Words to Describe Our Infinite God There are many words that have been used to describe our Almighty God. “Almighty” is just one of them. But other words are “eternal”, which in the case of God, means without beginning and without end. And “Omniscient”, which means.. all knowing, with absolutely nothing … Read more
New Testament Promises I’d like to read to you some of the promises that God has made to us in the new testament. First, there’s this promise from Romans 8, verse 28. And I think this is the favorite verse of a lot of people, because it’s such … Read more
A “Gospel Minutes” Question The Gospel Minutes, is a monthly religious paper that is put out by Clem Thurman and his nephew David Thurman. They typically devote the majority of each edition to a bible lesson on the front and middle pages, and then the back page is devoted to answering questions that … Read more
The Book of Jude, A Letter From God Verse 1; “Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James; To those loved by God, even called and guarded in Jesus Christ.” That might be just slightly different from the wording in your bible, but that is the most literal translation of … Read more
The Truth, and Nothing but The Truth In Acts 20, and verse 27, the apostle Paul made this statement; “For I have not shunned to declare to you, the whole counsel of God.” Think about that for a minute.. The WHOLE counsel of God! That’s a lot of counsel. And … Read more
James Chapter 3, Verse 1 James Chapter 3, verse 1, says; “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing, that we will receive greater, judgment.” James is classifying himself there, as a “teacher”. A “teacher” in that verse and others, refers to someone who not only “teaches” God’s word, … Read more
The Silence of the Scriptures, and Our Worship Jesus said, in Luke 4, verse 8; “..It is written; You shall worship the Lord thy God, and Him only, shall you serve.” The bible isn’t silent about worshipping God. “It is written; You SHALL worship, the Lord thy God..” And it’s also … Read more
Do You Think Bible Study Should Be Fun? Here’s a question for you; Do you think that bible study should be fun? I do. When we try to teach the bible to little children, it’s pretty much accepted, that you’ve got to find a way to make it fun … Read more
We Are All Appointed For Something 1 Peter 2, verse 8 says that for some people, Jesus Christ has become “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense. for they stumble at the word, being disobedient; Wherein also they were appointed.” We are all appointed by God, for something. We’re all … Read more
Separate from the World, Joined to Christ I want to begin by quoting a scripture, and I’d like you to hang onto this quote, and think about it as we go through this study this morning. This is from Psalm 116, verses 9 & 10; “I will walk before Jehovah, … Read more
How Dare Anyone, Contradict the Word of God! Our topic is contradicting the word of God. How dare anyone contradict, what God has said.. What God has ordained! “For the Lord of Hosts has purposed, and who shall disannul it? His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it … Read more
How Dare You Contradict God ! Have you ever heard someone say these words.. “How dare you!” Why would someone say that? Would it be because you questioned their truthfulness? Would it be because you opposed their authority? Would it be because someone openly defied what you had told them? Imagine this; … Read more
Putting Away Sin, And Longing for the Word Verses 1 & 2; “Putting away therefore, all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk, which is without guile, that you may grow thereby unto salvation..” Those verses remind me of … Read more
The Book of Life You’ve heard about the book of life, haven’t you? Most people have, if they’re at all familiar with the bible. It’s spoken about in the old testament, and it’s spoken about in the new testament. In Exodus 32, verse 32, Moses speaks these words to God; “And yet … Read more
The Works of the Word I want us to consider six separate, but related works, that the Word of God has accomplished, and continues to accomplish, and will accomplish. First, the Word of God has created life, as we know it. Second, the Word of God creates faith in God the … Read more
Faith or Works, or Both? The title of this lesson is ” Justification By Faith, Perfected By works”. But let me explain exactly what is meant by that.. The justification that God gives to a person, is because of their faith, which has been “perfected”, or “made complete”, through their works. The … Read more
Why Has God Communicated With Man? Our question for today is this; Is there any reason for God to have any further communications with man, in addition to communicating with us through the bible? In the bible, we have the entire history of God’s communications with man. From Adam, up until the … Read more
How do you see the bible? Here’s a statement that was made to me this past week. “You see the bible as a rule book, instead of a testimony of the life of Jesus.” That’s an interesting comparison; A rule book on the one hand, and a testimony on the … Read more
The Seed is the Word of God We’re told in 1 Peter 1, verse 23; “For you have been born again, not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, through the living, and abiding word of God.” Remember what Jesus said in Mathew 24:35.. “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but … Read more
What Does It Mean To Be Anointed ? Last week in bible class, the subject of anointing was brought up. And we talked a little about it, but I thought that I saw some questions on some of the faces in the class, and so I thought that maybe I should … Read more