The Kingdom
of Heaven
We are so thankful because we have spiritual blessings in Christ. The kingdom has come, the gospel of the kingdom.
In this lesson we’ll be looking at some basic eliments that establish our faith. . .
IN HIS IMAGE
In this lesson we are going to focus on the image of God. That’s the image that we bear! What should we look like?
We are to be representatives and have been given a stewarding dominion over the physical creation by God. We reflect God on how we rule over and reflect His creation as ambassadors of His rule and not owners of His creation.
Now in Romans 3:23 we know that all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. But Jesus is our perfect model and we must be transformed into His image. . .
FEAR GOD!
The phrase “fear God and keep His commandments” comes most directly from Ecclesiastes 12:13: “Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” In the Bible, this doesn’t mean living in terror of God, but having a deep reverence for Him that shapes how you live.
What it means to “fear God”: Biblical “fear” is closer to awe, respect, and recognition of God’s authority.
Reverence and awe: In Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” It means acknowledging God as the ultimate source of truth and aligning your thinking with Him.
Turning away from evil: Job 1:1 describes Job as “blameless… one who feared God and shunned evil.” His reverence led to moral choices.
Obedience rooted in respect: In Exodus 20:20, Moses tells Israel not to be afraid in a panicked way, but to fear God so they won’t sin—showing that this “fear” guides behavior.
A clear example is Abraham in Genesis 22. When asked to sacrifice Isaac, Abraham obeys. God stops him and says, “Now I know that you fear God.” His “fear” was demonstrated by trust and willingness to obey, even when it was difficult…
GETTING TO THE POINT
PART 2
An important conclusion, something we all need to understand is this:
Feeling empty, depressed, or frustrated does not mean you are doing everything wrong.
Rather God made life this way with a purpose. He wants us to look to Him who alone can provide us with the true joy that calamities of life cannot take from you.
Only in Christ can one find true peace, true satisfaction.
So, what is the final word from the teacher? What is the end of the matter…
Who Are The Lost
“9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”” (Luke 19:9-10).
ECCLESIASTES LESSON 10 GETTING TO THE POINT PART 1 of 2
Two points we learn from Solomon: (1) Your life is a gift. A gift from God your Creator. Because He made you, you belong to Him. (2). From your birth you may live 10 days, 10 years, even for some 100 years. but in the end of whatever time you have in this life your body is going to die and your spirit that God gave you will return to God (Eccl. 12:8),
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
In 1624 a man named John Donne wrote a poem it goes like this: No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
This is speaking about community, our dependence on God, and our responsibility to others. There are several lessons that we can learn from this. In this lesson I’d like to speak on the subject beginning with the understanding that – we were created to have connection with God and with one another. That God never designed us to live in isolation. Consider what God said in the beginning, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” – Genesis 2:18…
REVELATION PART 12
GOD WIPES AWAY EVERY TEAR
THE CHURCH FROM THE BEGINNING
“1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.” (Gen. 1:1-3)
The one true church Christ built was not an afterthought. I was in the mind of God before creation…
Jesus
The Loving Shepherd
Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).