Following Jesus 65

Vision refers to an aspirational, ambitious, hopeful and motivated description of what you would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serve as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action. In short, your vision is what you want to achieve or accomplish. It is your goal(s). 
 
Vision refers to an aspirational, ambitious, hopeful and motivated description of what you would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serve as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action. In short, your vision is what you want to achieve or accomplish. It is your goal(s). 
 
1 Peter 4:7-11 says, “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

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Eternalizing the Old Testament

by Nick Batzig • June 25, 2015

The eternal, Divine nature of the Son of God in the Person of Jesus Christ gives the typical elements of the Old Testament their eternal significance. Jesus, in His Person and work, fulfills and establishes the substance of the everlasting shadows and ordinances for His people. In short, the everlasting Christ--in the New Covenant--eternalizes and spiritualizes the everlasting ordinances of the Old Testament for Jews and Gentiles who believe on Him.

When reading the Old Testament we come across such language as that of "an everlasting ordinance" (Exodus 12:14, 17), "everlasting covenant" (Gen. 9:16; 17:7, 13, 19; 2 Samuel 23:5), "everlasting possession" (Gen. 17:8; 48:4; ) and "everlasting priesthood" (Exodus 40:15). It is sometimes used of the covenant sign of circumcision, sometimes of the ceremonial festivals like the Passover (Exodus 12:14-17) and sometimes of the physical land of Israel.

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The Imperative of the Cross

Posted 6/25/15 by Donald Barnhouse
Why “must” Christ suffer? This imperative was all through the life of Christ. In Matthew 16:21 it says, “He must go to Jerusalem.” In Matthew 26:53-54, Jesus says He could call twelve legions of angels to rescue Him, “but how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” Here in Mark 8:3 1, “The Son of man must suffer many things”; in Mark 9:31, “The Son of man must suffer many things and they will kill Him.” Back in His childhood He said, “Do ye not know that I must be in My Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49) In Luke 4:43, “I must preach ... to the other cities also”; in 9:22, “The Son of man must suffer many things”; and in Luke 13:33, “I must go on My way today and tomorrow and the day following,” when He is referring, to the necessity of going to Jerusalem to meet His death. I must. I must.
 
Theme: Hidden in Plain Sight
 
SCRIPTURE
Mark 8:27-33
 
And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

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A Bridge Book

By James Boice
Theme: The Importance of the Book of Joshua
This week’s lessons show why Joshua should be studied today, and what things God considers necessary for godly leadership.
 
SCRIPTURE
Joshua 1:1-9
 
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, “Moses my servant is dead.
Yesterday we mentioned that Francis Schaeffer called Joshua “a bridge book.” That leads me to say that as I have studied a large number of the commentaries that deal with the book of Joshua, I’ve detected three basic approaches to this book. One is the approach of the liberal camp. To them, Joshua was chiefly a puzzle as most of scripture is. They approach Joshua with the attempt to find out who it is who actually wrote it, and when it was actually written, and what actually happened in the period of history about which it purports to give us facts. They don't accept any of this as history. And so, they're puzzled by the things they find here. Many of these commentaries go on at times for hundreds of pages producing what is chiefly human speculation and so has very limited value. 
 

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Following Jesus 64

Vision refers to an aspirational, ambitious, hopeful and motivated description of what you would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serve as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action. In short, your vision is what you want to achieve or accomplish. It is your goal(s). 
 
Vision refers to an aspirational, ambitious, hopeful and motivated description of what you would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serve as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action. In short, your vision is what you want to achieve or accomplish. It is your goal(s). 
 
I Peter 4:7-11 says, “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

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Why Do We Know So Little About Two-Third's of Christ's Disciples?

Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 by Aimee Byrd on Housewife Theologian

Thoughts after reading After Acts: Exploring the Lives and Legends of the Apostles.

Well school is out and the calendar also confirms the beginning of summer. But it’s not quite official for me yet because I haven’t started on my summer reading list. My family has moved from West Virginia back to Maryland and the busyness that comes with that has me plodding a little slower than usual. I thought a couple of quick reads would be good while I am doing the whole “paint the house” thing.

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The Goodness of Gods Providence

by Tim Bertolet • June 24, 2015
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Providence is the doctrine of Scripture that teaches us that God is still in control of the universe which He created. He still exercises authority over all of the creation and the unfolding of history within His creation is not haphazard but according to the plan and permission of God. Louis Berkhof defines providence as “that continued exercise of the divine energy whereby the Creator preserves all His creatures, is operative in all that comes to pass in the world, and directs all things to their appointed end."

 

Providence is the doctrine of Scripture that teaches us that God is still in control of the universe which He created. He still exercises authority over all of the creation and the unfolding of history within His creation is not haphazard but according to the plan and permission of God.

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Who Is Jesus?

Posted 6/24/15 by Donald Barnhouse
But as He leads us along, we must follow. That is why the next incident Mark records (8:27-33) is so significant. The heart of this passage is Jesus’ declaration that He must go to Jerusalem to suffer and die and that He must rise again. But Jesus began by asking them, “Who do men say that I am?” They told Him that some said John the Baptist, who had just been beheaded (6:14-29). Not only was this thinking nonsensical and superstitious, it was also depraved, in that it misconceived what John the Baptist was and what Jesus was. Also, some were saying He was Elijah, and some, one of the prophets. These men were all human beings who were taught by and filled with the Holy Spirit, but they were fallible men. The people had totally failed to understand the nature of Jesus, for this was God. For people to think that He was John the Baptist or Elijah was not only a sin, it was blasphemy. It wasn’t right for them to think of Jesus as a great prophet when this was the Lord God Almighty.
 
Theme: Hidden in Plain Sight
 
SCRIPTURE
Mark 8:27-33
 
And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.

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Joshua Then and Now

By James Boice
Theme: The Importance of the Book of Joshua
This week’s lessons show why Joshua should be studied today, and what things God considers necessary for godly leadership.
 
SCRIPTURE
Joshua 1:1-9
 
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, “Moses my servant is dead.
Joshua is one of that class of biblical books that is named after its chief character. Not all of the biblical books are like this as you well know. Joshua is preceded in our Bible by five other books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. And not one of those books is named after a major character, though some of the chief and most important personalities of the Bible are found in them. We think of Adam, and Noah, Abraham, Joseph, and Moses. And yet, none of those books is called after the name of those individuals.
 

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Following Jesus 63

Vision refers to an aspirational, ambitious, hopeful and motivated description of what you would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serve as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action. In short, your vision is what you want to achieve or accomplish. It is your goal(s). It answers the question the question of where you, or your organization, wants to go.
 
Vision refers to an aspirational, ambitious, hopeful and motivated description of what you would like to achieve or accomplish in the mid-term or long-term future. It is intended to serve as a clear guide for choosing current and future courses of action. In short, your vision is what you want to achieve or accomplish. It is your goal(s). It answers the question the question of where you, or your organization, wants to go.
 
God’s vision as outline in Scripture is to glorify Him.

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