Heaven, Section 4

By James Boice
Theme: A Description of the City
 
In these lessons we focus on heaven as the place where God and his redeemed people will dwell forever.
 
Scripture: Revelation 21
 
John begins to describe some of the other details, and he talks about this great wall all the way around it. A wall would symbolize protection, and so you have an image there of our eternal security and safety. He talks about the twelve foundations. Why twelve?

John begins to describe some of the other details, and he talks about this great wall all the way around it. A wall would symbolize protection, and so you have an image there of our eternal security and safety. He talks about the twelve foundations. Why twelve? Well the reason is that they relate to the twelve apostles of the Lamb in verse 14. And the reference to the twelve apostles goes along with the twelve gates in the city, which represent the twelve tribes of Israel. This shows us the kind of base upon which this heavenly community is established. 

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Heaven, Section 3

By James Boice
Theme: The Throne of God and of the Lamb
 
In these lessons we focus on heaven as the place where God and his redeemed people will dwell forever.
 
Scripture: Revelation 21
 
When John begins to describe this in chapter 21, the thing that impresses him most about Jerusalem is that God dwells there. He writes, “I saw the Holy City,” he says, “the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
When John begins to describe this in chapter 21, the thing that impresses him most about Jerusalem is that God dwells there. He writes, “I saw the Holy City,” he says, “the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God’” (vv. 2, 3).
 

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Faults to Avoid in Public Prayer

by Nick Batzig • October 04, 2016

There are 18 common mistakes that ministers, elders and deacons should labor to avoid when leading the congregation in public prayer. 

Samuel Miller was the second professor at the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church in Princeton, NJ--what is now Princeton Theological Seminary. He was one of the most prolific and able of 19th Century Reformed theologians.

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Reading Luther

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So you've read Roland Bainton's biography.  What should you read of Luther himself?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Heaven, Section 2

By James Boice
Theme: Jerusalem and Babylon
 
In these lessons we focus on heaven as the place where God and his redeemed people will dwell forever.
 
Scripture: Revelation 21
 
It's really not possible to come to this chapter at this point in the Bible, right at the end, without realizing that when John has this vision of the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, this is in contrast to practically all of the great themes preceding this that have to do with our normal, earthly expectations

It's really not possible to come to this chapter at this point in the Bible, right at the end, without realizing that when John has this vision of the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, this is in contrast to practically all of the great themes preceding this that have to do with our normal, earthly expectations. Jerusalem is certainly contrasted with Babylon, which is mentioned just a few chapters before. Babylon stands for everything that is human in opposition to God. 

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Heaven, Section 1

By James Boice
Theme: Mercy in the End
 
In these lessons we focus on heaven as the place where God and his redeemed people will dwell forever.
 
Scripture: Revelation 21
 
A funeral service of the Book of Common Prayer is a very beautiful thing—both in its simplicity and in the wise way it uses Scripture. The Old Testament readings have to do with many of the Psalms.

A funeral service of the Book of Common Prayer is a very beautiful thing—both in its simplicity and in the wise way it uses Scripture. The Old Testament readings have to do with many of the Psalms. There is the twenty-third as you can imagine, as well as the forty-sixth Psalm, which tells us that the Lord is our refuge and our strength. 

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The Greatest of These, Part 5

By James Boice
Theme: The Permanence of Love
 
In this week’s lessons we learn how Jesus perfectly carries out the biblical understanding of love, and how we, as his disciples, are called to show that same kind of love to others. 
 
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13
 
In yesterday’s study we concluded by referring to the three reasons John gives in 1 John 4 for why we should love one another.
 
The first reason is found in verse 7: “Dear friends, let us l
In yesterday’s study we concluded by referring to the three reasons John gives in 1 John 4 for why we should love one another.
 
The first reason is found in verse 7: “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” God is love. Therefore, if we are God’s children, something of the spiritual genes of our Father will appear in us. We will begin to love. We must love one another because love is God’s nature.
 

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The Greatest of These, Part 4

By James Boice
Theme: The Standard of Love
 
In this week’s lessons we learn how Jesus perfectly carries out the biblical understanding of love, and how we, as his disciples, are called to show that same kind of love to others. 
 
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13
 
Whom do you think of when you read these verses? “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Whom do you think of when you read these verses? “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

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