Why We Need The Holy Ghost (Pentecost Sunday)

The Holy Spirit enables us to live for Christ and make the Gospel known to the world. This lesson tells that the gift of the Holy Spirit to the church came on the day of Pentecost following the ascension of Jesus. This lesson invites us to consider the two main practical purposes...
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God’s Healing Presence

Followers of Christ can be certain that one day they will know complete healing and restoration. This lesson revolves around two encouraging visions of Ezekiel: that of God’s glory returning to the Temple; and another of a life-giving river flowing out of the Temple. The...
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The Good Shepherd

Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd, who cares for His sheep. Christians are familiar with The Shepherd Psalm; that is, Psalm 23. Christians are much less familiar with “the shepherd chapter;“ that is, Ezekiel chapter 34, the text for this lesson. In this passage of scripture,...
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Moral Responsibility Demanded

Followers of Jesus Christ are responsible to walk in Holiness. This lesson is about our individual accountability to God. When the captive Jews in Babylon complained to Ezekiel that they were being punished for the sins of their fathers, he reminded them of their personal...
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Ezekiel’s Inaugural Vision and Call

Jesus Christ calls all His disciples to endure difficulties as they follow Him. This is the first of four lessons on the book of Ezekiel. The man is Ezekiel was a Jewish priest, as was Jeremiah, and he was a younger contemporary of Jeremiah. While Jeremiah ministered in Judah and...
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Sin, Punishment, and Promised Restoration

God calls all people to live in obedience to Him. During the last 22 years of the kingdom of Judah, the kings, princes, priests, and people persisted in becoming increasingly more evil and rebellious against God. During this time, Jeremiah, ministering mainly in the city of...
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Mark of a True Disciple

​​​Disciples of Christ manifest Christlike characteristics. Golden Text: Galatians 5:25 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. In the classic book, In His Steps, Charles Sheldon portrays a particular church in a small town, whose pastor,...
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Instructions for Christian Living

The words of Christ offer instructions for daily Christian living. This lesson is based entirely on instructions Jesus gave to the Twelve Apostles shortly after He chose them, as told in Matthew 10: 1-33. All the Gospel writers report that Jesus faced continual hostility and...
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Upside-Down Living

The kingdom of God stands in stark contrast to the kingdom of man. In the Gospel by Matthew, there are parallels between Moses and Jesus. For example, Moses was saved from death as an infant from the hands of a murderous king, and so was Jesus. Moses ascended a mountain to...
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The Calling of Discipleship

Jesus calls all people to become His disciples. This is the first in a unit of lessons on the topic of Christian discipleship. These lessons are about becoming and growing as a disciple of Jesus Christ. The goal of Christian discipleship is to have our lives become more and more...
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