Genesis 17:24New King James Version (NKJV)
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Sunday School Lesson for October 25, 2015: Trusting in the Spirit (Acts 11:1-18)
Christian Standard Sunday School Lesson
Acts 11:2 NKJV—And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,
Religious, Self-righteous folks will always contend with the move of the Spirit.
These people were born again, but they had not yet received the revelation that Christianity was different than Judaism and that people did not have to be circumcised to be saved.
Many Christians today do not fully understand that salvation is by belief in Jesus only, apart from any works of our own. Ephesians 2:8-9
Acts 11:2 NKJV—And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him,
Religious, Self-righteous folks will always contend with the move of the Spirit.
These people were born again, but they had not yet received the revelation that Christianity was different than Judaism and that people did not have to be circumcised to be saved.
Many Christians today do not fully understand that salvation is by belief in Jesus only, apart from any works of our own. Ephesians 2:8-9
Spiritual Maturity - Biblical Definition
I Corinthians 14:20 (NKJV) Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.
Spiritual Maturity def 1 - adult in understanding
Spiritual Maturity def 2 - no malice; no ill will towards others
I Corinthians 2:6 (NKJV) However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Spiritual Maturity def 3 - not carnal or worldly (wisdom of this age), but biblically wise.
Philippians 3:15 (NKJV) Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
Spiritual Maturity def 4 - having the mind of Christ
Luke 8:14 (NKJV) Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Spiritual Maturity def 5 - not overly concerned with cares, riches, and pleasures of life,
Lesson for July 28, 2013: Giving Gifts for the Temple (Ezra 8:24-36) | Christian Standard
Lesson for July 28, 2013: Giving Gifts for the Temple (Ezra 8:24-36) | Christian Standard
Ezra 8:24-36
King James Version (KJV)
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
Commentary 1: The gold / gifts were separated among 12 priests because God does not give all His talents to a single person. He spreads His gifts among all his children. All of His gifts (like the gold ~ approximately $3 million) would have been too much for one priest to carry 900 miles to Jerusalem. Likewise all of God's gifts could not be carried by one saint.
Commentary 2: the vessels were holy and the priest who had the Lord's freewill offerings were holy too! Saints are holy (set apart) as they give their freewill offerings to the Lord, that He has given them.
Commentary 3: Ezra 8:34 - God keeps His people accountable of the Gifts He has given to His saints. See Matthew 25:14-30, The Parable of the Talents
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
Commentary 1: The gold / gifts were separated among 12 priests because God does not give all His talents to a single person. He spreads His gifts among all his children. All of His gifts (like the gold ~ approximately $3 million) would have been too much for one priest to carry 900 miles to Jerusalem. Likewise all of God's gifts could not be carried by one saint.
Commentary 2: the vessels were holy and the priest who had the Lord's freewill offerings were holy too! Saints are holy (set apart) as they give their freewill offerings to the Lord, that He has given them.
Commentary 3: Ezra 8:34 - God keeps His people accountable of the Gifts He has given to His saints. See Matthew 25:14-30, The Parable of the Talents
Gifts for the temple
Ezra 8:24-36
King James Version (KJV)
24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
Commentary 1: The gold / gifts were separated among 12 priests because God does not give all His talents to a single person. He spreads His gifts among all his children. All of His gifts (like the gold ~ approximately $3 million) would have been too much for one priest to carry 900 miles to Jerusalem. Likewise all of God's gifts could not be carried by one saint.
Commentary 2: the vessels were holy and the priest who had the Lord's freewill offerings were holy too! Saints are holy (set apart) as they give their freewill offerings to the Lord, that He has given them.
Commentary 3: Ezra 8:34 - God keeps His people accountable of the Gifts He has given to His saints. See Matthew 25:14-30, The Parable of the Talents
for the battle is the Lord
and that all this assembly may know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord… http://t.co/S5p0GLTlIZ
the Lord does not deliver by sword of by spear - the Lord does not deliver by natural means.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds...2Cor 10:4 http://t.co/PpzOQLZw8K
New International Version (©2011) Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning--there were all the dead bodies!
New International Version (©2011) 2 Kings 19:35
That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning--there were all the dead bodies!
New International Version (©2011)
How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
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