▪︎ Enoch walked with God – Gen 5:22-24;▪︎ Noah, a righteous man – Gen 6:8-9 – ▪︎ Jesus, Messiah, King of all creation… Royal lineage from David to Joseph – ;▪︎ Jesus, Son of Man, Son of God… Human lineage back to Adam – ;

▪︎ God already knows what is in man’s heart – 1Sam 16:7; 1Kings 8:39; Prov 21:2; Acts 1:24;▪︎ He tests men and women to reveal (show openly) how they personally process things in their own heart – Deut 8:2, 3, 16-17; Matt 4:4, 7, 10; Prov 17:3; Eccl 3:18;▪︎ God uses various circumstances to test our motives – … Read more

▪︎ To Keep Us from making idols and graven images – Deut 4:12, 15-16; ▪︎ He is the Invisible One to make faith possible – Col 1:15, 16; John 1:4-5; ▪︎ God stays invisible to see how we respond – John 1:18, John 5:37; ▪︎ God continues to point mankind toward the only solution, Jesus … Read more

John 15:16▪︎ chose (ἐκλέγομαι – Greek) – eklegó ► pick out for myself, choose, elect, select. (from ek, “out of” and légō, “speaking to a conclusion”), properly, to select (choose) out of, by a highly deliberate choice (i.e. real heart-preference) with a definite outcome (as with the destination of divine selection) – Eph 1:4; 1Cor … Read more

John 15:15 ▪︎ all things (πᾶς – Greek) – pas ► “all” in the sense of “each (every) part that applies.” The emphasis of the total picture then is on “one piece at a time.” – Matt 28:18-19; John 5:20; ▪︎ heard (ἀκούω – Greek) akouó ► to hear (listen); (figuratively) to hear God’s voice … Read more

▪︎ Heb 13:5; 1Tim 6:10; Matt 6:24; ▪︎ The unrighteous steward – Luke 16:9, Luke 16:10-11, 12, 13;   (full text – ) ▪︎ Use your riches for God’s purposes – Luke 18:21-22, 29-30;   (full text – )▪︎ Use business and finances to further God’s Kingdom – Luke 19:12-13;    (full text – ) ▪︎ Conduct business – (πραγματεύομαι … Read more

▪︎ Draw (ἑλκύω – NT Greek and LXX) – helkó ► drag, draw, pull, persuade, unsheathe, properly, induce (draw in), focusing on the attraction-power involved with the drawing – John 6:44; John 12:31-32; (Song 1:4; Jer 31:3;) ▪︎ Draw (מָשַׁךְ – Hebrew) – mashak ► draw, drag – Hosea 11:3-4, Song 1:4; Jer 31:3, 4, 5-6; ▪︎ … Read more

▪︎ End Times… always learning but not able to understand – 2Tim 3:7;    (full text – ) ▪︎ Knowledge will increase toward the end – Dan 12:3, 4    (full text – ) ▪︎ God set it up so that man cannot know the future – Eccl 7:14; ▪︎ Nor much of the past – Eccl … Read more

▪︎ Matt 24:43; ▪︎ Luke 12:33, 39; ▪︎ John 10:1, 10; ▪︎ Eccl 9:12; ▪︎ 1Thes 5:2, 3-4; 2Peter 3:10; ▪︎ Matt 22:44;    (full text – )▪︎ Rev 16:15;

▪︎ The prayer of Solomon when the Ark was brought to the Temple… 1Kings 8:58, 59, 60-61;    (full text – ) ▪︎ Walk worthy of our calling – Eph 4:1; ▪︎ Walk in the light – Eph 5:8; ▪︎ Walk by faith – Heb 10:37-38, 39; 2Cor 5:7; Col 2:6-7; Rom 1:17; ▪︎ Enoch, our example … Read more

▪︎ John 14:2-3; 1Thes 5:10; 1Kings 8:57; ▪︎ The thief on the cross next to Jesus said remember me in Your Kingdom, Luke 23:42-43