God’s Providence
Genesis 22:1-14 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him,
“Abraham!”
“Here
I am,” he replied.
2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you
love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt
offering on a mountain I will show you.”
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey.
He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough
wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On
the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He
said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over
there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it
on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of
them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father
Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes,
my son?” Abraham replied.
“The
fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt
offering?”
8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the
burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham
built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and
laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached
out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the
angel of the Lord called out to
him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here
I am,” he replied.
12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything
to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me
your son, your only son.”
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught
by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt
offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place
The Lord Will Provide. And to this
day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord
it will be provided.”
What did God do “some time later” (verse 1)?
Where was Abraham
to take his only son and offer him as a burnt offering (verse 2)?
When did Abraham
set out for the place “God told him
about” (verse 3)?
What did Abraham
do when he saw the place in the distance (verses 4 & 5)?
In your opinion,
why did Abraham place the wood for the burnt offering on his son Isaac (verse 6)?
What question did
Isaac ask his father (verse 7)?
In your opinion,
what did Abraham mean when he said “God
himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son” (verse 8)?
What did Abraham
do when they got to the site (verse 9)?
How close did he
get to slaying Isaac (verse 10)?
Who called out to
stop Abraham (verse 11)?
What did Abraham’s
actions prove (verse 12)?
How was the ram
caught (verse 13)?
What did Abraham
call the place (verse 14)?
What is said “to this day” (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
John 1:29-34 - New
International Version (NIV)
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
“Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This
is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me
because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but
the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to
Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down
from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33 And I myself did
not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man
on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize
with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this
is God’s Chosen One.”
Who did John call
the “Lamb of God” (verse 29)?
What did John say the “Lamb of God” takes away (verse 29)?
In your opinion,
what did John mean when he said “a man
who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me” (verse 30)?
Why was John
baptizing with water (verse 31)?
What did John
testify (verse 32)?
How did John know
that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit (verse 33)?
Who does John
testify that Jesus is (verse 34)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is Jesus, as
testified to in John 1:29-34, similar to the ram who was caught by the horns in
Genesis 22:1-14?
1 Corinthians 5:1-8
- New International Version (NIV)
1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality
among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping
with his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you
rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who
has been doing this? 3 For my part, even though I am not
physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in
this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the
one who has been doing this. 4 So when you are assembled and I
am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand
this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may
be saved on the day of the Lord.
6 Your
boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole
batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be
a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has
been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with
the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth.
What
kind of sexual immorality was reported to be among the Corinthians (verse 1)?
How did the Corinthians respond to this immorality
(verse 2)?
How does Paul think they should have
responded (verse 2)?
In your opinion, why does Paul say he is
with them “in spirit” (verse 3)?
What has Paul done “in the name of our Lord Jesus” (verse 3)?
When are they to “hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that
his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord” (verses 4 & 5)?
What is not good (verse 6)?
Why does Paul want them to “get rid of the old yeast” (verse 7)?
In your opinion, why does the sacrifice of
“Christ, our Passover lamb” make it
possible for the Corinthians to “get rid
of the old yeast” (verse 7)?
How did Paul invite them to keep the
Festival (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what does Paul’s
discussion of “Christ, our Passover lamb”
in 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 help us to understand about how John the Baptist could
say that Jesus “takes away the sins of
the world” in John 1:29-34?
In
your opinion, how is Abraham’s statement that “God himself will provide the lamb” in Genesis 22:1-14 proven to be
true for the whole world by Paul in 1 Corinthians 5:1-8?
Revelation 5:6-10 –
New International Version (NIV)
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing
at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the
elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of
God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll
from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 And when he
had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down
before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of
incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 9 And they sang
a new song, saying:
“You
are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth.”
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth.”
Who did John see “looking
as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne” (verse 6)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that
the Lamb has seven horns (verse 6)?
Who are the seven eyes (verse 6)?
What did the Lamb do (verse 7)?
Who had the harps and the “golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of God’s people” (verse 8)?
Why is the Lamb “worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals” (verse 9)?
Who has the Lamb made into “a kingdom and priests to serve our God” (verses
9 & 10)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what
does John in Revelation 5:6-10 help us to understand about the Passover Lamb
that Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 has been sacrificed?
In your opinion, why is it significant
that John sees the Spirit “come down and
remain” with Jesus in John 1:29-34 and in Revelation 5:6-10 he sees that
the Lamb has “seven eyes, which are the
seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth”?
In your opinion, what
can we learn about the Lamb and “him who
sat on the throne” in Revelation 5:6-10 from the willingness of Abraham to
offer Isaac but God providing the ram in Genesis 22:1-14?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Genesis, John, 1 Corinthians and Revelation help us understand the
Father’s tremendous gift of His Son, how to respond to that gift and what to
look forward to?
In your opinion, what should these
passages inspire in us today?
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