Category: Lessons

Peter’s Growth in the Grace of Christ

• Lesson 6 for the week of January 29 to February 5

Background Considerations: By all counts, the biblical treatments of the Apostle Peter, find him to be an intriguing character in the cast of disciples. Brash, arrogant, pushy, assertive, vocal, impatience, a grand-stander ­ these all...

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Paul’s Experience and Teaching of Assurance

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 22 to January 29

Background Considerations: The major issue at stake in this lesson has to do with sanctification and salvation as they relate to assurance. While Paul’s experience on the Damascus Road is the focal point for the...

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Christ’s Assurance of Justification by Faith

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 15 to January 22

Background Considerations: It might make some sense, in thinking about this lesson, to consult a good dictionary and a good Bible dictionary on terms like: guilt, forgiveness, justification. The latter in particular is a technical...

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The Work of Christ: Our Assurance

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 8 to January 15

Background Considerations: The issue in this lesson does not have so much to do with the nature of Christ as with his activities on our behalf as reason for assurance. Over the centuries, believers have...

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The Person of Christ: Our Assurance

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 1 to January 8

Background Considerations: The Christian centuries have witnessed endless debates about the person and nature of Christ. These extended from conflicts about the divinity of Jesus and the idea of a trinity during the first five...

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The Foundation of Our Assurance

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 25 to January 1

Assurance and the Bible: One of the major issues in this lesson has to do with the trustworthiness of the Bible as a source of assurance. How might one get at this concern? What kinds...

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The Heavenly Family

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 18 to December 25

Key Passages Phil. 3:20 — Our citizenship is in heaven. 2 Cor. 5:1-10 — The believer longs for something better. Rom. 8:18-25 — The whole creation waits and groans in hope. Descriptions of a restored...

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Strong and Active

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 11 to December 18

Key Passages: Isa. 58:1-14 — The Sabbath and the true fast. Rev. 14:6-12 — The three angels’ messages. Eph. 2:19-22 — Christ the foundation holds the house together 2 Peter 1:5-11 — Peter’s ladder: faith,...

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How We Are Today

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 4 to December 11

Key Passages: Matt. 7:15-20 — Beware of false prophets; check the fruit. Matt. 7:24-27 — Obedience means building on rock, not sand. Matt. 24:11-13 — False prophets, lawlessness, loss of love. 1 Tim. 4:1-5 —...

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Christ, Center of Our Homes

• Lesson 10 for the week of November 27 to December 4

Key Passages: Psalm 127 — Labor is vain unless the Lord builds the house. John 2:1-10 — Jesus blesses family life at a wedding in Cana. Eph. 5:21-31 — Spouses are to be subject to...

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Salt and Light

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 20 to November 27

Key Passages: Matt. 5:13-16 — Salt of the earth, light of the world. Mark 9:50 — Have salt in yourselves and be at peace. John 8:12 — Jesus is the light of the world. 2...

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Zealous for Good Works

• Lesson 8 for the week of November 13 to November 20

Key Passages: James 2:14-26 — Works demonstrate faith Titus 2:7-8 — A model of good works silences opponents Titus 2:14 — A purified people, zealous for good deeds Eph. 2:8-10 — Created for good works,...

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In the World, Not Of the World

• Lesson 7 for the week of November 6 to November 13

Key Passages: 1 John 2:15 — Don’t love the world or worldly things. 1 John 4:1-3 — Believers confess that Jesus came in the flesh. Phil. 3:17-21 — Enemies of the cross live for the...

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United in Diversity

• Lesson 6 for the week of October 30 to November 6

Key Passages: Rom. 12:4-8 — God gives different gifts to different people. Gal. 3:28 — Jew/Greek, slave/free, male/female are all one. 2 Cor. 13:11 — Agree with one another and live in peace. Eph. 4:1-3...

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