2009 Initiative "365 Holy Days" - Continuing our Flag Day-inspired series of RED, WHITE and BLUE as the starting point for looking at the freedom we have in Christ by way of the whole package of our Salvation which we have totally from Him.
Sesame Seeds: Today's study is brought to us by the Greek letters lambda Ll, epsilon Ee and the Hebrew number 20, which is also the letter Lamed
It Is WELL With My Soul:
- Warm-up: (random notes: Hebrew laban=white; remember Laban in Genesis? Lebanon; Greek leukon=white; leukemia has to do with the white blood cells)
- Exercise: Party game, "Beginnings And Endings" - Players take turns trying NOT to stump each other by telling the beginning of a story, then not telling the end, hoping anyone can share how the story ends. Remember Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega? see here, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
- Lesson: WHITE: With Him In The End - A Study Of Glorification -
- (Publication Timeline: 700-681BC - Isaiah; 52AD - First Thessalonians; 55AD First Corinthians; 60-69AD Matthew; 61AD - Philippians; 95AD - Revelation)
- What Jesus Christ Will Do (First Thessalonians 4:16, 17; Matthew 24:29-31; Revelation 19:11-16)
- What Jesus Christ Will Do Means (Isaiah 45:20-25 (Note especially verse 23) (Note "EVERY"); Philippians 2:10, 11 (Compare with Isaiah 45:23) (Note "EVERY"); First Corinthians 15:35-41, 42-49)
Bottom line: Bow now and get right OR bow later and get left!- What Jesus Christ Will Do Means Going Forward (Philippians 1:21-26; Matthew 24:42-44; Revelation 22:10-16)
- Life application: Peace comes with knowing there is a happy ending! In the Bible, we read about a peace that passes all understanding. This is so because it can be hard to remember our hope of glory, which is Christ in us, when we are in the middle of trials, striving and strains that are all normal parts of our Christian lives. Go forth knowing the time is near, and our sweet Jesus is almost here again! Let us pray.