An Index to the What's the Message Lessons

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W XYZ

A
KeywordsLesson Number
a means vs. an end9
Abram obeyed10
Abram worshipped God10
Absolom's revolt55
absolute standards do exist30
abstain from sexual immorality121
acts to be seen by men?96
adulterer and murderer55
all have sinned101
all-powerful23
all promises of God are fulfilled43, 64, 79
all who are baptized133
alone?17, 39, 63
Antioch notorious for pagan worship114
Antioch now the center for outreach114
an un-achievable goal?25
anything too hard for God?14
Apostles shared the living Word109
Aquila and Priscilla left in Ephesus117
ascension of Jesus106
ask for direction from the Lord42
atonement and forgiveness31, 33, 58
avoid legalism of the Judaizers136


B
KeywordsLesson Number
Babylonian Captivity, first deportation74
Babylonian Captivity, second deportation78
baptize me now!111
baptized into Christ; have put on Christ131
Barnabas and Saul preach in Antioch114
Barnabas and Saul set apart115
Bathsheba54
be a blessing to others99
be a bold witness for Jesus108
bear the image of Man from Heaven126
be a servant99
be dependent on no one121
be diligent and patient129
be faithful unto death153
be filled with the Holy Spirit112
before Abraham was born I AM92
be free from anxieties123
beginnings20
be His witness to the world99
be imitators of Christ125
believe God25
believe in Jesus for eternal life97
be obedient to the point of death128
be patient with each other121
be prepared to defend your hope147
be ready151
be reconciled to God75, 97
be renewed in your faith136
be single-minded in purpose129
be strong and of good courage39
Bethlehem; to be birthplace of Messiah 67
better hope of Jesus137
better to suffer wrong than to offend124
Between the Testaments - Age of empire - King Cyrus of Persia87
Between the Testaments - Age of empire - Persia attacks Greece87
Between the Testaments - Age of empire - Pinnacle of Persian Empire87
Between the Testaments - Age of empire - Alexander the Great87
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - Empire of Alexander the Great88
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - Alexander dies, empire is divided88
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - Ptolemy 1 in Egypt88
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - Seleucus in Syria88
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - Hellenism - Greek culture88
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - common language88
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - Septuagint translation88
Between the Testaments - Alexander the Great - scourge of Antiochus Epiphanes88
Between the Testaments - Herod the Great90
Between the Testaments - Herod the Great - Mark Anthony and Herod90
Between the Testaments - Herod the Great - Caesar and Antipater90
Between the Testaments - Herod the Great - Julius Caesar and Cleopatra90
Between the Testaments - Herod the Great - Octavian / Caesar Augustus90
Between the Testaments - Herod the Great - Herod, the builder of monuments90
Between the Testaments - Herod the Great - brutality of Herod90
Between the Testaments - Revolt of the Maccabees89
Between the Testaments - Revolt of the Maccabees - cleansing of the Temple89
Between the Testaments - Revolt of the Maccabees - Hanukkah89
Between the Testaments - Revolt of the Maccabees - Sadducees and Pharisees89
Between the Testaments - Revolt of the Maccabees - contention between Maccabees89
Between the Testaments - Revolt of the Maccabees - Antipater89
Between the Testaments - Revolt of the Maccabees - Pompey, Roman general89
Between the Testaments - The Fullness of Time91
Between the Testaments - The Fullness of Time - Diaspora of the Jews91
Between the Testaments - The Fullness of Time - common language91
Between the Testaments - The Fullness of Time - roads91
Between the Testaments - The Fullness of Time - Pax Romana - the peace of Rome91
Between the Testaments - The Fullness of Time - spiritual confusion91
Between the Testaments - The Fullness of Time - expectations about the Messiah91
Bibliolatry48
birth of Esau and Jacob16
birth of Isaac a miracle15
blame game4, 76
blame God2
blessed to be a blessing8, 15, 31, 70, 149
blessing of the children of God99
blood is shed for forgiveness32
blood of The Lamb of God24, 32
blood of the Source of Life13
bondage of a false god59
Bridegroom and the bride57
burden of guilt of sin31
burden of the reality of guilt101
by Grace you have been saved140


C
KeywordsLesson Number
called to be a blessing9, 31, 84
called to ministry100
calling of Samuel47
can death be seen as a victory?104
cannot earn our Justification124
cares and pleasures of life choke us98
central theme of the Old Testament8, 86
certainty of the Day of Judgment150
challenge the sufficiency of Christ133
challenges and dangers Paul faced118
challenges that make our life miserable?84
change in both Jacob and Esau18
cheerfully do God's work28
children share in flesh and blood136
Christ alone saves us143
Christ crucified, a "stumbling block"122
Christ has set us free132
Christ is a living reality107
Christ is the firstfruit of resurrection126
Christ is The Savior143
Christ must suffer120
Christ was sacrificed for our sins94
Christian concern and painful rebuke122
Christianity does involve duty83
Christianity may be forbidden by secularists149
church discipline122
Church to reflect the love of Christ125
circumcision13
clean and unclean113
combat false teaching129
come, I will send you22
come to Macedonia and help us116
coming of Jesus to be seen by all151
command God to fight for us!48
complain?26
complaints against Moses35
complaints, jealousy, rebellion34, 36
conceit70, 75
concern for fellow man10
condemned by the Law131
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord128
confess our sin to God49
confidence in God2
confidence in pride and strength74
confident hope75
consequences of disobedience29, 33, 36, 41, 44, 45, 48, 51, 54, 55, 76, 85
consequences of rejecting God46
contrast the behavior of two men53
Corinth, a pagan city117
courage and boldness to speak of Jesus110
Covenant with Abram/Abraham8, 11, 20, 38, 45, 58, 64, 82, 85, 86
cowards now spoke boldly105
creation lacks nothing2
cry for help?26
cults claim they make doctrine complete130
cunning, scheming to deceive42
curse God's people?37


D
KeywordsLesson Number
day of judgment68
day of the Lord will come suddenly126
dead will be raised152
deal on the basis of brotherly love121
Death is swallowed up in victory152
death - temporal, spiritual, eternal102
Death, where is your sting?126
declaring whole counsel of God119
deny the humanity of Christ135
departure from God5
depravity of man5
devoted to prayer106
did Jesus really rise from the dead?105
died a natural body; raised a spiritual body126
disobedience and confusion7
disobedience brings punishment82
disobedience of God brings chaos46
do all to the glory of God124
do everything in the name of Jesus133
do God's will84
do good, or do evil?95
do good to everyone132
do I trust in a false god?40, 61, 66, 73
do not fear, God is in control43, 61, 68, 79
do not teach in the name of Jesus?108
doubt2, 4
doubt and consequences11
doubt of the Disciples105
doubts of Sarah14
dreadful day of the Lord67
dream of Pharaoh19
dualism - material evil; spiritual good94, 135
duty of stewardship3


E
KeywordsLesson Number
earn forgiveness?50
earthly king to solve our problems51
Egyptians will know the Lord23, 25
election includes responsibility65
Eli, the priest47
Elijah59
empty, mechanical ritual of religion65, 77, 81
empty ritual69
endure to the end, and be saved150
Ephesus, site of Temple of Artemis118
equip the saints for ministry127
eternal1
Eucharist is not a casual event124
everlasting covenant13
evil continually6
example of love53
exceedingly good2
excuses don't count before God51
excuses of Moses22


F
KeywordsLesson Number
faith and ethics65
faith and obedience go together64, 66
faith believes the knowledge is true139
faith can be rejected and lost140
faith cannot be bought140
faith has saved you139
faith is more than intellectual knowledge139
faith is the gift of God140
faith lays hold of the promise143
faith, not doubt14
faith of the heart140
faith = trust in God139
faithful remnant68
faithfulness, not empty ritual66, 82
fall of Judah64
false christs will arise151
false doctrine not to be tolerated134
false teachers preach a contrary gospel130
fame and wealth of Solomon56
families and homes in Ephesus118
father of modern Judaism83
fear105
fear and distrust34
fear not, but stand firm25
fear the Lord's wrath73
field ripe and ready for harvest149
fiery serpents36
filled with the Holy Spirit107, 108
first fruits107
focus on Jesus, not "great" men122
focus on what Christ has done for us130
foolishness of spoiled youth57
forgiveness 14
forgiveness by blood of sacrifice32
foreshadow of the ultimate promise 24
for sinners only, all others stay out141
freed from slavery of sin142
freedom has limits95
free to disregard the law?134
from the Spirit reap eternal life132
fruit of the Spirit132
fullness of the image of God93
fundamental issues of life27


G
KeywordsLesson Number
gain the whole world, yet forfeit life?98
generations of Noah7
Gentiles must first be circumcised?115
Gentiles receive God's Word with joy115
giants challenge our lives52
gift of God107
gift of God is eternal life142
gift of the Holy Spirit106
give me what I want!29
giving to God5
glorify God in your body123
Gnostic cults exist today135
Go, and teach in the temple109
God acts on our behalf11, 103
God calls us to His work28
God cannot be deceived42
God can train you, too21
God can use evil for His good19, 72
God can use imperfect mankind54
God can use you, too16, 54
God deals with us where we are in life138
God demands obedience69
God equips us22, 28
God exists without need of our approval1, 154
God forgives sin55
God, forgive them for this sin110
God gave us the guidance of His Word154
God has chosen you38
God has given us freedom within limits154
God is1, 86
God is in our midst72
God judges His chosen ones67, 72, 73, 76, 78, 86
God kept His promise103
God looks at the heart52
God is all-powerful23, 52
God is Creator and Lord58
God is in charge, not us30, 35
God is not fair!78
God is patient with us150
God is to be first in our life47, 60, 61, 80, 86
God meant it for good19
God prepares Joseph19
God provides for our needs26
God, the loving husband of Israel66
God trained Moses21
God rules both earth and heaven97
God so loved the world97
God will complete the work begun in us128
God will first raise those who have died151
God works through history72
God's covenant is sealed in blood103
God's grace and mercy26, 31, 38
God's law is in our minds and hearts74
God's love and forgiveness26, 69
God's judgment72
God's judgment is just82
God's plan104
God's power at work in His Disciples109
God's promise to Adam92
God's purpose for mankind8
God's Word is the word of life134
goddess Artemis might be deposed!119
Goliath trusted self; David trusted God52
good can come out of unpleasantness116
good works are not for my own praise100
greed41
greed and corruption65
grow beyond rudimentary Christianity133
guilt, and its punishment102


H
KeywordsLesson Number
Hannah, mother of Samuel47
has God failed us?78
hate extracts a severe price53
hate poisons the one who carries it53
hated by all nations for My sake150
hatred and murder5
heresy of a "special" knowledge129
heresy of denying divinity of Jesus94
heresy of legalism95
heresy of Jesus only seeming to be a man94
He shall bear all their sins71
hear O Israel, the Lord is one38
heirs according to the promise131
He who promised is faithful138
High Priest represents man before God137
history is the agent of God72
hold fast to what you have153
hold fast - without wavering138
Holy Spirit fell on them, just as us113
how can we handle stress?148
how do we grow in Sanctification?146
human heritage of line of David93
human logic and understanding94
humble yourself under God's hand148
husbands, love your wives127


I
KeywordsLesson Number
I AM coming soon!153
I AM dwells with Israel37
I AM Jesus, whom you persecute112
I AM the Creator1
I AM is with you17, 22, 33, 73, 79
I AM with you always106
I AM your God79
I can will what is right, but I cannot do it144
idol to the "Unknown god"117
I do not know the Lord!23
I have been good!63
image of the invisible God94
image of the Man of Heaven152
in Christ is all the fullness of The Deity94
inquire of the Lord what to do54
in the world, but not of the world96
is God first in my life?29
is God still in control?74, 81
Israel in Egypt a myth or real?21
Israel to be the servant of God70
Israel united under God30
it is finished130


J
KeywordsLesson Number
Jacob faces anger of Esau18
Jacob learns patience17
Jacob renamed Israel18
Jacob sent to get a wife17
Jacob works for 20 years17
Jacob wrestles with God18
jailor of Philippi converted116
James martyred, Peter arrested114
jealousy of the Sadducees109
Jerusalem is pardoned70
Jesus accomplished His purpose104
Jesus came for the sick, the sinners96
Jesus experienced all man's feelings93
Jesus died for all, not just a few113
Jesus has accepted me107
Jesus has already triumphed153
Jesus has authority to forgive sins92
Jesus has been tempted as we are137
Jesus holds the power of death92
Jesus in the State of Exaltation136
Jesus is the Christ154
Jesus is the focal point154
Jesus is the only path to heaven154
Jesus is preached of in major cities115
Jesus is preached throughout Cyprus115
Jesus is the promised Messiah107
Jesus is the resurrection and the life102
Jesus makes atonement for us94
Jesus offered Himself - once138
Jesus partook of our flesh136
Jesus presented Himself alive105
Jesus replaces the darkness of paganism119
Jesus resisted evil93
Jesus seen as a trouble-maker104
Jesus shed His blood for us103
Jesus, the Exalted Christ, is revealed153
Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant138
Jesus, the object of our faith140
Jesus, the Perfecter of our faith138
Jesus was victorious over death104
Jesus will come in power and glory151
Jesus will come to judge151
Jews reject God's message115
Jezebel59
Joseph sold into slavery19
Joseph tests his brothers19
judgment6
judgment and justice29, 35, 56, 65, 83
judgment and promise4
judgment and repentance67
judgment only for pagans?150
justice and mercy; Law and Gospel50
justice and mercy, lessons of23
Justification changes a man's heart145
Justification is a judicial act of God141
Justification is complete and perfect 143
Justification is the work of God142
Justification through faith is the entire Gospel11, 143
justified by faith in Christ, not works131
Justification, universal and personal141


K
KeywordsLesson Number
keep God's Law83
king and nation to follow God51
Kingdom of God1067
King Hezekiah63
knowledge and assent is not faith139


L
KeywordsLesson Number
Laban's trickery17
lack of trust in God34
Lamb to the slaughter71
Law and Gospel57, 67, 77
Law community83
Law makes nothing perfect137
lead, as an imitator of Christ127
leaders to be a gift of God47
lead us astray150
learn to do right69
learn obedience to God68
learning to trust God fully86
leave the elementary; go on to maturity137
legalism82
legalistic requirement rejected115
lessons of justice and mercy23
let God be God11
life wasted 53
light to the Gentiles96
light unto the world70
limits are to save life95
live a Sanctified life124
live to the glory of God124, 142
love is patient and kind125
love keeps God's word98
love never ends125
love your enemies100


M
KeywordsLesson Number
maintain the unity of The Spirit127
make disciples of all nations106
man looks outwardly 52
Man is Justified by what God has done for him144
man is limited4
man is unable to fulfill God's covenant103
mankind evil continually20
mankind is the creation, not the Creator1
many parts, yet one body125
marriage and family127
marriage, good and bad16, 54
marriage, instituted by God3
marriage, negative aspects55, 56, 57, 59, 60
marriage, positive aspects17
material gifts, purpose of74
materialism41, 60, 61
means becoming ends48
means vs an end9, 74, 77
men who turned the world upside down117
mere human wisdom; not divine133
Messiah promised4, 86
miracle of the lame man108
more righteous than Pharisees95
Moses disobeys God35
Moses flees to Midian21
Moses raised as a child of Pharaoh21
my Redeemer lives152


N
KeywordsLesson Number
narrow walk of faith68
nations will know I AM the Lord 79
natural, automatic, loving response146
need a push to go beyond the familiar?111
never stop studying God's Word154
new converts need instruction107
New Covenant, a new Israel74, 77
new heart I will give you79
New Jerusalem79
Noah6
noble intentions do not save us144
no concept of "absolute truth"127
no degrees of Justification143
no mongrel pagan mixture16
none does good, not even one141
no one comes to the Father, but by Me101
no other gods before me29
no sin? You deceive yourself135
not all things are helpful123
not submitting to God's authority34
nothing begins to compare with Jesus133
not to call someone "unclean"113
now you are God's people149


O
KeywordsLesson Number
obey God 27, 47
obey God, at all times35, 57
obey God fully and completely41, 52
obey God only3, 33, 35, 69
obey God only, not Baal37, 44, 60
obey God rather than men108, 109
obey God unconditionally15
obedience; a response of love58, 82
obedience and joy, judgment and death66
obedience does not eliminate trial63
obedience to God4, 29, 42
obedience to God = peace45, 46, 49, 60
obstacles in your life?25
old covenant only a foreshadow138
omni-powerful1
only fools "add" to work of Jesus 130
only the sick need a physician141
opposition of the silversmiths119
our calling as a servant of God71
our citizenship is in heaven128
our flesh is weak98
our lives not free of tribulation63
our responsibilities as a child of God71
our suffering here is nothing116
out of the heart of man comes evil98


P
KeywordsLesson Number
pagans do not know Jesus118
parallel of the Lord's Supper24
participate in the sufferings of Christ147
Paul arrested in the Temple 120
Paul appeals to Caesar120
Paul - a witness for Jesus120
Paul baptizes Lydia in Philippi116
Paul on trial about he resurrection120
Paul returns to Galatia116
Paul persisted in his work118
Paul speaks to Greek philosophers117
Paul touched hearts of many Gentiles119
Paul's resolve a model for us119
peace and confidence110
peace be with you105
perfection3
perishable body puts on imperishable126
persecution against the Church111
persecution of Christians149
persevere under trial148
personal justification141
Peter freed by an angel114
Peter told to go to Cornelius113
Philip proclaims Christ in Samaria111
Philip reached out to a Gentile111
Philip tells the Eunuch of Jesus111
plagues in Egypt23
plans for welfare, not evil75
political and economic pressures?80
power of Jesus heals108
pray without doubting146
prayer for wisdom56
prayers to be made for all people129
predictions of The Messiah81
preserve the Gospel, pure and unchanged129
pride7, 69
pride goes before a fall62
priesthood not to be presumed137
priorities straight?80
promises of God9, 11, 36
promise of Isaac 13
promise of Isaac fulfilled15
provoke(d) the Lord to anger61
public display of "Righteousness"95
pummeled by the results of sin147
punishment14, 34
pure monotheism20
purpose of descendants9
purpose of land9
purpose of material gifts9, 74
put God's will before self-will99
put on love133


R
KeywordsLesson Number
reality of guilt102
real people had real problems118
real people needed Jesus118
Rebekah's scheme16
rebellion4
rebellion of Korah35
reconciled to God - while we were enemies142
reflect the love of Jesus in our life100
reform of King Joash62
regular worship in God's house146
reject God?48, 62
rejoice in the hope of God148
rejoice in the Lord72
relationship with God3, 27, 49, 50, 66
relationship with others3
relationships, intended20
relationships, restored20
remain faithful to your calling100
remember forever God's mercy24
remnant will return70
remove the actual guilt of sin102
repent and be baptized107
repent and turn to God108
repentance55
repentance and forgiveness72, 76, 81, 82
responsibility and obedience100
return to Me, and I will return to you81
return to the Lord and serve Him only49
Revelation is a book of comfort153
righteousness of Christ imputed to us143
righteous vs the wicked85


S
KeywordsLesson Number
sacrifice of Jesus had been foretold104
salt and light of the earth100
salvation is found in no one else108
salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles120
Sanctification changes a man's life145
Sanctification in the narrow sense145
Sanctification in the wide sense145
Sanctification is a progressive thing145
Sanhedrin hated Paul's message of Jesus120
Satan, the Deceiver4
Saul is a chosen instrument of mine112
Saul proved Jesus was The Christ112
Saul rose and was baptized112
Saul spreads persecution to Damascus112
saved through the grace of God115
saving work of Jesus is complete134
sealed in blood11
search for truth and understanding97
search Scriptures daily117
secure; we are god's chosen people65
see God's nature in Jesus97
seek first His kingdom97
seek the things that are above133
seek the welfare of the city97
seek to do good to everyone121
selected by God, for a purpose19, 39
selected to be a blessing19
selection and separation6, 8, 10, 37, 38
self-glory is wrong; it is self-serving99
sense of guilt102
separating from Gentiles131
separation because I am superior?96
separation of Ishmael15
separation from evil of the world96
separation from Lot10
separation is a means, not an end96
separation, purpose of16, 82, 96
serve God only98
serve God, or Satan?98
serve the Lord in faithfulness43, 44, 45, 63, 73
set apart for God's purposes33
settle grievances by an unbeliever?123
sexual immorality121, 122, 123, 132
sexual purity considered "a novelty"121
Scriptures show Jesus is the Messiah117
share God's Word with others149
show me your faith146
show the pagan world an example129
sick and disabled healed daily109
sick society65
sign of God's promise13, 39
sin 32
sin as much as you want?134
sin entered the world with death86
sinful men raged against God104
sin multiplies58
sin separates us from God101
sin vs obedience5
signs and wonders done regularly109
skills are to be used for God28
slaves of corruption134
smug complacency67
social unrighteousness67
Sodom14
sons of God, through faith131
sorry I was caught attitude55
soul that sins shall die78
sown much, but harvested little80
speak the truth in love127
spirit of God's Law, not legalism95
spirit of the anti-christ135
spiritual and moral decay66
stand firm in The Lord128
steadfast love of God50
Stephen was killed for witnessing110
stewardship, duty of3
stop doing the Lord's work?84
study God's Word146
submitted to the Father93
suffer because we are Christians147
suffer for doing good147
Suffering Servant71, 77
sun stands still at Gibeon43
support each other146


T
KeywordsLesson Number
take our burdens to Jesus111
task of The Servant70
target of abuse75
teaching an incomplete doctrine?130
teach your children38
tell the news of Jesus with boldness112
Ten Commandments27
tension of original sin75, 145
test of Abraham15
test the spirits to see if they are from God135
The Christ must suffer120
The Creator1
The Cross - the only bridge to heaven105
the empty tomb105
The Trinity1
think like a Hebrew12
through love serve one another132
time for judgment comes61
times of apparent victories of Satan153
Timothy joins Paul116
to be a blessing9
today He speaks to us by His Son136
tolerance of paganism56, 57, 59
to live is Christ, to die is gain10
too few workers to harvest149
trials make our trust in God grow147
True Man - as man was created to be93
trust = faith64
trust and obey God only45, 51, 56, 57, 59, 64, 73, 77, 83
trust and obedience8, 30, 154
trust and obey God23, 34, 38
trust God10, 17
trust God fully and completely64, 76, 140
trust in God, not myself18, 22, 25, 26, 36, 39, 40, 42, 49, 52, 54, 62, 63, 73
trust in Jesus only134
trust the promise of God92
turn away from evil79
turn to God and live78


U
KeywordsLesson Number
uncertainty in our world?81
undivided devotion to the Lord123
unfaithful priests85
united under God30
united with Jesus in death and life142
unity of purpose125
universal justification141
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth122
unto us a Child is born69, 92


V
KeywordsLesson Number
vanity = emptiness57
variety of gifts given to The Church12
vertical relationship with God98
victories over pagans36
vision of Cornelius113
visual reminder13, 24
vulnerability of David54


W
KeywordsLesson Number
wages of sin is death142
walk by faith, not by sight99, 140
walk worthy of your calling127
wall of hostility was broken111
want to do God's will99
we are always sinners, and do sin101
we are born again to a living hope152
we are God's possession27
we are justified by His Grace, as a gift141
we are now reconciled with God124
we can trust the promises of God148
we deliberately disobey God101
we deny sin101
we revolt against God101
we shall be changed152
we struggle with Satan daily145
we walk a life of tension148
we will always be with the Lord126
what is a "good work"?146
what is raised is imperishable152
what one sows is what he shall reap132
what priority does Jesus have?117
when life is dark, God is brightest75
who do you say that I am?92
whoever knows God listens to us135
wicked queen of Judah62
wisdom55
wisdom of God vs. wisdom of man144
withholding our gifts28
without God we can do nothing62
woes on the unfaithful68
woe to us, for we have sinned76
wolves will come among you119
Word became flesh92
word of Jesus spread to Antioch114
word of The Cross is folly122
work of Jesus is complete130
work where you are right now106
world is filled with disasters147
worship God and serve Him only48
worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus109
who is in control?61
who is on the Lord's side?29
who will listen?71
whom shall I send?68
why not suffer wrong?123
wrath of God for disbelief49


XYZ
KeywordsLesson Number
you are not your own123
you are salt, not have salt100
you always resist the Holy Spirit110
you have not obeyed God's Law110
you shall be My witnesses105
you will be My people33