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- Twelve Stones
- Joshua 4
- A memorial to the sons of Israel forever
- Joshua 4:1-7, 23-24
- I Corinthians 11:23-25 – As great as this time was for them, we have something even better in the Lord’s Supper. We have a better memorial of a better event. Let us be thankful!
- Hebrews 11:32-40
- When your children ask
- Joshua 4:6, 21-22
- It is crucial to teach future generations!
- Judges 2:6-10 – The generation after Joshua did not know God and turned away from Him.
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – God commanded the Israelites to teach their children.
- Psalms 78:1-8
- We need to show our children how to live as Christians.
- II Timothy 2:15
- Gilgal
- Joshua 4:19
- Joshua 5:9-10 – God named the place Gilgal.
- To the Israelites at that time, Gilgal symbolized home.
- One day we will make it to our home!
30 min - Building Foundations, Part 11
- Lesson 11: Baptism
- Acts 2:14-41
- They knew that Jesus was the Christ, that they were lost in sin, and that they needed forgiveness.
- Because of this, they were baptized.
- Acts 8:12-13, 29-39
- The eunuch knew Jesus and realized he needed to be baptized.
- The eunuch was baptized.
- Acts 9:1-16, 17-20
- Paul realized that Jesus was the Christ and was then baptized.
- Acts 10:34-38
- They knew about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
- They were baptized.
- Acts 16:11-40
- They knew that they had to believe in Jesus.
- They were baptized.
- Galatians 3:27-28
- I Peter 3:20-21
- Lesson 12: Christian Life
- Romans 6:11 – We must turn completely to God.
- Ephesians 4:20-32
- Ephesians 4:21 – The writer is assuming they had been taught.
- I Peter 1:14-25
- Romans 15:1-7
- Matthew 6:1-34
30 min - Make Me a Servant
- Matthew 20:20-28 – James and John seek preferred positions in God’s kingdom.
- Who is in need?
- Philippians 2:3-7 – Jesus emptied Himself and took on the form of a servant.
- I Corinthians 9:19-23 – Paul made himself a servant to all people.
- What can I do?
- Romans 12:4-8
- I Peter 4:9-11 – Serve without complaining. Use your gifts to serve one another.
- Matthew 10:40-42
- Who renews me?
- Matthew 14:13, 22-23 – Jesus got away and prayed. He found strength through prayer.
- I Thessalonians 3:6-10
30 min - 30 min
- Hold to the Traditions
- Divine traditions
- I Corinthians 11:2
- I Corinthians 11:23-26
- I Corinthians 15:1-5 – Paul was a conduit for the word of God.
- Galatians 1:11-12 – Paul was delivering a revelation from Jesus.
- Galatians 5:8 – The Galatians had started following something that was not from Jesus.
- Romans 6:17
- I Thessalonians 4:1
- II Thessalonians 2:13
- II Thessalonians 3:16
- It is good to follow traditions of divine origin. We must be careful to not let our manmade traditions supersede divine traditions.
- I Corinthians 14:33-37 – This is true in all the churches. This is God’s will. It is a divine tradition that the Corinthians were not exempt from.
- I Corinthians 4:17
- Four approaches:
- Ignore the traditions
- “The Bible is a book of wisdom or fables, but not something to live by.”
- Churched made up of people like this don’t resemble the churches of the Bible.
- Update the traditions
- “The traditions need to be updated for modern times. Teaching about homosexuality, divorce, women’s roles, etc. have to be updated to fit the times.”
- A church of people with these beliefs is interested in marketing itself to be pleasing to the most people.
- Respect the traditions
- “Traditions need to be respected, but not necessarily followed.”
- Hold to the traditions
- “If I don’t agree with the traditions, I am wrong. If society does not agree with the traditions, society is wrong.”
- It is the job of the church to spread and preserve the divine traditions.
30 min - The Story of the Bottom Line
- Matthew 21:23-27 – Jesus’ authority is questioned.
- Matthew 21:28-32 – the parable of the two sons
- The bottom line is whether we obey God’s message
- It doesn’t matter if we say we obey God or have good intentions of doing so. We have to actually obey God’s word!
- Hebrews 5:7-9 – We become next in a line of obedient people after Jesus.
- Matthew 7:15-20 – A person’s actions (fruits) reveal their heart.
- Judges 3:3-4 – These nations were left to test the obedience of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 8:2
- Deuteronomy 13:1-4 – God allows pressure to be put on His people to test their obedience.
- In conversion
- When we sin
- We don’t always follow God’s commands. We have to make a decision about how to respond. Do we quit or do we repent and turn back to God?
- When convicted by the word
- Do we obey or not?
- Today and tomorrow
30 min - The Beat of God’s Heart
- Luke 15:1-7 – parable of the lost sheep
- Luke 15:8-10 – parable of the lost coin
- Luke 15:11-32 – parable of the prodigal son
- Luke 15:22-23 – The father rejoices when the lost son returns home.
- Luke 15:29 – The older son did not thing it was fair that the return of the younger brother was being celebrated.
- God’s heart beats for people
- God wants other people to share in His passion for people.
- We have to be careful not to be like the resentful older brother in the parable of the prodigal son.
- Pray deeper
- Reframe relationships
- Rejoice!
30 min - A Passion for Jesus
- Philippians 3:7
- Realigns my priorities
- Philippians 3:2-11
- A passion for Jesus causes some things we used to hold dear to now be meaningless to us.
- If we are passionate about something, we naturally seek to spend time on it to the exclusion of other things.
- We have to seek to develop a passion for Jesus.
- Gives me purpose and direction
- Philippians 3:12-13
- Philippians 1:19-23
- Puts my problems in perspective
- Philippians 1:12-14
- Look to Jesus instead of at your own problems and things will change.
- Philippians 1:27-28
- Philippians 4:2-3
- A passion for Jesus reminds us that our problems are not that bad and they just don’t last that long.
- Changes my character
- Philippians 2:3-8
- When you develop a passion for Jesus, worldly things just don’t fit anymore.
- Philippians 4:8
30 min - The Scandal of the Cross
- I Corinthians 2:2
- The cross
- Is not at all what we would expect.
- I Corinthians 1:17-24
- Puts man in his place.
- I Corinthians 1:19, 24-31
- Jesus was stronger in His weakness than any of us will ever be.
- Demands faith in God’s power and wisdom.
- I Corinthians 2:1-5
- I Corinthians 2:6-10 – The ignorance of man is demonstrated by the cross. It is not a story man would have come up with.
- Galatians 5:24
- Galatians 6:14
- Romans 6:6
30 min - Sprinting Through the Old Testament, Part 6
- Receiving the Law and Wilderness Wandering (Exodus 16 – Deuteronomy)
- Summary:
- Second half of Exodus – The Israelites travel through the wilderness. God reveals His law for the Israelites. The tabernacle is constructed.
- Leviticus – Continues the recording of the law.
- Numbers – Census of the people. 12 spies spy out the land of Canaan. Israelites punished for unbelief with wandering in the wilderness for 40 years.
- Deuteronomy – Moses speaks to the people and repeats God’s commands to them.
- Moses as a leader (Deuteronomy 34:10-12)
- God spoke to Moses directly. Deuteronomy 34:10-12
- He was a strong and humble leader at the same time.
- Numbers 12:3, and yet …
- Exodus 5:1
- Exodus 32:19-20
- Numbers 16:3
- He was self-sacrificing
- Exodus 32:31-32
- God
- Strict
- The detailed nature of His laws.
- The severity of His punishments when His laws were broken.
- Leviticus 10:1-3
- Numbers 20:8-12
- Loving
- Delivered from Egypt
- Sustaining 1 million people
- Longsuffering
- Special written set of laws – Deuteronomy 6:24
- Fix for the sin problem
- Numbers 14:18-23
- Romans 11:22
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