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BIBLE STUDY SHARE GROUP—BUGOLOBI— 1st MAY 2009
Across
1 A book of books (5)
4 Shortest book in the Old Testament (7)
7 The number of chapters in Philemon (3)
8 This testament contains 39 books (3)
9 Jesus' brother, who wrote a letter (5)
11 In authority before the kings (6)
12 His epistle contains one chapter (4)
13 Successor to Queen Vashti (6)
14 David wrote many of these, set to music (6)
17 Wrote about the restoration of the temple (4)
18 Originator, writer of a book (6)
21 Number of letters written by John (5)
23 Number of chapters in 13A (3)
24 Galilee, Dead, for example (3)
26 Paul wrote many of these (7)
27 He prophesied the birthplace of Jesus (5)
Courtesy crossword on Books of the bible
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1 There are 66 of these (5)
2 Behold (2)
3 Revelation comes in this part of the New
Testament (3)
5 Donation of money to the poor (4)
6 This letter lists the faithful (7)
9 He prophesied of the 'day of the Lord' (4)
10 A faithful Moabitess (4)
13 He foretold the regathering of Israel in
prophecy of dry bones (7)
15 A prophet who was a herdsman (4)
16 One of the gospel writers (4)
19 A prophet, reluctant to go to Nineveh (5)
20 Adam and Eve ate from this in the garden
(4)
22 The border of a garment (3)
25 Joshua writes about this city near Bethel (2)
TOPIC: TRUST AND OBEDIENCE
It is difficult to let go of what we deeply love. What could be more
proper than to love your only child?
When we obey God despite the circumstances, the spiritual benefits
of his blessings will always outweigh our sacrifices.
Have you ever withheld your time and love from him?
Notice the Parallel between the ram offered on the altar as a substi-
tute for Isaac and Christ-offered on the cross as a substitute for us.
Whereas God stopped Abraham from sacrificing his son, he did not
spare his own son, Jesus Christ from dying on the cross. God sent his
only son to die for us so that we could be spared eternal death we
deserved and instead gave us eternal life.
Genesis 22:1-18
DAY 1
1. Briefly describe what transpired between Abraham and God?
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DAY 2
2. a) Why do you think Abraham agreed to sacrifice his only son?
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b) If you were Abraham, how do you think you would have responded
to God’s instructions?
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c) Have you ever found yourself in a situation with similarities to
that of Abraham? What was your response?
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Mere obedience
1samuel 15:1-23
To obey is better than sacrifice
Did Samuel mean that sacrifice was not important? No he was urging
Saul to look at his reasons for making the sacrifice rather than at
the sacrifice itself.
A sacrifice was a ritual transaction between a person and God that
physically demonstrated a relationship. But if the person’s heart
was not truly repentant, or if he did not truly love God, the sacrifice
was a hollow ritual.
Religious ceremonies are to be performed with an attitude of love
and obedience.
Being religious by going to church, serving on a committee, giving to
charity is not enough if we do not act out of love devotion and obe-
dience to God.
DAY 3
3 .Outline the chain of events in this story?
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DAY 4
4. a) What, in your understanding, was Saul’s error?
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b) From your answer in 4. a) above, What led him into it?
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DAY 5
5. a) Was King Saul honestly accepting his mistake or its because he
had lost his Kingdom?
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b) How does God respond to sin in the New Testament? (Challenge)
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NOTE:
When God said he was grieved that he had made Saul king, was He
saying He had made a mistake? An omniscient God cant make a
mistake, what changed was His attitude toward Saul when Saul
changed.
Saul’s heart no longer belonged to God, but to his own interests
Why did God command such destruction of the Amalekites?
 They were a band of Guerilla terrorists.
 They lived by attacking other nations and carrying off their
wealth and their families.
 They were the first to attack the Israelites as they entered the
Promised Land and they continued at every opportunity.
 God knew that the Israelites could never live peacefully in the
Promised Land as long as the Amalekites existed.
 He also knew that their corrupt, idolatrous religious practices
threatened Israel’s relationship with him.
 The only way to protect the Israelites bodies and souls was to ut-
terly destroy the people of this war like nation and all their pos-
sessions including their idols.