August 25, 2019 – Festivals and Foundations – Sacred Offerings

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Sacred Offerings


Leviticus 23:15-22 - New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵ “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. ¹⁶ Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. ¹⁷ From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord. ¹⁸ Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. ¹⁹ Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. ²⁰ The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. ²¹ On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

²² “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’”

How long were the Israelites to count off after the day they “brought the sheaf of the wave offering” (verse 15)?

What are the Israelites to present (verse 16)?

Where are the “two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour” to come from (verse 17)?

What are the bread, seven male lambs, young bull and two rams to be (verse 18)?

What is the male goat for (verse 19)?

In your opinion, what is a wave offering (verse 20)?

How is the day to be set apart (verse 21)?

Why is the harvest not to include the edges of the fields or the gleanings (verse 22)?

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

John 15:26-16:15 - New International Version (NIV)           

²⁶ “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. ²⁷ And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.

¹ “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. ² They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. ³ They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. ⁴ I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, ⁵ but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. ⁷ But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. ⁸ When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹ about sin, because people do not believe in me; ¹⁰ about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; ¹¹ and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

¹² “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. ¹³ But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. ¹⁵ All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”

Who will the Advocate testify about (verse 26)?

Who else must testify (verse 27)?

Why has Jesus told the disciples these things (verse 1)?

In your opinion, why will people who kill the disciples “think they are offering a service to God” (verse 2)?

Why will people “do such things” (verse 3)?

When are the disciples to remember that Jesus warned them about those who would think killing the disciples was serving God (verse 4)?

Where is Jesus going (verse 5)?

What fills the disciples (verse 6)?

Why is it good for the disciples that Jesus is going away (verse 7)?

What will the Advoate prove the world is wrong about (verse 8)?

Why is the world wrong about sin (verse 9)?

Why is the world wrong about righteousness (verse 10)?

Why is the world wrong about judgment (verse 11)?

Who will guide the disciples “into all the truth” (verse 13)?

Who will be glorified (verse 14)?

What belongs to Jesus (verse 15)?

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

In your opinion, how are the burnt offerings, sin offerings, fellowship offerings and wave offerings of Leviticus 23:15-22 related to the Advocate’s teaching of “sin and righteousness and judgment” in John 15:26-16:15?

Acts 2:1-12 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. ² Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

⁵ Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶ When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷ Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹ Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome ¹¹ (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹² Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

Where were the followers of Jesus “when the day of Pentecost came” (verse 1)?

What sound “filled the whole house where they were sitting” (verse 2)?

What “came to rest on each of them” (verse 3)?

Who was “filled with the Holy Spirit” (verse 4)?

How were they able to “speak in other tongues” (verse 4)?

Who was “staying in Jerusalem” (verse 5)?

Why was the crowd bewildered (verses 6-11)?

What did the “amazed and perplexed” crowd ask one another (verse 12)?

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

In your opinion, what does it mean that on the day the Israelite people were supposed to be dedicating the harvest as described in Leviticus 23:15-22 the Holy Spirit “came to rest on each of them” in Acts 2:1-12?

In your opinion, how does what Jesus told his disciples in John 15:26-16:15 answer the question asked by the crowd in Acts 2:1-12, “what does this mean”?

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. ³ Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. ⁵ There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. ⁶ There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

⁷ Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

About what does Paul not want the Corinthians to be uninformed (verse 1)?

When were the Corinthians “influenced and led astray to mute idols” (verse 2)?

Who cannot say “Jesus be cursed” (verse 3)?

In your opinion, why is it important that “there are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them” (verse 4)?

Who is served by the “different kinds of service” (verse 5)?

Where is “the same God at work” (verse 6)?

Why is each “manifestation of the Spirit” given (verse 7)?

Whose work is the message of wisdom, the message of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in different kinds of tongues and interpretation of tongues (verses 8 through 11)?

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

In your opinion, how are the waving of the lambs and bread in Leviticus 23:15-22 and the “manisfestation of the Spirit” in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 similar?

In your opinion, how is Jesus statement that “He will glorify me” in John 15:26-16:15 fulfilled through what the Holy Spirit does in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11?

In your opinion, how does Paul’s lesson in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 also answer the question of the crowd in Acts 2:1-12, “what does this mean”?

In your opinion, how do these passages from Leviticus, John, Acts and 1 Corinthians help us understand about how the coming of the Holy Spirit in Acts is a fulfillment of the Pentecost worship outlined in Leviticus 23:15-22?


In your opinion, how can we who have received the transformation of the sin offering of Christ and are the firstfruits of the harvest wave offering of the Spirit of God to fulfill the command of Jesus to “testify about me”?

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September 3, 2017 – Psalm 23 – From the lives of David and Jesus – Anointest My Head

“Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” KJV Psalm 23:5b

1 Samuel 16:4-13 – New International Version (NIV)

⁴ Samuel did what the Lord said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, “Do you come in peace?”

⁵ Samuel replied, “Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

⁶ When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.”

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.” ⁹ Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, “Nor has the Lord chosen this one.” ¹⁰ Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.” ¹¹ So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?”

“There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.”

Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”

¹² So he sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features.

Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; this is the one.”

¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.

What did Samuel do (verse 4)?

Who ask Samuel “do you come in peace” (verse 4)?

Who did Samuel consecrate and invite to the sacrifice (verse 5)?

In your opinion, why would Samuel think that Elian was the Lord’s anointed (verse 6)?

What did the Lord tell Samuel not to consider (verse 7)?

What does the Lord look at (verse 7)?

How did Samuel react to Abinadab (verse 8)?

Who had Shammah pass by (verse 9)?

How many of Jesse’s sons passed in front of Samuel (verse 10)?

In your opinion, why was David “tending the sheep” (verse 11)?

How was David described (verse 12)?

What did the Lord tell Samuel to do (verse 12)?

When did “the Spirit of the Lord” come powerfully upon David (verse 13)?

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.”

What does John say that Jesus “takes away” (verse 29)?

In your opinion, what does John mean when he says that Jesus “was before me” (verse 30)?

Why did John come “baptizing with water” (verse 31)?

What did John see (verse 32)?

What will the one “on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain” do (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, what do the anointing of David in 1 Samuel 16:4-13 and the baptism of Jesus in John 1:29-34 have in common?

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. ³ Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. ⁵ There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. ⁶ There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

⁷ Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Who does Paul not want to be uninformed about the “gifts of the Spirit” (verse 1)?

When were they “influenced and led astray to mute idols” (verse 2)?

In your opinion, why is it that “no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed”” (verse 3)?

What do the “different kinds of gifts” have in common (verse 4)?

Who is in all the different kinds of working and in everyone (verse 6)?

Why does each person receive “the manifestation of the Spirit” (verse 7)?

What are the different gifts the Spirit gives (verses 8, 9 and 10)?

How does the Spirit distribute each gift (verse 11)?

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

In your opinion, what does Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 help us understand about the Holy Spirit that John the Baptist says that Jesus will baptize with in John 1:29-34?

In your opinion, how is the “Spirit of the Lord” who came powerfully on David in 1 Samuel 16:4-13 similar to the Spirit who manifests gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11?

1 John 3:1-3 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

What is the result of the great love has the Father “lavished on us” (verse 1)?

Why does the world not know us (verse 1)?

What are we (verse 2)?

In your opinion, why is what we will be not yet known (verse 4)?

Who will we be like (verse 2)?

What do “all who have the hope” do (verse 3)?

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

In your opinion, how does it make you feel to know that the “brothers and sisters” who receive manifestations of the Spirit for the common good in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 are called “children of God” who will be like Christ He appears in 1 John 3:1-3?

In your opinion, what does it mean to you that the “Lamb of God who takes away” our sins and baptizes with the Spirit in John 1:29-34 has a Father who lavishes great love on us and calls us His children in 1 John 3:1-13?

In your opinion, how does the “Spirit of the Lord” coming powerfully on David after he was anointed in 1 Samuel 16:4-13 help us begin to understand how we will be like Christ when He appears according to 1 John 3:1-3?

In your opinion, how do these passages from 1 Samuel, John, 1 Corinthians, and 1 John help us understand the blessing of today’s passage “Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over”?

In your opinion, how do these passages help us grow more comfortable with the anointing that we receive from the Holy Spirit as Christians, and the “great love the Father has lavished on us” following that anointing?

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June 11, 2017 – Genesis and John (Gospel and Revelation) – Gifts and Service

Gifts and Service

Genesis 45:1-11 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. ² And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

³ Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! ⁵ And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. ⁶ For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. ⁷ But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

⁸ “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. ⁹ Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay. ¹⁰ You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. ¹¹ I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’

Who cried out “have everyone leave my presence” (verse 1)?

How loudly did Joseph weep (verse 2)?

In your opinion, why was Joseph’s first question “is my father still living” (verse 3)?

Why were Joseph’s brothers unable to answer him (verse 3)?

What did Joseph want his brothers to do (verse 4)?

Why were Joseph’s brothers to “not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves” (verse 5)?

What will not happen for the next five years (verse 6)?

Why did God send Joseph ahead of the brothers (verse 7)?

What has God made Joseph (verse 8)?

Who are Joseph’s brothers to “hurry” to (verse 9)?

Where will Joseph’s father and brothers live (verse 10)?

What will Joseph do (verse 11)?

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

John 13:3-17 - New International Version (NIV)

³ Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; ⁴ so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ⁵ After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷ Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

⁸ “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁹ “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

¹⁰ Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” ¹¹ For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.

¹² When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ¹³ “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴ Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. ¹⁶ Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

What did Jesus know (verse 3)?

What did Jesus do (verse 5)?

Who ask “Lord, are you going to wash my feet” (verse 6)?

In your opinion, why did Jesus say “you do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand” (verse 7)?

How did Jesus respond when Peter said “you shall never wash my feet” (verse 8)?

In your opinion, why did Peter want Jesus to wash his hands and head as well (verse 9)?

What do those who have had a bath need to wash to be clean (verse 10)?

Why did Jesus say that not everyone was clean (verse 11)?

What did Jesus finish doing (verse 12)?

Why is it right for the disciples to call Jesus “‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’” (verse 13)?

Why should the disciples “wash one another’s feet” (verse 14)?

In your opinion, what example has Jesus set (verse 15)?

Who is not greater than his master (verse 16)?

When will the disciples be blessed (verse 17)?

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

In your opinion, how is Joseph’s service to his brothers as he explained, that God sent him to Egypt to save them, in Genesis 45:1-11 similar to Jesus serving His disciples by washing their feet in John 13:3-17?

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. ³ Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. ⁵ There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. ⁶ There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

⁷ Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

What does Paul want his brothers and sisters not to be uninformed of (verse 1)?

What were Paul’s brothers and sisters influenced and led astray to while they were pagans (verse 2)?

What can someone speaking by the Spirit of God not say (verse 3)?

In your opinion, why can no one “say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit” (verse 3)?

Who distributes all the different gifts (verse 4)?

In your opinion, what does Paul mean when he says “There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord” (verse 5)?

Who is at work in all the different kinds of working (verse 6)?

Why is each “manifestation of the Spirit” given (verse 7)?

What are the different gifts of the Spirit that Paul lists here (verses 8, 9, and 10)?

Who determines how the gifts are distributed (verse 11)?

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

In your opinion, what can we, who are recipients of the gifts of the Spirit that Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, learn from Jesus in John 13:3-17?

In your opinion, what can we, who are recipients of the gifts of the Spirit that Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, learn from Joseph’s understanding as revealed in Genesis 45:1-11 about why things happened to him?

Revelation 5:5-10 – New International Version (NIV)

⁵ Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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.”

Why was John not supposed to weep (verse 5)?

What did the Lamb look like had happened to it (verse 6)?

Who are the “seven horns and seven eyes” (verse 6)?

Where was the scroll that the Lamb took (verse 7)?

What was in the cup of the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders who fell down before the Lamb (verse 8)?

What had the Lamb purchased for God with His blood (verse 9)?

Who are the “kingdom and priests” to serve (verse 10)?

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

In your opinion, what does it mean that the same people who Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 are to receive different kinds of gifts for different kinds of service are in Revelation 5:5-10 are shown as “a kingdom and priests to serve our God”?

In your opinion, what does John’s statement about the blood of the slain Lamb in Revelation 5:5-10 help us to understand what Jesus meant in John 13:3-17 when he said “unless I wash you, you have no part with me”?

In your opinion, how does the fact that God sent Joseph ahead of his brothers into Egypt to “save your lives by a great deliverance” in Genesis 45:1-11 help us to understand the Lamb who had been slain and had purchased with his blood “persons from every tribe and language and people and nation” in Revelation 5:5-10?

In your opinion, how do these passages from Genesis, John, 1 Corinthians and Revelation teach us about the reason for the gifts of the Spirit?

In your opinion, how do these passages encourage us “serve our God”?

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