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Bible Study for December 2024 

Our world is a shaking place. There seem to be no more absolutes, what feels good or seems right is good enough for the moment. We’ll deal with tomorrow or the aftermath of these decisions only when we must.    New Bible Study For December 2024 

IV. God is Steadfast in His Eternal Purpose.

Creation is His:

18. “You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, and You   them all. The host of heaven worships You.” Neh 9:6 (Job 26:7-14)In Redemption for Fallen Man:

19. “…knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the   blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” 1 Pet 1:18-19

20. “He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” 1 Pet 1:20-21

21. “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” 1 Jn 1:7

The Kind of God You Have is the Kind of Person You Will Be.

22. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always   in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Cor 15:58

23. “Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Heb 13:7-8

24. “Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.” Heb 13:9

25. “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will   anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” Js 1:5-8

God shall bring His Kingdom!

26. “How great are His signs, And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation.” Dan 4:3

27. “And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” Lk 1:33

God has conquered:

28. “He will not fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands shall wait for His law.” Isaiah 42:4

29. “For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Rom 14:17

30. “And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys to Hades and of Death.” Rev 1:17-18

V. God is Steadfast in His Promises. 

Not one of His promises has ever failed:

31. “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not   one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.” 1 Ki 8:56

32. “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.” Ps 119:89

33. “The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.” Is 40:8

34. “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.” 2 Cor 1:20

Unbelievers and Doubters are saying two things about 2 Peter 3:3-9

1. This promise hasn’t happened yet.

2. God will not upset His Universe.

But they fail to perceive the latent warnings in Vs 8, 9 and 10.

35. “But, beloved, do not   this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Pet 3:8

36. “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not   that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Pet 3:9 

37. “But the Day of the Lord Will Come…” 2Pet 3:10a

God will not be patient forever!

38. With a nation: 

“The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.” Ps 9:17

39. “Blessed is the   whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” Ps 33:12

40. With the church:

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things says He who has the seven 

of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.” Rev 3:1

mpstanda41. (Ephesus) “Remember therefore from where you have; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your l from its place – unless you repent.” Rev 2:5

The Church will never die but a church can die!

42. “With an individual:

“The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved.” Jer 8:20

43. “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘ , I say to you, I do not know you.” Matt 25:11-12

44. “For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place, though he sought it diligently with tears.” Heb 12:17

ANSWERS   Part TWO

18. Preserve    19. Precious    22. Abounding    25. Receive    31. Failed    35. Forget

36. Willing    39. Nation    40. Spirits    41. Fallen    43. Assuredly    44. Repentance

New Bible Study For November 2024

Our world is a shaking place. There seem to be no more absolutes, what feels good or seems right is good enough for the moment. We’ll deal with tomorrow or the aftermath of these decisions only when we must. Amidst all this:

1. “Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are His’, and ‘Let everyone who names the name Christ depart from iniquity’.” 2 Tim 2:19

Look at our lead texts and what we see in these following three verses:

2. A God of Patience. 

“Now may the God of Patience and comfort grant you to be   toward one another, according to Christ Jesus…” Rom 15:5

3. A God of Hope. 

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may 

in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Rom 15:13 

4. A God of Peace.

“Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.” Rom 15:33

I. God is steadfast in His Love.

5. God is Love. 

“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” 1 Jn 4:8

6. God’s Love is Everlasting. 

“The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with   kindness I have drawn you.” Jer 31:3

7. “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew the His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the  .” Jn 13:1

8. “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you;   in My love.” Jn 15:9

9. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine or nakedness, or peril or sword?” Rom 8:35

10. “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other   thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Rom 8:38-39

II. God is Steadfast in His Wrath and Judgment.

God’s laws of sowing and reaping are steadfast and sure! 

(Flood of Noah’s day; Judgment of Sodom)

11. “The Lord is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. The wicked shall be turned into  , And all the nations that forget God.” Ps 9:16-17

12. “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters 

.” Matt 12:30

13. “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the   of God abides on him.” Jn 3:36 (Rom 1:32; 2:2-3; Rev 6:17)

III. God is Steadfast in His Power. 

He is creator and giver of Power.

14. “Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make   And to give strength to all.” 1 Chron 29:12

15. “God has spoken once, Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.” Ps 62:11

16. “Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and 

arm. There is nothing too hard for You.” Jer 32:17

17. “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all  . Is there anything too hard for Me? 

Jer 32:27 

Answers:

2. Likeminded  3. Abound  6. Loving  7. End   8. Abide 10. Created  11. Hell  12. Abroad

13. Wrath  14. Great  16. Outstretched  17. Flesh

New Bible Study for September 2024

We will look at the Word of God concerning Angels as ministering spirits, sent to help us and give direction.

1. “And of the angels He says: ‘Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire’.” Heb 1:7 (see Ps 104:4)

2. “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” Heb 1:14 

Angels are actively at work in our day.

3. “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.” Heb 13:2

I. They are great in number

4. “And suddenly there was with the angel a   of the heavenly host praising God…” Lk 2:13

5. “The chariots of God are twenty thousand, Even thousands of thousands…”

Ps 68:17

6. “Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will   Me with more than twelve legions of angels?” Matt 26:53

Note: At different times in Rome’s history, the legion numbered between 4,500 and 6,000 soldiers. 

7. “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly  , and to an innumerable company of angels…” Heb 12:22

II. They are Heavenly and Glorious in Appearance 

8. “And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord

around them, and they were greatly afraid.” Lk 2:9

9. “Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other   came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.” Matt 28: 1-3

10. “Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison…” Acts 12:7a

III. They have a Ministry of Judgment and Destruction

11. “And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the     one hundred and eighty-five thousand…” 2Ki 19:35

12. “Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” 2Chron 32:7-8

13. “Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven. Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own   struck him down with the sword there.” 2Chron 32: 20-21

14. “Let them be like chaff before the wind, And let the angel of the Lord chase them. Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the Lord

  them.” Ps 35:5-6

15. “He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” Prov 29:1

16. “…Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.” Acts 12:23

IV. They have a Ministry of Protection

17. “For He shall give His angels over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.” Ps 91:11-12 

(Matt 4:6 Satan tried to use this scripture, out of context, to tempt Christ)

18. “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” Ps 34:7

19. “My God sent His angels and shut the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.” Dan 6:22   

Answers:

4. Multitude 6. Provide 7. Jerusalem 8. Shone 9. Mary 11. Assyrians

13. Offspring 14. Pursue 17. Charge     

New Bible study for October 2024  

 We will continue looking at the Word of God concerning Angels as ministering spirits, sent to help us and give direction.

V. They have a Ministry of Instruction

20. “About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him ‘Cornelius!’ And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said ‘What is it Lord?’ So he said to him ‘Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God. Now send men to  , and send for Simon, whose surname is Peter.” Acts 10:35 (Vs 22)

21. “Now when they had  , behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying ‘Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt’…” Matt 2:13a

22. “Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Phillip, saying ‘Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to  .’ This is desert” Acts 8:26

VI. They have a Ministry of Strengthening

23. “saying ‘Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours be done.’ Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, he prayed more  . Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Lk 22:42-44

24. “Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and   to Him.” Matt 4:11

25. “And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship. For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has     all those who sail with you’.” Acts 27:22-24

VII. They have a Ministry of Encouragement

26. “But the angel answered and said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was  ‘.” Matt 28:5

27. “And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, ‘What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him.“ Gen 21:17-18

28. “But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ So he said, ‘Here I am’.” Gen 22:11

29. “And He said, ‘Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me’.” Gen 22:12

30. “Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said ‘By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son- blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies’.” Gen 22:15-27

VIII. They have a Ministry of Warning

31. “When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying ‘Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be   in the punishment of the city’.” Gen 19:15 (Matt 2:13)

IX. They have a Ministry of Deliverance

32. “But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.” Acts 5:19-20

33. “Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying ‘Arise quickly!’ And his chains fell of his hands. Then the angel said to him, ‘Gird yourself and tie on your sandals’; and so he did. And he said to him, ‘put on your garment and follow me’. So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.” Acts 12:7-9

34. “When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.” Acts 12:10 

Note: At the end of our earthly lives there will be angels whether at death or at the coming of the Lord.

35. “So it was that the beggar (Lazarus) died, and was carried by the angels to .” Lk 16:22a

36. “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His   from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matt 24:31

37. “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.” Matt 25:31 

Answers: Pt 2

20. Joppa    21. Departed    22. Gaza    23. Earnestly    24. Ministered   5. Granted you 

26. Crucified    27. Great Nation    31. Consumed    35. Abraham’s Bosom    36. Elect

  New Bible Study For July 2024

1. “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever – the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be___________ . I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” Jn 14:15-18

Many would say that the book “The Acts of the Apostles” would be more rightly named “The Acts of the Holy Spirit”, as it traces many of the events that took place by and through the arrival of the Spirit of God as promised by Jesus and Old Testament prophesy. Mankind was changed forever at It’s appearance. Men were empowered by God with boldness, insight, and gifts that could only come from God Himself.

2. “…Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts…” Zech 4:6b

I. He Convicts of Sin

3. “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin…” Jn 16:8a

Man cannot be saved at any time. It is the Spirit’s job to make him aware of his sin and his need for a Savior. 

4. “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me _______him…” Jn 6:44a

5. “Not everyone who says to Me ‘Lord, Lord’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the _________of my Father.” 

Matt 7:21 (Mk 7:6)

II. He Seals Us

6. “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of__________.” Eph 4:30

7. “Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a __________ .” 2 Cor 1:21-22

III. He Endues Us With Power

8. “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be                              _______________to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8

9. “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to ___________all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” Matt 28:18-19

10. “Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the_____________ of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Lk 10:19

11. “And with great power the apostles gave_____________ to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.” Acts 4:33

12. “And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great__________ and___________ among the people.” Acts 6:8 (Acts 19:12)

Answers Part One

1. In You    4. Draws    5. Will    6. Redemption    7. Guarantee    8. Witnesses    9. Observe    10. Power    11. Witness    12. Wonders/Signs