Connecting the Old Testament to the Gospels Part One Introduction The aim of this lesson is to make connections between what has been presented in the summary of the previous lessons with what Jesus taught to Israel in the Gospels. Jesus served Israel as God’s prophet like Moses (Acts 3:22, 23). Because Jesus of Nazareth […]
The Sequential Path of Thought in This Book – Lesson Eighteen
The Sequential Path of Thought in This Book Introduction The scriptures in each lesson in this book have been presented to help Christians establish for themselves a pivotal point in their Bible study, level of faith and spiritual growth. Christians need to know where we stand in all three categories. After we know where we […]
Ethics of the Kingdom – Lesson Sixteen
Ethics of the Kingdom Introduction The aim of this book is to encourage each member of the church to become a disciple of Jesus Christ. The English word “disciple” has been translated from the Greek word mathetes, a learner. Math, the root, indicates “thought accompanied by endeavor.” Basically it means “one who follows one’s teacher,” […]
Shadow of What Has Come – Lesson Seventeen
Shadow of What Has Come Introduction The aim of this lesson is to encourage Christians to read, understand, believe and place our faith in scriptures in the New Testament that reveal our new environment and relationship with God “in Christ.” The title of this lesson is found in Hebrews 8:5. What was presented in Lesson […]
Repent, For the Kingdom of Heaven is Near – Lesson Fifteen
Repent, For the Kingdom of Heaven is Near Introduction The kingdom of God is not just talk; it is not just another powerful sermon, it is God’s power in Christians. Our faith in the reality of His kingdom endows us with the substance of the kingdom. The substance of God’s spiritual kingdom impacts our “world […]
Connecting the Gospels to Jesus’ Reign – Lesson Fourteen
Connecting the Gospels to Jesus’ Reign Introduction The aim of this lesson is to read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John from the point of view of Christians who first received these Gospels in written form. Luke addressed his Gospel and Acts to Theophilus. By the use of Luke’s documents and our human endowment of imagination […]
Connecting the Old Testament to the Gospels – Lesson Thirteen
Connecting the Old Testament to the Gospels Part Two Introduction The aim of Part II of this lesson is to make connections with what has been presented in the summary of the previous lessons with what Jesus taught to Israel in Matthew, Mark and Luke. The following are key points from the prologue of John’s […]
Door of Faith – Lesson Eleven
A Summary of God’s Major Moves Introduction The aim of this lesson is to call attention to the sequential topics in the previous lessons in preparation to move this study forward to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Jesus’ teachings in the Gospels were first presented to the Israelites and their […]
Door of Faith – Lesson Ten
God’s Use of Prophets for His Sovereignty Introduction The historical context for this lesson is the Levitical Priesthood age. The comprehensive aim is to understand how God maintained a dimension of His eternal kingdom in the lives of people on earth from Moses until the Messiah. Lessons Four through Nine were theological topics presented in […]
Door of Faith – Lesson Nine
God’s Nation Introduction Knowledge of the history of the Israelites helps Bible students keep our studies of the Old Testament attuned to God’s kingdom. Keeping attuned to the kingdom of God is necessary for Christians because we cannot separate God from His Kingdom (Ex. 19:5, 6; I Sam. 8:6; I Chron. 28:5; Psa. 103.19; Luke […]
