25 January 2015 and we are waiting for Maranatha ,II Corinthians 16:22, to be so! Are you prepared to stand before The Lord God Almighty and respond to His question "Why should I let you into heaven? What will your answer be? All will come before God as forgiven or guilty of unbelief. God has made Truth known to all men everywhere for all time.  All men are aware of Him as Elohim and He wants all to know Him as Jehovah, Exodus 6:3. Read your Bible to know God. Learn what God hates as recorded  in Proverbs 6:16-19. Jesus made His ministry plain at Matthew 4:17"...Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."  God made salvation from the wrath of God very plain when He caused Romans 11 to be penned so that all men "whosoever" to know how to be saved. Do not stay in a state of  unbelief. Hear, believe and receive the Gospel, Jesus Saves!

3^rd Lesson for the One Year Bible Class at VBC to be conducted 1 February 2015.

Thanks to all of you who strive to be in class by 9:45 each Sunday. Congrats on seeking to know God by reading your Bible. Your participation in the discussion by sharing key scriptures is exciting and a great blessing for all of us.

We will be reading Exodus 2:11-27:21; Matthew 17:10-25:30; Psalm 22:1-31:8 & Proverbs 5:7-8:10. For those who are not using the One Year Bible you may discover the daily reading on the BarnabasImpactMinistry.com web page.

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SUGGESTION: Consider using the phrase “cause me to know…” in lieu of “help me” as you pray recalling Psalm 19 and John 3:12. Try writing a thank you note to God.

We must be alert to circumstances and strive for situational awareness when we walk through the day. Our OBJECTIVE is to be decisive in serving our Lord Jesus Christ. Plan for success. Strive to get right/be right then do right and don’t quit. Follow Him.

Be alert for His names. Genesis is considered the beginning of everything but GOD. Exodus will show God getting the children of Israel out of Egypt. We will continue to read the Gospel of the King of Kings in Matthew, enjoy God’s music room of Theology in the Psalms and gain a better understanding in the Proverbs.

Look for God’s attributes of Omnipotence, Immutability and Triunity. Read and re-read the 22, 23 & 24^th Psalm as a complete story and describe your understanding of who is the King of glory. In Proverbs discover the impact of co-signing a note. How did the parables of Jesus impact your concept of God’s Goodness relative to The Law?

Application and Discipline*: Fear God. Be wary of where you walk, sit and who you talk with each day. Seek to conform to Ephesians 2:8-10. BE holy. Psalm 119:8-10, Isa 59:1-2.  * Definition of discipline is not a punishment but the action you do to improve yourself, to instruct or educate; to inform the mind; to prepare by instructing in the correct principles and habits … for future usefulness.  We do this on purpose to know God. Continue to update your concept of God: who He is, what He loves, what He hates, what are His plans, how do I please and obey God, how may I talk with Him, how does He teach and direct my daily activities.

 We read to know God, not to make Him happy with us because we have read. His love is unconditional!  ***  Read and re-read Psalm 5:1- 2, take time to exalt His holy name, then read Psalm 138:2. Selah