Why do you think Rahab is listed among the “heroes” of faith in Hebrews 11? Do you feel that some sins in your past or present are so terrible that they can’t be forgiven or that you are unworthy to serve God? How does Rahab’s story encourage you? What was the emotional state of the people in Jericho? (Josh. 2:9, 11; 6:1) How did this confirm God’s promises in Deut. l:21, 29–31? Read carefully Josh. 2:9–13. What did Rahab know about Israel's history? How long before had the Red Sea been crossed? (Ex. l4). How long before had Sihon and Og been conquered? (Deut. 2:26-3:ll) What did Rahab specifically say she believed about the God of Israel? What is impressive about her faith? Could anyone else in Jericho have come to the same conclusions?
“Being used by God
is not confined to pastors, preachers or teachers. Anybody can be an instrument
in God's hands.”
God can use anybody, believer or nonbeliever.
it is impossible for us , being a human to be satisfied while we are in our physical life! King Solomon the wisest and the richest king said "everything is vanity". this message tells us that we can experience satisfaction through the presence God. therefore let us aim and aspire His presence above all things. God bless!
“Being used by God
is not confined to pastors, preachers or teachers. Anybody can be an instrument
in God's hands.”
God can use anybody, believer or nonbeliever.
it is impossible for us , being a human to be satisfied while we are in our physical life! King Solomon the wisest and the richest king said "everything is vanity". this message tells us that we can experience satisfaction through the presence God. therefore let us aim and aspire His presence above all things. God bless!
Tomorrow we are starting a new series of study:
“The New Man” is a seminar that will focus on the spirit of man, its soul and its body.
We will learn the properties of each one of these three parts of man.
Our spirit is called to be the ruling part of us, actually, our spirit is the main part of our being, and is the place where the spirit of God dwells in.
We meet in Room #3 at CTF Toronto Wednesdays from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. I invite you to come and participate with us in this discovery of how to let our spirit become the ruler of our life.
When the Lord gave us His Spirit, He gave us fully and without reserve, If you are a believer in The Lord Jesus Christ, you have it as it is your right and inheritance.
Mt 13:15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.'
We can use the power of the blood of Jesus for our benefit. Claiming His blood daily, builds up a shield of protection around you, your household and your ministry.
What is the relationship between Christ and His disciples? In what ways are we dependent on Him? What are practical lessons to be learned from our Lord's metaphor?
Why did Joshua send 2 and not 12 spies? What military intelligence did they gather? What information did they leave?
Do you feel that some sins in your past or present are so terrible that they can’t be forgiven or that you are unwor-thy to serve God? How does Rahab’s story encourage you? What was the emotional state of the people in Jericho? (Josh. 2:9, 11; 6:1) How did this confirm God’s promises in Deut. l:21, 29–31? Read carefully Joshua 2:9–13. What did Rahab know about Israel's history? How long before had the Red Sea been crossed? (Ex. l4). How long before had Sihon and Og been conquered? (Deut. 2:26-3:11) What did Rahab specifically say she believed about the God of Israel? What is impressive about her faith? Could anyone else in Jericho have come to the same conclusions? Why didn't they? How is grace key to understanding Joshua 2? These and other questions are addressed in this study in Joshua.
Tomorrow we are starting a new series of study:
“The New Man” is a seminar that will focus on the spirit of man, its soul and its body.
We will learn the properties of each one of these three parts of man.
Our spirit is called to be the ruling part of us, actually, our spirit is the main part of our being, and is the place where the spirit of God dwells in.
We meet in Room #3 at CTF Toronto Wednesdays from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. I invite you to come and participate with us in this discovery of how to let our spirit become the ruler of our life.
When the Lord gave us His Spirit, He gave us fully and without reserve, If you are a believer in The Lord Jesus Christ, you have it as it is your right and inheritance.
Mt 13:15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.'
We can use the power of the blood of Jesus for our benefit. Claiming His blood daily, builds up a shield of protection around you, your household and your ministry.
What is the relationship between Christ and His disciples? In what ways are we dependent on Him? What are practical lessons to be learned from our Lord's metaphor?
Why did Joshua send 2 and not 12 spies? What military intelligence did they gather? What information did they leave?
Do you feel that some sins in your past or present are so terrible that they can’t be forgiven or that you are unwor-thy to serve God? How does Rahab’s story encourage you? What was the emotional state of the people in Jericho? (Josh. 2:9, 11; 6:1) How did this confirm God’s promises in Deut. l:21, 29–31? Read carefully Joshua 2:9–13. What did Rahab know about Israel's history? How long before had the Red Sea been crossed? (Ex. l4). How long before had Sihon and Og been conquered? (Deut. 2:26-3:11) What did Rahab specifically say she believed about the God of Israel? What is impressive about her faith? Could anyone else in Jericho have come to the same conclusions? Why didn't they? How is grace key to understanding Joshua 2? These and other questions are addressed in this study in Joshua.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
40 Days and 40 Nights_Jesus Our Promised LandStephen Palm
At Kadesh Barnea, on the borders of the Promised Land, Israel sends out spies to spy out the land. For 40 days and 40 nights they walked through the land God promised them. They found it to be exactly how God described the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Ten of the twelve spies are overwhelmed and completely lacking in faith. They sow fear in the hearts of their fellow Israelites and disbelieve in God’s ability to deal with the giants before them. This unleashes a rash of 40s. God purposes to destroy Israel, but, once again, Moses intercedes for another 40 days and 40 nights. God relents, but there is a consequence. They will not enter the Promised Land for 40 years. Instead, they will wander in the wilderness waiting for the faithless generation to completely die off. It is a restless period in which the younger generation longs for peace and rest. As we enter the New Testament era, we again find God’s people longing for peace and rest. Although they are in the Land of Promise, they are there as servants of Rome. But Jesus, the Prince of Peace, came with a message that God’s Promised Land is more than a place, it’s a relationship with one who is our true Promised Land. He came to give us peace by solving our greatest need… a new heart and a different kind of spirit.
Will a loving God actually judge wickedness? What examples does Jude give of previous examples of divine wrath and judgment? Why will judge apostates particularly?
These slides were part of a Webinar introducing an online course, offered by ITTI, certified by PESI for six CEUs, and taught by me entitled, "Civilian Clinicians Counseling Military Veterans." For more information or to enroll in this course go to: https://traumaonline.net/
What does it mean "taking the shield of faith"? Why does a Christian require a "shield"? What is faith? Is all faith the same? How does faith protect? Do you know how to use the "shield of faith"?
More is written about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ than of any other person in history. Why is that? What did He accomplish by dying on the cross? Why was His resurrection necessary? Is there strong attestation to Christ's resurrection? Must we believe He is alive today? How does the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth effect you?
All four Gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- record the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into the city of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Nisan 10. This study is an exposition of John 12:12-19 and answers the question: "What's most important about Palm Sunday?"
What does "having your feet shod with the gospel of peace" mean? How does a Christian prepare their feet? Why is comparing the armor of God to the Roman soldier inappropriate? To what is this metaphor more likely referring?
What is the Christian's "Breastplate of Righteousness" described in Ephesians 6? We are often told the believer's armor is to be compared to that of a Roman soldier. Is this accurate? Study this lesson, and if possible, listen on FaceBook or YouTube by typing my name and the title or text of this study.
The first piece mentioned in the panoply of the "armor of God" for the Christian is "the belt of truth." But, what is truth? Why is it listed first? Why is it vital and what does it protect? Jesus said to Pilate, "To this end was I born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth." (18:37)
The world, the flesh and the devil are hostile to true faith in God because all three are at enmity with God, hate Jesus (who is God come in flesh), and therefore hate those whom Christ has chosen out of this world. What hope is there for Christians facing such enemies? How can we "stand against the evil of the day"?
What is the Bible all about? What is its purpose? How can we get the most out of studying the Bible?
This lesson is part of a series of studies entitle, "Living the Word" taught at the Lighthouse Freedom Center. These slides will help you if you're following us online on Sunday at 8:45.
In many ways Jacob is a picture of every person. We were all by nature selfish, deceitful, "graspers". Jacob is a type of our human carnal nature. But, Jacob changed! One night he wrestled with the Lord and begged for a blessing. His blessing came in the form of a changed character, reflected in his new name: Israel. Israel is a picture of a person changed by God, someone with whom the Spirit of God dwells.
Who was Uzziah? Why did Isaiah “see the Lord when Uzziah died”? Who is your Uzziah? Who are the seraphim? What is their function? What did Isaiah see and hear them doing? What effect did their worship have on the Temple and on the Prophet Isaiah? How will you respond upon observing holy angels worshipping “the Lord high and lifted up”? Why does Isaiah confess, “I am a man of unclean lips and dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips”? Would you confess the same? Why? Did Isaiah actually see the Lord Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach? (Jn. 12:37-41) Have you actually seen Him? How? (Jn. 1:9,14) How has “beholding Him” changed you? (2 Cor. 3:18; 1 Jn. 3:2)
God's sovereignty is evident in every aspect of life. Redemption is the overarching purpose of divine sovereignty. Genesis 31 reveals God's hand and heart in Jacob's relationship with Laban, a wiley, manipulative uncle, father-in-law, employer. This chapter is filled with lots of practical, relevant lessons in God's redemption for all of us.
What prevents the non-believing world from truly knowing who Jesus is? (Jn. 1:10-12; 2 Cor. 2:14) Why didn’t Pilate know what Truth was when the One who is Truth was standing only a few feet from him? (John 18:33-38) Why didn’t the disciples understand who Christ was though they had spent three solid years with Him? Why didn’t the disciples on the Emmaus Road know who Jesus was though He had already risen from the dead and reports of His resurrection had been announced to His disciples? (Luke 24:13-35)
What prevents world unity? Why have the world’s best of intentions and brightest of minds failed, abysmally, and repeatedly to achieve world unity and peace? What are common causes for disunity and conflict among Christians? How can church conflict strengthen and improve a congregation? When is church conflict destructive? What does James say is a common cause for conflict among Christians? (Jas. 4:1) What four steps does James give believers for conflict resolution? (Jas. 4:1-3; 4-6; 7-10; 11-12)
Genesis 30 describes how God uses circumstances and people in our lives to mold us and mature us. Often, God uses conflict. Certainly, this was the case for Jacob and his family. Jacob was a deceiver, a liar and a manipulator. God used his uncle Laban, who was also a deceiver, liar and manipulator to provoke change in Jacob. Conflict between two sisters, Rachel and Leah, Jacob's wives, Leah and Rachel, mirrored his relationship with his brother, Esau. God wasn't just working in the heart of Jacob. He was using the family dynamics to mold and mature each member of this family. He does the same with us today.
How is COVID-19 different from previous pandemics in history? How does the Coronavirus compare to future pestilences prophesied in the Bible? Do you think God sent the Coronavirus as a harbinger of future pandemics? If so, what should be learn about God and ourselves during COVID-19? As Christians how should we respond to pandemics? Do you have peace and hope? Why? How is your life, currently, giving others, especially non-Christians, cause to ask you for “an answer (lit. the reason) for the hope that lies in you”? (1 Peter 3:15)
God teaches each of us using sometimes intensely painful circumstances to inculcate profound and powerful lessons. Such was the case with Jacob, the deceiver, who spent 20 years with his uncle Laban being on the receiving end of deceitfulness. Everyone, Jacob and Laban, Leah and Rachel, and Zilpah and Bilhah learn life's lessons in God's classroom, known as Genesis 29.
How has COVID-19 changed you? Has the Coronavirus in any way changed your view of yourself, of the world, and of God? If so, have these changes been positive? Explain. As much as we may value science and medicine, what inherent limitations prevent us from basing our lives on them? (2 Timothy 6:19-21) How did each of the plagues defeat a god in Egypt? (Exodus 7-12) How do you think God, the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of Israel, the Lord Jesus Christ, is challenging the gods of our world today through COVID-19? (1 Samuel 17:47; 2 Chronicles 20:15-16; Zechariah 4:6)
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Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
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MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
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2. (29) By faith they passed through the red sea . . .
(30) By faith the walls of Jericho fell down . . .
(31) By faith Rahab . . . did not perish . . .
(33) By faith [they] conquered kingdoms . . .
Hebrews 11
3. 1. Raised in a godly Jewish home
2. Saw the plagues in Egypt
3. Watched God divide the Red Sea
4. Ate manna that fell from heaven
5. Listened to Moses deliver the Ten
Commandments
6. Spied the land & believed God
7. Commanded the Army of Israel
8. Taught by Moses
Joshua
4. By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with
those who did not believe, when she had
received the spies with peace.
5. 1 Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men
from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view
the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and
came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and
lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho,
saying, “Behold, men have come here tonight from
the children of Israel to search out the country.” 3 So
the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, “Bring out
the men who have come to you, who have entered
your house, for they have come to search out all the
country.”
6. 4 Then the woman took the two men and hid them.
So she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not
know where they were from. 5 And it happened as
the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the
men went out. Where the men went I do not know;
pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.” 6
(But she had brought them up to the roof and
hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had
laid in order on the roof.) 7 Then the men pursued
them by the road to the Jordan, to the fords. And as
soon as those who pursued them had gone out,
they shut the gate.
7. 8 Now before they lay down, she came up to them
on the roof, 9 and said to the men: “I know that the
LORD has given you the land, that the terror of you
has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the
land are fainthearted because of you. 10 For we have
heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red
Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what
you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were
on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og,
whom you utterly destroyed.
8. 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts
melted; neither did there remain any more courage
in anyone because of you, for the LORD your God,
He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
12 Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the
LORD, since I have shown you kindness, that you
also will show kindness to my father’s house, and
give me a true token, 13 and spare my father, my
mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they
have, and deliver our lives from death.”
9. 14 So the men answered her, “Our lives for yours, if
none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall
be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we
will deal kindly and truly with you.” 15 Then she let
them down by a rope through the window, for her
house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.
16 And she said to them, “Get to the mountain, lest
the pursuers meet you. Hide there three days, until
the pursuers have returned. Afterward you may go
your way.” 17 So the men said to her: “We will be
blameless of this oath of yours which you have
made us swear,
10. 18 unless, when we come into the land, you bind
this line of scarlet cord in the window through
which you let us down, and unless you bring your
father, your mother, your brothers, and all your
father’s household to your own home. 19 So it shall
be that whoever goes outside the doors of your
house into the street, his blood shall be on his own
head, and we will be guiltless. And whoever is with
you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a
hand is laid on him. 20 And if you tell this business
of ours, then we will be free from your oath which
you made us swear.”
11. 21 Then she said, “According to your words, so be
it.” And she sent them away, and they departed.
And she bound the scarlet cord in the window. 22
They departed and went to the mountain, and
stayed there three days until the pursuers
returned. The pursuers sought them all along the
way, but did not find them. 23 So the two men
returned, descended from the mountain, and
crossed over; and they came to Joshua the son of
Nun, and told him all that had befallen them.
12. 24 And they said to Joshua, “Truly the LORD has
delivered all the land into our hands, for indeed all
the inhabitants of the country are fainthearted
because of us.”
13.
14. Joel 3:18 And it will come to pass in that day That
the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills
shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall
be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from
the house of the LORD And water the Valley of
Acacias.
15. Rahab NEEDED God
She was a woman
She was a gentile, a Canaanite
She was living in a day of judgment
She lived in a wall
She was a harlot
Rahab
Hebrew: ב ָח ָר
Greek: Ῥαχάβ or Ῥαάβ
17. Rahab BASED her Faith in God
• “We have heard…” (Joshua 2:10–11)
• “I know…” (Joshua 2:9 )
“I know that the LORD has given you the land,
that the terror of you has fallen on us, and
that all the inhabitants of the land are
fainthearted because of you.
18. Rahab BASED her Faith in God
For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water
of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt,
and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites
who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon
and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 And as
soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted;
neither did there remain any more courage in
anyone because of you, for the LORD your God, He is
God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
19. Rahab CONFESSED her Faith in God
• “We have heard…” (Joshua 2:10)
• “I know…” (Joshua 2:9)
Romans 10:9–10 that if you confess with your
mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart
that God has raised Him from the dead, you will
be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto
righteousness, and with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation.
20. Rahab DEMONSTRATED her Faith in God
• Welcomed the spies (James 2:25)
James 2:25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot
also justified by works when she received the
messengers and sent them out another way?
• “Sign” = Scarlet cord (Joshua 2:18)
21. Rahab DEMONSTRATED her Faith in God
• Hid the spies (Joshua 2:1, 4, 6)
• Confessed to the spies her faith (Joshua 2:9-10)
• Convinced her family to have enough courage to
not reveal or release the spies to the king’s men
• Sent spies away (Joshua 2:16)
22. II Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation; old things have
passed away; behold, all things have become
new.
Rahab DEMONSTRATED her Faith in God
I Thessalonians 1:9 you turned to God from idols
to serve the living and true God,
23. Rahab CONCERNED for Others
Joshua 2:12–13 Now therefore, I beg you, swear
to me by the LORD, since I have shown you
kindness, that you also will show kindness to my
father’s house, and give me a true token, 13 and
spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my
sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our
lives from death.”
24. Rahab CONCERNED for Others
Esther 8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil
that will come to my people? Or how can I
endure to see the destruction of my
countrymen?”
25. Rahab CONCERNED for Others
John 1:40–42 One of the two who heard John
speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon
Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother
Simon, and said to him, “We have found the
Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And
he brought him to Jesus.
26. Rahab CONCERNED for Others
John 4:28-30 The woman then left her
waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to
the men, 29 “Come, see a Man who told me all
things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30 Then they went out of the city and came to
Him.
27. Rahab CONCERNED for Others
John 1:43–49 Jesus . . .found Philip and said to
him, “Follow Me.” 45 Philip found Nathanael and
said to him, “We have found Him of whom
Moses in the law, and also the prophets,
wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
28. Rahab USED by God
• Tamar (Matt. 1:3)
• Rahab (Matt. 1:5)
• Ruth (Matt. 1:5)
• Bathsheba (Matt. 1:6) “she who had been
the wife of Uriah.”
Mentioned in Matthew’s Genealogy of Jesus