Saturday, November 23, 2024

December 1, 2024 – Advent 2024 – The Lord Our Righteous Savior

The Lord Our Righteous Savior

Jeremiah 33:14-16 – New International Version (NIV)

14 “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

15 “‘In those days and at that time
    I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line;
    he will do what is just and right in the land.
16 In those days Judah will be saved
    and Jerusalem will live in safety.
This is the name by which it will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’

What “days are coming” (verse 14)?

Where will the “righteous Branch sprout from” (verse 15)?

What will the “righteous Branch” do (verse 15)?

Who will be saved (verse 16)?

Where will Jerusalem live (verse 16)?

What name “will it be called” (verse 16)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about “The Lord Our Righteous Savior”?

Luke 2:1-7 - New International Version (NIV)

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Who “issued a decree” (verse 1)?

What was the decree (verse 1)?

Who was the governor of Syria (verse 2)?

Where did people go “to register” (verse 3)?

Why did Joseph go to “Bethlehem the town of David” (verse 4)?

Why did Mary go with Joseph (verse 5)?

What was Mary’s condition (verse 5)?

What “time came” while they were there (verse 6)?

How did Mary protect her son (verse 7)?

Why did she place her son in the manger (verse 7)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about “The Lord Our Righteous Savior”?

In your opinion, what does the prophecy in Jeremiah 34:14-16 have to do with the people in Luke 2:1-7?

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 - New International Version (NIV)

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? 10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.

11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

Where had Paul found joy because of the Thessalonians (verse 9)?

When does Paul pray “that we may see you again” (verse 10)?

What does Paul pray he can supply the Thessalonians with (verse 10)?

Who did Paul pray would “clear the way for us to come to you” (verse 11)?

How did Paul want “the Lord” to change the love the Thessalonians had (verse 12)?

Why did Paul want the Lord to strengthen the hearts of the Thessalonians (verse 13)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about “The Lord Our Righteous Savior”?

In your opinion, what is the connection between the Branch from David’s line called “The Lord Our Righteous Savior” in Jeremiah 33:14-16 and the “he” that Paul prays will strengthen hearts “so that you will be blameless and holy” in 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13?

In your opinion, how is the baby that was wrapped in cloths and laid in a manager in Luke 2:1-7 able to “make your love increase and overflow for each other and everyone else” in 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13?

Luke 21:25-36 – New International Version (NIV)

25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

29 He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. 31 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

32 “Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

What will the signs be in (verse 25)?

Why will nations be “in anguish and perplexity” (verse 25)?

Why will people “faint from terror” (verse 26)?

Who will they see “coming in a cloud with power and great glory” (verse 27)?

Why does Jesus tell His listeners they should “stand up and lift up” their heads “when these things begin to take place” (verse 28)?

What did they know was near when the “fig tree and all the trees” sprout leaves (verses 29 and 30)?

What is near “when you see these things happening” (verse 31)?

Who “will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened” (verse 32)?

What “will never pass away” (verse 33)?

What can be weighed down with “carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life” (verse 34)?

Who will “that day” close on “suddenly like a trap” (verses 34 and 35)?

Why should the Thessalonians “be always on the watch, and pray” (verse 36)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about “The Lord Our Righteous Savior”?

In your opinion, how are the salvation of Judah that was promised in Jeremiah 33:14-16 and the events that Jesus is talking about in Luke 21:25-36 related?

In your opinion, what can we learn from the fact that Mary’s baby was laid in a manger in Luke 2:1-7 and says in Luke 21:25-36 that He will come “in a cloud with power and great glory”?

In your opinion, how are the prayer that Paul makes for the Thessalonians asking for increased love and strengthened hearts in 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 and the prayer that Jesus instructs listeners to pray to “escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man” related?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Jeremiah, Luke, 1 Thessalonians and Luke teach us about God fulfilling His promise?

In your opinion, how should we respond to “The Lord Our Righteous Savior” today?

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