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…passage and of all Scripture will dictate whether the use is figurative or not. The wine taken at communion does not taste like blood, does not look like blood, has no efficacy, cannot be taken into the Holy of Holies by us, does not dry as blood, and is not blood. The once for all passages of Hebrews requires a conclusion that the blood is not continually applied, even though some in the holiness movement seem to intimate as much….

…symbol of death (Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:12). I do not know where one gets the concept that baptism is a symbol of laying on of sin, unless one likens it to the Old Testament sprinkling of blood, to which I find no similarity in Scripture. Baptism is not sprinkling, but immersion, as the word itself means to dip or immerse. Another word means to sprinkle (See Hebrews 9:19, 21). Because it is a symbol of death, I believe that Jesus…

…justified. (1 Corinthians 6:11) Still others would say that the phrase is not true because of passages such as 2 Peter 2:20-22 and Colossians 1:21-23. The Scripture never uses “once saved always saved” and perhaps it may be best if we avoid the phrase. What we know is that if we come to Jesus He will never cast us out. (John 6:37) We also know that His sheep never perish. (John 10:27-30) Those who follow Christ and follow His righteousness…

…it should be with us. It is easy to think that God is on our side when everything is going well. But we learn so much more about ourselves and God when there are struggles. When there are problems, we are taught to flee to the throne of grace and find mercy there (Hebrews 4:16). We are taught to pray earnestly (Luke 18:1-8) and wait expectantly for God to answer. But as people, we are not very good at waiting….

…a fellowship of Christians is so that others can help correct our wrong thinking. Hebrews 2:13 commands that we exhort each one daily lest we be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. A wise person listens to rebuke but a fool despises correction. If we are not willing to change the way we think when others tell us that our thinking is wrong, then we have no defense to deception. As James tells us in James 3:17, the wisdom from…

…21:12-15) and surprisingly not a single mention of Elisha. Chronicles are written from the perspective of the priests, devoting a great deal of space to the temple and the worship of God (see 1 Chronicles 6; 9:10-34; 13, 15-16; 22-26; 28-29; 2 Chronicles 2-7; 24:1-14; 29-31; 34:8-35:19). Because this is an account of David’s line of kings and the temple worship, the kings of Israel are mentioned only when they interact significantly with the kings of Judah. As would be…

…the LORD, the God of Israel.” II. The Book of Desire. Psalms 42-72: This book is the most personal of the five books (Psalms 42-43, 51, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71). Of the 13 Psalms that provide us historical background for their origins, eight of them are in this book (51, 52, 54, 56-57, 59-60, 63). This book begins with despondency and a deep longing for God (Psalm 42) and ends with the reign…

…8-10; 7:12-21; 9:1-10:22; 12:4, 6, 9, 13-25; 13:3, 7-11, 15-16, 20-27; 14:3, 13-17, 19-20; 16:7-9, 11-12-16, 20-21; 17:3-6; 19:1-27; 21:9, 14-15, 19-20, 22; 23:3-16; 24:1, 12, 22-23; 26:8-14; 27:2-3, 8-11, 13; 28:23-28; 29:2-5; 30:11, 19-24; 31:2, 4, 6, 14-15, 23, 28, 35 we have repeated references to God. Each of Job’s discourses refer to God. God is not divorced at all from any of Job’s thoughts. We find the same thing in the Psalms of lament. Working through his suffering,…

…Warnings About Evil (debt for another; laziness; wicked men) 6:1-19 More Warnings About Adultery 6:20-7:27 Wisdom Personified 8 Wisdom and Folly 9 II. The Proverbs of Solomon 10-22:16 III. The Sayings of the Wise 22:17-24:34 The Words of the Wise 22:17-24:22 More Words of the Wise 24:23-24:34 IV. More Proverbs of Solomon 25-29 V. The Words of Agur 30 VI. The Words of Lemuel 31 Avoid Evil, Do Good 31:1-9 An Excellent Wife 31:10-31 Key Idea: “The Fear of the…

…Reign of Messiah 60-66 Key Idea: The Messiah is Coming. The clear references to the Messiah are many (Isaiah 7:14; 8:13-15; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 16:4-5; 22:20-25; 25:6-8; 28:16; 32:1-4; 35:4-10; 40:10-11; 42:1-16; 49:6-12; 50:6; 52:13-53:12; 59:16-20; 60:1-3; 61:1-3; 62:11; 63:1-6; 63:8-9). Yet, the only use of the name “Messiah” is in relation to Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1). Key Passage: Isaiah 40 See also 48:16 (the only complete reference to the Trinity in the Old Testament) Key Lesson: God Himself will bring salvation….