Teachers know that questions provide teachable moments. Thus wise teachers ask questions of their pupils, and they eagerly take advantage of opportunities when pupils ask questions.
The Bible is filled with questions. God asked questions, and people asked question. Sometimes they asked God Himself and sometimes they asked others. Moses asked God to tell him His name, and God revealed...
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
The God Factor
God is not a factor in the lives of many people, but people of faith live and move and have their being in God. The Lord was surely the key factor in David's life. Four incidents from David's life form the biblical basis for this four-lesson study.
The first lesson tells how God led Samuel to anoint a shepherd boy to be the next King of Israel. The lesson entitled "God Chooses and...
Born To Save
Christmas is only a secular holiday for many people. It means time off from work: it consists of parties and presents. Those who see some religious meaning in Christmas often restrict it to a baby in a manger scene. The two lessons in the study challenge us to look back before the manger to the preexistent Word of God and to look forward from the manger to the life, death, resurrection, and...
Monday, November 20, 2017
Excellence In Giving
"Money, money, money. That's all they talk about at church!"
This complaint is sometimes heard after a sermon or Sunday School lesson on giving. The complaint often comes from people who attend only occasionally and happen to come during a financial stewardship emphasis in the church, A pastor or a Sunday School teacher cannot preach or teach the Bible without mentioning giving. The Old Testament...
Highway To Heaven
You won't find it on a map, but a highway to heaven does exist. "The Roman Road" is explained in the Book of Romans in the Bible, and it tells how to go to heaven.
The Road Begins at Romans 1:16, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth." God s the source for our journey to heaven. He gives power for salvation to all...
Monday, October 30, 2017
Relationships Worth Improving
Relationships Worth Improving
Most adults fulfill many roles. For example, you may be wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor, church member, Sunday School Teacher, citizen, customer, patient, coworker, employee, and on and on. How many of these roles involve personal relationships? The answer depends on how you define relationships. A broad definition might include all people...
Let's Talk About Jesus
Let's Talk About Jesus
One one of the occasions when the enemies of Jesus sent oficers to arrest Him, the officers found Jesus teaching in the temple. They heard Him say, "if any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink" (John 7:37). The officers returned without arresting Jesus. When they were asked why they failed in their assignment, the officers said, "Never man spake like this...
Courage to Stand for God
Courage to Stand for God
One of the early Christian martyrs was an elderly man named Polycarp. He was arrested and freely admitted that he was a Christian. He was given plenty of opportunities to save his own life, but he refused each offer because the condition for being spared was to deny Christ. He told his persecutors, "Eighty and six years have I served him, and he hath done me...
Friday, October 06, 2017
I've Prayed. Now what?
I've Prayed. Now what?
Luke 11:9-13
9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks find; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 "Which of you Fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13...
Crucified, Buried, and Alive Again!
Crucified, Buried, and Alive Again!
Matthew 27:1, 2, 19-22, 27, 28, 31, 45, 46, 50, 51, 54, 57-69
1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. 2 They bound him led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.
19 While Pilate was setting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him...
How do I share my Christian testimony?
How do I share my Christian testimony?
The testimony we share with one another are important. They provide encouragement and strength with us, sometimes they transfer wisdom and they provide inspiration about God. That's why the testimony we speak in church it's very important, if you don't know how to share your testimony, so read this process.
Question: "How do I share my Christian testimony?"
Answer:...
Thursday, October 05, 2017
In Remembrance
In Remembrance
Mark 14:12-25
12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for your to eat the Passover?"
13 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Say to the owner of...
Why should I pray?
Why should I pray?
Matthew 26:36, 40, 41
36 Then Jesus went with hi disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."
40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping, "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter. 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit...
I'll Do It For Him
I'll Do It For Him
(Acts 16:22-34)
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 About...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
A Place of Honor
A Place of Honor
(John 12:1-9)
1Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; he poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair....
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Pray? What should I say?
Pray? What should I say?
(Matthew 6:5-13)
5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father; who sees what is done in secret,...
He Did it for Me
He Did it for Me
(1 John 3:1-6, 1 John 5:11-13)
1 How great is the love the father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall...
Monday, September 11, 2017
In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health
(John 9:1-11)
1 As he went along, he say a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. 4 As long as it is day we must do the work of him who sent...
It's All Gone.
It's All Gone.
(Job 1:1, 13-22, Job 2:7-10)
1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 13 One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, 14 a messenger cmae to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 and the sabeans attacked...
Friday, September 08, 2017
Where is our true home if not in the presence of God?
"Metaphor of the Moon"
When I was a child, there were occasions when I spent time away from home. Off to summer camp in Rutledge, Georgia. A missions trip to New York. Family Vacations took me to Alaska, Wyoming, and Maine and many spots in between. And sometimes, during there trips, I Found myself longing for home. During lovely nights, I often found myself searching the sky for the satellite...
Thursday, September 07, 2017
The issues of Christians
(James 1:1-15)
James 1 identifies a variety of issues that Christians sometimes have to deal with in their lives. For example, in verse 14, James explains that we are tempted by our own desire and exhorts reader not to be deceived by the lure of sin. Implicit in James's Instructions on how Christians should live and treat one another is the encouragement ti engage in some self-examination. Take...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
GOD: The Master Builder
God's Deposit
(The Holy Spirit)
Acts 2:38
38 Peter Replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you in the name off Jesus Christ for the forgiveness off your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:5-8
5 Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance...
Who built the Church?
Built on the Rock
(The Church)
Matthew 16:16-18
16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus Replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, fir this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gate of Hades will...
Tuesday, September 05, 2017
The Truth About Hell
The Truth About Hell
This is the common fears of human being is what will happen to them after they die. Before looking at hell and eternal life it is important to get a solid understanding of who God is as well as His character. The Bible says that God "is" Love (1 John 4:16). He is the originator of love and all His actions are directed by love. Jeremiah 31:3 even says, "Yes, I have loved you...
Monday, September 04, 2017
Did you know the Rebecca's Wedding?
Rebecca's Wedding
When Abraham was young, He left his home at Ur in Mesopotamia and went to dwell in the land of Canaan. Now that he was old, he knew that the time had come to look for a wife for Isaac, hid son.
"I wish my boy to marry a girl of our own people," Abraham told his chief servant. "God again to Ur, the city of my brother Nahor, and the Lord will help you find...
How to Become A Christian (Part 2)
A Step of Faith
In your personal opinion. What do you understand it takes for a person to go to heaven? Consider how the Bible answer this question. It is a Matter of FAITH.
F is for FORGIVENESS - We cannot have eternal life and heaven without God's forgiveness. "In Him [meaning Jesus] we have redemption through Hid blood. the forgiveness of our trespasses" (Ephesians 1:7).
A is for AVAILABLE...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
How To Become A Christian
How To Become A Christian
Jesus
Jesus Christ was with God the Father before the world was created. He became human and lived among human beings as Jesus of Nazareth. He came to show us what God is like. He lived a sinless life, showing us how to live: and He died upon a cross to pay for our sins. God raised Him from the dead.
Jesus is the source of eternal life. Jesus...
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Make today Amazing.
Make today Amazing.
TOP 10 Verse
John 14:14 - If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
John 15:7 - If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
1 Corinthians 13:6 - Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Jeremiah 29:11 - For i know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord," Plans to prosper you and...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
In the time of King Herod
In the time of King Herod
Matthew 2
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men* from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising,* and have come to pay him homage.’ 3When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; 4and calling together all the...
Pass it on - the value of wisdom from elders
Pass it on - the value of wisdom from elders
Each one of us hopefully learns a great deal through our lifetime, but what do we do with that knowledge? Does it go with us to our graves, or do we learn to share it with others graciously, and without expectation for the way they will use it? Looking to the older generation for advice seems to have gone out of fashion these days, perhaps partly...
An account of the Genealogy "of Jesus the Messiah"
An account of the Genealogy "of Jesus the Messiah"
Mathew 1
An account of the genealogy* of Jesus the Messiah,* the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, 4and...