by Chris Christensen
This is the episode is part 5 in a study on Elijah the prophet. King Ahaziah is injured and wants to know if he will recover. Instead of sending to ask of God through his prophets he sends to the false god Baal-Zebub. God is not pleased.
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This is the episode is part 4 in a study on Elijah the prophet. King Ahab (of more accurately his wife his wife Jezebel) murders an innocent man and God declares through Elijah that God is done with Ahab. But then something surprising happens.
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This is the episode is part 3 in a study on the prophet Elijah. After his challenge with the prophets of Baal, instead of having a victory celebration Elijah finds himself again fleeing for his life. He is so discouraged that he is ready to die.
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This is the episode is part 2 in a study on the prophet Elijah. In this episode after 3 years of famine and drought it is time for Elijah and King Ahab to meet. Elijah proposes a test, a contest, between him and the 850 false prophets of Ball and Asherah on Mount Carmel. Let’s see which is the one true God.
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This is the episode is part one in a study on the prophet Elijah. Elijah is called to be a prophet to the north kingdom of Israel. The kingdom of Israel has turned to other Gods so we first meet Elijah telling king Ahab that there will be a drought. The Lord then cares for Elijah in this time of drought first directly and then later by sending him to a widow in Sidon.
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This is the episode is the 6th and final in a series of studies on parenting that looks at the fruit of the Spirit as a template for how we should be parents. This episode looks at patience, faithfulness and self-control and how they may be different aspects of living life life with a long-term view.
22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, (C)self-control; against such things (D)there is no law.
Cross references:
1. Galatians 5:22 : Matt 7:16-ff; Eph 5:9
2. Galatians 5:22 : Rom 5:1-5; 1 Cor 13:4; Col 3:12-15
3. Galatians 5:23 : Acts 24:25
4. Galatians 5:23 : Gal 5:18
9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[a] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
Footnotes:
1. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
11 A man’s wisdom gives him patience;
it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
29 A patient man has great understanding,
but a quick-tempered man displays folly.
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension,
but a patient man calms a quarrel.
32 Better a patient man than a warrior,
a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.
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This is the episode is part 5 in a study on Parenting called “Fruitful Parenting”. This episode looks at the spiritual fruit of kindness and gentleness. We also look at discipline. What does it mean to discipline a child and yet be a kind and gentle person.
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This is the episode is part 4 in a study on Parenting called “Fruitful Parenting”. This episode looks at the spiritual fruit of peace and joy. How do we live out a life of peace and joy within our most important relationships?
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This is the episode is part 3 in a study on fruitful parenting. This episode looks at the parenting skills of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Aaron, Eli, David and Solomon. What can we learn from their parenting?
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What is the most central verse in the bible on parenting? Is it Solomon’s advice that to spare the rod means to spoil the child? Chris makes the argument that one of the most central verses in Gal 5 where it talks about the fruit of the spirit. If this is a verse that describes the attributes of a mature Christian shouldn’t this be a verse that describes how we bahave towards those we love?
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