Author Archives: interethnicmissions

11. God’s family empowered

 11 • God’s Family Before the disciples were baptized with the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem about 2000 years ago, the Holy Spirit didn’t live inside all God’s people on a powerful and permanent basis. Throughout the history of the world, the Holy Spirit came upon people many times, inspiring them to write the words ofContinue reading “11. God’s family empowered”

10. The coming of the Holy Spirit

 10 • The Coming of the Holy Spirit After Jesus ascended into heaven about two thousand years ago, His followers in Jerusalem (about 120 people) started praying to God for the Holy Spirit. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would be given as an abiding powerful presence with His children on earth (Acts 1:4; JohnContinue reading “10. The coming of the Holy Spirit”

9. The work of Christ in heaven

 9 • Jesus Christ’s Ascension and Work in Heaven After His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples, gave them instructions and spoke about the Kingdom of God (Acts 1:1-5). Later, He was taken up into heaven on a cloud (Acts 1:9)! The disciples literally saw Jesus going into heaven. God’s Book foretold (prophesied about) thisContinue reading “9. The work of Christ in heaven”

8. The demolition of sin, Satan and Death

 8 • Demolishing the Power of Sin, Satan and Death In Lesson 2 we said that the reason for death, sin, suffering and sickness in the world is because of the sin of Adam and Eve. The Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death and teaches that death reigned through Adam. InContinue reading “8. The demolition of sin, Satan and Death”

7. The perfect life and death of Christ

7 • The Perfect Life and Perfect Death of Jesus Christ Jesus came to this earth with a divine mission: to live a perfect, sinless life and fulfil all righteousness (Matthew 3:15). Because Jesus was empowered by the Holy Spirit it was possible for Him never to sin. He was no ordinary man! The HolyContinue reading “7. The perfect life and death of Christ”

6. The Incarnation of God

 6 • The Incarnation of God—God Becoming Man There are many stories in the history of the world of people who have claimed to be God or who have been believed to be God. Some world leaders have even believed themselves to be gods, like the Roman Emperors 2000 years ago (e.g. Emperor Nero andContinue reading “6. The Incarnation of God”

5. Prophecies and Promises about the Messiah

 5 • The Promises and Prophesies about the Messiah God chose the people of Israel to be His special people for a very specific reason, i.e. the Messiah would come out of that nation (Daniel 9:25, 26). Messiah means ‘anointed one’ or ‘Saviour’. We can learn much from the nation of Israel: how God wantedContinue reading “5. Prophecies and Promises about the Messiah”

4. The Moral law of God

4 • God’s Moral Law Given to Moses The people of the world, descendents of Noah, still behaved in ungodly ways even after the global flood, but God chose a special people called the Israelites. God sent them to live in Egypt for 400 years, about 3600 years ago, because of a regional famine (GenesisContinue reading “4. The Moral law of God”

3. The Covenants of God

 3 • The Covenants of God God knew that mankind would fall into sin (1 Peter 1:20; Revelation 13:8) and knew that people would not be able to live without His protection, provision and goodwill. Therefore, God made agreements (covenants or contracts) with several people throughout history—and especially with one nation in particular. The firstContinue reading “3. The Covenants of God”