“Is God Glorified in You?” (Lesson Two)

In Lesson One, we talked about the fact that the LORD Jesus Christ desires to be glorified in and through us on a daily basis, so that when people look at us, they will see the evidence that our LORD Jesus is real and that He is actively working in our lives for His glory and for our good.  Do you remember Luke 10:27 from the previous lesson?  Here is a short review from Lesson One.

Luke 10:27

“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”

 In obedience to our LORD Jesus and His command given in the previous Bible verse, our daily prayer and goal should be to love our LORD Jesus and to seek His will with all we have so that He can and will be glorified in our every thought, word, and action.  God loves you with ALL the Love that He has.  His love for you will never change.  He loves you just as much when you sin as He does when you are showing Him that you love Him and are allowing Him to be glorified in your life.  God does not allow difficult circumstances to come into your life to hurt you but, He allows these circumstances for His glory and for your good; to make you into the image of His dear Son (Please read Romans 8:28-29). 

“Is God Glorified in You?” (Lesson 1)

by Martha Hutcheson

God wants to be glorified in every area of our lives, in our actions as well as in our words and thoughts!  When God brings a man and woman together as husband and wife, it is for His glory.  When God chooses to have a man or woman to remain single, it is for His glory.  When God allows major trials in our lives, it is for His glory.  When we accept His ultimate purpose for our lives, which is for the LORD Jesus Christ to receive the Glory for whatever we are going through, it makes the trials and challenges of life much easier to bear–because there is a glorious purpose in each of our situations. 

“Angry Responses” (Lesson 1)

“Angry Responses”  (Lesson 1)

Proverbs 15:1 “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”  

I.          What is ANGER?  According to the World Book Dictionary (A Thorndike-Barnhart Dictionary) © 1987: Anger is “The feeling one has toward something or someone that hurts, opposes, offends, or annoys; strong displeasure.” When we become angry, the majority of the time the reasons are selfish— “I” have been hurt, offended, annoyed, disobeyed, opposed, etc.  Why is anger selfish?  Because we are angry that someone has not done something “our or my” way.  Do you realize that life does not revolve around you or me?  Do you realize that the center letter of sin is a great big “I”?  The center of our lives should not be ourselves, but the center of our lives should be the LORD Jesus Christ and His Holy Word!

“Hearing and Obeying God’s Word” Lesson 2

Lesson 2 

“God’s Word Commands us to Meditate on His Word.”

Jeremiah 9:20 “Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.”

Do you remember some of what we covered in Lesson 1 concerning Hearing God’s Word?

I.  God’s Word commands us to HEAR what He is saying to us.

How do we HEAR God’s Word?  We have to do more than just read God’s Word with our eyes.  We must read God’s Word prayerfully and patiently, asking God, the Holy Spirit to enlighten our hearts to what He is teaching us.

Studying God’s Word helps us to learn and understand more of what God is saying and teaching us, so that from our hearts, we will listen and obey what God is teaching us.

2 Timothy 2:15 says “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

God commands us to study His Word so that we can learn from it and then help others to learn from it also.  Reading God’s Word is not the only way God, the Holy Spirit teaches us from His Word; we are also commanded to meditate on His Holy Word, which is a part of studying God’s Word.

II.  God commands us to meditate on His Word.

“Hearing and Obeying God’s Word” Lesson 1

Lesson 1:  “God’s Word Commands us to Hear

What He is Saying to Us.”

Jeremiah 9:20 “Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.”

I.  God’s Word commands us to HEAR what He is saying to us.

How do we HEAR God’s Word?  We have to do more than just read God’s Word with our eyes.  We must read God’s Word prayerfully and patiently, asking God, the Holy Spirit to open our spiritual eyes and our hearts to what He is teaching us.

“Adonai (Lord) and Jehovah (LORD)”

In the Old Testament, there are three major names of God presented to us from the Hebrew language, and they are (1) Elohim, (2) Adonai, and (3) Jehovah.  Jehovah and Adonai are both translated Lord in the King James Version of the Bible.  The men who translated the Hebrew text of God’s Word into English gave us a way to know whether Lord was for Jehovah or for Adonai.  If God’s name of Lord has only the first letter capitalized, it is speaking of the Hebrew name of God, Adonai, which means “Master.”  If God’s name of LORD has every letter capitalized, then this name is the translation for the Hebrew name Jehovah, which is the sacred and personal name of Israel’s God.

JEHOVAH JIREH “The LORD Will Provide” (Lesson 1)

Genesis 22:14 “And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh:  as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.”

God’s Word commands us to pray in Jesus’ name.  Since Jesus is God, then learning the meanings of our LORD God’s Old Testament names will help us learn more about our God as well as how we can pray according to His various names.  I pray that these lessons will be as much or more of a blessing to you than they have been to me!