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HOLY SPIRIT
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD'S PEOPLE
AFTER THE NEW TEDSTAMENT WAS WRITTEN
Seal/Deposit/Promise |
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(The theme of Revelation is "God Keeps His Promises.") |
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| Judges 6:34-40���������� The Spirit of God came upon Gideon, but he wanted proof that God would keep his PROMISE to ________________ Israel by his _____________.� What kind of PROOF did he ask for? _______________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Acts 1:4b-5; 2:1-4����� God PROMISED the Apostles that in a few days they would be ________________ by the Holy Spirit.� What two tangible PROOFS did God give them to show he kept his PROMISE?� They heard the sound of _______________ and saw "tongues" of _____________. |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "spirit" comes from a Greek word meaning wind or breath.� It has the same meaning in Hebrew. |
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| Acts 2:32-33�������������� God __________________ Jesus to _____________ with _______________________ of the fact.� This is our PROOF God that God gave the PROMISED Holy Spirit to Jesus to in turn pour out on us. |
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| Romans 1:2-4������������ In what way did God PROMISE the gospel to Old Testament prophets?� (Hint:� What is the basic theme of the first half of Isaiah 9, and the theme of chapter 53?)� Jesus' B_________________ and D________________________.� The ________________________ was PROMISED through God's prophets. |
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| II Corinthians 1:22���� God set his ________________ of ownership on Christians, and put his Spirit (Word) in our ______________________ as a ______________________, guaranteeing our salvation. |
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| 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).� In earlier days before government mail delivery, people put their seal on envelopes as a guarantee that no one open it except the person it was addressed to.� The enveloped was sealed. |
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| II Corinthians 5:2-5�� We all groan and long for our H________________________ D_______________________ Some day our ______________________ will be ______________________ by ________________.� The Spirit (Word) is our ___________________, _______________________________________ this which is to come. |
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| Thank God!� He gave us something tangible to guarantee we will go to heaven.� We have his Word written down!� We have proof he kept all his promises in the past (see O.T. especially).� Therefore we have NO DOUBTS he will keep the promise of heaven too!� We don?t have to guess.� We know! |
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| Galatians 3:14����������� God redeemed both Jews and Gentiles so we can receive the ___________________ of the Holy Spirit. �What was PROMISED to Abraham (Hebrews 11:8,10)?� Abraham was promised a _______________________ with foundations whose builder is _______________.� What city is that (Revelation 21:10, 14)? _________________________________� Who are the foundations? ____________________________ |
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| Ephesians 1:13���������� We must hear (read) the ______________ of ______________________, the _______________, to be saved.� Then God ___________________ us with a _________________, the ________________________ Holy Spirit, who is a ___________________________________________ our _______________________. |
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| ����������������������� Revelation 9:4 talks about having a seal on our foreheads so proving we're saved.� That seal (a noun/name) is explained here as a verb/action.� What is the seal/being sealed?� _________________________ |
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| Ephesians 3:4-6��������� Both Jews and Gentiles ~ all people of earth ~ can be sharers together in the ____________________. |
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| In fact, the church exists to explain it to principalities and powers in heavenly places (3:10).� Christians have more influence than we realize!� What confidence God has placed in us! |
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| Ephesians 4:30-31����� We were sealed by the Holy Spirit for the day of _________________________.� On that day we will redeem our PROMISE for the prize ~ heaven. |
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| II Timothy 1:13-14���� We must __________________ the good deposit that was ____________________ to us.� If the Holy Spirit is the Word, we must guard the word and what people claim is in it without having PROOF that it is.� How can we do that? _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) THAT YOU LEARNED? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Worship |
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| John 4:2324��������������� In what way do we WORSHIP in truth (John 17:17)? ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ |
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| But if we worship in truth only, we are legalists.� |
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| What is one way we WORSHIP in spirit (Colossians 3:16)? ____________________________________________ |
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| But if� we WORSHIP in spirit only, we are emotionalists. |
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| Acts 13:2-4���������������� In what two ways were these Christians WORSHIPPING? ____________________________ |
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| In your own words, what are the other ways Jesus set the example for early Christians to WORSHIP God in Spirit and in Truth? |
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Matthew 26:30���������� ________________________ |
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Luke 2:46������������������ _______________________________________ |
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Luke 4:16-17������������� _______________________________________ |
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Luke 6:12������������������ ________________________ |
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I Corinthians 11:23-26���������� _________________________________ |
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| Philippians 3:3����������� The Jews kept following Paul around telling the new Christians that, to be saved, they needed to keep Jewish rites also.� What are some ways some people today say we must WORSHIP to make sure we are saved, even though not in the New Testament? _________________________________________________ |
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| In God's eyes, what are some other ways we WORSHIP him? |
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| ����������� Revelation 8:4����������� ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| ����������� Hebrews 13:15���������� ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| ����������� I Timothy 3:16����������� ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| ����������� Philippians 4:15��������� ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| ����������� Romans 12:1������������� ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| ����������� Matthew 25:35-36����� ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) THAT YOU LEARNED? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Prayer |
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Acts 4:23, 31������������� On their release by the Jewish Council (Sanhedrin), Peter and John could hardly wait to do what with the other Christians in the city? ____________________________________________________________� As a result of this giving God credit for their victory, the Spirit filled them and enabled them to do what? ________ ______________________________________� Who do we need to be bold with? ____________________________
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| Romans 8:26������������� During PRAYER, what does the Spirit do for us? __________________________ |
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| In light of verse 23, are these groanings words? _________� Where do the groanings occur?� _________________ |
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| Romans 15:30����������� PRAYER is a _________________ |
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| If we struggle with/for someone such as a missionary in PRAYER, even though we do not have the courage or ability to do what they do, does it make us a participant with them? ______________ |
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| Ephesians 1:16-18����� After establishing the church in Ephesus, Paul never stopped giving ___________________, asking God to give the Spirit of __________________ and ___________________________, and that the ______________ of their heart will be _____________________________. |
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| Ephesians 6:18���������� We are to PRAY in the Spirit on all _______________________ with all ________________ of ______________________________________________________.� So we must be ___________________ to what is going on in the lives of saints around us.� |
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| In what way can you enhance your alertness? _____________________________________� Would a pocket notebook help? |
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| If PRAYING in the Spirit means praying in "unknown tongues" and we must pray in the Spirit on all occasions, would it therefore be sinful to pray in a language people know? ______ |
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| Philippians 1:13-21���� Where was Paul at this time? ________________� He was grateful for PRAYERS and the help of whose Spirit? ______________________________� Paul knew that (Romans 8:28 ~ quote it) ____________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Jude 20-21����������������� When we PRAY in the Spirit, we are praying in accordance with what (John 14:17, 17:17)? _____________________________� By doing this, we keep ourselves in God?s ___________________.� This, in turn, will keep us going while we wait for Jesus to ____________________ us to ____________________________. |
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| �LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) THAT YOU LEARNED? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Peace |
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| I Samuel 16:14���������� How did King Saul feel after the Holy Spirit left him? ___________________ |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "evil" is from the Hebrew word "ra and also means sore or troubled.� Saul had fought God and lost.� But he continued being wilful and stubborn; he continued to defy God. �Madalyn Murray O?Hare, the famous atheist activist, once went outside and shook her fist at the sky and told God, "I will win!"� All her life, according to her son, the thought of God tormented her and she never had PEACE.�� Her son, William J. Murray, wrote the book, My Life Without Godpublished by Thomas Nelson. |
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| John 20:20-23������������ PEACE with Jesus meant they would.... |
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| v. 21��� Have to "go into all the world and preach the gospel" (Mark 16:15) |
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| v. 22��� Accept the Spirit (Word) in their hearts and lives |
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| v. 23��� Act as PEACEMAKERS between God and man by showing them how to have their sins forgiven. |
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| Do these things necessarily mean we will have peace with the world? _______ |
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| NOTE:� Jesus breathed the Spirit into them.� The word "spirit" is also translated "breath" or "wind." |
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| Acts 9:31������������������� Look at verses 9 and 18.� Why did the church enjoy a time of PEACE? _________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________� In what two ways did the Spirit help the church? _____________________________________________________ |
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| Romans 8:6-7������������ The ____________ controlled by the Spirit is ___________ and __________________.� What is the Spirit (John 14:17; 17:17)? __________________________________� Therefore, if we have a highly emotional experience during worship, does that necessarily mean the Spirit is controlling our mind? ___________ |
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| Romans 14:17-18������ The kingdom of God is R____________________________, P_______________ and J_________. |
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| Romans 15:13����������� God _____________ us with all _______________ and __________________ as we _______________ him, so we may overflow with ______________________. |
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| Hope.� It?s the first step before faith.� If a person is having faith problems or never had faith in God before, the person can hope for it.� Hope, in turn, can develop into faith. |
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| Galatians 5:19-22������ Notice in verse 19 that sins are listed as "acts of the sinful nature."� Goodness described in verse 22 is the _____________________ of the Spirit.� List these fruits: |
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| Look at this list.� Which ones are you struggling to have? ____________________________________________ |
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| Ephesians 4:2-6��������� What four qualities in verse 2 are summarized in verse 3 as creating a "bond of PEACE" with each other? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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List the seven ways the Spirit makes us one:
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| Do you see the godhead in this passage? |
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| Revelation 1:4����������� Here is the Apostle John, probably 90+ years old, who has been exiled to an island off of Ephesus.� He is the last of the Apostles.� The rest have been brutally tortured to death and have now gone on to heaven, but he is still left behind.� Oh how he misses his friend, Jesus.� Yet, in the midst of all this, he can still pas on G_______________________ and P________________________ to those he is writing. |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) THAT YOU LEARNED? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Comfort |
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| John 14:16-17������������ Jesus was about to give his life for our sins so we could be saved.� What a COMFORT!� Then he will send another Counselor, the Spirit of _________________. |
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| NOTE:� The KJV calls the Counselor, the COMFORTER.� This is a translation of the Greek word "paraklesis," meaning called to one?s side.� Think of a legal counselor in court ~ a lawyer to help defend you and make you look innocent. |
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| John 14:26����������������� God's COMFORTER/Counselor will ______________ the Apostles all things and _______________them of everything.� How does the Spirit teach us today (hint 17:17)? _________________ |
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| John 15:26����������������� The word Counselor is sometimes used to describe an attorney by one's side in court.� But our Counselor/COMFORTER will also do what for us? __________________________________________ |
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| John 16:7������������������� Thus far, everyone had to remember what Jesus was saying orally.� In light of John 17:17, in what way does God's COMFORTER/Counselor help us so we don't have to remember everything Jesus said (Romans 15:4)? ______________________� Jesus was confined to a body on earth.� But from heaven he can put his spirit in all of us who follow him. |
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| Philippians 2:1����������� We have COMFORT from Jesus' ________________, as well as tenderness and _________________________.� No other religion in the world is based on a personal God who actually loves us like that! |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) THAT YOU LEARNED? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Fellowship |
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| Psalm 139:7��������������� (See also end of lesson)� What is impossible, no matter how far away we think we are from God? _______________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| II Corinthians 13:14�� From the godhead, we receive _________________ from God the Son, ____________ from God the Father, and _______________________________ from God the Spirit. |
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| Philippians 2:1����������������������� Christians have ______________________ with the Spirit. |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "FELLOWSHIP" is from the Greek word "koinonia" and is also translated "communication."� God talks to us through the Bible, and we talk to him through ______________________. |
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Love |
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| Matthew 12:18-21����� God welcomes us into his family so we, too, are the ones God _________________ in, whom he _______________________. |
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| How amazing!� The Creator, the God of the Universe, knows each of us and loves each of us! |
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| John 14:15-16������������ Is LOVE for Jesus just an emotional experience? _________� What else is it? ___________________________________________ |
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| Romans 15:30����������� If the LOVE of the Spirit is in us, we will __________________________ with others in their ________________________.� How can we find out what our friends are praying about? ______________________ |
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| II Corinthians 6:6������ The Spirit creates in us what kind of LOVE? ________________________ |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) THAT YOU LEARNED? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Joy |
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| Psalm 51:10-14���������� When we cannot feel the love of God and are discouraged, his Spirit can _____________________ the JOY of our _________________________________.� What kind of spirit within us sustains us until heaven? ______________� Then we will ________________ transgressors God's ways and our tongues will ___________________ of God's ____________________________________ |
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| Isaiah 42:1����������������� How does God the Father feel toward those upon whom he puts his Spirit? __________________ |
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| God delights in me?� One single individual among millions on earth?� And he delights in me? |
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| Luke 10:21���������������� Then he ________________ the Father for revealing himself, which was his good ____________________________. |
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| Acts 9:1, 18, 31��������� When persecution stopped, what did the church enjoy? ___________________� And that did what three things for them? _______________________________________________________________________ |
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| Acts 13:49-52������������ The disciples (Christians) were _______________ with JOY because the ____________ of the Lord _____________________ through the whole region.� It was the talk of the town!� (Both good news and bad news makes headlines.) |
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| Acts 15:3, 8��������������� What made Paul and Barnabas and the brothers JOYFUL? __________________________ |
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| Romans 14:17-18������ A Christian lives with what three attributes from the Spirit? ____________________________________________________________________________ |
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| How does God the Father react to that? _______________________� How did people in the community react to that? _________________________- |
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| Romans 15:13-14������ We are filled with JOY and peace when we do what with God? ________________� This makes us overflow with what from the Spirit? _________________ |
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| What three things should we be having and doing as a result? |
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| Galatians 5:22-23������ Is there a law anywhere in the world against love, JOY, peace, etc.? __________ |
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| Ephesians 1:3,5��������� God has predestined all who believe in Jesus to be his children by what method? ____________________ |
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| Philippians 1:3-5�������� Every time Paul remembered these Christians, he ______________________ God.� All his ______________________ for them were always with JOY because of their partnership in ___________________ the _______________. |
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| Philipians 2:1-4���������� If we have (1) encouragement from being ____________________ with Christ, (2) ____________________ from his love, (3) ___________________________ with the Spirit, (4) tenderness and (50 _________________________, then we will make God?s JOY complete by doing what seven things? |
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| I Thessalonians 1:6-7����������� We ________________________ the _________________________ with JOY, and so become ______________________ to all believers everywhere. |
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| Try to describe the kind of JOY you feel whenever you discover a new truth in the Bible for yourself._____________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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How lucky we are!� We do not have to guess what God is or wants or promises.� He gave us his Words in writing so we can know!� |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) THAT YOU LEARNED? _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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