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\nMen’s Bible Study meets every Saturday Morning<\/b> at Christ the Rock Community Church, 11000 Stirling Road, Cooper City, FL 33328. 8am to 10am.\n<\/div>\n

This Week’s Reading (January 8-14)<\/b><\/font>
\nWEEK 2
\nGenesis 18:16-31:16
\nMatthew 6:25-10:23
\nPsalm 8:1-12:8
\nProverbs 2:6-13:15<\/p>\n

Next Week’s Reading (January 15-21)<\/b><\/font>
\nWEEK 3
\n Genesis 31:17-43:34
\nMatthew 10:24-14:12
\nPsalm 13:1-18:36
\nProverbs 3:16-4:10<\/p>\n

Discussion Questions:<\/b><\/font>
\nOld Testament<\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. Whose idea was it for Abram to take his wife’s maid as another wife?1<\/a><\/sup> What was the purpose of this plan?2<\/a><\/sup> How did the arrangement work out?3<\/a><\/sup> Genesis\u00a016:1-6<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Why doesn’t the Bible seem to condemn or punish the great sin of Lot’s daughters. Did Lot share any part in this sin? 4<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n
  3. How old was Isaac when Abramham took him to sacrifice him as a burnt offering?5<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n
  4. Why did Jacob have to work 7 years in order to marry Rachel (Genesis 29:16-18)? His father did not have to work for his bride, Rebekah. 6<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n
  5. Read the story of Esau selling his birthright to Jacob in Genesis 25:27-34. What does this story tell us about the character of each man?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    New Testament<\/u><\/p>\n

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    1. In Chapter 6 of Matthew, Jesus cautions: [v.1] \u201cBeware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.\u201d (ESV) He also cautions against making a show of [v.2] giving to the needy; [v.5] praying in public; and [v.17-18] fasting. But don’t we do all of these things conspicuously in many of our churches?7<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n
    2. According to Matthew 6:19-21; and 6:25-34 is it a sin to plan for your future? Can you take your planning too far? <\/li>\n
    3. What does \u00a0Matthew 7:6 mean? If the references to dogs and swine mean types of people, is this language too harsh?<\/li>\n
    4. A disciple of Jesus wanted to bury his dead father before he followed Jesus. Jesus told him to follow Him (Jesus) and “Leave the dead to bury their own dead.\u201d Does this response seem harsh? Could you imagine someone today addressing a fellow believer in this manner?8<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      COMMENT: No advance registration is necessary. No cost. Coffee and donuts.<\/div>\n

      FOOTNOTES<\/u>:<\/b><\/p>\n

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      1. This was Sarah’s (Abram’s wife) idea. Genesis 16:1 ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Sarai said she wanted her husband to have children. The handmaid, Hagar was to bear Abram’s children instead of his own wife. Actually, Hagar became an additional wife for Abram. Genesis 16:2-3. God had previously promised to Abram that his offspring would form a great nation. Genesis 15:4-5. However God had not yet promised his wife Sarai would be the biological mother of that nation.\n

        \nMatthew Henry’s Complete Commentary<\/u> says this:<\/p>\n