Download Lesson: 2.15.26 Class Notes – Job 1

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Chapter 1 of Job is raw and unsettling. It doesn’t give neat answers, but rather reshapes how we think about God, suffering, and faith. We need to embrace that a righteous life is not a shield against suffering. We need to let go of the idea that “doing right” ensures comfort. Moreover, we need to stop interpreting automatically that hardship is God’s punishment of us. Job is never told “why” he incurred all of his losses, and we won’t know the “why” behind our own suffering.

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Download Lesson: 1.9.22 Class Notes – 1 Tim 1

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Each local church is in a constant battle against the forces of evil. There are false prophets and false teachers. Satan is the originator of false doctrines, for he is a liar from the beginning (John 8:44). It is not enough for a local church to teach sound doctrine and to proclaim the Gospel. The church must also defend the faith by exposing lies and opposing the doctrines of demons (1 Tim. 4:1).

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Download Lesson: 7.3.22 Class Notes – Galatians 1

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Paul had taught the Galatian Christians that their salvation depended solely on their faith in Jesus. This great gift was by the grace, the unmerited favor, of God. The Judaizers had come along to add another requirement: Gentile converts must become Jewish proselytes. The old and the new way must not be mixed. Salvation, by God’s graciousness, is now free. It comes exclusively through faith in Jesus. He says, don’t clutter up free grace with the old out-moded forms of gaining favor with God through the kinds of activities which the law required.

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Download Lesson: 3.19.23 Class Notes – Titus 1

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False doctrine is like yeast: it enters secretly, it grows quickly, and permeates completely (Gal. 5:9). The best time to attack false doctrine is at the beginning, before it has a chance to spread.

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Download Lesson: 3.26.23 Class Notes – Titus 2

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Christians live “in this present age” (NIV), but they do not live like it or for it. Christ has redeemed us from this evil age (Gal. 1:4), and we must not be conformed to it (Rom. 12:1–2). Neither should we walk according to its standards (Eph. 2:2). We have tasted the powers of “the coming age” (Heb. 6:5, NIV), and we should not desire to cultivate the present age with its shallowness and godlessness.

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Download Lesson: 3.23.25 Class Notes John 1v1-28

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John 1:12–13 gives us the marvelous promise of God that anyone who receives Christ will be born again and enter the family of God! John says more about this new birth in John 3, but he points out here that it is a spiritual birth from God, not a physical birth that depends on human nature.

The Light is still shining! Have you personally received the Light and become a child of God?

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Download Lesson: 10.15.23 Class Notes – 2 Sam 12

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If we don’t confess our sin, we become slaves to our guilt. But there’s no need to do that. The Lord is gracious and compassionate, ready to forgive our sin. In His righteousness, He may deal with us severely even after He has forgiven us. But we can trust that He always has our ultimate good in mind.

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Download Lesson: 9.4.22 Class Notes – 1 Sam 14

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Nothing restrains the Lord. We often believe that God is restrained one way or another. The truth is that our unbelief restrains God. Matthew 13:58 says, “Jesus did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” God’s power is never restrained, but God’s will may be restrained because of our unbelief. He may choose not to act until we partner with Him in trust. God had a trusting partner in Jonathan!

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Download Lesson: 7.25.21 Class Notes – Esther 1

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Power should be used for righteous purposes and not for self-gratification.

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Download Lesson: 12.13.20 Class Notes – Nahum 1

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God makes two wonderful promises to His people in this chapter. In 1:7, He assures them of His goodness and tells them they will be safe so long as they trust in Him. In 1:12, He assures them that He will not afflict them again with the Assyrian armies the way Israel had been afflicted before. No matter what the difficulties may be, we can trust God to care for us and see us through.

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