As we look to the New Year and the casting of our vision for 2018 “to love one another”, it is a great time to obey the Scripture mandate to “examine ourselves.” In this process, we will be in Acts 2:42 and evaluate ourselves based on what characterized the practice of the early church – “And they continued steadfast in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer.” It is these four things which are in healthy churches. And these four things must be in healthy individual Christians in order to have healthy churches.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
EPHESIANS 6:24 – Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying, sincere, and incorruptible love. THEME OF THE DAY. A SINCERE LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST. Of all the amazing things that happen to a person who becomes a Christian, the greatest one is God’s work of pouring His love into us. The Apostle Paul tells us at…
EPHESIANS 6:11 – Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. THEME OF THE DAY. THREE SCHEMES OF THE DEVIL. There are two words which would summarize both the life of the Lord Jesus while He walked upon the earth and Christians as they walk upon the earth – “spiritual…
EPHESIANS 5:1-2 – Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. THEME OF THE DAY. HOW’S YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD? A worthwhile Bible study is to take the word “walk” and trace it through the New Testament. Pay attention how…
EPHESIANS 1:3-4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. THEME OF THE DAY. SALVATION’S GOALS. Goals in life are important. To…
PHILIPPIANS 3:12-14 – Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on…