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Being Stirred or Sound
Joshua 9:7-16 - New
International Version (NIV)
7 The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us,
so how can we make a treaty with you?”
8 “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua.
But Joshua asked, “Who are
you and where do you come from?”
9 They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant
country because of the fame of the Lord
your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt, 10 and
all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan—Sihon king
of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. 11 And
our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for
your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a
treaty with us.”’ 12 This bread of ours was warm when we
packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and
moldy it is. 13 And these wineskins that we filled were
new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by
the very long journey.”
14 The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the
Lord. 15 Then
Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of
the assembly ratified it by oath.
16 Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the
Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them.
Why
did the Israelites think they could not make a treaty with the Hivites (verse 7)?
Who ask the Hivites “who are you and where do you come from” (verse 8)?
Whose fame had the Hivites heard of (verse 9)?
In your opinion, why is what the Lord had done
to the “two kings of the Amorites east of
the Jordan” important to the Hivites (verse 10)?
Who sent the Hivites (verse 11)?
In your opinion, why did the Hivites show the
Israelites the moldy bread, old wineskins and worn out clothes and sandals
(verses 12 and 13)?
What did the Israelites not do (verse 14)?
Who ratified the peace treaty that Joshua made
(verse 15)?
What did the Israelites hear three days after
the treaty was made (verse 16)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of
this passage?
Mark
3:20-30 - New International
Version (NIV)
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he
and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his
family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they
said, “He is out of his mind.”
22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He
is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in
parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a
kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If
a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And
if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In
fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he
can plunder the strong man’s house. 28 Truly I tell you,
people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but
whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are
guilty of an eternal sin.”
30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
What
did the crowd keep Jesus and His disciples from doing (verse 20)?
Why did Jesus family go “to take charge of him” (verse 21)?
Who said that Jesus was “possessed by Beelzebul” (verse 22)?
How did Jesus speak to them (verse 23)?
In your opinion, what did Jesus mean by the
statement that “if a kingdom is divided
against itself, that kingdom cannot stand” and “if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand” (verses
24 and 25)?
What will happen if Satan opposes himself and
is divided (verse 26)?
When can a strong man’s house be plundered (verse 27)?
What can be forgiven (verse 28)?
What “will
never be forgiven” (verse 29)?
Why did Jesus say this (verse 30)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of
this passage?
In your opinion, how were the statements of
the Gibeonites to Joshua and the Israelites in Joshua 9:7-16 similar to the
statements of the teachers of the law about Jesus in Mark 3:20-30?
Acts
6:8-15 – New
International Version (NIV)
8 Now Stephen, a man full of
God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Opposition
arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was
called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and
Asia—who began to argue with Stephen. 10 But they could
not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.
11 Then they secretly
persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words
against Moses and against God.”
12 So they stirred up the
people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought
him before the Sanhedrin. 13 They produced false
witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy
place and against the law. 14 For we have heard him say
that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs
Moses handed down to us.”
15 All who were sitting in
the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like
the face of an angel.
How
did Stephen perform “great wonders and
signs among the people” (verse 8)?
How did the “members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen . . . Jews of Cyrene and
Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia” oppose Stephen (verse
9)?
Why could the opposition not stand up
to Stephen (verse 10)?
In your opinion, why did they secretly
persuade some men to say “we have heard
Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God” (verse 11)?
What did they do to Stephen (verse 12)?
What kind of witnesses did they
produce (verse 13)?
In your opinion, why did they say “we have heard him say that this Jesus of
Nazareth will destroy this place” (verse 14)?
Who saw that the face of Stephen was
like the “face of an angel” (verse 15)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In your opinion, what are the differences
between the Israelites as they accepted the lies of the Gibeonites in Joshua 9:7-16
and Stephen as he “performed great
wonders and signs among the people” in Acts 6:8-15?
In your opinion, how are the teachers of the
law in Mark 3:20-30 and the “members of the Synagogue of the
Freedmen . . . Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of
Cilicia and Asia” in
Acts 6:8-15 similar?
2
Timothy 4:1-8 – New
International Version (NIV)
1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the
living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you
this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season
and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and
careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when
people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires,
they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their
itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears
away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you,
keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an
evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the
time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good
fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now
there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to
all who have longed for his appearing.
In whose presence does Paul give Timothy “this charge” (verse 1)?
How is Timothy to “preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct,
rebuke and encourage” (verse 2)?
What will people not put up with in the time
that will come (verse 3)?
What will the “great number of teachers” say to the people (verse 3)?
Where will the people turn to (verse 4)?
What four things are Timothy to do (verse 5)?
In your opinion, what does Paul mean when he
says he is “already being poured out like
a drink offering” (verse 6)?
What three things has Paul done (verse 7)?
Who will award Paul the “crown of righteousness” (verse 8)?
Who else will be awarded the “crown of righteousness” (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of
this passage?
In your opinion, how does Joshua and the
Israelites being deceived by the lies of the Gibeonites in Joshua 9:7-16
demonstrate how it is possible for us to turn our “ears from the truth and turn aside to myths” as Paul warns Timothy
that people will do in 2 Timothy 4:1-8?
In your opinion, how does Jesus’s response to
those who said He was driving out demons because He was in cahoots with the
prince of demons in Mark 3:20-30 help us understand what Paul means when he
tells Timothy to “preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct,
rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction”
in 2 Timothy 4:1-8?
In your opinion, what can we learn from the
discussion of Stephen and those who opposed him in Acts 6:8-15 that will help
us to understand the difference between those who “will not put up with sound doctrine” and those who fight the good
fight and keep the faith like Paul in 2 Timothy 4:1-8?
In your opinion, what do these passages from Joshua,
Mark, Acts, and 2 Timothy teach us about the difference between being stirred
up and being corrected, rebuked and encouraged?
In your opinion, what is “sound doctrine”?
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