BIBLE TALK
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BIBLE - In the New Testament the Church is called:- The Temple Of God (1 Corinthians 3:16)
- The bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:22-32)
- The body of Christ (Colossians 1:18, 24 & Ephesians 1:22-23)
- The Kingdom of God's Son (Colossians 1:13)
- The House of God (1 Timothy 3:15)
- The Church of God (1 Corinthians 1:2)
- The Church of the first Born (Hebrews 12:23)
- The Church of the Lord (Acts 20:28)
- The Churches of Christ (Romans 16:16)
BIBLE - You should know that the Church is:- Built by Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:13-18)
- Purchased by the blood of Christ (Acts 20:28)
- Built on Jesus Christ as the only foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11)
- Not built on Peter, Paul, or any other man (1 Corinthians 1:12-13)
BIBLE - The Lord Jesus Christ:- Loved the Church ( Ephesians 5:25 )
- Adds saved people to the Church ( Acts 2:47 )
- Is the Head of the Church ( Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:23 )
- Will save the Church ( Acts 2:47; Ephesians 5:23 )
- Is coming for those who love Him ( 1 Corinthians 16: 22-23 )
BIBLE - The Faithful Church will:- Worship in Spirit and in Truth ( John 4: 23-24 )
- Give their bodies a living sacrifice in worship ( Romans 12: 1-2 )
- Offer to God a sacrifice of praise ( Hebrew 13: 15 )
- Meet on the first day of the week ( Acts 20: 7; Hebrews 10: 25 )
- Pray ( Acts 2: 42; 1 Timothy 2: 1 - 2; 1 Thessalonians 5: 17 )
- Sing, making melody with one's heart ( Ephesians 5: 19; Colossians 3: 16 )
- Eat the Lord's supper on the first day of the week ( Acts 20: 7; Matthew 26: 26 - 30; 1 Corinthians 11: 20 - 32 )
- Give, liberally and cheerfully ( 1 Corinthians 16: 1 - 2; 2 Corinthians 8: 1 - 5. 19: 6 - 8 )
- Walk in newness of life ( Romans 6: 3 - 6 )
BIBLE - To enter the Church, you must:- Believe in Jesus Christ, our savior ( Hebrews 11: 6; Acts 16: 31 )
- Repent of your sins ( Luke 13: 3; Acts 2: 38; 3: 19; 17: 30 )
- Confess faith in Christ ( Matthew 10: 32; Acts 8: 37; Romans 10: 9-10 )
- Be baptized ( Matthew 28:19; Mark 16: 16; Acts 2: 38; 10: 48; 22:16 )
BIBLE - Know that Baptism requires:- The answer of a good conscience towards God ( 1 Peter 3: 21 )
- Much water ( Acts 10: 47 )
- Going down into the water ( Acts 8: 36 - 38 )
- A burial in water ( Romans 6: 3 - 4; Colossians 2: 12 )
- A new birth ( Romans 6: 4; Colossians 2: 12 )
- A washing ( Acts 22: 16; Hebrews 10: 22 )
BIBLE - By Baptism:- Sins are washed away by the blood of Christ ( Acts 22: 16; Hebrews 9: 22; 10: 22; 1 Peter 3:21 )
- You put on Christ and become a child of God ( Galatians 3: 26 - 27 )
- You are a new creature ( 2 Corinthians 5:17 )
- You obey Christ ( Mark 16:15 - 16; Acts 10:48; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 - 9 )
BIBLE - In the New Testament times there was:- One family of God ( Ephesians 3:15; 1 Timothy 3:15 )
- One kingdom of Christ ( Matthew 16:18 - 19 )
- One body of Christ ( Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22 - 23; 4:4 )
- One bride of Christ ( Romans 7:1 - 7; Ephesians 5:22 - 32 )
- One church of Christ ( Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 1:22 - 23; 4:4 - 6 )
BIBLE - The same Church today:- Is guided by the same word ( 1 Peter 1:22 - 25; 2 Timothy 3:16 - 17 )
- Contends for the one Faith ( Jude 3; Ephesians 4:5 )
- Pleads for unity of all believers ( Ephesians 4:4 - 6 )
- Is not a denomination ( 1 Corinthians 1:10 - 13; Ephesians 4:1 - 6 )
- Is faithful to Christ ( Luke 6:46; Revelations 2:10; Mark 8:38 )
- Wears the name of Christ ( Romans 16:16 Acts 11:26 1 Peter 4:16 )
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Paul's Ponder
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Posted on February 15, 2026
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Paul’s Ponder
February 15, 2026
Victor Knowles sends out a monthly report from Peace on Earth Ministries called The Knowlesletter. The following is from the February 2026 edition.
George Jones and Tammy Wynette once sang “Golden Ring”, a plaintive song about a couple in Chicago who, on a sunny summer day, stood gazing longingly at a set of golden rings on display in a tawdry pawn shop. By the time the song was over, so was the marriage…The chilling chorus includes these words: “By itself it’s just a cold metallic thing. Only love can make a golden wedding ring.”
Look close and the ring mirrors your reflection. Look closer, and the ring reflects your morals… The wedding band also stands for 12-carat purity of mind, 24-7. It encircles my mind as well as my ring finger - serving as a band to keep out impure thoughts, images and imaginations… When you slip the ring over your knuckle, the ring speaks: “Knuckle down, you knucklehead!” The wedding ring is also like a telephone ring: “Wake up! Don’t blow it! Be true to your spouse, you louse!”
I am also bound by love. I made a promise - a vow- to have and to hold, to leave all others, to cleave to her and to her only. The ring is an endless circle. It represents endless love, constant commitment that is to last for all eternity.
Like a bird, I am banded. My wedding ring covers less than ¼ inch of flesh on my wedding finger. Yet it somehow overs my entire being - body, soul, and spirit… My wedding ring says, “I love my wife, and I am loved.” I have made a promise to you before Almighty God, the Christ who loved His church, and the holy angels. I will love you forever!”
The wedding ring glints in the sunlight, gleams in the moonlight, and glows by candlelight. Hot blood flows beneath the cold band, from my heart to my hand, from her hand to her heart.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
Just Pondering
Princess Warriors
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Posted on April 19, 2026
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Sweet Sisters,
I want to begin today’s lesson with information about leprosy.
In Palestine there were two kinds of leprosy. One was like a bad skin disease, and was the less of the two.
The second started as a small spot that slowly ate away at the flesh, until the one who had it was left with a stump of a hand or leg. It attacked the nerves as well so it also took away the ability to feel anything in the areas it affected. It was literally a living death.
Society and religious people scorned lepers. According to the law, they were unclean (Leviticus 13). Rabbis especially despised them. They saw lepers as under special judgement of God, deserving no pity and no mercy.
Dr. A. B. MacDonald, who worked in colonies of lepers, wrote, “The leper’s sick in mind as well as body. For some reason there is an attitude towards leprosy that is different than other disfiguring diseases. It is associated with shame and horror, and carries, in some mysterious way, a sense of guilt and shame.” Lepers felt like they were being punished by God.
Let’s go now to our first passage in today’s lesson. Luke 5:12 - 16 (ESV).
12 While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 13 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 And he charged him to tell no one, but “go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” 15 But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. 16 But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
Where was Jesus?
Who came to Him?
Dr. Luke uses the term “full of leprosy”. This phrase indicates an advance stage of leprosy.
What does the leper do?
What does he say to Jesus?
The leper totally believed that Jesus had the power to heal him. What he did not know was if Jesus would be willing to heal him.
What does Jesus do?
What did Jesus say?
Jesus did not have to touch the leper to heal him. Yet He did. Why do you think Jesus reached out and touched the leper?
I wonder how long it had been since this leper had felt someone touch him in a loving, compassionate way? Jesus was letting the leper know that He was not only willing to heal him physically, but He was willing to heal him emotionally. People tend to doubt the love of God for them more than His power to heal them.
What happened when Jesus touched the leper?
IMMEDIATELY = without any lapse of time, delay or intervention. It signifies dong something instantly, right away. It describes an action that occurs simultaneously.
“Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, ‘I will, be clean’, and immediately the leprosy left him.” Jesus’ words and action worked as one.
What does Jesus tell the leper not to do?
What does Jesus tell the leper to do?
Going to the priest helped bring the former leper back into society.
I want to show you these verses in Mark 1:43 - 45 (ESV).
43 And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, 44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” 45 But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
What does Mark tell us the leper did?
It’s a strange fact that the one Jesus commands to tell no one, tells everyone and we who are commanded to tell everyone often tell no one.
What were the consequences for Jesus of his healing the leper?
How does Jesus respond?
In this season of increasing popularity and publicity, Jesus makes a special point to withdraw into the wilderness and spend time in prayer.
Why do you think Jesus did this?
Luke 5:17 - 19 (ESV)
17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. 18 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, 19 but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.
Who came to hear Jesus teach?
Where did they come from?
PHARISEE - an influential First Century Jewish sect dedicated to strict Torah observance, oral tradition and personal piety. They believed they sere “set apart”, they prioritized ritual purity and synagogue life. They were often portrayed as holding rigid, externalized legalistic views.
TEACHERS OF THE LAW were lawyers, scribes, and rabbis. They were experts in the Mosaic Law and its interpretation.
Why do you think these two groups of men showed up to hear Jesus teach?
What “power was on Jesus”?
This phrase signifies that the divine, miracle-working Holy Spirit was actively present with Jesus. It emphasizes that Jesus did not operate independently but through the direct empowerment of God to heal.
Who did some men bring to Jesus?
What was going on when they got the man to the house where Jesus was teaching?
What did they do?
Luke 5:20 - 26 (ESV)
20 And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 25 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
It appears that the men said nothing but that their actions were a testimony to their faith.
What happens in verse 20?
How do the Pharisees and the scribes respond to this?
How does Jesus respond in verses 22 and 23?
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
“SON OF MAN”. This is Luke’s first use of this expression. He will use it 26 times. It is Jesus’ favorite self-designation (phrase Jesus uses to describe himself). It is found in all the Gospels and used over 80 times. It appears to be Jesus’ way of referring to His Messiahship.
In verse 24, what does Jesus call Himself?
What does Jesus say to the paralyzed man?
Why does Jesus say these words?
What did the paralyzed man do?
Notice that once again, Luke uses the word “immediately”. Luke is the only Gospel writer who tells us that the man went home glorifying God. Why do you think the man glorified God?
More than anyone else, the paralyzed man experienced the power of “the Son of Man”. Luke tells us that not only did the man leave glorifying God, but the reaction of the people was that they also glorified God. Why?
EXTRAORDINARY = going beyond what is normal, ordinary or expected. It describes something exceptional, remarkable, or highly unusual. It indicates a high degree of quality or rarity.
The people who witnessed the healing of the paralyzed man saw something they could not understand or explain, but could only attribute to God. We like to call moments like these, “God Moments”.
Sweet Sisters, I want to encourage you as you go about your life this week to look for “God Moments”. I suspect you will find yourself, like the people in Luke 5, amazed and praising God.
TRUST GOD
OBEY GOD
WAIT ON GOD
Debbie
Peter's Message
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Posted on December 3, 2023
Masters of the Storm
In times of need we may call out to God asking ‘to be taken out of the storm’. We may later reconsider and ask God to ‘calm the storm’, or we may request that He be with us 'in the storm’. Storms are inevitable! Jesus told His disciples that they would receive many blessings ‘with persecutions’ (storms). Paul understood what He meant and said that through trials and temptations that ‘we persevere’. James, the brother of Jesus, said we should ‘count it all joy’ in our trials, and Peter added that we should embrace our suffering in the name of Jesus Christ.
God knows what is needed before people ask, and that He responds when asked. God wants what is best for all people. While Jesus was in the midst of His own storm; facing crucifixion, He relied on God and prayed ‘not My will but Thine’. Parents know that children need godly discipline—Jesus subjected Himself to His parents. Some may not appreciate discipline and may only recognize it’s value later in life—God disciplines those He loves.
God gave Adam and Eve ‘Paradise’; free of storms—they were unappreciative. Today, it is a common practice to ask God for blessings and to live ‘storm free’. Few ask to be challenged or disciplined. All people are given the choice to choose the wide road or the narrow road, the hard road or the easy road. God, our Heavenly Father, places storms in our lives to strengthen us, not to defeat us! As Christians, we delight in our struggles for ‘the joy set before us’. Overcoming a difficult task is exhilarating! Instead of asking God to remove unwanted obstacles let’s ask for the strength to endure and become ‘masters of the storm’. Peter
Peter's Message
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Posted on November 5, 2023
Jesus is called ‘The Lamb of God’. He is also known as Light, Love, Lord, and Lion (of Judah). Creation is a reflection of Jesus; the Creator, made with precision and with purpose. Nothing created is without value or significance.
Jesus is also known as ‘The Good Shepherd.’ He is the shepherd of His sheep and the perfect sacrifice for them. Shepherds are held in high esteem; willing to defend their flock against all predators and willing to stay awake and on guard through the night. Shepherds care for the entire flock, risking their lives for the 99 and one that is lost. Sheep have a special place in the hearts of shepherds who often care for them as their children. Shepherds know how to protect their flock with their lives.
People have taken lambs into their hearts as some do domestic pets. To require of a shepherd that a first born lamb, in full health, be used as a sacrifice is to demand the very best. It is a sacrifice for the shepherd and lamb! Jesus willingly became a sacrifice and went to His death with ‘joy set before Him’, as did God, the Father, make a sacrifice for His ‘love of the world’. He gave His only begotten Son. Mary, Jesus earthy mother, was with Him at His death, suffering silently. Both God the Father and Son purposed to save mankind at the right time and manner—they willingly gave the very best of themselves and heaven. Peter
Peter's Message
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Posted on October 1, 2023
Moses, a servant of God, was chosen by God to deliver His law in what is known as the Ten Commandments, and to set them as God’s standard for His people, Israel. There are two sections: respect for God and respect for fellow man. Many more commands given through Moses have formed the basis of Jewish religious law through the centuries.
Jesus, the Son of God, was chosen by God to speak His words for all people; all nations of the world. Jesus, the Word of God, stated, ‘My words will judge you in the last day’. Jesus has many attributes and is known by several well known titles: He is Christ the Messiah, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, High Priest and Advocate, Great Shepherd and Prince of Peace.
Jesus’ word is God’s Christian standard. On earth, all nations have requirements for all citizens that are accepted as legal and right. By what standard-of-law, then, does God require for entrance into heaven? The Greatest Command Jesus spoke is to love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:28-30).
Jesus showed His love for all people by His willingness to forgive sin. Forgiveness is His gift and response to repentance. Jesus is our righteous judge and advocate, and we will appear before His judgment-seat (II Corinthians 5:10, I John 2:1). By His words, eternal life is given to all who hear and believe—these do not come into judgment (John 5:24). Peter
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