BibleSumo Weekly Bible Study

God sovereignly directs His people to fulfill His purposes, using their unique abilities.

Four steps to ready yourself for God’s purposes for your life.

1. Cultivate Your Skills (v.18a)
2. Acknowledge God's Empowerment (v.18b)
3. Obey Your Authorities (v.19–20)
4. Serve Others Selflessly (v.21–23)

God alone ordains all things, including who He chooses to save.

Four facets of how God chooses His elect.

1. God Rejects Some (v.1a)
2. God Decrees His Chosen (v.1b–3)
3. God Provides a New Heart (v.4–12)
4. God Preserves His Chosen (v.13)

The main purpose of the Jonah story is to show that something greater than Jonah is here. That something is Jesus Christ, the greater Jonah.

1. The Sign of Jonah (2:10)
2. The Summoning of Jonah (3:1–3:3)
3. The Sermon by Jonah (3:4–3:5)
4. The Significance of Jonah

Three Aspects of the Day of Yahweh that everything should grasp and comprehend.

1. Divine Justice (v.15)
2. Divine Judgment (v.16)
3. Divine Salvation (v.17)

Therefore, be encouraged, be fervent, and be prepared.

Studying the immutability of God helps us when we feel weak and afflicted. The unchangeable God is our source of confidence and strength.

1. All Creation Changes (v.26)
2. God Remains the Same (v.27)
3. Our Hope Is Secure (v.28)

The story of Saul and David help Christians identify the precursors, the development, and the manifestations of the sin of envy.

1. The precursors of envy (v.6–7)
2. The development of envy (v.8–9)
3. The manifestations of envy (v.10–19)

Jonathan's friendship with David illustrate ten attributes found in Christian friendship which are more perfectly exemplified in Christ Jesus.

1. Christian Friendships Are Unplanned. (v.1)
2. Christian Friendship Involves the Soul (v.1)
3. Christian Friendship Requires Love (v.1)
4. Christian Friendship Is Selective (v.1)
5. Christian Friendship Seeks Other's Good (v.1)
6. Christian Friendship Shuns Envy. (v.2)
7. Christian Friendship Involves Commitment. (v.3)
8. Christian Friendship Shows Humility. (v.4)
9. Christian Friendship Is Generous (v.4)
10. Christian Friendship Promotes Success (v.5)

When Yahweh handed David victory over Goliath, we learn that God's servant volunteers, prepares, speaks, prevails, and inspires.

1. God's Servant Volunteers (v.31–37)
2. God's Servant Prepares (v.38–40)
3. God's Servant Speaks (v.41–47)
4. God's Servant Prevails (v.48–51)
5. God's Servant Inspires (v.52–58)

Goliath, the uncircumcised Philistine, defies the living God. David, empowered with God's Spirit, cannot persuade anyone to confront the giant.

1. Goliath's Defiance (v.1–11)
2. David's Dedication (v.12–22)
3. David's Decisiveness (v.23–27)
4. Eliab's Denunciation (v.28–30)

One of the most precious truths about God is His providence. In 1 Samuel 16, we see how God's providence can instill fear, comfort, and courage.

1. God's Providence Is Introduced. (v.1)
2. God's Providence Is Revealed. (v.2–5)
3. God's Providence Is Transcendent. (v.6–12)
4. God's Providence is Spirit-powered. (v.13–14)
5. God's Providence is Enabling. (v.15–18)
6. God's Providence is Disruptive. (v.19–23)