Thursday, October 8, 2015
Luke 11:30-37 KJV
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here. 32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here. 33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. 34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did our Lord say to the multitude concerning signs? (v.30)
2) Who did our Lord say would "rise up in judgment against this generation and condemn them"? Why? (v.31-32)
3) What did our Lord have to say about "light"? (v.33-36)
4) Who did Jesus dine with after He talked with the multitude? (v.37)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) How do you allow the "light" to shine through you?
6) Who has come to the Lord as a result of your ministry to unbelievers?
LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord has commissioned His followers to be bearers of His light through our ministry to those He died to save.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Job 31:13-22 KJV
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? 15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 22 [Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) As Job continues to defend his integrity, how did he treat his servants who contended with him? Why? (v.13-15)
2) How did Job treat the poor, the widow, the hungry and the fatherless? (v.16-18)
3) What did Job do for those who did not have enough clothes to wear? (v.19-20)
4) What affliction did Job invite upon himself if he had not helped the fatherless? Why? (v.21-22)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
5) What have you done to help those who are less fortunate than yourself?
6) Does it trouble you to think that you can do good for others and still face calamity, as Job did? If so, why?
LIFE LESSONS
7) If the Lord allows His people to suffer, despite our righteous deeds, it is because He wants to reveal another aspect of His character (nature) to us that we did not otherwise know.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Job 29:7-17 KJV
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame. 16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) How did people treat Job before calamity befell him? (v.7-11)
2) How did people who heard Job and saw him respond to him before disaster struck his life? (v.12)
3) What did Job do before suffering hardship? (v.13-17)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Have you, or anyone else you know, suffered tragic losses after living to serve the Lord's people?
LIFE LESSONS
5) The Lord allows "good" people to endure tragic situations to prove their character.
