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There Is a Manual for Life!
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Author: Intern'l Christian Ed. Aux. (ICEA)
Sunday School This Saturday Evening – LIVE at 7:00 EST. The Lesson Is…
– LIVE Class and Instructor by Phone/Video Conference –
“Jesus Corrects and Commends John”
Lesson: Matthew 11:1-15
– Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith, Int’l (PCAF) –
Deacon Gene Claxton
ICEA Director
and the
International Christian Education
Auxiliary (ICEA) Staff
– invite you to –
Saturday Night Sunday School
– This Saturday –
August 14, 2021
7:00 p.m. (E.S.T)
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The call-in phone number is:
1+ 712-832-8330
or
1+ 605-475-2875
The following is the access code:
6902797
JOIN IN WITH CALLERS FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY
Every Saturday evening the class phone conference and informative teaching will take place for the following Sunday lesson. These classes are designed for the shut in, those overseas, and those who can’t make Sunday school, as well as students and teachers who would like more insight from the Bible and upcoming lessons.
Call in and listen to qualified instructors
teach lessons on a weekly basis.
Union Gospel Sunday School curriculum.
(Please set your clock to alarm every
Saturday at 6:50 p.m. E.S.T. Do it now!)
NOTE:
Please check your EST/EDT Detroit time.
When you call in, your cell phone will be automatically muted.
Some cell phone providers require you pay an additional small monthly fee to access phone conference calls (i.e. – Metro PCS). Check with your local provider. You may access the class-conference calls by land-line phones, as well.
PHONE- IN NOW TO SEE IF YOUR PHONE IS COMPATIBLE!
Warnings Against Going Back!
ICEA – “Church at Study”
There are two great themes in the book of Hebrews. The one and greatest theme is Jesus is far superior than any man, created being, or Old Testament system. The second theme is less known and deals with the dangers of the writer’s readers returning to their former lifestyles. It seems they desired to be enslaved again in futile practices of religion and not worship Christ. He also sets forth many strong warnings about some readers not continuing to follow Christ the way they did before.
Let’s pull out key scriptures found in this great book and explore the writer’s secondary intent given to the readers of the book of Hebrews. Here are a number of scriptures in Hebrews that show the seriousness of anyone who desires to return to their former lifestyle apart from Jesus being central.
HERE ARE THE WRITERS CONSTANT WARNINGS:
Heb. 2:1 We aught to give…heed…lest…we should let them slip
2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation
3:6 If we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
3:7 Today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts…when your fathers tempted me
3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God
3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end
4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it
4:11 Let us labor…to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief
4:14 Let us hold fast our profession
5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again….
6:1 Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection
6:8-9 That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. But, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation
6:11-12 We desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: that you be not slothful…
10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering
10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together
10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward
10:38 Now…the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition…
12:1 Wherefore, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us…
12:3 Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
12:12 Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees
12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven.
Bible Verses to Read When You Can’t Sleep
Reading and believing God’s word can give you great rest!
Quote these verses the next time you feel restless.
I LAID ME DOWN AND SLEPT; I awaked
for the LORD sustained me.
(Psalm 3:5)
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the
bread of sorrows: FOR HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP.
(Psalm 127:2)
REST IN THE LORD and wait patiently for him: fret not
thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because
of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
(Psalm 37:7)
I WILL BOTH LAY ME DOWN IN PEACE, AND SLEEP: for
thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
(Psalm 4:8)
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain
that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the
watchman waketh but in vain.
(Psalm 127:1)
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
(Psalm 23:2)
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer they foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. BEHOLD, HE THAT KEEPETH ISRAEL SHALL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP.
(Psalm 121:1-4)
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, THOU SHALT LIE DOWN AND THEY SLEEP SHALL BE SWEET. Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep
they foot from being taken.
(Prov. 3:24-26)
THE SLEEP OF A LABOURING MAN IS SWEET, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
(Ecclesiastes 5:12)
Thus saith the LORD, stand ye in the ways, and see, and
ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk
therein, and YE SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
(Jeremiah 6:16)
Unfailing!
Two are better than one;…for if they fall, the one will lift up his
fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth…and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken. (Ecc. 4:9-12)
According to Ecclesiastes, being single has its disadvantages! As a rule – two people can accomplish more than one and people who are real friends share a bond that a single person just does not have.
Two or more people who have a bond can help each other in difficult times. They have a sense of community and responsibility for each other. We are told in Ecclesiastes that the bond can be like an entwined rope that has three cords. It is virtually impossible for anyone to pull apart strong ropes. Likewise, it is difficult for an outsider to break established relationships that people have formed. People need to be involved in close and unfailing relationships with others!
God did not design people to be alone. Even in marriage – the Bible does not prohibit people from being single – but often encourages a marital bond. The Genesis account is that it is not good for man be alone, but they are to seek out wives (Gen. 2:18, Prov. 18:22), enjoy their mates (Prov. 5:18-19), and increase family relationships (Psalms 127:3-5).
There are many people who are alone and just live for themselves. They work hard, never have time for any one, and store up finances without regard for others (Ecc. 4:8). They often become greedy and leave everything they have to no one. What a shame! People like this don’t understand deep friendships with others or just choose not to engage themselves in any meaningful relationships.
The body of Christ is a bond and God often brings lonely, rejected people into His body of believers to become a part of His family (Psalms 68:6). Friendships with brothers and sisters in the body of Christ can become unfailing because people can mature in the oneness relationship with God and His Son, Jesus Christ, and the relationship we have with Christ and His church.
There are a lot of relationships that fail, but love is like a strong rope; it is unfailing!
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