As Jesus continues His explanation of last Things in Matthew 24 and 25, He says, “But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory” (25:31). The Judgment will be the next event to take place after Jesus’ appearance. […]
The Voiceless Prayer of God’s People Lesson 9 Romans 8:26–27 and Psalm 123:2 We teach our children to pray as soon as they are able to do so. Later in life we are also able to pray silently , but we still put our prayers into words even though we do not speak them aloud. […]
Lesson 7 UNIQUE ANSWERS TO PRAYER Psalm 3, Acts 12:5 & 12, II Cor. 12:8–10 Although we are assured of the fact that our prayers will be answered by the God to Whom we pray, the answers He gives are not always those we expect. While the answers are at times exactly what we had […]
Victory! That’s what the return of the Lord Jesus Christ will herald! Victory over sin and satan. Victory over death. With Christ’s return comes the resurrection—victory over death realized. In Scripture we read, Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling […]
Lesson 5 – Private Prayers Psalm 62:8, I Thessalonians 5:17, Matthew 6:6 In any study of the subject of the believers’ prayers we must distinguish private from public prayers. Sometimes the difference between the two is not sufficiently recognized. If we do not give adequate attention to the difference between these two forms of prayer, we […]
“The Blessed Hope” What Paul calls “the blessed hope” (Titus 2:13), Jesus says will take place “immediately after the tribulation of those days” (Matt. 24:29), that is, immediately after the time of trouble. What a comfort our Savior’s appearance will be! It will come at the darkest hour that history has ever known (Luke 21:25–28)! […]
Lesson 3 CONFESSION IN PRAYER Psalms 32, 51, 130 A Requirement We owe our God praise and thanksgiving whenever we come to Him in prayer. These subjects ought to form the first part of the prayers we send up to the throne of grace. However, we also express to Him our deepest need. What […]
The Parable of the Unclean Spirit Lesson 15 Luke 11:14–26 Who Drives Out Demons? During the days when Jesus was here on this earth He met many people who were demon possessed. It is rather strange that that phenomenon should occur just at that time. We do not often read of it in the Old […]
The Parable of the Unrighteous (or Careful) Steward Lesson 13 Luke 16:1–13 Our Lord at times used illustrations which we would not dare to use for fear of being misunderstood. This is evident in this parable. He praises a man who is called an “unrighteous” or crooked steward. Of course, He does not praise the […]
Scriptural Preparation Revelation 13:11–18 James 3:13–18 Lesson Commentary We have established that the beast pictured in Revelation 13:1–10 symbolizes the authoritarian power to be found at the end of time. However, many questions remain. For example: How could anyone obtain so much power so quickly? What kind of force would be needed to subjugate the […]