Lesson 4: Created for a Purpose (2)
Lesson 4: Created for a Purpose (2)Read Romans 12:21 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rom.12The third "will of God" is to be "conformed to the image of his Son." This means He wants us to change until we look like Jesus. Have you ever noticed how co…
Lesson 5: Created for a Purpose (3)
Lesson 5: Created for a Purpose (3)Read 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1th.5The next "will of God" is thankfulness. We find this in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which says we are to "…give thanks in all circumstances; for this is…
Lesson 6: Created for a Purpose (4)
Lesson 6: Created for a Purpose (4)Read Ephesians 2:1-10 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/eph.2The fourth "will of God" we will study here is "doing good." This is found in 1 Peter 2:15 and Ephesians 2:10. The first of these verses tells us the purp…
Lesson 7: Confidence in God’s Salvation (1)
Lesson 7: Confidence in God’s Salvation (1)Read 1 John 5:13-21 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.5Am I really saved? How do I know if I have committed the “unpardonable sin?” If I am saved and then commit the unpardonable sin, do I lose my salvat…
Lesson 8: Confidence in God’s Salvation (2)
Lesson 8: Confidence in God’s Salvation (2)Read Galatians 5:16-25 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/gal.5How can we know we are saved? As we read in the last lesson, we must know we have believed Him. If we believe we have accepted Him, we confirm th…
Lesson 9: Confidence in God’s Salvation (3)
Lesson 9: Confidence in God’s Salvation (3)Read Romans 5:1-11 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rom.5We humans are strange beings. We do things backwards. We see things backwards. The shape of a rainbow to us is the shape of a frown, but to God, look…
Lesson 10: Confidence in God’s Salvation (4)
Lesson 10: Confidence in God’s Salvation (4)Read Matthew 12:12-32 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.12Look at one more story in the Bible with me on the question of salvation. We go to Matthew 9 and read the story of the paralytic who was brought…
Lesson 11: Be Courageous (1)
Lesson 11: Be Courageous (1)Read Revelation 21:9-27 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rev.21Everywhere we look today we see reasons to be unsettled. Our countries are in upheaval, our families are falling apart, our churches are dying, education is…
Lesson 12: Be Courageous (2)
Lesson 12: Be Courageous (2)Read Revelation 22:21 - https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rev.22We read about walls and streets of our new home in the last lesson. Walls, to the people when this book was written, were a symbol of safety. We have much more…