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Home Study for September 30 through October 5, 2013
Monday – Read Luke 6:26
What do false prophets often tell people?
Why do they do this?
Why is this so dangerous?
What are some lies that false prophets and false teachers are spreading today?
Tuesday – Read II Peter 2:1-10
How do false prophets deceive people?
What is their motivation for doing so?
How will God deal with false prophets?
What does this passage say to you?
Wednesday – Read II Timothy 4:1-5
Why do people often listen to false prophets and false teachers?
Why is this so destructive?
How can we keep from being deceived?
What is this passage saying to you?
Thursday – Read Acts 17:11-12
What did the Bereans do when they head the teaching of Paul?
Do you think Paul was offended by this? Why?
What was the result of Paul’s teaching and the study of the people?
What truth can you take from this passage and put into practice in your life today?
Friday – Read II Timothy 2:15-19
What does it mean to correctly handle the word of truth?
How does that help us to be a workman approved by God?
How does it help us to avoid false teaching?
What is the only foundation on which we can stand?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?
Saturday – Read Matthew 7:24-29
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Home Study for September 23 through 28, 2013
Monday – Read Psalm 19:1-3
What is one way that God has revealed Himself to humankind?
Is there any place where God’s glory and truth cannot be seen?
Why has God revealed Himself so completely?
Why do humans choose to ignore what God has shown them?
Tuesday – Read Joshua 24:14-15
What choice was Joshua putting before the people?
What did he choose?
These are the two choices humans have faced since the Garden of Eden, who do you choose to serve?
How will that impact your life today and every day?
Wednesday – Read John 14:1-6
What does Jesus call Himself here?
What hope does this give us?
What does a person have to do to experience Jesus as the way, the truth and the life?
What is this passage saying to you? How will you respond?
Thursday – Read Luke 14:15-23
In this parable about heaven, how did the first invitees to the banquet respond to the invitation they received?
How did the man respond to his guests not coming?
Who got invited instead?
How does this give us a picture of God and His offer of salvation and life?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?
Friday – Read Luke 15:1-7
How does Jesus feel about people who have not yet received the salvation and life that He offers to all people?
How does heaven respond when a lost soul chooses Jesus?
What hope does this give you? How does it challenge you?
How will you respond?
Saturday – Read Matthew 7:15-23
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Home Study for September 16 through 21, 2013
Home Study
Monday – Read Acts 1:1-8
Jesus calls us followers to be witnesses for Him in an ever expanding area. Jerusalem would refer to the people closest to us.
Why is it sometimes easier to support missions work across the world than to reach out to the people closest to us with the Gospel?
How does this challenge you?
How will you respond?
Tuesday – Read Romans 3:21-24
Who needs to receive Jesus as Savior?
Are there any exclusions?
Why?
How does this passage challenge you? What will you do?
Wednesday – Read Isaiah 64:6
Why are all of our human acts of righteousness like filthy rags in comparison to the holiness of God?
What does this say about our ability to save ourselves by our good deeds?
Why do people insist on believing their good deeds can save them?
Thursday – Read Romans 10:9-15
How important is it for people to hear the truth of Jesus?
How important is it for us to find ways to share the truth of Jesus with people who do not know Him?
What are some ways that we can let the light of Jesus shine out of us?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?
Friday – Read I Peter 3:15-16
What is the hope that we have through Jesus?
Why is it so important to share this hope with gentleness and respect?
What does the way we share Jesus say about Jesus?
How does this passage challenge you? What will you do?
Saturday – Read Matthew 7:13-14
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Home Study for September 9 through 14, 2013
Monday – Read James 4:1-10
Why do our human desires so often cause us friction with others and even with God?
What are some things mentioned here that we can do to ensure that we have the right motives when we ask God to work and act in our lives, in the lives of others and in the world?
How does this passage challenge you? How does it encourage you?
How will you respond?
Tuesday – Read Deuteronomy 4:25-31
These are God’s words to His people before crossing into the Promised Land; words that apply to us as His people today.
What promise does God give to those who will seek Him?
What hope does this give you?
What do you need to seek the Lord in in these days?
Wednesday – Read James 1:2-5
If we don’t know what to do, what are we called to do?
Is it good to seek God’s wisdom even when we think we know what to do? Why?
Why does God give us the wisdom we need and seek?
For what do you need God’s wisdom today?
Ask Him to reveal His will to you.
Thursday – Read Matthew 7:12
How do you want to be treated by others?
How does treating other people with love, as God loves us, help them to see Him?
How does this verse challenge you? How will you respond?
Friday – Read Galatians 5:22-26
How does the Holy Spirit in us change the way we view ourselves, how we view others and the choices we make?
How does that help us as we ask, seek, knock and love others?
Invite the Holy Spirit to continue working to develop His fruit in you.
Saturday – Read Matthew 9:9-13
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