Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

Some Thoughts for Consideration Larry R Evans "Fear God and give him glory . . . " -- Revelation 14:7 How do we give glory to God? Do we do it by being obedient? By helping others? By giving our tithes and offerings? Perhaps but not by doing these things directly. Consider the following: "'The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him' (2 Chronicles 16:9). God is not looking for people to work for Him, so much as He is looking for people who will let Him work for them. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad. Neither is the call to Christian service. On the contrary, the gospel commands us to give up and hang out a help-wanted sign (this is the basic meaning of prayer.). Then the gospel promises that God will work for us if we do. He will not surrender the glory of being the Giver. But is there not anything we can give Him that won't belittle Him to the status...

"The mystery (Eph. 5:32) is this: God did not create the union of Christ and the church after the pattern of human marriage--just the reverse! He created human marrige on the pattern of Christ's relation to the church. The mystery of Genesis 2:24 is tha the marriage it describes is a parable or symbol of Christ's relation to His people. There was more going on in the creation of woman than meets the eye. God doesn't do thing willy-nilly. Everything has a purpose and meaning. When God engaged to create man and woman and to ordain the union of marriage, He didn't roll the dice or draw straws or flip a coin as to how they might be related to each other. He patterned marriage very purposefully after the relationship between His Son and the church, which he had planned from all eternity. Therefore, marriage is a mystery--it contains an conceals a meaning far greater than what we see on the outside. God created man male and female and ordained marriage so that ...

January 2010 We have reluctantly come to the decision that we will need to temporarily step down from teaching the Sabbath School class and therefore making posts of our teaching notes to this blog. I need to focus on my work responsibilities regarding preparations for the coming General Conference Session in Atlanta, June 23-July 3, 2010. I wish to thank all who have sent comments regarding the notes that have been posted. The archives of these notes from 2007 to 2009 will still be accessible. We remain committed to our thrust that "Scripture is not just for learning but for living" and that the inductive Bible study approach is a helpful way to discern God's plan for each of us. During this interim I will begin sharing/posting short provocative thoughts found in my reading as well as some devotional insights I gain from my own study. [See Below] These posts will not be done on a regular basis so you may want to check back from time to time or join as a "Follo...