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The
“He
maketh me to lie down in green pastures” KJV Psalm 23:2a
2 Samuel 23:1-7 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 These are the last words of David:
“The
inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,
the man anointed by the God of Jacob,
the hero of Israel’s songs:
the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,
the man anointed by the God of Jacob,
the hero of Israel’s songs:
2 “The Spirit of the Lord
spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke,
the Rock of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,
when he rules in the fear of God,
4 he is like the light of morning at sunrise
on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain
that brings grass from the earth.’
his word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke,
the Rock of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,
when he rules in the fear of God,
4 he is like the light of morning at sunrise
on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain
that brings grass from the earth.’
5 “If my house were not right with God,
surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,
arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
and grant me my every desire.
6 But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,
which are not gathered with the hand.
7 Whoever touches thorns
uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
they are burned up where they lie.”
surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,
arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
and grant me my every desire.
6 But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,
which are not gathered with the hand.
7 Whoever touches thorns
uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
they are burned up where they lie.”
What kind of
utterance were the last words of “David
son of Jesse” (verse 1)?
Who spoke through
David (verse 2)?
In your opinion, what
is the connection between ruling “over
the people in righteousness” and ruling “in
the fear of God” (verse 3)?
What does the “brightness after rain” bring from the
earth (verse 4)?
Who made an
everlasting covenant with David (verse 5)?
What will happen
to all evil men (verse 6)?
In your opinion,
why are thorns “burned up where they lie”
(verse 7)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
John 14:1-6 - New
International Version (NIV)
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God;
believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that
were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for
you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You
know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are
going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through me.
In your opinion,
what does Jesus mean when He says “do not
let your hearts be troubled” (verse 1)?
What does Jesus
command the disciples (us) to do to help prevent their hearts from being
troubled (verse 1)?
Where are there “many rooms” (verse 2)?
Who will go and
prepare a place for us and come back and take us to be with Him (verse 3)?
What do the
disciples know (verse 4)?
Why does Thomas
think that they don’t know the way (verse 5)?
Who does Jesus say
He is (verse 6)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how are David who in 2
Samuel 23:1-7 ruled over people with righteousness and fear of God and Jesus
who said in John 14:1-6 that He was the “way
and the truth and the life” different?
Philippians 4:4-9
- New International Version (NIV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let
your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not
be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of
God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds
in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is
noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever
you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into
practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
What does Paul tell the Philippians that they should always
do (verse 4)?
Who should the Philippians gentleness be
evident to (verse 5)?
How does Paul
indicate that the Philippians (and we) should respond in every situation (verse
6)?
In your opinion,
how can the “peace of God, which
transcends all understanding” guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (verse 7)?
What does Paul tell the Philippians to
think about (verse 8)?
When will the God of peace be with the
Philippians (verse 9)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is Jesus’ command in
John 14:1-6 “you believe in God; believe
also in me” related to Paul’s command in Philippians 4:4-9“in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God”?
In
your opinion, how is David an example in his 2 Samuel 23:1-7 statements “he is like the light of morning at
sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings
grass from the earth” of how to
follow Paul’s command in Philippians 4:4-9 to “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-in anything is excellent or
praiseworthy-think about such things”?
James 4:1-10 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come
from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do
not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you
quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When
you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may
spend what you get on your pleasures.
4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with
the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a
friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think
Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has
caused to dwell in us? 6 But he gives us more grace. That is
why Scripture says:
“God
opposes the proud
but shows favor to the humble.”
but shows favor to the humble.”
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to
you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve,
mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble
yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
What causes fights and quarrels (verse 1)?
Why do we not have (verse 2)?
In your opinion, why is the motive of
wanting to “spend what you get on your
pleasures” a wrong motive (verse 3)?
What does someone who chooses to become a “friend of the world” become (verse 4)?
Where does God “jealously” long for His Spirit to dwell (verse 5)?
In your opinion, why does God “show favor to the humble” (verse 6)?
When does God come near to us (verse 7)?
When will God lift us up (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how
is “in every situation, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” from Philippians 4:4-9 similar to “humble yourselves before the Lord” from
James 4:1-10 and how is the promise from James “and he will lift your up” similar to the promise from Philippians “and the peace of God, which
transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus”?
In your opinion, how
does Jesus in John 14:1-6 with His statement “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
show how he will accomplish the promise of James in James 4:1-10 “humble yourselves before the Lord, and he
will lift you up”?
In your opinion, how
does the “fear of God” that David
talks about in 2 Samuel 23:1-7 compare to James saying “humble yourselves before the Lord” in James 4:1-10?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from 2 Samuel, John, Philippians and James teach us about today’s passage from Psalm
23, “He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures”?
In your opinion, how
does fear of God, coming to the Father through the Way and the Truth and the
Life, presenting everything to God in prayer with thanksgiving, and submitting ourselves
to God lead to the peace of lying down in green pastures?
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