Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. --1 Thessalonians 4-1---We are not saved by works, but by faith in Christ and his blood and righteousness. Yet our works as fruits of saving grace are very important.-The Apostle, beseeches and exhorts the brethren to walk in a way pleasing to God. Not in any way, but how the Lord would have us to walk as revealed in the scriptures.--In this chapter we have 5 ways that we are to walk in and please God.

And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd- and he began to teach them many things. --Mark 6-34---1- The teacher-2- The method of teaching-3- The things taught-4- A vital question - has the Lord begun to teach you and me-

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus- Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. --1 Timothy 2-5-6---Introduction--How prayer and a mediator go together-Public prayer - For whom, why- Who by---1- One God, One Mediator, Jesus Christ-2- His qualifications-3- his mediatorial work

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven- but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. --John 6-32-33---1- The type - Manna-2- Who the type pointed to - The Lord Jesus-- The true bread-- The bread of God-- The bread of life-3- Partaking of this bread

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. --Mark 4-39---In this storm---1- They saw what manner of man the Lord was. - God and Man-2- They were confronted with many things about themselves-3- They saw the Lord's power over winds and waves

O wretched man that I am- who shall deliver me from the body of this death- I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God- but with the flesh the law of sin. -Romans 7-24-25---We consider three things--1- The experience of the effects of the fall-2- The question of who shall deliver me-3- The answer through Jesus Christ

And after the earthquake a fire- but the LORD was not in the fire- and after the fire a still small voice. --1 Kings 19-12--A still small voice - the voice of the Lord--1- The voice of the Lord- -The voice focused on not the speaker- -The voice -After-- -The voice of contrast- -The voice with an effect-2- The voice of the Lord in the Gospel-3- The voice of the Lord in direction

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice- cause me to hear it. --Song of Solomon 8-13---1- The one addressed - -Thou that dwellest in the gardens--2- The observation on which the request is based - -The companions hearken to thy voice--3- The request - -Cause me to hear it-

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. --Isaiah 17-6---Four reasons to be encouraged in our day when few are being gathered compared to former days.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after- that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. --Psalms 27-4---In this message, we look at one evidence of spiritual life in the soul.--1- Desiring and seeking-2- The three things sought for as one.-- To dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life-- To behold the beauty of the LORD-- To enquire in his temple