TCH MINI-STUDY 11
HOW WE KNOW GOD IS FOR US
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed
thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine (Isaiah 43:1).
When thou passest
through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee (Isaiah 43:2).
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of
Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy [Israel's] ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee (Isaiah 43:3).
Since thou wast precious
in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life (Isaiah
43:4).
Fear not: for I AM with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west (Isaiah 43:5).
Notwithstandingthe Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear:
and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his
heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen (2 Timothy 4:17-18).
And we know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Rom 8:28).
Nay, in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him that loved us (Rom 8:37).
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD
A
Judeo-Christian Bible Study
PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers
of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they
which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to
come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds,
reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as
theirs also was"
(2
Timothy 3:1-9).
HOW MUCH MORE SHALL THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST PURGE
"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).
"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth
the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth"
(1 John 3:16-18).
"The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised
the third day. And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow
me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it”
(Luke 9:22-24).
IF SO BE THAT WE SUFFER WITH HIM
"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).
“If ye then be risen
with Christ, seek
those things which
are above, where
Christ sitteth on
the right hand of
God. Set your
affection
on things above, not on
things
on the earth"
(Colossians 3:1-2).
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"It is since Christians
have largely ceased
to
think of the other
world that they have
become so ineffective
in this!"
C. S. Lewis