Victory! June 26, 2011 Lesson: Joshua 6:1–27 Key Verse: Joshua 6:16 aaaa Introduction To enter into this portion of God's Word is to encounter one of those incidents in the Redemptive Acts of God that is filled with color and sound, with excitement and expectation. God's work in history is nothing short of ...

Be Strong and Courageous June 12, 2011 Lesson: Joshua 1:7–16 Key Verse: Joshua 1:7 aaa Introduction Our Lord desires that we be strong and courageous in following Him. We are encouraged to grow strong in the Lord by remembering what the Lord has done in the past. The Psalmist gives this picture of the ...

As the Lord Commanded June 5, 2011 Lesson: Joshua 1:1–6, 11:15–23 Key Verse: Joshua 11:15 aaa Introduction The Book of Joshua is the first of the twelve historical books, following the five books of Moses. Matthew Henry introduces Joshua, reminding us of the establishment of the people of God as a nation: “In the ...

All Things New May 22, 2011 Lesson: Revelation 21:1–8 Key Verse: Revelation 21:5 aa Introduction Paul is persuaded, and so are all of God’s children, “that neither death, nor life, no angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, …shall be able to separate us from the love of ...

The Throne of Heaven May 8, 2011 Lesson: Revelation 4:1–5 Key Verse: Revelation 4:2 aaa Introduction Our Lord gives His beloved apostle, and us, a vantage point from which is seen the life and victory of God’s people, God’s great congregation of which Christ is King and Head. The vantage point is the ‘throne ...

Of One Mind May 1, 2011 Lesson: Philippians 2:1–11 Key Verse: Philippians 2:5 aaa Introduction As members of Christ’s congregation, we set our eyes upon Him and His Word. In other words, we are of one mind. We may have various differences, but we set our minds and hearts upon our Savior and His ...

The Tree of Life May 29, 2011 Lesson: Revelation 22:1–9 Key Verse: Revelation 22:2 aaa Introduction Matthew Henry introduces this section of Revelation with these words: “The heavenly state which was before described as a city, and called the new Jerusalem, is here described as a paradise, alluding to the earthly paradise which ...

God’s Salvation May 15, 2011 Lesson: Revelation 7:9–17 Key Verse: Revelation 7:10 aa Introduction John’s vision on the Isle of Patmos revealed those who were slain for the Word of God, “and for the testimony which they held” (Rev. 6:9). These saints cried out with a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and ...

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 ...