Study Desk

Do you remember what God said to you when He called you His sons? "My son, listen when the Lord punishes you. Do not give up when He tells you what you must do.

Do not give up when you are punished by God. Be willing to take it, knowing that God is teaching you as a son. Is there a father who does not punish his son sometimes?

If you are not punished as all sons are, it means that you are not a true son of God. You are not a part of His family and He is not your Father.

None of you should fall into sex sins or forget God like Esau did. He had a right to get all Isaac had because he was the oldest son. But for one plate of food he sold this right to his brother.

They could not stand to listen to His strong words, "Even if an animal comes to the mountain, it must be killed."

Jesus is there. He has made a way for man to go to God. He gave His blood that men might worship God the New Way. The blood of Jesus tells of better things than that which Abel used.

It was the same with Jesus. He suffered and died outside the city so His blood would make the people clean from sin.

So let us go to Him outside the city to share His shame.

Let us give thanks all the time to God through Jesus Christ. Our gift to Him is to give thanks. Our lips should always give thanks to His name.

God is a God of peace. He raised our Lord Jesus from the dead. Jesus is the Good Shepherd of the sheep. His blood made the New Way of Worship which will last forever.

The sun comes up with burning heat. The grass dries up and the flower falls off. It is no longer beautiful. The rich man will die also and all his riches will be gone.

A man is tempted to do wrong when he lets himself be led by what his bad thoughts tell him to do.

When he does what his bad thoughts tell him to do, he sins. When sin completes its work, it brings death.

Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God. He is the One Who made all light. He does not change. No shadow is made by His turning.

He gave us our new lives through the truth of His Word only because He wanted to. We are the first children in His family.

Anyone who hears the Word of God and does not obey is like a man looking at his face in a mirror.

If a person thinks he is religious, but does not keep his tongue from speaking bad things, he is fooling himself. His religion is worth nothing.

Was not our early father Abraham right with God by what he did? He obeyed God and put his son Isaac on the altar to die.

You see his faith working by what he did and his faith was made perfect by what he did.

It happened as the Holy Writings said it would happen. They say, "Abraham put his trust in God and he became right with God." He was called the friend of God.