East Baltimore Church of Christ

Focal Text: Eph 4: 7-11 Ephesians 4:7-11 KJV - "[7] But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. [8] Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. [9] (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? [10] He that descended is the same also that ascen...

Focal Text: John 3: 1-8 John 3:1-8 KJV - "[1] There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: [2] The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. [3] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,...

Focal Text: Luke 12: 1-7 Luke 12:1-7 KJV - "[1] In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. [2] For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. [3] Theref...

Focal Text: Acts 21: 10-14 Acts 21:10-14 KJV - "[10] And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. [11] And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver [him] into the hands of the Genti...

Focal Text: Rev 21: 1-4 Revelation 21:1-4 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...

Focal Text: 2 Tim 2: 1-4 2 Timothy 2:1-4 KJV - "[1] Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. [2] And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. [3] Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. [4] No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs...

Focal Text: 1 Chron 21: 1-3 1 Chronicles 21:1-3 KJV - "[1] And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. [2] And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it]. [3] And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord...

Focal Text: Gen 25: 29-34 Genesis 25:29-34 KJV - "[29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint: [30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom. [31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. [32] And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this...

Focal Text: Luke 5: 1-5 Luke 5:1-5 KJV - "[1] And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, [2] And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing [their] nets. [3] And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the...

Focal Text: Luke 8: 4-8 Luke 8:4-8 KJV - "[4] And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: [5] A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. [6] And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked m...

Focal Text: Heb 11: 13-16, 1 Tim 6: 11-12 Hebrews 11:13-16 KJV - "[13] These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. [14] For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. [15] And truly, if they had been mindful of t...

Focal Text: Jonah 1: 1-10 Jonah 1:1-10 KJV - "[1] Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, [2] Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. [3] But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went...

Focal Text: Mark 1: 21-25 Mark 1:21-25 KJV - "[21] And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. [22] And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. [23] And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, [24] Saying, Let [us] alone; what have...

Focal Text: Eph 2: 4-6 Ephesians 2:4-6 KJV - "[4] But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, [5] Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) [6] And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:" Presenter: Kevin Bethea, Senior Minister, East Baltimore Church of Chris...

Focal Text: Rom 7: 24-25, 8: 1-2 Romans 7:24-25 KJV - "[24] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? [25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin." Romans 8:1-2 KJV - "[1] [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the fles...

Focal Text: Prov 5: 1-5 Proverbs 5:1-5 KJV - "[1] My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding: [2] That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge. [3] For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: [4] But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. [5] Her feet go down to death; her...

Focal Text: Heb 4: 12-13 Hebrews 4:12-13 KJV - "[12] For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged 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...

Focal Text: Gal 5: 16-18 Galatians 5:16-18 KJV - "[16] [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. [17] For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. [18] But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." Presenter: Gregory Cla...

Focal Text: Matt 7: 13-20 Matthew 7:13-20 KJV - "[13] Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [14] Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. [15] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly...

Focal Text: Prov 7: 1-18 Proverbs 7:1-18 KJV - "[1] My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. [2] Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. [3] Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. [4] Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman: [5] That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from...

Focal Text: Matt 21: 18-22 Matthew 21:18-22 KJV - "[18] Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. [19] And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. [20] And when the disciples saw [it], they marvelled, saying, How soon...

Focal Text: Luke 22: 31-34 Luke 22:31-34 KJV - "[31] And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat: [32] But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. [33] And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. [34] And he said, I tell thee, Pet...

Focal Text: Acts 2: 37-38 Acts 2:37-38 KJV - "[37] Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do? [38] Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Presenter: Larry F...

Focal Text: Prov 6: 1-11 Proverbs 6:1-11 KJV - "[1] My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, [2] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. [3] Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. [4] Give not sleep to t...

Focal Text: Prov 6: 1-11 Proverbs 6:1-11 KJV - "[1] My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, [2] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. [3] Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. [4] Give not sleep to t...