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God's holiness: Isaiah 6:1-5 (Week of February 5, 2012; Tuesday)
CHILDREN: WEEK 50 (2/5-2/11): ACTS 24-28; JUDGES 20-21 RUTH 1-4
Judges 20
1. How did the Israelites respond to the awful violence in Gibeah, who were Benjamites, their own brothers?
a. v8 All the people rose as one man, saying, "None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house. v9 But now this is what we'll do to Gibeah: We'll go up against it as the lot directs. v10 We'll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for all this vileness done in Israel." v11 So all the men of Israel got together and united as one man against the city.
2. When the Israelites requested Benjamites for the surrender of the people who responsible for the violence and wicked act, did Benjamites act justly surrender those people who were guilty for the crime?
a. V13…But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.
3. When you know someone who have done something wrong, should you keep silent and protect his or her wrongful act?
a. God teaches to act justly and show mercy.
4. How many times it took for the Israelites finally defeated the Benjamites?
a. Three times.
5. Does acting justly going to cost us even when God is with us? Why?
a. Act justly sometimes does require us to pay the price. The Israelites lost twenty-two thousand and eighteen thousand lives in the first and second battle. The price would be higher if they did not act justly to remove evil out from the land.
Judges 21
1. Did the Benjamites completely wiped out from the battle?
a. God preserved them.
2. What was the problem when there was not leadership in Israel?
a. v25 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.
Ruth 1
1. Why Elimelech, his wife's name Naomi, and the names of his two sons moved to Moab, a foreign nations that God told them not to be associated with?
a. v1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land…
2. Who did the two sons married to?
a. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth.
3. What happen after ten year latter?
a. V4…After they had lived there about ten years, v5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
4. What did Naomi want to do? What did she want her two daughters-in-law to do?
a. v6 When she heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, Naomi and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. V11 But Naomi said, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters;…
5. Why Ruth insisted to follow her mother-in-law?
a. v16 But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." Loyalty to her mother-in-law and to her God.
6. Why Naomi wanted to be called Mara?
a. V20…she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me."
7. Do you sometime self-pity for things in your life did not happen as you planed? Why?
Ruth 2
1. Why Boaz showed favor to Ruth?
a. V11 Boaz replied, "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband--how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge." Boaz was impressed with her inner beauty, her loyalty.
2. How did Ruth show kindness to her mother-in-law?
a. 17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough. She brought everything she has labored hard and gave them to her mother-in-law.
3. Please think of two ways that you can show kindness to your mother. Practice them this week.
Ruth 3
1. When the Naomi, mother –in-law of Ruth told her to meet with Boaz that night, what was Ruth reaction?
a. 5 “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered. She obeyed without question.
2. How often when our parents told us to do something we come out with excuses or ask why or not obey?
3. What is your definition of obedience?
a. Obedience is doing what is expected of me immediately, cheerfully and thoroughly.
Ruth 4
1. Did Boaz conduct the business fairly?
a. Yes, he did it according to the custom.
2. Did Boaz allow the rightful person to claim the right first, or did he rush into it?
a. Boaz allowed the rightful person to make the choice before he claim the land.
3. Who was the grandson of Boaz and Ruth first son Obed?
a. David, the king that after God’s heart.
Acts 24
1. Who will be resurrected? Righteous or the wicked?
a. Both
2. Did Paul ever afraid during the trail? Why?
a. He was never afraid because he was confident he did nothing wrong.
3. Should you be afraid when someone accuses you for something that you did not do?
4. What did Felix actually want from Paul?
a. A bribe.
5. What is a bribe?
a. Money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official. It is a dishonest trade that God hates.
Acts 25
1. Can the Jews that accused Paul of many charges able to come out with proof?
a. v7 When Paul appeared, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.
2. Can the judge, Festus able to prove Paul anything wrong?
a. V10… I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
b. v25 I found he had done nothing deserving of death, but because he made his appeal to the Emperor I decided to send him to Rome.
3. Why Festus did not release Paul since he had found nothing wrong with him?
a. v9 Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor….
4. What should you do if you are at Fetus position as a judge?
a. Act righteously and show no partial.
Acts 26
1. Did Paul tell his defense by saying how wrong were his accuser? What did he testify instead?
a. Paul told his testimony of how he knew Jesus personally.
2. How did Paul tell his story?
a. Before he know Jesus, how he knew Jesus, and after he knew Jesus.
3. When Paul asked, “Who are you, Lord?”, what was the answer he received?
a. v15 "Then I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' " 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.
4. What was the new purpose of life that Jesus has given to Paul?
a. v16 'Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
5. Does Jesus give you a purpose of life? What do you think it is?
6. What was the main theme that Paul has been preaching to the people?
a. v22 But I have had God's help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen-- 23 that the Christ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to his own people and to the Gentiles
Acts 27
1. What happened to the ship and all the people because they did not listen to Paul’s advice about sailing in dangerous sea?
a. The ship was caught in terrible storm and was sinking.
2. What was Paul response to them that did not take his advice seriously?
a. v21 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. 22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. 23 Last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood beside me 24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’ 25 So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. 26 Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.” Paul encouraged them and gave them hope
3. What should you do if you see someone that did not listen to your advice and suffer?
a. Like Paul, love them and encourage them with the word of God and give them hope, not condemning them.
4. In desperate time, what did Paul do? What was the reaction of the people who were with Paul and was hopeless?
a. V35…he (Paul) took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. 36 They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves. Give thanks in all circumstances, people around you will notice and be encouraged.
Acts 28
1. What was the name of the Island they have landed?
a. Malta.
2. What happened to Paul when he was gathering brushwood to put on the fire? Did he get ill?
a. v3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. v5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. v6 The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
3. What did Paul do on that island even he was still arrested as prisoner? And how was he been regarded?
a. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. 9 When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. 10 They honored us in many ways and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.
4. What can you learn from Paul in this chapter?
a. Always remember to do good even time that does not seem convenient.
5. What was the main thing that Paul was doing in Rome?
a. V23… From morning till evening he explained and declared to them the kingdom of God and tried to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. v31 Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
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God's holiness: Isaiah 6:1-5 (Week of February 5, 2012; Monday)
Week 50 (2/5- 2/11): Acts 24-28; Judges 20- Ruth 4 | 家庭讀經樂研討問題 ( questions) )
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1. In Acts 24, how long does Paul share the Gospel with Governor Felix? [hint: Acts 24:27] What does this reveal about Paul? About Felix? How does this apply to your life?
从使徒行传24章中， 保罗花了多长时间传福音给腓力斯？【提示：徒 24：27】。 这里揭示了保罗的什么特点？ 又揭示了腓力斯的什么个性？从这一章你学到什么？
2. The book of Ruth takes place during time of the judges (Ruth 1:1). How does Ruth’s commitment to Naomi stand as a bright point in this otherwise bleak and dark era of the judges? [hint: 1:16-18] Further, is Ruth even an Israelite? [hint: 1:4; notice how the text continually emphasizes Ruth’s ancestry in the rest of the book!]
路得记发生在士师时代 （得1：1）。路得对拿俄米的委身和承诺是怎样成为这冷酷与黑暗的士师时代的亮点？【提示：得1：16-18】。路得是以色列人吗? 【提示：得1：4， 请注意这本书末是怎样重点记载路得的家谱？】