SCRIPTURE CHASE
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SO, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE
JOHN 3:16
"IN THE COTTAGE THERE IS JOY..."
NAME 2 EVIDENCES OF GODS LOVE IS SEEN IN NOAHS ARK?
- THE RAINBOW = PROMISE TO NEVER FLOOD EARTH AGAIN
- SENDING THE WICKED TO THE SPIRIT PRISON
-SPARING FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM BENIG BORN INTO WICKEDNESS
SALLYS MOM JUST GOT DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. SHE WONDERS HOW GOD COULD LOVE HER FAMILY AND LET THIS HAPPEN TO THEM. HOW COULD YOU HELP SALLY ACT IN FAITH AS SHE WRESTLES WITH THIS TRIAL?
SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, ASKING TO FEEL HIS LOVE IN PRAYER, OR CONTINUING TO WORSHIP GOD AT CHURCH IS ACCEPTABLE :)
ABRAHAM 2: 9-11
THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
CHARITY SUFFERTH LONG, AND IS KIND; CHARITY ENVIETH NOT; CHARITY VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF, ISNOT PUFFED UP
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4
AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, LOVED ONE ANOTHER...
THIS NEW COMMANDMENT: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE THAT GOD LOVED CAIN
-HE WAS BORN INTO A RIGHTEOUS FAMILY
- HE WARNED HIM THAT HE WOULD BECOME PERDITION IF HE DID NOT REPENT
SALLYS MOM JUST GOT DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. SHE WONDERS HOW GOD COULD LOVE HER FAMILY AND LET THIS HAPPEN TO THEM.
WHAT DIVINE SOURCES COULD SALLY TURN TO FOR ANSWERS
EXODUS 20: 3- 17
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, THAT YE ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
JOHN 13: 34
"HE CAME AS MAN, THOUGH SON OF GOD, AND BOWED HIMSELF BENEATH THE ROD..."
HE DIED IN HOLY INNOCENCE, A BROKEN LAW TO RECOMPENSE
IF ALL THINGS TESTIFY OF CHRIST:
HOW DOES A STAPLER TESTIFY OF CHRIST?
ONLY NOT ACCEPTABLE ANSWER: BECAUSE CHRIST CREATED A STAPLER AND HE LOVES US
SALLYS MOM JUST GOT DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. SHE WONDERS HOW GOD COULD LOVE HER FAMILY AND LET THIS HAPPEN TO THEM.
HOW COULD HAVING AN ETERNAL PERSPCTIVE HELP SALLY WITH HER QUESTION?
-FOCUSING ON THE PLAN OF SALVATION CAN REMIND HER THAT TRIALS ARE A WAY TO BRING US CLOSER TO GOD.
-SHE CAN REMEMBER THAT THIS TRIAL WILL BE BUT A SMALL MOMENT
-SHE CAN REMEMBER THAT CHRIST HAS FELT THE SAME PAIN SHE AND HER FAMILY IS FEELING
MOSES 7:18
IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS
JOHN 14:15
FROM ABOVE IT BREAKS THRU CLOUDS OF STRIFE
HOW DOES THE STORY OF THE TOWER OF BABEL TESTIFY OF GODS LOVE?
- HE CONFOUNDED LANGUAGES SO THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH WICKEDNESS
HANNAH STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE GOSPEL TEACHES MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. SHE THINKS PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOVE WHO THEY WANT WITHOUT JUDGEMENT.
HOW COULD HANNAH ACT IN FAITH AND WHAT DIVINE SOURCES COULD SHE TURN TO FOR HELP?
MAKE SURE THEY FIND A SPECIFIC REFERENCE COULD USE AS WELL AS A SOLID ANSWER FOR HOWSHE COULD ACT IN FAITH
PSALM 24:3-4
CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
JOHN 15:13
COME, WE THAT LOVE THE LORD...
AND LET OUR JOYS BE KNOWN
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT ABRAHAM SO FAR THAT SHOWS THE LORD LOVED HIM?
- HE SPARED HIS LIFE WHEN HE WAS GOING TO BESACRIFICED IN EQYPT
NATHAN GOES TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY BUT NO ONE EVER TALKS TO HIM. HE DOESN'T FEEL LOVED BY HIS PEERS OR LEADERS AND IS STARTING TO THINK CHURCH ISN'T WORTH THE EFFORT.
EXPLAIN ALL 3 STEPS OF AQUIRING SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE NATHAN COULD USE TO HELP HIM.
MAKE SURE THEY THOUGHLY EXPLAIN THE PRINCIPLES OF ACT IN FAITH, EXAMINE CONCEPTS FROM AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE, AND FIND A DIVINELY APPOINTED SOURCE
JOSHUA 24:15
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE