gail m

Hi it's me Gail..Late checking in, living in middle Tennesse so the storms have had the internet down around here until today. Anyways, this will be my 3rd study..which I am looking forward to with great pleasure. Being a new Christian..I am enjoying learning all that I can on all the different typres of study tools I have come across and this is one of my favorite.

In what way does each celebration of the Lord's Supper anticipate a future Passover meal? Each celebration of the Lord's Supper gets us ready for the ultimate Passover..."I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom." (Matthew 26:29) The day we will be at the Lord's banquet.

Why should the words, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" fill us with sorrow? Why should they fill us with joy? It fills me with sorrow because I think about this man/God dying for us, for me specifically..because God said " I am your creator. You were in my care before you were born." (Isaiah 44:2) It makes me sad to think of Jesus suffering a hideous death..one he didn't want..praying to God not to have to do this, but willing to go with God's will for me...because I have been in God's care since before the beginning of time. It fills me with joy as well, knowing I have always been in God's care, knowing he loved me enough to sacrifice his beloved son..his only son..so he could have many children..me included..Thank you Lord God for what you did and thank you Jesus for what you suffered for me..

Why is it so important to forgive those who have offended us before partaking of the Lord's Supper? In what sense are the Lord's Supper and unforgiveness incompatible? Because the whole meaning of the Lord's Supper hindges on FORGIVENESS. (God forgiving us for our sins..doing this in rememberance of Christ..) I think sometimes people may take the Lord's Supper without understanding completely what it means..I know I have..but no more..I have learned that I am not worthy of this gift until I learn to be more forgiving, less selfish and do it in the right spirit in which it was intended. Thank you Father and thank you for Pastor Ralph's study..I know it had made a huge difference in my life..All Glory to you Lord...

What is the significance to us of drinking Jesus' blood and eating his flesh?What does that act signify for us? Why was this such a radical idea for Jesus' disciples? In what way should it be a radical idea for us? The significance of us drinking Jesus' blood and eating his flesh is that he is our sacrifice..he is the lamb we are "eating" . We do this act because he said to drink and eat in remeberance of him. We take the Lords Supper to remember that Christ was our lamb and that he died for us..he died for me. I think it was a radical idea for the Jews because of the blood thing. Drinking blood of any animal went against the Laws of God, so can you imagine here is the Messiah in front of you saying to drink my blood..it had to be shocking to say the least. I think it should be a radical idea for us in the sense that we are consuming the flesh and blood of the man/God who saved us. In one sense it is a happy thing to do to remember Christ and what he did for us. On the other hand it is sad to to remember what Christ had to go through for us because of Sin.

Compare the annual Jewish Passover celebration meal in Jesus' day with the Christian's celebration of the Lord's Supper. Where are the similarities? Where are the differences? In my opinion, the similarities between the Jewish Passover Meal and the Christian's celebration of the Lords Supper..is to be thankful to God..The passover meal representing Blood and God "passing over" the Israelites showing mercy...Us celebrating the Lord's supper..representing flesh and Blood and recieving mercy as well... The differences are..is that the Jewish passover is an annual celebration of historic value..still the Jewish community to this day does not believe Christ or the messiah has come yet...so the passover meal has completely different meaning in many senses than the Lord's Supper. We as Christians celebrate the Lords Supper as often as we like..some every week, some quaterly..but the fact is it is a celebration for Christians that believe that Christ died for us. We eat his "flesh" and drink his "blood" in remeberance of what he has done for us....

In what way did the lambs on the first Passover protect the families of God's people? The lambs blood was used by the Israelites to paint the door frames of their homes, to protect the lives of the first born males..(both men and animals) So that God would "pass over" their homes and the plague of destrution would not touch them. They were also to eat the lambs meat in haste and leave nothing..eat it or burn it... What is the primary point of comparison between the first Passover lambs and what Christ did for us as our Passover Lamb? I think the primary point of comparison is the BLOOD..The lambs blood covered the doors to protect the Isrealites for the plague of death..and Christ Jesus' blood covers us to protect us from the plague of death...

In what sense have we been set free or relased from slavery to sin? Why do we need the Holy Spirit to help us keep this freedom? We were bought and are now owned by God. We have a choice weither to sin or not. God will forgive us no matter what as long as we know Jesus Christ. " WE HAVE CHOICES ".....this is why we are set free... The Holy Spirit keeps truth in our lives..helps keep us accountable..We have to be accountable for everything we do in God's eyes..

According to the slave-ransom analogy, who is the slave? What is he enslaved by? Who offers the ransom? If Satan is involved in the enslaving process, why isn't the ransom paid to him? Why isn't the slave-ransom analogy spelled out completely in the New Testament? 1. me "people" 2. Sin 3. God 4. The ransom is not paid to Satan because he does not enslave us..he decieves us..he loses his power over us because we are forgiven..he could never ransom us off because he never owns us.... 5. Because it says that God paying God a ransom cofuses the picture. But that's not really true..If you think about it..God paid our ransom to himself so we could be covered by Christs blood and be seen in God's eyes perfect like his son. God knew he couldn't look at us without this ultimate sacrifice because he couldn't stand to see our sin..So he made it possible for us to be with him by making and paying this ransom....to himself...

How should we disciples apply the principles: "You are not your own, you were bought with a price"? How should this affect our living? God bought me with the price of his only son. I think this should deeply effect our living. To think that this perfect, loving being was treated with horror and tortured and eventually killed, so that I and others would have eternal life with God shows just how much of a sacrifice he made to own us. Slavery or servitute to the Lord is done out of love and choice. He gives us that choice. It should make us want to go out and tell the world what they are missing if they haven't got a personal relationship with Christ. God did all of this for me..the least I could do is live a life thanking him and loving him......

In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom? Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses. What about the Christian life does it help explain? 1. Slaves 2. Because we are all slaves to sin 3. It explains that Christians have been "Bought" and that God owns them. We are property of God..Amen

The Servant also bears the punishment deserved by sinners. In what sense, if any, did Jesus bear the punishment due you when he died on the cross? Jesus died for me. (Even though I know he died for everyone..) I think that it is the most awesome gift ever given to me or anyone else. I think about his sacrifice and I realize he suffered then for every sin I would commit in my lifetime...and it makes me sad to think even more than about being a sinner. But it makes me happy to know that I have an eternity to love him because of what he did for me...for you..for us all..past..present..and future....Thank you Jesus !

Isaiah 53 teaches what theologians call "the substitutionary atonement." In what sense does the Servant act as a substitute to bear our sins? Jesus Christ said he was a servent of the Lord God who was sent to take away the sins of the world. I think Jesus was our substitute because there was no other way or any other sacrifice that could have ever made us perfect in Gods eyes other than the blood of his son. To be covered by Jesus and be seen as he is seen..How cool will that be?

Which New Testament parallels to Isaiah 53 convince you that Jesus himself saw his own mission and destiny spelled out in Isaiah 53? Matthew 20:28 For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many. Thank you Jesus, thank you for suffering for someone as worthless as me so I can spend eternity in your kingdom...You ROCK! amen

From how large a group of people does God remove sins in Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12? In what sense is this a universal sacrifice of salvation? In what sense is Jesus' sacrifice wasted on some people? Spending some time reading this and being a fairly new Christian..I was like HUH...reading peoples answers for a little insight I was like HUH.. I think I just have to say that from what I am reading..as I understand it..in this passage the sins of many is the answer. 2. Universal sacrifice because in Isaiah53:6 it says We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. All of us..is pretty universal.. 3. Oh I am sure most people will say it was not a wasted sacrifice in the least but from what the question states..why was it wasted on some people...well, I say because * he appauled some people * He was despised * rejected * afflicted * pierced * crushed * oppressed * and slaughtered......and it seems to me that it is a shame for anyone who knows about Jesus and not to take time to learn about him is wasting Jesus' sacrifice...God didn't waste Jesus as a sacrifice ..it's us "People" who waste Jesus' sacrifice..........some of us anyway....

What do you think God intended animal sacrifice teach us about sin? About holiness? About God's nature? That there is a price to be paid when we commit sin and it's not to be taken lightly. That God is so holy only blood can cover our sins. That God's nature is merciful and loving because he allowed us to atone for our sins so he could have a relationship with us. I think all in all it shows us that God made ways for people to be able to have a close personal relationship with him because he loves what he has created.

In what sense is God's provision of animal sacrifice for forgiveness of sins an expression of his mercy? Were animal sacrifices actually adequate to atone for human sin? 1. God wanted his people to be with him, so he made provisions so that we unworthy humans could be close to him. It was merciful and loving on his part to want that relationship with us. 2. I believe in the beginning that animal sacrifies were adequate. Why else would God have made that possible. I think that as the human population grew that God had prepared Jesus for us for the future knowing eventually animals would not be enough. Thankfully too..We are blessed to live under grace..Thank you God..

What are the basic elements involved in a sacrifice for sin? Which of these are still necessary for forgiveness of sins today? Which are no longer necessary? Why? 1. Confession of sin 2. An animal with no defect 3. Laying of hands on its head 4. Cutting the throat of the animal 5. Blood collected by priests, put on the horns of the alter,poured out at the base of the alter 6. Removal of fat portions and burned by the priests 7. Meat eaten by the priests 1. Confession of sin is still necessary for us to be forgiven. I believe by the meaning of atonment ( : the reconciliation of God and man through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ..) That all that needs to be done is confession. None of the other things need to be done because Jesus Christ was offered as our lasting sacrifice and he is our atonment.

Why is animal sacrifice repulsive to modern people? How much of this has to do with a city vs. a farming way of life? Reading everyone elses entries..I think that people realize animals have to be killed for food..we would be an extremely naieve society not to know this, but to just go out and kill an animal as a sacrifice and then burn it up is a foreign concept for us. Living in Alaska for some time I learned that animals that are killed for food do not go to waste in the least..even bones are used for something. I think the thought of just sacrificing an animal though to us seems like waste. (Even though in the old testement times it was the only way for God to see that you wanted to be forgiven.) City vs. Farming way of life may have a great deal to do with the actual slaughter of an animal, but I think "sacrifices" are possibly seen the same..I don't think even farmers would want to go out and just kill their prize cow or bull just to watch it die. Thank you God for Jesus, the ultimate sacrifice..so we can live under grace and not have to know what it is like to have to offer sacrifices..

Why is anger an appropriate response to sin? What is the difference between capricious or uncontrolled anger and anger that brings about justice? I think personally we should get angry at sin in our society, perhaps if more people were angry about it there would be a higher moral bar to reach. Uncontrolled anger gets us into trouble but a real heartfelt anger and desire for justice is another thing..Focus..It's hard to focus when you are angry but God was slow to anger and his anger is out of Love and Jesus would get angry out of Love for us as well.

John the Baptist was sent before Jesus to fortel of his coming..ie:Elijah..so it makes sense that he knew Jesus was the sacrifice for our sins..ie: the LAMB of God. "The sins of the world" was a radical concept based on the old testament being full of individual sin sacrifices. How to get "yourself" right with God. Plus the Jews being the chosen people, it was a foreign concept that the God wanted close, loving relationships with "foreigners".

Hi my name is Gail..and this is the second online study I have done. I enjoyed the last one quite a bit, so I am looking forward to this one as well.. Peace and Love

"Can a person be a disobediant disciple?" Yes..should we? No, but if we were perfect then there would have been no need for Jesus Christ to have been sacrificed for us. Being human is being imperfect, so we can follow God and listen, but in our humanity we make mistakes..some unknown, some intentional..but we can still be disciples of God. We can still love the Lord with a passion..We are just not capable of perfection..so are we truely ever obediant to God? Gideon had a choice...he could have chosen to not hear God..like many of us do at times in our lives. We all have choices. We can decide to hear God or not..we can decide to try to follow the path he chooses for us..etc.....Lots of choices.

I think we can still honor our father and mother in the same situation Gideon was in. He followed what God asked him and his beliefs. If we follow what God wants and it's not necessarily what our parents want..we can still have love and honor them. Being "totally agreeable" does not always mean to honor someone. Gidoen is justified in what he does because he is following what the Lord his God has asked him to do. Are we always justified in the things we do? ( I would venture to guess not..but when we follow the Lord that is all the justification we need.)

God tells Gideon to tear down the altar and pole because the people should not be worshipping false Gods. He asks Gideon to build a proper altar on the same spot and to use the pole for a burnt offering. Gideon is risking the wrath of not only the town but mainly of his own family..especially his father. (Since the altar was his fathers.) I think Gideon does this at night so he can finish the task. During the day people may have tried to stop him. Is that weakness? I don't think so. What difference does it make when he does it as long as he has done what God asked him to do. I think as humans we fall short of doing what God asks..whether it is day or night..at least Gideon followed what the Lord told him to do. Can the rest of say it is a weakness when we have trouble listening?