Tell Me About God
Lesson 1: Who Is God? (part 1)
Lesson 1: Who Is God? (part 1)Read Psalm 135:1-7 and Isaiah 46:8-10If we ask, “What is God?” our answer would include the fact He is spirit, eternal, love, light, majestic, all-knowing, all-powerful, creator, and much more. All those things are impo…
Lesson 2: Who Is God? (part 2)
Lesson 2: Who Is God? (part 2)Read: John 4:7-26 - www.bible.com/bible/59/jhn.4.esvAs we also saw in the last lesson, God is sovereign. We continue looking at who God is in this lesson. In John 4:24 we are told God is spirit. This means we cannot und…
Lesson 3: Who Is Jesus? (part 1)
Lesson 3: Who Is Jesus? (part 1)Read: Matthew 16:13-23 - www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.16.esvThere is so much more we could learn about God, but God’s purpose in giving us the Bible was so we could get to know Jesus – God’s perfect solution to mankind’…
Lesson 4: Who Is Jesus? (part 2)
Lesson 4: Who Is Jesus? (part 2)Read: John 1:1-14 - www.bible.com/bible/59/joh.1.esvThere are some things that are true about Jesus which cannot be said about God the Father or the Holy Spirit. Jesus, when He took on human form, did so for the rest…
Lesson 5: Who is Jesus? (part 3)
Lesson 5: Who is Jesus? (part 3)Read: 1 John 1:1-2:2 - www.bible.com/bible/59/1joh.1.esvBecoming like us, however, gives Jesus another advantage. He will be our judge on the final day. If God had judged us from His position as God – invisible, spiri…
Lesson 6: Who is the Holy Spirit? (part 1)
Lesson 6: Who is the Holy Spirit? (part 1)Read: John 16:5-15 - www.bible.com/bible/59/joh.16.esvIn next few lessons we will take a non-emotional look at who the Holy Spirit is, and what His ministry is in our lives. We will treat Him as He is – God.…
Lesson 7: Who is the Holy Spirit? (part 2)
Lesson 7: Who is the Holy Spirit? (part 2)Read: Ephesians 1:3-14 - www.bible.com/bible/59/eph.1.esvFor the Christian today, the Holy Spirit is also called our "Seal." We see this in 2 Corinthians 1:22, and in Ephesians 1:13 and 14, as well as 4:30.…
Lesson 8: Who is the Holy Spirit? (part 3)
Lesson 8: Who is the Holy Spirit? (part 3)Read: 1 Corinthians 12-13 - www.bible.com/bible/59/1cor.12.esvThere are many other subjects concerning the Holy Spirit we could study here, but we will look at only one more at this time. That one subject is…
Lesson 9: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 1)
Lesson 9: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 1)Read: Hebrews 11 - www.bible.com/bible/59/heb.11.esvHow can I trust a God I can't see? This is a question of faith and is the subject of our next few lessons.First, I would like to ask a question. I will…
Lesson 10: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 2)
Lesson 10: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 2)Read: Luke 16:19-31 - www.bible.com/bible/59/luk.16.esvWe learned about extremes of belief about our faith in God in lesson 9, and continue today.We must actually have faith, it must actually exist in…
Lesson 11: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 3)
Lesson 11: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 3)Read: James 2:14-26 - www.bible.com/bible/59/jam.2.esvWhat does real faith look like? We find the answer in James 2:14-26 - What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have…
Lesson 12: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 4)
Lesson 12: Trusting a God We Can’t See (part 4)Read: 2 Corinthians 12:7-13 - www.bible.com/bible/59/2cor.12.esvDaniel’s example in the last lesson is another great model of faith in God – we have faith in God's plans and not our own. This is the fin…
Lesson 13: Why Did Jesus Have to Die Such a Terrible Death? (part 1)
Lesson 13: Why Did Jesus Have to Die Such a Terrible Death? (part 1)Read: Mark 15:16-41 - www.bible.com/bible/59/mar.15.esvMost of us have seen the movie made a few years ago called "The Passion of the Christ." It portrayed in graphic detail the suf…
Lesson 14: Why Did Jesus Have to Die Such a Terrible Death? (part 2)
Lesson 14: Why Did Jesus Have to Die Such a Terrible Death? (part 2)Read: Romans 3:1-31 - www.bible.com/bible/59/rom.3.esvLet me remind you of a little story we find in Acts 5. The new Christians in Jerusalem have been helping each other out in diff…
Lesson 15: Why Did Jesus Have to Die Such a Terrible Death? (part 3)
Lesson 15: Why Did Jesus Have to Die Such a Terrible Death? (part 3)Read: Philippians 2:5-11 - www.bible.com/bible/59/php.2.esvLet's look at another story, one Jesus told us. A king was throwing a party for his son's wedding. He'd made all the arran…
Lesson 16: Why Did Jesus Rise Again From the Dead? (part 1)
Lesson 16: Why Did Jesus Rise Again From the Dead? (part 1)Read: 1 Corinthians 15:12-32 - www.bible.com/bible/59/php.2.esvWe do not often think about why Jesus rose from the dead. If we do, it's usually attributed to the fact Jesus was God and there…
Lesson 17: Why Did Jesus Rise Again From the Dead? (part 2)
Lesson 17: Why Did Jesus Rise Again From the Dead? (part 2)Read: 1 Corinthians 15:35-57- www.bible.com/bible/59/1cor.15.esvWe continue today with the contrast between King Saul and King David.We also talked in a previous lesson about sins not being…
Lesson 18: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 1)
Lesson 18: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 1)Read: John 14:15-31- www.bible.com/bible/59/joh.14.esvThere are a lot of ideas in the Christian world today about how or when or why we are filled with the Holy Spirit. Let's visit the “when” firs…
Lesson 19: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 2)
Lesson 19: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 2)Read: John 16:5-15- www.bible.com/bible/59/joh.16.esvAs we said in the last lesson, waiting on God is an important part of being filled with Him. Let's look again at the first mention of waiting…
Lesson 20: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 3)
Lesson 20: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 3)Read: 1 Timothy 6:11-16- www.bible.com/bible/59/1tim.6.esvThe third thing we need to do to be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be submissive to Him. We understand what submission is, we may even…
Lesson 21: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 4)
Lesson 21: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit (part 4)Read: Galatians 5:16-26- www.bible.com/bible/59/gal.5.esvOne last example of submission to God is a man named Hezekiah. This man's submission, however, is not the one we want to copy. It is, howev…
Lesson 22: Talking with God in Prayer (part 1)
Lesson 22: Talking with God in Prayer (part 1)Read: Matthew 6:9-13 - www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.6.esvWhat is prayer? In the most simple of terms, it is communication. It is communicating with God. In communicating with other people, we use many diff…
Lesson 23: Talking with God in Prayer (part 2)
Lesson 23: Talking with God in Prayer (part 2)Read: 2 Chronicles 7:4-22 - www.bible.com/bible/59/2chr.7.esvThe second thing to look at is the second shortest verse in the Bible, 1 Thessalonians 5:17: "Pray without ceasing." We cannot possibly spend…
Lesson 24: Talking with God in Prayer? (part 3)
Lesson 24: Talking with God in Prayer? (part 3)Read: Matthew 6:25-34 - www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.6.esvHow can we learn to pray? One of the best ways is by example. So let's look at three prayers in Scripture to see things we should or should not do…
Lesson 25: Talking with God in Prayer (part 4)
Lesson 25: Talking with God in Prayer (part 4)Read: Psalm 90 - www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.90.esvSeeking God's glory in and through our prayers determines what we ask for. In Matthew 21:22 we read, "All things you ask in prayer, believing, you will…
Lesson 26: Talking with God in Prayer (part 5)
Lesson 26: Talking with God in Prayer (part 5)Read: John 16:16-33 - www.bible.com/bible/59/joh.16.esvLastly, let's look at some of the conditions God places on us for a vital and real prayer relationship with Him. First, we must come to Him with our…
Lesson 27: Talking with God in Prayer (part 6)
Lesson 27: Talking with God in Prayer (part 6)Read: Psalm 68 - www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.68.esvWe must also always pray with confession and repentance. The Bible tells us we must come to Him with a pure heart (Psalm 24:4; 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy…
Lesson 28: Talking with God in Prayer (part 7)
Lesson 28: Talking with God in Prayer (part 7)Read: Matthew 7:7-11 - www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.7.esvPersistence in prayer, or perseverance, is also a necessary element. Someone might ask, does God forget what I'm praying for? Is this why He needs…
Lesson 29: God’s Enemy, Satan (part 1)
Lesson 29: God’s Enemy, Satan (part 1)Read: 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 - www.bible.com/bible/59/2cor.11.esvWhy is it important we know who Satan is? The simplest answer is we need to know who our enemy is.Satan is the greatest enemy we face as a believer…
Lesson 30: God’s Enemy, Satan (part 2)
Lesson 30: God’s Enemy, Satan (part 2)Read: Ephesians 6:10-18 - www.bible.com/bible/59/eph.6.esvWe talked in the last lesson about how Satan lies to us to get us to a place where he can defeat us. How are we to deal with this very dangerous enemy?…
Tell Me About God
Tell Me About God CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1: Who Is God? (part 1) 2,384Lesson 2: Who Is God? (part 2) 3,015Lesson 3: Who Is Jesus? (part 1) 3,151Lesson 4: Who Is Jesus? (part 2) 2,569Lesson 5: Who…