Puna't Pananaw - Personal Views and Comments on Relevant Issues in the Light of the Scriptures.

Siegfredo de Guzman

But they held their peace for by the way they had disputed among themselves who should be the greatest. And He sat down and called the twelve and saith unto them, If any man desire to be the first the same shall be the last of all, and servant of all.

PNP MBK SWIM Lesson A Servants Heart - Mark 9: 34 - 35

And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

God's Gift to Your Family - Genesis 22:15 - 18

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

PNP MBK SWIM Lesson Respect for the Truth - Exodus 20:16, 23:1

And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.  And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

I Put My Life In My Hand - Judges 12:2 - 3

Exodus 14:14 -15, Deuteronomy 8:4<br />
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Exodus 14:14 -15, Deuteronomy 8:4
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

The Journey of a Lifetime - Exodus 14:14 - 15, Deuteronomy 8:4

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Be Ye Angry and Sin Not - Genesis 4:6, 8, Ephesians 4:26

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

PNP MBK SWIM Lesson Love of Country (Makabayan) - 2 Chronicles 7:14, Ephesians 6:7, 8

And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

PNP MBK SWIM Lesson Love of Family (Maka Pamilya) - 1 Chronicles 13:14, Proverbs 23:24 - 25

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.

Smashing Satan's Stronghold - Ephesians 4:23 - 27

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Religious But Sincerely Wrong - Philippians 3:2-3, Romans 10:2-3

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

PNP MBK SWIM Lesson Taming Our Tongue - James 3:6 -8

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

The Kind of Prayer God Hears - Matthew 6:1-2, 1 John 5:14

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

PNP MBK SWIM Lesson: The Blessing of Prosperity - Deuteronomy 8:17 - 18

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Can Our Nation Survive? - Psalm 80:14 - 15, 18-19

Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

Having Gods Favor Over our Nation - 2 Chronicles 13:5

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

PNP MBK SWIM Lesson Train Up a Child - Proverbs 2:6, 15

That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

Let Us Rise Up and Build Part 1 - Nehemiah 1:2 - 3, 2:20

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

PART 2 -  Personal Perspective on PREDESTINATION - 2 Thessalonians 2:10, 12, Acts 17:27

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.

The Kind of Member You Are - Acts 20:7 -9

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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