Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Genesis 4:25-5:32; Lesson 6

Chuck's study this week:

Lesson     6

Passage Genesis 4:25-5:32


Content (List of Topics or Events)
Seth’s legacy to Enoch  (Genesis 4:25-5:20)
a. Seth called on the name of the Lord (4:25-26)
b. Adam had sons and daughters lived and died (5:1-5)
c. Seth had Enosh  lived and died(6-7)
d. Enosh had Kenan lived and died (9-11)
e. Kenan had Mahalel lived and died (12-14)
f. Mahalel had Jared lived and died (15-17)
g. Jareh had Enoch lived and died (18-20)

 Enoch legacy walking with God (Genesis 5:21-23)
a. Enoch had Methusaleh (21)
b. Enoch walked with God (22-23)
c. Enoch taken away to God (24)

Continued sin legacy - Methusaleh to Noah (Genesis 5:25-32)
a. Methusaleh had Lamech lived and died (25-27)
b.  Lemech had Noah comfort in labor had Shem, Ham and Japheth (28-32)

  
Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division
Scripture
Seth’s legacy to Enoch 
Genesis 4:25-5:20
Enoch legacy walking with God
 Genesis 5:21-23
Continued sin legacy - Methusaleh to Noah
 Genesis 5:25-32


Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Adam legacy is death; Enoch’s faith legacy walking with God
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
To Learn that sin’s legacy is death and faith walk brings life with God
Specific Application Questions

1.       What is our legacy?

2.       How do we walk with God?

3.       In what ways are we a comfort in labor?
Principles to Remember

Sin leads to death

Faith in Jesus brings life.

God has a mission for us



Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Genesis 4:1-24; Lesson 5

John's study this week:

Content
(In your own words, summarize passages into sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)

1. Genesis 4:1 – 2  Eve became pregnant by Adam giving birth first to a son Cain (who grew up to work the soil) and sometime later to another son, Abel, who grew up to tend to flocks.
2. Genesis 4:3 – 5 Over the course of time, Cain brought an offering to the Lord of some of the fruits of the soil, and Abel also brought an offering, fat portions of the firstborn of his flock which the Lord looked on with favor vs. Cain’s offering which God did not causing Cain to become very angry and his face downcast.
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3. Genesis 4:6 – 7 The Lord said to Cain, chastening him, “Why so angry and face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not that which is right, sin is at your door, and you must rule over sin.”
4. Genesis 4:8 – 9 Cain said to Abel “Let’s go to out to the field.” When there Cain attacked and slew Abel to which the Lord asked (knowing what had happened “Where’s Abel?” to which Cain lied in reply “I don’t know, Am I my brother’s keeper?”
5. Genesis 4:10 – 12 The Lord said “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out, and you are now cursed and driven from the ground and while you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you and you will be a restless wanderer on the earth.
6. Genesis 4:13 – 16 Cain said to the Lord “My punishment is more than I can bear to be driven from the land to wander the earth and whoever finds me will kill me to which the Lord said that no one would kill him giving him a mark. So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod which was east of Eden.
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7. Genesis 4:17 – 17 After some period of time, Cain married and his wife gave birth to Enoch and named a city after him, a city that Cain was building.
8. Genesis 4:18 – 22  Cain’s lineage after Enoch was this:
Enoch
·         Irad, fathered:
o   Mehujael  fathered:
§  Methushael  fathered:
·         Lamech (married two women):
o   Married Adah who birthed:
§  Jabal, father of those living in tents and raise livestock.
§  Jubal, father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes
o   Married Zillah who birthed:
§  Tubal-Cain, son, who forged tools of bronze and iron
§  Naamah, daughter
9. Genesis 4:23 – 24  Lamech said to his wives that he had killed a man for wounding and injuring him, lamenting that if Cain is avenged 7 times, then Lamech will be 77 times.


Divisions
(Summarize main groupings of thoughts. Goal of 2, 3 or 4 divisions. ID passages covered)

1. Genesis 4:1 – 5 God wants to bless those who honor him and He seeks reconciliation with those who will repent.

Application: What sin(s) are you doing that you think are hidden from God?

2. Genesis 4:6 - 16 God confronts sin judging fairly.

Application: Is anything keeping you from having a repentant heart?

3. Genesis 4:17 – 24 God allows the ungodly to go their own way, but still desires relationship with them.

Application: Do you know someone who needs Jesus but may not know how to approach God?

Subject Sentence
(Summarizing the Divisions into one sentence – ten words or less):

Sin always has consequences, yet God seeks reconciliation through Christ.

Aim
(A main teaching point for the overall study of the passages):

To cause the audience to see that the consequences of sin are long lasting, yet God provides a way for repentance with Him.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Genesis 3; Lesson 4

Chuck's study this week:

Lesson     4

Passage Genesis 3


Content (List of Topics or Events)
Temptation and Sin  (Genesis 3:1-6)
a. Satan’s question and response (1-3)
b. Satan’s challenge to Eve’s response (4-5)
c. Sin’s attractiveness and the sin (6-7)

 Lord’s Confrontation of Man’s Sin (Genesis 3:8-13)
 a. Man’s initial fear and hiding (8-9)
b. Man’s response to God’s initial questioning (10)
c. Finding out the who in Sin (11-13)

Sin’s Punishment and separation for God’s perfection for our lives (Genesis 3:14-24)
a. The curse for the serpent (14-15)
b.  The curse for woman (16)
c. The curse for man and death (17-190
d. God’s separation of man from the garden and tree of life (20-24)
  
Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division
Scripture
Temptation and Sin 
Genesis 3:1-6
Lord’s Confrontation of Man’s Sin
Genesis 3:8-13
Sin’s Punishment and separation from God’s perfection for our lives
Genesis 3:14-24


Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Satan’s temptation of man leads to sin and God’s punishment
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
To Learn that sin has eternal consequences and separation from God’s provision for life
Specific Application Questions

1.       Where is Satan tempting you?

2.       In what ways is God confronting you about sin and life?

3.       Is sin separating you from God’s perfection

4.          
Principles to Remember

Yield not to temptation for yielding is sin.

We can’t hide from God

Sin, even the smallest, separates us from God’s perfection



Friday, September 28, 2012

Genesis 1:26 - 2:25; Lesson 3

John's study this week:

Content
(In your own words, summarize passages into sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)

1. Genesis 1:26 – 28 God created creatures, and, Man in His own image, both male and female, to rule over all other creatures of this world, and encouraged all to be both fruitful and multiply and subdue the earth.
2. Genesis 1:29 – 2:1 God gave every seed bearing plant, including trees, for our food and to all the animals of the world he gave every green plant for food, and saw that it was good, ending the sixth day.
3. Genesis 2:2 – 4 God rested on the 7th day from his work, blessing the 7th day making it holy because on it he rested from the work of creation, thus completing the account of the God’s creation of earth and the heavens.
4. Genesis 2:5 – 7 Now no plants had sprung up yet, but stream welled up from the earth and watered the surface from which God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life thus becoming a living being.
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5. Genesis 2:8 – 9 When God had planted a garden, in Eden, made of all kinds of trees pleasing to both the eye and for food, and planted the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, then put man in the midst of the garden.
6. Genesis 2:10 – 14 God placed a river to water the garden which flowing from Eden becoming four headwaters for the Pishon (passes thru Havilah where there is gold), the Gihon (which winds thru Cush), the Tigris (which runs thru east side of Ashur, and the Euphrates.
7. Genesis 2:15 – 17 When God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it, He commanded him, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
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8. Genesis 2:18, 20b – 22 God saw that man should have a helper so caused the man to sleep and while sleeping took a rib from the man and then miraculously fashioned a woman from it and brought her to him, to which the man said ““This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
9. Genesis 2:19 – 20a When God had made all the animals, and all the birds, He brought them all to the man for naming.
10. Genesis 2:24 God declares that a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
11. Genesis 2:25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.


Divisions
(Summarize main groupings of thoughts. Goal of 2, 3 or 4 divisions. ID passages covered)

1. Genesis 1:26 – 2:7 God completes His creation with the creation of man.

Application: How have you been affected spiritually by the study of creation?

2. Genesis 2:8-17 God creates a perfect garden for man to dwell in; and issues warning about disobedience.

Application: How would you describe yourself as a steward of what God has placed in your care?

3. Genesis 2:18 – 25 God creates a perfect helpmate for man creating marriage.

Application: Clothed or not, how would you feel standing before the God almighty, creator of heaven and earth?

Subject Sentence
(Summarizing the Divisions into one sentence – ten words or less):

God’s capstone of creation: garden, man, woman and wise warning.

Aim
(A main teaching point for the overall study of the passages):

To cause the audience to live lives worthy of the time and attention to detail that God has placed on our lives.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Genesis 1; Lesson 2

Chuck's study this week:

Lesson     2

Passage Genesis 1


Content (List of Topics or Events)
God - Creating Foundations (Genesis 1:1-13)
a. Creating Day & Night – Day 1 (1:1-3)
b. Creating the Sky – Day 2 (1:6-8)
c. Dry Land and Seas (1:9-10)
d. plants and trees by kind (1:11-13) 

God - Creating Living Environment (Genesis 1:14-25)
 a. Lights in the sky to govern earth (1:14-19)
b.  Living Creatures (1:20-25)
God - Creating Man in His image (Genesis 1:26-31)
a. Man created in image of God (1:26-27)
b.  Man’s instruction to be fruitful and rule over the earth (1:28)
c. God pointed to earthly food (1:29-30)
d. God’s qualitative judgment of “excellent”. (1:31)
  
Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division
Scripture
God - Creating Foundations
Genesis 1:1-13
God - Creating Living Environment
Genesis 1:14-25
God - Creating Man in His image
Genesis 1:26-31


Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
God creates habitable universe and man with instruction to rule and thrive
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
To Learn that  God is the foundation of the all that is and wants us to rule his created and to thrive with Him.
Specific Application Questions

1.      How do you recognize the foundations God has laid for us?

2.      In what ways do you see God in the sun, moon stars and our earth?

3.      Are you reflecting God’s image in your life, or is it something else?

4.         
Principles to Remember

God Built it

God Creation works together

God does want us to thrive



Monday, May 14, 2012

Acts 21:16-28:31; Lesson 31

Chuck's study this week!


Lesson    31

Passage  Acts 21:16-28:31


Content (List of Topics or Events)
Paul’s witness to Jerusalem Christians and Jewish Conflict (Acts 21:16-22:29)
a. Report of God’s work to Gentiles (21:16-25)
b. Jewish purification and conflict at Temple brought on by Ephesian Jews (21:26-36)
c. Paul speaks to Crowd (21:37-22:29)

Paul’s witness and Defense of Ministry with Encouragement (Acts 22:30-25:27)
a. Paul before Sanhedrin (22:30-23:11)
b. Paul protected and transferred to Caesarea (22:12-35)
c. Trial before Felix and witness brought personal fear (24:1-27)
d. Trial before Festus and sent to Agrippa(25:1-22)
e. Trial before Agrippa and sent to Rome (25:23-26:32)
Paul’s journey to Rome and witness of Christ (Acts 27:1- 28:31)
a. Paul’s warnings trip peril in Crete (27:1-12)
b. Paul’s encouragement in Storm and shipwreck (27:13-44)
c. Paul’s healing of man bitten by snake and result (28:1-10)
d. Paul’s preaching in Rome 28:11-31

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division
Scripture
Paul’s witness to Jerusalem Christians and Jewish Conflict
Acts 21:16-22:29
Paul’s defense of ministry with God’s Encouragement
Acts 22:30-25:27
Paul’s journey to Rome and his Witness of Christ
Acts 27:1- 28:31


Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Paul’s defense of Gospel, Jerusalem, courts and journey to Rome
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
To Learn that it boldly proclaiming salvation through Christ is the ministry of all Christians; we are under God’s will and protection.
Specific Application Questions

1.       How bold are you in standing for your faith?

2.       When you are called on to share your faith; do you clearly share resurrected Jesus?

3.       When hardships arise, is Jesus your anchor?

4.        
Principles to Remember

God is our support in all circumstances

God wants us where we are to witness clearly for Him

Jesus is our anchor; hold fast and he will be present.



Friday, May 4, 2012

Book of Jude; Lesson 30

John's study this week:

Content
(In your own words, summarize passages into sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)

Jude 1

1. v1-3 Jude greets those who are called, loved and kept for Jesus by God, urging his friends to contend for the faith of God’s holy people.
2. v4-6 Beware of the ungodly among you who are condemned and who are perverting the grace of God into something endorsing immoral behaviors and deny the deity and sovereignty of Christ and that though the Lord delivered his people and destroyed those who did not believe, He also will bind the angels for judgment and who did not keep their positions serving as examples of God’s punishment.
3. v7-10 Just like Sodom and Gomorrah gave themselves over to disobedience, sexual immorality and perversion, the ungodly pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander whatever they do not understand; even the archangel Michael did not himself dare to condemn him (Moses) by slander.
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 4. v11-13  Woe to those who follow Cain’s way of anger; woe to those who follow Balaam in greed and woe to those who follow after Korah in envy, woe to these who are a part of the congregation but do not believe for they are like clouds without rain, wild waves and wandering stars without purpose.
5. v14-16 Enoch prophesied that the Lord and his holy ones will come to judge and convict the ungodly and their acts, those that follow their own evil desires.
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6. v17-19 Remember what the apostles told that in the last times will be unbelievers who do not have the Holy Spirit who are among us who will try and divide by following their own sinful desires.
7. v20-23 Strengthen yourselves in your faith, praying in the Spirit, keeping yourselves in God’s love and be merciful to those who doubt and save those from eternal hell and hate sin.
8. v24-25 Give God, our savior, glory, majesty, power and authority who is able to keep us from stumbling.




Divisions
(Summarize main groupings of thoughts. Goal of 2, 3 or 4 divisions. ID passages covered)

I. Beware of evil in your midst even as you experience God’s love.
Jude 1-10

Application:  Who will you share of God’s love this week?
Application: How will you guard yourself and the church from false teachers?

II. Be on guard as to why believers stray from God’s love.
Jude 11-16

Application: How will strengthen your walk with Christ this week?
Application:  Who can you encourage in their Christian walk this week?

III. Be strengthened yourself as you stay in God’s love.
Jude 17-25

Application: If insanity is defines as doing the same this over again expecting different results, what will you do differently this week in following Christ?

Subject Sentence
(Summarizing the Divisions into one sentence):

Staying in God’s love strengthens us in our Christian walk.

Aim
(A main teaching point for the overall study of the passages):

To cause the audience to stay in God’s Word, pray in the Spirit and look for Christ’s coming.