Plain and Right Two characteristics of the words of God are that they are plain and right. But often you hear people comment that they aren’t plain and right. They’ll say, “that doesn’t make sense to me”. Or they’ll say, “this translation is not right; it should read this way”....
God Answers Prayer Sometimes God answers prayer, not simply to grant your petition, but rather to fulfill his desire. Here are some examples of answered prayer for God’s benefit: God answers prayer for his glory – 2 Ki 19:15-19 – Hezekiah prayed for deliverance from the Assyrians and God heard his prayer. ...
The Transfiguration Lk 9:27-36 is the passage we typically call the Transfiguration. See Matt 17:2. To see all that’s connected with this event, we’ll check the cross references in the other gospels. We’re going to study what Peter, John, and James saw and what they heard. Peter, John, and James...
Rightly Dividing the Word (Part 1) 2 Timothy 2:15 Now that we have covered our 3 part series on how to study the Bible, we will look at the 2nd part of 2Timothy 2:15 which shows us that we must rightly divide the word of truth. In this lesson we...
No More War 2 Chr 15:19 says, “And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa”. Asa came to the throne after the three year reign of Abijah, 2 Chr 14:1. During Abijah’s brief reign, Jeroboam, the king of Israel, attacked Judah. ...
Acknowledge Every Good Thing In Phile 6, Paul wrote Philemon “That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus”. In this text, we will learn to acknowledge every good thing that’s in us in Christ Jesus....
The Flesh and Spirit How many would like to not fulfill the lust of the flesh? To not fulfill the lust of the flesh, we need to examine and follow what Paul wrote in Gal 5:16-26 about the flesh and Spirit. The lust of the flesh. It’s there; it’s always...
Come After Jesus In the context of Lk 9:23-26, Jesus had just fed 5,000, Lk 9:14, and they would have made him king, Jn 6:15. So, he left, and the next day they came seeking him, Jn 6:24. They showed up for more food, Jn 6:26. Before they showed up...
Ministry is Work Acts 13:2, “Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the WORK whereunto I have called them”. The work takes grace – Acts 14:26. The gospel of grace, the word of grace, and the sufficiency of grace. The work takes preparation – Prov 24:27. Prepare is to fit or...
Bearing Precious Seed In Ps 126, Israel went into captivity weeping. Their children were their precious seed. And the promise was that they would return with rejoicing, bringing their offspring (sheaves) with them. See Jer 29:1-1o. Seed in the Bible represents the word of God, Lk 8:5, 11; children, Dan...
