Note how Paul's change of life, and yours, involves an encounter with the glory of Christ, resulting in conviction, wrestling with God in prayer, actual conversion, baptism, and membership in a local body of Christ. In all of this, Paul was, and all Christians are, surprised by Glory.

While pity parties promote self-centeredness, they also undermine endurance and perseverance. A change of focus is needed, off of self and upon the great things God is doing through Jesus Christ.

How can you sing the Lord's song in this fallen, sinful world- Psalm 137 gives you your answer- Remember heaven- contemplate hell- center on Christ.

You sing about Jesus when you sing the Psalms. Psalm 100 exhorts you to worship Jesus Christ your creator and redeemer.

As Christians, we have two great reasons to persevere in the faith- -1- Those who draw back from Christ face certain judgment, and -2- Those who do persevere will receive final blessing.

God calls His people to assemble together to draw near to Him in faith, to hold fast the confession of their hope, and to encourage one another to love.

Jesus Christ is Lord of the unseen world you will enter- trust Him as your guide.

In this second Q-A session week take a look at the fact that each of us should live before God with a good conscience informed by Scripture. The attached pdf gives white board information.

Jesus healed the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath giving him a taste of the healing rest of heaven. You and I must trust Christ to give us the healing rest of heaven.

After a short review of the ten lessons on this series, we took questions, wrote them on the white board, and began to attempt to answer. See the attached pdf for the review outline and the questions asked by the class.