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LESSON ONE Would you like to have fun that never gets old? Wouldn't it be fun to be free from things which tie you down? How would you enjoy doing just what God wants you to do?! The Holy Bible says, "If the Son (Jesus, the LIVING Word) makes you free, then you will be really free." (See the gospel of John you studied with your last lesson - John 8:36.) How does Jesus set us free? Remember what we studied last time? When we read the WRITTEN Word, the Holy Bible, we find out how Jesus Christ died for our sins on the cross, was buried, and is alive again! In this lesson we will study six books which are found in the New Testament (promise) of God's Word, the Holy Bible. The six books are as follows:
Now what are all these funny names? They are the names of cities and states or provinces: just like Los Angeles, Nairobi, Paris, Tehran, Singapore, or Mexico City. God, by his Holy Spirit, caused a preacher named Paul to write to churches in other places. Paul wrote to a group of churches in a place called Galatia to remind them that they are free. In Galatians 1:4, God tells us that we are set free from this present evil age because Christ gave (sacrificed) himself for our sins. Read Galatians 2:21 through 3:3. How is man put right with God? by God's Law _________? by Christ's death __________? Freedom is what we have!
Christ has set us free! (See Galatians 5:1.) If we are FREE - that is, joined
to Christ, and not to the world - what is the only thing we can boast about? (Read
Galatians 6:14.) The more we read God's Word, the
more we see how much we have to be thankful for. In the book of Ephesians God shows
us that in a special way the Jews are God's "chosen" people (Ephesians
2:12). But in another way, God has chosen all people who are joined to Christ to be
his. When did God choose us? (See Ephesians 1:4.) In the book of Philippians, God
shows us that he has a PLAN ... for our lives, and for the whole world. How long
will God work in YOU, so that you may obey his plan? (See Philippians 1:6 and 2:13.)
What will all men do some day? (Ph.
2:10-11.)
Paul also tells us how we are to talk. How should you talk to God? (See Co. 4:2.)
How should you talk to people? (Co. 4:5-6.)
In the books of 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, the preacher Paul reminds us of how we are to live in these last days, as well as telling us the world news ahead of time. When you watch TV or Internet News, or listen to the radio, you only know what has taken place in the PAST, or what is taking place NOW. However, the Holy Bible shows us the news ahead of time ... in the FUTURE! Read carefully 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. When the Lord Jesus comes back, who will go to meet him in the air first?
Remember what Jesus said in John 11:25? "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies ..." We should thank God at all times for our Christian brothers; God called us, with them, through the Good News (the Gospel). This is how e have FUN in the Holy Bible. Every day we can learn more about God, and how he set us FREE, so that we can enjoy life here on earth, and go to Heaven, too! QUESTIONS:
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