▪︎ Rom 6:23; Man through his rebellion has been earning wages because of sin and he is no longer experiencing real life. ▪︎ Gen 2:17 – Every disobedience and trangession adds to the debt that eventually must be paid. ▪︎ Gen 3:23, 24 – Man was expelled from the garden, experiencing the separation and death … Read more

▪︎ Josh 1:8; ▪︎ Ps 1:1-2, 3, 16:7; ▪︎ Ps 119:55, 62, 148; ▪︎ Ps 63:5-7; Ps 127:2; ▪︎ Prov 6:21-22; ▪︎ Isa 26:9; Lam 2:19;

▪︎ 1Tim 4:7 – Godliness is exercise for the inner man, making our spirit stronger, able to fight evil… It is exercise, training for the inner man. ▪︎ 1Tim 4:8 – Godliness has an effect on the whole body (mind, soul, spirit; now, at the present time and in the future; in the physical realm … Read more

Slaves (δοῦλος – Greek) doulos ► someone who belongs to another; a bond-slave, without any ownership rights of their own. ▪︎ Born slaves to sin – Rom 6:16; ▪︎ Jesus came to free those who believe from slavery to sin and give them the right to be children of God – Rom 6:17-18 ▪︎ Our … Read more

Established  ► stérizó – make fast, establish, fix firmly, direct myself towards, buttress, prop, support; strengthen. ▪︎ God establishes us – 1Thes 3:13; ▪︎ He may use suffering – 1Peter 5:10; ▪︎ He uses the truth – 2Peter 1:12; ▪︎ He uses prayer – Rom 1:10-11;▪︎ He is able to do it – Rom 16:25;

▪︎ God’s handwritten commandments – Deut 9:10; Exod 8:18, 19, 31:18; ▪︎ The works that Jesus did are a day of visitation for those standing there – Luke 11:20; Matt 12:28; ▪︎ God’s actions to call people to Himself, their day of visitation – 1Peter 2:12; Luke 19:44; Luke 10:9, 10-11, 12; (full text: ) … Read more

▪︎ 2Peter 1:3, 4; (comprehensive) ▪︎ Ps 19:7 (perfect, providing wisdom),▪︎ 1Cor 4:6 (not to be exceeded) ▪︎ Deut 12:32 (perfect as is)▪︎ Deut 4:2 – (don’t add to or take away)▪︎ 2Tim 3:16-17 (profitable) ▪︎ John 6:68; (eternal life)▪︎ Ps 19:8 (doctrine) ▪︎ Luke 11:28 (clarity) ▪︎ Ps 19:9 (worship, clean, pure, true) ▪︎ … Read more

▪︎ Ps 49:7-9 – Men cannot redeem their brothers, it is too costly.▪︎ Jesus is the only answer – John 14:6;

▪︎ Gen 45:7-8 (full text – ) ▪︎ Gen 50:20; ▪︎ Exod 3:1, 2; ▪︎ Exod 14:4 (full text – ) ▪︎ Exod 14:24, 25; ▪︎ 1Sam 16:18, 19; ▪︎ 2Kings 8:5 (full text – ) ▪︎ Ruth 2:2, 3, 11, 12; ▪︎ Prov 16:1, 33; ▪︎ Acts 2:22, 23, 24; 4:27-28;

▪︎ If your brother has something against you… Go to him – Matt 5:23-24;▪︎ If your brother sins… Go to him – Gal 6:1; Matt 18:15;▪︎ A house divided against itself cannot stand – Matt 12:25; Mark 3:25;

▪︎ We are sojourners in a harsh land – 1Peter 1:1, 2, 3; ▪︎ But God protects us – Prov 4:18; 1Chron 29:15; Ps 39:12; Ezek 34:24-25; ▪︎ He gives us a living hope in Christ – 1Peter 1:3; Titus 3:6-7;▪︎ Definition of hope… eagerly waiting for that which is unseen – Rom 8:24-25:▪︎ God … Read more

▪︎ False shepherds – Jer 23:1, 2, 21;▪︎ Thieves and robbers – John 10:1, 5, 8-9, 10, 29-30;▪︎ Antichrists are coming – 1John 2:18; ▪︎ Balaam, Balak and Korah – 2Peter 2:15, 16; Jude 11; ▪︎ Other Old Testament Examples:   ► Balaam and Balak – ;  ► Evil shepherds that enrich themselves – ;  ► Son of … Read more