As I am sure you are aware, satisfying Bible study is MORE than simply listening to a “talking head!” It includes the element of personal “DISCOVERY” and application!” If that’s what you long for, then DISCOVERY Bible study is for you!
DISCOVERY is presented each Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. CDT/CST via Zoom and is facilitated by Dr. LeRoy Bartel. This interactive Bible study is sponsored by Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) and is FREE to those to register for it.
We consider the “last words” of a significant person of influence very important. We listen closely and seek to remember and pay close attention to what they say. I recall vividly the “last words” of my mother as we, her family, were gathered around her deathbed.
The last words of Jesus Christ, our Savior, have much greater impact and importance! … However, they were not dying words – they were the words of a risen Lord, about to ascend to the Heavenly Father’s right hand, and uttered with the promise of one day returning to usher in and establish the eternal “Kingdom of God!”
Here they are (and very important!). We, His followers, must hear and heed them!
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses… to the ends of the earth!”
And when He had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said… ‘Why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven!’” (From Acts 1:8–11 ESV)
The “last words” of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior… “King of Kings and Lord of Lords!” Oh, hear me! I intend to do everything in my power to hear and heed them! And, I’m excited about His promised return… It could be soon!
What is one anyway? Here’s the dictionary definition: “A lazy, sluggish person”
What the Bible has to say about this kind of person was a part of my Bible reading today was much more descriptive and graphic… The writer of Proverbs said, “I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man!” (Proverbs 24:30–34 ESV)
My dad was certainly NOT a sluggard – strong work ethic, industrious, faithful, godly and motivated! I thought about him as I wrote this reflection in the margin of my Bible today – a recommendation for daily living that avoids “sluggardom”…
“Get up… Get dressed… Get your Bible and have devotions… Go to work… Get something productive done… Honor God in everything… Go home… Go to bed… Get some sleep… And repeat.”
It was my dad’s daily cycle… I’ve adopted it… especially the part about honoring God in everything!
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