Romans 11:25-36
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Romans 11:11-24
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Exodus 20:12
Give Honor to Whom Honor is Due
Summary:
Think back on your week. Where have you struggled to honor your mom or dad? What does it mean to give them honor? Today, let's look at the fifth commandment, which tells us to honor our parents, and also gives us great promises of blessing. Let's think about it:
Outline:
1. To honor your parents means to love, respect and submit to them in the Lord
2. We are to honor our parents because it is right, it pleases God, and brings His blessings
Verse: Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Questions for devotions and family worship:
1. Why do you think it was so central for God to include this command in the ten words given to his people? How does this command relate to the first four commands? How is it central to the well-being of our culture?
2. What does it mean to honor our parents? Where do you struggle the most with this command? How does this command apply to all the authority relationships in our lives? Where might you need to repent today?
3. How did Jesus actively obey the fifth commandment? How does the Gospel free you to gladly honor those who are in authority over you?
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Rom 11.1-10
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Romans 10
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Rom 9.27-33
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Rom 9.19-26
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Romans 9:6-18
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John 18:1-27 NRSV
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Matthew 12:1-8
An Invitation to Rest, Part 2
Summary:
Once Jesus and his disciples were accused of breaking the Sabbath, because they were picking heads of grain and eating on the Sabbath Day. Jesus talked to these Pharisees about what the Sabbath day really means. Let's think about it so we too can understand why God graciously still gives us a day of rest:
Outline:
1. The Sabbath is about freedom, not burdens
2. The Sabbath is about God's kingdom work, not man-made rules
3. The Sabbath is about grace, not works
4. The Sabbath is about Jesus' Lordship, not man's
Verse: Mark 2:27 “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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Exodus 20:8-11
An Invitation to Rest
Summary:
Did you know that God has given us one special day every week? God loves us so much that he has given us the weekly gift of a day where we get to stop from our normal work. Can you guess what day it is? It is the Lord's Day, Sundays, where we get to rest, be with God's people, worship and be refreshed. God thinks this gift to us is so important that he put it in his Ten Commandments. Let's think about it:
Outline:
1. God's pattern for a day of rest
2. God's reasons for a day of rest
3. God's goal for our rest
Verse: Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Questions for devotions and family worship:
1. What is the point of the fourth commandment? Why do you think this commandment is so important to God? How might it be different for us to know that it was God's creation pattern for us to follow?
2. How is the Sabbath a picture and a reminder of our salvation? How is the Sabbath a gift to us, and not a drudgery?
3. What is your current practice on the Lord's Day? Do you set apart the day for rest, worship, fellowship, etc? Why or why not? Do you feel stressed and overwhelmed with busyness? How might a true day of rest, worship and refreshment change you?
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John 13:1-17 NRSV
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Exodus 20:7
Name Above All Names
Summary: Today we get to think about the third of God's Ten Commandments. God tells us not to
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Romans 8:31-39
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Romans 8:29-31
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Romans 8:28-30
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Romans 8:18-27
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Does God Care How We Worship Him?
Exodus 20:4-6
Summary:
Does God care how we worship him? Do you think it matters? Yes it does! God's second command tells us that He does not want us to try to make up an image of Him for worship. Israel often made these idols, and worshipped them as false images of God. Let's think about how this applies to us today:
Outline:
1. God does care HOW we worship Him?
a. The command
b. The reason
c. The warning
d. The promise
2. The point: worship Jesus, the image of God
Verse: Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image...5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them...
Questions for Family Worship and Devotions:
1. Why do you think God gave this command to Israel? What happens when we try to reduce God to a carved image or an artist's rendering of God? How does it reduce our view of God?
2. What about Jesus? Since Jesus had a body, is it acceptable for us to make images of Jesus? What is the danger of using those images of Jesus to help us worship?
3. In John 4, Jesus tells the Samaritan woman that true worshippers worship
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John 7:37-52 NRSV
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Romans 8:12-17 Heirs with Christ, Adoption
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