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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Lesson for Feb. 19, 2012: Inheriting Abraham’s Promise (Galatians 3:15–5:1)

http://christianstandard.com/2012/02/lesson-for-feb-19-2012-inheriting-abraham%E2%80%99s-promise-galatians-315-51/

Galatians 3:1-15

Galatians 3:1-15

King James Version (KJV)

Galatians 3

 1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
 2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
 3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
 4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
 5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
 7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
 8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
 9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
 10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
 11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
 12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
 13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
 15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Understanding the Presence of the Spirit

http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/IVP-NT/Gal/Understanding-Presence-Spirit

Sunday, January 15, 2012

God Preserves a Remnant :

http://christianstandard.com/2012/01/lesson-for-jan-15-2012-god-preserves-a-remnant-genesis-421-467/

Genesis 42:1-46

King James Version (KJV)

Genesis 42

 1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
 2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
 3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
 4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
 5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
 6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
 7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
 8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
 9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
 10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
 11We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
 12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
 13And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
 14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
 15Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
 16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
 17And he put them all together into ward three days.
 18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
 19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
 20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
 21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
 22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
 23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
 24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
 25Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
 26And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
 27And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
 28And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
 29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
 30The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
 31And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
 32We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
 33And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
 34And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
 35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
 36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
 37And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
 38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

God Preserves a Remnant :

God Preserves a Remnant :

Genesis 42:24
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. Joseph wept because he recognized his brothers that had, twenty years ago, sold him into slavery.... 

When God has a plan for you, do not be dismayed, do not give up on God, he knows how to work His plan. He will use them that have done you wrong to be a blessing to you without them even knowing that they are...
God is awesome beloved!

Even though he went through so much: sold into slavery, cast into prison, lied on, Joseph, because of God's plan was placed into a position of Power and Authority because man can disappoint, but God Anoints and Appoints!

Friday, December 9, 2011

The Lord Gives His Promise (Genesis 15)

Lesson for Dec. 11, 2011: The Lord Gives His Promise (Genesis 15)

The Lord Gives His Promise (Genesis 15)

Genesis 15King James Version (KJV)

Genesis 15

 1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

 2And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

 3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

 4And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

 5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

 6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

 7And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

 8And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

 9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

 10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

 11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

 12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

 13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

 14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

 15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

 16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

 17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

 18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

 19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
 20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
 21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.