Destruction of
Flesh / Salvation of Spirit
Genesis 6:5-14 –
New International Version (NIV)
5 The Lord saw
how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that
every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the
time. 6 The Lord
regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply
troubled. 7 So the Lord
said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and
with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the
ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found
favor in the eyes of the Lord.
9 This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah
was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked
faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and
Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of
violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all
the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to
Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with
violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it
and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Who saw how great
the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth (verse 5)?
What was “only evil all the time” (verse 5)?
Whose heart was “deeply troubled” (verse 6)?
Why was the Lord
going to “wipe from the face of the earth
the human race I have created” (verse 7)?
In your opinion,
why did Noah find “favor in the eyes of
the Lord” (verse 8)?
How is Noah
described (verse 9)?
Who are Shem, Ham
and Japheth (verse 10)?
What was the earth
full of (verse 11)?
Why had the earth
become corrupt (verse 12)?
Who is going to
destroy the people and the earth (verse 13)?
What was Noah
supposed to make (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
John 12:24-36 - New
International Version (NIV)
24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the
ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces
many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while
anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever
serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father
will honor the one who serves me.
27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father,
save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father,
glorify your name!”
Then
a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The
crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel
had spoken to him.
30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now
is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be
driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will
draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of
death he was going to die.
34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the
Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted
up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just
a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes
you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe
in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of
light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
What must happen
to a kernel of wheat to produce many seeds (verse 24)?
Who will lose their life (verse 25)?
Who will keep
their life (verse 25)?
Where will Jesus’
servants be (verse 26)?
Who will the
Father honor (verse 26)?
Whose soul was
troubled (verse 27)?
In your opinion,
what did the voice from heaven mean by saying “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again” (verse 28)?
How did the crowd
hear the voice (verse 29)?
Who did the voice
benefit (verse 30)?
What is it time
for (verse 31)?
Who will be driven
out (verse 31)?
What will happen
when Jesus is lifted from the earth (verse 32)?
Why did the crowd
think the Messiah would “remain forever” (verse
34)?
What do people who
walk in the dark not know (verse 35)?
How do you become “children of light” (verse 36)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what are the differences
between the judgment of Noah’s time in Genesis 6:5-14 and the judgment that
Jesus is talking about in John 12:24-36?
1 Corinthians 5 1:1-11
- New International Version (NIV)
1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality
among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping
with his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you
rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who
has been doing this? 3 For my part, even though I am not
physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in
this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the
one who has been doing this. 4 So when you are assembled and I
am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand
this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may
be saved on the day of the Lord.
6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little
yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old
yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ,
our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us keep
the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually
immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world
who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you
would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you
that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister
but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or
swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
What kind of sexual immorality is reported to be among the
Corinthians (verse 1)?
In your opinion, why would the Corinthians
have been proud about this sexual immorality (verse 2)?
How is Paul with
the Corinthians (verse 3)?
What has Paul
already done (verse 3)?
When are the Corinthians supposed to act (verses
4 and 5)?
In your opinion, what does Paul mean by “the destruction of the flesh, so that his
spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord” (verse 5)?
What does a little yeast do to the whole
batch of dough (verse 6)?
How can the Corinthians become a “new unleavened batch” (verse 7)?
What has happened to Christ (verse 7)?
How is the old bread leavened (verse 8)?
What is the unleavened bread (verse 8)?
What kind of people did Paul tell the
Corinthians not to associate with (verse 9)?
What would the Corinthians have to do to
not associate with people of the world who are immoral (verse 10)?
What kind of immoral people does Paul tell
the Corinthians not to associate with (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what does 1 Corinthians
5:1-11 teach us about the hour that as troubling Jesus in John 12:24-36?
In
your opinion, what is similar about the world of Noah in Genesis 6:5-14 and the
world of the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 5:1-11; and what is very different?
Revelation 21:6-8 –
New International Version (NIV)
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water
without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are
victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my
children. 8 But the cowardly, the
unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice
magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery
lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
In your opinion, what is done (verse 6)?
What will Jesus give to the thirsty (verse
6)?
Who will Jesus’ children be (verse 7)?
Where will “the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually
immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars” be
consigned to (verse 8)?
What is the “second death” (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how
can Paul in 1 Corinthians 5:1-11 hope that the person who is sexually immoral
might be victorious and escape the second death that Jesus reveals to John in
Revelation 21:6-8 as the destination of the sexually immoral?
In your opinion, how does Revelation 21:6-8
help us understand those who Jesus says in John 12:24-36 love their life and
will lose it and those who hate their life and will “keep it for eternal life”?
In your opinion, what
is the difference between the ones who are corrupted and about to be destroyed
in Genesis 6:5-14 and those who are given water from the spring of life and are
victorious in Revelation 21:6-8?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Genesis, John, 1 Corinthians and Revelation help us understand about the sin
in the world and about how our spirits may be saved in the “day of the Lord”?
In your opinion, how
do these passages help us understand what Jesus meant when He said “unless a kernel of wheat falls to
the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces
many seeds”?
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