#BibleStudy Expressions of Faith (with applications). A House of Christ

 

The suggested timeline for each Bible study in this series is one week.

Friday

• Read the entire section or chapter of Hebrews that includes the printed verses.
• Read the Bible study bullet points and the Scripture immediately following.
• Then Express Your Faith this Week by completing the three tasks.

Pray every day. There is a suggestion for how to focus your prayers.

Think. An idea or two designed to get you thinking about Scripture.

Do. An activity to complete. Ranging from making a list to drawing a picture, this is will help you apply what you’ve been thinking. You might want to work on this on days 3-7. Each “Do” is downloadable for you to print and write on.

 

Days 2-7

Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3. You don’t have to 

 

I taught high school and college classes full-time for thirty-nine years. I know full well that some of you independent souls will not follow the above recommended process. 

If you’re one of those, chances are you’ll never read this bullet point.

 

Ultimately, how you complete this Bible study book is less important than completing it. Nevertheless, I hope you’ll give the recommended process a try before you decide not to follow it.

You might be asking, “What’s with the bullet points?” Then, again, you might not be asking that. Whether you are asking or not, here’s the reason.

Each bullet point focuses on a single idea in the daily Bible study. 

Most are one sentence long.

You’re more likely to read the entire bulleted list than you are to read two full paragraphs.

A House of Christ

⁵ “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. ⁶ But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

 Hebrews 3:5-6

·      There are few individuals in the Bible whose faith surpasses the faith of Moses.

·   As the first High Priest of the Tabernacle, he was faithful as a servant in that House of God.

·   Christ is faithful in His service over the Houses of God.

·   We are His house[s] (verse 6a)

·   Two characteristics of a House of Christ.

§  We must be servants of God.

§  We hold fast to our confidence and the boast of our hope. 

⁶… if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. (Hebrews 3:6b) [NASB]

God, grant me courage and hope and

 give me strength to boast about them for Christ.

Express Your Faith this Week

·     Pray every day. Promising to be faithful to God’s call on your life as God’s house, the spiritual strength to act on that faith, and what you need to change to make your house a true house of God.

·  Think. What kind of house am I building? What am I boasting about?

·   Do. Draw a cartoon about “we are His house.” It can be humorous or serious. 

§  If you’re not an artist, imagine a scene that represents “we are His house.” List five objects in the scene and describe or explain the purpose of each in the scene. 

 

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