Ephesians 4:11-16 (NIV) 11  So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12  to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13  until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature And so, all who withdraw from the church or do not join it act contrary to God’s ordinance. Today: 2 Corinthians 13

Bible.com 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NIV) 17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has 18  All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation : 19  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 5 Article Today: Romans 10

Faithlife.com 2 Timothy 3:12–17 (NIV) 12   In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13   while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14   But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Today: Revelation 18

Things are as good as they will ever be for the Israelites. 2 Samuel 11:1–16 (NIV) 11 In the spring, 11  Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and 12  Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.”   In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15  In it he wrote, “Put Uriah Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.” 16  So while Joab had the city under siege

Romans 5:12-14 (NIV) 12  Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 13  To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14  Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Article 1 - God's right to condemn all people Today: Starts again on January 1     DISCUSS:   How does seeing sin as 'missing the mark' or a 'misunderstanding

Bible.com Colossians 2:6-15 (NIV) 6  So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to this world rather than on Christ. 9  For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 He is the head over every power and authority. 11  In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 5 Article Today: Romans 11

Gospels: Week 11 — Jesus' Suffering and death Logos.com SINCE WE LAST LEFT OFF... settled in to hear a Sunday sermon, the preacher instructed the congregation to open their Bibles to John 14, but then never announced the particular verses delimiting the day's passage. Instead, after reading all 31 verses of John 14, he went on to read chapters 15, 16 and 17 as well. Jesus commanded eight of them to sit, while He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee (James and John

Joshua 24:14–28 14  “Now fear the L ORD  and serve him with all faithfulness. away the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the L ORD . 15 17  It was the L ORD  our God himself who brought us and our fathers up out of Egypt, from that land Joshua calls the people to: 1) SERVE THE LORD: Being in covenant with God is an all consuming commitment to serve , a word used 13x in this short passage.

Revelation 12:7-17 (NIV) 7  Then war broke out in heaven. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. 10  Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. 12 He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” 13  When the dragon saw that he had Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 8 Article

BibleHub.com Romans 9:16-21 (NIV) 15  God says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy , and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16  It [our salvation] does not Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God For “all his works are known to God from eternity” ( Acts 15:18 ; Eph. 1:11 ).  Today: Acts 10