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From Complaints to Apostasy

Lesson 5 for the week of October 24 to October 31

The Worst Rebellion (Numbers 11-14) TEXT: Numbers 12:1-3 1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. 2 “Has the LORD spoken only through...

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Trumpets, Blood, Cloud, and Fire

Lesson 4 for the week of October 17 to October 24

Concern for the Non-Hebrews (Numbers 9-10) TEXT: Numbers 9:4-5, 14 4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, 5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth...

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Worship and Dedication

Lesson 3 for the week of October 10 to October 17

Services in the Tent of Meeting (Num. 7-8) TEXT: Numbers 8:1-4 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ”When you set up the seven lamps, they are to...

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Preparing a People

Lesson 2 for the week of October 3 to October 10

People Special to God (Numbers 5-6) TEXT: Numbers 6:1-6 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ”If a man or woman wants to make a special vow,...

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A New Order

Lesson 1 for the week of September 26 to October 3

People on the Move (Numbers 1-3) TEXT: Hosea 2:14-15 Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back...

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John’s Letter to the Chosen Lady

Lesson 12 for the week of September 11 to September 19

Observations for discussion and questions: The text of 2 John has been translated directly from the Greek in order to get a more literal rendition. Notice that the same sort of style regarding densities of...

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Important Themes in First John

Lesson 11 for the week of September 5 to September 12

Observations for discussion and questions: The Godhead: The clearest examples of triadic formulation of the Godhead are found in Matt 28:19 and 2 Cor 3:14, but even there we do not have any attempt to...

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Confidence

Lesson 10 for the week of August 29 to September 5

Observations for discussion and questions: The overall unity of this passage may be seen in the density of recurrences of the clause we know that. The subunit of 5:14-17 defined by the recurrences of the...

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Believing in the Son of God

Lesson 9 for the week of August 22 to August 29

Observations for discussion and questions: The following passage as a whole is delimited by three recurrences of belief in relation to Jesus: who believes that Jesus is the Son of God (5:5), who believes in...

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Walking in the Light: Keeping His Commandments

Lesson 4 for the week of August 18 to July 25

Observations for discussion and questions: Here again we see John ministering to a community that are suffering from the impact of the schism he mentions later in this chapter. He gives them tests both as...

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Loving Brothers and Sisters

Lesson 8 for the week of August 15 to August 22

Observations for discussion and questions: The topic of this lesson focuses on two major passages, 1 John 3:11-24 and 1 John 4:7-5:4. 1 John 3:11-24 is carefully structured by the overall recurrences of we should...

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Living as Children of God

Lesson 7 for the week of August 8 to August 15

Observations for discussion and questions: The overall unity of 1 John 2:28-3:10 is supported by the recurrences of manifested, everyone, who does/does not do right, children of God, born of him/God. The subsections are demarcated...

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Walking in the Light: Rejecting Antichrists

Lesson 6 for the week of August 1 to August 8

Observations for discussion and questions: The principle occasion for the writing of 1 John was most likely a serious schism of the Johannine community over teaching about Christ. There are two well defined passages that...

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Walking in the Light: Renouncing Worldliness

Lesson 5 for the week of July 25 to August 1

Observations for discussion and questions: 1 John 2:12-14 is puzzling. The fact that the author says almost the same thing in each stanza with a shift of verb tense in “writing” and “wrote” may be...

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From Complaints to Apostasy

Trumpets, Blood, Cloud, and Fire

Worship and Dedication

Preparing a People

A New Order

John’s Letter to the Chosen Lady

Important Themes in First John

Confidence

Believing in the Son of God

Walking in the Light: Keeping His Commandments

Loving Brothers and Sisters

Living as Children of God

Walking in the Light: Rejecting Antichrists

Walking in the Light: Renouncing Worldliness

The Last Five Kings of Judah

Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle

Deuteronomy in the New Testament

Life and Death

Reasons for Thanksgiving and Prayer

Persecuted but Not Forsaken

Life and Death

That We May Know Him

What Inspiration Is

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