Factors Determining Our Inheritance, Eph 5:5
When we are saved, God gives us eternal life. “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord,” Rom 6:23. After we are raptured to be with God in heaven, he will also give us an inheritance. “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God: […]
God’s Standards, Eph 5:1-7
We’re Bible believers and Bible believers are supposed to have standards. Typical standards govern hair style and length, dress, dating, attendance, giving, soul winning, and so forth. These are generally set by men for men. They keep pastors and churches from becoming too much like the world. They add some uniformity to the congregation. But […]
Three Things Every Christian Must Know, Eph 1:15-23
This lesson covers Eph 1:15-23. In this passage, Paul prayed for the Ephesians [Eph 1:16] to know three things every Christian must know. We must know “what is the exceeding hope of his calling,” [Eph 1:18], “what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,” [Eph 1:18], and “what is the exceeding […]
Spiritual Blessings, Eph 1:1-14
Our lesson today is from Eph 1:1-14. In Eph 1:3, God “hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” These spiritual blessings are: We will be holy and without blame before him in love – Eph 1:4 – this is the choice that God made before the foundation of the world. […]
The Earnest of Our Inheritance
What is the Earnest of Our Inheritance? Ephesians 1:12-14 In this lesson we will be doing a doctrinal study of the passage given above. In the passage the phrase “the earnest of our inheritance” is found. This phrase will be the subject of this lesson. The doctrinal application is definitely dealing with salvation in the […]
Written to Strangers, 1 Pet 1:1-9
Peter wrote to “strangers” in Asia. Paul couldn’t go there [Acts 16:6-7] but Peter did. Some of these people might have heard Peter preach in Acts 2. See Acts 2:9. He calls them “strangers” because when we get saved, we are “a peculiar people,” [1 Pet 2:9], “which were not a people, but are now […]
Our Inheritance, Eph 4:11-18
Last Sunday we studied about the reward that we receive at the judgment seat of Christ. We are rewarded with good and bad depending on whether what we did in our bodies was good or bad [2 Cor 5:10]. Tonight we will study our inheritance with Jesus Christ. First, it is important to understand […]
Substance Heb.10:34
Substance Heb.10:34 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Substance in the Bible has to do with material possessions, property, and wealth. When you study this topic by looking up all of the references to the word “substance,” an interesting lesson emerges. The first thing you notice is that Old Testament saints who were blessed by the Lord were […]
Judgments 1 Cor 6:1-12
Judgments 1 Cor 6: 1-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul instructed the Corinthians to judge the man committing fornication with his father’s wife in 1 Cor 5. In 1 Cor 5:12, he asked them, “do not ye judge them that are within?” In the context of judging, he then turned his attention to the judgment of […]
Order of the Second Coming II Thess. 2:1
Order of the Second Coming II Thess. 2:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We know that the Lord Jesus Christ is going to return to this earth because he said he would. His return is in two parts; “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” and “our gathering together unto him,” [2 Thes 2:1]. Jesus said, “I […]