When you study the Bible you realize that big things to the world are small things to God and small things to the world are big things to God. For instance, we consider nations to be big. The population of China is nearly 1.4B. The land mass of China is...
Love is of God 1 Jn.4:7-8 True love is defined by God. So in our world today there are many myths concerning love. If we are not diligent, we will fall for the world’s definition of love. The divorce rate and alternative forms of marriage are proof positive of the...
Lessons from Daniel Having a Good Example (Daniel 3:1-30) This passage is a very familiar passage to those who have been raised in church. In this passage Nebuchadnezzar sets up an image and demands that everyone worship it. When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not worship the statue the furnace...
Faithfulness 1 Cor. 4:2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Faithfulness is one of the most needed and beneficial characteristics that a man or woman could possibly have. You may have noticed that faithfulness is a prime trait of our Lord. Deut 7:9 says, “Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God,...
Numbers in the Word of God Lesson #4 In this lesson we will continue with our study of numbers in the word of God. Here we will look at numbers ten, eleven, and twelve. Out of these numbers ten and twelve will be pretty certain in their meaning but we...
Watch unto Prayer 1 Pet.4:7 Peter, believing that the end of all things is at hand, encourages us to be sober, and watch unto prayer. The context of this passage would call for us to be attentive to the events around us and by doing that, cause us to pray,...
In Part I of this lesson, we saw that from the moment we are saved, we are in a battle with Satan. He is our adversary [1 Pet 5:8]. God gives us his whole armor to protect us in this battle [Eph 6:10-18]. However, according to 2 Cor 2:11, there...
Satan is a vicious, clever enemy. Nevertheless, Jesus successfully defended himself against the temptations of the devil [Matt 4:1-11], cast him out of every person he possessed, who came to Jesus for healing [Acts 10:38], spoiled him and openly triumphed over him on the cross [Col 2:15], and will destroy...
Notice in 2 Cor 2:1-16 the balance of: Sorrow and joy – 2 Cor 2:1-3 – when Paul wrote to the Corinthians about what to do with the fornicator in 1 Cor 5, he was “in heaviness.” He didn’t want to come to them in heaviness [v.1]; rather, he wanted...
Biblical Salvation “the act of saving, or deliverance from destruction” For salvation to be accomplished three things must be present: Something or someone that needs to be saved. (without it’s necessary) Something or someone that can save. (without it’s impossible) A means to connect the two. (By grace, through faith...
