A SHORT COURSE for Young
People and Adults
PREREQUISITE – Completion of The Key to the Bible series
REQUIREMENTS
- complete Bible containing the Old and New Testaments with cross references
and concordance
COMMITMENT - prepare for, attend, and
participate in all group sessions
GOAL - teaching and interaction on
topics flowing from the central Story of the Bible
LESSON PLAN
1st session - The Holiness of God
2nd session - Temptation
3rd session - The Certainty and Necessity of Suffering
4th session - Attitude
5th session - The Impact of
Truth
PROCEDURE & INSTRUCTIONS - Complete study sheets prior to meetings
as daily homework assignments. Working
on lessons daily is recommended in order to establish a regular pattern of
study and maintain continuity between group sessions. Do not
read ahead or check your responses
with the instructor's set.
Complete each exercise before moving on to the next. Follow the directions and answer the
questions that are asked. Write down your
questions, observations, and thoughts. Prepare to explain and support your answers, and bring relevant comments
and questions to the discussion. Absentees are expected
to keep up their lessons and go over missed meetings with another participant
before the next session.
STUDENT - THE HOLINESS OF GOD
GET ACQUAINTED - What puzzles, disturbs, or surprises you
most about God?
Respond to
the question, "Are you saved"?
What two
concepts must one understand in order for the pouring out of God's wrath at the
death of Christ to make sense? The h_____________
of God and the s_____________ of man
·
The
primary meaning of the word
"holy" as applied to God in the Bible is separate, on a different
plane (out of our league), transcendent (exceeding usual limits), in a class
all by Himself.
How is the
primary meaning first drawn out in the Bible (Gen.1:1-27)?
What was the
result? (Ps.19:1)
(Isa.6:3b)
·
The
connotation of the word
"holy" and it's derivatives in the Bible is moral and ethical purity,
excellence. (see Heb.12:14; 1 Pt.1:15-16)
·
God
alone is HOLY in the absolute sense of being supreme in His transcendence and
excellence. He is perfect in essence (self existent, eternal,
unchanging, etc.); nature
(knowledge, power, wisdom, etc.); and character
(righteous, good, etc.). [Perfection is
not equitable with the idea of limits.]
Look up the
following passages, note the context, and write your observations and
comments. Notice the kinds of words that
are associated with and used to describe God's holiness.
Ex.15:11
Compare and
explain Rev.15:3-4.
Comment on
the following passages that refer to different aspects of God's holiness. What do they have in common?
Dt.3:24
Ps.71:19
Mic.7:18
Comment on
the following passages. What do they
have in common?
Jn.1:18; 3:16, 18; 1 Jn.4:9
1 Tim.6:15b-16
·
Notice
how attempts to express the exalted holiness of God stretches
beyond the limits of language. It is
obvious that human language is insufficient to do so.
What title
containing the word "holy" is applied to God in the Old Testament?
What title
containing the word "holy" is applied to Jesus in the New Testament?
What are the
expressions of sovereignty in Isa.6:1?
Comment on v.3.
In your own
words, describe the scene in v.1-4.
Explain
Isaiah's reaction (v.5).
What elements
are common to Isa.6:1-4 & Rev.4?
What is
decidedly different between Isa.6:1-7
& Rev.4?
Explain
Peter's response in Lk.5:4-11 at the
great catch of fish.
Explain the
disciples' reaction in Mk.4:35-41
when Jesus calms the storm.
List other forms, define, and cite examples. NAS, ESV, and NKJ are recommended
translations.
Iniquity -
sin -
trespass
-
transgress
-
lawless -
disobey -
offend -
How can
sinners dwell with God in His perfection of holiness? Acts
26:18
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him," John Piper
Look up the following passages and note the kinds of words
that are associated with and used to describe God's holiness.
Rom.11:33-36
Rom.16:27
1 Pt.4:11b
Rev.5:11-14