‘Protect Our Church Elders From Gossip.’
1 Timothy 5:19.
a) Do not accept or do
not receive.
b) Any accusation
against an Elder.
c) Unless it is
supported.
d) This becomes a principle,
a basis for Church health.
e) It has to be
supported by two or three witnesses.
(Through this QT I know
that we should Protect Our Church Elders From Gossip)
‘Where Is Our Place In
The Story?’
Luke 15:11-32.
a) Luke 15:11. Jesus
spoke about a man who had two sons.
b) Luke 15:12. The
younger one was greedy – a “give me” person.
c) Luke 15:12. The
father, wanting to be fair, divided the inheritance between his sons.
d) Luke 15:13. The
younger son left home to go to a far country and spent all he had on wild
living.
e) Luke 15:14. A severe
famine came to that country and the wayward son began to be in need.
f) Luke 15:15. This
wayward son went and attached himself to a pig farm working for the pig farmer.
(He must have been a Gentile)
g) Luke 15:16. No one
gave him anything he even ate pig’s food.
h) Luke 15:17. The
wayward son came to his senses and started thinking about his home.
i) Luke 15:18. He
decided to go back and confess his sin to his father.
j) Luke 15:19. He
planned to be a hired servant of his father and not a son.(He was humbly
correct)
k) Luke 15:20. The father
saw him in the distance coming home and went to compassionately welcome his son
home.
l) Luke 15:21. The son
frankly confessed his sin and unworthiness to his father.
m) Luke 15:22. The
father would not listen to him, he just wanted to give him:-
1-A robe.
2-A ring.
3-Sandals.
n) Luke 15:23. It was
the time for a big party because the lost son came home.
o) Luke 15:24. They all
celebrated because the lost son came home.
p) Luke 15:25. The elder
son, who had been busy working in the field, came home and heard all the noise
of celebration.
q) Luke 15:26. This
elder son asked a servant what was going on.
r) Luke 15:27. The
servant told him all the story about the son coming home.
s) Luke 15:28-30. The
older son was so angry and jealous about this matter. (He had forgotten his
daily benefits)
t) Luke 15:31. The
father reminded the elder son that he was a blessed son.
u) Luke 15:32. The
celebration was correct, really correct, because the lost son had been found.
(Through this Second one I ask myself: Where is my place in
the story?)
Chris.
The ring was, and still is, a sign of a covenant. A wedding
ring is a sign of the covenant between the bride groom and the bride. A ring
passed down in a family is a sign of closeness and covenant in the family. The
people who pierce their bodies in an unbiblical way and wear rings in strange
places are actually showing the sign of a covenant with spiritual darkness. The
meaning of a ring is always significant. In life generally we should be careful
whom we receive rings from.
