Morning Watch The Kingdom and Agape Love (4) Dec. 5-11, 2016
Monday 12/5
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Col. 1:12-14 (12-13)
12Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you for a share of the allotted portion of the saints in the light;
13Who delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins;
Acts 26:18
18To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.
Eph. 5:1-2
1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
2And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
James 1:25
25But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and continues in it, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in his doing.
James 2:5
5Listen, my beloved brothers: Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which He promised to those who love Him?
Matt. 5:3, 10
3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
10Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
Eph. 1:4-6
4Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love,
5Predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6To the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;
Footnnotes: James 1:252; 2:52, 3; Matt. 5:34
Further Reading: Colossians LS #4 – Sections: II. Transferred Into The Kingdom Of The Son Of His Love; A. The Kingdom of the Son Being the Authority of Christ; B. The Son of the Father Being the Expression of the Father as the Source of Life
Tuesday 12/6
2 Peter 1:5-11 (5-7, 10-11)
5And for this very reason also, adding all diligence, supply bountifully in your faith virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;
6And in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, endurance; and in endurance, godliness;
7And in godliness, brotherly love; and in brotherly love, love.
8For these things, existing in you and abounding, constitute you neither idle nor unfruitful unto the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his past sins.
10Therefore, brothers, be the more diligent to make your calling and selection firm, for doing these things you shall by no means ever stumble.
11For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly and bountifully supplied to you.
John 21:15-17
15Then when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.
16He said to him again a second time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Shepherd My sheep.
17He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me? Peter was grieved that He said to him the third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
Col. 3:12-15 (12, 14)
12Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, inward parts of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, long-suffering;
13Bearing one another and forgiving one another, if anyone should have a complaint against anyone; even as the Lord forgave you, so also should you forgive.
14And over all these things put on love, which is the uniting bond of perfectness.
15And let the peace of Christ arbitrate in your hearts, to which also you were called in one Body; and be thankful.
Further Reading: 2 Peter LS #6 – Sections: Brotherly Love and Love; “These Things” Existing In Us and Abounding; Constituted Neither Idle Nor Unfruitful; Diligent to Make Our Calling and Selection Firm; Entrance Into the Eternal Kingdom.
Wednesday 12/7
Matt. 5:13-17, 44-48 (13-14, 16, 44-48)
13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has become tasteless, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything except to be cast out and trampled underfoot by men.
14You are the light of the world. It is impossible for a city situated upon a mountain to be hidden.
15Nor do men light a lamp and place it under the bushel, but on the lampstand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
16In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
17Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
44But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,
45So that you may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
47And if you greet only your brothers, what better thing are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
48You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Luke 6:35
35But love your enemies, and do good and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
Prov. 25:21-22
21If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah will reward you.
Footnotes:Matt. 5:131,2; 141
Further Reading: 2 Peter LS# 7 – Sections: The Need for a Nobler Love; Love With Discernment; Love That is Not Dependent on Our Emotional Tide; Maturity and Kingship.
Thursday 12/8
1 Thes. 1:2-4
2We thank God always concerning all of you, making mention of youin our prayers,
3Remembering unceasingly your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
4Knowing, brothers, beloved of God, your selection;
1 Thes. 3:6, 12-13
6But Timothy, having just come to us from you and announcing the good news to us of your faith and love and that you have kind remembrance of us always and long to see us, just as we also you,
12And the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we also to you,
13So that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
1 Thes. 4:9-10
9Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need for me to write to you, for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
10For you also do this unto all the brothers in the whole of Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound still more
1 Thes. 5:8-11 (8)
8But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and a helmet, the hope of salvation.
9For God did not appoint us to wrath but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10Who died for us in order that whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with Him.
11Therefore comfort one another, and build up each one the other, even as you also do.
Further Reading:1 Thes. LS #6 – Sections: The Work Of Faith; The Labor Of Love; The Endurance Of Hope
Friday 12/9
2 Thes. 1:3-5
3We ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers, even as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly and the love of each one of you all to one another is increasing,
4So that we ourselves boast in you among the churches of God concerning your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions which you bear,
5A plain indication of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be accounted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer;
2 Thes.2:13-17
13But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,
14To which also He called you through our gospel unto the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the things which were handed down toyouandwhich you were taught, whether by word or by our letter.
16Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope in grace,
17Comfort your hearts and establish youin every good work and word.
2 Thes.3:5
5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the endurance of Christ.
Titus 3:15
15All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all.
Further Reading: Footnote on Titus 3:151
Saturday 12/10
Col. 1:12-14 (12-13); 2 Peter 1:5-11 (5-7, 10-11); 1 Thes. 1:2-4; 3:6, 12-13
Lord’s Day 12/11
Titus 2:11-15
11For the grace of God, bringing salvation to all men, has appeared,
12Training us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in the present age,
13Awaiting the blessed hope, even the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
14Who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify to Himself a particular people as His unique possession, zealous of good works.
15These things speak, and exhort and convict with all authority. Let no one despise you.
Titus 3:4-7
4But when the kindness and the love to man of our Savior God appeared,
5Not out of works in righteousness which we did but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
6Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7In order that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Life Study Messages
Col. LS #4 – Whole Message
1 Peter LS # 6 – Whole Message
1 Peter LS # 7 – Whole Message
1 Thes. LS #6 – Whole Message
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