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Sunday School Lesson March 12, 2017 God’s Overflowing Love

To follow along, visit your local Christian bookstore, and ask for the Bible Expositor and Illuminator

Time:  A.D. – Place:  Rome

Golden Text:  “Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved – Ephesians 2:5).

Paul was converted around A.D. 35. After his conversion, Paul spent many years preparing for the ministry God had called him. This preparation period included time alone with God, as well as time conferring with other Christians. When Paul took Titus, a Greek Christian to Jerusalem, the Judaizer (false brethren) tried to compel that he should be circumcised. Paul refused to give to their demands. Paul’s teaching was to inform the believer, its’s not by works we receive salvation but through grace. Read More

Bible Study – John Chapter 4 Verses 1-10

John 4:1 – When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John. Jesus’ success in winning disciples had created jealousy among John’s followers and provoked questions among the Pharisees. Already opposition was rising against Jesus, especially from the Pharisees. Read More

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Sunday School Lesson – March 5, 2017 The Source of All Love

To follow along, visit your local Christian bookstore, and ask for the Bible Expositor and Illuminator

Time: about A.D. 90-95   Place:  Probably from Ephesus

Golden Text:  “Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another (1st John 4:11)

The concepts of love is a point of confusion in our culture. A prominent example of selfish love is when the person seeks only his or her interest. True love seeks the best for the one loved. This often requires a degree of sacrifice, something that is given gladly when the heart is right. The greatest example of true love is the love God has for us, and He has given us the power to reproduce His love through us to others. Read More