Scripture Reading: 2 Chronicles 15:1-9

Memory Verse: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Introduction: After studying some of the very basic and simple concepts of Christianity in this series of lessons, who could say that we do not stand in dire need of revival? Many of us have felt the chilling winds of orthodoxy cooling our ardor for God. Too often we have

Scripture Reading: John 20:19-31

Memory Verse: “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:14)

Introduction: “If a man die, shall he live again?” (Job 14:14). The significant extent of Christ’s bodily resurrection to the Christian faith is that if Jesus was not resurrected, there will be no resurrection for mankind (1 Corinthians 15:12-13). Certainly, our Savior was resurrected! All anxiety and doubt should be dispelled by the truth of God’s record of this miraculous event and by a living experience with the risen Christ.

“He is not here:

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

Memory Verse: “But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept.” (1 Corinthians 15:20)

Introduction: The first fruit is the very earliest or very first of the harvest of that which follows. In ancient times, also, the firstborn son was often given special recognition and double inheritance. Jesus Christ is called the “first fruits of them that slept.” In speaking of the resurrection of the dead, Christ is called the “first fruits” of the resurrection, “afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming” (1 Corinthians 15:23). At

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 65:17-25

Memory Verse: “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” (Matthew 25:34)

Introduction: It is indeed satisfying to meditate on the rewards that God has in store for those who come to Him through Christ Jesus. There is first the reward of eternal life. What else does mankind desire as much as even fleeting and temporary life? Of all our possessions, we try most desperately to retain this life. This present life may be beautiful,

Scripture Reading: John 17:1-21

Memory Verse: “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from evil.” (John 17:15)

Introduction: Understanding the mission of God’s Church requires an accurate concept of the Church. The word “church” is translated from the Greek word “ecclesia,” and means “that which is called out.” While this definition might not seem particularly illuminating to a carnal mind, it reveals much to the truly converted Christian.

The Church plainly meets a great need in this world of sin and darkness. It is a vessel of light, and

Scripture Reading: Titus 2

Memory Verse: “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:18)

Introduction: The word “preach” sometimes means: to proclaim, to announce, to tell, to cry out, to command, and to use boldness in freely speaking. As the Scriptures employ the term, however, there is inherent in all of these definitions the understanding that preaching is the declaration of God’s will by God’s messengers. The sermon a preacher delivers might be defined as: a speech given with the unction

Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 5:1-10

Memory Verse: “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not be constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;” (1 Peter 5:2)

Introduction: There is nothing mysterious about the role of a pastor. It is simply one of the ministries that God has ordained and set in order in the Church. The word “pastor” might just as well have been translated “shepherd,” except for the need to differentiate between one who ministers to the children of God and one who tends to literal sheep. The

Scripture Reading: Acts 1:1-11

Memory Verse: “Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.” (1 Chronicles 16:8)

Introduction: In the general sense, every person who becomes a Christian, by repenting of sin and trusting Jesus Christ for salvation, becomes a qualified witness. Once Christians have felt the transforming power of the Gospel in their own lives, gratitude demands that it be shared with others by telling them of this experience.

In the early ministry of Christ, we find active witnessing on the part of those men who found Christ to be the

Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20

Memory Verse: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Matthew 24:14)

Introduction: There was a period of time in Bible history when God seemed to be dealing almost exclusively with the nation of Israel, During the ministry of Christ, however, one could see the national aspect of the plan of God for Israel fading into relative obscurity and becoming subsidiary to the plan God had for revealing His salvation to all of mankind.

In keeping with this

Scripture Reading: John 3:1-21

Memory Verse: “And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, is not this Joseph’s son?” (Luke 4:22)

Introduction: The Gospel has appealed to such a cross-section of humanity that one must conclude it to be of universal attraction (more, of course, in the Western World). Men who are wealthy have accepted it as their greatest asset, while those impoverished have accepted it as their only treasure. Men of letters and those unlearned alike have been transformed by its power. Why is this Gospel such