Ben Lewis

  • bml1998
  • Littleton, CO

  • Goats are awesome in God's eyes :)

    Proverbs 30:29-31 (ESV)
    Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:

    Created 3 days ago

  • words of wisdom to teachers of God's word

    God will never be made a liar (Romans 3:4). We must avoid reading into the text that which is not there or twisting it to fit who we want God to be. History, context and grammar are the best rules for…

    Created 3 days ago

    Proverbs 30:5 (ESV), Proverbs 30:6 (ESV)

  • Man's job

    Ecclesiastes 12:13 (ESV)
    The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

    Created 7 days ago

  • Work hard!

    Ecclesiastes 9:10 (ESV)
    Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

    Created 7 days ago

  • The danger of the sin of unrighteousness anger

    Ecclesiastes 7:9 (ESV)
    Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

    Created 7 days ago

  • Partnership whenever possible

    Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (ESV)
    Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

    Created 9 days ago

  • Anger

    Proverbs 29:22 (ESV)
    A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.

    Created 9 days ago

  • Proverbs 28:26

    Proverbs 28:26 (ESV)
    Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

    Created 9 days ago

  • Integrity matters

    Proverbs 28:6 (ESV)
    Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

    Created 9 days ago

  • a meditation of hope

    Do you lack hope? Is your soul joyless? Take this day, this week and meditate on the FACT that Jesus will return in glory and be encouraged that every promise is true and will be fulfilled in Him.

    Created 14 days ago

    2 Peter 3:2 (ESV)

  • keep your heart

    God wants my whole heart not one that is divided between Him and money, sex and power. I also know that my heart is the seat or asPaul Tripp says the "causal core" of my being. From it flow my thoughts…

    Created 21 days ago

    Proverbs 4:23 (ESV)

  • leaders need to lead, followers need to follow

    You know who you are in certain situations and contexts. Be a blessing and do the work of the role the Lord has given you.

    Created 3 months ago

    Judges 5:2 (ESV)

  • Why we teach our children

    The Israelites did not teach their children about the works that god has done for them in Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and Joshua. Thus the testimony of God's goodness and law and wrath and favor…

    Created 3 months ago

    Judges 2:10 (ESV)

  • 3 points of application

    1. Confess and repent of the sin of self-centeredness. Start with revamping your prayer life. 2. Place yourself in smaller contexts of fellowship other than Sunday morning. 3. Use your gifts to serve…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 4:7 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:8 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:9 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:10 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:11 (ESV)

  • The priority of service

    1. Hospitality is not entertaining. Make the home a place of ministry. Eat, pray, weep, rejoice, share with one another in your homes. 2. Whatever gift(s) God has given you are for his people, the church.…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 4:9 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:10 (ESV), 1 Peter 4:11 (ESV)

  • The priority of love

    Theorizing and talking about love is not love. We must do. 1. "Above all" we must love. If we don't, the church won't make it. Remember Jesus rebuke of the church in Ephesus (Rev. 2:1-7) who had perfect…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 4:8 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-02-26

  • The priority of prayer

    Correct thinking about the end times leads to correct living now. Therefore knowing the end of all things is near (able to come at any moment)... - We don't become "newspaper" theologians attempting…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 4:7 (ESV)

  • The Lord brings dread

    Rahab recounts how the men of Jericho were in dread due to what happened to Pharaoh and his army at the Red Sea and to Sihon and Og. They were afraid of the Israelites because of the Lord, "God in the…

    Created 3 months ago

    Joshua 2:11 (ESV)

  • Be strong and courageous

    One of the all-time best verses of the Bible. In 4 verses (6-9) god exhorts Joshua 3 times to be strong and courageous. What is to be the source of Joshua's strength an courage? His intellect? No. His…

    Created 3 months ago

    Joshua 1:9 (ESV)

  • Character of the Elder part 5

    http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/02/a-question-of-character-5.php

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Timothy 3:4 (ESV), 1 Timothy 3:5 (ESV)

  • Character of the Elder part 1

    http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/02/a-question-of-character.php

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Timothy 3:1 (ESV)

  • Character of the Elder part 2

    http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/02/a-question-of-character-2.php

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Timothy 3:1 (ESV)

  • Character of the Elder part 3

    http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/02/paul-on-character.php

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Timothy 3:2 (ESV)

  • Character of the Elder part 4

    http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2012/02/a-question-of-character-4.php

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Timothy 3:3 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-02-12

  • Proclamation to the Spirits in Prison

    When did the proclamation occur? 1. When Jesus had died but before his resurrection; assumes he descended into hell which is not clear in the Scriptures. 2. Jesus proclaimed through Noah to the unregenerate…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Peter 3:19 (ESV), 1 Peter 3:20 (ESV)

  • Christ's substitutionary death, the Great Exchange

    1. A key verse of the Bible and the gospel. So important that nearly every word of the verse has been attacked by heresy over the last 2000 years. 2. The OT law and sacrifices pointed to and trained…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)

  • Jesus substitutionary death

    1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
    For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

    Created 4 months ago

  • Give me a heart of wisdom, Lord

    Psalm 90:12 (ESV)
    So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

    Created 4 months ago

  • God causes Joseph to succeed

    Genesis 39:3 (ESV)
    His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands.

    Genesis 39:23 (ESV)
    The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Joseph understands the nature of sin

    Genesis 39:7-9 (ESV)
    And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."

    Created 5 months ago

  • The wicked do not fear God

    Romans 3:18 (ESV)
    "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

    Created 5 months ago

  • Abraham believes God and is counted righteous

    Genesis 15:6 (ESV)
    And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-12-31

  • Abraham's wisdom on display

    Genesis 14:22-24 (ESV)
    But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

    Created 5 months ago

  • Mechelzidech is mentioned

    Genesis 14:18 (ESV)
    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)

    Created 5 months ago

  • Abrahamic covenant

    Genesis 12:1-2 (ESV)
    Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Abraham leads by letting Lot choose first

    Genesis 13:9 (ESV)
    Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left."

    Created 5 months ago

  • God is mighty

    Job 36:5 (ESV)
    "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.

    Created 5 months ago

  • God's Angel and Mediator

    Job 33:19-30 (ESV)
    "Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed and with continual strife in his bones,

    Created 5 months ago

  • With God are wisdom and understanding

    Job 12:13 (ESV)
    "With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.

    Created 5 months ago

  • My Redeemer lives

    Job 19:25 (ESV)
    For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.

    Created 5 months ago

  • He knows the way I take

    Job 23:10-12 (ESV)
    But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-12-28

  • Receive Instruction

    Job 22:22 (ESV)
    Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-12-26

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-12-26

  • Started Following elizarebeccah

    5 months

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-12-23