Bible Verses:
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Ephesians 4:32 - "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
Philippians 2:5-11
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on the cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2 Corinthians 5:21 -- "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
1 John 1:9 -- "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Ephesians 4:32 - "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."
Philippians 2:5-11
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on the cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2 Corinthians 5:21 -- "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
1 John 1:9 -- "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Historical Eras of the Old Testament:
1. Creation 6. Kings and Prophets
2. Patriarchs 7. Division of the Kingdom
3. Exodus 8. Exile
4. Conquest. 9. Return from Exile
5. Judges
2. Patriarchs 7. Division of the Kingdom
3. Exodus 8. Exile
4. Conquest. 9. Return from Exile
5. Judges
Divisions of the Old Testament:
1. Books of the Law (5): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
2. Historical Books (12): Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2
Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
3. Poetic Books (5): Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
4. Prophetic Books (17):
A. Major Prophets (5) Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel
B. Minor Prophets (12) Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
2. Historical Books (12): Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2
Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
3. Poetic Books (5): Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
4. Prophetic Books (17):
A. Major Prophets (5) Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel
B. Minor Prophets (12) Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Children's Catechism Questions 68-94:
Q. 68. How many offices does Christ fulfill as the promised Messiah?
A. Christ fulfilled three offices.
Q. 69. What are they?
A. The offices of a prophet, of a priest and of a king.
Q. 70. How is Christ your prophet?
A. He teaches me the will of God.
Q. 71. How is Christ your priest?
A. Christ died for my sins, and continues to pray for me.
Q. 72. How is Christ your king?
A. Christ rules over me, the world and Satan, and defends me.
Q. 73. Why do you need Christ as your prophet?
A. Because I am ignorant by nature.
Q. 74. Why do you need Christ as your priest?
A. Because I am guilty of breaking God’s law.
Q. 75. Why do you need Christ as your king?
A. Because I am weak and helpless.”
Q. 76. How many commandments did God give on Mt. Sinai?
A. Ten commandments.
Q. 77. Why should we obey the ten commandments?
A. Because God is our Creator, Savior and King.
Q. 78. What do the first four commandments teach?
A. What it means to love and serve God.
Q. 79. What do the last six commandments teach?
A. What it means to love and serve my neighbor.
Q. 80. What do the Ten Commandments teach?
A. To love God with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself.
Q. 81. Who is your neighbor?
A. Everybody is my neighbor.
Q. 82. Is God pleased with those who love and obey him?
A. Yes. God says, “I love them that love me.”
Q. 83. Is God displeased with those who do noy love and obey him?
A. Yes. God is angry with the wicked every day.
Q. 84. What is the first commandment?
A. “You shall have no other gods before me.”
Q. 85. What does the first commandment teach you?
A. To worship the true God, and him only.
Q. 86. What is the second commandment?
A. "You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments." (NKJV)
Q. 87. What does the second commandment teach you?
A. To worship God only as he commands, and not to worship God with statues or pictures.
Q. 88. What is the third commandment?
A. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain." (NKJV)
Q. 89. What does the third commandment teach you?
A. To treat God’s name, word and works with reverence.
Q. 90. What is the fourth commandment?
A. "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath t the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."
Q. 91. What does the fourth commandment teach you?
A. To work six days and keep the Sabbath day holy.
Q. 92. What day of the week is the Christian Sabbath?
A. The first day of the week, called the Lord's Day.
Q. 93. Why is it called the Lord's Day?
A. Because on that day the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Q. 94. How should I keep the Lord's Day?
A. I should rest from my daily work and faithfully worship God.
A. Christ fulfilled three offices.
Q. 69. What are they?
A. The offices of a prophet, of a priest and of a king.
Q. 70. How is Christ your prophet?
A. He teaches me the will of God.
Q. 71. How is Christ your priest?
A. Christ died for my sins, and continues to pray for me.
Q. 72. How is Christ your king?
A. Christ rules over me, the world and Satan, and defends me.
Q. 73. Why do you need Christ as your prophet?
A. Because I am ignorant by nature.
Q. 74. Why do you need Christ as your priest?
A. Because I am guilty of breaking God’s law.
Q. 75. Why do you need Christ as your king?
A. Because I am weak and helpless.”
Q. 76. How many commandments did God give on Mt. Sinai?
A. Ten commandments.
Q. 77. Why should we obey the ten commandments?
A. Because God is our Creator, Savior and King.
Q. 78. What do the first four commandments teach?
A. What it means to love and serve God.
Q. 79. What do the last six commandments teach?
A. What it means to love and serve my neighbor.
Q. 80. What do the Ten Commandments teach?
A. To love God with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself.
Q. 81. Who is your neighbor?
A. Everybody is my neighbor.
Q. 82. Is God pleased with those who love and obey him?
A. Yes. God says, “I love them that love me.”
Q. 83. Is God displeased with those who do noy love and obey him?
A. Yes. God is angry with the wicked every day.
Q. 84. What is the first commandment?
A. “You shall have no other gods before me.”
Q. 85. What does the first commandment teach you?
A. To worship the true God, and him only.
Q. 86. What is the second commandment?
A. "You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments." (NKJV)
Q. 87. What does the second commandment teach you?
A. To worship God only as he commands, and not to worship God with statues or pictures.
Q. 88. What is the third commandment?
A. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain." (NKJV)
Q. 89. What does the third commandment teach you?
A. To treat God’s name, word and works with reverence.
Q. 90. What is the fourth commandment?
A. "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath t the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."
Q. 91. What does the fourth commandment teach you?
A. To work six days and keep the Sabbath day holy.
Q. 92. What day of the week is the Christian Sabbath?
A. The first day of the week, called the Lord's Day.
Q. 93. Why is it called the Lord's Day?
A. Because on that day the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Q. 94. How should I keep the Lord's Day?
A. I should rest from my daily work and faithfully worship God.