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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 - They that feared the Lord
Wed, 02/22/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Bread and Cup of Communion
Reading: They that feared the Lord
Reference: Mal. 3:16-18
Mal 3:16: Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it , and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Mal 3:17: And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Mal 3:18: Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
(KJV)
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 - The Lord smites the firstborn
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Bread and Cup of Communion
Reading: The Lord smites the firstborn
Reference: Exod. 12:29-36
Ex 12:29: And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Ex 12:30: And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Ex 12:31: And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.
Ex 12:32: Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
Ex 12:33: And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men .
Ex 12:34: And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
Ex 12:35: And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
Ex 12:36: And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required . And they spoiled the Egyptians.
(KJV)
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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 - Preparation for the Passover
Mon, 02/20/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Bread and Cup of Communion
Reading: Preparation for the Passover
Reference: Exod. 12:21-28
Ex 12:21: Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
Ex 12:22: And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
Ex 12:23: For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you .
Ex 12:24: And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
Ex 12:25: And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
Ex 12:26: And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
Ex 12:27: That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Ex 12:28: And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
(KJV)
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Sun, 19 Feb 2012 - Christian example
Sun, 02/19/2012 - 00:00Lesson: A Salted Sacrifice
Reading: Christian example
Reference: Phil. 3:12-21
Php 3:12: Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Php 3:13: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do , forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Php 3:14: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Php 3:15: Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Php 3:16: Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Php 3:17: Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
Php 3:18: (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Php 3:19: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Php 3:20: For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Php 3:21: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
(KJV)
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Sat, 18 Feb 2012 - Unsalted sacrifices
Sat, 02/18/2012 - 00:00Lesson: A Salted Sacrifice
Reading: Unsalted sacrifices
Reference: Isa. 1:10-17
Isa 1:10: Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isa 1:11: To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isa 1:12: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Isa 1:13: Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isa 1:14: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them .
Isa 1:15: And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:16: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isa 1:17: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
(KJV)
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Fri, 17 Feb 2012 - Salting the offering
Fri, 02/17/2012 - 00:00Lesson: A Salted Sacrifice
Reading: Salting the offering
Reference: Matt. 5:21-26
Mt 5:21: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mt 5:22: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Mt 5:23: Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Mt 5:24: Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Mt 5:25: Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Mt 5:26: Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
(KJV)
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Thu, 16 Feb 2012 - Our covenant sacrifice
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 00:00Lesson: A Salted Sacrifice
Reading: Our covenant sacrifice
Reference: Ps. 50
Pss 50:1: The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Pss 50:2: Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Pss 50:3: Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Pss 50:4: He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Pss 50:5: Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Pss 50:6: And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Pss 50:7: Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Pss 50:8: I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Pss 50:9: I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
Pss 50:10: For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Pss 50:11: I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Pss 50:12: If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Pss 50:13: Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Pss 50:14: Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Pss 50:15: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Pss 50:16: But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Pss 50:17: Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Pss 50:18: When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Pss 50:19: Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Pss 50:20: Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Pss 50:21: These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Pss 50:22: Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Pss 50:23: Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
(KJV)
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 - Gods covenant sacrifice
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 00:00Lesson: A Salted Sacrifice
Reading: Gods covenant sacrifice
Reference: Mark 15:20-37
Mk 15:20: And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
Mk 15:21: And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Mk 15:22: And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
Mk 15:23: And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
Mk 15:24: And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
Mk 15:25: And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Mk 15:26: And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mk 15:27: And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
Mk 15:28: And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
Mk 15:29: And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
Mk 15:30: Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
Mk 15:31: Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
Mk 15:32: Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
Mk 15:33: And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mk 15:34: And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mk 15:35: And some of them that stood by, when they heard it , said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
Mk 15:36: And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
Mk 15:37: And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
(KJV)
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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 - Sacrifice according to Gods law
Tue, 02/14/2012 - 00:00Lesson: A Salted Sacrifice
Reading: Sacrifice according to Gods law
Reference: Lev. 2:11-16
Lev 2:11: No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.
Lev 2:12: As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
Lev 2:13: And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
Lev 2:14: And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
Lev 2:15: And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
Lev 2:16: And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
(KJV)
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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 - Christian influence
Mon, 02/13/2012 - 00:00Lesson: A Salted Sacrifice
Reading: Christian influence
Reference: Matt. 5:13-16
Mt 5:13: Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Mt 5:14: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Mt 5:15: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Mt 5:16: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
(KJV)
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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 - Faithfulness recognized
Sun, 02/12/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: Faithfulness recognized
Reference: Gen. 41:37-44
Gen 41:37: And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
Gen 41:38: And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is , a man in whom the Spirit of God is ?
Gen 41:39: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art :
Gen 41:40: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Gen 41:41: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:42: And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Gen 41:43: And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:44: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
(KJV)
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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 - Motive for serving
Sat, 02/11/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: Motive for serving
Reference: Gal. 5:13-16
Gal 5:13: For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Gal 5:14: For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Gal 5:15: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Gal 5:16: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
(KJV)
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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 - Greatness through giving
Fri, 02/10/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: Greatness through giving
Reference: Matt. 26:6-13
Mt 26:6: Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Mt 26:7: There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat .
Mt 26:8: But when his disciples saw it , they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Mt 26:9: For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Mt 26:10: When Jesus understood it , he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
Mt 26:11: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Mt 26:12: For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Mt 26:13: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
(KJV)
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 - God multiplies
Thu, 02/09/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: God multiplies
Reference: John 6:5-13
Jn 6:5: When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
Jn 6:6: And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
Jn 6:7: Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
Jn 6:8: One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
Jn 6:9: There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Jn 6:10: And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Jn 6:11: And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Jn 6:12: When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
Jn 6:13: Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
(KJV)
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 - The Lord looks on the heart
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: The Lord looks on the heart
Reference: 1 Sam. 16:4-13
1Sam 16:4: And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethâlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
1Sam 16:5: And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
1Sam 16:6: And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.
1Sam 16:7: But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
1Sam 16:8: Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
1Sam 16:9: Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
1Sam 16:10: Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.
1Sam 16:11: And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
1Sam 16:12: And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
1Sam 16:13: Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
(KJV)
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 - Concern for the master
Tue, 02/07/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: Concern for the master
Reference: 2 Kings 5:1-6
2Kgs 5:1: Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2Kgs 5:2: And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
2Kgs 5:3: And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
2Kgs 5:4: And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
2Kgs 5:5: And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
2Kgs 5:6: And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
(KJV)
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 - Of God and not of us
Mon, 02/06/2012 - 00:00Lesson: The Mark of Greatness
Reading: Of God and not of us
Reference: 2 Cor. 4:6-11
2Cor 4:6: For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2Cor 4:7: But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2Cor 4:8: We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
2Cor 4:9: Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2Cor 4:10: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2Cor 4:11: For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
(KJV)
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Sun, 05 Feb 2012 - Faith and works
Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00Lesson: Belief Makes Things Possible
Reading: Faith and works
Reference: James 2:14-22
Jas 2:14: What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Jas 2:15: If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Jas 2:16: And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Jas 2:17: Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jas 2:18: Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Jas 2:19: Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jas 2:20: But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21: Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22: Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
(KJV)
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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 - Heroes of faith
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 00:00Lesson: Belief Makes Things Possible
Reading: Heroes of faith
Reference: Heb. 11:32-40
Heb 11:32: And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Heb 11:33: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Heb 11:34: Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Heb 11:35: Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Heb 11:36: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Heb 11:37: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Heb 11:38: (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb 11:39: And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
(KJV)
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 - Submission joined with faith
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 00:00Lesson: Belief Makes Things Possible
Reading: Submission joined with faith
Reference: Matt. 15:21-28
Mt 15:21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Mt 15:22: And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Mt 15:23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Mt 15:24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mt 15:25: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Mt 15:26: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Mt 15:27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Mt 15:28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
(KJV)
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