Friday, April 24, 2015
1John 5:6-15 KJV
6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) How did our Lord Jesus come into the world the first time? (v.6a)
2) Who is witness to the first incarnation and why? (v.6b)
3) Who in heaven bears record that Jesus is the Son of God and what is their relationship to one another? (v.7)
4) Who and/or what on earth agrees that Jesus is the Son of God? (v.8)
5) What is the witness of God and why is the witness of God greater than human witness? (v.9)
6) Who has eternal life and who does not? Why? (v.10-12)
7) Why did the Apostle John write about the witness within everyone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (v.13)
8) Why should we be confident when we pray? (v.14-15)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
9) How do you know that you have eternal life in Christ?
LIFE LESSONS
10) For those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, we are assured of eternal life through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Acts 1:4-8 KJV
4 And, being assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me. 5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After our Lord Jesus' resurrection from the dead, He presented Himself alive to many of His disciples. What did Jesus command the disciples to do and why? (v.4-5)
2) What did the disciples ask the Lord following His command? (v.6)
3) What was our Lord's response to them? (v.7-8)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) If you have received the indwelling Holy Spirit, how has His presence manifested through you?
LIFE LESSONS
5) The Holy Spirit is given to every believer to empower us to be His witnesses.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Psalm 107:1-15 KJV
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help. 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Why should we give thanks to the Lord? (v.1)
2) What should the Lord's redeemed do? Why? (v.2-7)
3) What else does the psalmist say that the redeemed of the Lord should do? Why? (v.8-9)
4) How does the psalmist describe the unredeemed? (v.10)
5) Why are the unredeemed in such trouble? (v.11)
6) What does the Lord allow to happen to them? (v.12)
7) How do the unsaved respond and what does the Lord do for them? (v.13-14)
8) What is the psalmist's final exhortation? Why? (v.15)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
9) How has the Lord demonstrated His goodness to you this week?
10) What have you done in response to God's goodness to you?
11) Do you know of anyone who is bound by sin and troubled in soul?
12) What might you do to help them?
LIFE LESSONS
12) The Lord is good to those He has redeemed.
13) The Lord is worthy to be praised for His goodness to us.
14) Only God can save the lost, but He expects us to tell them about Him.
