WITNESS ~ INSTRUCT ~ NURTURE / Volume 2 Issue 7
Apr 5, 2006
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In this issue, you'll read:
THE BOOK OF 1st CORINTHIANS - PART FOURTEEN
JOHN 3:16 - DID WE FORGET?
A WORD FROM THE EDITOR - THIRTY NINTH EDITION KJV 2 Timothy 2:15; "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." As you can see from this verse, we are told to "study to show ourselves approved unto God." This is a big responsibility and should not be taken lightly. As we wrap up this study of 1st Corinthians and move on into 2nd Corinthians, I would like to challenge each of our you to set aside some time each day when you can turn off the TV or radio, find a quiet spot and study your Bible. You will be blessed beyond measure if you spend time communing with God through study and prayer. Until next time...God bless each of you in all that you undertake! In Jesus Name, All editions of The W.I.N. E-Mail Newsletter are available on the Internet. To find them, navigate to Each morning, select a passage in God's Word. Talk with the Lord as you read the passage, then go back and find one or two verses which the Lord has impressed on your heart and meditate on them. II. Bible Study This morning we are reading the last chapter of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians - chapter 16. In his closing words, Paul deals with the issue of a financial collection that has been organized ahead of time to help the famine-stricken Jerusalem Christians (read Acts 11:28; 2 Corinthians 9:1-5). Paul then finishes by writing some personal requests and final greetings. This chapter neatly divides into three subsections. Read each subsection, answering for yourself the questions associated with them. Type out your answers or jot them down on a piece of paper and place in your Bible for further meditation and study. Read 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 1. How did Paul instruct the Corinthians to save up money toward this collection for the Jerusalem church? (16:1-4) Read 1 Corinthians 16:5-18 1. Why did Paul not want to just make a "passing visit" to Corinth? (16:5-7) Read 1 Corinthians 16:19-24 1. Where did the church of Aquila and Priscilla meet? (16:19) III. Memory Verse Here are a few suggestions that may help you to memorize your memory verses: 1. Ask the Lord to help you remember his Word (see John 14:26). 2. Use the version of the Bible you are most familiar with. What you normally read in your Bible is what you need to be memorizing. 3. Don't just memorize the contents of the verse; memorize its "address" (the verse reference) as well. You can do this by following this pattern: Step 1: reference; Step 2: verse content; Step 3: reference. Then repeat steps 1-3. Note that you are quoting the reference twice as many times as you quote the actual verse content. This gives the verse a clear "reference tag." 4. After you have read your memory verse out aloud several times, try going through your memory verse without reading your computer screen. 5. Look up your memory verse in your Bible. Look at its immediate context and read the verses that come before and after your memory verse. 6. Print out your memory verse or jot it down on a piece of paper. Take this paper with you when you go to work or do other daily activities. Meditate on the meaning of the verse throughout the day. 7. During your noon appointment with the Lord, take out your memory verse and go over it again. Talk to the Lord about what this verse means to you personally. 8. In the evening (at either your evening study or your evening devotions), see if you can quote your memory verse from memory. Then, without looking at the memory verse itself, see if you can find it in your Bible. 9. The next day, before you begin committing a new verse to memory, rehearse your previous day's memory verse and see if you can remember it (without cheating!). 10. Finally, at the end of the week (possibly on Sunday), collect all your week's memory verses, rehearse them and see if you can recall them without reading them. Spend a little extra time on any verses you have difficulty recalling. 11. Remember: Don't just memorize a verse. Put it into practice (James 1:22). It is not being able to quote a verse from memory that counts. It is His Word abiding in your heart that counts (John 15:7). When you actually apply a verse consistently to your daily life; that is when you truly know that verse! This article is Copyright © 1999, The Online Bible College. It is used by permission and formatted for presentation in this newsletter. The world - All mankind. It does not mean any particular part of the world, but man as man - the race that had rebelled and that deserved to die. See John 6:33; John 17:21. His love for the world, or for all mankind, in giving his Son, was shown by these circumstances: 1. All the world was in ruin, and exposed to the wrath of God. That he gave - It was a free and unmerited gift. Man had no claim: and when there was no eye to pity or arm to save, it pleased God to give his Son into the hands of men to die in their stead, Galatians 1:4; Romans 8:32; Luke 22:19. It was the mere movement of love; the expression of eternal compassion, and of a desire, that sinners should not perish forever. His only-begotten Son - This is the highest expression of love of which we can conceive. A parent who should give up his only son to die for others who are guilty if this could or might be done - would show higher love than could be manifested in any other way. So it shows the depth of the love of God, that he was willing to give his only Son into the hands of sinful men that he might be slain, and thus redeem them from eternal sorrow. Unless otherwise noted: All Scripture is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. 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Welcome to this edition of the W.I.N. E-Mail Newsletter. It has taken a long time, but we are finishing up the study of 1st Corinthians with this edition. It is my prayer that those of you who have been using these outlines for personal or group Bible study have been blessed and edified by the assignments and questions given in each one.
Rev. Sam T. Leigh
Presiding Bishop
Freedom Covenant Global Ministries
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THE BOOK OF 1st CORINTHIANS - PART FOURTEEN
I. Devotional Reading
2. Why had Paul decided to stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost? (16:8-9)
3. In verse 12, Paul urged "our brother Apollos" to go to Corinth. What bearing does this verse have on 1:11-12 and 3:3-23?
4. In verse 13, how does Paul urge the Corinthian Christians to "do everything" and what relation does this verse have to 12:30-14:1?
5. Who did Paul encourage the Corinthians to submit to? (16:16)
6. What kind of men deserve recognition? (16:18)
2. How did Paul instruct the Corinthian Christians to greet one another? (16:20)
3. How did Paul sign off his first letter to the Corinthians? What word does he repeat in both verse 22 and verse 24?
1 Corinthians 16:14; "Let all that you do be done with love."
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JOHN 3:16 - DID WE FORGET?
John 3:16 -
For God so loved - This does not mean that God approved the conduct of men, but that he had benevolent feelings toward them, or was “earnestly desirous” of their happiness. God hates wickedness, but he still desires the Happiness of those who are sinful. “He hates the sin, but loves the sinner.” A parent may love his child and desire his welfare, and yet be strongly opposed to the conduct of that child. When we approve the conduct of another, this is the love of complacency; when we desire simply their happiness, this is the love of benevolence.
2. All people were in a hopeless condition.
3. God gave his Son. Man had no claim on him; it was a gift - an undeserved gift.
4. He gave him up to extreme sufferings, even the bitter pains of death on the cross.
5. It was for all the world. He tasted “death for every man,” Hebrews 2:9. He “died for all,” 2 Corinthians 5:15. “He is the propitiation for the sins of the whole world,” 1 John 2:2.
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