Barbara A. Lee
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Q3. (Exodus 14:11-14) Why do the people blame Moses for the advancing Egyptian army? What motivates their fear? Who are the people really blaming? How does Moses respond to their blame and fear? Why doesn
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Q3. (Romans 8:26-27) How does the Holy Spirit act as a Helper or Mediator or Intercessor in verses 26-27? What similarities do you see between the Holy Spirit's ministry here with Jesus' teaching of the Spirit's ministry as Counselor/Comforter/Paraclete in John 14:16 and 15:26)? Why do you think we tend to take the Holy Spirit for granted or fail to understand His ministry to and through us?
The Holy Spirit, as an intercessor, hears our stumbles through prayers and intercedes for us. He's the Counselor who is with us when we are going through troubling times, and the whisperer when we are going through the good times...He is always present with us just as God said He would be...
The similarities between the Holy Spirit and Jesus is they are both an adversary between us and God the Father. Jesus, Himself, said that He was the advocate between the sinner (us) and the Father (God).
Some people just want to skip the whole Holy Spirit thing and go directly to God, but that is not what God tells us to do...God says for us to pray to him through His Son and the Holy Spirit.
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Q2. (Exodus 12:50) Why was obedience so important to the people
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Q2. (Romans 8:17-22) In what ways was suffering Jesus' lot in life? Why do we suffer? Why does all creation seem to be suffering? What will signal the end of that downward cycle of suffering, decay, and death? Is there anything good to look forward to in this present life?
Even before Jesus went to the Cross He suffered.People ridiculed Him. We even do so today. He laid is life down so that man would be free; all He did was heal people.
We suffer because we have no or very little faith.
Again all of creation is suffering because of the lack of faith. Until we bring about a revival and even then there will be suffering. the whole earth will not be saved...
The downward spiral to the suffering will be the 2nd coming of Christ.
The one thing we have to look forward to si the second coming of Christ...The world will be made new...
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Q1. In Romans 8:14-21, 28, how many times is the idea of being sons and daughters of God alluded to? What are the promises made to these sons and daughters? What do we learn about our future and our role in the future of all creation?
The idea of being sons and daughters is mentioned 7 times.
The promises made is that we, as Christians, will be joint heirs with Christ all things that are Gods.
We learn, throughout this chapter that Gd will do all things in His own time and that we have been redeemed in Christ's Blood to be joint heirs in everything that is His. God will do things in His own time not when we want them.
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Q1. In Romans 8:14-21, 28, how many times is the idea of being sons and daughters of God alluded to? What are the promises made to these sons and daughters? What do we learn about our future and our role in the future of all creation?
The idea of being sons and daughters is mentioned 7 times.
The promises made is that we, as Christians, will be joint heirs with Christ all things that are Gods.
We learn, throughout this chapter that Gd will do all things in His own time and that we have been redeemed in Christ's Blood to be joint heirs in everything that is His. God will do things in His own time not when we want them.
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Q1. (1 Corinthians 5:7; John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:18-19) In what sense is Christ our Passover Lamb? In what sense are we marked with his blood? In what sense does God
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Q4. Why do we tend to fight our battles
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Q3. Why didn
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Q2. Why is it so difficult for some church leaders to confront people? What fears in this regard does a leader face? How can confrontation and rebuke be a good thing? What happens when we refuse to confront when we should?
I think some leaders are afraid to confront people for fear of what they might say or do. Some so called Christians can be vindictive
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Q5. (Romans 8:13-14) What does it mean to "mortify" or "put to death" the deeds of the body by the Spirit? What would it look like to watch a person do this? What does it mean to be "led" by the Spirit? What does this look like in actual practice? How do "putting to death" and being "led" by the Spirit fit together? How much of this is the Spirit and how much is us?
Fight and flight are the two ways to mortify the sins. We must fight the desire to sin and we must flight the desire by always going to the Word
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Q4. (Romans 8:12) Do we have to sin? Are we compelled to sin? Is it possible to live for two hours of wakefulness without sinning? Four hours? One day? Two days? Where do we Christians get such a defeatist attitude towards sin? From Scripture?
No, we do NOT have to sin
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Q3. (Romans 8:9) Is it possible to be a Christian without the Holy Spirit residing in us? What is the difference (if any) between the <i>indwelling</i> of the Spirit and the <i>fullness</i> of the Spirit? How do we remain "full" of the Spirit?
The word Christian as an adjective means: of, pertaining to, believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ: As a noun it means: a person who believes in Jesus Christ; adherent of Christianity. In this case, yes, I am a christian because I follow and uphold the teachings of Jesus Christ / God the Father and the Holy Spirit. I personally do not like the word religion because it makes me sound like I am religious, which I am not because I do not belong to any type of religion. However, I daily build on a relationship with Jesus Christ as my foundation.
The word Christian is only found three times in the King James Bible.
Acts 11:26
Acts 26:28
1 Peter 4:16
I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, and I pray that my life as lived, glorifies God. Without His Holy Spirit inside of me, I could not make it one more day. I accepted Jesus as my Savior, I believe that He died for my sins and that He rose again on the third day and now sits at the right hand of the throne and is interceding on our behalf. I did not ask for a fish to live inside of me, I asked for Jesus and His spirit dwells inside of me. I believe that Jesus Christ is God
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Q4. Why are we so afraid to obey God when he puts on our heart to do something decisive? How are we to deal with fear when we feel it? What is the relationship of fear to courage? Why is courage required in leaders and disciples?
I think we are afraid because this is God we are doing this for
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Q3. (Exodus 4:13-14a) Why is God angry with Moses? What is Moses
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Q2. (Exodus 3:10-12) Does Moses
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Q1. (Exodus 2:11-15a) What do we learn about Moses
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Q2. (Romans 8:5-6) Exactly what does it mean to set your mind on the things of the Spirit? How do you do this? How can you recognize when the things you're setting your mind on relate to your sinful nature? How much of this is deliberate? How much is habit? What part does the Holy Spirit have it this? Or is this primarily right living by force of will?
To set your mind on the things of the Spirit means to think, do, say only good Godly things.
To do this we must imerse ourselves in the Words of God.
We can recognize this sinful nature only by the Word.
Te Holy Spirit is in us totally when we are living the righteous life.
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Q5. (Romans 7:14-25) Christians disagree about who is the "I" in Romans 7. Is Paul referring to himself or others? What is your opinion? (We won't all agree here, but we'll learn what the issues are by taking and arguing for a position -- lovingly).
I think Paul, in this referrence, is referring to both himslef and others. As a sinner we all fall short of the glory of God. But thank God we have a substitute for our sin. Jesus died on the cross not only for my sins but for everyone else's sins.
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Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?
Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3)
What does the law do well?
Paul writes that the law is holy and each commandment is holy and just and good. It was given by God and is therefore perfect as an expression of His will for His people. It gives us the knowledge of sin. It allows us to discover the evil nature of sin, and its deceitful workings in us.
What does it do poorly?
It is because of our sinful nature that the law could not produce holy living. It is powerless to keep us from sinning.
Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us?
The law spoke to us when we were already sinners; without strength to obey. What we need is a Saviour to deliver us from the penalty and power of sin.
What is the problem here?
We always want our way. When we know something is wrong we don't care. We want it so it doesn't matter if it is wrong, as long as our mind is satisfied.
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Q2. (Romans 7:7-8) The law reveals sin for what it is. Why wouldn't we be better off just not knowing that we should not covet, for example? Why does the flesh respond to being told "Do not covet" by coveting all the more?
As a FLESHLY body we need the sinful nature to begin to know right from wrong. Then we shall begin to understand that we as a sinful body need the Goodness of the Lord as our savior.
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Q1. (Romans 7:5) Paul uses the word "flesh" (or NIV "sinful nature") many times in chapters 7 and 8. In your own words, what does Paul mean by "flesh" in these verses?
The word "flesh" in these verses means the sinful nature to which we were born. The body that we will have until we die and meet our Heavenly Father...
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Q4. (Jeremiah 17:9; Matthew 15:18-20; Romans 7:24) What is the doctrine of "total depravity"? Put it in your own words. Does it mean that none of God's original goodness shows through? Then what does it mean? Why does modern man tend to believe that man is basically good? How does this differ from what the Bible teaches?
I believe the Total Depravity Doctrin is the thought that nobody has any good in him as a man of God. But in reality we are a mixture of both good and evil...God seesin us and dwells on that, where we as humans see both the good and bad and we tend to dwell on the bad more than the good.
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Q1. (Romans 7:5) Paul uses the word "flesh" (or NIV "sinful nature") many times in chapters 7 and 8. In your own words, what does Paul mean by "flesh" in these verses?
The word "flesh" in each of these occassions is the carnal body we have today. The sinful body, the old body before we allowed Jesus into our heart. We will have this flesh until we die, then we will be in our "Heavenly" body...
Q4. The Christian Hope
in 7. Revealing the Children of God in Future Glory (Romans 8:14-28)
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A person who has lost hope is depressed, negative, fearful, angry and without purpose.
He will either be continuously striving at whatever comes along, going from one thing to another, or he will have 'lost heart' and will not bother to try any more. He will feel that the world is against him and that he just has to get along the best he can.
Someone who has hope and expectation of a better future, will press on to overcome all difficulties. He will have a specil inner joy and confidence that there is something better in store for him.
'Christ in us is the hope of glory' and this is Christian Hope.
It should motivate us to become more and more like Christ, and let more and more of our flesh life die.