▪︎ We exist to worship God – 1Cor 8:6; John 4:23-24; ▪︎ He wants our fellowship – James 4:5; 1John 1:3; Gen 1:26, 27, 31; ▪︎ He wants us to continue His work – John 17:3-4; John 17:23; John 20:21; ▪︎ God wants us to be one with Him, one with the Trinity – John … Read more

▪︎ God discloses our hidden thoughts – 1Cor 4:5; ▪︎ God weighs our motives – Prov 16:2; ▪︎ God knows the hearts of men – 2Chron 6:30, 31; 1Kings 8:38, 39;▪︎ God searches the darkness of our hearts – Jer 17:9-10, 20:12; Prov 15:11;▪︎ God knows the intent of our hearts even as it is being … Read more

▪︎ God powerfully raised Christ from the dead – Eph 1:19-20 (full text – ). ▪︎ He powerfully raised us from the dead – Eph 2:5-6; ▪︎ He powerfully raised and united both Jews and Gentiles into a single body – Eph 2:13-14; (full text – ).▪︎ “Neither the narrowness of our knowledge nor the … Read more

▪︎ John 17:3; 1John 5:20; Phil 3:10-11;▪︎ It is more than an intellectual understanding – Jer 22:16;▪︎ It is a righteous personal knowledge that flows out of a betrothal – Hos 2:19-20; ▪︎ It is the intimate knowing between a husband and wife – Exod 33:13…    Know (יָדַע – Hebrew) ► verb, to know a person … Read more

▪︎ 2Cor 1:3-4, 5; Exod 33:19 – God’s shared comfort ▪︎ Ps 84:5-6 – Valley of Baca is the valley of weeping. ▪︎ 2Cor 7:6-7 – comforted by Spiritual fellowship.

▪︎ Secret things – Deut 29:29; ▪︎ Mysteries of God – 1Cor 4:1-2; ▪︎ Hidden mysteries – Col 2:2, 3;▪︎ Mystery of God’s Will – Eph 1:9;▪︎ Mystery of Christ in us, the Hope of glory – Col 1:25 ESV; Col 1:26-27;▪︎ Mysteries of The Kingdom – Matt 13:11; Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10; ▪︎ Rom … Read more

▪︎ Col 1:25 ESV, Col 1:26-27 – God entrusts His message to us… the mystery, the Gospel, the hope of glory. ▪︎ 1Tim 1:4 – Our purpose… to further God’s administration, we work for Him. ▪︎ Matt 28:19-20 – Our task to proclaim the Gospel to the world. ▪︎ Ps 67:7 – The purpose of … Read more

▪︎ The Plan – The Gospel… 1Cor 15:3-4; ▪︎ The Mystery – Deut 29:29; Rom 11:33-34, 35-36; Rom 16:25, 26; ▪︎ Communications – the Spirit – 1Cor 2:12; ▪︎ Open encryption: weakness, foolishness – 1Cor 1:27, 28; ▪︎ The enemy – satan and his conscripts – Eph 6:10-11, 12, 13-14, 15-16; 1Cor 16:9; ▪︎ Battlefield … Read more

▪︎ Rom 8:16-17 – Fellow heirs with Christ  ► co-inheritor, joint heir, participant, from sýn, “closely identified with” and klēronómos, “an heir, with inheritance”. ▪︎ After the resurrection Jesus calls His disciples brothers – Matt 28:10; John 20:17; Rom 8:29; Heb 2:11; ▪︎ Fellow heirs, Jews and Gentiles, made into one new man – Eph 3:6; Eph … Read more

▪︎ Simple – Ps 116:6; 1Sam 2:4, 8, 9; ▪︎ Infants – Matt 11:25; Luke 10:21; ▪︎ Unlearned – John 3:10-11, 12; ▪︎ Foolish – 1Cor 1,2; ▪︎ Weak – 2Cor 12:9, 10; ▪︎ Outcasts – Micah 4:6-7; ▪︎ Shepherds – Gen 46:34;

▪︎ Gen 3:14, 15; Gen 6:1-6; ▪︎ Ps 68:21, 23; Ps 2:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; ▪︎ Luke 17:26-27, 28-29, 30; ▪︎ Heb 1:10-11, 12; ▪︎ 2Peter 2:4, 9; 2Peter 3:10, 11; ▪︎ Jude 6; Rev 11:18;

▪︎ From the king’s dream – Dan 4:13, 17; Dan 4:23; ▪︎ Prophets sought to know – 1Peter 1:10, 11; ▪︎ Angels long to look – 1Peter 1:12;

▪︎ God calls us to shepherd His flock – 1Peter 5:2-3, 4; Examples from Old Testament ▪︎ Evil shepherds in Israel, Ezek 34:2, 4; ▪︎ Israel disciplined, Ezek 34:5, 6, 8, 10; ▪︎ God Himself is the Master Shepherd – Ezek 34:12, (Full context – Ezek 34:11-16) ▪︎ Jesus the Messiah is the Chief Shepherd … Read more

▪︎ God specifically nullifies ( ► ) man’s fleshly behavior, his human efforts – 1Cor 1:28-29; ▪︎ God specifically chooses the weak and foolish to humble the arrogant – 1Cor 1:27; ▪︎ All of man’s efforts are in the flesh – 1Cor 3:3-4; ▪︎ God speaks His Wisdom through His people – 1Cor 2:6; ▪︎ We are … Read more