How does the coming kingdom of God bring you hope? Can you identify "strongholds" of the enemy and how they have affected your life? If so, list them. How has or could God use you to invade Satan's domain and build His kingdom? These and other questions are addressed in the biblical study.
“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.
“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.
Hebrews 4:11-13 God's Word: Produces faith, cleanses us, brings reconciliation, tells us how to be saved, blesses us, answers life's questions, solves life's problems, helps us weather life's storms, tells us what is right and wrong, produces fruit in our lives, will judge us.
“What Will You Reap?" - [We Reap What We Sow] - (Luke 8:5-15; 2 Cor 9:6; Gal 6:7-9) - We Are All Sowing – but to what end? The principle of reaping according to what we have sown is as old as creation & applies in both the material & spiritual realm. This lesson examines three areas in which we are all sowing - (Sowing The Seed / Use of Material Things / Thoughts & Deeds) What will you reap in these three areas? – MP3 / PPT / KEYNOTE / PDF - 3/29/2015
Sermon Slide Deck: "Life is Short..." (Luke 13:1-9)New City Church
There may be no more important time to turn to God than when things are going well in your life.
This message was given on May 1, 2016 at New City Church in Caglary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
It is common to refer to the process of maturing as a disciple as spiritual formation. Here, based upon work by Greg Ogden, I give a four stage process for growing into maturity, and fruitfulness, as a follower of King Jesus.
In this lesson we define unity and show from the scriptures that God desires and demands unity. We also show what God has done so that we could be united with Him as well as things that war or oppose unity. Both audio and slides can be found together at www.cmcoc.org
Sermon by: Brian Birdow
Salt that loses its saltiness? Cities on hills? Lamps? What on earth is Jesus talking about - and what could it possibly mean to exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees? A Cafechurch session from 7/2/2016
CHRISTIAN SUPERNATURAL TEACHINGS, BIBLE CLASS LESSONS, GOSPELS BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU, THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER AND SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD, BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
Hebrews 4:11-13 God's Word: Produces faith, cleanses us, brings reconciliation, tells us how to be saved, blesses us, answers life's questions, solves life's problems, helps us weather life's storms, tells us what is right and wrong, produces fruit in our lives, will judge us.
“What Will You Reap?" - [We Reap What We Sow] - (Luke 8:5-15; 2 Cor 9:6; Gal 6:7-9) - We Are All Sowing – but to what end? The principle of reaping according to what we have sown is as old as creation & applies in both the material & spiritual realm. This lesson examines three areas in which we are all sowing - (Sowing The Seed / Use of Material Things / Thoughts & Deeds) What will you reap in these three areas? – MP3 / PPT / KEYNOTE / PDF - 3/29/2015
Sermon Slide Deck: "Life is Short..." (Luke 13:1-9)New City Church
There may be no more important time to turn to God than when things are going well in your life.
This message was given on May 1, 2016 at New City Church in Caglary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
It is common to refer to the process of maturing as a disciple as spiritual formation. Here, based upon work by Greg Ogden, I give a four stage process for growing into maturity, and fruitfulness, as a follower of King Jesus.
In this lesson we define unity and show from the scriptures that God desires and demands unity. We also show what God has done so that we could be united with Him as well as things that war or oppose unity. Both audio and slides can be found together at www.cmcoc.org
Sermon by: Brian Birdow
Salt that loses its saltiness? Cities on hills? Lamps? What on earth is Jesus talking about - and what could it possibly mean to exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees? A Cafechurch session from 7/2/2016
CHRISTIAN SUPERNATURAL TEACHINGS, BIBLE CLASS LESSONS, GOSPELS BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU, THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER AND SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD, BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
Christs Coming, the Hope for all Ages
I. The Fact
II. The Fear
A. Many Church-Members will be left behind.
B. All the world will be left behind
III. The Favor
A. First, there will be a new body.
B. There will be the meeting of loved ones, the living and the dead, and, what a joy that will be.
C. There Will be a pure mind.
D. There will be no oppression from the Devil.
E. There will be the meeting with the Lord Himself "So shall we ever be with the Lord."
F. There will be a reward ceremony (2Co 5:9-10).
G. There will be the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev 19:7-9).
IV. The Deadline
Updated! Pay attention throughout all the slides, and the hidden keys within.
Put all the jigsaw puzzle pieces of gold together. You might miss the hidden messages at first so keep going over the slides very carefully, you will be surprised by what may suddenly jump out at you. Be your eyes opened. From Kenneth Andre of Spirit. And remember this, everything I do is for a reason!
CHRISTIAN SUPERNATURAL TEACHINGS, BIBLE CLASS LESSONS, GOSPELS BY LEADER OLUMBA OLUMBA OBU, THE SUPERNATURAL TEACHER AND SOLE SPIRITUAL HEAD, BROTHERHOOD OF THE CROSS AND STAR
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)
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
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.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
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Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
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Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
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…
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
2. 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father
in heaven, hallowed be Your name. 10 Your
kingdom come. Your will be done on earth
as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our
daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as
we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead
us into temptation, but deliver us from the
evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the
power and the glory forever. Amen.
5. Ruled by Satan
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him up on an
exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all
the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
6. John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world;
now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
2 Corinthians 4:4 whose minds the god of this
age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light
of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine on them.
Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked according
to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now
works in the sons of disobedience,
Ruled by Satan
7. Envy, Strife & Confusion
John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not
of this world. If My kingdom were of this world,
My servants would fight, so that I should not be
delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is
not from here.”
James 3:14–16 But if you have bitter envy and
self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie
against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not
descend from above, but is earthly, sensual,
demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking
exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
8. John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in
Me you may have peace. In the world you will have
tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the
world.”
Temporary
9. Temporary
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power
of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of
the Son of His love,
10. Temporary
1 John 3:8 For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that He might destroy the works of
the devil.
11. יל ֵא ָר ְִׂש Yisra'el
Isra = struggle + El = God
Genesis 32:22-32
"He who
struggles with
God"
12. John 3:3–6 Jesus answered and said to
him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless
one is born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.” 5 Jesus answered, “Most
assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born
of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter
the kingdom of God.”
Ruled by Christ
13. 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.
Ruled by Christ
More accurately translated:
“that Jesus is Lord”
14. The first words of Jesus recorded in the
Gospel of Mark: “The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent,
and believe in the gospel.” (Mk. 1:15)
Ruled by Christ
The first words of John the Baptist:
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand” (Mt. 3:2)
15. Location:
Luke 17:20–21 Now when
He was asked by the
Pharisees when the kingdom
of God would come, He
answered them and said,
“The kingdom of God does
not come with observation;
21 nor will they say, ‘See
here!’ or ‘See there!’ For
indeed, the kingdom of God
is within you.”
Within the true Christian
16. Righteousness, Peace & Joy
Romans 14:17 for the kingdom of God is
not eating and drinking, but righteousness
and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness, and all these
things shall be added to you.
17. Duration: Eternal
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.
John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that
they may know You, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
18. Matthew 12:25–28 But Jesus knew their
thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation,
and every city or house divided against itself
will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is
divided against himself. How then will his
kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by
Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them
out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But
if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely
the kingdom of God has come upon you.
19. (Matthew 13)
The SOWER & the SOILS (1-23)
The TARES among the WHEAT (24-30, 36-43)
The MUSTARD SEED (31-32)
The LEAVEN (33-35)
20. (Matthew 13)
The HIDDEN TREASURE (44)
The PEARL of great price (45-46)
The DRAGNET (47-51)
The HOUSEHOLDER (52)
21. Revelation 21:24–26 And the nations of those who
are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the
earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates
shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no
night there). 26 And they shall bring the glory and
the honor of the nations into it.
23. “Lord Jesus, I ask Thee, give unto me
movement in Thy love without measure;
desire without limit; longing without
order; burning without discretion. Truly
the better the love of Thee is, the
greedier it is; for neither by reason is it
restrained, nor be dread thronged, nor
by doom tempted.”
Richard Rolle (1290?-1349)
The first petition, “Hallowed be Thy name,” concerns God’s glory itself, whereas the second and third have respect to the means whereby His glory is to be manifested and promoted on earth. God’s name is manifestatively glorified here only in the proportion in which His Kingdom comes to us and His will is done by us. The relationship between this petition and the former one, then, is quite apparent. Christ teaches us to pray first for the sanctifying of God’s great name; then He directs us to pray subsequently for the means thereto. Among the means for promoting God’s glory, none is so influential as the coming of His Kingdom. Hence we are exhorted, “But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). But though men ought to glorify God’s name upon earth, yet of themselves they cannot do so. God’s Kingdom must first be set up in their hearts. God cannot be honored by us until we voluntarily submit to His rule over us.
Pink, A. W. (2005). The Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Is it ever called the “kingdom of Satan”
Satan is not a king, but a prince
Therefore his domains are called “principalities”
Jacob (deceiver) is called Israel – God prevails or prince with God