Hard to Understand The Eighth Commandment Slavery for some was a form of preparation for marriage. Exodus 21:7-11 “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let ...
Slavery and Neighbor-Love The Eighth Commandment Slaves were not to be deprived of neighbor-love. Exodus 21:2-6 “When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then ...
Slavery The Eighth Commandment Slavery in Israel was not as in the American experience. Leviticus 25:44-46 “As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are around you. You may also buy from among the strangers who sojourn with you ...
To Live Is Christ! January 6, 2013 Lesson: Philippians 1:15–26 Key Verse: Philippians 1:21 sdfgdf Introduction Paul writes to “all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi” (Phil. 1:1). Philippi was named after Philip of Macedon who seized the city in 359 B.C. Philip was the father of Alexander the Great. Philippi ...
The Highest Calling January 27, 2013 Lesson: Philippians 3:12–17 Key Verse: Philippians 3:14 asdf Introduction Paul’s testimony directs our eyes, our very lives, to heaven: “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14). Christ Jesus gives his disciples this promise: “Verily, verily, I ...
To be Like Christ January 13, 2013 Lesson: Philippians 2:5–11 Key Verse: Philippians 2:5 adsgar Introduction When we are told that we have transgressed against God, coming short of His glory (Rom. 3:23), we see ourselves bearing the name ‘Ichabod’—one without the glory of God, lacking a true moral character, being made after the ...
The Greatness of Knowing Christ January 20, 2013 Lesson: Philippians 3:7–11 Key Verse: Philippians 3:8 sdfg Introduction Paul’s testimony was: “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” It is the knowledge or the science of Christ Jesus that is most excellent in our history. ...
The Harvest of the Seventh Year The Eighth Commandment Here was a special opportunity for the poor to meet their needs. Exodus 23:10, 11 “For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your ...
A Tithe for the Poor The Eighth Commandment Make sure the poor in your community are loved. Deuteronomy 14:28, 29 “‘At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within your towns. And the Levite, because he has ...
The Motivation for Neighbor-love The Eighth Commandment We were all at one time poor and slaves. Deuteronomy 24:19-22 “‘When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the ...