Sustenance of Life

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=70 BGCOLOR="#0099FF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Monotype Corsiva" ><B>The Evangelical Herald                            </B></FONT><B>     | </B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Evangelical Herald "><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bible_studies.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bible Studies"><B>Up Level</B></A><B>   </B><A HREF="mystery_of_life.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Law of Life Growth"><B>Previous Page</B></A><B>   </B><A HREF="when_religious_leaders_fail.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="When Religious Leaders Fail"><B>Next Page</B></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=39.625% BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>(Use this whiteboard illustration:)</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>THE FORMULA FOR LIFE</B></div> <div> <B>DUST  + BREATH OF GOD = LIVING</B></div> <div> <B>BEING (GEN 2:7)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>AIR  + WATER  + FOOD  + EXERCISE  =</B></div> <div> <B>HUMAN LIFE</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>PRAYER  +  CHRIST  + WORD  +  SERVICE  =</B></div> <div> <B>SPIRITUAL LIFE</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>TAKE ANY ELEMENT OUT OF THE EQUATION AND LIFE ENDS - ALL ELEMENTS NEEDED TO SUSTAIN LIFE</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=410 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Sustenance of Life</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The Evangelical Herald<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#9900CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Bible Study No. 07-02</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Focus: To show that to sustain a healthy spiritual life, we must  have all the elements  that give life. </B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> THE SUSTENANCE OF LIFE</div> <bR> <div> I.  The Sustenance of Life  (Use whiteboard illustration)</div> <div> A.  Natural Human Life --  (Gen 2:7)</div> <div> 1.  Air, Water, Nutrition, Exercise</div> <div> B.  Spiritual Life</div> <div> 1.  Air - Communication Line -- Prayer</div> <div> 2.  Water - Blood of Christ -- Pardon for Sins  (Jn 4:13-15)</div> <div> 3.  Nutrition - Word of God  (Jn 6:33-37)</div> <div> 4.  Exercise - Service to God</div> <div> C.  Appetite -- Hunger and Thirst - (Psalm 42:1,2)</div> <div> 1.  Without Appetite Life Ends</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Without Any One of the Vital Elements Life Ends</div> <div> 2.  Natural Life - Instinct to Survive - Body Craves </div> <div> 3.  Spiritual Life - Craves for:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Communion with Creator</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">His blood to Cover Sins</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Word</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Serve Him</div> <bR> <div> II.  Doing His Will and His Work   (Jn 4:32-34)</div> <div> A.  The Call to Work in His Harvest</div> <div> 1.    His Work is Our Work</div> <div>  2.  The Harvest is to Give Spiritual   Life to All</div> <div> B.  Our Evangelistic Strategy based on Christ's Strategy</div> <div> 1.  Identify with All - Broke Prejudices</div> <div> 2.  Awake an Appetite for an Eternal Appetite</div> <div> 3.  Convict of Sin</div> <div> 4.  Present Christ as Solution to Eternal Appetites</div> <div> 5.  Give the Elements of Spiritual Life  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>