Lesson Starters
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Lesson Starters
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Lesson Starters Beginning with the Letter "O"
ORDINATION
In John 15:16
The One who ordains - "I"
Those Who are ordained - "You"
The Results of ordination - Fruit-bearing; Prayer
OPENINGS, FOUR
In Luke 24
An opened Home - "He went in" (v. 29)
Opened Eyes - "There eyes were opened" (v. 31)
An opened Book - "Opened the scriptures" (v. 32)
An opened Mind - "Opened He their understanding" (v. 45)
OBEDIENCE IN LEVITICUS 26, BLESSINGS OF
Plenty (v. 5)
Peace (v. 6)
Power (v. 7)
Presence (v. 8)
OPPOSITES, A STUDY IN
In 2 Corinthians 8:2
Great trial of affliction
Abundance of joy
Deep poverty
Rich liberality
ONLY
Sinner's "only" (Mark 2:7)
Savior's "only" (Mark 5:36)
Backslider's "only" (Ps. 51:4)
Worker's "only" (1 Sam. 7:3)
Soul's "only" (Ps. 62:5)
Devotion "only" (Acts 21:13)
Safety "only" (Ps. 4:8)
ONESIMUS, THE SLAVE
In Philemon
A runaway slave (vv. 11-15)
A regenerated man (v. 10)
A reliable servant (v. 13)
A respected brother (v. 16; also see Col. 4:9)
OPENINGS, WONDERFUL
Sure purpose - "To open blind eyes" (Is. 42:7)
Sweet promise - "Open the windows of Heaven" (Acts 12:2)
Solemn prospect - "I will open your graves" (Ezek. 37:12)
Sad prayer - "Lord, Lord, open to us" (Matt. 25:11)
ONENESS, WONDERFUL
In Acts 4
One aim - signs and wonders (v. 30)
One heart - the multitude (v. 32)
One soul - them that believed (v. 32)
One purse - all things common (v. 32)
Result: "Great grace, great power"
OFFERINGS, THE MEANING OF THE
In Leviticus
The burnt offering (ch. 1):
Man utterly unworthy in himself, without anything of his own to recommend him to God
Therefore, needing to be identified with One who is altogether worthy, and an object of divine favor, that he might be accepted in God's Beloved
The meat offering (ch. 2):
Man fallen and depraved in nature
Needing as a substitute One who is holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners
The peace offering (ch. 3):
Man in heart alienated from God and needing reconciliation
The sin offering (ch. 4):
Man a sinner and needing an atoning sacrifice
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, LAST DAYS OF
Malachi's day corresponds with Laodicea
Six things in book of Malachi marked their condition:
Doubted love - "Wherein has Thou loved us" (1:2)
Defiled honor - "Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar" (1:6)
Despised table - "The table of the Lord is contemptible" (1:7)
Degraded moral standard - "Every one that doeth evil is good" (2:17)
Depleted storehouse - "Ye have robbed Me" (3:8)
Discontented service - "It is vain to serve God" (3:14)
Contrast: "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another" (3:16)
ONWARD AND UPWARD, STILL
"Still upward...still upward...still upward" (Ezek. 41:7)
"They went every one straight forward" (Ezek. 1:9, 17; Heb. 12:13)
"The creatures were lifted up" (Ezek. 1:19, 21; Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:15)
"Looking for that blessed hope" (Titus 2:13) - Leave the things that are behind (Phil. 3:13); Press forward (Phil. 3:14; Heb. 12:14); Seek those things which are above (Col. 3:1); Set your affections on things above (Col. 3:20; Go on from strength to strength (Ps. 84:7); Go on unto perfection (Heb. 6:1); Let us run with patience the race before us (Heb. 12:1)
Until we hear the "Come up hither" (Rev. 4:1) - "Enter now into the joy of thy Lord" (Matt. 25:21); "The Lord will perfect that which concerned thee" (Ps. 138:8)
"ONE," BIBLE STUDY ON THE WORD
By one man sin entered (Rom. 5:12) - The origin of sin by one: participation by everyone
Not one good, but God (Mark 10:18) - The consequence of sin
Not one righteous (Rom. 3:10) - Supply evidence against, and verdict of everyone
Not one that doeth good (Rom. 3:12) - Supply evidence against, and verdict of everyone
Not one thing thou lackest (Mark 10:21) - Supply evidence against, and verdict of everyone
Offend one point - guilty of all (James 2:10) - Supply evidence against, and verdict of everyone
There is one God and One Mediator, the Man Christ Jesus (1 Tim. 2:5) - Ransom for all by one Man
Offered one sacrifice for sins (Heb. 10:12) - Ransom for all by one Man
By one offering - perfected then sanctified (Heb. 10:14) - Ransom for all by one Man
But one thing is needed (Luke 10:42) - Profitable occupation for the sanctified
But one thing have I desired (Ps. 27:4) - Profitable occupation for the sanctified
But one thing I do (Phil. 3:13) - Profitable occupation for the sanctified
OLD, YET EVER NEW
In 1 Peter 1
Born-again ones (v. 23) - How? By obeying the Gospel
Redeemed ones (v. 19) - With the precious Blood of Christ
Kept ones (v. 5) - By the power of God
Rejoicing ones (vv. 6, 8) - Waiting for a salvation ready to be revealed
Loving ones (v. 8) - Loving Christ and all who belong to Him
Purified ones (v. 22) - In obeying the truth
OPENED
The opened door (Rev. 3:8)
The opened eyes (Is. 42:7)
The opened ear (Is. 50:5)
The opened scriptures (Luke 24:32)
The opened understanding (Luke 24:45)
The opened heart (Acts 16:14)
ONCE AND FOREVER
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just (1 Pet. 3:18)
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many (Heb. 9:28)
For this He [Christ] did once, when He offered up Himself (Heb. 7:27)
He [Christ] died unto sin once (Rom. 6:10)
But now once in the end...He appeared to put away sin (Heb. 9:26)
But by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us (Heb. 9:12)
Because that the worshippers, once purged, should have had no more conscience of sins (Heb. 10:2)
By the which we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all (Heb. 10:10)
"ONE ANOTHER," PRECEPTS CONCERNING
Passages of Scripture showing the precepts that flow out of love in those who are "members one of another" (Rom. 12:5; Eph. 4:25)
1. With reference to personal work:
Serve by love (Gal. 5:13)
Be forebearing in love (Eph. 4:2; Col. 3:13)
Forgive one another (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13)
Be kind and tenderhearted (Eph. 4:32)
Be subject (1 Pet. 3:8)
Have compassion one of another [Greek: be sympathizing] (1 Pet. 3:8)
Pray for one another (James 5:16)
Bear one another's burdens (Gal. 6:2)
Use hospitality (1 Pet. 4:9)
Comfort one another (1 Thess. 4:18; 5:11)
Have peace (Mark 9:50)
Follow what is good (1 Thess. 5:15)
Wash the feet (John 13:14)
Greet with a holy kiss (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12)
2. With special, but not exclusive, reference to church work:
Have fellowship one with another (1 John 1:7)
Receive one another (Rom. 15:7)
Exhort one another daily (Heb. 3:13)
Admonish one another (Rom. 15:14)
Prefer one another in honor (Rom. 12:10)
Esteem others better than yourselves (Phil. 2:3)
Edify one another (Rom. 14:19)
Consider one another (Heb. 10:24)
Minister to one another (1 Pet. 4:10)
Submit to one another (Eph. 5:21)
Be of the same mind (Rom. 12:16; 15:5)
Care for one another (1 Cor. 12:25)
Confess your faults (James 5:16)
OTHERS
In Romans 15, we are:
To help others (v. 1)
To please others (v. 2)
To receive others (v. 7)
To admonish others (v. 14)
To minister to others (v. 27)
To pray for others (v. 30)
OUR OWN
Our own Master (Rom. 4:4)
Our own Vineyard (Song of Solomon 1:6)
Our own Business (1 Thess. 4:11)
Our own Reward (1 Cor. 3:8)
