I have my own quilting business out of my house. And Friday, I was working. Out of the blue, a name popped into my head. It was the name of one of our dear ladies who has been attending Tuesday morning bible study for 20 years or so. Her name is Ida.
(The background on this is - Ida had been in poor health and had stopped coming to bible study about 2 years ago. Then in July, her cousin Peggy called me to let me know that Ida was in a nursing home. I passed the info off to to the Tuesday morning leader for her to go visit Ida.)
So I hear in my head "Go see Ida - NOW". It wasn't an audible voice. But it very clearly was a voice in my head. A very firm - out of the blue - thought. I honestly hadn't really thought of Ida since July.
Well, I just did another minute of quilting stuff and again, I very clearly heard "Go see Ida - NOW!". So I stopped everything I was doing, jumped in the car and found the nursing home where I thought she was staying. She was there and I ended up spending 1 1/2 hours with her. It was so good seeing her.
It turns out that her cousin Peggy had just passed away a few days ago and Ida was very lonely. Elizabeth and her cousin talked most every day. But Ida was grieving the loss of her cousin and best friend.
So Ida says to me "tell me the story again of why you're here.". She just couldn't believe that I would come just to see her. That I wasn't just passing by or on my way to do something else. So she says "What's God's Word for me today?" I told her, that I didn't have a specific word - that God just told me to come to her. But it could be that God wanted me there to show Ida that there was someone else still here that loved her and that she wasn't alone.
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Ezekiel chapter 3
We are current studying the Precept upon Precept course "Ezekiel Part 1". This lesson covered chapters 1 - 3.
There are some people (not in our study) who say they're New Testament Christians. They say that because Christ came, we don't need to study the Old Testament anymore and therefore it is not applicable to our lives. That is false. It is in the Old Testament that we learn about God's character. In the New Testament we learn about Jesus' life and character. But is through both the Old AND the New Testament that God lays out his plan of salvation for mankind.One thing I learned this week - We, as Christians, are also called as watchmen. The early church used the Old Testament for training, correction, and rebuke so that they would be equipped for every good work (2 tim 3:16-17). Ezekiel sets out that those who have knowledge about the future destiny of a person/people are responsible for sharing that knowledge. So the obligation that Ezekiel had to warn people to repent and believe, is also an obligation that every Christian has.
I encourage you to keep in your notes (perhaps filed in the appendix section of your binder), a list called "How Ezekiel is applicable to my life". As we go through this study, you'll probably have noticed in your homework, many "application" questions. Don't skip these when you do your homework. And when we have our class discussion - make note of when you come upon something that is applicable to your life. It could also be something that you learned about God's character.
There are some people (not in our study) who say they're New Testament Christians. They say that because Christ came, we don't need to study the Old Testament anymore and therefore it is not applicable to our lives. That is false. It is in the Old Testament that we learn about God's character. In the New Testament we learn about Jesus' life and character. But is through both the Old AND the New Testament that God lays out his plan of salvation for mankind.One thing I learned this week - We, as Christians, are also called as watchmen. The early church used the Old Testament for training, correction, and rebuke so that they would be equipped for every good work (2 tim 3:16-17). Ezekiel sets out that those who have knowledge about the future destiny of a person/people are responsible for sharing that knowledge. So the obligation that Ezekiel had to warn people to repent and believe, is also an obligation that every Christian has.
I encourage you to keep in your notes (perhaps filed in the appendix section of your binder), a list called "How Ezekiel is applicable to my life". As we go through this study, you'll probably have noticed in your homework, many "application" questions. Don't skip these when you do your homework. And when we have our class discussion - make note of when you come upon something that is applicable to your life. It could also be something that you learned about God's character.
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