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Week 2, One Year Bible Challenge: “Fire and Brimstone”

Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Group

Sodom
John Martin, Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, (1852)
This week’s reading (January 8-14)
WEEK 02
Genesis 18:16-31:16
Matthew 6:25-10:23
Psalm 8:1-12:8
Proverbs 2:6-13:15
Next Week’s Reading (January 15-21)
WEEK 03
Genesis 31:17-43:34
Matthew 10:24-14:12
Psalm 13:1-18:36
Proverbs 3:16-4:10

Discussion Questions:

Old Testament

  1. Who was Eliezer (see Genesis Chapter 24), and in what way did he exhibit the traits of a “true servant?”
  2. Why doesn’t the Bible openly condemn Lot and his daughters for their behavior? Genesis 19:30-38.
  3. Why did Jacob have to work to pay for his wife? Genesis 29:16-28

New Testament

  1. Why did Jesus tell the paralysed man that his sins were forgiven? Matthew 9:2
  2. Jesus sent his twelve disciples to the Jews to preach, heal, and cast out demons. Why did he instruct them, “Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet?” Matthew 10:5-14
  3. What, if anything, is wrong with judging others? When, if ever, is judging others appropriate? See Matthew 7:1-5

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Week 1, One Year Bible Challenge: “Dominion”

Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study

This week’s reading January 1-71

Sistine Chapel
Detail from the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512
Genesis 1:1-18:15
Matthew 1:1-6:24
Psalm 1:1-7:17
Proverbs 1:1-2:5

Next Week’s Reading January 8-14
Genesis 18:16-31:16
Matthew 6:25-10:23
Psalm 8:1-12:8
Proverbs 2:6-13:15
Adam, Creation, Eve, Genesis, Jesus, Satan, wise men
Discussion Questions:
Old Testament

  1. What was the sin(s) that Adam and Eve committed?
  2. God gave man “Dominion” in Genesis, ch. 1. Does “Dominion” include the right to use animals for food?
  3. How are we to “subdue” the earth (Gen. 1:28)? God gave mankind dominion BEFORE they were expelled from the Garden of Eden. Was dominion taken from mankind AFTER the fall?

New Testament

  1. When the Devil offered to give Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,” was he bluffing? That is, did the Devil have the power to deliver such a gift? Matthew 4:8-9
  2. The Devil likes to quote scripture. How accurate is the Devil? See Matthew 4: 1-7

FOOTNOTE:

  1. If you are participating in the Saturday morning class, “The One Year Bible Challenge,” you should read the daily materials as set out in “The One Year Bible.” The verses listed on this page will include a couple of extra days each week. ↩

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Week 52, One Year Bible Challenge: “The End”

Christ the Rock Community Church, Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study

This week’s reading December 24-311

The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit
The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit (ca 1496) by Albrecht Dürer
Zechariah 6:1 to Malachi 4:6
Revelation 15:1 to 22:21
Psalm 143:1 to 150:6
Proverbs 30:24 to 31:31

Discussion Questions:
Old Testament
Is it really possible to rob from God? Doesn’t everything in the world belong to Him anyway? Malachi 3:8-10.
New Testament
Why isn’t the symbolism and the timing of events in the last days expressed in Revelation with more certainty? Wouldn’t more people follow God’s commands if we knew exactly what and when was going to happen in the last days?

FOOTNOTE:

  1. If you are participating in the Saturday morning class, “The One Year Bible Challenge,” you should read the daily materials as set out in “The One Year Bible.” The verses listed on this page will include a couple of extra days each week. ↩

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