“While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.†World mission was in the ....
JESUS AND ABRAHAM John 8:45-59 Lesson # 23 Key Verse: 58 Jesus is the truth. The devil is a liar. Jesus gives life. The devil is a murderer. The Jewish religious leaders had been drawn to Jes....
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE John 8:31-47 Lesson 22 Key Verse: 8:32 The people to whom Jesus is speaking are the Jews who had believed in him (30). Undoubtedly, among the people here were some....
JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 8:12-30 Lesson #21 Key Verse: 8:12 The Jews had dragged a woman caught in adultery to Jesus. They wanted to use her to trap Jesus into making a statement tha....
JESUS SETS A SINFUL WOMAN FREE John 8:1-12 Lesson #20 Key Verse: 11 Scholars are not sure about where in the Bible this event should be placed. It seems that it is well-placed here, however, ....
COME TO JESUS AND DRINK John 7:25-52 Lesson 19 Key Verse: 37,38 John wrote this Gospel to tell us that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, so that we might believe and have life in his name....
MAKE RIGHT JUDGMENTS John 7:1-24 Lesson #18 Key Verse: 7:17,24 In this passage Jesus' brothers, the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem, and the people in the temple all judged Jesus by external stan....
INTRODUCTION TO 1 AND 2 THESSALONIANS On his second missionary journey, Paul with Silas and Timothy visited Thessalonica, a busy seaport and the capital of Macedonia (Acts 17). When Paul preached....
INTRODUCTION TO PHILIPPIANS Philippi was a Roman colony and a leading city in Macedonia. A main highway to Rome passed through the center of town. There were few Jews there, and no synagogue. Act....
INTRODUCTION TO GALATIANS Paul the Apostle probably wrote this letter from Syrian Antioch sometime between 48-53 A.D., to the Galatian churches which he had pioneered on his first missionary jour....
INTRODUCTION TO SECOND CORINTHIANS The Apostle Paul left Ephesus shortly after writing 1 Corinthians. His life was in grave danger in Ephesus because of an uproar caused by an idol maker whose bu....
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST CORINTHIANS Corinth was the chief commercial city of Greece, with a population of about 650,000 (including 400,000 slaves). It was located on a narrow isthmus connecting t....
INTRODUCTION TO ACTS Luke wrote two books to Theophilus ("lover of God"). In the Gospel of Luke he told about the things that Jesus did and taught until he ascended into heaven. In Acts, Luke wro....
INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF LUKE Luke was the only Gentile writer of the New Testament. He was a physician by profession. He was Paul's co-worker, and he traveled with him from the time he cross....
INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF MARK John Mark grew up in Jerusalem in a Christian home. He was influenced by Peter, and Peter's eyewitness accounts of Jesus must have been the chief source of his ....
INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. His other name was Levi. Jesus called him from his tax office, and changed him from a public sinner and outcast into Saint Ma....
INTRODUCTION TO 1 TIMOTHY Paul called Timothy "my true son in the faith." He led him to Christ during his first missionary journey, when he pioneered the church in Lystra, Timothy's hometown. Tim....
THANK GOD FOR GROWING FAITH 2 Thessalonians 1:1-7 Key Verse: 1:5 1. Greetings (1-2) Paul wrote this letter shortly after writing 1 Thessalonians. He had received some news from Thessalonica,....
COLOSSIANS Paul wrote this letter from Rome during his first imprisonment there (c. 60 AD) to the Christians of Colosse. Colosse was a city of Asia Minor (Turkey), located between Ephesus and the....
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