Phopecy Fulfilled by Jesus Christ from Crucifixion to Resurrection Day John 13:19 Your Bible, the word of God, is made of 66 books, written by 40 authors, over several thousand years. Yet there is prophecy of a Messiah, his life, his death, and his resurrection. Jesus Christ is...
Add to “Patience Godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 What is godliness? How can one be godly? Peter tells us to add godliness in this passage. Godliness is being like God. It is more than observing a list of do’s and don’ts (although obedience is required). It is thinking His thoughts...
Add to “Temperance Patience” 2 Peter 1:6 Patience is a choice. This is another choice that Peter tells us to add. Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience. Patience is the suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation, or...
Add “to Knowledge Temperance” 2 Peter 1:6 A good synonym for Temperance is moderation. To “temper” something means to bring it to a moderate state. In [Exodus 30:35] the Lord describes a mixture for a perfume to be used in the tabernacle and says “And thou shalt make it...
Add to Virtue Knowledge 2 Pet. 1:5 In the last lesson we studied about adding virtue to your faith. Virtue is a power to produce something manifested by voluntary obedience to truth. God wants us to get saved and then summit to be obedient to the truth. In this...
Add To Your Faith Virtue 2 Peter 5-7 Verse 5 starts out with “And beside this…”, Peter, in verses 1-4, has been describing the salvation that we have in Jesus Christ. So getting saved isn’t all there is to the Christian life. Some people get saved and never grow...
Spiritual Gifts Rom. 12:6-8 and 1 Cor.12:7-11 A Spiritual gift is just that, it is a gift. You can’t earn it any more than you can earn your salvation [Eph.2:8-9]. When you are born again you become a new creature [2 Cor.5:17]. You are baptized into the body of...
“Yet he hath not root in himself,” Matt.13:18-23 The Lord speaks of one that “hath no root in himself” in this passage. In this lesson we will look at a few things about roots and what type you should have. Most of the time they, are not seen, they...
Good Works Eph.2:10 We are created unto good works, and should walk in them. Salvation is by faith plus nothing, but the fruit of salvation is good works. Paul mentions good works several times in his letter to Titus. Good works are things done where God gets the glory...
“Living to Capacity” Joshua 17:14-18 Living to capacity is what Joshua was asking the children of Israel to do. Excuses are the reason they never did. Take what the Lord has given you and do the best you can with it. When you stand before the Lord at the...
