God calls and empowers individuals to do specific tasks. For two centuries after the captivity, Judah was a Persian province, ruled at intervals by Jewish governors appointed by Persian Kings. This lesson is about Nehemiah, and how he came to be the governor of the Jews in Judah. Nehemiah was...
God forgives those who repent. If we neglect spiritual vigilance and right living, we fall into spiritual and moral decline. This is what happened to the post-captivity Jews in Judah, with the passing of 80 years after the Captivity. When Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in 457 BC, he found that...
God works through His people to accomplish His purposes. Ezr 6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, Soon after the Jews arrived back in Judah, they began rebuilding...
God rules over all the affairs of humanity. The demise of Israel came in 721 BC, when the nation was destroyed by the Assyrians. The demise of Judah came in 586 BC, when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. Jews (from Judah) were deported as captives to Babylon during...
God’s Word enables us to recognize and confront false teachers. Golden Text: 2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; Beginning this lesson, simply by reading the title, we find that...
God gives to us so we might give to those in need. Golden Text: 2Co 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. Our Lord is not concerned in receiving a gift that has...
God has given us the ministry of reconciliation. Golden Text: 2Co 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; (an exchange, atonement, this for that) LIVE BY FAITH, PLEASING CHRIST A. Faith for an...
Christians live and minister through the power of God. We have got to have the Power of God! Some of us are satisfied with the wilderness, living with stuff that weighs us down mentally, physically and spiritually. We’ve got to take hold to a fresh blessing from the Spirit of...
When God calls, we must respond in obedience. Why does God call us to do his work? In scripture are so many stories about people God “called and enabled” to do his work. In the context of these accounts, we find that God does this for a variety of reasons....
God’s Family is called to love God and others. GOLDEN TEXT: *Matthew 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all...
