Dr. Bingham’s Lesson for May 22, 2011

Guest Speaker: Dr. Jim Sibley

“God will Keep His Promises to Israel” – Romans 3:3-4

Introduction: Winston Churchill’s plan to end World War I – Take Istanbul and out-flank the Axis Powers to the northwest.

Istanbul, Bosphorus, & Dardanelles

Why didn’t the Lord tell us when He would return?
– So that we would be diligent in remaining faithful.

Too often scripture is misapplied as being about our own lives when, in fact, it applies only to the nation of Israel.

Jeremiah 29:11; Acts 1:8; Jeremiah 29:10.

Isaiah 49:15-16; Ezekiel 37:11, 36:24-26.

Zechariah 12:1-11; 13:1, 9.

Romans 3:3-4; 11:29

God, by keeping His promises to Israel, assures us that He will keep His promises to us.

Romans 15:8-13.

Colossians 4:14; Philemon 24 – Demas is called Paul’s fellow worker.
2 Timothy 4:6-10 – “Demas … has deserted me.”