He Resists The Proud?!
According to Jesus, the poor in spirit possess this...
The Kingdom of Heaven
"3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matt 5:3
What's one of God's favorite ways to break people?
In-laws
Paul prayed this many times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed...
3 times
"I was really sick, but He rebuked my sickness and now I feel better. And someone has to feed all these people..."
Simon Peter's mother-in-law
"38 But Simon’s wife’s mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. 39 So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them." Luke 4:38-39
And can it be that I should gain
An int'rest in the Savior's blood?
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For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, should die for me?
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
The exit
What is Exodus?
I am a letter that was written in a single sheet of papyrus but full of meaning...addressed "to the chosen lady and to her children."
What is 2 John?
According to James, because "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble", what two thing should we do towards God?
Submit to Him
Draw near to Him
"7 Submit therefore to God. 8 Draw near to God and He will Draw near to you." James 4:7-8
According to Jesus, people who do this will be filled...
Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
What were the first and last plague that God brought onto the Egyptians?
The Nile turned to blood
Death of the firstborn son
I said, "Here I am; send me."
Isaiah
To the old rugged cross, I will ever be true,
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Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.
Its shame and reproach gladly bear,
My name means "Salvation of Jehovah"
Who is Isaiah?
I am a letter written by "a slave of Jesus, but a brother of James"...half brother of Jesus
What is Jude?
Because of their disobedience and worship of other gods, "the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He handed them over to" these type of people...
What are plunderers/robbers or their enemies?
"Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken and just as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed." Judges 2:15
After he wrestled and prevailed with "a man/angel" until daybreak, his name and meaning changed from this to this.
Jacob - Supplanter/heel holder
Israel - Wrestles with God/God prevails/strives
This is how long Lazarus was in the tomb...
4 days
"I saw the Lord's Christ before I died, just like He said I would..."
Simeon
"29 “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace,According to Your word;30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation 31 Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, 32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.” Luke 2:29-32
To write the love of God above
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Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
Would drain the ocean dry
I am a letter, not a book and I describe the characteristics of the people living in the "last days"
What is 2 Timothy?
I am a letter written to a Greek who often accompanied Paul and I am referred to as "a sharer with me [Paul] and a fellow worker".
What is Titus?
From the Potter and the Clay, God says He is forming this against the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and those who don't obey His voice/do evil.
Disaster
10 if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said that I would bless it...11“Behold, I am forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now turn back, each of you from his evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds!”’ Jeremiah 18:10-12
According to Paul in 2 Corinthians 1, this is one of the reasons we go through troubles and are comforted by God in them...
So that we can comfort others
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God" 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
This is what the stand-in king Belshazzar and his guests saw just before Cyrus the Great captured Babylon...
Handwriting on the wall
"He told me all the things I ever did..."
The Samaritan woman at the well
"28 The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, 29 “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” 30 Then they went out of the city and came to Him." John 4:28-30
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,
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Perfect in power, in love and purity.
Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
My name means "Object of Hostility", yet I was known for my integrity.
Who is Job?
I am not a book, but a letter that sets out clearly certain organizational procedures in the congregation and also give a warning regarding false teachings
What is 1 Timothy?
Because "God is opposed to the proud, but He gives grace to the humble", Peter instructs young disciples to...
Submit to their elders
"5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”" 1 Peter 5:5
She broke her perfume made of this to anoint Jesus, so her story is told wherever the gospel is preached in remembrance of her...
Spikenard/nard
How are the dead judged before "The Great White Judgment Throne"?
According to their works
"11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books." Revelation 20:11-12
"He didn't even stand up or show respect when I went out of the gate, doesn't he know who I am?"
Haman
"9 Then Haman went out that day joyful and pleased of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai at the king’s gate and that he did not stand up or tremble before him, Haman was filled with anger against Mordecai. 10 Haman controlled himself, however, and went to his house." Esther 5:9-10
When Satan tempts me to despair, and tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see Him there, Who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free;
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To look on him and pardon me.
For God, the Just, is satisfied, to look on him and pardon me.
I am a "private" letter of Paul not addressed officially to a congregation but to a private person and regarding a special problem
What is Philemon?
"We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one."
1 John (5:19)
Instead of being haughty (proud) in your mind, Paul in the book of Romans instructs christians to do this in the same sentence...
Associate with the lowly
"16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation." Romans 12:16
Jesus told a group of people with this kind of attitude the story of the Pharisee and the Tax collector praying in the temple...
People who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt
"9 Now He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray" Luke 18:9-10
What are the names of the birds Noah sent out of the ark to check if the water had dried up?
Raven and dove
Genesis 8:6-8
"I saw an Angel of the Lord so I laid down. My master hit me 3 times. I think I hurt his foot too..."
Baalam's Donkey
"27 And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam’s anger was aroused, and he struck the donkey with his staff. 28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”" Number 22:27-28
Consecrate me now to Thy service Lord,
by the power of grace divine;
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and my will be lost in Thine.
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope
I was written to bear the name of Jesus to the sons of Israel and the need to "pay more than the usual attention"
What is Hebrews?
“Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
Revelation
"6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— 7 saying with a loud voice," Revelation 14:6-7
"I turned into a beast and started eating grass, just as I finished saying this..." (in general)
"29...he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon. 30 The king began speaking and was saying, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?’"
Daniel 4:29-30
The justified criminal crucified with Jesus said these three things on the cross (2 things to the other criminal, 1 thing to Jesus)...
Don't you fear God?
We are suffering rightly, but Jesus isn't
Lord remember me when you come into your kingdom
"“Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our crimes; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” 43 And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”" Luke 23:32-55
John went into all the region around the Jordan preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of the sins, as it is written in the book of the words of _____________ the prophet...
Isaiah
"I once killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day..."
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
"Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done great deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day." 2 Samuel 23:20
In Christ alone! - who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
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Scorned by the ones He came to save
I am a letter written to remind Christians of the importance of accurate knowledge and to remain steadfast..and to be careful with false prophet and teacher who promote sects
What is 2 Peter?
"Little children, we should love, not in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth."
What is the book of 1 John 3 ?
"I'm just a kid, but Jesus used me to teach His disciples this lesson when they were arguing..."
The least shall be the greatest
Become like little children in humility and faith
"46 Now an argument started among them as to which of them might be the greatest. 47 But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their hearts, took a child and had him stand by His side, 48 and He said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”" Luke 9:46-48
"4 So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:4
Paul tells the Corinthians that what they sow doesn't come to life unless it does this, then God does this...
Dies
Gives it a body
"35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” 36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies; 37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own." 1 Corinthians 20:35-38
Abraham sacrificed this on Mount Moriah
A ram whose head was caught in a thicket that God provided.
"13 Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in the place of his son. 14 And Abraham named that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” Genesis 22:13-14
"They told me the stew was poisonous, but I told them to get me some flour to throw into the pot and make it good..."
Elisha
"40 So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they were eating the stew, they cried out and said, “You man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they were unable to eat. 41Then he said, “Bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot, and said, “Pour it out for the people that they may eat.” Then there was nothing harmful in the pot." 2 Kings 4:40-41
May I be willing, Lord, to bear
Daily my cross for Thee;
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Thou hast borne all for me.
Even Thy cup of grief to share,
Shortest book of the Hebrew scriptures
What is the book of Obadiah?
"Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children"
What is the book of Ephesians