What Did You Learn At Church Today?

@pilgrim.1

We certainly need faith to worship Him in spirit and sincerity. 

Luke 1:74-75 (KJV)


   74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

 75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
   
 

I also learnt the catch-phrase: "No Bible No Breakfast", "No Scripture No Supper" or "No Scripture No Sleep" from our bible study this week. 

You will soon be fished out!

Blimey, can't remember the last time I was in a church. 

i no go church today. as if i have been going to chruch before

anyway, i'll be going for evening mass. . . . hopefully

but where i go get money for offering sef? ahaaaa, stingy darfur in stingy UK. ok i'll give just £1. hmmmn that money too big ooo that na 250 naira  oops    i go give 50p. anyhow . after all God no need my money. na my soul he want. na these pastors need my money. inshort na 10p i go give. or even 2p. inshort i no get money to give. hoha. them go pursue me? 

1 Sam. 30:6
"And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God."

Be careful what you encourage yourself with. In the midst of a difficult situation, don't lose your head and act recklessly. Be calm, and focus on the Lord - and you'll be a blessing to yourself and those around you.

I already have value.

Wealth or cars or . . . don't add value to me.

My value is from within. My value is that my life is a gift from heaven.

I learnt about the 10 moral laws that God passed to His people in Ex.20:1-17; and how they can be interpreted and applied to my situation today.

1THEN GOD spoke all these words:
    2I am the Lord your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

    3You shall have no other gods before or besides Me.

    4You shall not make yourself any graven image [to worship it] or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

    5You shall not bow down yourself to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me,

    6But showing mercy and steadfast love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

    7You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

    8[Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God).

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

    10But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, your daughter, your manservant, your maidservant, your domestic animals, or the sojourner within your gates.

    11For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it [set it apart for His purposes].

    12Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.

    13You shall not commit murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house, your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.  Amplified Bible.


I will try to share how I interpreted them later.


   

Wow! Can hardly wait! Bless you.

@Hi OlowoTee,

Praise the Lord, We listened to the same bible study this week via the internet.  I have been really blessed by the exposition on the "Lord's Prayer".  Can you please signal at the camera if and when it is directed at you so that I can see you.

I also pray along on the thread set up for prayer requests, it is a very good idea, very effective and has been a blessing to me.  Thanks and remain blessed.

@Hi Pilgrim,

I will certainly get back to sharing my lessons on the 10 commandments but I have to attend to some urgent responsibilities right now, I promise to be right back.  

It is well with you.

This Sunday's lesson on the 10 commandments

The law naturally falls into 2 divisions; the 1st and 2nd tables.  The first table contains the 1st to the 4th commandments while the 2nd table consists of the 5th to the 10th commandments. 

The 1st table teaches us about the personality of God & the true notions we should form of His divine nature.  It teaches us of our duty to God who is our filial relation and to love Him with  a heart-felt affection that gives no room for any rivalry.  He should be the one object of our devotion and also the only object of our love.  We love Him because He first loved us.

The 2nd table teaches us about a complete system of ethics and moral duties which every man owes his neighbour, who is his fraternal relation.  Our love for fellow men acts as a 2 dimensional key that maintains good human relationship and prevents all forms of moral decadence.  This means that  we will not do any ill against our fellows who we really love as ourselves (Rom.13:8-10)

Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ summarized the whole commandments into two; love towards God and love towards our neighbour.  Matt.22:37-40.

5 ways that we can personally apply the laws by faith in the new testament;

#1 The law highlights our sins, while faith shows us the way out.  God's moral law brings our consciences under conviction and by faith we seek pardon, grace and salvation through Jesus Christ.

#2 The law is established through faith in Christ's substitutionary death.  When we believe in Christ we are counted as righteous through His vicarious death.  We (our old man) are baptised into His death and also buried with Him that we might be dead to sin.  Rom.6:1-19.

#3 Through faith the indwelling Christ grants us the power and inward strength to live righteously and to fulfil the letter and the spirit of the law Rom 8:2-4.  As we reckon ourselves dead to sin we also believe that we are alive to God since Jesus has risen from the dead Rom 8:10-14.  We are therefore free to choose what God would choose for us Rom. 8:2;girl. 5:18.

#4 God's love in our heart at salvation helps us to obey God willingly and not out of constraint Rom 5:5.

#5 Through faith, the indwelling Christ writes His law on the table of our hearts as we read, meditate, confess it and pray  Heb.10:16, so that we will not be forgetful of His commandments.

Moses brought the law but Jesus brought grace and truth so that we can keep His commandments which is that we should believe On the name of the Son of God and that we should love one another   Matt.5:17-19;Rom.3:31;Jn.1:17;1Jn.3:23.

The second table:

Commandments dealing with love towards our neighbours;

#5 Honouring parents Ex 20:12; Prov. 1:8; Eph. 6:1-3; Colossians 3:20.

Obedience has to do with action while honour has to do with attitude, but only in the Lord.

#6 Thou shalt not commit murder Ex 20:13; 21:14; Galatians 5:19-21; 1John 3:15.

Life is a man's most prized possession and it is a great sin to deprive someone of his life.  Those who assist, support, consent to, or conceal the sin of murder are all guilty before God.  Suicide is self-murder which is a great sin, abortion is also a sin against God, against the innocent blood and against humanity.

#7 No adultery Ex 20:14; Lev. 20:10-13,17; Matt. 5:27-30; Rom 7:2,3.

This applies to all kinds of sexual immorality such as fornication, adultery, premarital sex, homosexuality, lesbianism, masturbation, uncleanness and anything that excites evil passions and lust of the flesh, such as immodest dressing, immoral speech, pornographic pictures etc.  Jesus made it clear that adultery is in the heart and occurs even before any outward act.  God is pure and He requires us to flee from all unrighteousness.

#8 Thou shalt not steal Ex 20:15; Lev. 19:11-13; Mark 7:21-23; 1Thess. 4:6.

The unjust taking and keeping to ourselves what is lawfully another's.  He is a thief who withholds what ought to be in his neighbour's possession just as much as one who takes his neighbour's property.  We should resist the spirit of selfishness and maintain the virtue of contentment.

#9 No false witness Ex. 20:16; Lev. 19:16; Deut. 19:16-20; Ephesians 4:25; Rev. 21:8.

God forbids false witness, lying, deception and giving of false testimony in court or elsewhere.  A lie consists of three elements; speaking what is not true, deliberately doing so, and doing so with intent to deceive.  A report should never be repeated until the truth is verified.  Those who maliciously invent falshood for the purpose of damaging the reputation of others are guilty of a great sin before God.

#10 Thou shalt not covet Ex 20:17; Isaiah 57:17; Lk. 12:15; 1Tim. 6:6-11.

This commandment forbids us to covet anything that is our neighbours.  It forbids the inward desire to possess what belongs to others.  All sins begin in the heart and God condemns evil desires in the heart.

Not today. It was last Sunday. Me pretending last sunday was today, so me want to say so soooooo,

The Pastor preached about "Love your enemy".

He seriously mentioned about bin Laden, and his members,
All audiences gave applauses, but not me,

Am I wrong? How would u guys react?,

The Bible clearly teaches us "Love one another, as u love yourself, " Love your enemy'"  , Owe only love,

May be we are wrong,

bye,

@OLAADEGBU,

Thanks for sharing on the Law. It was a refreshing read and has added to my understanding. More of that - and God bless you.

Really?


hmmmh! I've been thinking about the possibility of this. What happens if more than one person signals at the camera?? your guess is as good as mine. . Maybe one of these days i'll show up on my profile.