Truths about the resurrection

We are forgiven and eternally secure in Christ. “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory” (Eph. 1:13-14).

Because Jesus died for our sins and rose from the grave, all who believe in Him can know that they are eternally secure, not based on their performance, but on Christ’s payment for their sins. The Holy Spirit who indwells every believer is the guarantee of a heavenly inheritance.

Teachings of Christ 

Life

Matthew 6:25 
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

John 5:40 
Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

Questions in 1 Kings

1:41
Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, “Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?”

2:13
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So she said, “Do you come peaceably?”
  And he said, “Peaceably

2:22
And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “Now why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also—for he is my older brother—for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

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What Next?

John 13:17
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Romans 12:1-2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The Poor 

Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins;
 But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker,
 But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

Questions in Ezra

7:23
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it diligently be done for the house of the God of heaven. For why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

9:10
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments,

9:14
should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor?

The next best thing to do.

Luke 11:9
“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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True Friends – 2

Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
 But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron,
 So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 28:7
Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
 But a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Proverbs 23: 20-21
Do not mix with winebibbers,
 Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
  For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
 And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
 Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

Proverbs 22:24-25
Make no friendship with an angry man,
 And with a furious man do not go,
  Lest you learn his ways
 And set a snare for your soul.

Proverbs 27:14
 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
 It will be counted a curse to him.

Proverbs 15:12-15
A scoffer does not love one who corrects him,
 Nor will he go to the wise.

  A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance,
 But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
 But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
  All the days of the afflicted are evil,
 But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

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How do we receive His Blessings?

Matthew 11:28-30 

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

I guess we could call it the irony of discipleship. To follow Christ means that we give up everything and follow him. To follow Christ means that we receive untold blessings in this life and eternal life with God in the life to come. So is it hard? Yes, sometimes it is. But life is hard. Is the burden light as Jesus promised? Yes, because we know our lives are not lived in vain, that we are living life as God intended it, and when life is over, it isn't really over! We get to go home and be with our Lord!

God never says “No” to anyone who comes to Him in Faith

Matthew 21:22
And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Mark 9:23
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Mark 11:22-24

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

The staggering  question 

Ezekiel 37:3
And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
  So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”

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The Greatest Text

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

1. God
2. The greatest fact: “so loved”
3. The greatest company: “the world”
4. The greatest act: “gave”
5. The greatest gifts: “his only begotten son”
6. The greatest condescension: “whosoever”
7. The greatest simplicity: “believeth”
8. The greatest attraction: “in him”
9. The greatest promise: “should not perish”
10. The greatest difference: “but”
11. The greatest certainty: “have”
12. The greatest possession: “everlasting life”

Questions in 2 Kings

1:6
So they said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” ’

1:7
Then he said to them, “What kind of man was it who came up to meet you and told you these words?”

1:16
Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ”

[Message No: 7048]

Don’t Slack Off

John 14:13
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Classes mentioned in the Bible – 

Homosexuals
Deuteronomy 23:18
You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Anyone despised
1 Samuel 17:43
The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 24:14
After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?

2 Samuel 9:8
Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?”

2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please, let me go over and take off his head!”

2 Kings 8:13
So Hazael said, “But what is your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?”

Thoughts

. A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart. - Charles G. Finney

. The center of God’s will is our only safety. - Betsie ten Boom

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Transfiguration Predicted

Mark 9:1
And He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power.”

Luke 9:27
But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”

2 Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty

A Purposeful Heart

Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please the Lord,
 He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his way,
 But the Lord directs his steps.

Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man,
 But its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 21:21

He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honor. —

Isn't it funny that when we set off to find happiness or joy or significance or meaning, we seldom find it. Instead, when we offer to serve others and give ourselves wholeheartedly to the Lord and his work, it is then that we find what we most need.

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Doing good to others

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. – Proverbs 3:27
Rather than "looking out for" only "number 1," we are to look out for those deserving of good — whether that be help, aide, praise, love, affection, attention, praise — and to act decisively to give them what they need and deserve. We are to be a people, as Paul tells us, that Jesus saved so we would be "eager to do good deeds" (Titus 2:14).

God’s Word and Our Soul’s Nourishment

Deuteronomy 8:3
So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord

Scripture for Correction

2 Corinthians 4:16-17
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

Deuteronomy 8:5
You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

Duties to our Parents

Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

Luke 18:20
You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

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