Possessions and Necessities After Jesus gave his disciples some words of instruction, a man in the crowd asked Jesus to speak to his brother, that he would divide the inheritance with him. Jesus used this opportunity to teach his disciples about possessions and necessities. He taught them to: Beware of...
Kingdoms of God and Heaven In this lesson, we are going to trace the kingdoms of God and heaven all the way from their beginning through their ultimate future merger. We’ll start back in Genesis 1, with creation, where we find a firmament called “Heaven”. Gen 1:1, “In beginning God...
Casting Out A Devil On this day in Jesus’s ministry he was casting out a devil. What he said to the people after the devil was cast out is what we are studying today. This was a dumb devil. The devil manifested itself in the man. When it was gone...
The Kingdoms and Religion In this study of the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God, we want to understand where we are today with these kingdoms. This will help us to understand the kingdoms and religion. We have seen thus far that the kingdom of heaven is a...
Righteousness in the Kingdom Righteousness in the kingdom of heaven is not the same as it is in the kingdom of God, as we saw in the slide presentation at the beginning of this lesson. Click the link to the Study of the Kingdoms to see the slides of what...
The Strong Mans House The Strong Man’s House Mk 3:27 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When Jesus rebuked the scribes for saying that he had Beelzebub, he said Satan would not rise up against himself, and he added this, “No man can enter into a strong mans house, and spoil his goods,...
A Study of the Kingdoms This is the first of several lessons in a study of the kingdoms. We will be studying the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven. To begin this study, we should distinguish between several things that are associated with kingdoms, in general. There’s a...
Eternal Things Are Superior to Temporal Things In our lives we must constantly remind ourselves to not let the temporal become more important to us than the eternal. It’s so easy to become more concerned with the temporal things of life. But the eternal things are superior to temporal...
He Went Throughout Every City In Lk 8:1-3, Jesus was still in Galilee. He went throughout every city and village. From Lk 4:43 we learn that Jesus was sent to preach the kingdom of God “to other cities” also. Therefore, he didn’t just go to one or two principal cities...
The Apostles and the Kingdom of God Jesus chose the twelve apostles and instructed his disciples regarding the Kingdom of God. Choosing the Apostles, Lk 6:12-16 After spending all night on a mountain in prayer, Jesus called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve apostles. You can find the...
