Joy of Faith
Christian Center

...to open their eyes in order to turn
them from darkness to light and
from the power of satan to God  
 
Acts 26:18                    
Joy of Faith Christian Center Photographs Copyright © 2005 Hassel Weems and Tony Cowan © 2008
PO Box 48434 Athens, GA 30604 706-353-7303
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Pastors Tony and Denise Cowan
General Instructions for getting the most out of the Monthly Bible Study

1.         To get the most out of any Bible Study, there must be repetition.  You’ll         
notice that some of the same scriptures are to be read more than once per
week.  It would be good to use a couple of different, yet reliable, translations.  
Of course, the King James or the New King James Versions are standard.  
There are a number of other ones that can compliment your Bible study.

2.         Pray the Ephesians chapters 1 and 3, and look to the Holy Spirit, Who is the
Great Teacher, to reveal what the Word of God is saying.  

3.         Give yourself enough time to focus on what you are reading.  Your time in the
Word is the most important part of the day.  Therefore, you should try to avoid
times of the day that may be more apt to produce distractions.  

4.         Remember, your Bible study doesn’t end when you stop reading.  Write a
couple of scriptures each day that the Holy Spirit quickens to you and keep
those at the forefront of your mind the rest of the day.  It’s not what you
simply read, but what becomes a part of you that will benefit you the most.  
This requires meditation (see Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:1-3).  

5.         Commit to be a “doer” of the Word, not just a hearer only.  You will forget
what you do not act on.  Faith is acting like the Word of God is true.  


                                Word First!

“Choosing the Good Part that will not be taken away.”

Monthly Word Study for July 2010

Week #1:        

    Day 1:  James 5 – I Peter 1
     Day 2:  I Peter 2-3
     Day 3:  I Peter 4-5
     Day 4:  II Peter 1-2
     Day 5:  II Peter 3 – I John 1
     Day 6:  II John 2-3
     Day 7:  I John 4-5

Week #2:        

     Day 1:  II John – III John
     Day 2:  Jude
     Day 3:  Revelation 1-2
     Day 4:  Revelation 3
     Day 5:  Revelation 4
     Day 6:  Revelation 5
     Day 7:  Revelation 6

Week #3:        

     Day 1:  Revelation 7
     Day 2:  Revelation 8
     Day 3:  Revelation 9
     Day 4:  Revelation 10
     Day 5:  Revelation 11
     Day 6:  Revelation 12
     Day 7:  Revelation 13

Week #4:        

     Day 1:  Revelation 14
     Day 2:  Revelation 15-16
     Day 3:  Revelation 17
     Day 4:  Revelation 18
     Day 5:  Revelation 19
     Day 6:  Revelation 20        
     Day 7:  Revelation 21-22





   

* NOTE:  Attached are Word Meditations pertaining to the Blood of Jesus.   These may be divided
up each day as determined best for your schedule.  To get the most benefit out of the scriptures,
you should go over them at least once per week.          

The Blood of Jesus

Exodus 12:13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you [are]. And when I see
the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy [you] when I strike
the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:22-23 22And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip [it] in the blood that [is] in the basin,
and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that [is] in the basin. And none of you
shall go out of the door of his house until morning. 23For the LORD will pass through to strike the
Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass
over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike [you].

Exodus 24:8 And Moses took the blood, sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, "This is the blood of
the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words."

Exodus 25:21-22  21You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the
Testimony that I will give you. 22And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from
above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which [are] on the ark of the Testimony,
about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to
make atonement for your souls; for it [is] the blood [that] makes atonement for the soul.'

Leviticus 17:14 for [it is] the life of all flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the
children of Israel, 'You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood.
Whoever eats it shall be cut off.'

Matthew 26:28  For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission
of sins.

John 6:53-56 53Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of
the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks
My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For My flesh is food indeed, and
My blood is drink indeed. 56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

John 19:34  But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and
water came out.

Acts 20:28  Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has
made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Romans 3:24-25 24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus, 25whom God set forth [as] a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His
righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously
committed,

Romans 5:9  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through Him.

I Corinthians 10:16  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of
Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

I Corinthians 11:25  In the same manner [He] also [took] the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is
the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink [it], in remembrance of Me."

Ephesians 1:7  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according
to the riches of His grace

Ephesians 2:13  But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the
blood of Christ.

Colossians 1:12-14  12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in the light. 13He has delivered us from the power of darkness and
conveyed [us] into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14in whom we have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:20  and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or
things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

Hebrews 9:7  But into the second part the high priest [went] alone once a year, not without blood,
which he offered for himself and [for] the people's sins [committed] in ignorance;

Hebrews 9:12-14  12Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the
Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13For if the blood of bulls and
goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
14how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without
spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Verse 12 (AMP) He went once for all into the [Holy of] Holies [of heaven], not by virtue of the blood
of goats and calves [by which to make reconciliation between God and man], but His own blood,
having found and secured a complete redemption (an everlasting release for us).

Verse 14 (AMP) How much more surely shall the blood of Christ, Who by virtue of [His] eternal
Spirit [His own preexistent divine personality] has offered Himself as an unblemished sacrifice to
God, purify our consciences from dead works and lifeless observances to serve the [ever] living
God?

Hebrews 9:18-26  18Therefore not even the first [covenant] was dedicated without blood. 19For
when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of
calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all
the people, 20saying, "This [is] the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."
21Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.
22And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of
blood there is no remission. 23Therefore [it was] necessary that the copies of the things in the
heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices
than these. 24For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, [which are] copies of
the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25not that He should
offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of
another--  26He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now,
once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Verse 26 (AMP) For then would He often have had to suffer [over and over again] since the
foundation of the world. But as it now is, He has once for all at the consummation and close of the
ages appeared to put away and abolish sin by His sacrifice [of Himself].

Hebrews 10:1-4  1For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image
of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year,
make those who approach perfect. 2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the
worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3But in those
sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and
goats could take away sins.

Hebrews 10:11-23  11And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for
sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13from that time waiting till His enemies are made
His footstool. 14For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
15But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before, 16"This [is] the covenant
that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and
in their minds I will write them," 17 [then He adds], "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will
remember no more." 18Now where there is remission of these, [there is] no longer an offering for
sin. 19Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20by a new
and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21and [having] a
High Priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
23Let us hold fast the confession of [our] hope without wavering, for He who promised [is]
faithful.  

Verse 14 (AMP) For by a single offering He has forever completely cleansed and perfected those
who are consecrated and made holy.

Verse 18 (AMP)  Now where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the
penalty) of these [sins and lawbreaking], there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin.

Verse 19 (AMP) Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the
[Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Jesus,

Verse 22 (AMP) Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in
unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by R2 that leaning of the
entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and
goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies
cleansed with pure water.

Hebrews 11:28  By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed
the firstborn should touch them.

Hebrews 12:22-24  22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23to the general assembly and church
of the firstborn [who are] registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men
made perfect, 24to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that
speaks better things than [that of] Abel.  

Hebrews 13:20-21  20Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead,
that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21make you
complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] glory forever and ever. Amen.

I Peter 1:2  elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit,
for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

I Peter 1:18-19  18knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, [like] silver or
gold, from your aimless conduct [received] by tradition from your fathers, 19but with the precious
blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

I John 1:7  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Revelation 1:5  and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own
blood,

Revelation 5:9  And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open
its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and
tongue and people and nation,

Revelation 7:14  And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who
come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb.

Revelation 12:10-11  10Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11And they
overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love
their lives to the death.

Revelation 19:13  He [was] clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word
of God.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, New King
James Version, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc.)  copyright 1982.                           
Scripture quotations marked (AMP) are