Lesson 3 of the New Adult Sunday School Lesson

Sunday School Lesson for the Adult Class

Witnessing as Jesus and the Bible instructs us to witness

III. Jesus fulfills scripture and calls disciples Matthew Chapter 4 v.12 – 25

          A. Jesus heads north Galilee, Naphthalim, Zebulan    Mark 1:14, Luke 4:14, John 1:39

         

          B. Fulfilled prophecy Matthew 4:14, Luke 4:17          Isaiah 9:1, 2, Isaiah 61:1, 2

Does God fulfill prophecy in our lives?

          C. Preaches just as John did                                        Matthew 4:17

          D. Starts to gather the disciples                                   Matthew 4:18, 19, Mark 1:16, 17, Luke 5:3, 4, John 1:39

         

Do we look for converts the same way? Were the disciples already converted? Is calling disciples the same as calling out the lost?

          E. Gathers more disciples                                            Matthew 4:21, 22, Mark 1:19, 20, John 1:42 – 49

Do we ever stop evangelizing? Is God’s Church supposed to be ‘big enough’? Do we retire from our Christian work?

          F. Jesus starts to teach, heal, and change lives           Matthew 4:23 – 25, Mark 1:21 – 28, Luke 4:22 – 37

Should our ‘fame’ in God’s work be known to others? Maybe not on the night news, but should it be known in circles that our church has powerful prayers, or that God’s work is done here?

I think (Great Commission in Matthew Chapter 10) that Christians are better to suited to witness when they have been taught to witness; not to go uninformed of God’s word. 

Genesis 1

Genesis chapter 1

Genesis is a large book with so much to offer. It is the Bible's account to how all we know came to being. To take away from it, or to call it fables is to take away the very foundation of our faith in Jesus Christ. In Psalm 11:3 it says 'If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?'. I have found in my own personal experience, that when I take God's Word on faith, he gives me everything I need to believe and see the wisdom in his word. To trust in faith in God is not a blind faith. God will grant you every comfort and reconcile your doubts.

As we begin in the first chapter, you cannot help but think of the words also in John the first chapter. God and his word always existed and absence of his word means to not exist. I've taken some of my thoughts from Spurgeon's Devotional Bible (ISBN 0-8010-8043-6) published by Baker Books.

Starting at the beginning God creates our universe. Our planet and galaxy did just happen by accident or in some big explosion. It was created, crafted rather, by God's omnipotent hand. When he created it, there was nothing of distinction and it was dark. The same as our hearts before God knocks and we except the Savior's salvation. Here in the second verse we have the second part of the trinity as the 'Spirit' moves on the  waters.

God said let there be light, and THEN there was light. He created the Sun, the stars and the reflecting moon. It didn't exist until God spoke it. Thus in speaking, and then in the creation from those words we have all three parts of the trinity. The Father, the Word (Son see John 1:1), and the Spirit.

Then notice from the very beginning of what we call time, God made a separation of light and darkness; Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness. but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of Light. God made the separation and then gave them names and then was the end of the first day. Looking at John 1:3 we find, All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 

I will post more later.

4th Week of May 2012 Adult Sunday School Lesson

Judges 5th Chapter

This whole chapter is a song or psalm dedicated to Jael. It says in the first verse that it is sung by Deborah and Barak. Deborah prophesied that a woman would get the praise for this victory because of the lack of faith on Barak's part.

When Deborah starts the song, she not only sings about the current victory, but of past victories, that some feel mimicked, or favored this same victory. She talks about victory over Edom years ago, and it is interesting to note that she is recalling things that Judges records the children of Israel forgot. God wants us to search him out, search his word, so that we know him, and the past victories he's given his people. They are for our encouragement, edification, education, and exhortation.

She sings that there seems to be no end to what God will do for his people, including moving mountains and the flow of oceans and rivers. Shamgar is mentioned here, even though he is only mentioned a in a small space earlier. She mentions how Israel has suffered at the hands of others, but she does not keep back the fact that these cases, it was Israel's disobedience that let to there troubles.

Later in the chapter, she mentions the tribes of Israel individually, including the tribes that helped, and the tribes that left Barak and his army to their own devices. When you help another individual, or when you help God's saints, God will recognize your efforts; he will also remember when you didn't obey and did nothing to help.

Finally Deborah mentions the craftiness, boldness, and courage of Jael. Jael help put a tired Sisera asleep even though he was prettified with fear. She then boldly took his life and sought out Barak to give him the news. She was a bold woman who was recognized by God, Deborah, Barak, and all Israel.

Since the sacrifice of Jael, Barak, Deborah, and the obeying tribes, Israel had rest for forty years.

Revival Thought for week 20 of 2012

John 6:44
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.


God must first knock at the heart, beckon a sinner to come, burden the heart of the lost that he is so, and needs a savior.