Shaila Touchton's Prayer Ministries Bible Study Blog

1. Who made you? God made me. (Genesis 1:27: Job 33:4) 2. What else did God make? God made all things. (Genesis 1:1-31; Deuteronomy 10:14; Nehemiah 9:6; John 1:3) 3. Why did God make you and all things? God made me and all things for His own glory. (1 Chronicles 16:28; Romans 11:36; I Corinthians 6:20; 10:31) 4. Who made God? Nobody made God. (Psalm 90:2) 5. Has God ever had a beginning? No. God has always been. (Psalms 90:2; 93:2; Revelation 4:8) 6. Will God ever die? No, God lives forever. (Psalm 90:2) 7. How can you glorify God? I can glorify God by loving Him and doing what He commands. (Micah 6:8; John 15:8; I John 5:3) 8. Why ought you to glorify God? I ought to glorify God because He made me and takes care of me. (Psalms 117:1-2; 146:5-10) 9. Are there more gods than one? No, there is only one God. (Isaiah 45.6, 18, 21-22; 1 Timothy 2:5) 10. In how many persons does this one God exist? God exists in three persons. (Matthew 3:1617; 28:19; 11 Corinthians 13:14) ...

Infant Baptism: Baptism is a sign of new birth with Christ. Baptism symbolically enacts how a person’s life is transformed by Christ: they are cleansed of their sins, they die and rise again, there is a new creation (2 Cor 5:17). Children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. John 1:13 In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring. Romans 9:8 1. Baptism includes children: Salvation is not given for parents only, but for the parents and also for their whole household.Where does it say in the Bible not to baptize infants? The children in a family are part of the father and mother. When people are saved, it is God's desire to save their family. But Jesus has commanded infant baptism. In Matthew 28:19 He says, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of...

1.Read Joshua 1:1-9. What were the promises? What were the conditions? Until the time of Moses' death, God spoke to Moses. Now, He speaks to Joshua in the same manner He spoke to Moses. Notice, he is called Moses' minister. He had been an understudy of Moses for the entire 40 year journey. On some occasions, he had actually helped Moses with his ministry. The main attribute that caused God to choose him to succeed Moses, was his great faith. Joshua had some very big shoes to fill. Moses had been a prophet who was in close contact with God at all times. We see the first directive God gave to Joshua. They were to cross the Jordan into their land of promise. We remember from Deuteronomy that, God had shown Moses the land of promise. It was everything west of the Jordan, all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. It went as far as Lebanon in one direction, and as far as the beyond the Dead Sea the other. Wherever they set their feet in this area was theirs. The going down of the sun m...