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Q4. (Exodus 18:13-27; Numbers 11:10-30) Why do you think it took Moses so long to delegate his judicial role to others? What were the qualifications of these judges? How is Moses

Q3. (Exodus 16) Why did God provide manna for the people? Why did the manna finally cease? Why do you think that the people gradually began to take the manna for granted? What provision of God are you taking for granted? God provide manna for the people because God care for his people and does not like them to starve or die in the desert. He is a god of love, he loves his people and want the best for them. The manna finally cease is because his people have already arrive in the promised land, and so they can take care of themselves at that time in the land of milk and honey. Once the people have what they wanted, they think that they are king of the world, so everything is rightfully theirs, and so they become less thankful, and takes the manna and other things that they received for granted. I usually expect things to go my way most of the time, so I sometimes take God's provision for granted, since I sometimes feel that God owes me this for just being faithful. I know that believing and trusting in God does not mean my life will be running in a smooth course without turbulence, but with that turbulence is where true faith is develop in my life, so I rely more on God's strength then my own strength. This is a lesson I have to learn again and again!

Q3. (Exodus 16) Why did God provide manna for the people? Why did the manna finally cease? Why do you think that the people gradually began to take the manna for granted? What provision of God are you taking for granted? God provide manna for the people because God care for his people and does not like them to starve or die in the desert. He is a god of love, he loves his people and want the best for them. The manna finally cease is because his people have already arrive in the promised land, and so they can take care of themselves at that time in the land of milk and honey. Once the people have what they wanted, they think that they are king of the world, so everything is rightfully theirs, and so they become less thankful, and takes the manna and other things that they received for granted. I usually expect things to go my way most of the time, so I sometimes take God's provision for granted, since I sometimes feel that God owes me this for just being faithful. I know that believing and trusting in God does not mean my life will be running in a smooth course without turbulence, but with that turbulence is where true faith is develop in my life, so I rely more on God's strength then my own strength. This is a lesson I have to learn again and again!

Q2. (Exodus 16:7-8) Why can grumbling against a leader really be a symptom of grumbling against the Lord? Are there any cases where this might not be true? Why do leaders tend to take complaints so personally? What does it take to learn that "it's not about you." The reason(s) why grumbling against a leader is really a sympton of grumbling against the lord because people tend to believe that a leader is middle man or medium from God, and when the leader does not perform the act adequately to protect the people then they think that God is doing it on purpose to punish them. Yes, there are cases that this might not be true is when a person(s) believe that all leaders are humans like us, and that they can only follow, but can also make mistakes since they are not perfect? Leaders tend to take complaints so personally because they have everything on their belt to lead, when a person(s) complain, it affects their leadership ability, it is a bad sign for them. It takes faith and a lot of trust in the lord to believe that we are just a steward of God, and since God is in control, then we know it is not all about us, but about God and his glory.

Q1. (Exodus 15:24) What are the reasons that people grumble and complain? How do fear and faith relate to grumbling? What symptoms of grumbling do you see in your own life? What should you do about it? The reasons that people grumble and complain is because they don't like the situation that they are in, and that they want everything to be easy for them. They expect that everything should be fair and that unfair treatment can cause the complaints and grumbleness. Fear and faith is relate to grumbling is when we don't trust and believe in god, we tend to fear that things does not go our way, so we grumble, but when we add faith to it, we tend to shift our grumbling to having more faith and trust in God, so when we do grumble, we know that God is in control of the situation, it will make us feel alot better. The symptoms of grumbling comes from not getting things that we want, and things and circumstances does not go as we expected (self-centerness), when we had planned it, and hope for it, or even when we pray for it, and it does not happen. We should continue to trust and believe in God to deliver us from such temptations to grumble which may result in fear of losing what we want in life, since complaining is a sign that we don't like the life we are in or the situation we are in.

Q4. How do you think Jesus will hold you personally accountable on Judgment Day for using your

Q3. When we are successful, to whom does the fruit of our labors belong? In what sense are we independent entrepreneurs? In what sense are we stewards of the gifts and

Q2. (Matthew 25:15, 21, 23) What are the factors that make up a person

Q1. (Matthew 25:14-30) What do you think the

Q4. (Exodus 14:4, 17-18) Why is Gods glory important in the Exodus? How is recognition of his glory important to faith? To holiness? To reverence? What happens when leaders take for themselves the credit and glory that should go only to God? How can leaders keep themselves from pride? Why is Gods glory important in the Exodus? God's glory is important because by he is god, and getting the glory during the exodus, tell us that he not only delivered the Israelites, but he also destroyed their enemies the Egyptians - an enemy who has also challenged him personally. How is recognition of his glory important to faith? To holiness? To reverence? To recognized God's glory is important to our faith, holiness, and reverence because it is a way we can express our confidence and trust in Him as well appreciating Him for what He has done for us and is doing for us. What happens when leaders take for themselves the credit and glory that should go only to God? How can leaders keep themselves from pride? If we take God's glory and make it our own, this is an act of blasphemy that is a sin, and so Leaders should show and demonstrate humbleness, with humility and graciousness, thankfulness to God only when the credit belongs to God alone.

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 doesnt Moses defend himself from their unfair criticism? How do the people respond to Moses words? The people blame Moses for the advancing Egyptian army because the people see that leaving Egypt from slavery is a death sentence to them since the Egyptian army is approaching them to capture them or kill them so they blamed Moses for taking them into this mess. The people were motivated by fear because the Egyptian army were fast approaching them, and advancing at them with full armor and chariots. Moses responds to their blame and fear by reminding them that God, our lord is on our side and fighting for them. God's purpose is to deliver them - His power is to defeat and destroy anyone and anything that opposes this plan. The people's response to Moses's words were to comply with his instructions and to trust God again to deliver them from harm.

Q2. (Exodus 12:50) Why was obedience so important to the peoples deliverance? Why is obedience so important to our deliverance from "sin, the flesh, and the devil"? Is there any discipleship without obedience? Does a person who says he believes in Jesus but doesn't obey him have real faith? Why was obedience so important to the peoples deliverance? Without obedience to what God had commanded through Moses and Aaron, the Israelites would have been caught up in the 10th plague as were the Egyptians. Why is obedience so important to our deliverance from "sin, the flesh, and the devil"? If we do not obey God's word, we will easily tempted by our flesh to sin again and fall in to temptation again and again. Is there any discipleship without obedience? No, I don't think so. How can anyone be a disciple of anyone without being obedient to their master or teacher? Obedience is a requirement to be a true disciple in Christ. Does a person who says he believes in Jesus but doesn't obey him have real faith? I hope so because there are times when I fail, but as long as I continue to believe and obey his words, he will take us back to him in glory.

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

Q4. (Luke 13:18-20) According to these parables in this lesson, in what ways is the Kingdom small? In what ways does the Kingdom grow? In what ways is the Kingdom door narrow? In what way is the Kingdom banquet, on the one hand, large and diverse, and on the other, selective? According to these parables in this lesson, in what ways is the Kingdom small? In Jesus day, he only knew a few who are obedient to His words, so it is by little faith that a believer believes and each day add to his belief will make it grow, but in the beginning it is still small to start. In what ways does the Kingdom grow? In faith we continue to believe, and it is struggle and contest to win so the kingdom can grow but in small increments. In what ways is the Kingdom door narrow? It is Narrow because only a few seem to want to squeeze themselves into what his demands are. In what way is the Kingdom banquet, on the one hand, large and diverse, and on the other, selective? Jesus said that their are groups of people who believe and had faith in him with all their heart, and groups that believe, but at times failed due to storms that may cause them to give up their faith, and their are groups that don't believe him at all. The groups that only believe, but faithless and give up soon, may be the group that can be very selective in terms of Jesus allowing them in this narrow door if their faith and belief in him is not up to par.

Q3. (Luke 13:28-30) The great feast in the kingdom of God has guests from all over the world. Who are they? Who will be the ones thrown out of the feast? Why will they be excluded? The great feast in the kingdom of God has guests from all over the world. Who are they? They are the people who accepted Jesus as their lord and Savior and truly repent of their sins. Who will be the ones thrown out of the feast? The ones thrown out of the feast will be those who refuse to accept Jesus as their lord and savior. Why will they be excluded? The will be excluded because they did not believe in Jesus as their lord and savior. They refuse to accept this invitation which is Salvation when they had the opportunity to do so.

Q2. (Luke 13:24-27) Why do you think Jesus characterizes the entrance to the Kingdom here as

Q1. (Luke 13:19-21) What is the point of the Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven? How would this be encouraging to Jesus disciples who had expected an instant Messianic Kingdom? How might it be encouraging to people experiencing smallness or poverty in their lives? The primary idea of the Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven is that what is small now because of the Kingdom's influence will someday be very great. This will encourage Jesus disciples who had expected an instant Messianic Kingdom since they were discouraged about the insignificance of Jesus preaching in villages in a minor Roman province does not mean it will remain that way because the kingdom of God begins as small and insignificnant, but grows to become large and powerful. It will encourage people experiencing smallness or poverty in their lives to stay strong and not give up and continue to believe that their efforts will one day grow big and people who experience poverty will become financially wealthy if they put their efforts into good use.

Q4. Why do we tend to fight our battles in the flesh rather than using spiritual weapons? Why do we so often mistake the human enemy for the spiritual enemy? When will God fight our battles and when wont he? We can see the flesh. It is present in us. Spiritual warfare is difficult lesson for us to understand. Just praying about it and say the Name of Jesus doesn't seem good enough. It's like it's too simple to do. We believe Satan is tempting us to do it, but basically, sometimes it comes from our inner rebellious self, so god will fight the battle when we are actually tempted by the spiritual enemy, but if we resist God's fighting for us, then we will lose the battle since we allowing it to happen and God will not help us or fight the battle for us.

Q3. Why didn

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? Some church leaders have difficulty confronting people because they fear that they will lose members and tithes. They fear that the person will accept the confrontation negatively. However, confrontation can be a good thing since it will help that person know what they did wrong, and what he or she needs to do to correct it. The person(s) that we refuse to confront when we should will get into more trouble for example, and as a witness we know about it, and they probably know we know, but did not say anything, that makes us even more to blame for not rebuking them at the moment.

Q1. (Exodus 7:6-7) Why did Moses blame God for his troubles? Why are Moses and Aaron so stubborn, do you think? Was it fear? Was it unbelief? Or both, perhaps? Why does God have to command Moses and Aaron? Moses blamed god for his troubles because God had sent him to Egypt to free his people from bondage, but Pharoah refused, and treated them worse then before, and so the Hebrews blamed Moses for making such a request. Moses and Aaron are stubborn because they were resisted God's command, and not willing to be obey the instructions that God had given them. God needs to tell Moses and Aaron, in no uncertain terms, what they must do. There is no argument that they can win against God. If Moses and Aaron were leaders for God, then he expects them to follow his instructions, no matter how hard. It's not a good sign when he needs to tell them the equivalent of, "Because I'm the mother, that's why!" God has taken Moses and Aaron to the "woodshed" for a whipping. But finally, to their credit, they obey.

Q4. (Matthew 6:12, 14-15) How could praying the Lord

Q3. (Matthew 18:34-35) Why does Jesus frighten us with his statement: This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you...? Is he serious? Is forgiveness (1) a learned grace, or (2) a foundational principle of the Kingdom? Jesus intention was not to frighten us but to let us know that if we want to be forgiven, we also have to learn to forgive others not by justing saying it with our lips, but really mean it in our hearts. He is serious to the extent that since we know that eternal salvation and the ultimate end and judge comes from God/Jesus, it can be a learned grace, but first we need to examine our heart, and ask God to change our heart so we as christians can abide in Christ, then we can have the character of Christ, which learning this grace will be second nature to us. Yes, forgiveness is a foundational principle of the kingdom in my opinion, since we have to be forgiven by God for our offenses to him first, and then we should believed that we are forgiven.

Q2. (Matthew 18:23-35) In the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, what is the purpose of contrasting the huge debt with the small one? If we were to put ourselves in the parable, which debt would we owe? Which debt might be owed us? Why was the king insulted by the unmerciful servant

Q1. (Matthew 18:21-22) Jesus says we must forgive 77 times or 490 times. Should we take these numbers literally or figuratively? If figurative, what are they figurative of? What does this teach us about Gods willingness to forgive us repeatedly for the same sin? Figuratively or literally does not matter, we are suppose to forgive others as many times as necessary since God has forgive us for our sins when we truly repent, so we should do the same thing as true christians. God is patient and loving since God is willing to forgive us repeatedly for the same sin and won't give us up no matter what. God does not count our sins and remember them, he forgets about them, and throw it away like trash. So we don't have to worry that God will come back and say, I have a record of this sin or that sin and so on and so forth.