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Writing on the Wall; Faith Stronger Than our Greatest Fears What happens when we reject God, and completely give in to the belief of our personal autonomy, and dive into every instinct to party hard before it's all over? In today's study, we read about King Belshazzar who lived under a delusion of security from his perch on the throne of excess and self-centered confidence about life. He made a mo...

The Inception of idolatrous lies, and the Sanity of Repentance: How Nebuchadnezzar's mind collapses under warping influences of idols. How we understand Whose we are will determine how we think about Who we are. But to be open to God and learn from Him, we need constant position of humility. Humility is more than lack of arrogance, haughtiness, or pride, it is a contrite dependence on the sove...

BSF Exile and Return: Lesson 3 Daniel's devotion to God in his teens years cemented who he became and with Whom he aligned with all his life. OUR TIMES OF TESTING REVEAL two important things about us: Who we are 1, Daniel’s faith was tested in a personal, private way — what he would eat, who he would obey and how he would live when no one back home was watching. Whose we are 2, the testing was...

This week, BSF president Hollie Roberts is again our guest lecturer to give us a roundup on Lesson 2, Ezekiel's three profound visions which gives us our spiritual prognosis and need for the Great Savior and LifeGiver.

The Lecture Talk for Lesson 1 and 2 are provided by BSF Global HQ. Presented by BSF President Hollie Roberts. Hollie joined the BSF Headquarters Staff in 2018. She served as a Regional Director and Chief Field Development Officer before becoming the Executive Director. Hollie first attended BSF in Amarillo, Texas, where she began serving in leadership as a Children's Leader (CL) and Group Lead...

Welcome back to our new BSF Study on the OT prophetic books during and after Israel's exile leading up to the arrival of the Messiah. This lecture is a short overview of the season and the main themes for us to remember around God's faithfulness and trustworthy promises to His people.

BSF Global Lecture provided by BSF HQ. These words in Revelation are works of hope and a future. They are for the believers, not the world. These are not for those who do not know Jesus, who do not have a context for understanding why this message is a message of joy, of hope, and of confidence that God’s justice and righteousness prevails. It is meant as it says in vs 16 as a testimony for the Ch...

This is the Global Lecture from Bible Study Fellowship provided by the staff at BSF Headquarters. Doctrine: New Heaven and Earth Aim: CATL...God’s heavenly promise for tomorrow motivates His people to live for Him today. I. Heaven Tomorrow A. Eternal City (Hebrews 11, Revelation 3:21) B. Eternal People (Genesis 17:5, Matthew 28:18-20, John 17, Revelation 7:9) C. Eternal Temple (Exodus 25:8, Revela...

The City of God - Revelation 21:9- 22:5 Have you been in a place that felt like home? People find it hard to imagine home in heaven because heaven is so unfamiliar to our minds rooted in this things we cling to in this life. But God wants us to know when God's people live in the City of God, we will be living into a place with Him that feels the most like home, the most we ever felt in the embrace...

Revelations 20:11-21:18 If you're watched enough real crime shows, you know people are very delusional when it comes to their own innocence. People have an overly exaggerated view of their own goodness and regularly blame or find fault in others for their problems. That's makes human courts and investigation very difficult. But in at the great and final judgment of God at his Great White J...

Revelations 20:1-10 BSF Global Lecture Talk Local SF Lecture will be provided mid-week. Please check back then. Key Verse: Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with im for a thousand years. (Rev 10:6) Outline: Aim: Whether people live in good or bad empires, superficial...

This is the Local San Francisco BSF Lecture to accompany Lesson 24 Have you ever arrived someplace where people were celebrating something but you had no clue what all the joy and gladness was about? There are people dancing in the streets, cheering, climbing trees and statues singing their hearts out. Others waving flags and hugging strangers and joining hands. What’s going on? What’s all the hub...

Revelation 19 Praise for God's Triumph Lesson 24 "I saw heaven open and there before me was a white horse, whose Rider is called Faithful and True. With Justice, he judges and wages war." How do you respond to the thought of God's righteous judgment? Mankind is always trying on many fronts and in many different ways to solve the problem of evil in the world, but evil continues to...

AUDIO GLOBAL LECTURE by BSF Headquarters for this week. Lesson 23: Babylon's Destruction. Revelation 18 Focus Verse “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’” (Revelation 18:14) Aim: CATL This world' seductive strongholds lead to ruin & await God's ultimate judgment. Outline ● Downfall Announced –...

Lesson 22: The Prostitute & the Beast, Revelation 17 Why is the kingdom of mankind symbolized as a prostitute riding a red beast? God's achieving justice in the world doesn't just involve humanity, but it also involves satan and the demonic forces of evil in he spiritual realms. This passage today gives us a composite view of the beast and its evil influence in the world which crescend...

Revelation of God's Justice and Mercy - various passages. In order to understand God's Judgments correctly, it is vital to have a Biblically rooted understanding of God's Justice and Mercy. Otherwise, any reader will see God's judgments are disconnected unfair, irrational acts of divine wrath and anger. God's condemnation of unmitigated, ballooning sin is based on mercy for all...

Lesson 20: The Bowl Judgments, Revelation 15-16 Focus Verse “Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” (Revelation 15:4) Have you wondered why Judgment is so important in God's prophecy of the end-times? Imagine a world where justice is ignored? Does right and wro...

Why does God view sin so seriously? We tend to greatly undermine the things God considers with enormous seriousness. We see sin in small size snapshots related to our temporal existence. God sees it in view of sin's longterm, eternal view- when its pernicious size and impact grows and spills over in complex ways into all His good Creation. Sin defies God, and seeks to desecrate, destroy, and d...

Revelation Lesson 18 Suffering is not only what humanity does, suffering has it's roots in God's love for us. He suffers our rejection and rebellion. He suffers by giving up His Son, the perfect Lamb of God, in order that by His love for lost humanity, we might be saved, redeemed, and receive eternal life through the Son. We persevere in suffering because we experience God's sustaining...

This is the BSF Global Lecture provided by HQ. The San Francisco Regional Lecture is delayed and should be posted by Thursday morning. Thank you for your understanding.

BSF Lesson 16 Revelation 12 is a prophecy of hope and victory. As you listen, reflect on what this mean for you and your participation in the Church and among God's people in these times. Aim: In Christ, believers find refuge and victory over Satan. I. Spiritual Conflict: Despite Enemy Schemes, God Protects: 1-9 A. in face of evil (vs1-5) B. in Christ (vs5) C. in wilderness and in the heavens...

Revelation 10 -11 - Am I measuring my life by the world or by God's measure? When in doubt about a passage's meaning, one important beginning place to understanding is to look for Jesus in the text. Revelations is all about Jesus. Whether in the Temple, the Ark of the Covenant, the Throne, the Altar, and at the center of the praise and rejoicing of His People, Jesus is at the center. Chp 1...

Revelation in these chapters shows us the telescopic work of judgment and redemption as God seeks to rescue those who will repent under His judgments against sin and humanit's alliance with wickedness. Here are some thoughts for us to take away: What’s your little scroll? What do you have to say? You are a constant witness of God’s redemptive, saving love. Even as you are facing your own life diff...

This is a BSF Global Lecture provided by headquarters. God's Call for Repentance in the Trumpet Judgments. When in court, the evidence is presented by witnesses and testifiers, we anticipate just and faithful judgment and a righting of wrong by an impartial judge who gives a fair and right verdict. Human justice however is limited because it cannot undo all wrong and our discovery and due diligenc...

Lesson 13: The Security of God's people, Revelation 7 The six seal is opened and the world's elements - mountains, islands, lands, sun, moon, and stars are dislodged, dislocated, untethered from their places. When we insist against God being at the center and put ourselves or "man made ideas or things" in God's place, can the center hold? No, Revelation continues to tell us that only God can be th...