THE CHURCH OF
PENTECOST – 2017 BIBLE STUDY OUTLINE
WEEK 46 – SUNDAY MORNING,
NOVEMBER 12, 2017.
ACTIVITY: DISTRICT /
LOCAL / CELL INPUT
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THE CHURCH OF
PENTECOST – 2017 HOME CELL OUTLINE
WEEK 46 – SUNDAY EVENING,
NOVEMBER 29, 2017.
TOPIC: LEARNING OBEDIENCE THROUGH
SUFFERING
Main Text: John
7:1-10
Memory Verse: Hebrews
5:8 Although He was a son, he learnt obedience from what He suffered.
Introduction
Many Christians despise
suffering; they see suffering as a bad thing. From the perspective of the
Christian life, “Suffering” can be seen as “any situation or circumstance which
has the tendency to cause us to disobey the voice of the Lord”. Suffering
presents itself as persecution for the faith, insults, slander, peer pressure,
delays in our expectations and temptations of many kinds. The Bible, however,
presents suffering as an opportunity for learning, growth and maturity in the
Christian life. One of such opportunities for learning is in the area of obedience.
In this study, we will examine and draw implications from one case in which
Jesus, as God made flesh, grabbed the opportunity to learn and grow in
obedience.
Discussion Questions
1. According to Jesus,
why did the world hate Him? Verse 7174
2. Why were Jesus’
brothers pressurizing Him to go to the festival? Verses 3-5
3. What did Jesus mean by
“The right time for me has not yet come”? Verse 8
4. Share some examples
where friends, families or colleagues pressurized you to do something against
God’s will.
5. In what ways can we
follow the example of Jesus to ensure that we obey God’s will and timing in
various aspects of our lives?
Conclusion
The world hated Jesus
because He spoke against their evil deeds. Every moment of suffering presents
the Christian with two options- either to learn and grow in our obedience to
the will of the Lord or to resort to other ungodly alternative responses.
Though fully God, Jesus in His humanity learned and grew in obedience to the
Father through the various moments of suffering that came His way. Suffering is
God-ordained way to nurture virtue such as obedience in our lives as
Christians. Keep in mind that sufferings are great opportunities to learn and
mature in obedience to the voice of the Lord.
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READ
THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR GUIDE
Week
46 (Sunday 10th November to Saturday 18th November, 2017)
- Sunday: Acts 1 -2
- Monday: Acts 4-4
- Tuesday: Acts 5 -6
- Wednesday: Acts 7 -8
- Thursday: Acts 9 -12
- Friday: Acts 13-16
- Saturday: Acts 17-19
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