The Gift of Jesus

Sunday, February 20, 2011 Led by Eric Gintert Many times, when studying the Scriptures, you'll find that the meaning of certain words was different in the time they were written than they are now. The word "keep" when it was written in the original language means to guard or preserve. In this study we looked at the different places with the word keep to get a greater understanding of the scriptures. 1 John 2:3-5  -  if you truly love God you want to stand up to defend him just as Peter did when the soldiers came to garden to take Jesus; "keep his commandments" means that you want to guard and protect His word. Deuteronomy 7:8-9  -  God keeps (preserves) the oaths and covanents to those that love Him and keep (gaurd/preserve) His commandments Proverbs 2:8  -  He keeps the paths of judgment (chastening or condemnation) and preserves the way of His saints Psalm 121  -  the Lord is our guard and He preserves us forevermore (you won't ever lose y...

Sunday, February 13, 2011 Led by Eric Gintert "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?" 2 Corinthians 13:5 Do you have complete assurance of your salvation? Are you afraid that you might have "lost your salvation"? In the book of 1 John, John tells us how we may know if we have eternal life. It is written for the believer that he may have assurance and for the unbeliever, who thinks he is saved, that he may know according to his fruits if he really is. Please make sure that you go back and read the entire book of 1 John as there are many more signs of a true believer that we did not discuss. 2 Timothy 2:15-19  -   "rightly dividing the word of truth" means that you can wrongly divide the word of truth; if you study the word then God will reveal the truth; many will have an interpretation but there is only one truth; some will profane ...

Sunday, February 6, 2011 Led by Eric Gintert This is "Super Bowl Sunday". Some could reasonably say that today is a "religious holiday". People will travel to great distances to get to a football stadium but have no desire to get in the fellowship of believers. Some will paint their bodies and wear their "lucky" clothing instead of put on the sackcloth and ashes of humility before God. Our country has left it's "First Love", Jesus. Ezra 1:1-4  -  God laid it upon king Cyrus's heart to command His people to build a house for the Lord God and everyone was to help whether by service or by giving money Ezra 3:10-13  -  the ancient men wept when they had seen the foundation laid for the new house of God *** Today you will hear a great roar in a football stadium but it won't be like the roar that was heard when the foundation of the house of God was laid because the roar won't be for God. *** Ezra 6:16-22  -  the people made dedica...

  Sunday, January 30, 2011 Led by Dennis Jeffries Hebrews 13:5-6  -  God is always with his saints and therefore we need not fear man Genesis 28:10-15  -  God reavealed to Jacob in a dream that He would be with him and leave him Deuteronomy 31:6-8  -  Be strong and of good courage because God is with you and He won't leave you *** See Proverbs 3:5-6 *** 1 Chronicles 28:9, 20  -  be of good courage and strong, don't fear or be discouraged, God will not fail you. God doesn't forsake those who love Him . Joshua 1:1-9  -  God repeats to Joshua to be strong and of good courage many times; strength comes from the book of the law *** Can you think of any times in Joshua's life when he needed to be strong and of good courage? *** Romans 8:31-39  -  nothing can separate God's children from His love Also See: Psalm 37:24-29 Something to Think About: Read Psalm 51:17 and Revelation 5:1-5. Think about how it must have felt...

Sunday, January 23, 2010 Led by Dennis Jeffries Revelation 3:15-16  -  the Laodiceans are "wishy-washy"; God spits out the lukewarm *** Read Isaiah 64:6 *** Matthew 12:33  -  the tree is a person; make the tree good or corrupt (don't ride the fence); you do things according to what's in your heart; a viper is a snake *** Where is the first place we see a snake in scripture? What did this snake do? *** Matthew 23:14-15, 23-26  -  the religious people were saying one thing and doing another; they look good on the outside but are unclean on the inside    Matthew 7:15  -  beware of those who look/sound good on the outside but inwardly are ravening wolves; It's not those who say they love God who will enter the kingdom of heaven, it's those who do His will that will enter; There's going to be many religious people (preachers, deacons, baptized people, church members, etc) who will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven *** You Will Know Them B...

  Sunday, January 16, 2010 Led by Dennis Jeffries  Ruth 1:1-8, 14-16, 2:1-14, 4:13-16  -  God will reward you for the work you do for Him; Ruth was blessed with a husband and a child who was the ancestor of David and Jesus *** What does "gleaned" mean? *** 1 Samuel 24:1-6, 16-20  -  It was wrong for David to touch God's anointed *** Read Psalm 105:15 about God's anointed. *** Psalm 19:7-11  -  in keeping these things there is great reward Psalm 58:11  -  there is a reward for the righteous Romans 2:6-11  -  those who glorify the Father receive eternal life; those who do wickedly also receive recompense of their deeds Proverbs 6:20-23  -  if you bind His commandments they will lead, keep, and talk with you all your life Isaiah 32:17  -  peace, quietness, and assurance are the rewards of righteousness *** What is "peace" and "quietness"? Do you have these things in your life? *** Proverbs 11:17-21...

  Sunday, January 9, 2011 Led by Dennis Jeffries 1 Timothy 1:12-17  -  Paul ignorantly did evil things but God counted him faithful and put him into the ministry through His exceeding abundant grace  *** See 1 Corinthians 15:9-10 *** Titus 2:11  -  the grace of God has appeared to all mankind John 1:6-9  -  Jesus is revealed to every man that comes into the world 2 Peter 3:3-9  -  the Lord is longsuffering that all should come to repentance Jonah 1:1-2, 3:5-10  -  Ninevah was full of wickedness; God had mercy/grace on Jonah to give him another chance; Ninevah received face for their wickedness because they turned from their evil ways *** See 2 Chronicles 7:14 *** Genesis 18:17-21  -  God was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for their wickedness Genesis 19:1-16  -  Sodom and Gomorrah didn't repent so God put His wrath upon them and destroyed them *** As you read about Sodom and Gomorrah, can you ...