2017 1st Quarter Lesson 2, January 7-13, The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes Friday, January 13 “We need to be constantly filling the mind with Christ, and emptying it of selfishness and sin. When Christ came into the world, the leaders of the Jews were so permeated with Phariseeism that they could not receive his teachings. Jesus compared […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 2, January 7-13, The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes Thursday, January 12 Incarnation: “Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 2, January 7-13, The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes Wednesday, January 11 “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 2, January 7-13, The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes Tuesday, January 10 The first testament (Old Testament) ordinances of the everlasting gospel consisted of animal sacrifices at the gate of Eden by Adam and Eve. These ordinances were expanded to include circumcision in the days of Abraham. Further expansion were given to the children […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 2, January 7-13, The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes Monday, January 9 Creation was a cooperative work involving all the fulness of the Godhead. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 2, January 7-13, The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes Sunday, January 8 One might easily understand that the Holy Spirit is invisible to our eye, but just exactly how do we come to understand how the Holy Spirit is elusive? The indication is found in these passages where we are told we are to […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 2, January 7-13, The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes Sabbath, January 7 What is the role of the Holy Spirit? He is One with the Father and the Son just as the Father and the Son are One. In this we see the Godhead working in unity of purpose. Yet, to all appearances, the […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 1, December 31-January 6, The Spirit and the Word Friday, January 6 “The peace of Christ is not a boisterous, untamable element made manifest in loud voices and bodily exercises. The peace of Christ is an intelligent peace, and it does not make those who possess it bear the marks of fanaticism and extravagance. […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 1, December 31-January 6, The Spirit and the Word Thursday, January 5 The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the Old Testament. The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the New Testament. The Holy Spirit will not discard inspired truth in the Old Testament by some saying inspired in the New. We should ever […]
2017 1st Quarter Lesson 1, December 31-January 6, The Spirit and the Word Wednesday, January 4 “Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart.” KJV, Ephesians 4:18. “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but […]