When you try to do something that is contrary to God’s plan you can’t get away with it. In 2 Chr 18:1-34, Ahab wanted to fight the Syrians to recover Ramothgilead from them. A prophet, named Micaiah, told him that he would fail and that he would die in the...
Because of your unbelief Matt.17:14-20 In the previous lesson we learned what faith is. The Bible defines it as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” [Heb.11:1]. Faith is substance and evidence based on God’s word, and we are given this faith through God’s word....
In Prov 30:24-28, there are four little things that are exceeding wise. The spider is one of them. She “taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces,” [Prov 30:28]. We must be like the spider. We must hold onto good things, like Paul wrote in 1 Thes 5:21,...
Paul started chapter 9 by saying that, concerning the ministering to the saints, it was superfluous (superfluous means “not needed; unnecessary”) for him to write. Nevertheless, he did write. Paul wrote 2 Cor 9 because he wanted the Corinthians to know that: Their zeal had provoked very many – 2...
How to Care for the Spirit of Man 2 Corinthians 7:1 In the previous lesson we study how the spirit of man is also connected with the action of the flesh and therefore must be ruled. The lesson ended by making mention of the fact that the spirit just like...
In 2 Ki 18:7 we read the following about Hezekiah, “And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth.” In the context of this verse, verses 5 and 6, we find why he prospered. He prospered because he trusted the Lord, he clave to the Lord...
In 2 Cor 8 we find several characteristics of a liberal giver. A liberal giver: Sacrifices himself to God – 2 Cor 8:5 – you start by giving yourself to the Lord [Rom 12:1-2]. If you haven’t given yourself to God, anything you do for God is always going to...
In our study of 2 Cor 8:1-24, we find Paul encouraging the Corinthians to “perform the doing of it,” [2 Cor 8:11] regarding giving to the poor saints in Jerusalem [Gal 2:9-10; Rom 15:25-26]. He told them to perform the doing of it because: The churches of Macedonia had given...
Taking Heed Unto Thy Spirit Malachi 2:15-16 In the previous lesson we learned that the spirit of man is life from God. In this lesson we are going to look at how the spirit of man affects the body and why it must be ruled in order to serve God...
What is Faith? Heb.11:1 [Rom.14:23] “For whatsoever is not of faith is sin”[Heb.11:6] “without Faith it is impossible to please God” Without faith, we cannot please God, and anything in our lives that is not of faith, is sin. If someone asked you “what is faith?” what would you say?...
