You will realise that some of the people you think are for you will never be happy when they see you succeed.  Don’t think everyone is happy about your success. 

Some of the people want to see you struggling with nothing to do and nothing to eat. 

When The king of Babylon appointed a man called _Gedaliah over the land_ .. over the men the women and everyone who had remained in the land guess  what happened

When the commanders of the Army and the people had all about this. They decided to do something bad and irrational to the true purpose of friendship . They came to Him at a place called Mizhap. They came with a friendly notion of view that they are for Him yet instead some of them were not absolutely  for Him in any sense. Jeremiah 40:7-8[7]Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the open country [of Judah] and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah son of Ahikam governor in the land [of Judah] and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon,[8]They went to Gedaliah at Mizpah–Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

And as a result.  Ishmael assinated the one who had been appointed by the king of Babylon Jeremiah 41:1-2[1]NOW IN the seventh month [of that year] Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal descendants and one of the princes of the king, came [at the instigation of the Ammonites] with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam in Mizpah. As they were eating a meal together there in Mizpah,

[2]Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him arose and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed him, the one whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. [II Kings 25:25.]

a) According to our instruction in view, Who appointed Gedaliah over the land ? 

b) When the commanders of the army and the people heard that Gedaliah had been appointed over the land what did they do?

c) Analyse purpose of note as due to our context of due

Confession prayer  

Dear Lord Jesus I pray that you will give me the grace to stand amidst the difficult times that we are in AMEN 

God’s fiery judgement is awaiting everyone who has chosen to do that which is not in line to the counsel and instruction of the Lord 

It is  indeed unfortunate that many of the people today have rejected the counsel of the Lord concerning their work, family and spirituality . They want to do thing’s that are opposite to what God has instructed them to do 

They are confused because they have rejected the counsel of the Lord which is due to the fulfilment of God’s purpose.  

Jeremiah told Johanan and the friend’s on how it was God’s plan for them to stay in the place where the Lord had put them in and if at all they stayed in that  place the Lord would build them and not demolish them Jeremiah 42:10

[10]If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pull you up; for I will relent and comfort and ease Myself concerning the evil that [in chastisement] I have done to you [and I will substitute mercy and loving-kindness for judgment]. [Jer. 31:4, 28.] But rather they chose to rebel and thought of prophet Jeremiah as a liar Jeremiah 43:2-4[2]Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the proud and insolent men said to Jeremiah, You are not telling the truth! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, Do not go into Egypt to dwell there temporarily.

[3]But Baruch son of Neriah is setting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon.[4]So Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord to remain in the land of Judah as thus they as due to disobedience concerning the instruction of the Lord, they faced their destruction in Jerusalem 

a) According to wisdom of thought.. what advise did Jeremiah the prophet give to his friend’s when they came to Him in like manner 

b) Give an analogy of due as realised upon in perspective 

c) What would be some of the lessons you learn from our subject study 

Dear Lord Jesus I pray that I will not be like Jehonan and the friend’s in Jesus name amen 

I want us to talk about something that is so important towards your walk with the Lord which is due to the sin of rebellion against your spiritual and biological parents

Many people have rebelled and guess who they have rebelled against  The Lord, their, spiritual father and their biological parents 

If you want your life to move in the purpose of God as it should move , you shouldn’t rebel against your man of God whatsoever.  It’s sin to rebel against your man of God and it can bring you much harm that you didn’t even  anticipate to be. 

This is what happened to Korah. He Gathered 250 people to false accuse Moses and Aeron for what they did not do saying to Moses and Aaron why they had exalted themselves above the assembly of God Numbers 16:1-3 [1]NOW KORAH son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men,[2]And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the Israelites, 250 princes or leaders of the congregation called to the assembly, men well known and of distinction.[3]And they gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, [Enough of you!] You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you lift yourselves up above the assembly of the Lord?

As a result of this, The Lord opened up the earth that swallowed korah and his followers as due to the note that they had chosen to despising the Lord in like manner Numbers 16:1,32[1]NOW KORAH son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men,[32]And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households and [Korah and] all [his] men and all their possessions. [Num. 26:10, 11.]

a) According to our teaching in view, who led 250 prominent leaders of the congregation in the bible to rebel against Moses and Aeron

b) What did the LORD do to Korah and all His followers who rebelled against Moses?

c) What purpose of thought do you learn from our purpose study

d) What is the applicability of this teaching as related upon in perspective? 

Dear Lord Jesus I come before you today.  I declare with my heart that I will not rebel against my man of God or whatsoever servant of the Lord that you have put my spiritual car

WHY DID THE KING GIVE EZRA WHAT HE REQUESTED.

When the hand of the Lord God is upon you. people will give you things and you will even begin drawing blessings that you didn’t expect from those you know and from those that you do not know.

People will give you what you 

Requested for and  what you didn’t  request for.  They will  give you their money, cars and all that which may be to the constant of your desire

While EZRA was coming from Babylon to Jerusalem  He requested some things from the king and guess what happened.  

The king gave him all that He requested because _the hand of the LORD was upon Him. Ezra.Ezra 7:6[6]This Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the five books of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. And the king granted him all he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

Reflective questions about the teaching 

a) According to our teaching , The hand of The LORD was on who?

b) Why did The king give Ezra everything He requested?

c) Give an understanding of due as realised upon

Dear Lord Jesus I know and I believe that your hand is on me Amen

Be careful about those who want to cast your vision into fallacy in purpose of working with you

Dear Lord Jesus I pray that as I receive your word in faith I may be blessed and transformed through it in Jesus name amen 

There are people who are with you not necessarily to help you or to support you along the vision that The Lord has given you but rather to cast your vision into fallacy 

The biggest mistake that people do is to always  identify their enemies towards what they are planning to establish and to do not knowing that the enemies of their progress are those very people that they have introduced that idea to. 

When the people who had returned back from the Babylonian captivity started building the temple of the Lord.  Guess who showed up. 

Their enemies – The enemies of Judah & the enemies of Benjamin .. when there enemies heard that the people who had returned from exile had started building the temple of the Lord..they came and insisted that they should rather build with them however their intention was not about progressing the work of the LORD but of putting down the work of the LORD Ezra 4:2[2]They came to Zerubbabel [now governor] and to the heads of the fathers’ houses and said, Let us build with you, for we seek and worship your God as you do, and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here. [II Kings 17:24-29.]but rather Zerubbabel the governor refused Ezra 4:3[3]But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.

Reflective questions about the teaching 

a) When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard how the people who had been taken to the land of captivity had come back, what did they do as realised upon to our essence of note 

b) Were the enemies of Judah and Benjamin allowed to participate in the building process? 

c) If so why do you think they were not allowed to participate in the building process 

d) What would be some of the lessons that you learn from our teaching in view to purpose

Dear Lord Jesus. my confession prayer that is that I will not let my enemies participate in what am establishing for your glory amen

Life without The LORD is fruitless,  empty and void of divine purpose  

We need to return to the LORD and we can return to the LORD by doing that thing which we used to do consistent and establishing an alter of the word of God, prayer and fasting 

An alter was a place where the Israelites would offer burnt offerings to the LORD on various day’s as realised upon to that 

When the Jews who had gone to exile in Babylon had returned from  Babylonian captivity they  rebuilt the alter of the Lord in Jerusalem in view to the restoration and the continued worship of the LORD in Israel Ezra 3:1-2[1]WHEN THE seventh month came and the Israelites were in the towns, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.[2]Then stood up Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the LORD of Israel to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the instructions of Moses the man of God.

Reflective questions about the teaching

a) What did the Israelites do when they returned back from the Babylonian captivity?

b) Who are the people in like manner who were able to rebuild the alter of the Lord?

c) In what ways is this teaching related as compared to our day to day purpose of life

d) Give lessons you learn from our teaching 

Dear Lord Jesus I pray that as I will continually be committed to my fellowship with you in Jesus name amen

Some people’s fall doesn’t come from far. It comes as a result of how they have chosen to treat the Lord and His work in comparison to perspective 

Many time’s we do thing’s without knowing of the repercussions that may come to us in view to that. 

Zedekiah and His people did bad to the LORD.  They did bad thing’s to the LORD and they also did bad thing’s to the temple which The LORD had consecrated in Judah

What did They do. They defiled The LORD’S temple which He Himself had consecrated 2 Chronicles 36:14[14]Also all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed greatly in accord with all the abominations of the heathen, and they polluted the house of the Lord which He had hallowed in Jerusalem as to thus the wrath of the Lord came upon them 

a) What is that which Zedekiah did and the people in view to the temple which The LORD Himself had consecrated?

b) What is that which we shouldn’t do which Zedekiah did? 

c) Give some of the lessons you learn from this perspective 

Dear Lord Jesus I pray that I will not defile your temple in Jesus name amen 

Do you realise that The Lord can put something in your mind and you may think that it just came to your mind as a result of human reosoning  yet He is the Lord who wants you to do something at a particular time for His purpose 

When The LORD put something into the mind of Cyrus king of Persia. He may not have known that He is the Lord who has put it in His mind. He may have thought that it may have been a consequence of His thoughts . 

He did not know that the Lord had put something in His mind 

The Lord put something in the mind of Cyrus king of persia to issue a proclamation through the entire region. He told Him to issue a proclamation and put this proclamation in writing Ezra 1:1-2

[1]NOW IN the first year of Cyrus king of Persia [almost seventy years after the first Jewish captives were taken to Babylon], that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might begin to be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing: [Jer. 29:10-14.][2]Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has charged me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.as to thus we should always mind about that which The Lord puts to our minds

a) What did The LORD put into the mind of Cyrus as realised upon in our subject study?

b) What did The Lord tell Cyrus king of Persia to do about that proclamation?

c) Has The Lord ever put something in your mind to do? What is that which The Lord put in your mind to do?

d) Give an understanding as due to our subject study

e) Rationalize a divine perspective as due to our teaching in view

Dear Lord Jesus am grateful for what you have put in my mind. I believe that whatever you have put in my mind is for the sure glory of your name Amen. 

Many people do thing’s and they are never compensated. They serve in offices after which they are sent away without acknowledgement of giving them what they demand from their bosses 

Compensation is something that the Lord doesn’t take for granted. When you don’t compensate others in turn to what they have done for you, you will have a case that you will be required to answer before the Lord as The LORD is He who knows all thing’s.

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylons army did so much. He made His army labour strenuously against Tyre but His army recieved no compensation from Egypt. His army was left in air without any appreciation for what they had done towards the nation of trye – when The Lord saw that the army of king Nebuchadnezzar had recieved no compensation even as a result of what they did  He The LORD compensated them in view to what their Army had done Ezekiel 29:18

[18]Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to render heavy service [ at My bidding] against Tyre; every [soldier’s] head became bald and every shoulder was worn and peeled [with carrying loads of earth and stones for siege works]. Yet he had no remuneration from Tyre [in proportion to the time and labor expended in the thirteen years’ siege], either for himself or his army, for the work that he had done against it [for Me].

a) What happens when we do not compensate people for the great things that they do for us 

b) What is that which king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon do as realised upon in view?

c) Give some of the lessons that you learn from our teaching 

d) How does this teaching relate to our everyday life

 Confession prayer

Dear Lord Jesus I ask for the grace to compensate all am supposed to compensate in Jesus name

If you read the bible you realise that covenants are  stipulative in view to that which is agreed amongst various individuals 

A covenant is not just a superficial statement that someone verbals out of excitement rather It is a public declaration that is consented amongst different people.  It can be consented amongst each other as human beings and also it can be consented with the LORD 

King  Josiah makes a covenant in The LORD’S presence in the temple of The Lord  that is not just _substantial but also purposeful_ . The covenant that king Josiah made in the Lord’s presence was to follow the LORD with all his heart, with all His soul and with all His mind 2 Chronicles 34:31 [31]Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord–to walk after the Lord and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.

Some of us have made covenants  to what we should prioritize as sufficient  but the question is have we ever made a covenant to follow the Lord. 

a) What covenant did King Josiah make as reflected upon to note?

b) Have you personally ever made any desire to follow the Lord with your heart? 

c) Why is it that king Josia had to make this covenant to follow the Lord 

d) Give some of the lessons you learn in view to our context study in analysis 

e) Where did King Josiah make this covenant from?

f) What is it which prompted king Josiah towards making this covenant with the Lord 

g) Have you ever made any covenant with the Lord 

Dear Lord Jesus I have made a covenant with you to follow you with all my heart in Jesus name Amen