Speaker: Pastor Ron Case

Digest

1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) Though it should be used sparingly, am I open to confrontation whether as the confronter or confronted?
4) How often do we “examine ourselves” in terms of “the faith”?

“The LORD says to my Lord: ‘Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’”

– Psalm 110:1 (ESV)

“… Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”

– Hebrews 9:28 (ESV)

“As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

– 2 Corinthians 4:18 (ESV)

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it shall no longer be said, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ but ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For I will bring them back to their own land that I gave to their fathers.”

– Jeremiah 16:14-15 (ESV)

“…The Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you.”

– Deuteronomy 30:3 (NKJV)

Digest

1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) Isn’t is a bit alarming the extreme measures God will employ to keep pride at bay?
4) In this chapter as well as 10 & 11, do you discern the parental concern Paul has for God’s church (verses 14-15)?

“So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.”

– Hebrews 13:12-14 (ESV)

Digest

1) Prayerfully reflect on these verses.
2) What are some truths that God is showing me through the verses?
3) What similarities do you see between verse 3 and verses 14-15?