Hosanna! April 17, 2011 Lesson: Mark 11:1–11 Key Verse: Mark 11:9 aaa Introduction Christ came as a King with a kingdom to His temple, which He called “My house of prayer.’ The song of David proclaims this twofold activity of the Messiah, saying, “Praise waits for thee, O God, in Zion; and unto ...
The Christian’s Keeping April 10, 2011 Lesson: Jude 17–25 Key Verse: Jude 24–25 aaa Introduction The Christian has something the wicked do not have, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, of whom the universal Church testifies, that “the third person of the Holy Trinity, of one and the same essence, majesty, and glory ...
Teaching the Word of Truth—2 Timothy 2:8–15 April 3, 2011 Lesson: Key Verse: 2 Timothy 2:15 aaaa Introduction Christians are to act like soldiers of the King, as well as bearing the agape love of our Father in heaven. We are to comfort one another with the comfort we have received from the Holy ...
We Worship the Living Lord April 24, 2011 Lesson: Matthew 28:1–10 Key Verse: Matthew 28:9 aaa Introduction The resurrection of Christ Jesus speaks both about His victory over sin and its death penalty on our behalf. We have been given a new birth by the Spirit. We also look for our own resurrection in ...
To Advance the Kingdom Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (6) “Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9, 10 The Gospel that Jesus and the apostles proclaimed is ...
Redeemed for Good Works Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (5) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not of your own doing; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are ...
The Way to God’s Promises Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (4) For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. 2 Corinthians 1:20 The Gospel, as every believer knows, holds out the promise of eternal life through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Most often, I ...
Lesson #101—Prayer: to Glorify God aaaa Shorter Catechism Q & A #101 Q. What do we pray for in the first petition? A. In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name) we pray, That God would enable us and others to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself ...
Free from Wrath Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (3) For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 The Good News that guilty sinners need to hear is that God ...
Fulfilled and Satisfied Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (2) “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Matthew 5:17 Central to the Gospel is the work of Jesus Christ, what He has ...