HOMI LETICAL HELPS Suggestive Bible Readings
By H is Posthumous Influence: He is doing in th e world still things ju st as wonderful as anything He did two thousand years ago. He is still th e g reat tran sfo rm er of th e life of the world. Shall we no t say w ith Thomas: My Lord and my God. John 20:28. And w ith John: .This is the tru e God and etern al life. I John 5:20. Selected and arranged by F red Shepard.
THE DEITY OF CHRIST. Jesu s Christ, th e Son of God. Mk. 1:1. JESUS, His hum an name. CHRIST, His official name. SON OF GOD, His divine name. Jesus made sta rtlin g Claims: T hat He was God. John 10:30; 14: 8, 9. T h at «He was on ea rth and in heaven too. John 3:13. T h at He could forgive sin. Luke 7: 48. T hat He was w ithout sin. John 8:46. T h at He would give His followers a place in heaven. John 14:3. If He was n o t God, how could* He Read men's thoughts? Matt. 9 :4 ; 12:25. Have power over n atu re? John 2:1- 11; Matt. 8 :26 ; 21:19. Have power over sickness and death? Matt. 8 :16 ; 9:18-26. Have power to transform men’s lives? Luke 19:1-9. Have power to foretell fu tu re events? Luke 19:41-44. Have power to rise from th e dead? Luke 24:1-9. H is Deity Is Shown By H is Character: “Christ was such a man th a t He could not have been a mere m an” He was all th a t He claimed or He was an imposter. By H is Teaching: His teaching regarding God, His teaching about men and His ethical teachings. “He spake as never man spake.” John 7:46. By H is Acts: Not only His m iracles of n atu re bu t th e m iracle of His influence on men’s lives and th e m iracle of H is resurrection.
OF THE WORLD 1 Cor. 1 and 2 1. D isputer of this world. 1:20. 2.. Wisdom of th is world.
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1:20; 3. ; 2:6. Foolish things of th e world. 1 Cor. 1:27. 4. W eak things of the world. 1 Cor. 1:27. 5. Base things of th e world. 1 Cor. 1:28. 6. P rinces of th is world. 1 Cor. 2 : 6 ; 2 : 8 . 7. Spirit of th e world. .1 Cor. 2:12. — J. Clyde Stillion. THE BOOKS OPENED 1. The book opened in th e “ accept able year of th e Lord.” Lk. 4:16-22. (On e a rth ). 2. The book opened in “ th e day of the vengeance of our God.” Rev. 5 and 6. (In heaven). . 3. The book opened a t th e judgm ent of th e unsaved dead. Rev. 20:11-15. (N either ea rth nor heaven ).— J. Clyde Stillion.
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