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Saturday, December 28, 2019

God's Choice Luke 12: 32


Read the passage: Luke 12



(Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the
kingdom.)

1. To give of Himself to man.
His only begotten Son.

2. To give that which is perfect for man’s need.

3. To give heaven’s security and to redeemed man.

4. To give heaven’s honor upon redeemed man.

5. To give eternity’s authority upon redeemed  man.

6. To give deliverance from man’s frailties to redeemed man.  (blessed hope)

7. To give privileged fellowship with the glorious Son both now and forever to
  the redeemed man.









Wednesday, December 25, 2019

His Glory (Christ's) John 1 14


Read the passage: John 1



(...and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)

the glory of the Father:

1. Heaven's glory known.

2. Heaven's glory revealed.

3. Heaven's glory seen.

4. Heaven's glory shared.(only begotten)

5. Heaven's glory revealing.regarding the Father.

6. Heaven's glory-grace and truth.

7. Heaven's glory received.














Saturday, December 21, 2019

Singing a New Song Psalms 96 1, 2


Read the passage: Psalms 96




v.1 1. The true heart of worship is directed solely to the Lord.
(O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.)

v.1 2. Our encounter with God keeps a new and fresh message on our heart.
(a new song)

v.1 3. A freshly blessed heart desires to share its praise to God.
(a new song:)

v.1 4. The blessings of God are continuously renewable.
(sing unto the Lord, all the earth.)

v.2 5. The name of the Lord is worthy and to be praised.
(Sing unto the Lord, bless His name: show forth)

v.2 6. The name of the Lord is a special blessing to His people.
(bless His name:)
God’s Names identify His position- there is none else, king of Kings.
His care- shepherd, Jehovah Jireh …
His eternal presence- I am … mighty God
His works- Savior, prince of peace, counselor governor, redeemer, 

Source-  Divine Names and Titles- Herbert Lockyer  p. 87-101

v.2 7. The work of salvation is a live message to be continually shared.
(show forth his salvation from day to day.)










Wednesday, December 18, 2019

It is a Blessing Luke 1 45


Read the passage: Luke 1

          (And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her
          from the Lord.)
  1. The presence of God is so clearly seen.

  2. The power of God is so presently assuring.

  3. The events of life are filled with hope and promise.

  4. The wait of life is suspenseful and expectant.

  5. The trials of life are seen in proper light, the blessedness of remaining in Christ's hand and knowing Him.

  6. The benefits of the Christian experience are ever richly increasing.

  7. Jesus is seen clearly to be in all of life, and He is in fact life itself. 




Saturday, December 14, 2019

Nothing to Fear Luke 12 32


Read the passage: Luke 12
          (Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.)
  1. Don’t be afraid God is going to change.

  2. Don’t be afraid God’s grace has a time limit.

  3. Don’t be afraid God’s goodness is temporary or temperamental.

  4. Don’t be afraid God is going to run out of benefits.

  5. Don’t be afraid God will no longer favor His own.

  6. Don’t be afraid His mercy will expire.
     Psalms 23: 6

  7. Don’t be afraid of God’s will, of God’s call to truth.

  8. Don’t be afraid of God’s assignment.

  9. Don’t be afraid of God’s correction- seek His kingdom. 
    Our heart should be for the kingdom.

  10. Don’t be afraid, man in his imperfection is not in charge. 



Wednesday, December 11, 2019

The Ministry of Christ Luke 8 27-38


Read the passage: Luke 8



one to whom Jesus ministered:

v.27 1. To a specific person in need.
(And when He went forth to land, there met Him out of the city a certain man,)

v.27 2. To one with a certain problem.
(which had devils long time, and ware no clothes,)

v.27 3. To one with a  persistent problem.
(long time)

v.27 4. To one with a peculiar problem.
(and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.)

V.29 5. To one persecuted by the devil and bound up, unable to get free- greatly oppressed.
(For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and
  in fetters: and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the 
wilderness.)

v.29 6. To one who could not free himself from the devil’s clutch.
(For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.)

v.35,7. To one who would respond and credit the Lord Jesus Christ as being all
    38 sufficient and the victor of life.
(and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet 
of Jesus,)(Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought 
Him that he might be with Him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,)















Saturday, December 7, 2019

Thy Loving Kindness-I Psalms 63: 3


Read the passage: Psalms 63


(Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.)


1. The thought of it.

2. The certainty of it.

3. The granting of it.

4. The generosity of it.

5. The greatness of it.

6. The experiencing of it.
(better than life)

7. The joy of it.
(my lips shall praise thee.)








Wednesday, December 4, 2019

The Joy of God's Commitment Psalms 56 12


Read the passage: Psalms 56



(Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.)

1. God has drawn me to Himself.

2. God has given me new life.

3. God has taught me (immersed me) in His life.

4. God has given me His peace.

5. God has given me His purpose.

6. God has given me His word.

7. God has given me Himself.

Therefore can I but ever joyously praise Him for His bountiful goodness!







Saturday, November 30, 2019

The Character of God Revealed James 1 17

Read the passage: James 1 



1. The origin of goodness.
(Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.
from God- as a gift in contrast with man’s normal pursuit.

2. The virtue of goodness.
        (every good gift and every perfect gift)
The gifts can only be good and perfect, because that is God’s character.

3. The release of goodness.
(cometh down)
       We work too hard in the flesh, trying to attain. When Gods choice is to give. Our part is faith.
   
4. The record of God’s authorship.
v. 6  (from the Father of lights,)
        The testimony of the Creator. God is greater than the created.
        God is purposefull in His creation, in His giving of gifts to men.
    
5. The changelessness of God’s character.
(with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.)
God can only be good, only be perfect, only be right. 
        God cannot be ever the minutest degree different than right.

6. The blamelessness of God’s character.
(with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.)
The arguments of v. 8-15 bring accusation against God as good in His 
         provision.

7. The irrefutability of the truth of God’s character.
Removing believer’s argument



Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The Giving of Thanks 1 Thessalonians 5: 18


Read the passage: 1 Thessalonians 5


(In everything give thanks:  for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning 
you.)

1:4 1. It is every believer's honest acknowledgement of mercy and grace.
...(Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.) ...

1:6 2. It is not circumstance dependent; but is God dependent.
2:2 (having received the word in much affliction) ....
If it has to be good to give thanks, we won't.  God is good, the basis forgiving of 
thanks.

2:4 3. It is a statement of faith.
(...but God, which trieth our hearts.)
It may even require faith to give the thanks.

2:5- 4. It is ultimately tied to the truth of scripture. 
  8 (...Nor of men sought we glory, ...as the apostles of Christ.)...
There is no rejoicing apart from truth.

3:2 5. It is an acknowledgement of God's commitment to His own.
(...to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

3:3, 6. It does not wrestle with the pathway of God's choosing. 
  4 (That no man should be moved by these afflictions: ....tribulation;...)

3:6, 7. It is a crown to faith.  
  7 (...good tidings of your faith and charity,  ...)
God crowns faith with His reward

3:7 8. It is a witness of strength, God's strength.
(we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:)

3:9, 9. It nurtures the faith of others.
  10 (...for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;  ...)

3:11- 10. It is an honest acknowledgement of God as my source.
  13 (Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, ...)
4:1 (how ye ought to walk and to please God, ...)
It is further an acknowledgement of the full sufficiency of Christ.

4:3- 11. It is God's reproof to evil.   
  7 (For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from
  fornication: ...)
The impact of evil influence is overcome in a believer's life by the
  acknowledgment of Christ as source.  Thanksgiving is thus, a protection.
The presence of thanksgiving in the hearts of believers serves also as a reproof
  to evil and its affliction and corruption.
Rom. 12:  21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

4:9 12. It rejoices in love's common expressions.
(But as touching brotherly love ....)

4:11,13. It is an affirmation of contentment and commitment to God.
12,18 (study to be quiet, .....have lack of nothing;  comfort one another ....)
5:  11 (Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, ...)

4:13-14. It doesn't lose sight of the coming hope of Christ's rapture of the church.
   18 (....Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in
  the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord.)





Saturday, November 23, 2019

The Message of Thanksgiving Ephesians 5: 20


Read the passage: Ephesians 5



(Giving thanks always for all things unto God.)

1. It reveals how free our heart is.
Troubles cause friction- slows down freedom.
David had a free heart- filled with much praise because He meditated on who
  God is.
A heart in harmony with God will praise Him because Christ is responsible for the
result.

2. It reveals where our security comes from.
Insecurity robs the heart of its joyful acknowledgment of God’s sufficient care.
A believer may realize however through insecurity how dependent upon Christ,
        he is.

3. It reveals our system of values.
One trapped by worldly gain and pleasure will be of ungrateful heart.

4. It reveals the object of our love and devotion.
Do we love Jesus enough to thank Him?

5. It reveals our priority.
Gain of self or gain of Christ.
Concern for self or concern for the things of Christ.

6. It reveals our understanding of God's influence in our life.
God’s involvement in everything, every detail.(at least by design)
i.e. physical body functions

7. It testifies of God's uninterrupted goodness to me.










Wednesday, November 20, 2019

The Cause for Rejoicing Joshua 5 9


Read the passage: Joshua 5



(And the Lord said unto Joshua, this day have I rolled away the reproach of 
Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto 
this day.)

1. Rejoice that God got us to this point in spite of ourselves.

2. Rejoice God hasn’t abandoned us.

3. Rejoice we are still a people together.

4. Rejoice God is still sweet and good.

5. Rejoice God is loving and forgiving.

6. Rejoice God holds His plan in place.

7. Rejoice in getting right with God so you can go on with God.










Saturday, November 16, 2019

We Don't Have to Follow After Sin Romans 6 12


Read the passage: Romans 6



(Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the
lusts thereof.)

1. Christ has no choice for sin in the life o the believer.

2. The new life excludes sin.

3. Sin is not the choice of the new life.
(Let not sin, therefore, reign …)

4. Sin has no automatic control over the new life.

5. Sin has no loyalty to the new life.
(in its lusts.)

6. Reckon the control of sin over.

7. Desire the life of Jesus above all else.












Wednesday, November 13, 2019

The Lord's Obvious Blessing Genesis 26 12-16


Read the passage: Genesis 26



v.12 1. God's blessing is obviously the evidence of God at work in a servant's life.
(Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an 
hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.)

v.12 2. God's blessing exceeds any other form of increase.
(Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a 
hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.)

v.13 3. God's blessings continue to a humble and obedient heart.
(And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became 
very great:)
God required him to acknowledge his sin before Abimelech, a humbling
  experience, one that also revealed who Isaac's God is.

v.13 4. God's blessing is intended to increase a servant's influence.
(and went forward,)

v.13 5. God's blessing is intended to make a servant great first of all before God.
  (and grew until he became very great:)

v.14 6. Not all of God's servants will have the same proportionate blessing, but all
  will be immeasurably blessed.
(For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store
of servants: and the Philistines envied him.)


v.14,7. God's blessings cannot be imitated by the world; God's blessings bring
   16 unique favor.
(and the Philistines envied him.)
(For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of
Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with
earth.)
(And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than
we.)









Saturday, November 9, 2019

He Who Holds the Bounds in HIs Hand Psalms 104 9


Read the passage: Psalms 104



(Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;.. that they turn not again
  to cover the earth.)

1. God is boundless Himself, but He does impose boundaries in life.

2. God appoints bounds to enable the enjoyment of His blessings.
The sea is bound in to be used by man. 
God places bounds upon a believer to allow him to enjoy the Christian life.
 see v. 10

3. God's bounds are not to limit but to define liberty.
A believer is not free to do as he likes, but he is free to do all God permits.

4. God controls His creation and His creature through bounds He has
  predefined and imposes.
Man has a free will but is still very much under the control of God.

5. God places bounds for protection.
Otherwise the sea would flood earth.
Bounds become a protection to men to allow them to enjoy God's
  freedom.

6. That which God has originated and created cannot escape nor set aside 
God's bounds.
Man may think he rules, but only God is the ruler.

7. One who is constantly challenging the bounds will never know the depth of
  His bountiful sea of provision.
It is generally shallow at the bounds of the sea.
To know God's richness, one must give himself to the one who holds the 
bounds in His hand and trust him with life itself.