tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34683660257422159462012-02-16T20:05:29.925-08:00rpmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04208376717142891019noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468366025742215946.post-74257816978178279872009-09-01T01:15:00.000-07:002009-09-04T19:48:45.987-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_STPzvDWf2U4/SpzeNPKInFI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/EL0pxPs-sh8/s1600-h/african_idols_600.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376416374162234450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_STPzvDWf2U4/SpzeNPKInFI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/EL0pxPs-sh8/s320/african_idols_600.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_STPzvDWf2U4/SpzdXsAPcBI/AAAAAAAAAHI/8H0JZK4KQaw/s1600-h/african_idols_600.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><span style="color:#330099;">Exodus 20 : 3-6</span>, do not worship any God except Me. Do not make IDOLS that look like anything in the sky or on earth. Don't bow down and worship idols. Ia m the Lord you God, and I demand all your love. If you reject Me, I will punish your families for three or four generations. But if you love Me and obey my laws, I will be kind to your families for thousands of generations. (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CEV</span>)</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><span style="color:#330099;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Exodus</span> 20:23</span>, So you must never make idols of silver and gold to worship in place of me. (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">CEV</span>)</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>Don't worship idols.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">see 1 Corinthians 10:1-22</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>What can idols do?</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">see Isaiah 41:6-7</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>They are useless,</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>and they can't do a thing.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">see Isaiah 44:9-11</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>Put in your mind that the Lord condemns idolatry,</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">see Isaiah 57:3-13</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>remember how God condemns Israel's idolatry.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#000066;">Micah 5: 10-15</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>There is a punishment for worshiping other gods.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">see Jeremiah 7:16-20</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>Pay attention to the Word about idols.</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">Jeremiah 10:1-5</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>Idolatry is foolish,</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">see Habakkuk 2:18-20</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>think of it, who compares with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">God</span>?</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em>(<span style="color:#330099;">see Isaiah 40:12-20</span>)</em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330000;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3468366025742215946-7425781697817827987?l=wordforyouth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rpmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04208376717142891019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468366025742215946.post-40699854135226795532009-09-01T00:30:00.000-07:002009-09-04T19:49:07.630-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_STPzvDWf2U4/SpzepgxrMlI/AAAAAAAAAHg/-aEQtvcU6Ic/s1600-h/jesus_fish_campetition_board_skateboard-p186060812097303335qia4_400.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376416859927818834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_STPzvDWf2U4/SpzepgxrMlI/AAAAAAAAAHg/-aEQtvcU6Ic/s320/jesus_fish_campetition_board_skateboard-p186060812097303335qia4_400.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_STPzvDWf2U4/SpzeZRBooZI/AAAAAAAAAHY/AeoNIz543pE/s1600-h/jesus_fish_campetition_board_skateboard-p186060812097303335qia4_400.jpg"></a><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He is the Messiah</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 4:25-26, The woman said to Him, " I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her," I who speak to you am He."</strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">that</span> that the Scriptures testify of Him</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 5:38-39, " But you do not have His Word abiding in you, Because whom He sent, Him you do not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">believe</span>. "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of me. </strong><em>See also John 5:46-47</em></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed the He is the Bread of Life</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 6:35, And Jesus said to them, " I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.</strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He came down from Heaven</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 6:38, "For I have come down from Heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.</strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He is the light of the world</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 8:12, Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, " I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.</strong> <em>See also John:13-14, 16-19 and John 8:28- 29</em></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He is the Son of God</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 9:35-37, Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, " Do you believe in the Son of God?" He answered and said, " Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?" and Jesus said to him, " You have both seen Him and it is he who is talking with you.</strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He is the door</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 10:7, Then Jesus said to them again, " Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. (In verse 9) " I am the door. if anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.</strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He is the good shepherd</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 10:11, " I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.</strong> <em>See also in John 10:14 and 15</em></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that he is the resurrection and life</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 11:25, Jesus said to her, " I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.</strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He is the is the way, truth and life</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 14:6, Jesus said to him, " I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me. </strong></span></p><br /><br /><ul><br /><br /><li><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>Jesus claimed that He is the true vine</strong></span></li></ul><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><strong>John 15:1-2, " I am the true vine, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">and</span> my father is the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">vine dresser</span>. " Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">that</span> bears fruit he prunes, that it may bears more fruit.</strong></span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3468366025742215946-4069985413522679553?l=wordforyouth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rpmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04208376717142891019noreply@blogger.com0