Category: Lessons

Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 18 to February 25

Related Verses: Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11, 27-31; 13; Eph. 4:11-13 Leading Question: Is there a clear distinction between the fruit of the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit? The official study guide makes...

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The Holy Spirit and the Fruit of the Spirit

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 11 to February 18

Related Verses: John 15:1-11; Gal. 5:19-26; Eph. 4:25-27 Leading Question: Does the Holy Spirit sometimes point us away from the gentler traits to the sterner ones? The only New Testament passage that actually admonishes believers...

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The Holy Spirit and Living a Holy Life

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 4 to February 11

Related Verses: Eccl. 3:11-13; 1 Peter 1:13-16 Leading Question: What does holiness look like? A person’s face is generally a helpful guide to the forces that are shaping that person’s life. Happiness, joy, anger, cynicism,...

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The Baptism and Filling of the Holy Spirit

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 28 to February 4

Related Verses: Mark 1:8; Acts 2:4, 38; 5:32; 10:44-48; 11:15-17 Leading Question: Does the New Testament give us a prescribed order of events for receiving the Holy Spirit? Note: In the New Testament, obedience is...

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The Personality of the Holy Spirit

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 21 to January 28

Related Verses: John 16:12-15 Leading Question: Is the personality of the Holy Spirit as important to the believer as the divinity of the Spirit? Note: Last week the emphasis was on the divinity of the...

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Divinity of the Holy Spirit

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 14 to January 21

Related Verses: 2 Sam. 23:2, 3; Acts 5:1-4; Rom. 8:26, 27; 1 Cor. 12:11, 28 Leading Question: In traditional language Christians speak of the first member of the Trinity (Father), second member (Son), and third...

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The Holy Spirit: Working Behind the Scenes

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 7 to January 14

Related Verses: Gen. 1:2; Exod. 31:1-5; Ezek. 37:5-9; John 3:3-8; John 15:26 Leading Question: The official study guide takes a whole lesson to focus on how the Spirit works “behind the scenes.” Why is that...

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The Spirit and the Word

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 31 to January 7

Related Verses: 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21 Leading Question: What would we be missing if we spoke only of God the Father and God the Son, but not of God the Spirit? From a...

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Some Lessons from Job

• Lesson 14 for the week of December 24 to December 31

Related Verses: Job 1-42 Leading Question: For you, what is the most important take-away from our study of the book of Job? As author of this study guide, I would focus on four points as...

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The Character of Job

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 17 to December 24

Related Verses: Job 1-2, 31, 42 Leading Question: Who gives the right assessment of Job’s character: Job himself, his friends, or God? We can look at Job’s character from three perspectives: at the beginning before...

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Job’s Redeemer

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 10 to December 17

Related Verses: Job 19:25-27 Leading Question: What light does the Old Testament context throw on the word “Redeemer” and what it might have meant to Job? This week’s lesson focuses on the famous “Redeemer” passage...

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Out of the Whirlwind

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 3 to December 10

Related Verses: Job 27-32 Leading Question: If you had lots of questions to ask God and after a long silence he talked back but did not answer your questions, would you – like Job –...

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The Wrath of Elihu

• Lesson 10 for the week of November 26 to December 3

Related Verses: Job 27-32 Leading Question: In the end, God tells Job’s three friends that they need to repent. But he doesn’t say a thing about Elihu. Does that mean that Elihu had it right...

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Intimations of Hope

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 19 to November 26

Related Verses: Job 13 Leading Question: To what extent does Job establish a firm link between the believer’s hope and the resurrection and future life? In the lesson for December 17, the study guide takes...

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