Bible Study

King Solomon gives his sons life lessons on how to have a happy marriage 

• There may be people that want to destroy your marriage-Be on guard!
• Stay AWAY!
• Understand the consequence
• Be faithful to your own wife

Proverbs 4:11-27

• Hold on to instruction; don’t let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Keep off the path of the wicked
• Pay attention to God’s words
• Carefully consider the path for your life and what you really want
• Those who are serious about their walk with Jesus TAKE ACTION!

Focus: God provides direction to those who place their trust in Him

Insights you can take away to strengthen your walk with Jesus?

• Internalize God’s teachings
• Always trust in the Lord with all your heart
• Allow God to show you what path to take
• Honor the Lord with your wealth
• A father only disciplines those he loves

 REASONS NOT TO DESPISE DISCIPLINE

• The Lord discipline is an expression of His love (3:11-12)
• Despising correction leads to regret (1:29-31, 5:11-14)
• Corrective discipline leads to life (6:23, 10:17, 15:10)
• The one who hate correction is stupid (12:1, 15:5)
• Correction leads to knowledge and wisdom (19:25, 29:15) 

• Listen to the God of the universe with respect and awe
• God is giving us an effective process to live by and will give us wisdom and discernment
• Constantly seek God’s wisdom and discernment if we ask Him (respond to his warning)

Romans 15 - "Reach"
Insights you can take away to strengthen your walk with Jesus?

• The power of the Holy Spirit will fill us with all peace and joy that we may overflow with hope
• Believers are sanctified by the Holy Spirit
• Jesus accomplishes his plan and purpose through believers
• Our purpose is to share the gospel and be Jesus to everyone God puts in our path

“Accepting”

Focus: Believers should accept and encourage other believers to facilitate unity

Context Passage: Romans 14:1-15:13

Study Passage: Romans 14:1-12

Insights you can take away to strengthen your walk with Jesus?

• Don’t argue about matters of religious practices
• Don’t look down on or judge others
• We live or die for the Lord.  He’s got our lives in His hands
• Each of us will give an account of himself to God

Focus: Believers should seek to represent Christ well in their communities and world

Romans 13 - Study Passage: Romans 13:1-14

 Insights you can take away to strengthen your walk with Jesus?

• Authorities that exist are instituted by God
• Submit to the authorities that God has put in place
• Love our neighbor as yourself
• Put on the Lord Jesus Christ

“Sacrifice”

Focus: Believers are to demonstrate Christlike character by presenting their bodies as a living sacrifice

Context Passage: Romans 12:1-21

Study Passage: Romans 12:1-2,9-18

 Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

 Christian Ethics

9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. 10 Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another. 11 Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the Spirit; serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer. 13 Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Give careful thought to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes. 18 If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

What insights can you take away to strengthen your walk with Jesus?

• We should present our bodies as a living sacrifice
• Genuine love comes from a transformation through the power of the Holy Spirit by the renewing of your mind
• The supernatural life of a Christ-follower that totally surrenders their life to Jesus produces amazing Christ-like qualities

“Mercy”

Focus: The gospel continues to be offered to all people, Jews and Gentiles

Context Passage: Romans 11:1-36

Study Passage: Romans 11:17-32

Insights to strengthen your walk with Jesus?

• We should not boast or think we are better than someone because of our salvation
• Salvation will always be through faith in Christ’s completed work on the cross
• God has had mercy on us all and desires that we come to Him through faith in His son Jesus!

“Saved”

Focus: Salvation has always been granted through faith in Jesus

Context Passage: Romans 9:1-10:21

Study Passage: Romans 10:5-15

 5 since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them. 6 But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up to heaven? ”that is, to bring Christ down 7 or, “Who will go down into the abyss?” that is, to bring Christ up from the dead. 8 On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we proclaim: 9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, (1) Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame, 12 since (2) there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him. 13 For (3) everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

14 (1)How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? (2) And how can they believe without hearing about him? (3) And how can they hear without a preacher?15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.