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Forgiveness

And when ye stand praying forgive, if ye have aught (anything) against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses – Mark 11:25.

Forgiveness is one of the hardest things for us to do as Christians. If someone offends us, we say we forgive, but inwardly we’re rehearsing the offense over and over like a tape recorder rewinding. We gather together to worship God and to hear instructions, but somehow when the subject of forgiveness is ministered our ears become closed, and it bypasses our perception. Read More

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