Separate for a Purpose

Monday, December 14, 2015
Leviticus 20:7-8, 22-24 KJV 

7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I [am] the LORD which sanctify you. ... 22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you from [other] people.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the Lord God tell His people to do, and to refrain from doing, to inherit their land of promise? Why? (20:7-8,22-24)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
2) In what ways have you separated yourself from the people of the world?

LIFE LESSONS
3) As God's holy people, we are to separate ourselves from the ways of the people of this world, that we may inherit the blessings God has promised us.

God is Making All Things New

Friday, November 6, 2015
Revelation 21:1-5 KJV 

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the Apostle John see and hear in this prophetic vision according to this Scripture passage? (v.1-3)
2) What else will God do for His people and what will happen afterwards? (v.4)
3) What did He who sat on the throne say and tell the apostle to do? (v.5)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) What do you think (feel) about God's promise that there will be no more sickness or death in His kingdom?

LIFE LESSONS
5) The promise of eternity in the kingdom of our Lord and God eclipses all of the suffering that we presently endure on this earth.

The Accessible God

Thursday, November 5, 2015
Hebrews 4:12-16 KJV 

12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the write of Hebrews liken the word of God to and what does it do? (v.12)
2) What else is naked before the Lord? (v.13)
3) In what office does our Lord function, why, and how does that help believers? (v.14-16)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) What do you do to demonstrate your faith in God's promises during the trials of your life?

LIFE LESSONS
5) Our faith is manifested when we believe God's promises (His word) and trust that our Lord Jesus is also interceding for us when we face various trials.