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Gospel Study Guide/Template

Here is a study template to better understand any of the Gospels. There were some things on the Internet that gave me good ideas, but I needed to create my own. The idea is to make this an inductive study, were the student drives most of their learning and builds up their confidence that the Bible is not out of their reach.

Let me know your thoughts! Here’s a website with other templates/guides:

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The Outline portion is for the student to create their own outline by looking at the natural structure or how the verses should be grouped in a given chapter.

The facilitator will need to complete this on their own before class and come up with Three BIG Questions for the students to add and their own answer on the work sheet.

In a classroom setting, most sections of this study can be freely discussed by all participants, or you can limit it to a section or two—such as: Your Title for this Passage—if you have time constraints.

The link below is a Word doc free to use (and it is able to be edited, if needed). Please credit this website or castleqwayr for the use of this document and note any changes to your audience.

John Template Gamma

The first example is the uncompleted template to give to class members.

The second is an example of what a complete template might look like.

                                 

Freely use and share.

You can use the Word doc to make changes to the doc; such as the title.

 

Joy: The Serious Business of Heaven — C.S. Lewis

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Good background to this saying here:  joy-is-the-serious-business-of-heaven

Los Juicios de Dios (Estudio de La Biblia gratuitas)

Nota: Por favor, usar y compartir. Acreditar el enlace a este estudio si la adición de un sitio web o imprimirlo para su distribución. Tendrá que ser capaz de responder con claridad cada pregunta. Los participantes suelen ser capaces de responder a todas ellas si buscan con cuidado las Escrituras.

He estado pensando últimamente sobre los acontecimientos de los últimos días. Teniendo en cuenta el rápido declive moral de Estados Unidos y la longevidad de nuestra nación, pensamientos gire naturalmente al final de los tiempos, cuando Dios tiene su última palabra. Nuestro objetivo en este estudio no es para pasar mucho tiempo en los juicios que los hombres y las mujeres pronuncian de forma individual u oficialmente como un agente del Estado, sino considerar los juicios de Dios; principalmente al final de la edad.

Vamos a empezar con los juicios de Dios sobre los que se han comprometido a servirle.

Ezequiel 9: 1-11 ─ Entonces clamó en mis oídos con gran voz, diciendo: “Traiga cerca de los verdugos de la ciudad, cada uno con su arma destructora en la mano.” 2 Y he aquí que seis varones venían del camino de la puerta de arriba que mira hacia el norte, cada uno con su arma de masacre en la mano, y con ellos había un varón vestido de lino, con un caso de la escritura en su cintura. Y entraron y se pararon junto al altar de bronce. – – –

V.4 Qué otras cuentas bíblica, pasado o futuro se compara esto o contrastar con?

V.6 ¿Por qué el inicio el juicio en el santuario?

9.11 ¿Cuál es el punto de vista del hombre y lo que es de Dios?

Ahora, vamos a ver el juicio de Dios en el aquí y ahora de nuestra vida.

Juan 3: 16-19 ─ Pues Dios amó tanto al mundo, que dio a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. 17 Porque no envió Dios a su Hijo al mundo para condenar al mundo, – – –

Juan 5:24 ─ cierto, de cierto os digo, que el que oye mi palabra y cree al que me envió, tiene vida eterna cree. Él no viene a condenación, mas ha pasado de muerte a vida.

¿Cuál es su medio para que evitemos el castigo eterno?

Es el deseo de Dios para traer juicio necesarios en las personas, o para liberarlos y darles vida?

1 Pedro 4:17 ─ Porque es tiempo de que el juicio comience en la familia de Dios; y si primero comienza por nosotros, ¿cuál será el fin de aquellos que no obedecen al evangelio de Dios?

Si bien este versículo mira hacia el futuro, ¿cuál es su mensaje a los creyentes de hoy?

Por último vamos a considerar el futuro juicio de los creyentes y no creyentes. Nos Sill empezar con una nota feliz cuando David tenía el Arca llevó a su ciudad.

1 Crónicas 16: 28-34 ─ Dad a Jehová, oh familias de los pueblos, atribuyen a la gloria y el poder Señor! 29 Dad a Jehová la gloria debida a su nombre; Traed ofrenda, y venid delante de él! Adora al Señor en la hermosura de la santidad; – – –

V.33 ¿Por qué se alegran creación cuando ve su gran juicio anticipado?

¿Cuál debe ser nuestra respuesta a su juicio venidero? ¿Por qué?

2 Corintios 5:10 ─ Porque es necesario que todos nosotros comparezcamos ante el tribunal de Cristo, para que cada uno reciba lo que le corresponde por lo que ha hecho en el cuerpo, sea bueno o malo.

Apocalipsis 20: 10-15 ─ y el diablo que los había engañado fue arrojado al lago de fuego y azufre, donde estaban la bestia y el falso profeta, y serán atormentados día y noche por los siglos de los siglos. 11 Y vi un gran trono blanco y al que estaba sentado sobre él. De su tierra y el cielo huyeron, y no hay lugar – – –

Estos dos pasajes describen que serán juzgados. ¿Quiénes son los diversos destinatarios?

¿Por qué este juicio final tiene que llevarse a cabo?

Hebreos 12.27, 28 ─ Y así como está establecido para los hombres que mueran una sola vez, y después de esto el juicio, – – –

1 Corintios 3: 11-15 ─ Porque nadie puede poner otro fundamento que el que está puesto, el cual es Jesús Cristo.- – –

Cómo trata Dios con sus hijos de manera diferente que a los que lo rechazan? Cómo?

Todos queremos que las recompensas por un trabajo bien hecho, pero de acuerdo a este pasaje en Corintios cuál es nuestra salvación final y la vida eterna basada en si no hemos producido?

Cualquier pensamiento o reflexión final?

The Judgments of God (free study)

The Judgments of God

Note: Please use and share. Credit the link to this study if adding to a website or printing it for distribution. You will need to be able to clearly answer each question. The participants will usually be able to answer all of them if they carefully search the Scriptures.

I’ve been thinking lately about the events of the last days. Considering America’s rapid moral decline and our nation’s longevity, thoughts naturally turn to the end of time when God has His last word. Our goal in this study is not to spend much time on the judgments that men and women pronounce individually or officially as an agent of the state, but to consider God’s judgments; primarily at the end of the age.

We’ll start with God’s judgments on those who have vowed to serve Him.

Ezekiel 9:1-11 ─ Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Bring near the executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.” ² And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar. – – –

V.4 What other Biblical accounts, past or future does this compare or contrast with?

V.6 Why does the judgment start in the sanctuary?

9-11 What is man’s viewpoint and what is God’s?

Now, let’s look at God’s judgment in the here and now of our lives.

John 3:16-19 ─  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, – – –

John 5:24 ─ Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

What is His means for us to avoid eternal punishment?

Is God’s desire to bring necessary judgment on people, or to free them and give them life?

1 Peter 4:17 ─ For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

While this verse looks to the future, what is its message to believers today?

Finally let’s consider the future judgment of believers and unbelievers. We sill start on a happy note when David had the Ark brought to his city.

1 Chronicles 16:28-34 ─ Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! ²⁹ Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; – – –

V.33 Why does creation rejoice when it sees His much anticipated judgment?

What should our response be to His coming judgment? Why?

2 Corinthians 5:10 ─ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Revelation 20:10-15 ─  and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. ¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place – – –

These two passages describe who will be judged. Who are the various recipients?

Why does this final judgment have to take place?

Hebrews 12-27, 28 ─ And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, – – –

1 Corinthians 3:11-15 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.- – –

Does God deal with His children differently than to those who reject Him? How?

We all want rewards for a job well done, but according to this passage in Corinthians what is our ultimate salvation and eternal life based upon if we have not produced?

Any final thoughts or insights?

God’s Judgement Word Doc

Psalm Template Study Guide

Here is a study template to study any of the Psalms. I could not find anything helpful on the internet, so I created my own.

Let me know your thoughts!

The blanks after “History:”  etc…  are for the teacher or class to list a few books of the O.T. and N.T. that fit the catagory.

The blanks after “Historical:” etc… are for the teacher to list an example or two from the Psalms that fit each catagory.

Have the class members list these books and read the verses to make the experience more interactive.

The link below is a Word doc for your use (and it is able to be edited, if needed). Please credit this website or castleqwayr for the use of this document and note any changes.

Introduction to the Psalms with Template

 

 

C.S. Lewis – Thoughts on Liberals (Christian)

C.S. Lewis said it best when he said that “I really think in our days it is the “undogmatic” and “liberal” people who call themselves Christians that are the most arrogant and intolerant. I expect justice and even courtesy from many atheists and, much more, from your people <Roman Catholics>: Modernists I have to take bitterness and rancour as a matter of course.”

From  Letters Vol 3 April 1951

C.S. Lewis – Letters on Thoughtful Aging

Please read more from Google Books here: http://tinyurl.com/bf94bhg

Here is another thought from Dr. Lewis from a letter to Sister Penelope CSMV from Aug 16th. 49  The quote is from the Sisters own story:

The simile of Our Lord leading an old man down to age like an old horse brought tears to my eyes. I wish I had thought of it myself – sheer beauty.

2012 in review – Till We Have Faces (notshaken.wordpress.com)

 

Here’s an excerpt:

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 18,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film Festivals

Click here to see the complete report.

 

Consuming Fire Study – Hebrews 12:29 (G. MacDonald)

Consuming Fire

Read 1 Corinthians 3:10-14

• What is burned up?
• What is the nature of the fire?
• Is there any way to avoid the full onslaught of that final burn for the believer?

Read 1 Cor. 3:15

• What would you like to have left after the Big Burn?

From George MacDonald – Unpublished Sermons: Our God is a consuming Fire

Nothing is inexorable but love. Love which will yield to prayer is imperfect and poor. Nor is it then the love that yields, but its alloy. For if at the voice of entreaty love conquers displeasure, it is love asserting itself, not love yielding its claims. It is not love that grants a boon unwillingly; still less is it love that answers a prayer to the wrong and hurt of him who prays. Love is one, and love is changeless.

For love loves unto purity. Love has ever in view the absolute loveliness of that which it beholds. Where loveliness is incomplete, and love cannot love its fill of loving, it spends itself to make more lovely, that it may love more; it strives for perfection, even that itself may be perfected–not in itself, but in the object. As it was love that first created humanity, so even human love, in proportion to its divinity, will go on creating the beautiful for its own outpouring. There is nothing eternal but that which loves and can be loved, and love is ever climbing towards the consummation when such shall be the universe, imperishable, divine.

Therefore all that is not beautiful in the beloved, all that comes between and is not of love’s kind, must be destroyed.

Read Hebrews 12:14-17

• Why is holiness important?
• What does holiness look like in a community of believers?
• What appears in its place when it is absent?

Read Heb 12:18-24

• What are the signs of God’s presence in this Old Testament event?
• How is His presence manifest to us today?
• Are we promised or expect things to go easier on us?

The symbol of the consuming fire would seem to have been suggested to the writer by the fire that burned on the mountain of the old law. That fire was part of the revelation of God there made to the Israelites. Nor was it the first instance of such a revelation. The symbol of God’s presence, before which Moses had to put off his shoes, and to which it was not safe for him to draw near, was a fire that did not consume the bush in which it burned. Both revelations were of terror.

Read Heb 12:25-27

• How is the Hebrew people’s experience and ours related?
• Will He shake us?
• Why?

He will shake heaven and earth, that only the unshakeable may remain, (verse 27): he is a consuming fire, that only that which cannot be consumed may stand forth eternal. It is the nature of God, so terribly pure that it destroys all that is not pure as fire, which demands like purity in our worship. He will have purity. It is not that the fire will burn us if we do not worship thus; but that the fire will burn us until we worship thus; yea, will go on burning within us after all that is foreign to it has yielded to its force, no longer with pain and consuming, but as the highest consciousness of life, the presence of God.

Read Heb 12:28, 29

• What is the importance of worship in these verses?
• What does His fire devour?
• So what’s the big deal?

For, when we say that God is Love, do we teach men that their fear of him is groundless? No. As much as they fear will come upon them, possibly far more. But there is something beyond their fear,–a divine fate which they cannot withstand, because it works along with the human individuality which the divine individuality has created in them. The wrath will consume what they call themselves; so that the selves God made shall appear, coming out with tenfold consciousness of being, and bringing with them all that made the blessedness of the life the men tried to lead without God. They will know that now first are they fully themselves. The avaricious, weary, selfish, suspicious old man shall have passed away. The young, ever young self, will remain. That which they thought themselves shall have vanished: that which they felt themselves, though they misjudged their own feelings, shall remain– remain glorified in repentant hope. For that which cannot be shaken shall remain. That which is immortal in God shall remain in man. The death that is in them shall be consumed.

• Do you think there is a difference in what we call ourselves and the person that will appear?
• Are what we are now all that will ever be?

The man who loves God, and is not yet pure, courts the burning of God. Nor is it always torture. The fire shows itself sometimes only as light–still it will be fire of purifying. The consuming fire is just the original, the active form of Purity,–that which makes pure, that which is indeed Love, the creative energy of God. Without purity there can be as no creation so no persistence. That which is not pure is corruptible, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption.

• Do you want God to burn you deep within?
• How is it experienced in your life and your neighbors?

The man whose deeds are evil, fears the burning. But the burning will not come the less that he fears it or denies it. Escape is hopeless. For Love is inexorable. Our God is a consuming fire. He shall not come out till he has paid the uttermost farthing.

• What of ourselves will survive and what will be removed?

If the man resists the burning of God, the consuming fire of Love, a terrible doom awaits him, and its day will come. He shall be cast into the outer darkness who hates the fire of God. What sick dismay shall then seize upon him! For let a man think and care ever so little about God, he does not therefore exist without God. God is here with him, upholding, warming, delighting, teaching him–making life a good thing to him. God gives him himself, though he knows it not. But when God withdraws from a man as far as that can be without the man’s ceasing to be; when the man feels himself abandoned, hanging in a ceaseless vertigo of existence upon the verge of the gulf of his being, without support, without refuge, without aim, without end–for the soul has no weapons wherewith to destroy herself–with no inbreathing of joy, with nothing to make life good;–then will he listen in agony for the faintest sound of life from the closed door; then, if the moan of suffering humanity ever reaches the ear of the outcast of darkness, he will be ready to rush into the very heart of the Consuming Fire to know life once more, to change this terror of sick negation, of unspeakable death, for that region of painful hope. Imagination cannot mislead us into too much horror of being without God–that one living death.

• Can a person ultimately refuse the God offered consuming fire of love?

As for us, now will we come to thee, our Consuming Fire. And thou wilt not burn us more than we can bear. But thou wilt burn us. And although thou seem to slay us, yet will we trust in thee even for that which thou hast not spoken, if by any means at length we may attain unto the blessedness of those who have not seen and yet have believed.

Heb 10:32-39 (NIV)

³² Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. ³³ Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. ³⁴ You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. ³⁵ So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

³⁶ You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. ³⁷ For,

“In just a little while,
he who is coming will come
and will not delay.”

³⁸ And,

“But my righteous one will live by faith.
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”

³⁹ But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.