Thursday, November 13, 2014
Rev 7:13-17 KJV
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did one of the elders ask the Apostle John? (v.13)
2) What was John's response? (v14-15)
3) What did the apostle reveal about those served before God's throne? (v.16)
4) What would the Lamb and God the Father do for their servants? (v.17)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) Will believers go through the great tribulation? Why, or why not?
6) How can believers escape the tribulation, if they are in it?
7) Why do you think that God will wipe the tears of those who go through the tribulation?
PRINCIPLES
8) Those who come out of the great tribulation will be arrayed in white robes.
9) Their garments will be cleansed by the blood of the Lamb.
10) The Tribulation saints will serve God day and night, in His temple.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Jeremiah 2:5-13 KJV
5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 6 Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? 7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. 8 The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit. 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the Lord ask His people? (v.5a)
2) What had the people of God done? (v.5b-c)
3) What else did the people neglected to ask of the Lord? (v.6)
4) What had the Lord done for His people and how did they respond? (v.7)
5) What had the nation's leaders done against God? (v.8)
6) What had the nation done against the Lord? (v.9-11)
7) What did the Lord declare to the heavens and why? (v.12-13)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
8) After all that the Lord has done for you, have you ever forgotten about Him? If so, briefly describe one such time.
9) Do you know of a leader that forsook the Lord to pursue his or her own way? If so, what happened?
10) Do you believe that this nation may have forsaken the Lord because of ungodly leaders? Please explain.
PRINCIPLES
11) As people of God, we are hopellessly lost with the Good Shepherd's leading.
12) When our leaders abandon the word and will of God, it is just a matter of time before their followers will do the same.
13) We do not have to be deceived, the Lord has infilled every born again believer with the Spirit of Truth.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Jeremiah 17:12-17
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Where did the prophet say that the sanctuary for the people of God was (is)? (v.12)
2) What did the prophet say would become of all who forsake the Lord? Why? (v.13)
3) For those who praise the Lord, what will He do for them? (v.14)
4) What were did the people of God ask the prophet? (v.15)
5) What did the prophet do, and refrain to do, as a servant of the Lord? (v.16)
6) What did Jeremiah ask from the Lord and why? (v.17)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) How faithful have you been in ministering to God's people?
8) How have God's people responded to your ministry?
9) How frequently do you praise the Lord in good times, and in troubled times?
PRINCIPLES
10) Those the Lord places in authority over us are ultimately accountable to the Lord.
11) Those who follow the Lord will never be ashamed.
12) God is the source of healing, salvation, and refreshing through Jesus Christ.
