From Meditating on
God’s Law to Living in God’s Will
Psalm 1:1-6 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches
over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
Who is blessed (verse
1)?
What is their
delight in (verse 2)?
In your opinion,
what does it mean to be like a “tree
planted by streams of water” (verse
3)?
Who is like “chaff that the wind blows away” (verse 4)?
What will sinners
not do (verse 5)?
Who watches of the
way of the righteous (verse 6)?
Where does the way
of the wicked lead (verse 6)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
John 5:24-30 - New
International Version (NIV)
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes
him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over
from death to life. 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming
and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those
who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself,
so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And
he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who
are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those
who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is
evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing;
I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please
myself but him who sent me.
Who has eternal
life (verse 24)?
What have those who have eternal life done
(verse 24)?
In your opinion,
what does Jesus mean when He says “the
dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live” (verse
25)?
What has the
Father granted the Son (verse 26)?
What authority has
the Father granted the Son (verse 27)?
In your opinion,
what does it mean that “all who are in
their graves will hear his voice” (verse 28)?
Who will “rise to live” (verse 29)?
Who will “rise to be condemned” (verse 29)?
How does Jesus
judge (verse 30)?
Who does Jesus
seek to please (verse 30)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is one that John
quotes Jesus as saying “has crossed over
from death to life” in John 5:24-30 similar to the one the Psalmist says in
Psalms 1 “is like a tree planted by streams
of water”?
Philippians 2:5-11
- New International Version (NIV)
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same
mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Who should our mindset be the same
as (verse 5)?
What did Jesus not use to His own
advantage (verse 6)?
How did Jesus make Himself nothing (verse 7)?
How did Jesus demonstrate His humble
obedience (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that
God has given Jesus “the name that is
above every name” (verse 9)?
What will happen “at the name of Jesus” (verse 10)?
What will happen “to the glory of God the Father” (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what will be different
about the attitude of the people who have done what is good and “will rise to live” and those who have done what is evil and who “will rise to be condemned” that
Jesus spoke of in John 5:24-30 when they respond to the name of Jesus by bowing
their knees and acknowledging with their tongues that Jesus Christ is Lord as
Paul prophesies in Philippians 2:5-11?
In your opinion, how is Jesus, who Paul
says in Philippians 2:5-11, “humbles
himself by becoming obedient to death-even death on the cross” a perfect
example of the one who the Psalmist in Psalm 1 said had delight in the law of
the Lord and meditated on it day and night and who then was “like a tree planted by streams of water, which
yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither —whatever they do
prospers”?
1 Peter 4:1-6 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his
body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in
the body is done with sin. 2 As
a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human
desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For
you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in
debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.
4 They are surprised that you do not join them
in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. 5 But they will have to give account to him who is
ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For
this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so
that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body,
but live according to God in regard to the spirit.
What is “whoever
suffers in the body” done with (verse 1)?
In your opinion, why would the one who
suffered in the body not live for “evil
human desires, but rather for the will of God” (verse 2)?
How do pagan choose to live (verse 3)?
Why are the pagans surprised (verse 4)?
Who will the pagans have to give account
to (verse 5)?
Why was the gospel “preached even to those who are now dead” (verse 6)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what
does Paul in Philippians 2:5-11 teach us about the attitude of Jesus that Peter
says we should arm ourselves with in 1 Peter 4:1-6?
In your opinion, how does what Jesus says in
John 5:24-30 about the ones who have crossed over from death to life help us to
understand about the people that Peter, in 1 Peter 4:1-6, says should arm
themselves “with the same attitude”?
In your opinion,
how is the contrast between the one “whose
delight is in the law of the Lord” and the wicked in
Psalm 1 built upon by Peter in his discussion about the Christian and the pagan
in 1 Peter 4:1-6?
In your opinion, what do these passages,
from Psalms, John, Philippians and 1 Peter show us about ourselves today?
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