1 Samuel (1)
What happened when Israel tried to use the ark like a good-luck charm? (1 Samuel 4:1-11)
God caused them to be defeated and the ark to be captured. He showed them He couldn't be used like a charm. He must be treated as holy.
After Goliath cursed David, what did David say? Please find your answer from 1 Samuel 17
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.”
After David mourned for Saul and his sons, how did David know what to do next? (2 Samuel 1-2)
David asked God. David was very careful to obey what God said.
After this David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.” 2 So David went up there,
What can we learn about prayer from Solomon's prayer? (1Kings 8:22ff)
Prayer is trusting God, praising God, confessing sin to God, ask God for forgiveness, asking God for things according to His will, and praying for God's people. Prayer must be humble.
What does Judah's punishment show us about God? (2 Kings 21:1-18; 24:1-25:30）
God is sovereign, able to punish as He pleases. He is just, punishing sin as it deserves. He is faithful, punishing just as He says. He is immovable, firm in His decision to punish.
Why did Israel want a king? (1 Samuel 8:1-22)
They wanted to be like the nations around them. They did not trust God to fight for their battles as their King.
The request for a king was not sinful in itself. Rather, it is the motivation behind the request.
Israel foolishly put their hope in human kings and not in God (Ps 118:8-9; 146:3).
Who actually won the victory that day in 1 Samuel 17?
God did. David knew that the battle belonged to God. God is the one who fights for those who trust Him.
What did God promise for David, for Israel and about David's descendants? (2 Samuel 7)
God promised to make David's name great in all the earth. (v9)
God promised that through the Davidic reign Israel would live in their land in peace. (v10-11)
David's son would build a temple for God and be like a son to God. David's dynasty - a line of kings from his family - would last forever. (v13)
How did Solomon disobey God? Why the Lord was angry with him? 1 Kings 11
Solomon broke God's law by taking many foreign wives. (v1-2)
9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice 10 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the Lord commanded.
Salvation belongs to the ----. (Jonah 2:-)
Salvation belongs to the Lord! v9b
What is disobedience to God?
Who does God reject (central truth from 1 Samuel 13:1-15:35, Saul disobeys God)?
Rejecting God's commands to follow his own desires.
God rejects those who reject His word.
How did Saul feel when people liked David more than Saul? (find the answer in 1 Samuel 18)
7 And the women sang to one another as they celebrated,
“Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.”
8 And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?” 9 And Saul eyed David from that day on.
Who does God forgive shown in 2 Samuel 11-12?
God forgives those who truly repent (2 Cor 7:9-10).
Godly fear led David to repentance (Ps 51). Unlike Saul, David's repentance was genuine (2 Sam 12:13, 1Sam 15:24)
What does Jeroboam's religion show us about false worship? (1 Kings 12 and 14:1-18)
False worship can look a lot like real worship, but is is from man, not from God. It may also be more convenient, tolerant, inclusive, and even more real looking. However, it is the enemy of true worship and leads to death.
The son of man is born in --------.
Bethlehem. (Micah 5:2) (Luke 2:4)
What part of a person does God looks on?
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
Heart is who we are on the inside: our emotions, will, intellect, and desires.
What happened in 1 Samuel 24?
David had opportunities to kill Saul but He trusted God's word, waited for God's way and left vengeance in God's hand.
What did Solomon pray about before ask for anything? (1 Kings 3）
Solomon praised God for His love and trusted in God's faithfulness.
How did the LORD prove that He is God in the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal in 1 kings 1:29-17:1, 18:1-2, 17-4)?
While no answer came from Baal, the LORD answered by burning up the offering, the altar, and the water too. Then God proved His power again by sending lots of rain and by empowering Elijah to outrun Ahab's chariot.
The son of man is presented in ---------.
Jerusalem. Luke 2:21-38
God's people live for His ----- and depend on His --------.
glory
strength
Who had faced similar temptation as David in 1 Samuel 24 and who is much greater than David?
Jesus is much greater than David. His temptation was greater (Mat 4:8-9), integrity was greater, exaltation was greater and the blessings He brings -- forgiveness of sins (John 1:29), eternal life (John 3:16) and the restoration of all creation (Rev 21-22)-- is greater.
How did the temple prove God's faithfulness? (1 Kings 8:1-9:9)
God has promised that David's son would build the temple, and now God kept His promise.
What happened to the Assyrian army in 2 Kings 19?
The angel of the Lord slaughtered 185,000 Assyrians in one night, and the rest went home. v35-3
The son of man is identified in the ------.
What does Jesus' childhood show?
Temple. (Luke 2:39-52)
He is the human Savoir. (v52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. )