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Part 18. RADICAL DISCIPLESHIP"As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him." ---Matthew 9:9 Day 1. Matthew 1-2 (birth narrative); 3-7 (radical discipleship) Day 2. Matthew 8-10 (the mission) Day 3. Matthew 11:1-13:52 (secrets of the Kingdom) Day 4. Matthew 13:53-18:35 (life and leadership in the church) Day 5. Matthew 19-25 (being ready for the judgement) Day 6. Read & respond to "The Bible Teaching" & "Marks of Discipleship." Day 7. Rest.
Part 17. CONTEXTThe Time of Transition "See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight-- indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts." ---Malachi 3:1 Day 1. (Read "The Bible Teaching.") Day 2. (Esther 1-4, Jews were scattered over the known world.) Day 3. (Esther 5-10, Jews triumph over enemies.) Day 4. (Jonah 1-4, To remind Israel of its mission to the world.) Day 5. (Read the introduction to the New Testament or notes to each Gospel, if your Bible has them.) Day 6. (Read & respond to the "Marks of Discipleship.") Day 7. (Rest and prayer)
Part 16. HOPE People Hope for a Savior "As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him. To him was given dominion and glory and kingship,... that shall never be destroyed." ----Daniel 7:13-14 Day 1. Daniel 1-3 (young Daniel and his three friends, the fiery furnace) Day 2. Daniel 4-6 (two kings, Daniel in the lions' den) Day 3. Daniel 7; 12 (Messiah and end times) Day 4. Isaiah 24-27 (apocalypse of Isaiah); 53-55; 65 (suffering servant, vision of God's kingdom) Day 5. Zechariah 9 (the coming king); Isaiah 9:1-7; 11:2-10; 42:1-9; Mich 5:2-4; Malchi 3-4 (future hope of Israel) Day 6.Read and respond to "The Bible Teaching" and "Marks of Discipleship" Day 7. Rest. Read Psalm 118.
Part 15. SufferingWhen Trouble Comes "For my sighing comes like my bread, anf my groanings are poured out like water. Truly the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest; but trouble comes." --Job 3:24-26 Day 1. Job 1-10 (prologue Job, Eliphaz, and Bildad Day 2. Job 11-19 (Job and all three friends) Day 3. Job 20-31 (Job and all three friends, inaccessible wisdom) Day 4. Job 32-37 (Elihu speaks) Day 5. Job 38-42 (Job and God, epilogue) Day 6. "The Bible Teaching" and "Mark of Discipleship" Day 7. Rest
Part 14. Right LivingThe righteous are like a Tree! "Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper." --Psalm 1:2-3 Day 1. Psalm 1; 19:7-14; 37; 128; (righteous, happiness) Day 2. Proverbs 1-6 (rewards of wisdom; warnings against unchasteness, idleness, and falsehood) Day 3. Proverbs 10-17 (wise and foolish, upright and wicked) Day 4. Proverbs 20-25; 31 (life and conduct warnings, moral lessons) Day 5. Ezra 1; 3; 4:1-5; 5-7 (return of the exiles to Jerusalem, rebuilding the Temple) Day 6. Nehemiah 8:1-9:5; 10:28-39 (reading the law, renewing the covenant) Day 7. Rest.
Part 13. Songs of the Heart"O Lord, you have searched me and known me, You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away." ---Psalm 139:1-2 Day 1. Psalms 136; 78. (history of salvation) Day 2. Psalms 90; 137 (lament as community); 42; 43; 22(individual lament) Day 3. Psalms 130; 38 (penitance); 51 (a prayer of confession) Day 4. Psalms 65 (community thanksgiving); 116 (personal thanksgiving) Day 5. Psalms 104; 100; 145 (hymns in praise of God) Day 6. Psalms 73; 127; 133 (wisdom and meditation) Day 7. Rest. Read Psam 139 for pure joy. "Oh Lord, I will always sing of your constant love; I will proclaim your faithfulness forever. I know that your love will last for all time, that your faithfulness is as permanet as the sky" ---Psalm 89:1-2
Part 12. God Restores the PeopleDay 1. Isaiah 40-43 (words of comfort) Day 2. Isaiah 44-46 (idolatry, Cyrus, judgement on Babylon); 49-50 (a lighto the nations, God's faithfulness) Day 3. Isaiah 51-53 (hope for Zion, the Lord's servant) Day 4. Jeremiah 30-33 (restoration and comfort, the new covenant) Day 5. Ezekiel 1-5 (Ezekiel's call, symbolic acts); 37 (valley of dry bones) Day 6. Isaiah 55; 61; 65 (God's mercy to all people, future hope3); "The Bible Teaching" and "Marks of Discipleship" Day 7. Psalm 40 (a new song). Rest and prayer.
Part 8. The People Without a King, (for the week May 15-21, 2000) "The Lord raised up judges, who delivered them (Israel) out of the power of those who plundered them." --Judges 2:16 Pray daily before study: "Come, O God, and rule the world; all the nations are yours" (Psalm 82:8, TEV). Day 1. Joshua 1-3 (entering the land, Rahab and the spies) Day 2. Joshua 4-6 (memorial stones, fall of Jericho); 7 (Achan's sin); 8 (battle at Ai); 24 (covenant at Shechem, death of Joshua) Day 3. Judges 1-2 (incomplete conquest, apostasy); 4-5 (Deborah) Day 4 Judges 6-8 (Gideon); 10:6-12:7 (Jephthah) Day 5 Judges 13-16 (Samson) Day 6 Read and respond to "The Bible Teaching" and "Marks of Discleship." Day 7 Rest. Read aloud Psalm 24.
Part 7. Atonement, When God Draws Near, (for the week May 1-14, 2000) "The life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you for making atonement for your lives on the altar; for, as life, it is the blood that makes atonement." --Leviticus 17:11 Day 1. Exodus 24-27 (covenant ratification, the ark of the covenant, the tabernacle) Day 2. Exodus 34:29-36:1 (new tablets, offerings for the Taberncle); 40 (glory of the Lord); Psalm 81 (festival liturgy) Day 3. Leviticus 1-5 (the burnt offering, offerings of well-being, sin and guilt offerings) Day 4. Leviticus 6-7 (ritual for offerings, the priests' portion) Deuteronomy 18 (Levites) Day 5. Leviticus 16-17 (Day of Atonement); Deuteronomy 16; Leviticus 23 (appointed festivals) Day 6. Read from the study book: "The Bible Teaching" and "Marks of Discipleship"
Part 6, ORDER, God Sends The Law, (for April 10-30, 2000) "Here, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I am addressing to you today; you shall learn them and observe them diligently." --Deuteronomy 5:1 Day 1. Exodus 19-20 (Israel at Sinai); Deuteronomy 4:44-5:33 (summary of the Law) Day 2. Exodus 21:1-23:19 (laws concerning slaves, restitution, sabbath and feasts); 31:18-32:35 (the golden calf) Day 3. Leviticus 11 (clean and unclean animals); 17:10-19:37 (sexual relations, the law of love) Day 4. Numbers 6 (vows of nazirites); 13:1-14:38 (spies to Canaan); Deuteronomy 5-9 (what God requires); 13 (warning against idolatry) Day 5. Numbers 18 (priests and Levites); Deuteronomy 14:22-15:23 (tithe, sabbatical year); 21-22 (various laws); 25 (honest measures); 34 (death of Moses) Day 6. Read from the study book: : "The Bible Teaching" and "Marks of Discipleship" Back to Beulah UM Church Home Page
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