Week 42: Circle of Stones

by Advocates International | Dec 27, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: John 8:1-11   Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.  John 8:6 Jesus was teaching in the temple.  There was a commotion.  A group of scribes and Pharisees approached escorting a woman.  As the group drew near, a...

Week 41: Buying a Field

by Advocates International | Dec 20, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Jeremiah 32:1-44   For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel says: “Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”  Jeremiah 32:15 The Babylonians were at the gate.  The siege ramps were in place.  The assault...

Week 40: Cry for Justice

by Advocates International | Dec 15, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Genesis 4:1-16   The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.”  Genesis 4:10 Although Adam and Eve had been cast out of the Garden, they were not without hope.  God promised that their...

Week 39: Imaging God

by Advocates International | Dec 7, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Genesis 1:1-31   Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creature that move along the...

Week 38: A Christian Law Practice

by Advocates International | Nov 30, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background Scripture: Matt. 25:31-46   No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and wealth.  Matt. 6:24 It is easy to differentiate a “Christian”...

Week 37: Secular Enslavement

by Advocates International | Nov 23, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Background: Exodus 7:14-16   They made their lives bitter with hard labour in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labour the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.  Exodus 1:14 The Egyptian enforced bondage and slavery of Israel...

Week 36: The Law – It’s Purpose

by Advocates International | Nov 16, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and we receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.  And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one...

Week 35: O How I Love Thy Law!

by Advocates International | Nov 9, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.  Deut. 6:4   Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.  Impress them on your children. ...

Week 34: Solo Fide – Faith Alone!?

by Advocates International | Nov 2, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness,...

Week 33: Set the Prisoner Free

by Advocates International | Oct 26, 2020 | What Does the Lord Require of You? | 0 comments

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.  He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed.  Luke 4:18 I was hurrying through the court house to find...