Bible Studies (Page 16)

Live Different – Lesson 12 – The Example of the Believer

Scripture Text: 1 Timothy 4:12-16
Memory Verse: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
Lesson Aim: To identify how we can be an example of a believer and how our example can impact the lives of unbelievers.

Key Points
- Christ is our primary example.
- As examples of a believer, we continue the work of Christ here on earth.
- As professing Christians, we have an immediate opportunity to impact the lives of unbelievers because their eyes are always upon us.

Jesus, our Lord, Savior,

Live Different – Lesson 11 – Living in Divine Health

Scripture Text: Exodus 15:22-27; Deuteronomy 7:6-15
Memory Verse: Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John 1:2
Lesson Aim: To define and show the origin of divine health and how to live in and maintain divine health.

Key Points
- Divine health is God-given health.
- Sickness and death did not exist prior to Adam’s sin.
- To live in divine health requires obedience to biblical dietary laws.
- Healing is the process of returning to divine health.
- Spiritual and natural healing are ordained of God

Live Different – Lesson 10 – Parenting – The Highest Level of Stewardship

Scripture Text: Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Memory Verse: And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
Lesson Aim: To highlight the ultimate responsibility of parenting and examine how it relates to how God parents us.

Key Points
- The primary responsibility of parents is to nurture, discipline, and admonish their children in the Word of God
- A parent can only be as effective as God desires if he/she is first yielded to the authority of Christ.
- No one can influence a child’s destiny like

Live Different – Lesson 9 – Maintaining a Godly Marriage

Scripture Text: Matthew 19:4-6
Memory Verse: Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
Lesson Aim: To reinforce the foundational elements necessary to sustain a godly marriage.

Key Points
- The concepts of receiving, leaving, and cleaving are vital to the success of a marriage.
- Our responsibility is to submit to God and each other in every aspect of the marital relationship.

In the previous lesson we were reminded that marriage was good – God made it that way. Despite the world’s negative opinion

Live Different – Lesson 8 – Foundations of a Godly Marriage

Scripture Text: Ephesians 5:22-33
Memory Verse: He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22
Lesson Aim: To consider the purposes of marriage and essential factors that will enable people to live a “different” marriage.

Key Points
- God designed marriage and He made it good.
- The marriage relationship is only surpassed in importance by one’s relationship with God.
- The marital union is designed to develop us into the image of Christ and to be an earthly example of oneness.
- God must be at the center of whatever method

Live Different – Lesson 7 – Sowing and Reaping

Scripture Text: Galatians 6:6-10
Memory Verse: But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6
Lesson Aim: To emphasize the importance of understanding the principle of sowing and reaping and to encourage a lifestyle of generous giving.

Key Points
- We need to gain a good grasp of the principle of sowing and reaping (giving and receiving) because this principle affects every aspect of our lives.
- We must expect that God will do what He says and what He has promised in His Word.

Live Different – Lesson 6 – Sanctification: God’s Honor Code

Scripture Text: 1 Peter 1
Memory Text: But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16
Lesson Aim: To understand that sanctification is the vital foundation of one’s walk with the Lord and is pivotal in building an ongoing relationship with Christ Jesus and others.

Key Points
- Sanctification is ongoing.
- There is liberty in sanctification.
- Sanctification is the hinge that holds the door of our relationship with Christ Jesus in place.

Institutions of higher learning have long

Live Different – Lesson 5 – Total Obedience

Scripture Text: 1 Samuel 15:1-28
Memory Text: So Samual said: “He the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22
Lesson Aim: To establish the importance of maintaining relationship with God and others through obedience.

Key Points
- The pulse of one’s relationship with God is obedience.
- Obedience liberates the believer.
- Obedience is a complete lifestyle.

The Omnipotent God, the Creator of heaven and earth, the Master of the universe, the Conductor

Live Different – Lesson 4 – Order in God’s House

Scripture Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Memory Verse: Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Corinthians 14:40
Lesson Aim: To explore the relevance and importance of having order in the local church.

Key Points 
- Everything in life has its proper place and its proper fit in God’s scheme.
- God is not the author of confusion.
- When things are lined up as ordered by God, the Spirit of the Lord can move freely.

Order! One of the definitions for order in Webster’ New College Dictionary is, “A state or condition in which everything is in its right place

Live Different – Lesson 3 – Walking in Authority

Scripture Text: Nehemiah 4
Memory Verse:Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:19
Lesson Aim: To explore the importance of our recognizing and walking in the authority God has given us.

Key Points
- Walking in authority is a matter of position, posture, and preparedness.
- Preparedness is to be fit or suitable, adapted, ready.
- God has given us power over all the power of the enemy.
- It is important to recognize and use