April 13, 2025 – A Study of Matthew – Breaking the Seal

Breaking the Seal

Daniel 6:14-24 - New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.

¹⁵ Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”

¹⁶ So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”

¹⁷ A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. ¹⁸ Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.

¹⁹ At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. ²⁰ When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”

²¹ Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! ²² My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”

²³ The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

²⁴ At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Who “was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him” (verse 14)?

What did the “law of the Medes and Persians” say (verse 15)?

Who told Daniel, when he was thrown into the lions’ den “may your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you” (verse 16)?

How was the stone that was placed at the mouth of the den sealed (verse 17)?

What did the king do “at the first light of dawn” (verse 19)?

How did Daniel answer the king’s question, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions” (verses 20, 21, and 22)?

Why was “no wound” found on Daniel (verse 23)?

What happened to the “men who had falsely accused Daniel” (verse 24)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how humans unsuccessfully place limits on God?

Matthew 21:1-11 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

⁴ This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

⁵ “Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
    and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

⁶ The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. ⁷ They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. ⁸ A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. ⁹ The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,

“Hosanna to the Son of David!”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

 

¹⁰ When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

¹¹ The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

What were the two disciples to do (verses 1 and 2)?

How were they to respond if “anyone says anything to you” (verse 3)?

Why did this take place (verse 4)?

What did the disciples do (verses 6 and 7)?

Why did they place their cloaks “on them” (verse 7)?

Who “spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road” (verse 8)?

In your opinion, what does “Hosanna” mean (verse 9)?

What did the city ask (verse 10)?

How did the crowds answer the city’s question (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how humans unsuccessfully place limits on God?

In your opinion, how is Daniel being thrown into the lions’ den in Daniel 6:14-24 similar to Jesus entering Jerusalem in Matthew 21:1-11?

Matthew 27:57-66 – New International Version (NIV)

⁵⁷ As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. ⁵⁹ Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰ and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. ⁶¹ Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

⁶² The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. ⁶³ “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ ⁶⁴ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵ “Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶ So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.

What had Joseph, the rich man from Arimathea, become (verse 57)?

Who did Joseph ask for Jesus’ body (verse 58)?

What did Joseph do with the body (verses 59 and 60)?

Who was sitting “opposite the tomb” (verse 61)?

Who went to Pilate on the day after Preparation Day (verse 62)?

What did they say that the “deceiver” had said (verse 63)?

What order did they ask for (verse 64)?

How did Pilate respond to their request (verse 65)?

What did they do (verse 66)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how humans unsuccessfully place limits on God?

In your opinion, how is the sealing of the stone over the mouth of the lions’ den in Daniel 6:14-24 like the sealing of the stone in front of Jesus’s tomb in Matthew 27:57-66?

In your opinion, how are the crowd welcoming Jesus into Jerusalem in Matthew 21:1-11 and Joseph of Arimathea in Matthew 27:57-66 similar?

1 John 5:1-11 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. ² This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. ³ In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, ⁴ for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. ⁵ Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

⁶ This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. ⁷ For there are three that testify: ⁸ the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. ⁹ We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. ¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Who is “born of God” (verse 1)?

How do we know that we “love the children of God” (verse 2)?

What is “love for God” (verse 3)?

What is “the victory that has overcome the world” (verse 4)?

“Who is it that overcomes the world” (verse 5)?

Who is the truth that testifies to Jesus Christ (verse 6)?

What three testify in agreement (verses 7 and 8)?

Whose testimony is greater than human testimony (verse 9)?

Who makes God “out to be a liar” (verse 10)?

What is the testimony (verse 11)?

Who has life (verse 12)?

Who does not have life (verse 12)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how humans unsuccessfully place limits on God?

In your opinion, how does Daniel in Daniel 6:14-24 provide an example of the statement in 1 John 5:1-11’s that “this is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith”?

In your opinion, what is the difference between the way the “large crowd” in Matthew 21:1-11 perceived Jesus and the way that 1 John 5:1-11 describes Jesus?

In your opinion, how is Joseph of Arimathea in Matthew 27:57-66 an example of what 1 John 5:1-11 means when it talks about attaining a victory that “overcomes the world”?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Daniel, Matthew, Matthew, and 1 John teach us about the choice for the world or for God?

In your opinion, how can we overcome the world today?

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August 25, 2024 – A Study of Matthew – Active Faith

Active Faith

Joshua 2:1-16 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

² The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” ³ So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

⁴ But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. ⁵ At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” ⁶ (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) ⁷ So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

⁸ Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof ⁹ and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. ¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed. ¹¹ When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.

¹² “Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign ¹³ that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will save us from death.”

¹⁴ “Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”

¹⁵ So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. ¹⁶ She said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.”

Where did the two spies that Joshua sent go (verse 1)?

Who sent the Rahab the message to “bring out the men who came to you and entered your house” (verse 3)?

What two things did Rahab do to protect the men (verses 4 through 6)?

When was the city gate shut (verse 7)?

What did Rahab know about the land (verse 9)?

What did Rahab know about the Lord (verse 11)?

How did Rahab want the spies to swear to her (verse 12)?

When would the spies treat Rahab “kindly and faithfully” (verse 14)?

How did Rahab let the spies down (verse 15)?

Why did Rahab tell them to “go to the hills” (verse 16)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, where is faith revealed in these verses?

Matthew 1:4-5a – New International Version (NIV)

⁴ Ram the father of Amminadab,

Amminadab the father of Nahshon,

Nahshon the father of Salmon,

⁵ Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,

How are four of the people here identified (verses 4 and 5a)?

Who was Rahab (verse 5a)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, where is faith revealed in these verses?

In your opinion, what does Joshua 2:1-16 reveal about Rahab that makes her appearance in the Matthew 1:4-5a genealogy of Jesus surprising?  What is revealed about Rahab in Joshua that makes her appearance here possible?

Hebrews 11:30-40 – New International Version (NIV)

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.

³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

³² And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. ³⁵ Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. ³⁶ Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. ³⁷ They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— ³⁸ the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.

³⁹ These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, ⁴⁰ since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

How did the walls of Jericho fall (verse 30)?

Why was “the prostitute Rahab” not killed (verse 31)?

What do Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets have in common with Rahab (verses 32 and 33)?

What does welcoming spies have in common with conquering kingdoms, shutting the mouths of lions, escaping the edge of the sword, and routing foreign armies (verses 31 through 34)?

Why did the people who were tortured refuse to be released (verse 35)?

What was “not worthy of them” (verse 38)?

Why did these people not receive “what had been promised” (verses 39 and 40)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, where is faith revealed in these verses?

In your opinion, how does reading Joshua 2:1-16 help us understand the faith that Rahab was commended for in Hebrews 11:30-40?

In your opinion, how does Paul including Rahab as part of his discussion in Hebrews 11:30-40 help us better understand why she is included in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1:4-5a? 

James 2:18-26 – New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”

Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. ¹⁹ You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

²⁰ You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? ²¹ Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. ²⁴ You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

²⁵ In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? ²⁶ As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

How will James show his faith (verse 18)?

What do demons believe (verse 19)?

What did Abraham have working together (verse 22)?

When was it credited to Abraham “as righteousness” (verse 23)?

What alone doesn’t cause someone to be “considered righteous” (verse 24)?

Why was Rahab “considered righteous” (verse 25)?

When is faith “dead” (verse 26)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, where is faith revealed in these verses?

In your opinion, how does Rahab’s faith Joshua 2:1-16 support the argument in James 2:18-26 that faith leads to action?

In your opinion, what more does James 2:18-26 teach us about why Matthew 1:4-5a has Rahab in the genealogy of Jesus?

In your opinion, how are most of the people of Jericho in Joshua 2:1-16 like the demons in James 2:18-26?  How was Rahab different?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Joshua, Matthew, Hebrews and James teach us about faith?

In your opinion, in what ways can we demonstrate active faith today?

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January 8, 2023 – John’s Writings – Victory in Small and All Things

Victory in Small and All Things

Zechariah 4:1-14 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. ² He asked me, “What do you see?”

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. ³ Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

⁴ I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵ He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.

⁶ So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

⁷ “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

¹⁰ “Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”

¹¹ Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

¹² Again I asked him, “What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?”

¹³ He replied, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I said.

¹⁴ So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.”

Who returned and woke Zechariah up (verse 1)?

What did Zechariah see (verse 2)?

Where were the two olive trees (verse 3)?

In your opinion, why did Zechariah ask “what are these” (verse 4)?

What is the word of the Lord Almighty to Zerubbabel (verse 6)?

What will happen to the “mighty mountain” before Zerubbabel (verse 7)?

Whose hands will complete the temple (verse 9)?

In your opinion, what does the question “who dares despise the day of small things” mean (verse 10)?

What is Zachariah asking about in verse 11?

What is Zachariah asking about in verse 12?

What are the two olive branches (verse 14)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how followers of God have victory even when confronted by the world?

John 7:25-34 - New International Version (NIV)

²⁵ At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? ²⁶ Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? ²⁷ But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

²⁸ Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, ²⁹ but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”

³⁰ At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. ³¹ Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

³³ Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. ³⁴ You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

What did some of the people of Jerusalem begin to ask (verse 25)?

How did the people think the authorities dealing were with Jesus (verse 26)?

Why did some of the people in Jerusalem conclude that Jesus was not the Messiah (verse 27)?

In your opinion, why does Jesus say that “I am not here on my own authority” (verse 28)?

Why does Jesus know the One who sent Him (verse 29)?

What “had not yet come” (verse 30)?

Who said “when the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man” (verse 31)?

What did the chief priests and the Pharisees do (verse 32)?

How long will Jesus be with them (verse 33)?

What will happen when they look for Jesus (verse 34)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how followers of God have victory even when confronted by the world?

In your opinion, how is the obstruction by the enemies of Israel to the completion of the temple in Zechariah 4:1-14 similar to the obstruction that Jesus faced from those who did not believe He was the Messiah in John 7:25-36?

1 John 4:1-6 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. ² This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³ but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

⁴ You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. ⁵ They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶ We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

How should Christians react to “spirits” (verse 1)?

What have “many false prophets” done (verse 1)?

How can you “recognize the Spirit of God” (verse 2)?

Who is not from God (verse 3)?

Where is the “spirit of the antichrist” (verse 3)?

How have Christians overcome the false prophets (verse 4)?

Why does the world listen to false prophets (verse 5)?

Who listens to John and others from God (verse 6)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how followers of God have victory even when confronted by the world?

In your opinion, how is the prophecy of Zechariah that Zerubbabel would complete the temple in Zechariah 4:1-14 similar to John’s reassurance to the Christians that they “are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world”?

In your opinion, is there anything we can learn about the actions of the antichrists we are warned about in 1 John 4:1-6 from the reactions of those who did not believe Jesus was the Messiah in John 7:25-36?

Revelation 11:1-10 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. ² But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. ³ And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” ⁴ They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.” ⁵ If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. ⁶ They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

⁷ Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. ⁸ Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. ¹⁰ The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

What was John to do with the reed (verse 1)?

Why was John to “exclude the outer court” (verse 2)?

What will happen to the “holy city” for 42 months (verse 2)?

Who will “prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth” (verse 3)?

Where do the two olive trees stand (verse 4)?

What happens when people try to harm them (verse 5)?

How long will the two witnesses have the power to “shut up the heavens so that it will not rain” (verse 6)?

What will the two witnesses have the power to do to the waters (verse 6)?

Who will attack and kill the two witnesses (verse 7)?

In your opinion, where will all this happen (verse 8)?

How long will “some from every people, tribe, language and nation” refuse to allow the witnesses to be buried (verse 9)?

What will the “inhabitants of the earth” do (verse 10)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how followers of God have victory even when confronted by the world?

In your opinion, how are the purposes of the two olive trees of Zechariah 4:1-14 similar to the purposes of the two olive trees of Revelation 11:1-10?

In your opinion, how is the desire of people to kill Jesus in John 7:25-36 similar to desire of the nations to kill the two witnesses in Revelation 11:1-10? 

In your opinion, what part of the temple that John is measuring in Revelation 11:1-10 would the people who 1 John 4:1-6 says “are from God and have overcome” be in?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Zechariah, John, 1 John and Revelation teach us about who has the ultimate power over today, tomorrow, and eternity?

In your opinion, as Christians what is our responsibility in the conflict between the world and God?

 

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