II-RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WHOLE WORLD
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| HOLY SPIRIT II-RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WHOLE WORLD Command |
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| This word ~ command ~ is a very unpopular word in our world today.� People dontt like to be told what to do when they don?t see any immediate benefit to it.� As a result, people are dropping out of churches "with all their rules."� They/We do not realize the commands of our Creator are just like the commands of a parent ~ to help and protect us.� And if this is explained to them/us, normally they/we don't believe it.� The benefits are not immediate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Numbers 24:1-2, 13-14��������� What did Balaam say he would turn down if it meant going beyond God's COMMAND?� _____________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is our price to compromise our beliefs?� Acceptance by our friends?� Doing what we enjoy even if it is not what God said he enjoys?� What?� ______________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deuteronomy 34:9���������������� Even though God gave Moses great miraculous powers, still the people had to ________________________ to him and do what God __________________________ them through Moses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| II Chronicles 24:20-21���������� Disobeying God's COMMANDS is the same as _______________________ the Lord. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When this prophet insisted on the people obeying all of God's COMMANDS, what did they do to him?� __________________________________________________� Where did they do it? _____________________� Have you ever felt the victim of character assassination with the church because you wanted to obey all of God's COMMANDS, not just what was popular? ___________� If so, why do you think they did this to you?� _____________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew 28:19-20����������������� Even if we're baptized, we still have to ______________ _____________________ Jesus has __________________________ us.� Only then will Jesus be with us. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oh, c'm on!� Surely if we slip one little extra thing in, or avoid something no one really likes to do, it doesn't make that much difference.� Does it?� Our worship always seemed so holy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������� Matthew 7:21: �"Not ___________________________ who says to me, 'Lord!� _____________!' will enter the kingdom of _____________________________, but only he who does the ___________________ of my Father who is in heaven.� ____________________ will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord did we not _____________________ in your name, and in your name drive out _______________________ and perform many _________________________?'� Then I will tell them plainly, 'I ________________________________________.� Away __________________ me, you __________________________.' " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John 14:15-16������������ Even if we declare in the holiest of terms how much we love Jesus, but we refuse to believe and follow his COMMANDS, do we really and truly love him even if we tell ourselves we do? _________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How do we prove we love Jesus? ____________________________� Are Jesus' COMMANDS in our imagination? ________� Where are they? __________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If we blatantly disobey something we know God the Son said, even though we act very spiritual, will God the Father love us (see verse 21)? ____________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who will judge us ~ our friends or God?� _________________� Who died for our sins ~ our friends or Jesus?� _________________________� If we had to make a choice, who would we spend eternity with ~ our friends or God? ___________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 2:25,29�������������������� Even if we obey God in outward, seeable ways, if we only want to obey God in what we want to do, has our outward religion done us any good?� _____________� Our outward worship is only effective if we also worship and obey him where? ________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Do we prefer to be praised by our friends or God? _________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We must cut off our stubborn will ~ our spiritual arrogance ~ from our hearts and follow God no matter how unpopular his COMMAND is among our friends.� Is it easy?� _________� Will God give us strength where we are weak?� ________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 8:6-7������������ If we obey god only in the things we want, our mind is ___________________ to God because we refuse to _________________ to him.� In that state, we cannot ____________________ God.� So why pretend we do? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Corinthians 14:37��������������� Do people sometimes think they have a special spiritual gift?� ________� Does it necessarily mean that's what God thinks?� ______� With what should we compare what they are saying and doing? (hint:� "...what I am writing") _______________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I John 3:24���������������� How does God the Father determine whether we are living in God the Son?� ________________________________________________.� And how does God the Spirit let us know (Romans 10:17; John 14:17; 1717)?� ________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If someone says they are going to let the Holy Spirit move them to make a decision, in light of the above verses, through what medium does the Holy Spirit "move" us (see also Galatians 1:6-10)? ________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? ____________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| __ _____________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Testing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 5:8-9������������������ Every time we lie we are sinning against who?� _______________________________� Also we are TESTING who to see if he really means what he says?� _______________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hebrews 3:7-8����������������������� Once our hearts are hardened, we are likely to commit the unforgivable sin (Matthew 12:31) which is refusing to ask God's ___________________________ for our sins because we won't acknowledge that what we are doing is sin (John 16:8).� Where do we find out what things are sin ~ the Bible or our logic? _____________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I John 4:1-2��������������� With every person who comes along supposedly teaching God's Word, what is our attitude to be at first? ______________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE:� People denying the divinity of Jesus abounded in the first century, so this is why John brought it up.� It abounds today too.� North America is the last stronghold for Christianity in the entire world.� Even in Europe only about 10% of the people attend church.� When people talk about the Messiah today, we must ask who the Messiah is.� To some he is Mohammed, to some he is Buddha, to some he is the Sun god, etc., to some he is all of them merged together.� We TEST by (1) asking them questions, then (2) comparing with the Word of God. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| II Peter 3:16 says that __________________________ and ________________________ people ____________________ the Scriptures.� How can we make sure we?re not distorting the Scriptures?� __________________________________________________________________� Might a concordance help? ____ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? ____________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| __ _____________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Believing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John 7:38-39�������������� What will flow from us if we BELIEVE in Jesus? ___________________� How do we get this faith (Romans 10:17)? ______________________� Is faith blind, or is it based on evidence (Hebrews 11:1 KJV)? ____________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 6:3-5������������������ If we are full of faith, we are full of who? ______________� Can it be faith in our imagination (see Romans 10:17 again)? ____________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 10:44-46������������ What nationality were the circumcised BELIEVERS (Galatians 2:12-14)? _______________� Up until that time, the Jews thought they were the only ones what (Romans 2:17-18)? __________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What types of people do you tend to think couldn't possibly have enough faith for you to bother with them? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 11:22-24������������ Barnabas was good because he was glad and ___________________________ them to remain _______________ to the Lord. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 13:8ff����������������� It is one thing to pervert God's word in our own lives.� But to take others with us is even more serious.� God calls such a person a child of the ___________________________ (not God) and an _______________ of everything that is ____________.� Is it easy to admit someone who seems so spiritual but is obviously perverting God's word does not belong to God? ______ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 15:7-9���������������� The Gentiles BELIEVED the gospel because Paul and Barnabas __________________ the good ____________.� What are some types of people we normally think aren't pure of heart enough to even want to hear the gospel? _________________________________________________________________________� Is it up to us to make sure their hearts are pure enough?� _________� Who takes care of that? ______________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is the seed (Matthew 13:23)? _________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We are to do what with the seed (I Corinthians 3:6)? _______________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In what way do we water it? ___________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Then who gives the increase? _________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Corinthians 12:9a��������������� One of the gifts of the Spirit in the first century church was F______________ by the Spirit.� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The word translated "faith" is from a Greek word "pistis" meaning faithfulness, steadfastness, commitment.� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How could such faith help others? ________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galatians 3:1-2���������������������� The letter to the Galatians was written because people were saying they should keep both the Jewish (Law of Moses) and Christian practices in worship and daily life.� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Think about some of the things we do in our worship services.� Are we tending to adopt Jewish religious practices too?� __________� Like what? ____________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If you don't know how to make this assessment, go to Wandering Soul, Lonely Heart, and the Side-tracked Church. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| People trying to BELIEVE in and obey both the Old and New Testaments have been B______________________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galatians 3:5,14�������������������� Do we have God's Spirit of eternal life in us because we BELIEVED and obeyed the Old Testament or the New Testament (Hebrews 8:13)? ______________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What was promised to Abraham who lived before the Law of Moses in the O.T. and the N.T.(Hebrews 11:8)? __________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galatians 5:5-8���������������������� Is there a correct faith and incorrect faith? _________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul was angry at those who insisted these new Christians worship like they did instead of the way God says.� Should we be angry today if it happens?� (Hint:� See Ephesians 4:26 KJV) ____________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ephesians 1:13���������������������� Today we "hear" the truth through reading the Bible (Romans 10:17) and heeding it.� Once we BELIEVE and obey, God ____________________ us with a _______________________, the _________________________ Holy Spirit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ���� Revelation 9:4 talks about having a seal on our foreheads so we can be saved.� That seal (a noun/name) is explained here as a verb/action.� According to this verse, Who is the seal?� ______________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ephesians 4:4-6��������������������� If there is only one faith, what is it (Galatians 1:8)?� Was it a faith in something already preached? ______________� Who is the "we" who preached it (1:1)? ________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE:� The entire Godhead is here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If there is only one baptism, describe it (Romans 6:4). __________________� Therefore, what baptisms have been eliminated?� John?s baptism and baptism of the Holy Spirit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| II Thessalonians 2:13����������������������� According to the footnote in the NIV, some manuscripts read that God chose them in what way? ____________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For a short study on being "Chosen" go here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Timothy 3:16����������������������� If an atheist were to question us, would our faith take a beating?� _____________� Is our faith beyond all question?� __________-� If not, what are the questions about Jesus' existence that bother you?______________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Timothy 4:1-2��������������������� Is that happening today?� ___________� If so, in what way?� ______________________________________________________________________________� If they refused to change their teachings after being shown this scripture, despite their "holy" smiles, God says they are what? __________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I John 4:1f����������������� Are we to BELIEVE everything that religious people tell us?� __________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I John 4:13-14����������� Faith in Jesus was first-hand knowledge to the Apostle John.� Why?� ________________ ___________________________.� In what way can John, the eye witness, share his witness with us today so we, too, may BELIEVE? _________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jude 19-20����������������� Are there religious people who want to follow instincts instead of the Bible?� ________� What are some of their pet phrases? __________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? ____________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| __ _____________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genesis 6:3-6������������ If our HEARTS are full of things we imagine God said, do we have room in our hearts for reading God?s Word to find out what he actually said? ______________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Psalm 51:10-17���������������������� When we say something is pure, we mean it is all one thing ~ pure gold, pure silk, pure white, etc. ~ and usually use the term to explain something very good or very bad.� If we ask God to create a pure HEART in us, what is it we want our HEART to do?� (Hint:� See one of the beatitudes, Matthew 5:8)? _____________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| v. 10��� Did David want a wishy-washy spirit?� ________� What kind did he want?� _________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| v. 11��� Look at the introduction to this psalm.� What had David just done?� ______________________________�� What did he fear, as a result, the Spirit would now do? ___________________________________� (Although many people today would say David did not have a healthy self-image and should not be cowering, did it help or hurt him? ___________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| v. 12��� What else did David want his spirit to be? ____________� He did not want a HEART that obeyed God but resented doing so.� Do you have a resentful heart sometimes?� ________� If so, what is it toward?� ____________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| v. 13��� When David felt joy and excitement in doing God's will, he wanted to then do what? _________________ __________________________� Why? ____________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| v. 16f�� God had commanded in the Law of Moses that people offer sacrifices for their sins and do other rituals to be forgiven.� Yet, this says it did not do any good unless the sinner had what kind of HEART? ________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Psalm 143:4,7,10������� When our HEARTS are dismayed, we must take our minds off ourselves and meditate on God?s __________________.� When we look for God's will in the Bible instead of relying on our emotions, will our path be rocky and hilly? __________� What will it be? __________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 1:20-23������� When God's wisdom (Spirit) cries out to us, sometimes we don't hear because of ______________________ streets.� What are some noisy things in our everyday lives today that keep us from meditating on God? ________________________________________________________________________� Even if we do not like what God has to say, it helps to know that God has done what with his HEART? _______________ _____________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| That is amazing!� Such love that God would pay that much attention to me.� Me, one of millions that he keeps track of every moment of every day!� He pours out his love to me? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Isaiah 61:1����� After we have heard all the religious people around us, what really binds up broken HEARTS? _____________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ezekiel 11:18-19������� A divided HEART tries to squeeze God in between what that is detestable? ____________� What is one idol that often comes between God and us (Colossians 2:23 KJV)?� Our own __________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This verse says "I WILL," not "you will."� What kind of HEART honors God when he says, "I will"? ___________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ezekiel 18:31������������� God wants us to get both a new ______________________ and a new ________________.� God cries out, "WHY WILL YOU ______________?"� Why would anyone willingly die spiritually when they could have so easily prevented it by giving up their own will? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| God is actually running after me!� He?s saying, ?I want you in heaven with me!� I don?t want to leave you out!?� Do I love him as much? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ezekiel 36:26-27������� GOD DOES HEART TRANSPLANTS!� What kind? _______________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What an amazing God of Love! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zechariah 7:11-12����� When our HEARTS are hard, we (1) __________________ to pay ____________________, (2) __________________________ turn our __________________________, and (3) _______________ up our ____________________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark 2:8������������������� Jesus, through the Spirit, knows what?� _________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 5:1-5������������������ Who fills our hearts when we lie to the Holy Spirit by disbelieving him? ______________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 7:51,53�������������� When we strongly and angrily resist something, our jaws jut out and we become __________________________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We resist the Spirit by learning God?s commands and still not ___________________________ them.� People who persecute those who are simply repeating what God said are resisting who? ______________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 15:8-9���������������� God purifies our HEARTS when we have _____________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 28:17, 25-27������������������ If we have truly heard/read the Word of God, and claim we believe it, but never obey it, our HEARTS have become ______________________________. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What methods are people with calloused HEARTS but who seem to holy using to try to influence you?� ________ _____________________________� What are they trying to influence you to do? ___________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 2:25,29�������������������� If we obey all God's commands, but resent doing it, we may get praise from our friends, but who will not be impressed? _________�� Deep down, do we prefer to be praised by our friends or God? ______________� Is it always easy to please God instead? _____________� Why? ________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 5:5��������������� How do we know the Holy Spirit has poured out his love to us (Romans 15:4)? _________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 8:27������������� Who searches our HEARTS?� _________________� Does the Spirit sometimes know us better than we know ourselves?� _____________� List a couple ways we can know our own HEARTS better: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________� Would you like to start doing it now? ________� How? _____________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| II Corinthians 1:22���������������� God's seal of ownership is who and where? ______________________________� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE:� The comments in Revelation 9:4 about having the seal on our forehead is just changing a noun (name of something) into a verb (an action). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When we purchase a house but need to go to the bank to borrow the money, what do we give to get a guarantee that we can have the house once we get our loan?� _________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| II Corinthians 3:3������������������ If we know God's will by reading the Bible every day and searching it for answers, it does us no good unless we put his word where? ____________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galatians 4:4-7���������������������� Do people sometimes insist we do certain things not in the Bible that look holy in order to prove we're children of God? _________________ Are they ~ and are they trying to get us to be ~ slaves to this kind of "spiritual" behavior? ______________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ephesians 5:18-19����������������� Even if we sing the most beautiful song with the most magnificent choir and the most well-trained orchestra, it does us no good unless we make music in (play on the strings of) our what? __________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colossians 3:16��������������������� We can teach someone through song.� But if we sing only because we love the tune or love to perform, does it do any good?� _______� What do you think, as we sing, we should be grateful for? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hebrews 3:7�������������� Sometimes when God tests us, we do what to our HEARTS? _________________________� That means our hearts are in a state of R____________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is some way God has been testing your beliefs lately? ___________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hebrews 4:12-13������� What is the sword that the Holy Spirit uses to fight Satan and evil and wrong teachings?� _________________________________� God?s Word is L____________________ and A________________.� Our thoughts and attitudes come our H____________________.� God will judge both the __________________ and _________________________ of our HEARTS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? ____________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Obeying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| II Chronicles 24:20-21���������� Zechariah said that since they had forsaken God, God would do what to them? ____________________________.� In what way had they forsaken God? __________________________________ ________________________.� Where? ____________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew 28:18-20� ��� Do we have any authority as far as our relationship with God? _______� Who has that authority? ______________� How much of it?� ___________� What did he say he wanted done with his commandments? ______________________� Did he say we should OBEY if it is the popular thing to do?� ______________� In eternity, who do we want to be with us ~ misguided and misguiding friends or Jesus? _________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John 14:15-17������������ Do we prove how much we love Jesus by the tears we shed or the number of prayers we pray?� _____________� How do we prove it? ____________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If the Holy Spirit is truth, in what way does the Spirit counsel us? __________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John 14:21����������������� Do people tend to think Jesus had no commands, but just wanted us to love one another?� ___________� Why do you think they believe that way? ____________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Where did God the Son get his words?� ________________________� After Jesus left, the Father's Words then appeared where (17:17)? ________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 5:32������������������� God gives his Spirit to those who ________________ him.� How do we know what to OBEY (John 14:17 and 17:17)? ______________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 15:18-19������ The Spirit led the Gentiles to ________________ by what Paul ______________ and ________________.� Today, how does God?s Spirit lead us to OBEY (John 14:17; 17:17)? ________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galatians 5:5,7-10����� People who are telling us not to OBEY God are not from who? _______________� Once they convince us to DISOBEY in one little thing (because it's no big deal?), what could it grow into? ___________ ________________________________.� What are such people throwing us into? ________________________� What will happen to them? _________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I John 3:24���������������� How can we know for sure by the Spirit that we are OBEYING Jesus' commands (John 14:17; 17:17)? _____________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE. WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? ___________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If only we understood that God is our loving parent and his rules are just like any other parent's: To help us ~ everyone in the whole world. Would he keep running after us if he didn't love us? He is so patient and so amazing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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