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Revelation Chapter 2 The First Church VERSE 4 “BUT… I have this against you, that you have left your first love.” “The word translated “patience” (in Verse 3) signifies a development of heart and character manifesting itself in an endurance of wrong or affliction with contentment, without...

Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Instead of losing heart in 2020 and wondering if something will come alive, begin to actively take control of the...

Revelation Chapter 2 The First Church VERSE 1 continued, “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write… This is the import of the first phrase with which Jesus introduces Himself to Ephesus: “…These things say He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the...

Hebrews 13:5 - “...I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” Do you see any storms on the horizon? Don't quit! Make the decision to press through, to press forward, to keep pressing on, even in the face of certain adversity; God has not brought you this far to drop you now! Declare and...

Galatians 2:20 - "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me." When we completely lay down our lives, not caring what the outcome is...

Revelation Chapter 2 The First Church VERSE 1 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write… Once again Ephesus signifies “first” or “desirable,” and is characteristic of the first period of church history. Contemporaneous with the lives of the apostles and sometimes designated the...

QUALIFICATIONS for BEING ONE of the SEVEN ANGELS Much discussion has gone into naming the seven messengers (angels) to the seven Churches. On the whole, Bible students have been in basic agreement as to the identities of these individuals. Now and then, however, some of us may feel a bit...

Revelation Chapter 2 The First Church, Seal and Trumpet Having studied the introductions to the seven Church’s, Seals and Trumpets we are now prepared to begin our look at each particular series. It is important that we remember what we learned earlier in this study. Evidence shows us that...

Well, no not really. God always was, is and forevermore shall be. It is just that society thinks he is dead as in we don’t need him anymore. But that begs the question. Can we do without God? Talk to an atheist and they will tell us in all sorts of childish ways that God is irrelevant. They...

Matthew Chapter 24 Verse 50 and 51 “The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” “Weeping and gnashing...

Matthew Chapter 24 Verse 48 and 49 “But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delays his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken.” If the “faithful and wise servant” is an individual, then so is the “evil servant.” Although...

"'Is not My Word like fire,' declares the Lord, 'and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?'" - Jeremiah 23:29 In 2020 be ready for demonstrations of His power, His justice, His provision, His favor, His breakthrough, and deliverance, but God is also looking for a people who are yielded...

Matthew Chapter 24 An explanation of what we Bible Students refer to when we mention the Reprints or Volumes. * The Watch Tower Reprints referred simply as the “Reprints” by Bible Students have been a useful treasure house of information for the Bible Students since they constitute a...

Matthew Chapter 24 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.” Verse 47 “Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his...

“Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees” This lesson coincides with our lesson in Matthew 24:45, and will in time when once we return to our study of the Book of Revelation on the Seven Church’s, Seals and Trumpets likewise bare upon it, however it was originally presented on the Bible...

Matthew Chapter 24 Verse 45-46 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.” We present another examination of these verses as explained by...

Matthew Chapter 24 Dispensing of Food to the Household VERSE 45-47 " "Who then is the faithful and prudent servant, whom his Master has placed over his household to give them food in due season? Happy that servant whom his Master, on coming, shall find thus employed! Indeed I say to you that...

"Yes, I long to come to know Him; that is, the power of His resurrection, and so to share with Him His sufferings as to be continuously transformed by His death, in the hope of attaining, in some measure, the resurrection that lifts me out from among the dead." - Philippians 3:10-11 We must...