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Many do not correctly understand the Bible or history because they do not understand the context. They read a statement and try to understand it apart from other vital information

How can believers prevail with God in prayer ? What are some of the approaches to God that have proven most successful as revealed in the Bible? Any attempt to understand God more thoroughly in such matters should reap wonderful benefits, more answered prayers.

The Apostle Paul taught the gentiles to believe in the secondary laws given to Moses by God. This shows the value of all of God's teachings to the development of Christianity. If the minor laws are important then the core of the law the Ten Commandments must be even more important to true believers

IS THERE RIGHT AND WRONG USE OF GOD'S LAWS ? The author of the New Testament Paul's very words, are essential in clarifying these issues. Based on the writings of the Apostle Paul in the New Testament the answer is a resounding , Yes!

Events in Acts Chapter Ten reveal the message that God is presenting to Peter. Peter was one of the Apostles who was not pro gentile therefore his witness would be strong in regards to the direction God was leading the church.

God tested the first man, Adam. He put the first family in the beautiful Park, the Garden of Eden. God put the choice of two ways of life before them in the form of two trees. One was the tree of life and access to God's Holy Spirit, and the other the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

The Bible is scientifically accurate even though it is an ancient text. Things are revealed in the Bible that have just in the last few centuries, been discovered. Many of the statements we will list were written thousands of years before scientific tools existed to reveal such facts.

Pentecost is the Feast of First Fruits. It is also called Pentecost because in the Greek, it represents a count of fifty. The Israelites were to count seven Sabbaths starting with the Sabbath bracketed within the Days of Unleavened Bread which follow the Passover's seventh Sabbaths. The day after the Sabbath is the wave sheaf offering. It becomes seven Sabbaths plus one day. This becomes forty nine plus one which is fifty.

The most prominent trigger event of the end of the age and the second coming and millennial reign of Christ is the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem. You cannot, in the end times, have a Temple if the nation of Israel does not exist before the second coming. One of the most miraculous events of modern history is the rebirth of Israel

Paul writes to one of the most significant congregations in his ministry, and to some, seems to contradict Jesus and himself. We will explore and clarify this worldly misunderstanding. Paul writes to them :

Why should true believers not panic? God is with us! The very first thing Jesus tells his disciples regarding the end times is to not be troubled.

The war in Europe has possibly introduced our relatively peaceful world to both possibly expanding war and future food shortages.

Jesus was frequently criticized by the religious leaders for his association with sinners. They searched high and low looking for opportunities to condemn Him and his disciples. Christ confronted their hypocrisy with a phrase that has become famous.

Tonight we will have a best of episode.

God has strong emotions and he loved the strong emotions for him that He found in young David. Probably as God had decided that King Saul had lost his humility and became unfit as God searched Israel for his replacement He heard David's praises.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ after only three days in the grave represents the ultimate spiritual and physical victory in all human history.

Understanding this issue will help us better comprehend our present world. Believers can have a better view of the world's oppression of the truth as we investigate what actually happened to the Son of God. Further, the impact on Jesus because of his betrayal, will be seen for what it really was-a secretive totally evil event.

Our love for Christ will vary with our understanding of the meaning of Days of Unleavened Bread and the New Covenant Passover. John the Baptist, one of the greatest prophets of all time, said that Jesus of Nazareth was truly the Lamb of God.

GOD HAS A LOFTY PURPOSE IN REGARDS TO LISTENING TO US IN PRAYER

How much influence does a person have with God? It surely depends on our perceiving the way God thinks and feels about things and mankind.

Those with the most prayerful power are those that accept and further develop the special calling given by the Messiah in the New Covenant era. If one finds himself hearing and understanding God's calling he is very fortunate. Such persons have a calling to be in the first resurrection, the best resurrection.

Judah had entered a period of great moral decay. They had become paganized and antagonistic to God's true prophets and his word. Crime and corruption were rampant so God had withdrawn his protection. They were being devoured by the world power of their day, Babylon. Yet, God protected true believers and the moral individuals remaining.

When Jesus came on the scene what was the position of the Sabbath in the minds and hearts of worshipers of the true God? The Sabbath was the sign of the creator God and of their covenant relationship with God. It marked, which God they worshiped. See Ex 31:13-17, Deut. 5:12-15 and Ezekiel 20:12. All Jews were fully aware of their tragic history regarding the cruel exile.

We will assume that most people who share such experiences are sincere. That being said, does the Bible give us any incite into this issue?

This would especially seem to be true regarding things like war and empires. God's word clearly supports this concept. Ever wonder why there is so much violence and evil in the pages of history?