Do believers have a guardian angel? That topic is interesting, but not that productive. In this passage, we learn that Jesus is better than angels. The main point of the book of Hebrews is that Jesus is superior to everything and everyone else. As our view of Him is exalted so our life will be transformed. Join us in this Hebrews 1:4-15 Bible study…

MEMBERS OF HIS BODY, NOURISHED AND CHERISHED (MAY 6) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/members-body-nourished-cherished-may-6/ "For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body" (Ephesians 5:29,30). HUSBANDS ARE EXHORTED TO NOURISH AND CHERISH THEIR WIVES…

CHRIST GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR THE CHURCH (MAY 5) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/christ-gave-himself-up-for-church-may-5/ "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her" (Ephesians 5:25). HERE, WITHIN THE SPACE OF JUST A FEW WORDS, WE HAVE ONE OF THE PROFOUNDEST STATEMENTS OF THEOLOGY EVER MADE. Christ lov…

CHRIST AND THE CHURCH (MAY 4) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/christ-church-may-4/ "For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands" (Ephesians 5:23,24). THESE VERSES OCCUR…

GOD’S GLORY IN THE CHURCH AND IN CHRIST JESUS (MAY 3) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/gods-glory-church-christ-jesus-may-3/ "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and eve…

WHAT GOD HAS GRACIOUSLY REVEALED TO US (MAY 2) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/god-graciously-revealed-may-2/ "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29). THERE ARE SOME THINGS WHICH GOD HAS NOT REVEA…

EZRA’S GODLY SORROW (MAY 1) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/ezras-godly-sorrow-may-1/ "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens" (Ezra 9:6). EZRA DID NOT DOUBT GOD’S READINESS TO FORGIVE, BUT NEITHER DID HE DOUBT THE RE…

THE GOSPEL: WORDS AND POWER (APRIL 30) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/gospel-words-power-april-30/ ". . . our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction" (1 Thessalonians 1:5). PAUL’S ENEMIES IN THESSALONICA WERE PROBABLY SAYING THAT HE WAS A FAKE. The gospel of Christ was false…

YOU WILL BE MY PEOPLE, I WILL BE YOUR GOD (APRIL 29) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/my-people-your-god-april-29/ "I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians" (Exodus 6:7). AFTER ISRAEL WAS DELIVERED FROM CAPTIVITY…

REPENTANCE FROM THE HEART (APRIL 28) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/repentance-from-heart-april-28/ "Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven" (Lamentations 3:41). IN HIS COLLECTION OF SORROWFUL SONGS FOLLOWING THE DESOLATION OF JERUSALEM BY THE BABYLONIANS, JEREMIAH CAPTURES THE PENITENT SPIRIT THAT ISRAEL SHOULD HAVE HAD AT…

A BAG WITH HOLES (APRIL 27) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/bag-with-holes-april-27/ "You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes" (Haggai 1:6). DESPITE OUR …

WE HAVE TO BE TAUGHT WHAT WE NEED (APRIL 26) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/taught-what-we-need-april-26/ "And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. And h…

DO WE REALLY MEAN OUR NICE-SOUNDING WORDS? (APRIL 25) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/really-mean-nice-sounding-words-april-25/ "Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments" (Deuteronomy 5:29). GOD’S STATEMENT IN THIS VERSE CAME AFTER ISRAEL HAD SAID THEY WOULD OBEY THE LAW THAT GOD WOULD GIVE …

We are beginning a new Bible study series in the book of Hebrews. The clear theme of this book is that Jesus is supreme over everyone and everything else. As we study this, may He be supreme in your life and heart as well. In Hebrews 1:1-3, we will look at the fact that God speaks. This is some of the best news in all of Scripture. God has revealed…

SETTING APART CHRIST AS LORD IN OUR HEARTS (APRIL 24) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/setting-apart-christ-lord-hearts-april-24/ "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 3:15 N…

WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND SOUL (APRIL 23) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/all-your-heart-soul-april-23/ "But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul" (Deuteronomy 4:29). THE BASIC IDEA CONTAINED IN THIS TEXT IS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURES. I hav…

GOD WILL NOT BE TRIFLED WITH (APRIL 22) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/god-not-trifled-with-april-22/ "Then Moses said to Aaron, 'This is what the Lord has said: "Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified."' And Aaron held his peace" (Leviticus 10:3). WHEN NADAB AND ABIHU DISRESPECTED…

A TRAGIC DISREGARD FOR GOD’S REQUIREMENTS (APRIL 21) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/tragic-disregard-gods-requirements-april-21/ "Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them" (Leviticus 10:1). BEGINNIN…

THE RETURN OF ELIJAH (APRIL 20) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/return-elijah-april-20/ "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes" (Malachi 4:5). MALACHI IS THE LAST BOOK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. After this oracle was delivered, God did not speak prophetically to His people again until Joh…

BAPTISM IS IMMERSION (APRIL 19) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/baptism-immersion-april-19/ "We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4). WHEN A PERSON IS BAPTIZED, WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL ACTION …

FAITH AND TRUST (APRIL 18) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/faith-trust-april-18/ "And the Lord said to Moses, 'How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?'" (Numbers 14:11). ONE MEASURE OF THE MATURITY OF OUR FAITH IS HOW MUCH WE TRUST GOD. If we be…

You probably know the name of your church's pastor, but what about all of the ushers and set up team? In this Bible study on Colossians 4:7-18, we learn about the importance of team. We will see a verbal snapshot of Paul's ministry team and be reminded to both join and support a team as we build God's kingdom together. Colossians 4 Bible study comp…

FAITH AND REASON (APRIL 17) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/faith-reason-april-17/ "But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand" (Acts 4:4). BETWEEN “HEARING” THE GOSPEL AND “BELIEVING” IT, A PROCESS OF REASONING HAS TO TAKE PLACE. Contrary to the popular notion that faith and r…

THE LORDSHIP OF DAVID’S LORD (APRIL 16) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/lordship-davids-lord-april-16/ "The Lord says to my Lord: 'Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool'" (Psalm 110:1). IN PSALM 110, DAVID SPOKE OF THE RULE OF A PERSON HE REFERRED TO AS “MY LORD.” Who was this person? Whoever it was, Yahweh is pic…

THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (APRIL 15) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/keys-kingdom-april-15/ "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 16:19). WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF CHRIST’S “KEYS OF THE KINGDOM” STATEMENT? …

THE KING’S UNPROMISING BIRTH (APRIL 14) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/kings-unpromising-birth-april-14/ "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days" (Micah 5:2). THIS TEXT IS ONE…

A CHILD IS BORN, A SON IS GIVEN (APRIL 13) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/child-born-son-given-april-13/ "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). IN THIS MEMORABLE TEXT, …

KINGDOM OF PRIESTS, HOLY NATION (APRIL 12) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/kingdom-priests-holy-nation-april-12/ "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (Exodus 19…

GOD’S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM (APRIL 11) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/gods-promise-abraham-april-11/ "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who ble…

You know how a mother will give some final instructions to the kids before she goes out the door? That is what Paul does at the end of this letter in Colossians. Sometimes the last words reveal the most important lessons. In this Bible study on Colossians 4:1-6, we will learn about how to treat those under us, enriching our prayer lives, and taming…

A NEW PROPHET LIKE MOSES (APRIL 10) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/new-prophet-like-moses-april-10/ "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers — it is to him you shall listen" (Deuteronomy 18:15). TOWARD THE END OF MOSES’ LIFE, HE TOLD ISRAEL THAT IN THE FUTURE GOD WOULD RAISE UP ANOTHER…

THE BLESSINGS OF THE BROKEN HEART (APRIL 9) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/blessings-broken-heart-april-9/ "But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word" (Isaiah 66:2). WHO IS THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES GOD’S SPECIAL CARE? To those who worship self-confidence, the answer is surpris…

JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH (APRIL 8) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/jesus-author-finisher-faith-april-8/ ". . . looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2 N…

I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE (APRIL 7) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/resurrection-and-life-april-7/ "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?' She said to him, 'Yes, Lord; I belie…

THE MESSIAH’S HUMILIATION (APRIL 6) View on Website -- https://wordpoints.com/messiahs-humiliation-april-6/ "I can count all my bones — they stare and gloat over me; they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots" (Psalm 22:17,18). ALL FOUR OF THE GOSPELS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ALLUDE TO THIS PART OF PSALM 22. In Matthew 27:35…

These verses are often quoted, reminding us to work heartily for the Lord rather than men. That is true. We should live to please God. At the same time, we should look at the context of this passage. The context is a direction to bondservants (or slaves). What does the Bible say about slavery? Does it condone slave owners? Find out in this Bible st…

God designed marriage and the family so He knows what He is talking about. His way is not the world's way, but is the best way. Tune in to see what the expert (God) says about marriage and how this can help you have the best marriage possible. There is something for wives, husbands, fathers, and children. Colossians 3:18-22 Bible study. Complete Hu…

Some people are worried about going to the hospital afraid that they will find a serious problem. But ignorance isn't always bliss. Sometimes it is dangerous. Similarly, we should regularly examine our spiritual lives to see how we are doing. This passage in Colossians discusses many basic character qualities every believer should strive for. Kindn…

Are you happy with who you are? Are you satisfied with where you are spiritually? If so, click away. But if you desire to fight your old self and grow, this passage on Colossians 3 can help. God wants to see you win the battle. He is beside you to help you every step of the way. This is not a battle that is over when you come to Christ. Rather, it …

Sorry, this was posted out of order accidentally. A baby that doesn't grow has a problem. In the same way, each of us should be growing spiritually. And spiritual growth finally results in ministry for the Lord. In this passage, Paul tells the Colossians about how he hopes they will grow in the Lord and how he has struggled in ministry to the churc…

Christianity is the number one religion in the world according to statistics. But is it actually a religion? What does the Bible say about religion? This Bible study on Colossians 2:11-23 looks at rituals, rules, religion, legalism, and pleasing others. We trust that this practical sharing will help you grow in your relationship with Christ. Coloss…

Do you feel that you are flatlining in Christian life? That you have reached a plateau? This Bible passage is for you. We will look at five ways to get a firm grasp of God's Word. We also look at rituals, religion, and relationship. Only one of these things is what God is looking for in us. Colossians 2:1-10 Bible study companions questions availab…

We call ourselves Christians, which means followers of Christ. But who is Christ? Who exactly are we following? This Bible study on Colossians 1:9-20 looks at that question and more. Every line could be a sermon in itself. You will deepen your understanding of Jesus and that can transform your life. Colossians 1:9-20 Bible study companions question…

As bad as Israel had been and as much as they deserved judgment, God still gave them an invitation to return. He pleaded with them as a father does with his son. If they would only repent, their demise could be averted. How did they respond? And how do the principles learned within effect our lives today? Colossians 1:1-8 Bible study companions que…

As bad as Israel had been and as much as they deserved judgment, God still gave them an invitation to return. He pleaded with them as a father does with his son. If they would only repent, their demise could be averted. How did they respond? And how do the principles learned within effect our lives today? Hosea 14 Bible study companions questions a…

Who wants to be described as dew or chaff? These things fade away without leaving any lasting impact. In this Bible study on Hosea 13, we learn to use our influence, creativity, and indeed everything we have for the Lord. The minor prophets can be hard to understand at first glance, but when you look deeper you will find they quite practical and of…

Feeding on the wind will not feel your stomach, but billions do it everyday. The world makes many promises, but those who chase after them find out how empty they are. God created us with a hole inside that only He can fill. That is meant to drive us to Him. This Bible study on Hosea 12 looks at satisfaction and the fact that only God can give it. …

Isaiah is filled with amazing prophecies of the Messiah, all fulfilled in Jesus Christ. This passage was read by Jesus and He Himself in a synagogue and He claimed to fulfill it. Check out this video to learn more of this amazing prophesy, the character of Jesus, and how it applies to you today. This was originally shared on a Zoom meeting for Guan…

This passage is a beautiful account of God's love for His people. He recounts fond memories of feeding them, nurturing them, and teaching them to walk. He held them, healed them, and led them. He was like a loving father taking care of His children. This love did not mean there were no boundaries. Some restrictions were necessary for their good. Bu…

The Israelites had become prosperous and wealthy. From the world's perspective, they had made it. They had advanced from a tribe of nomads with very little possessions to become a nation of rich land owners. But the more prosperous they became, the farther they drifted from God. They became self-reliant and prideful, taking God's blessings for gran…