VERSE:
Galatians 2:16
16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.
LESSON:
Faith - Justified by Faith, not works
This verse is not telling you to stop performing works of kindness, mercy, and Christian assistance to others, but is instead explaining that it is NOT your works that justify (To declare innocent or guiltless) you before God/Jesus...it is your faith. The Law teaches us how to live in this world/life, but Faith enables us to live the proper way in this life, according to the Law.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Faith - Faith requires works
VERSE:
James 2:14-17
14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
LESSON:
Faith - Faith requires works
In this verse. we are told that if you have faith you must have works. If you have faith without works, then you really do not have the faith that you claim that you have. They are inseparable. They go together. Faith without works...is dead.
James 2:14-17
14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
LESSON:
Faith - Faith requires works
In this verse. we are told that if you have faith you must have works. If you have faith without works, then you really do not have the faith that you claim that you have. They are inseparable. They go together. Faith without works...is dead.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Faith - You must believe...to please God
VERSE:
Hebrews 11:6
6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
LESSON:
Faith - You must believe...to please God
This verse tells us that in order to please God...we must first believe. If you seek him, thorough faith, you will find him. Once you find him, and learn about God, you are better able to do his will (Please God). God will reward those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
LESSON:
Faith - You must believe...to please God
This verse tells us that in order to please God...we must first believe. If you seek him, thorough faith, you will find him. Once you find him, and learn about God, you are better able to do his will (Please God). God will reward those who earnestly seek him.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Ascension - At the Right Hand of God
LESSON:
Acts 1:9-11
9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. 11 They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven."
VERSE:
The Ascension - At the Right Hand of God
This verse expresses the eyewitness account of Jesus' ascension into Heaven...on a cloud. It gives us the assurance that Jesus returned to God in heaven, to sit at his right hand, as predicted in the Bible. It also gives us the hope and expectation of Jesus' future return. When? Only God knows for Sure...as Jesus told us in the New Testament. How will we know that he has indeed returned? We will see a sign, as explained in the last sentence of this verse as follows: "...This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven...". How? "...on a cloud...".
Acts 1:9-11
9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. 11 They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven."
VERSE:
The Ascension - At the Right Hand of God
This verse expresses the eyewitness account of Jesus' ascension into Heaven...on a cloud. It gives us the assurance that Jesus returned to God in heaven, to sit at his right hand, as predicted in the Bible. It also gives us the hope and expectation of Jesus' future return. When? Only God knows for Sure...as Jesus told us in the New Testament. How will we know that he has indeed returned? We will see a sign, as explained in the last sentence of this verse as follows: "...This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven...". How? "...on a cloud...".
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Holy Spirit - Witness for Jesus
VERSE:
Acts 1:6-8
6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."
LESSON:
Holy Spirit - Witness for Jesus
In this verse the Disciples, meeting with Jesus after he had risen from the dead, wanted to know from Jesus if the time had come for God to restore "the Kingdom to Israel" (Remember that Rome had conquered and had taken over the entire area of Palestine, including Jerusalem and the surrounding areas). Jesus turned their focus away from "Earthly Kingdoms"....to the pursuit of "Heavenly Kingdoms". It is only for God to know...when "The Kingdom of God" will be restored here on earth. It is for us to focus on receiving the power of the Holy Spirit, to equip us to witness for Jesus. Jesus' direction was direct and easy to understand. "...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Our job is to answer Jesus' call...and be the best and most effective "witness" that we can be for Christ. God will take care of "Restoring his Kingdom" here on earth...in his own time.
Acts 1:6-8
6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."
LESSON:
Holy Spirit - Witness for Jesus
In this verse the Disciples, meeting with Jesus after he had risen from the dead, wanted to know from Jesus if the time had come for God to restore "the Kingdom to Israel" (Remember that Rome had conquered and had taken over the entire area of Palestine, including Jerusalem and the surrounding areas). Jesus turned their focus away from "Earthly Kingdoms"....to the pursuit of "Heavenly Kingdoms". It is only for God to know...when "The Kingdom of God" will be restored here on earth. It is for us to focus on receiving the power of the Holy Spirit, to equip us to witness for Jesus. Jesus' direction was direct and easy to understand. "...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Our job is to answer Jesus' call...and be the best and most effective "witness" that we can be for Christ. God will take care of "Restoring his Kingdom" here on earth...in his own time.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Holy Spirit - Baptized again
VERSE:
Acts 1:4-5
4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
LESSON:
Holy Spirit - Baptized again
This verse recounts some of the last interaction that Jesus had with his Disciples before he ascended into Heaven. Jesus had one final task to perform before his work on earth was complete. He needed to insure that the Disciples were waiting for, and ready to accept, the arrival of the Holy Spirit. This had been promised before. It was now time for the Holy spirit to fill the Disciples to help and support them in their missions. As Jesus said, the receiving of the Holy Spirit was similar to the baptism by water, but would be instead a baptism by spirit.
Acts 1:4-5
4 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
LESSON:
Holy Spirit - Baptized again
This verse recounts some of the last interaction that Jesus had with his Disciples before he ascended into Heaven. Jesus had one final task to perform before his work on earth was complete. He needed to insure that the Disciples were waiting for, and ready to accept, the arrival of the Holy Spirit. This had been promised before. It was now time for the Holy spirit to fill the Disciples to help and support them in their missions. As Jesus said, the receiving of the Holy Spirit was similar to the baptism by water, but would be instead a baptism by spirit.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Message and the Messengers - We are called to convey "The Good News"
VERSE:
Mark 16:19-20
19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed. And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
LESSON:
The Message and the Messengers - We are called to convey "The Good News"
In this verse, we are told that Jesus gave final instructions to the Disciples, before he was taken back into Heaven to be "...at the right hand of God...". We were not there...but the calling from Jesus is as real today as it was all of those years ago. Our calling is to preach and teach the "Good News", the "Word of God"...from East to West...so that all may know of the promise of "...eternal salvation..." Know these truths for yourself...and share them liberally with all that you meet.
Mark 16:19-20
19 So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed. And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
LESSON:
The Message and the Messengers - We are called to convey "The Good News"
In this verse, we are told that Jesus gave final instructions to the Disciples, before he was taken back into Heaven to be "...at the right hand of God...". We were not there...but the calling from Jesus is as real today as it was all of those years ago. Our calling is to preach and teach the "Good News", the "Word of God"...from East to West...so that all may know of the promise of "...eternal salvation..." Know these truths for yourself...and share them liberally with all that you meet.
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