Jesus said, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—” (Luke 14:28). Too often sincerely motivated people choose to obey the Gospel of Christ and the fall away because they didn’t realize there is a cost. These two lessons will address this issue.

Jesus said, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—” (Luke 14:28). Too often sincerely motivated people choose to obey the Gospel of Christ and the fall away because they didn’t realize there is a cost. These two lessons will address this issue.

We are all familiar with archaeology, that these men and women spend their time digging around various sites throughout the world, looking for evidences, pottery, writings, physical remains, such as buildings, bones and other such things. We know they are finding things all the time, that tell of past kingdoms, cities, past civilizations. There have been many finds recently that help prove certain aspects of Bible History. That is not to say we need any proof that the Bible is in fact true, but that the skeptics’ heads are being turned by the overwhelming physical evidences as they are uncovered. Consider then the footprint that Jesus left, the Apostles and early saints. Then look at your own life and ponder, what will people years past my death learn about me?

Because He Lives I Can… • Face Tomorrow… • All Fear is Gone… • I Know the Future • And life is worth the living just because His lives. There are cases where because of a real physical imbalance in the mind that drugs can play an important role in helping individuals find peace. But, our world today has left God out of the equation, and the statistics are clear, without God we have become a lawless, uncontrolled people. God gave us the kind of faith that guided, healed, strengthened and eased the troubled heart, before, psychotherapy, before modern drugs, and before the time when men found ways of infiltrating the minds of young children teaching them “there is no God”, thus, there is nothing after this life. When that metaphoric baton was passed from faith to so-called science and medicine to minister to spiritual things by calling them “mental health” issues—people turned from trusting God—who knows all our troubles and away from the powerful word of God—that properly addresses all our troubles.

This is part two of the lesson titled “You are a Royal Priesthood”. In this lesson we will do some comparisons between the Old Priesthood and the new “Royal Priesthood”.

Overview study of the Old Testament Priesthood. Who were they, what they wore and what were some of their duties?

Acts 22:3 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.”

In this our final lesson in the series “Standing on the Promises”, we want simply to understand why we can trust every exceedingly, precious promise that God made. We must realize that God Makes Promises in (2) two Ways His Promises Are – Unconditional and Conditional – In other words God Said If! Blessings “IF” you Obey Deut. 28:1 “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And Curses “IF” you Disobey, Deut. 28:15 “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:”
You see from this that we may misunderstand and become disappointed in God simply because we think He’s failed to keep His word. When all along the problem is our understanding, not His faithfulness. So, we must understand that many of the exceedingly great and precious promises of the Almighty God, are conditioned upon our obedience or disobedience.

As we come to the end of our series on the book of Ruth, the main question we should ask is, “What is the lesson of this book? If I could take it down to a central theme what would it be?” In this book we’ve seen hardship, death, commitment, love and the joy of marriage and a son born. But after all the ups and downs of life what we really should see is, the best is yet to come.

Paul used the Adjective, Verb and Noun all in one sentence: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). Description of God, how God modified the saved in Christ, and the blessing in Christ are tangible. This message will only point to six of the many blessing.