MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Not in Word Only - 4/18/2010 Not In Word Only 1 Thessalonians 1 : 4-10 “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake” (1 Thessalonians 1:5). Introduction: One thing that you will notice in the reading of 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 is that it’s main theme is “The Presentation of the ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	For the word of God - 4/15/2010 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. (Hebrews 4: 12-13) Use God's word to win ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Devote yourselves to prayer - 4/14/2010 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak. (Colossians 4:2-4) Pray for and look for opportunities to share God's word with the ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Christ Abides in My Attitudes - 4/13/2010 Christ Abides in My Attitudes Today God expects fruit in the life of His . That fruit comes from a good heart. That good heart is made good by God in a process called the new birth. We all were born bearing fruit; only it was bad fruit - that is why God saved us. He wanted to change us from being a bad tree bearing bad fruit into being a good tree bearing good fruit. Fruit means change and that ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	As the Father has loved me - 4/13/2010 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Authority of the Bible - 4/12/2010 The Authority of the Bible We come now to consider the whole question of what the Bible has to say about itself. This is inevitable if we follow the biblical sequence in our consideration of the doctrines, but we also arrive at it in this way. As we have seen, the ultimate end and object of all who are concerned about the Christian faith is to know God. We have also seen that if we are ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Psalm 22: 14 - 4/12/2010 Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. Did earth or heaven ever behold a sadder spectacle of woe! In soul and body, our Lord felt Himself to be weak as water poured upon the ground. The placing of the cross in its socket had shaken Him with great violence, had strained all the ligaments, pained every nerve, and more or less dislocated all His bones. Burdened ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Blessed are the poor in spirit - 4/10/2010 Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit WE come now to a consideration of the first of the Beatitudes, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven? As I have already indicated in our last study, it is not surprising that this is the first, because it is obviously, as I think we shall see, the key to all that follows. There is, beyond any question, a very definite order ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Fall - 4/5/2010 The Fall You will remember that in our last study we ended by looking at man as he was to be found created in the image and likeness of God, and dwelling in Paradise. We considered the character and nature of his being. We examined, as far as is possible, in the light of scriptural teaching, what this image of God meant. We found that man was in correspondence with God, in fellowship ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Jesus the Lion of Judah - 3/29/2010 Only once in the New Testament is Jesus described as a lion. The book of Revelation (named in part for what it reveals about Christ) portrays the risen Jesus as the only one worthy to open the scroll that contains the ultimate unfolding of God's purposes for the world. The apostle John perceived Jesus as both Lion and Lamb, who through his death and resurrection becomes the ultimate victor and ... 0 response(s), 2 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Church - 3/29/2010 The Church We have now arrived at number 60 in our study of biblical doctrines, so this is perhaps a good point at which to remind you of the various steps and stages through which we have passed. Having started with our consideration of man in this world, and having seen the futility of trusting only to our own understanding, we came to see, as people have ever done, the need of a ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Forever O Lord Thy word is settled in heaven - 3/27/2010 Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness continues throughout all generations; You established the earth and it stands. They stand this day according to Your ordinances, for all things are Your servants. (Psalm119: 89-91) God's word is immutable. That means that it can't change. The things said in God's word are as sure as any other indisputable fact on earth. As the ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	THE WRATH OF GOD - 3/26/2010 THE WRATH OF GOD “Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the of wrath, even as others.” Ephesians 2: 3 We now come to look at the apostle’s final statement about man in sin; and that is, that he is under the wrath of God. In other ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	I wait for Your word - 3/25/2010 I wait for Your word. My eyes fail with longing for Your word... Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, so that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. (Psalm 119: 81-82, 8 The more your life is focused on the world, the less you will desire to spend time in God's Word. On the other hand, the more your life is focused on the Word of God, the more you will love to spend time in it. DL Moody ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Lord's Supper - 3/25/2010 The Lord’s Supper We come now to consider the Lord’s Supper. This, too, has been the subject of great debate and controversy in the Christian Church for a number of centuries, especially since the Protestant Reformation, and great and mighty works have been written on it. It would be easy to go into all that but I have decided not to do so because most of the controversy that has ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Education and Relations - 3/24/2010 Education and Relation: Truth and Love Think with me for a moment about education and relationships. Some of you care deeply that education not ignore or marginalize relationships of love. They are essential in real, lasting, life-changing education. Amen. So I turn to the Bible. I find in place of the words, "education" and "relationship, " the words, "truth" and "love." So what does ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Saving Faith - 3/24/2010 Saving Faith Having looked at the great biblical doctrine of repentance, we are now ready to look at the corresponding doctrine of faith. This particular subject is one of which we read right through the Bible. I suppose that there is more said about faith in the Bible than about anything else because faith is that by which all the blessings of salvation ultimately come to us. We are ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Prosperity Preaching - 3/24/2010 Prosperity Preaching: Deceitful and Deadly When I read about prosperity-preaching churches, my response is: "If I were not on the inside of Christianity, I wouldn't want in." In other words, if this is the message of Jesus, no thank you. Luring people to Christ to get rich is both deceitful and deadly. It's deceitful because when Jesus himself called us, he said things like: "Any one of ... 1 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Prosperity Preaching - 3/24/2010 Prosperity Preaching: Deceitful and Deadly When I read about prosperity-preaching churches, my response is: "If I were not on the inside of Christianity, I wouldn't want in." In other words, if this is the message of Jesus, no thank you. Luring people to Christ to get rich is both deceitful and deadly. It's deceitful because when Jesus himself called us, he said things like: "Any one of ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Baptism - 3/23/2010 Baptism We are considering the means of grace that are available in the Church, and are administered by the Church for the upbuilding and the strengthening of the Christian believer, and in our last lecture we looked in general at what are called the sacraments. Now we come to a detailed consideration of the two ordinances which were commanded by the Lord and which we regard, therefore, ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Bright Morning Star - 3/23/2010 In the last chapter of the book of Revelation, Jesus calls himself the "bright Morning Star." In ancient times, the morning star was thought of as a herald of the new day, signaling the dawn of hope and joy. The brightest object in the sky aside from the sun and moon, it is a fitting type for Christ, who ushers in a new day for the entire world. When you call on Jesus, the Bright Morning Star, ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Hard Heart - 3/23/2010 The Hard Heart Why do some people never respond to the Gospel? Why do some people hear God's Word and immediately respond and others wait so long? Why do believers sometimes grow for a while and then stop growing? What makes us cold as believers at times, and other times feel so distant from God? Christ answers these questions in His parable in Mark 4:3-9. Christ's insight into human ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Matthew 26: 39 - 3/23/2010 Matthew 26:39 And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed. There are several instructive features in our Saviour's prayer in His hour of trial. It was lonely prayer. He withdrew even from His three favoured disciples. Believer, be much in solitary prayer, especially in times of trial. Family prayer, social prayer, prayer in the Church, will not suffice, these are very precious, ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	John 17:24 - 3/23/2010 John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am. O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the earth, in whom is all our delight? If thou must use thine axe, use it upon the trees which yield no fruit; thou mightest be thanked then. But why wilt thou fell the ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Adopting Christ's Attitude - 3/23/2010 Adopting Christ's Attitude "Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Book You Can Trust - 3/22/2010 The Book You Can Trust: Start Some Holy Habits Habits shape our lives; and little by little, our habits are cementing us into a form that will someday be finished, revealing us for who we really were. What kind of habits do you have today? And what are those habits making of you? Do you have some consciously chosen holy habits that are conforming you little-by-little, into the ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	John 16:32 - 3/22/2010 John 16:32 Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone. Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to behold the mysteries of "the agony." Occupied with the passover feast at their own houses, they represent the many who live upon the letter, but are mere babes as to the spirit ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	John 16:32 - 3/22/2010 John 16:32 Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone. Few had fellowship with the sorrows of Gethsemane. The majority of the disciples were not sufficiently advanced in grace to be admitted to behold the mysteries of "the agony." Occupied with the passover feast at their own houses, they represent the many who live upon the letter, but are mere babes as to the spirit ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Husbands love your wives - 3/22/2010 Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church. What a golden example Christ gives to His disciples! Few masters could venture to say, "If you would practise my teaching, imitate my life;" but as the life of Jesus is the exact transcript of perfect virtue, He can point to Himself as the paragon of holiness, as well as the teacher of it. The Christian should take ... 1 response(s), 2 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Close the door to the devil - 3/22/2010 Close the Door to the Devil When Jesus faced off with the Devil His weapons were simple—three carefully chosen verses from God's Holy Word. As we open to Revelation 2, we find that same Jesus writing to a church that had learned the same lesson—how to use God's Word to overcome and resist the devil, his demons, and their own flesh. As we open to these verses we are reading Christ's ... 1 response(s), 1 vote