnings;
Without culture, without beauty;
Without friends and without ten thousand other things----
But he can NEVER go to Heaven without Christ.
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This week's Quiz: Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection . .
Galations 2:20 says, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection are the most important events ever to happen in this world. What do you know about these crucial events?
1. The week before His crucifixion, Jesus entered Jerusalem and was greeted with: Matt. 21:8-9
a. hosannas c. branches of trees
b. strewn garments d. all of the above
2. Jesus was betrayed with a: Matt. 26:49
a. handshake c. slap in the face
b. pointing finger d. kiss
3. Jesus was tried before: Matt. 26:57; 27:11-13; Lk 23:7
a. Caiaphas c. Herod
b. Pilate d. all of the above
4. Who helped Jesus to carry His cross? Matt. 27:32
a. Peter c. Simon of Cyrene
b. a Roman soldier d. a slave
5. The sign Pilate put on Jesus’ cross said “The King of the Jews” in how many languages? Lk 23:38; Jn 19:19
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
6. Who gave his tomb for Jesus to be buried in? Matt. 27:57-60
a. Nicodemus c. Peter
b. Joseph of Arimathea d. Lazarus
7. How many Marys were standing at the foot of the cross? Jn 19:25
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
8. Who came first to the tomb on the first day of the week? Jn 20:1
a. Peter c. Mary, Jesus’ mother
b. John d. Mary Magdalene
9. Who rolled the stone away? Matt. 28:2
a. an angel c. Jesus’ disciples
b. the women d. Roman soldiers
10. What was left in the tomb? Jn 10:6
a. nothing c. some spices
b. the linen clothes d. an angel
Bible Study #736
The goal of Bible Study is not just learning, but living
If you are saved, you will have a desire to be holy, a hunger for the Word, the inner witness of the Spirit,
and a desire to share Jesus. These are the birthmarks of the believer.
#736 14 July 15
Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that
you too will not be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Gal. 6:1-3
Grateful for . . . .
THE WORD OF GOD !
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Greetings! In other words, "If someone is your group does something wrong, you who are spiritual should go to that person and gently help make him right again. But be careful, because you might be tempted to sin,too. By helping each other with your troubles, you truly obey the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is important when he really is not, he is only fooling himself."
Caught: This word may imply the person was actually seen committing the sin or that he was caught or snared by the sin itself.
you . . . spiritual: Those believers who are walking in the Spirit.. [All believers have the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit as the personal power for living to please God], filled with the Spirit and evidencing the fruit of the Spirit.
restore: Sometimes used metaphorically of settling disputes or arguments, it literally means "to mend" or "repair," and was used of settling a broken bone or repairing a dislocated limb [see Heb. 12:12-13). The basic process of restoration is outlined in Matt. 18:15-20.
looking: Also "observing." The Greek form strongly emphasizes a continual, diligent attentiveness.
May God bless you this week! ♥
Memory verse for this week: Phil 3:20-21
This week's Trivia's: [answer's below . . ]
1. Of Noah's three sons, which one saw him uncovered when he had become drunk with wine - Ham, Japheth or Shem?
2. What Jewish feast is used to remind the Jews of the time God spared the lives of the children whose parents put lamb's blood on doors?
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Worship is an outward expression of an inward submission
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BIBLE MEDITATION: “And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.” Luke 6:29
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Someone asked an army officer, “Why are you a Christian?” He said, “One day we went out on a march. We slugged through the mud all day long. Our boots were dirty, and our clothes were heavy. When we came into the barracks, we were cross and irritable.”
“There was a young man who had already come in, cleaned up, and was kneeling down by his bed saying his prayers. I became so irritated I took one of my muddy boots and hit him in the head with it.” He said, “The young man paused for a moment and then continued praying. But when I awoke the next morning, my boots were beautifully polished and set by my bed by that young man. That’s what brought me to Christ.”
ACTION POINT: You know, it is when God’s people suffer as Christians that this world begins to look at us. Now we may not want it. We may not ask for it. Certainly I’m not asking for it. But if it comes, let us suffer as Christians, as the Bible says. Oh dear friend, from the human viewpoint it is misery. From the Satanic viewpoint it is mystery. But from the divine viewpoint it is ministry.
from the Ministries of Love Worth Finding . . . by Adrian Rogers
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Our attitude toward the Word of God is our attitude toward Christ
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We have begun another journey and will learn from the book "Hard To Believe" written by John MacArthur. In his book John helps us to understand the
high cost and infinite value of following Jesus. GBY
. . . . . . . . . . HARD TO BELIEVE . . . . . . . . . .
. . BUT SOME WILL BELIEVE . .
IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE . .
God will not leave those who have never held a Bible in limbo or some neutral position. There are no free passes. Look at 1 Corinthians 10:20 to shatter this heresy; Paul said that an idol itself wasn’t really anything: “Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.” Nothing the whole heathen world sacrifices to their supposed stone, silver, and gold idols is engaging the true God; it is engaging the forces of hell. They are linked with Satan and demons.
You might say, “Oh, those poor well-intentioned pagans! They’re working their way toward God the best way they know how.” No, they’re working their way toward hell. They’re connecting with demonic forces impersonating idols that don’t exist. There are no other gods than the true God. People believe there are, because demons impersonate the gods they worship and do enough tricks to keep those people connected to their false deities.
It’s not just a case of “Too bad they’re ignorant.” They’re not in limbo, they’re hell-bound. Ignorance is no excuse. Natural reason seeking God ends up ignorant, idolatrous, and demonic. Demons are behind all false religions. They are behind all philosophical and religious systems. They are behind every lofty thing lifted up against eh knowledge of God. Any unbiblical, anti-God idea is demonic.
There’s a dramatic illustration of this teaching in 2 John 9-11: “Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. If anybody comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.” If you deviate from what the Bible says about Christ—His birth, nature, life, substitutionary death, resurrection—you don’t have God. If you don’t know Jesus, or if you’re even wrong about Jesus, you cannot know God. You’re just engaging with demons.
People have asked me, “Is there a lot of satanic religion in our society?” Yes. Everything but true Christianity is satanic, to one degree or another, and in one manifestation or another. It’s not that everybody worships Satan directly, though some do. But anybody who doesn’t worship the true and living God through Jesus Christ, in effect, worships Satan.
I don’t think you want to do that, because God gets very jealous. In Deuteronomy 32:21, God said, “They [Israel] have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; /They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols.” You don’t want to provoke the Lord to anger, because you’re not as strong as He is. You will lose.
Again, the best that man can do through his own reason comes up as foolishness, ignorance, and idolatry, and it engages the forces of hell. Romans 3:10 is the universal indictment of humanity: “There is none righteous, no, not one.” Man’s religions are “bad good.” They may be good on the human level through emphasizing kindness or being charitable. But they are “bad good,” because the motive is not to glorify God, and anything less than that is a wrong motive. People don’t do good in the sense of righteous good that pleases God. In fact, they’re wretched on the inside; their throats are like open graves. They open their mouths and out comes the stench of death.
Paul says of the law that “it stops every mouth” (see Rom. 3:19). Don’t open your mouth and try to defend yourself. Don’t say, “But . . . God . . . I tried. I’m a pretty good person, and You know I’m certainly better than the people over there.” All that natural revelation does for you is make you accountable to god, and inexcusable. It shuts your mouth, and you have nothing to say, because in verse 20, your deeds, your works of the law—meaning your good deeds, your religious deeds—will never be justified in God’s sight. You can’t be good enough to get there on your own.
If you can be saved without the gospel, then salvation is by works. Nobody is going to be justified before God that way. There’s only one way to be justified, and Paul went on to describe it in Romans 3:22: “The righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe.” You have to come to Christ; you have to believe in Christ. The only way of salvation comes in verses 23-24: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” The only way to be saved is by faith in Jesus Christ.
next week: . . REWARD AND RETRIBUTION . . [Coming soon: "Agents of the Apocalypse"]
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Don't worry about tomorrow, God is already there
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PERILS OF THE DRAGNET, PART 1
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. . . and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matt. 13:50
THE DOCTRINE OF HELL IS undoubtedly the most difficult one for Christians to accept emotionally. Yet Scripture mentions it too often for us to deny or ignore it. Jesus gives several warnings of it in the Sermon on the Mount. “It is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell” (Matt. 5:22, 29; 11:23; 23:33; Mk 3:29; Lk 12:9-10; Jn 15:6)
God’s Word teaches us some basic truths about hell-what this parable calls “the furnace of fire”—that aid us in partially grasping its terror. First, it is a place of constant torment and pain. Jesus called its torment darkness (Matt 22:13), which means no light penetrates and nothing is visible. Our Lord also called the torment a fire that never goes out (Mk 9:43), from which the damned find no relief.
Second, hell includes the torment of both body and soul. Contrary to some teachings, neither is annihilated at death and never will be. Just as believers’ souls will receive resurrected bodies to enjoy heaven forever, unbelievers’ souls will receive resurrected bodies to experience hell forever (cf. Matt. 10:28; Jn 5:29; Acts 24:15). Jesus further called hell a place “where their worm does not die” (Mk 9:44). Once the bodies of deceased believers are consumed by worms, no more harm can be done to them. But the resurrected bodies of unbelievers will never be consumed. Such sobering reminders ought to prompt us to pray for the lost with greater urgency.
ASK YOURSELF
We do try to avoid thinking of things so gruesome and unending. Even though we don’t treat it as a myth or analogy, we still bristle at the thought of it. But how does a proper understanding of the truth of hell benefit you in your own worship and in your interactions with others?
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Christianity is not a religion- its a relationship, not only with God . . with other brothers and sisters in Christ
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What Did Jesus Mean by the “Bad Eye”? . . . by John Piper
What does the bad eye refer to in Matthew 20:15? It refers to an eye that cannot see the beauty of grace. It cannot see the brightness of generosity. It cannot see unexpected blessing to others as a precious treasure. It is an eye that is blind to what is truly beautiful and bright and precious and God-like. It is a worldly eye. It sees money and material reward as more to be desired than a beautiful display of free, gracious, God-like generosity.
That is exactly what the bad eye means in chapter six of the Sermon on the Mount. And that meaning gives Matthew 6:22-23 a perfect fitness between a saying on true treasure (Matt. 6:19-21) and the necessity of choosing between the mastery of God and the mastery of money (Matt. 6:24).
So the flow of thought would go like this: Don’t lay up treasures on earth, but lay up treasures in heaven. Show that your heart is fixed on the value that God is for you in Christ. Make sure that your eye is good not bad. That is, make sure that you see heavenly treasure as infinitely more precious than earthly material treasure. When your eye sees things this way, you are full of light. And if you don’t see things this way, even the light you think you see (the glitz and flash and skin and muscle of this world) is all darkness. You are sleepwalking through life. You are serving money as a slave without even knowing it, because it has lulled you to sleep. Far better is to be swayed by the truth—the infinite value of God.
So if you are emotionally drawn more by material things than by Christ, pray that God would give you a good eye and awaken you from the blindness of “the bad eye.”
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Just like God was in Christ, Jesus is in us
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My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what God wants Mk 3:35
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Answers to this week's Trivia's:
1. Of Noah's three sons, which one saw him uncovered when he had become drunk with wine - Ham, Japheth or Shem?
A. Ham Gen. 9:22
2. What Jewish feast is used to remind the Jews of the time God spared the lives of the children whose parents put lamb's blood on doors?
A. Passover Exo 12:27
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Answers to Questions about Heaven . . . David Jeremiah
Q. Who are heaven's inhabitants?
In Hebrews 12:22-23 we find a list of some of heaven’s residents. Believers are going to spend all of eternity with “an innumerable company of angels,” all of the “just men made perfect” (the Old Testament saints), the people who are of the firstborn (the Church), and above all, we’re going to spend eternity with our God.
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Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.
Until next time remember, "Keep looking up!"
God loves you and yours, He really does!
Nancy <\\\><
Remember:
A man may go to heaven…..
Without health, without wealth;
Without fame, without a great name;
Without learning, without earnings;
Without culture, without beauty;
Without friends and without ten thousand other things----
But he can NEVER go to Heaven without Christ.
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This week's Quiz: Names of the Lord . .
Romans 10:13 says, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” The Lord tells us many of His different names because each of His names speaks to a different aspect of His character. Knowing His names helps us to know God better. How well do you know these names of the Lord?
1. To whom was God speaking when He said, “Say unto the children of Israel, I AM has sent me unto you”? Exo. 3:14
a. Aaron c. Joshua
b. Moses d. Elijah
2. Who called the Lord “Thou God seest me”? Gen. 16:8, 13
a. Sarai c. Hagar
b. Abram d. Ishmael
3. To whom was God speaking when He said, “I am the Almighty God”? Gen. 17:1
a. Moses c. Abram
b. Aaron d. Pharaoh
4. When Moses told the children of Israel to remember the days of old, he referred to the Lord as: Deut. 31:30; 32:8
a. the Most High c. the Lord of Lords
b. the Ancient of Days d. the Lord above all
5. Which of the Ten Commandments tells us not to take our Lord’s name in vain? Exo. 20:7
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
6. Which of the following names is not in the list found in Isaiah 9:6?
a. Bright and Morning Star c. Mighty God
b. Prince of Peace d. Counselor
7. “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” was written on Jesus’: Rev 19:16
a. vesture and thigh c. sword
b. shield d. breastplate
8. Which of the following names means “God with us”? Matt. 1:23
a. Jesus c. Emmanuel
b. Elohim d. Elyon
9. Philippians 2:9 says that God gave Jesus:
a. the name Jesus c. a secret name
b. the name above every name d. b and c
10. Who said, “I know that my Redeemer lives”? Job 19:1, 25
a. David c. Moses
b. Job d. Isaiah
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