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    Adult Christian Life: First Quarter 2019
    Adult Christian Life: First Quarter 2019
    Adult Christian Life: First Quarter 2019
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    Adult Christian Life: First Quarter 2019

    By R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation

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    Adult Christian Life contains Sunday school material for people ages 25 and older. The exposition of the Scripture, with life-centered insights, is preceded by an introduction to the lesson designed to help learners gain a greater understanding of the text under discussion relative to context, content, and meaning for life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
    Release dateDec 1, 2018
    ISBN9781681674599
    Adult Christian Life: First Quarter 2019

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      Adult Christian Life - R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation

      STEADFAST LOVE

      RESOURCES: New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition, God’s Promises Bible, Boyd’s Commentary for the Sunday School

      KEY VERSE: And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. (2 John 6, KJV)

      Intro

      The gospel of Jesus Christ has always faced opposition. As Paul traveled the Roman Empire, people from pagan backgrounds opposed anyone who abandoned pagan worship. Those from Greek cultures tried to preserve the panoply of Greek gods while the Romans argued both for their own set of gods and for the mandated worship of Caesar as a god. Even Jews living in the cities Paul visited reacted angrily that the gospel of Christ required formerly Jewish Christians to continue obedience to the ceremonial and ritual laws of Judaism.

      Some forty years later, John faced the same kinds of opposition as the Bishop of the churches of Asia Minor. By that time many rumors and half-truths had arisen to explain the resurrection of Christ in ways that made sense. Paul wrote (see 1 Corinthians 1:21ff) that the gospel was foolishness to those of a Gentile mindset. People simply do not rise from the dead, so no matter what Christians might claim, the truth had to be something else! This theological tug-of-war made new converts vacillate. They would go to church on Sunday, hear the gospel proclaimed and leave with refreshed determination to live for Christ. As the week unfolded, however, some gave in to worldly pressures. Sound familiar?

      In this text, the aged Apostle John encourages Christians to hold to their faith and to the convictions of their heart. As they were bombarded with the various threats from the Roman and Jewish authorities, from other religious influences. John writes to pull them back to the day they first believed.

      Think About It

      What does God’s agape mean to you when you think of your faith relationship with God?

      I. A Thing or Three About Words (2 Thessalonians 3:1–5)

      Know It

      There are three words that demand our attention Those words are: love (2 Thess. 3:5; 2 John 5, 6); steadfastness (2 Thess. 3:5); and faith/faithful/faithfulness (2 Thess. 3:2, 3). Since these words lie at the heart of what both Paul and John had to say to their readers, let us examine each word in turn.

      The one word used in both 2 Thessalonians 3:5 and in 2 John verses 5 and 6, is the word agape. This word means a sacrifice on the part of the one who is loving. Agape can demand hard choices of us, especially when it comes to choosing obedience toward God in the face of the pressures of the world around us. Suppose you are offered a major promotion at work that would require you to be away from home nearly every week, but your son is having some behavioral problems and would benefit from having you around to guide him. Will you turn down the promotion that you worked hard to earn because your boy needs you or will you, as so many do these days, simply demand that the teachers at school straighten him out so you can go for the big bucks? Agape means sacrificing what you want for yourself so God can have his way.

      The second word to consider is steadfastness. What it does not mean is faultless. If a ship’s commander orders the helmsman to steer a steadfast course toward Hawaii, it does not mean that the helmsman must keep the ship on an absolutely arrow-straight course. If an iceberg blocks the course, the helmsman will steer around it, but as soon as the ship is out of danger, the helmsman gets back on course for Hawaii. Christians often stumble into sin without any deliberate intention to do so. But a steadfast Christian will not deliberately give him/herself over to a prolonged pattern of sinful behavior. Steadfastness means staying on course toward the goal of salvation.

      Finally, let us consider faith. Faith is the unseen conviction that God is real and that you will accept His will as your way of life. There are two ideas expressed here in this text. First, it underscores God is faithful. He strengthens those who trust in Him. Secondly, the confidence Paul alludes to in verse four is trust in God’s ability and willingness to protect and preserve believers. This trust leads to trust in God’s love for you and to adopt His purpose for your life. Simply put, you can believe God and accept what God allows to come because God is loyal.

      Second John continues this idea of divine faithfulness as the writer expresses joy to find Christians holding fast to their faith. They are following the Father’s commandment for them to hold to God’s unchanging Hand.

      Next, Paul wrote of perverse and evil men (2 Thess. 3:2) and John wrote of antichrist (2 John 7), the spirit that is the polar opposite of the Spirit of Christ. Each writer faced his own gallery of folks who perverted the truth of the gospel. Each one saw the evil one who lurked in the shadows of the various deceptions. Each apostle warned his readers to be on guard against the deceptions and those who advocated for them, as well as against the spiritual power that lay behind them.

      Paul does not identify the specific deception about which he wrote in 2 Thessalonians 3, most likely because there was more than one group involved. We know from other Scripture that the Judaizers followed Paul from city to city attempting to convince Paul’s converts that they must still obey the Jewish law. However, he also faced civic leaders who feared unrest caused by people who were abandoning the cultural customs of the cities (see Acts 17, especially verse 6).

      I. Paul and John vs. the Deceivers (2 John 4–11)
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