Lessons Learned From God's Word

     Today let's learn some lessons from the bible. First, note that blessings will occur when many saints join together with no disagreements in prayer. This happens when the Lord Jesus is lifted up by all the people in the many nations. Jesus said at John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 17:3 promises eternal life and salvation if anyone lifts up the Lord Jesus. This scripture says And this is life eternal (how to get saved and have eternal life), that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent (in other words to be saved and have life eternal, one must know personally that Jesus Christ is the only true God and not just a man, teacher, and prophet).

     The bible teaches us that there is more power and blessings with groups of people lifting up Jesus instead of isolated saints praying alone. Gather in groups of prayer daily lifting up our Lord Jesus to receive great blessings from God. I need you and you need me and we all need to worship and praise the Lord Jesus together. Jesus said at Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

     Ecclesiastes 4:9 says Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him (the devil), two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Deuteronomy 32:30 says How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. Remember one ant can push a crumb, but ten ants can push the crumb better and faster. When the church gathered and prayed together, it caused an angel to be sent to release Peter from jail when the angel broke Peter's chains and opened three iron gates, freeing Peter from jail.

     Pictured above, Brother Bob shows my friends what occurs when people gather together in peace by lifting up and praising our Lord Jesus. In the first picture we see that crooked sticks seem to straighten themselves out when they are tied in a bundle. According to John 15:5, saints are the branches and Jesus is the vine. Brother Bob prays in Jesus name that my friends everywhere can be branches all over this earth gathering together in fellowship and prayer by worshipping the vine who is the Lord Jesus while they create a Holy Ghost fire to destroy the works of the devil. Remember if you rub two sticks together you get a Holy Ghost fire that burns up the devil.

     We see again by the second picture above the blessings saints receive by gathering together in peace when they lift up and praise the Lord Jesus. We learn from the second picture that a singing congregation sounds fine, but I wouldn't want to hear them one at a time. I need you and you need me; When we pray for each other all over this earth, Jesus will bless us greatly and the devil will be defeated.

Snowflakes are frail, but if enough of them stick together

They can stop traffic

     Remember the story about how Moses, Aaron, and Hur prayed together causing Joshua to win a battle against the Amalekites, recorded at Exodus 17:11 saying And it came to pass when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

     James 5:16 tells us to pray one for another, that ye may be healed. Notice that this scripture says to pray for others and not for yourself and Jesus will heal you. Most people pray for themselves; I pray in Jesus name we can learn to pray for others and preach the Lord Jesus. Right now Brother Bob prays for others instead of himself and says to all my friends everywhere get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died for you on the cross, was buried, and rose again. Say every day I am crucified with Jesus Christ and covered by the blood of Jesus. Tell the devil the blood of Jesus has overcome and defeated you, evil must pass over me, and I am cleansed from all my sins.

 

     Alright, for our next lesson we see the two Sauls of the bible pictured above. In the first picture above, we see King Saul who refused to obey God's command to utterly destroy the Amalekites and their possessions. Saul spared King Agag of the Amalekites with their sheep and oxen. As a result an Amelekite ended up killing Saul and evil Haman the Agagite was born as a descendant from King Agag who persecuted Mordecai, Esther, and the Jews. Pictured above the prophet Samuel asks Saul at 1 Samuel 15:14 What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

     The second picture shows us another Saul who became Paul who was on the road to Damascus to make prisoners of christians. Acts 9:3 says And as he (Saul) journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

     The first King Saul remained stubborn all his life and continued to disobey God's command at 1 John 2:15 to love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. Saul chose to keep the material blessings of the Amelekites and sought counsel from a woman with a familiar spirit at Endor instead of serving and worshipping our Lord Jesus. The second Saul who later became Paul submitted to the Lord Jesus and became one of the most blessed preachers that lived on this earth who was inspired by God to write most of the bible.

     The first Saul's stubbornness led to spiritism and suicide. The second Saul's submission led to a sanctified blessed eternal life. The first Saul started out with a crown and ended up with a cross of his own making. The second Saul started out by submitting to a cross and ended up with a crown. The first Saul died a suicide and lost a crown; the second Saul died a martyr and gained a crown.

     The first Saul refused to humble himself and God demoted him; the second Saul humbled himself and God promoted him. The first Saul died on the road to Gilboa; the second Saul got blessed on the road to Damascus and became the beloved Paul. Two different roads from two different Sauls. Which road are you traveling? The way of Saul or the way of Paul?  I pray in Jesus name, that my friends will avoid King Saul's stubborn Gilboa Road and be changed to worship the Lord Jesus on the submissive Damascus Road with Paul.

     OK, my last lesson today is a story about the family pictured above. This family decided that there should always be one empty chair at the head of the table pictured above that was never to be occupied by any member of the family or a guest. It was the Lord Jesus' chair, to remind them always that He was present with them. Jesus said at Matthew 28:20 Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

     Sometimes father would come home tired and maybe a bit irritable; maybe mother would be worn by the end of the day or the children difficult some mornings; but always the chair reminded them of Jesus always present, although to sight unseen. When the family looked at this chair for Jesus, they would stop sinning and start praying for one another. Maybe it would be a good idea for all families on this earth to set up an extra chair by the dining room table for the Lord Jesus?

     Here's a funny story to make you laugh and smile. A preacher was eating dinner with a grandmother and her four year old little boy. When the preacher started picking at his food, the little boy said, "Preacher why won't you eat your food?" The preacher replied, "Son I have to preach tonight and I preach better when I don't eat." When the grandmother and the little boy went to hear the preacher, the preaching was boring and lousy. The little boy said to his grandmother, "He might as well went on ahead and ate anyway."

Sin will take you farther than you plan to go

Keep you longer than you plan to stay and

Cost you more than you plan to pay

     Here's some blessed thoughts about Eutychus (his name means fortunate) who fell into a deep sleep in a window while Paul was preaching a four hour sermon until midnight and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. Then Paul raised Eutychus from the dead (Acts 20:7-11). The reason Eutychus fell out of the window was because he was more out in the world than he was in the church. We are all in a window sill spiritually. We're either tilted in more or tilted out more. If Eutychus was tilted in more, he would have only fallen 2 feet into the church and lived. But Eutychus was tilted out more and too far into the world and fell three floors down and died.

     There are two morals we learn from the story about Eutychus: First, if you fall into a deep sleep in the church, you'll be dead in no time. Second, the reason his name was Eutychus: You'd have cussed too if you had to listen to a four hour sermon.  

      Here's some more blessed quotes to put a smile on your face and give my friends peace everywhere.

     1) Don't open any emails from the Hormel Company: They might be spam.
     2) What did Adam say to Eve the day before Christmas? It's Christmas Eve.
     3) True saints are the faithful minority trying to reach the unfaithful majority on the inside of the church and the unbelieving multitude on the outside of the church.
     4) Hair growth has four stages: Bald, fuzz, is, and was. Hopefully I'll avoid the last stage.
     5) When God says Go and saints say No the next word is Woe; But when God says Go and saints go, the next word is Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
     6) An Indian was trying to make smoke signals with a blanket one day and an atomic bomb went off ten miles down the road with a big mushroom cloud. Immediately, the Indian rose up, folded up his blanket, and said, "I wish I'd said that."
     7) A mother and father 100 years ago had a son that they named Odd. When Odd became an adult, he told his friends that when he was buried he wanted no name placed on his tombstone. He didn't want people to know that his name was Odd. After Odd died, a hundred years later when people passed by his tombstone with no name, they said Man that's Odd.

     8) When Joshua took over Jericho we saw a heritage to be received (Jericho), a hindrance to be removed (the devil), and a helper to be recognized (the Lord Jesus).

     9) God's beauty recipe for women: Truth for the lips, praise for the voice, pity for the eyes, charity for the hands, uprightness for the figure, and love for the heart. The prescription will be filled without expense and the supply will be increased with continual use.

     10) When the assembly of the anyones imagine that they're the only ones they forget their obligation to everyone.

     11) Even if you are outnumbered by enemies, that's no excuse to feel defeated. There was an old army captain whose little army was entirely surrounded by the enemy; This captain shouted to his men: Men we're surrounded by the enemy, don't let one of them escape. Now that's the spirit. 

     I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day.