Bible Study With Jairus

#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 17 8-9 -How Should We Make Difficult Decisions? “If any case arises requiring a decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose. And you shall come...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #2Kings 13 19 – We Should Never Give Up Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.”   In this chapter, the prophet Elisha had fallen sick and was about to die. The King of Israel was crying, since he k...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #2Kings 6:33 – We Should Be Humbled Before God And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”   In 2 Kings 6, Elisha saved the king’s life several times by giving him intelligence about the King of Syria. When the Syrian army ambushed Elisha because of his Spir...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 17:7 - New Testament believers need to be stricter in dealing with sin in our lives   The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.   At first glance, this Old Testament law seems cruel. But I believe it has an important lesson for us today. Many...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #Numbers 2:2 - Facing God but not the Enemy   The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.   When the twelve tribes of Israel set up their campsite in the wilderness, God told them to “camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.” When I first read this pass...

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. NKJV   God is a God of faithfulness and truth. Although American culture values honesty and truth, many cultures do not. Presenting God as a God of truth may mean very little to cultures who do not value honesty. For example, in the Chinese culture I grew up in, lie...

The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice, A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.   Moses said that God’s work is perfect! Can you say the same thing from the bottom of your heart?   Many people struggle with this idea. For example, people who believe the lie of transgenderism think they are trapped in the wrong body or that God made a mistake in crea...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 32 Verse 4 Part 1 God is Our Rock   The Rock, this work is perfect, for all his ways are perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.   What does it mean that God is our rock? For many of us, when we speak of God as our rack, we are simply repeating what we have heard others saying. However, it is...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 32 Verse 3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord   For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;   ascribe greatness to our God! We trust that when we call, others will answer. If we call our mom, we will get food, comfort, and love. If we call our teacher, we will get help with math and reading. If we call 911, we will get assistance from first responders. If...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 32 Verse 2 The Law is like Rain   May my teaching drop as the rain,     my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass,     and like showers upon the herb.   To help you understand this verse, I want you to close your eyes and imagine the four pictures that Moses points in this verse. He likens his words to rain, dews, raindrops, and sho...

#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 32 Verse 1 Heaven and Earth are awaiting the coming of Jesus Christ   “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,   and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.”   We often say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” In Deuteronomy 32, God gives the people of Israel a poem filled with pictorial language. Understanding pictorial language will help us grasp the pr...

Bible Study With Jairus Revelation 20 (part 3)  Overcoming the Second Death   In Revelation, 20, we see that only a small group of believers has the privilege of reigning with the Lord for a thousand years. Among believers, there are those who overcome and those who do not. The believers who overcome share in the first resurrection and are rewarded by reigning with the Lord for a thousand years in...

God's End Time Plan/End Time Prophecy Part 1 - Jesus told me he will be back when the New Jerusalem is built up.   Why do I think the Lord's return is not imminent? In this first reflection, I will share my understanding of God's end times plans. I believe God has a heart for worldwide revival, but it will take longer than we thought. We are living the last days, but we don't know when Jesus will...

Bible Study with Jairus Revelation 21 (part 5) The Gemstones of the New Jerusalem Symbolize our Horizontal Fellowship with the Saints, While Israel's Pearls Symbolize our Vertical Fellowship with God   What is the New Jerusalem made of? The walls are made of jasper, the city is made of pure gold, and the twelve gates are made of twelve pearls. Furthermore, the foundations of the city’s walls are a...

Bible Study With Jairus Revelation 21 (part 6) What Preparations Do We Need to Make to Enter the New Jerusalem?   What preparations do we need to make to enter the New Jerusalem? First, we must be filled with the life of Christ internally, and second, we must manifest the righteous deeds of Christ externally.   In Revelation 21, the New Jerusalem descends from heaven. This is only possible because...

Bible Study with Jairus Revelation 21 (part 4) The New Jerusalem: An Ever-Expanding Dwelling Place of God   Throughout the Bible, God dwells with His people in a tabernacle or temple that mirrors a heavenly reality. In the Old Testament, God asked Moses to build the tabernacle according to the pattern God showed him on the mountain (Hebrews 8:5). Similarly, when David gave his son Solomon instruct...

Bible Study With Jairus Revelation 21 (part 3) Sets of Three in the Book of Revelation: The Work of the Trinity, Three Types of Judgments and Rewards, and Three Times That God Says “It is Finished”   In this devotional, we will look at several sets of three revealed in Revelation and the Bible as a whole. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each have a threefold work: the Father created the world and...

Bible Study With Jairus Revelation 20 (Part 4) The Order and Structure of God’s Judgment     As we study the judgments in Revelation 20, we will focus on two key themes. First, we will learn about the structural patterns of God's judgment. Second, we will emphasize the importance of spiritual maturity in Christ’s body.   God judges the world in a certain order, which resembles chopping down a tree...

Bible Study with Jairus Revelation 20 (part 1) How Can Christians Overcome Satan's Temptations and Avoid Wandering in the Wilderness   Revelation 20:1-3 tells us that the ancient serpent who deceived the nations was bound by an angel and imprisoned for a thousand years. Before this, the church endured numerous trials before she entered the Millennial Kingdom. After the Millennial Kingdom, Satan wi...

Bible Study With Jairus Revelation 21 (part 2) Why Is There No Sea in the New Heaven and the New Earth?   Revelation 21:1 says, "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more." Why does it say here that the sea was no more? Does this mean that in the new heaven and new earth there will be no large bodies of water where wa...

Bible Study with Jairus: Revelation 20 part 2 Why Is Satan Released After the Millennial Kingdom?   In the second half of Revelation 20 (verses 5–15), we learn about the Millennial Kingdom, the release of Satan, the rebellion of the nations, and the Great White Throne judgment. This passage raises several interesting questions. After the thousand-year reign of Christ, during which time Satan is bo...

Bible Study With Jairus Revelation 19 (part 2) The Church’s Maturity Will Pave the Way for the Final Judgment and the Millennial Kingdom   In Acts 19, we read about the seven sons of Sceva who attempted to cast out some demons. But they were not successful. Instead, the demons overpowered and harmed the men. The evil spirits even mocked them, saying, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who ar...

Bible Study with Jairus Revelation 19 (part 1) God's Salvation Approaches Its Completion   In Revelation 19:7, the Biblical story of salvation reaches a turning point of great significance. This verse says, “Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready” (NIV). The bride’s preparation is a source of great joy. Why is this...

Bible Study with Jairus - Revelation 17 (Part 1) God Judges Babylon the Great by Taking Away Her Power   Revelation 17 presents a spiritual picture of the punishment of Babylon the Great, the great prostitute. This prostitute sits on many waters, which represent various nations and peoples (17:1, 15). This woman is “the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth” (17:18). This verse...

Bible Study with Jairus: Revelation 18 (Part 3) God Strips Away the Desires of Babylon   Beginning in Revelation 16, God deals with the sins of Babylon (16:19). This continues until chapter 19, where the saints praise God for judging Babylon, the great prostitute (19:2-3). Chapter 14 also discusses God's judgment on Babylon.   As we have mentioned multiple times, the great prostitute is the opposi...