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The reapers are the angels. Can you imagine the awesomeness of it all? This isn’t some science-fiction movie, beloved, this is a true story. The angelic host will be not only participants, but key figures in the second coming of Christ. They will be present at the rapture, present at the Bema Seat, present at the wedding of the Lamb, and at the process of separating the believers from the unbeliev...

We live in a world where there is good cause to fear. Drive-by shootings, murders, rapes, senseless killings, senseless abuse. But fear is the absence of faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God. So God’s word to us it this: “Fear not”. This earth is headed for the graveyard, but God’s children are headed for mansions in glory. What can Satan do to change that? Absolutely nothing. Read...

So we continue or journey into the recesses of Scripture to see just what angels do all day. Our tour has taken us to the edge of the sea of New Testament reality. We now enter into the life and times of Jesus and ask just what these winged wonders did all day while Jesus walked this earth. They didn’t sit around in heaven watching on their big-screen TVs. God was in hand-to-hand combat with His e...

The angels are God’s heavy artillery, too. They are the ones who frame the heavens with unseen chariots, waiting for their Commander-in-Chief to but blink an eye, and they will move into the fray, and the nations who defy God or who deny Israel its proper respect will go down in utter defeat as they always have. That’s what angels do all day. And aren’t you glad? Read lesson: 1345A

Let’s look at just what these winged wonders do all day. We looked at their fallen counterparts for several weeks and saw what they do: they harass us, tempt us, attack us, and in general try to make our lives miserable. Welcome to the other side of the valley, beloved. Now, let’s look at these wonderful spirit beings whose duties include making our lives fruitful, joyful, and productive. Read les...

This lesson will focus on the basics: how angels are structured, how many there are, what they look like, and hopefully what God might be saying to us simply by the manner in which He made them. Scripture again will be our text. Read lesson: 1344A

The subject of hell is not popular. It is seldom preached and often ignored; but hell is a necessary part of our study of Satan. In this lesson we will look at the reason for hell, the reality of hell, and reflections of hell and our response to it. Read lesson: 1343B

In this study, we continue our look at Satan’s tactics, and we hope to come to some conclusions about the grace of resistance. To do that, we must look at another of the names given him and his evil buddies in the Bible, and be thus warned about additional disguises he wears. Read lesson: 1343A

The tempter came. What a simple statement. That is his profession, It is his underlying purpose for living. It is a reflection of the deception that dominates his every thought. He lives to tempt you and me. He lives to trick us by dangling before us something that either appears good (but isn’t), or by luring us with something that appeals to the senses, hoping that we will take the bait, bite on...

What must we do to diminish what these demons do all day? First of all, we must repent. What a dirty word in today’s religious vocabulary. But, it’s a good word in God’s Word. It means to recognize sin for what it is and turn away from it. Not slightly away. All the way around. Read lesson: 1342A

So, what do demons so all day? One thing they do is pick fights with God’s angels over nations and over you. Another thing they do all day is try to get God to let them touch your body, or to use a sickness or physical disability as a wedge to get into your life and discourage you spiritually. It may be a simple nuisance, like hay fever. It may be a more serious problem like the flu. It may be a h...

In the weeks to come, we’ll look at all the things the Bible says that demons do all day. They are busy little bees. They tempt, they test, they deceive, they distract, they can be a portrait of wickedness, daring you to try immorality, pretending it provides thrills that last. They can just as well be a portrait of self-righteousness, pretending that moral behavior is enough to justify us before...

What happened those many years ago that caused such a spiritual upheaval? Why did God allow it to happen? What is happening today as a result of that moment? And what will happen in the future to bring it to an end? Those are some of the issues we must deal with in this study. We will face the issue of Satan and his demonic host early on, because his revolt is the defining moment in history when s...

In this study of angels, the Word of God will be our only textbook. Our only purpose will be to find what God is saying to us about the angelic world and what He is teaching us through them. We will look at these important questions: Where did angels come from? How are they organized? What do they look like? What do they do all day? and What is the angel of the Lord? Read lesson: 1340A

Once we are saved, how do we know that we cannot fall from His grace? How can we feel secure in our salvation even though we continue to sin? This is a subject on which the Word of God is very clear. Your ability to remain saved has nothing whatsoever to do with either your worth or your works, but everything to do with the power of God. For you or I to be lost once the blood of Christ has saved u...

It is the will of God to know whether or not we are Christians. If you are having trouble with being assured of your salvation, this lesson will give you both an understanding of what it means to be saved, and the confidence of knowing that once you are saved, it is for all of eternity. Belief in God is not a matter of feelings, but a matter of the will. Once we have made the decision to follow Ch...

On the other side – that’s where we are so much of the time when people are hurting. We see them – or do we? We hear them – or do we? We have all kinds of theological gems to toss their way, or to toss out behind their backs. It’s costly to get involved and to cross over to their side of the road. Let’s take another look at the Good Samaritan and see what it means to cross over to the side of the...

If we are going to look at the Church’s role in meeting the needs of hurting people, we simply cannot complete our task without looking at one of the most overlooked essentials in the Christian experience: The matter of right relationships. We have to begin by asking ourselves, “What is a friend?” and what does God mean when He says “Now you are my friend.” If we are to be the kind of friend to ot...

The most famous passage on love in the Scriptures is 1 Corinthians 13. We are going to take a look at that passage of Scripture and see how love works practically in the life of the believer. We can’t study it in detail, but we need to pause long enough to examine the key points. The very definition of love means that if it is not demonstrated, it is not real. If we don’t give ourselves away in wo...

What is love? It is perhaps one of the most misused words in our language. In this lesson we need to establish a definition of love as used in Scripture. Love is an active process of giving oneself away without regard to personal cost. It doesn’t stop to determine whether or not the person is worthy of that love, and it doesn’t wait to see if the person appreciates that love, it simply gives itsel...

This lesson is designed for those of us who simply do not know how to stop talking long enough to listen. Those of us who never stop thinking of ourselves long enough to listen, those of us who never stop wanting to be the center of attention long enough to listen, those of us who never hush long enough to hear, or care long enough to respond. The Bible has a lot to say about hearing problems. It...

In our last lesson, we asked ourselves ten questions concerning the handicapped. In this lesson, we are going to do three things. We are going to turn those questions into precepts; we are going to take the stethoscope of life and try to measure the heartbeat of some men and women who do understand how the handicapped feel; and lastly, we are going to make a list of some practical things that we,...

This study is about the people the world calls “handicapped” – people God calls “blessed”. These are the people that Jesus took the time to minister to and love. This study challenges us with ten questions to ask ourselves concerning how we view those who are afflicted or handicapped. These ten questions engraved on the Living Word will give us at least a glimpse of the mind of God where the cripp...

This lesson is about “Late-life Leprosy”. It is about the elderly of our day, who simply because they are old, have often been separated, treated as untouchable, devoid of love and respect. As a result, they live out the last of their days like lepers; lonely, hopeless, and without self-esteem. This is not the Biblical perspective of old-age. In God’s eyes the usefulness of man grows greater the o...

Hurting hearts in hurting homes is the subject of this lesson. We will be spending much time in Genesis, chapters 1-3, because to get to the root of hurting marriages, we must go back to the beginning of marriage itself. What are the principles established in marriage, and how does Satan try to twist these principles? Today, in the aftermath of generations of defiance of God’s principles, the Chur...