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Life Principles From 7 Great Scriptures
Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 12, 2019 (message contributor)
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1. Principles From 7 Great Scriptures Lesson 1
Contributed on Feb 12, 2019
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” 1. Only God can create something out of nothing, Hebrew: Bara. Evolutionists have to start with something. 2. The first verse is an acorn summary of all to follow. 3. The first verse begins with God the worker, not His ...read more
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2. Life Principles From 7 Great Scriptures Lesson 2
Contributed on Feb 12, 2019
Our enemy will use ordinary things to trip us up and destroy us.
Genesis 1:3 – “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 1. Our enemy will use ordinary things to trip us up and destroy us; i.e., a snake and a ...read more
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3. Life Principles From 7 Great Scriptures Lesson 3
Contributed on Feb 12, 2019
A personal relationship with my very own Shepherd.
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” (v. 1). 1. My relationship is personal, “my shepherd.” 2. My relationship is continuous now. Not “was” or “shall be.” 3. Not (Elohim) Creator God, i.e., my strength nor (Adonai) Master, to be obeyed. But He is the great “I Am,” the covenant keeping ...read more
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4. Life Principles From 7 Great Scriptures Lesson 4
Contributed on Feb 12, 2019
God uses pressure and pruning to prepare us for His service.
“For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him” (Isa. 53: 2). 1. Just as the Father watched and protected the growth of Jesus so He watches over our development; ...read more
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5. Life Principles From 7 Great Scriptures Lesson 5
Contributed on Feb 12, 2019
We must be born again because there is no other way to God.
“There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him” (vv. 1-2). 1. Whether you are rich or poor, you must ...read more
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6. Life Principles From 7 Great Scriptures Lesson 6
Contributed on Feb 12, 2019
You can show love without opening your mouth, but not your heart.
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal” (1 Cor. 13:1). 1. Love is a choice. The word though means “if.” I can choose to love God or others, or withhold my love. • You can control who/what you love. • You can ...read more
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7. Life Principles From 7 Great Scriptures Lesson 7
Contributed on Feb 12, 2019
Jesus said, "And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me” (v. 1). 1. Jesus is concerned about your mental troubles, because unbelief is their source. 2. The primary source of our trouble is our heart, it is our personality, i.e., ...read more