Genesis 29:31-35 –
New International Version (NIV)
31 When the Lord
saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained
childless. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She
named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me
now.”
33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she
said, “Because the Lord heard that
I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she
said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne
him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she
said, “This time I will praise the Lord.”
So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
What did the Lord
see about Leah (verse 31)?
What did the Lord
enable Leah to do (verse 31)?
Why did Leah name
her son Reuben (verse 32)?
In your opinion,
why did Leah think that Reuben would cause Jacob to love her (verse 32)?
Why did Leah name
her second son Simeon (verse 33)?
Why did Leah name
her third son Levi (verse 34)?
In your opinion, what
is different about Leah’s attitude with the birth of her fourth son (verse 35)?
Why did Leah name
her fourth son Judah (verse 35)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
John 7:25-32 - New
International Version (NIV)
25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask,
“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Here he is,
speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities
really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know where
this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out,
“Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own
authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29 but
I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”
30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on
him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Still, many in the
crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more
signs than this man?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about
him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
Who began to ask “isn’t this the man they are trying to kill”
(verse 25)?
What was Jesus doing (verse 26)?
Why did they think
that Jesus could not be the Messiah (verse 27)?
What was Jesus
doing when He cried out (verse 28)?
In your opinion,
why did they try to seize Jesus after He cried out (verses 28, 29 and 30)?
Why could no one
lay a hand on him (verse 30)?
Why did many in
the crowd believe (verse 31)?
What did the
Pharisees hear (verse 32)?
What did the Pharisees do (verse 32)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how are Leah, Jacob’s
unloved wife who by the time she had her fourth son was able to praise God in
spite of her situation in Genesis 29:31-35, and the faith of those in those in
the crowd who believed in spite of knowing where Jesus came from and opposition
of the Pharisees in John 7:25-32 similar?
Ephesians 1:3-12 -
New International Version (NIV)
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in
Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the
world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he
predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with
his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace,
which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we
have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with
the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all
wisdom and understanding, 9 he made known to us the mystery of
his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to
be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all
things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined
according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the
purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to
put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
How had the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ blessed
us in the heavenly realms (verse 3)?
When did He choose us to be “holy and blameless in his sight” (verse
4)?
What did He
predestine us for (verse 5)?
What has He freely given us “in the One he loves” (verse 6)?
In your opinion, what does it mean to “have redemption through his blood” (verse
7)?
What has been lavished on us (verses 7 and
8)?
How has He “made known to us the mystery of his will” (verses 8 and 9)?
When will He “bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ”
(verse 10)?
Whose plan “works out everything in conformity” (verse 11)?
Who will be “for the praise of his glory” (verse 12)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how might the belief of
those who recognized Jesus as the Messiah in John 7:25-32 lead to the praise
Paul heaped on “the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ” in Ephesians 1:3-12?
In
your opinion, how are Leah’s praise of God when she gave birth to Judah (an
ancestor of Jesus) in Genesis 29:31-35 and the praise of Paul for adoption into
the “sonship through Jesus Christ” in
Ephesians 1:3-12 connected?
Revelation 5:11-14
– New International Version (NIV)
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering
thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled
the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12 In a
loud voice they were saying:
“Worthy
is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under
the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
“To
him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”
14 The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell
down and worshiped.
How many angels did John hear (verse 11)?
What did they say happened to the Lamb (verse
12)?
What is the Lamb worthy to receive (verse 12)?
Who cried out saying “to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and
glory and power for ever and ever” (verse 13)?
What did the four living creatures say (verse
14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how
does John showing every angel and every creature “in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all
that is in them” praising God in Revelation 5:11-14 help us to understand
what Paul meant when he said that God intends to “bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ” in
Ephesians 1:3-12?
In your opinion, what is different between
the people of John 7:25-32 who hear Jesus and see what He does and have
opposing views about Him and everyone in Revelation 5:11-14 who see Jesus as
the Lamb worthy of praise?
In your opinion, how
does Leah’s attitude at the end of the Genesis 29:31-35 passage begin to help
us understand the attitude of praise of “every
creature” in Revelation 5:11-14?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Genesis, John, Ephesians and Revelation help us understand about the different
ways that we can react to Jesus?
In your opinion, how
do these passages guide our understanding of how to react to the circumstances
of our lives?
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