Bible Studies

Bible Studies

The True Riches”
Ephesians 3:8 (TLB) “I was the one chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles the Glad News of the endless treasures available to them in Christ.”
There is such an emphasis in our day and age upon getting money. People are told how to prosper, how to get out of debt, and how to become rich. This is not what people need. They need more of God!
You see, the Lord Jesus Christ is the one you really need. Real riches are not coming from this earth. Jesus is the treasure. His love, His Presence, His friendship is greater than all. Why waste your life on things that don’t really matter? Go after Jesus. There is no one like Him. He is so gentle, so kind, so majestic, so powerful, so lovely, so beautiful. Jesus is looking for someone who will truly love Him. Someone who will love Him more than anything or anyone else. Jesus responds to love by pouring out His love. You can have these riches of His Presence if you are willing to give up your fleeting treasures.

Who Will Go?
Isaiah 6:8 (TLB) ?Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom shall I send as a messenger to my people? Who will go?” And I said, “Lord, I’ll go! Send me.” And he said, “Yes, go. But tell my people this,..?
The Lord needs people who will go and speak His words. Of course, we understand that missionaries must cover the globe and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is vitally important. It is a high and noble calling to be a speaker for Jesus.
However, in this passage God is needing someone to send to His people. Someone to go and tell religious people to repent, to turn from their sins, and to serve Him with all their hearts. These speakers would have to tell church people, who were pretending to serve God, that their hearts were far away from Him! It was not a pleasant message and many people did not want to hear it. Since it is such a hard job and one that causes the speaker to be rejected or persecuted, God is still asking, ?Who can I send, and who will go for me?? This is the Lord?s heart to call His people back to Him. Who will be a missionary to God?s people today?

“Honor the King”
Daniel 4:37 (NLT) ?Now I,… praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven.?
A spirit of dullness, lethargy, and oppression sits upon many of the churches of America. Darkness has invaded the pulpits and the pews. Through worldliness, pride, and abundance of idols a false Christianity has been manufactured. It pretends to be spiritual but dishonors God. Jesus, the King, has been given less than the best. For many, even though they “go to church” their lives are consumed with themselves. Their jobs, families, homes, and entertainment take first place. God is trying to change this. He wants to bring life to the deadness, passion to coldness, and sensitivity back to hard hearts. We are in desperate need of a revival that will put Jesus back in His rightful place! Jesus is the true and living God who came to earth, lived a perfect life, died for our sins, and lives again as King forever.
He deserves the best we could ever give. We should live to praise and honor the King!

 

“Experience His Love”
Ephesians 3:19- ” May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.”
There is nothing like being in love with Jesus. It’s not enough to know about His love you must experience it! It is higher, deeper, and wider than you ever imagined. Many people are turned off by religion. They are just experiencing forms and rituals.
Even those who say they are Christians will find the Christian life a drudgery if they are not “in love” with Him. This means to be fascinated with Jesus, enthralled with His personality, and adoring His Presence. It means excitement to be with Him, hunger for more of Him, and thinking about Him continually.
This is the way Christianity should be. Experiencing His love and Jesus experiencing our love, we should always be growing deeper and more in love with Christ.

 

“It’s Time to Seek The Lord”
Hosea 10:12 (NLT)- “Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of My love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that He may come and shower righteousness upon you.”
Let’s face it, we live in a time where people don’t want to be committed. They like to take it easy, relax, and consume on themselves. People enjoy ‘comfortable Christianity’ where they go to church if we feel like it, try not to stay too long, and then hurry back to our own busy lifestyles. Talk of giving energy, time, or money makes people nervous. Bible ideas like sacrifice, denying ourselves, and giving up all to follow Jesus are ignored, while on the other hand our blessings are emphasized. Why don’t we emphasize what Jesus should get? It’s time to wake up! It’s time to really seek the Lord.
Let’s shake off the lethargy and with determination set our focus to seek the Lord now.
Time is running out!