Bible Study Lesson: Back to the Basics in 2012
1. You don’t come without being ready to give thanksgiving, praise and worship to God.
Ps. 100:4 –
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”
2. You don’t come without your Tithe & Offering.
Neh. 10:38 -
“And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.” (Also Consider: Matthew 23:23 & Malachi 3:8)
3. You don’t come without your Bible.
Ps. 119:105 –
“Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.”
4. You don’t come and grieve the Holy Spirit.
Isa. 63:10 -
“But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; So He turned Himself against them as an enemy, And He fought against them.”
5. You don’t come Casting Judgment toward another.
Rom. 3:23 -
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
6. You don’t come with a spirit of Rebellion.
1Sam. 15:23 –
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king."
7. You don’t come having busy feet, walking throughout service looking at your watch or phone waiting for things to end etc.
Ps. 84:10 -
“Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.”
8. You don’t come without a Testimony.
Ps. 78:5 –
“For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;”
9. You don’t come falling asleep in service.
Acts 20:9 -
“And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.”
10. You don’t come, leaving with Unforgiveness.
Mt 6:14 -
"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
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11. You don’t come causing division in the church.
Rom. 16:17 –
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.”
12. You don’t come not yielding to the order of the house being led by the Holy Spirit.
1 Co 14:40 -
“Let all things be done decently and in order.”
13. You don’t come without leaving with an understanding of the scriptures written in the Bible.
Pr 4:7 -
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”
14. You don’t come without having a heart of love..
Ga 5:13 –
“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.’
15. You don’t come and touch the glory of God under any circumstance.
2 Sam. 6:6-7
“And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. (7) And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.”
16. You don’t come without seeking a heart of unity in the church.
Ps 133:1 -
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
17. You don’t come not being in clergicual/leviticual order as a church.
2 Ch 5:12 -
“Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets” (Read the remaining verses in this chapter)
18. You don’t come listening to a false prophet.
Mt 7:15 -
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
19. You don’t come not knowing your Bible.
2 Tim 2:15
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
20. You don’t come with the “I” “ME” Spirit having a mind and behavior of self/selfish-performance.
Ron 7:18 -
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”
21. You don’t come without being willing to pray.
Luke 18:1 -
“And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint”
