(This is a two part, seven lesson series I will be teaching soon. There are still a bit of finishing touches to be done. Also, I hope to hear from my focus group whom I've formed to look it over and provide feedback and questions. gt)
The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
Part 1
Lesson 1 The LORD God is one
Lesson 2 The deity of Jesus / The indwelling of deity in Jesus
Lesson 3 The manifestation of God
God, the giver of gifts
Part 2
Lesson 4 God, the giver of gifts
Lesson 5 The Father
Lesson 6 The Son
Lesson 7 The Holy Spirit_____________________________________________________
The LORD is our God, the LORD is one
Part 1, Lesson 1
Focus: To examine the scriptures concerning the unity of the LORD God
Gen 2:4 (LORD, Yahweh, Gen 4:1, 26) ([serpent] God, elohim Gen 3:1) (Gen 15:2 adonai Yahweh, Lord GOD)
- Moses declared to the children of Israel that the LORD God is one.
- The Shema -- the declaration of deity as one (Deuteronomy 6)
Whom did Moses charge with teaching the statutes of God?
Who was to learn those statutes?
Whom were they to teach those statutes?
What were they do when they heard this teaching of God?
- Where did that successive teaching originate?
- Who followed next with that successive teaching? Next? Next?
- What does this teaching of the word of God reveal about God?
- Jesus prayed that the disciples would be one.
- John 17:12, 21, 22
- Paul urged the saints in Christ to be one. (Ephesians 4:1-13, 1)
- What does Paul say that the Father did before the foundation of the world?
- What does Paul say that the Son did when he came into the world?
- What does Paul say that the Holy Spirit did with the accomplished work of the Son?
- The Father ________, the Son _________ the Spirit __________
- Are the words which we read on paper and ink any less to be obeyed then when the LORD God who is one spoke those words?
- What does our obedience to the teaching of the word of the LORD God reveal about ourselves and about the God whom we love?
- How do we show we are one with God? (Mark 12:29-31)
- When we love God with all our ______, ______, ______, and _____
Q1 Explain if God is one or is He the only true God? (Jn 17:3, IJn 5:19-21)
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The deity of Jesus / The indwelling of deity in Jesus
Part 1, Lesson 2
Focus: To examine the scriptures on how deity dwelt in Jesus
- The LORD dwelt among Israel (Exodus 29:45, Leviticus 26:11, II Samuel 7:5-7)
- God (Genesis 1, Elohim)
- LORD God (Genesis 2, YaHWeH Elohim)
- Deuteronomy 6:4, YaHWeH Elohim YaHWeH
- Lord GOD (Ezekiel 34:11, adonai YaHWeH, John 10:11)
- The claim of Jesus that, “I am in the Father” and “The Father is in me.” is being “one with the Father.” (Jn 14:11, 17:21, 22, 10:30)
- How does Jesus substantiate this claim to the disciples?
- the words, and
- the works (Jn 14:10, 11)
- How did Jesus demonstrate these things in his life?
- He saw, he heard, he learned, he obeyed, he taught.
- John 5:19, 8:28
- What is your confidence about how deity dwells in you?
Rejection of words and works. (Exodus 34: Numbers 14:11
Israel resisted (Acts 7:51) and would not listen. (II Kings 17:14)
Q2 How is the Father greater than the Son? (John 14:28)
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The manifestation of God
Part 1, Lesson 3
Focus: The work of the Father before the foundation of the world.
Fulfillment: The work of the Son to explain God (John 1:18).
Affirmation: The work of the Holy Spirit to preserve the work of God.
- The shepherd (Ezekiel 34)
Who is that is speaking? v2
Whom is He against? V10
What does He say he will do for his flock? V10
Who is He going to send to this for his flock? V11
What three specific things will He do for his flock? V11, 12
The Good Shepherd (John 10)
What does the Good Shepherd do?
- The LORD of hosts (Isaiah 6)
Whom did Isaiah say that he saw?
Whom was it that the seraphim say Isaiah saw?
Whom does Isaiah say he saw after the testimony of the seraphim?
John 12
Whom did Isaiah see and of whom did he speak? v41
Can a man see God and live?
Moses, Nadab and Abihu and the elders of Israel (Exodus 24:9-11)
Isaiah saw the LORD God.
- The likeness of man (Philippians 2:5)
Seeing and understanding the LORD God.
Manifest: Romans 10:20
Manifestation: I Corinthians 12:7
Q3 Why did Jesus not know the time of his coming? (Mk 13:32, Mt 24:36)
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God, the giver of gifts
Part 2, Lesson 4
Focus: An examination of I Corinthians 14
The objective nature of the gifts of tongues and prophecy
Pursue, desire and what is needed (v1)
1. What makes the gift of prophecy superior to tongues?
Understanding (v2) which results in ________, ________, and
__________ (v3)
Who prophesies? ______ and _________ (Acts 2:17, I Corinthians
11:5)
2. Why does the speaker of tongues speak to God and not men (v2)?
No one _________ him or her.
3. Why does the tongue speaker edify himself (v4)?
So that the church may receive edifying (v5).
4. Distinct sounds -- flute, harp, bugle (v7, 8)
5. Meaningful words -- languages of the world (v10-12)
The subjective nature of the gift of prayer (v13)
6. Pray/sing with the spirit / Pray/sing with the mind
Actions and thoughts (v20-25)
The effect of tongues on the unbelieving who do not understand.
The effect of tongues on the believing who do understand.
The praise and glory to God.
The outcome (v26-36)
Those with a tongue // Those with a prophecy // Those wives who desire to learn // Just as the law says // Edification through understanding
The affirmation (v37-40)
Prophet // Spiritual // The commandment of the Lord
Q4 Jesus: I can do nothing on My own initiative. (John 5:30)
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The Father
Part 2, Lesson 5
Focus: The Father is working still.
The Father purposed what the Son was to fulfill.
What the Son fulfilled, the Holy Spirit affirmed. (Ephesians 1)
My Father is working.
I Myself am working. (John 5:17)
Why does the Father work?
Because like our daily bread, 1) I have need of his word, 2) I have need of his reassurance, and 3) I have need to glorify his name.
The Father knows what I need before I ask. (Matthew 6:8)
The Father responds to what I ask of Him. (Matthew 18:19)
The Father gives those who come to Him to the Son. (John 6:37)
The Father loves me. (John 6:27)
Q5 Jesus: You are gods. (John 10:34, Psalm 82)
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The Son
Part 2, Lesson 6
Focus: Fulfilling the righteousness of God.
He fulfills what the Father purposed before the foundation of the world.
I know the righteous acts of God to do them: do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly before your God (Micah 6:8).
I not only know the righteous acts of God and have done the righteous acts of God, but I have become the righteousness of God (II Corinthians 5:17).
What now?
Q6 “And the Word was God.” (John 1:1)
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The Holy Spirit
Part 2, Lesson 7
Focus: He affirms what the Son has fulfilled in accordance with the will of the Father.
The Gift of the Holy Spirit in the believer
The gift of the Holy Spirit (John 14:17)
1. Who was with us when we first learned about Jesus?
2. Who is in us since we learned of Jesus and committed our lives in obedience to him?
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit in the believer
The gifts of the Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 12a)
The responsibility and blessing of these gifts is to interpret, to edify and to know, not for ourselves only, but for those who hear us and whom we teach.
1. wisdom l
2. knowledge l When we think
3. faith l
4 healings I
5. miracles I When we do
6. prophecy I
7. discernment of spirits I
8. languages I When we hear
9. interpretation I
The gifts of the Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 12b)
1. apostles I
2. prophets I Those who speak
3. teachers, then I
4. miracle workers I
5. healings I When we do
6. helps I
7. governments I When we direct
8. various languages I
Q7 “David himself calls him Lord, so in what sense is He is son? (Mk 12:37, Psalm 110)
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