Transcript Welcome to Bible Study

Welcome to Bible Study
Greetings
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Song
The Old Rugged Cross
Opening Prayer
Number My Days
Compared with life eternity,
life is extremely brief. Ask
God to help you see life on
earth as he sees it.
A Prayer of David in Psalm
39:4 “Show me, O LORD, my
life’s end and the number of
my days; let me know how
fleeting (short-lived, brief,
transition) is my life.”
The Bible compares life on earth to
temporarily living in a foreign
country.
1 Peter 1:17 “Since you call on a Father who
judges each person’s work impartially (fair
and neutral), live your lives as strangers
here (in this life) in reverent (humble and
respectful to God) fear.”
Rick Warren’s Anecdote
Many people who move from other parts of
the world to The United States to work,
may keep their citizenship with their home
country. They are required to keep a
registration card (called a “green card”),
which allows them to work here even
though they are not citizens. Christians
should carry spiritual green cards to
remind us that our citizenship is in
Heaven.
Your identify is in eternity, and your
homeland is Heaven.
James 4:4
Caution, this language may be offensive to some people.
When we flirt with the temptations of this
world, God calls it spiritual adultery. The
Bible says, James 4:4 “You adulterous
people, don’t you know that friendship with
the world is hatred toward God? Anyone
who chooses to be a friend of the world
becomes an enemy of God.”
The World
Galatians 5:19-21
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious:
I warn you, as I did before, that those who live
like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
1 Corinthians 7:31 (NLT)
“Those who use the things of the world
should not become attached to them. For
this world as we know it will soon pass
away.”
Agree or Disagree?
In order to keep us from becoming too
attached to earth, God allows us to feel a
significant amount of discontent and
dissatisfaction in life – longings that will
never be fulfilled on this side of eternity.
Millions of faithful people
have lost everything
Hebrews 11
• 13 All these people died still believing what God
had promised them. They did not receive what
was promised, but they saw it all from a distance
and welcomed it. They agreed that they were
foreigners and nomads here on earth.
• 16 But they were looking for a better place, a
heavenly homeland. That is why God is not
ashamed to be called their God, for he has
prepared a city for them.
Agree or Disagree?
When things don't seem to be going your
way, always know that God has a plan for
you. If you place your trust in Him, He will
give you great gifts. We don't always know
what God's plans are for us. We just know
that His ways are not our ways, but His
ways are always best.
Coach Paul Bear Bryant
A good, quick, small team
can beat a big, slow
team any time.
All I know is, I don't want
to stop coaching, and I
don't want to stop
winning, so we're gonna
break the record unless
I die.
Thinking About My Purpose
• Point to Ponder: This world is not my home.
• Verse to Remember: 2 Corinthians 4:18 “So
we don’t look at the troubles we can see now;
rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be
seen. For the things we see now will soon be
gone, but the things we cannot see will last
forever.”
• Question to Consider: How should the fact
that life on earth is just a temporary assignment
change the way I am living right now?
Closing Prayer