TCH MINI-STUDIES
This Mini-Studies Page lists short, quick studies of about two pages, or less, on Christian
doctrines such as God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, our relationship with God, sin, the world, the church, or spiritual growth.
In some Mini-Studies, only pertinent verses are listed to make the point.
Note: To read a mini-study, click on the blue
text link!
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD
A
Judeo-Christian Bible Study
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THEM WHICH ARE IN CHRIST JESUS
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus hath
made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the
law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own
Son
in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but they
that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded
is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind
is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed
can be”
(Romans 8:1-7).
THE REALITY OF CHRISTIAN SUFFERING...
"And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted
worthy
to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ" (Acts
5:41-42).
"But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear
my name before the Gentiles, and
kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him
[Saul, later Paul] how great things he must suffer for my name's sake” (Acts
9:15-16).
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And
if children, then heirs; heirs
of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the
sufferings of
this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us” (Romans 8:16-18).
"For
our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having
given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
That there should be no schism
in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And
whether one member suffer,
all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured,
all the members rejoice with it” (1 Corinthians 12:24-26).
"For verily,
when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation;
even as it came to pass, and ye know” (1 Thessalonians
3:4).
"So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in
all your persecutions and tribulations that
ye endure: which is a manifest token of
the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God,
for which
ye also suffer” (2 Thessalonians 1:4-5).
“Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the
gift
that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Meditate upon these things;
give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting
may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:
for
in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee” (1 Timothy 4:13-16).
"It is a faithful saying: For if
we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we
suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny
us” (2
Timothy 2:11-12).
"For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers:
but the face of
the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if
ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer
for righteousness' sake, happy
are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled” (1 Peter 3:12-14).
“For it is better,
if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil
doing” (1 Peter 3:17).
“For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by
Christ. And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which
is
effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we
be comforted, it is for your consolation and
salvation. And our hope of you is stedfast,
knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the
consolation” (2
Corinthians 1:5-7).
WOE UNTO THEM THAT CALL EVIL GOOD,
AND GOOD EVIL
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,
and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent
in their own sight! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked
for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame
consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the
law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel"
(Isaiah 5:20-24).
Adonirum Judson
Pioneer American Baptist Missionary In Burma
"For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of
the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator [Greek, mesites, a go between, an internunciator,
a reconciler, intercessor] of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under
the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must
also of necessity be the death of the testator”
(Hebrews 9:13-16).
“There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together
become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used
deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no
fear of God before
their eyes”
(Romans
3:11-18).
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THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible
things, as silver and gold,
from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as
of a lamb without blemish and
without spot: Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times
for you, Who by him
do believe in God, that raised him up from the
dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Seeing ye have purified
your souls in obeying the truth through the
Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart
fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word [Greek, logos, Christ] of God, which
liveth
and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of
man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower
thereof
falleth away: But the word [Greek, rhema, the operation and speaking of
the Holy Spirit] of the Lord endureth for ever. And
this is the word [Greek,
rhema, the operation and speaking of the Holy Spirit] which by the gospel
is preached unto you.”
(1 Peter 1:18-25).