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1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421</id><updated>2024-03-13T11:41:44.685-04:00</updated><category term="Burgess Walter"/><category term="International Sunday School Lesson"/><category term="sunday school lessons"/><category term="Ephesians"/><category term="Boaz"/><category term="Ephesians 3:1-13"/><category term="Ephesians 5:21-33"/><category term="Ephesians 6:10-18"/><category term="Jonah 1:1-3"/><category term="Jonah 3:1-9"/><category term="Mathew 13:54-58"/><category term="Moabite woman"/><category term="New Life in the Home"/><category term="Ruth 2: 5-12"/><category term="Ruth 3: 9-11"/><category term="book of ruth"/><title type='text'>Reflections by Burgess Walter</title><subtitle type='html'>Inspirational Thoughts and Devotions&#xa;Plus Commentary on The International&#xa;     Sunday School Lessons</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>488</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-384960473268446301</id><published>2018-09-28T09:26:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2018-09-28T09:26:33.922-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I am no longer posting, sorry.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sorry but I am no longer posting any lessons. After 10 years and fast approaching 80, I have decided to give up my teaching. If you would like to contact me personally my email address is&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;burgessdwalter@gmail.com, always happy to help with answers and opinions.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/384960473268446301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=384960473268446301&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/384960473268446301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/384960473268446301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/09/i-am-no-longer-posting-sorry.html' title='I am no longer posting, sorry.'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-8417298026692485641</id><published>2018-09-23T18:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-09-23T18:05:33.561-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hymn of Promise</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/5SnC6tjjtkA&quot; width=&quot;459&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
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3. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/8417298026692485641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=8417298026692485641&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/8417298026692485641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/8417298026692485641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/09/hymn-of-promise.html' title='Hymn of Promise'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/5SnC6tjjtkA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-6918021906902506891</id><published>2018-08-20T17:20:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2018-08-20T17:20:32.833-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 26, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Practicing Justice &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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6. <span id="docs-internal-guid-e4631e0b-7fff-dbe3-9a39-c91b49a0f0c7"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 26, 2018</span></span></div>
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9. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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11. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To exemplify the love and life of Christ in our daily lives</span></div>
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14. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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16. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Ephesians 4:25–5:2; Colossians 3:1-17</span></div>
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19. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colossians 3:5-17 (CEB)</span></div>
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21. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 So put to death the parts of your life that belong to the earth, such as sexual immorality, moral corruption, lust, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). 6 The wrath of God is coming upon disobedient people because of these things. 7 You used to live this way, when you were alive to these things. 8 But now set aside these things, such as anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene language. 9 Don’t lie to each other. Take off the old human nature with its practices 10 and put on the new nature, which is renewed in knowledge by conforming to the image of the one who created it. 11 In this image there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all things and in all people. </span></div>
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24. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12 Therefore, as God’s choice, holy and loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Be tolerant with each other and, if someone has a complaint against anyone, forgive each other. As the Lord forgave you, so also forgive each other. 14 And over all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. 15 The peace of Christ must control your hearts—a peace into which you were called in one body. And be thankful people. 16 The word of Christ must live in you richly. Teach and warn each other with all wisdom by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and give thanks to God the Father through him.</span></div>
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29. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therefore, as God’s choice, holy and loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. (Colossians 3:12)</span></div>
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39. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First I would like to apologize for not posting last week, On Sunday the 12th of September, a large tree in our yard was struck by lightning and we lost a lot of electronics and our internet for several days. We are fortunate that the damage was not more severe, it blew the top out of the tree and it fell on our patio and screened in porch, but could have been much worse. </span></div>
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42. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now for this week’s thoughts. Our text is from Paul’s letter to the church at </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colossae.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Paul was never able to visit this church and the letter is one of Paul’s prison letters he wrote while in prison in Rome. Other letters Paul wrote while in prison include possibly  Philemon, Ephesians, and Philippians. </span></div>
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45. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In chapter 1 Paul explains the reason for the letter</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 You learned it from Epaphras, who is the fellow slave we love and Christ’s faithful minister for your sake. 8 He informed us of your love in the Spirit. 9 Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we haven’t stopped praying for you and asking for you to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding.”</span></div>
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47. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul is trying to take those in Colossae to a better place where the old is gone and they take on a new life.  Being a Christian brings a new birth, the things we used to do we do no more. Also our hearts are changed and we seek peace instead of anger, we seek holiness instead of abiding in sin, Our life is expected to reflect the life of Christ</span></div>
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49. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being a Christian means we all are one in Christ, no more Greek and Jew, black or white, educated and uneducated we are all one in Christ. The confusion comes when we incorporate that into a bigger picture of those that have not chosen Christ. Being in Christ does not mean you are not welcoming the world into your circle of friends. We need to be inclusive with other believers, but not necessarily with those that choose not to believe in Christ. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 So put to death the parts of your life that belong to the earth, such as sexual immorality, moral corruption, lust, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry)........ 8 But now set aside these things, such as anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene language. </span></div>
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51. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are those that teach we must be inclusive in our teachings and our beliefs, that is not what I see. There is the world’s followers and there are Christ followers. We must not preach and teach that unity is more importa nt than holiness. Sin is still sin, and Christ offers the only remedy for that, a new life in HIm. Heaven and hell are real, heaven is for the redeemed and hell is for those that choose the way of the world. When we candy coat it and try to let everybody in, we defeat the  purpose of the cross, Christ died for all of those that believe, and His will is that all will believe.</span></div>
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62. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/6918021906902506891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=6918021906902506891&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/6918021906902506891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/6918021906902506891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/08/adult-uniform-sunday-school-lesson-for_20.html' title='Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 26, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-719380964036198859</id><published>2018-08-06T13:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-08-06T13:51:28.118-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 12, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Global Economic Justice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
63. <span id="docs-internal-guid-1b1ad4e5-1056-5e9c-0ceb-afab35b6af04"></span><br />
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65. <span id="docs-internal-guid-1b1ad4e5-1056-5e9c-0ceb-afab35b6af04"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 12, 2018</span></span></div>
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68. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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70. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To identify the reason and ways of living generous lives in Christ</span></div>
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73. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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75. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: 2 Corinthians 8; 9</span></div>
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78. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (CEB)</span></div>
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80. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 Be the best in this work of grace in the same way that you are the best in everything, such as faith, speech, knowledge, total commitment, and the love we inspired in you. 8 I’m not giving an order, but by mentioning the commitment of others, I’m trying to prove the authenticity of your love also. 9 You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Although he was rich, he became poor for our sakes, so that you could become rich through his poverty. </span></div>
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83. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 I’m giving you my opinion about this. It’s to your advantage to do this, since you not only started to do it last year but you wanted to do it too. 11 Now finish the job as well so that you finish it with as much enthusiasm as you started, given what you can afford. 12 A gift is appreciated because of what a person can afford, not because of what that person can’t afford, if it’s apparent that it’s done willingly. 13 It isn’t that we want others to have financial ease and you financial difficulties, but it’s a matter of equality. 14 At the present moment, your surplus can fill their deficit so that in the future their surplus can fill your deficit. In this way there is equality. 15 As it is written, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The one who gathered more didn’t have too much, and the one who gathered less didn’t have too little.</span></div>
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86. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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88. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Although he was rich, he became poor for our sakes, so that you could become rich through his poverty. (2 Corinthians 8:9) </span></div>
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91. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Comments</span></div>
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95. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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98. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My thoughts on this lesson are going be a bit different. As I read this text I can not help but think about the way we do church today. </span></div>
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101. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In essence Paul created the first Sunday School contest or challenge. He pitted one church against another in order to achieve the goal. Today we do much the same thing when we often try and outdo the other churches on our community. </span></div>
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104. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul begins chapter eight with these words,</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brothers and sisters, we want to let you know about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia. 2 While they were being tested by many problems, their extra amount of happiness and their extreme poverty resulted in a surplus of rich generosity. 3 I assure you that they gave what they could afford and even more than they could afford, and they did it voluntarily. 4 They urgently begged us for the privilege of sharing in this service for the saints. 5 They even exceeded our expectations, because they gave themselves to the Lord first and to us, consistent with God’s will. 6 As a result, we challenged Titus to finish this work of grace with you the way he had started it.</span></div>
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107. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I guess in the words of Paul, “I am giving you my opinion about this.” Paul points out in the beginning verses how good and faithful the church at Corinth is at being the best at everything.</span></div>
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110. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul then goes on to say “this is not a command, more of a request.”  Frankly it sounds more like a contest.  Not that anything wrong with that. I think the words Paul uses in verse 12</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “A gift is appreciated because of what a person can afford, not because of what that person can’t afford, if it’s apparent that it’s done willingly” </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is some very wise words . Sometimes peer pressure creates a burden to those that can not afford to give. Somehow suffering and giving creates the idea that our Christianity depends on what we give. Jesus wants us to give out of our abundance, not out of some sort of penance.</span></div>
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113. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Christians that have been bought with a great price, our giving needs to be out of love. When the bible says “God loves a cheerful giver” He means it. Paul is trying his best to make the church at Corinth “cheerful givers.”</span></div>
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116. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The quotation in verse 15 from Exodus 16:18 is in the context of the story of the manna. “The one who gathered more didn’t have too much, and the one who gathered less didn’t have too little.” As unlikely as the human evidence sometimes seems, God will provide for us.</span></div>
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119. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “God Will Take Care of You.”</span></div>
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121. &lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; encrypted-media&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/ijytLs96yig&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/719380964036198859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=719380964036198859&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/719380964036198859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/719380964036198859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/08/adult-uniform-sunday-school-lesson-for.html' title='Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 12, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-8850926179326715418</id><published>2018-07-30T13:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-07-30T13:26:01.913-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 5, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;God&#39;s Justice &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
122. <span id="docs-internal-guid-37c492d8-ec2d-b7c1-7264-02eb469fcff8"></span><br />
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124. <span id="docs-internal-guid-37c492d8-ec2d-b7c1-7264-02eb469fcff8"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for August 5, 2018</span></span></div>
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127. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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129. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To commit to leading a nonjudgmental and repentant life</span></div>
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132. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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134. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Romans 2:1-16</span></div>
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137. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romans 2:1-12 (CEB)</span></div>
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139. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 So every single one of you who judge others is without any excuse. You condemn yourself when you judge another person because the one who is judging is doing the same things. 2 We know that God’s judgment agrees with the truth, and his judgment is against those who do these kinds of things. 3 If you judge those who do these kinds of things while you do the same things yourself, think about this: Do you believe that you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you have contempt for the riches of God’s generosity, tolerance, and patience? Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is supposed to lead you to change your heart and life? 5 You are storing up wrath for yourself because of your stubbornness and your heart that refuses to change. God’s just judgment will be revealed on the day of wrath. 6 God will repay everyone based on their works. 7 On the one hand, he will give eternal life to those who look for glory, honor, and immortality based on their patient good work. 8 But on the other hand, there will be wrath and anger for those who obey wickedness instead of the truth because they are acting out of selfishness and disobedience. 9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 10 But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 11 God does not have favorites. </span></div>
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142. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12 Those who have sinned outside the Law will also die outside the Law, and those who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. </span></div>
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145. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verses</span></div>
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147. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. God does not have favorites. (Romans 2:10-11) </span></div>
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150. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Comments</span></div>
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154. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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157. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This month we will look at Paul’s teaching, and we will begin with Paul’s letter to the church at Rome. At the time of Paul writing this letter he had never visited the church in Rome. He had received information about the church from others. Paul’s ultimate reason for writing was he was looking for financial help for the poor Christians back in Jerusalem. The church at Rome was one of the more wealthy of all the new churches. </span></div>
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160. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you read the first chapter of Paul’s writing, you can readily see that Paul is buttering up those Roman Christians. While Paul was not the founding pastor, he used good salesmanship tactics in addressing this church.</span></div>
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163. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, as we look at chapter two, Paul has abandoned the flowery speech, and has gone to a more familiar line of teaching.  The problem as Paul sees it is they are being judgmental.  Paul abandons his flowery speech to basically calling them hypocrites. </span></div>
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166. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being judgmental is something almost all of us can be found guilty. We like to think we are not, but the truth is we are very judgemental. It is not just about race, religion or politics. We judge others by the way they live, the number of tattoos, the length of their dress, the way they dress, their cleanliness and their weight and their habits. Just a few of the ways we judge.  </span></div>
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169. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Paul begins to teach and preach to the Roman church, he states upfront in verse 20 of chapter 1 regardless of your situation you are without excuse for not worshipping the creator God.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (1:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 Ever since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities—God’s eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, because they are understood through the things God has made. So humans are without excuse.)</span></div>
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172. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paul’s concern was  whether Jew or Greek, whether knowing God through the Law or knowing God through faith as a new Christian. It ought to change your life. Knowing God should change your heart. If’ it doesn’t maybe you need to rethink your relationship.</span></div>
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175. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doing good is not restricted to Christians, or Jews or any other form of religion or belief. Those that act selfishly and disobedient are obviously not doing the will of the Creator. God wants us to be holy just as He is holy. Our Key Verse says it best.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. God does not have favorites. (Romans 2:10-11) </span></div>
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178. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is one of the newer ones “Open The Eyes of My Heart”</span></div>
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187. <span id="docs-internal-guid-edc55372-c800-635a-f542-f98e9a4aa715"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for July 29, 2018</span></span></div>
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192. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To realize God’s greatest hope and intention for our world</span></div>
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197. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luke 14:15-24 (CEB)</span></div>
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199. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15 When one of the dinner guests heard Jesus’ remarks, he said to Jesus, “Happy are those who will feast in God’s kingdom.” </span></div>
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202. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 Jesus replied, “A certain man hosted a large dinner and invited many people. 17 When it was time for the dinner to begin, he sent his servant to tell the invited guests, ‘Come! The dinner is now ready.’ 18 One by one, they all began to make excuses. The first one told him, ‘I bought a farm and must go and see it. Please excuse me.’ 19 Another said, ‘I bought five teams of oxen, and I’m going to check on them. Please excuse me.’ 20 Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’ 21 When he returned, the servant reported these excuses to his master. The master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go quickly to the city’s streets, the busy ones and the side streets, and bring the poor, crippled, blind, and lame.’ 22 The servant said, ‘Master, your instructions have been followed and there is still room.’ 23 The master said to the servant, ‘Go to the highways and back alleys and urge people to come in so that my house will be filled. 24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will taste my dinner.’”</span></div>
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207. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Go quickly to the city’s streets, the busy ones and the side streets, and bring the poor, crippled, blind, and lame.” (Luke 14:21)</span></div>
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214. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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217. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week we are looking at another parable taught by Jesus. I am a firm believer that telling stories is an effective way of getting points across to a vast audience. Storytelling has been used as a means of teaching from the beginning of time. Jesus used it over and over again to make a point and as a way of teaching.</span></div>
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220. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our text today follows two stories that Jesus tells as an invited guest to a banquet. First, to the guest and the correct way to attend a banquet and the seating arrangement. Second, to the host and who to invite. (Luke 14:7-14)</span></div>
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223. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The setting for the story is important, because it shows the audience of the parable. Jesus had been invited to attend a dinner hosted by one of the leaders of the Pharisees.  Those invited were the cremedelacreme of the leaders of the Jewish religion. You can almost picture them all clamouring for the best seat in the house. Likewise, you can sense the pride of the host and his “A” list invitees. </span></div>
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225. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyone that was someone was here, and Jesus uses the opportunity to give them a lesson in manners, generosity and humility.</span></div>
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228. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The lesson for us is bit different, God wants His house and table full.  How that is achieved depends on the response of those invited. The original invitation is to those within the church.  Then to those that are the working class, and finally to those homeless, and disabled that have no hope.</span></div>
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231. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we look at the excuses weather for love or money, we can find them somewhat justifiable. Who of us have not offered similar excuses? </span></div>
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234. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A seat at this table is not determined by our station in life, or our intellect. The invitation has gone out and our seat is only determined by our acceptance of that invitation. No man can keep us from the banquet, except ourselves. </span></div>
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237. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The question for us is, who are we inviting?  In our parable, the servants are sent out to invite, we are the servants of God. We are the ones extending the invitation. </span></div>
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240. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “My house is full, but my fields are empty.” </span></div>
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250. <span id="docs-internal-guid-063a7439-a400-88d5-e3da-56650877fdd8"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for July 22, 2018</span></span></div>
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260. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Matthew 7:15-23; Luke 13:22-30</span></div>
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263. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luke 13:22-30 (CEB)</span></div>
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265. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 Jesus traveled through cities and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone said to him,</span></div>
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267. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Lord, will only a few be saved?” Jesus said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow gate. Many, I tell you, will try to enter and won’t be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ He will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you are from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 He will respond, ‘I don’t know you or where you are from. Go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 28 There will be weeping and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s kingdom, but you yourselves will be thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west, north and south, and sit down to eat in God’s kingdom. 30 Look! Those who are last will be first and those who are first will be last.” </span></div>
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270. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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272. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Make every effort to enter through the narrow gate. Many, I tell you, will try to enter and won’t be able to.” (Luke 13:24)</span></div>
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275. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Comments</span></div>
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279. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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281. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this week’s lesson we will look at another parable. Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem, He has just given the parables of the mustard seed and yeast. Where He compares the kingdom of God to these two small insignificant things which end up making a huge difference. When someone within the crowd ask the question, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Interesting that the question comes after Jesus has just talked about how God’s kingdom will grow from almost nothing to something spectacular.</span></div>
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284. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus uses the question as a teaching moment, and the answer can not give a lot of hope for those that are following for the show. </span></div>
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287. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The most sure way of obtaining a place in God’s kingdom, is to listen and obey the teachings of Jesus. It will not be the most popular way and it will require more than lip service. I am certain that crowd did not accept that strict teaching anymore than today’s churches.</span></div>
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291. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today we have churches bending over backwards to attract the crowd, and do everything but teach a doctrine of denial and holiness. We hear it is unreasonable to expect humankind to live a life of denial, that our teaching is too hard. I think that is exactly what the Moses told the Israelites in Deuteronomy 30:11-14</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This commandment that I’m giving you right now is definitely not too difficult for you. It isn’t unreachable. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It isn’t up in heaven somewhere so that you have to ask, “Who will go up for us to heaven and get it for us that we can hear it and do it?” </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nor is it across the ocean somewhere so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the ocean for us and get it for us that we can hear it and do it?” </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not at all! The word is very close to you. It’s in your mouth and in your heart, waiting for you to do it. )</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  This doctrine is called </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">antinomianism</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or (against the law) which says that saving faith is of such a nature as to remove the obligation of obedience to God’s law.</span></div>
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294. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This teaching has crept into our churches today, the teachings of many is that God’s grace, somehow trumps obedience and faith. I think that is what Jesus is talking about when He talks about the narrow way and at some point the door is shut. By God’s grace salvation is offered to all, but not all accept the conditions. God’s holiness and our holiness can not be set aside. </span></div>
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297. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is, Holy, Holy, Holy.   </span></div>
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301. <iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bxAEfTB7XxI" width="560"></iframe><br />
302. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/5697793900811865841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=5697793900811865841&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/5697793900811865841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/5697793900811865841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/07/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for_16.html' title='Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for July 22, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-2646895357224818630</id><published>2018-07-09T13:23:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-07-09T13:24:04.940-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for July 15, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;The Widow and the Unjust Judge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
303. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b7adc14e-8007-ec88-0c3a-a71cc3803fd6"></span><br />
304. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
305. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b7adc14e-8007-ec88-0c3a-a71cc3803fd6"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for July 15, 2018</span></span></div>
306. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b7adc14e-8007-ec88-0c3a-a71cc3803fd6"><br />
307. </span><br />
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309. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b7adc14e-8007-ec88-0c3a-a71cc3803fd6"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></span></div>
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312. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To acknowledge our need to be persistent and faithful followers of Jesus Christ</span></div>
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315. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson </span></div>
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317. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luke 18:1-8 (CEB)</span></div>
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319. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Jesus was telling them a parable about their need to pray continuously and not to be discouraged. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him, asking, ‘Give me justice in this case against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused but finally said to himself, I don’t fear God or respect people, 5 but I will give this widow justice because she keeps bothering me. Otherwise, there will be no end to her coming here and embarrassing me.” 6 The Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 Won’t God provide justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he be slow to help them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Human One comes, will he find faithfulness on earth?” </span></div>
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322. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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324. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Won’t God provide justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? (Luke 18:7)</span></div>
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327. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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329. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by</span></div>
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331. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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333. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s text is one that has somewhat puzzled me for many years. In the parable God can not be the unjust judge, so what is the point.</span></div>
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336. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But maybe the parable is all about the widow, almost all of us can relate to her situation, in that we do not get what we think we deserve. Or maybe it is just about prayer.</span></div>
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339. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It seems that Jesus is using this as a teaching moment for the disciples. Our text begins with this statement </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Jesus was telling them a parable about their need to pray continuously and not to be discouraged.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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342. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think the challenge for us today is to be faithful in our prayer life. Prayer needs to be more than getting a parking place close to the door.  Since God wants to supply all of our needs, He needs us to share our needs and our desires. Not just a casual shout out, but a pleading prayer opening up as we would to our best friend.</span></div>
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345. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think Jesus is telling us and the disciples don’t be afraid to pester God with our petitions. When our petitions are brought before God, He wants us to be certain that what we are asking is really what we want. Unless we are persistent in our asking, it could be taken as today’s whim. God wants a relationship, there is no better way to establish that than sharing. </span></div>
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348. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sometimes we need to be more like Jacob and wrestle with God. Be in awe, but not afraid to ask for help.  Pray with vigor and clenched teeth sometime, it is okay.  Friends understand when we become frustrated with our circumstance.</span></div>
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351. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God wants to be involved in our lives, that means we consult with Him constantly about our lives our family, our needs and our desires.  Our prayers should be more than just a “sweet hour of prayer.” True friends share their hurts. More like “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our griefs and sorrows share. I think persistence is our duty, anything less seems like giving up.</span></div>
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354. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.  What father does not long to be friends with his children.</span></div>
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356. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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360. <iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8SCorW9r_Is" width="560"></iframe><br />
361. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/2646895357224818630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=2646895357224818630&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/2646895357224818630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/2646895357224818630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/07/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for_9.html' title='Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for July 15, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-7033502762593725777</id><published>2018-07-02T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-07-02T13:23:57.584-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for July 8, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Jesus Criticizes Unjust Leaders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
362. <span id="docs-internal-guid-1881d6b2-5bcd-4d91-9434-bea8e96c34e9"></span><br />
363. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
364. <span id="docs-internal-guid-1881d6b2-5bcd-4d91-9434-bea8e96c34e9"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for July 8, 2018</span></span></div>
365. <span id="docs-internal-guid-1881d6b2-5bcd-4d91-9434-bea8e96c34e9"><br />
366. </span><br />
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368. <span id="docs-internal-guid-1881d6b2-5bcd-4d91-9434-bea8e96c34e9"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></span></div>
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371. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To respond to Christ’s call to us to repent of hypocrisy in our lives</span></div>
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374. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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376. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Matthew 23</span></div>
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379. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 23:1-8, 23-26 (CEB)</span></div>
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381. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples, 2 “The legal experts and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore, you must take care to do everything they say. But don’t do what they do. 4 For they tie together heavy packs that are impossible to carry. They put them on the shoulders of others, but are unwilling to lift a finger to move them. 5 Everything they do, they do to be noticed by others. They make extra-wide prayer bands for their arms and long tassels for their clothes. 6 They love to sit in places of honor at banquets and in the synagogues. 7 They love to be greeted with honor in the markets and to be addressed as ‘Rabbi.’ 8 “But you shouldn’t be called Rabbi, because you have one teacher, and all of you are brothers and sisters. . . . </span></div>
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384. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">23“How terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You give to God a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, but you forget about the more important matters of the Law: justice, peace, and faith. You ought to give a tenth but without forgetting about those more important matters. 24 You blind guides! You filter out an ant but swallow a camel. </span></div>
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387. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">25 “How terrible it will be for you legal experts and Pharisees! Hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and plate, but inside they are full of violence and pleasure seeking. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup so that the outside of the cup will be clean too.</span></div>
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390. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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392. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The legal experts and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. Therefore, you must take care to do everything they say. But don’t do what they do.” (Matthew 23:2-3)</span></div>
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400. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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403. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This our second lesson on Jesus Calls for Justice and Mercy. Last week we studied the unjust servant, when a servant is forgiven much by his lord, but treats his servants harshly.</span></div>
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406. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week we will look at what Jesus has to say about hypocrites. First and foremost, hypocrites can only exist within the church.  Jesus addresses this problem directly with the leaders of the Jewish community.</span></div>
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409. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The leaders, or as Jesus says, “those setting in Moses seat,” had a set of rules for the congregation and another set of rules for themselves. The office they held carried with it the responsibility of teaching the law. However, those in charge kept adding to the original law as delivered by Moses.</span></div>
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412. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition they were so impressed with their own position they delighted in seeming to appear far more holy and devout than they really were. They constantly called attention to themselves and their devoutness, by making the leather pouches where they carried their scripture and the fringe on their robes longer than others just to attract attention.  In addition they would stand on the corner and pray louder than others for all to see and hear how devout they were.</span></div>
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415. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus warning to the community was “don’t do as they do, but listen to the words that they teach,” because that is the law of Moses. The important basics that the religious authorities seemed to ignore are the essential things. These elements—justice, peace, and faith—are what make our relationship to God and others so exceptional.</span></div>
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418. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus went on to make another point by saying, “You filter out an ant but swallow a camel.” And you are so concerned about the outside of the cup, when you should be concerned about the inside.</span></div>
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421. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In summing it all up, what comes from the inside is more important than the way you look or your station in life. All of us have a leaning toward hypocrisy. It is human nature to think we are better or more deserving than others, but our selfishness is visible to those around us. By faith we can overcome and be more like Jesus. </span></div>
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424. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “More Like the Master.”</span></div>
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431. <span id="docs-internal-guid-e1647461-37b7-d33a-1f85-236df10b6f84"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for July 1, 2018</span></span></div>
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434. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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436. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To recognize the importance of forgiving as we have been forgiven</span></div>
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439. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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441. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 18:21-35 (CEB)</span></div>
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443. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">21 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Should I forgive as many as seven times?” </span></div>
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445. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 Jesus said, “Not just seven times, but rather as many as seventy-seven times. 23 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 When he began to settle accounts, they brought to him a servant who owed him ten thousand bags of gold. 25 Because the servant didn’t have enough to pay it back, the master ordered that he should be sold, along with his wife and children and everything he had, and that the proceeds should be used as payment. 26 But the servant fell down, kneeled before him, and said, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I’ll pay you back.’ 27 The master had compassion on that servant, released him, and forgave the loan. 28 “When that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred coins. He grabbed him around the throat and said, ‘Pay me back what you owe me.’ </span></div>
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448. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">29 “Then his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I’ll pay you back.’ 30 But he refused. Instead, he threw him into prison until he paid back his debt. </span></div>
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451. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">31 “When his fellow servants saw what happened, they were deeply offended. They came and told their master all that happened. 32 His master called the first servant and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you appealed to me. 33 Shouldn’t you also have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ 34 His master was furious and handed him over to the guard responsible for punishing prisoners, until he had paid the whole debt. </span></div>
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454. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">35 “My heavenly Father will also do the same to you if you don’t forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”</span></div>
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457. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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459. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shouldn’t you also have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you? (Matthew 18:33)</span></div>
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462. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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466. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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469. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we continue our study of Jesus’ parables, we come across a very difficult one for most of us. How many times should we forgive our </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">brother</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">?</span></div>
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472. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I underlined brother because in the previous verses in this chapter Jesus seems to make a distinction between our brothers and sisters within the church or community. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17  But if they still won’t pay attention, report it to the church. If they won’t pay attention even to the church, treat them as you would a Gentile and tax collector.)</span></div>
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475. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter ask a reasonable question, and he shows he has compassion, because the normal times for forgiveness in that day was three times. Peter stretches it to seven as if he knows Jesus will definitely say more than three. Peter and the rest of the disciples were probably shocked when Jesus pushed it to almost infinite number of 70 times 7 or 77 depending on your translation.</span></div>
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478. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I guess you can take some heart in that this applies to your brothers and sisters in Christ. Just as in the parable, the discussion is between the King and His servants.</span></div>
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481. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The parable certainly drives home the point about how we behave as a congregation of believers. </span></div>
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484. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To put the parable in proper perspective, the first servant owed the king </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ten thousand bags of gold. Or 6 million days wages.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Obviously more than could ever be repaid.  The second servant owed the first servant only 100 coins or about 100 days wages. An amount that could have been repaid over a extended period of time.</span></div>
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487. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus’ point should not be dismissed, we have been forgiven more than we could ever repay in multiple lifetimes. Therefore, reasonable servants should be more than willing to forgive brothers and sisters in Christ and within the body of the church as often as required.  We will be held to a higher standard, than those that did not know better. There is a reason it is included in the Lord’s prayer we love to recite. Forgiveness is not optional for believers.  </span></div>
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490. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “I Stand Amazed In the Presence of Jesus the Nazarene”</span></div>
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500. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/7603090670487198718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=7603090670487198718&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/7603090670487198718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/7603090670487198718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/06/adult-uniform-sunday-school-lesson-for_25.html' title='Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for July 1, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-6884644299740947096</id><published>2018-06-18T14:58:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2018-06-18T14:58:58.803-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 24, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;“Reaping God&#39;s Justice”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
501. <span id="docs-internal-guid-68ce1396-143f-e656-7749-8de84f8c6e7f"></span><br />
502. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
503. <span id="docs-internal-guid-68ce1396-143f-e656-7749-8de84f8c6e7f"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 24, 2018</span></span></div>
504. <span id="docs-internal-guid-68ce1396-143f-e656-7749-8de84f8c6e7f"><br />
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506. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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508. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To compare and contrast our personal understanding of justice with God’s will</span></div>
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511. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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513. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Luke 16:19-31; John 5:24-30</span></div>
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516. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luke 16:19-31 (CEB)</span></div>
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518. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">19 “There was a certain rich man who clothed himself in purple and fine linen, and who feasted luxuriously every day. 20 At his gate lay a certain poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. 21 Lazarus longed to eat the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Instead, dogs would come and lick his sores. </span></div>
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521. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22“The poor man died and was carried by angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 While being tormented in the place of the dead, he looked up and saw Abraham at a distance with Lazarus at his side. 24 He shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I’m suffering in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received good things, whereas Lazarus received terrible things. Now Lazarus is being comforted and you are in great pain. 26 Moreover, a great crevasse has been fixed between us and you. Those who wish to cross over from here to you cannot. Neither can anyone cross from there to us.’ </span></div>
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524. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">27 “The rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, Father, send Lazarus to my father’s house. 28 I have five brothers. He needs to warn them so that they don’t come to this place of agony.’ 29 Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. They must listen to them.’ 30 The rich man said, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will change their hearts and lives.’ 31 Abraham said, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, then neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’ ” </span></div>
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527. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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529. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received good things, whereas Lazarus received terrible things. Now Lazarus is being comforted and you are in great pain. (Luke 16:25)</span></div>
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531. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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533. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By</span></div>
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535. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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538. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s lesson is one of a series of parables on perils of being rich. The Lazarus mentioned in this parable should not be confused with the brother of Martha and Mary that Jesus raised from the dead. </span></div>
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541. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the proceeding parable is about the farmer who thinks he needs bigger barns, our text is about being aware of what is going on around you.</span></div>
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544. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The point of both is that at some point in the future there will be an accounting for what you have done, and not on what you acquired.</span></div>
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547. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our text makes no mention of the rich man being a bad person, except he seemed to ignore this man that was at his gate every day begging for some food, drink or comfort. Some may think that he not only ignored him, but he never really seemed to see him. However, as the story progresses, the rich man knew exactly who he was. The rich man's claim of not knowing, is soon exposed by Abraham. When he requested, “ Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I’m suffering in this flame.’</span></div>
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550. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We should not preclude that all rich men are evil and destined to spend eternity in  some sort of tormented hell, or that all poor beggars are going directly into a paradise. John 5:24 says</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I assure you that whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and won’t come under judgment but has passed from death into life.”</span></div>
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553. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus is trying to get those to whom he is talking “Pharisees” to understand the choice is now, sending someone back from the dead </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(which will happen in a few short years at the resurrection) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">will not necessarily change anyone's mind, unless they believe that Jesus is God’s Son.</span></div>
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556. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where we spend eternity depends on how we respond to the life, death and resurrection of God’s only Begotten Son. Jesus was pretty plain when He said, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“if you love me keep my commandments.”</span></div>
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559. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When our neighbor is a beggar, we are obligated to love them, feed and cloth them as a community of believers or as an individual. Our text does not tell us how Lazarus came to know Christ or believe in Abraham, but he probably prayed every day to be rescued from the hell he found himself in. Just a reminder we are all as lost as the rich man and Lazarus both unless we acknowledge our only chance for salvation is through Jesus the Christ.</span><br />
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562. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “Have Thine Own Way Lord.”</span></div>
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564. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/6884644299740947096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=6884644299740947096&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/6884644299740947096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/6884644299740947096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/06/adult-uniform-sunday-school-lesson-for_18.html' title='Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 24, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-6863030790322399977</id><published>2018-06-11T12:16:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2018-06-11T12:39:50.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 17, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Jesus Teaches About Justice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
565. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"></span><br />
566. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
567. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 17, 2018</span></span></div>
568. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"><br />
569. </span><br />
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571. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose </span></span></div>
572. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"> </span><br />
573. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
574. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To affirm through actions how we can live in the spirit of the Law</span></span></div>
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576. </span><br />
577. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
578. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></span></div>
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580. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Matthew 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-13</span></span></div>
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584. <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f63c0e-ef94-d37a-0c93-4092c726e40a"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 15:1-9 (CEB)</span></span></div>
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587. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Then Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why are your disciples breaking the elders’ rules handed down to us? They don’t ritually purify their hands by washing before they eat.” </span></div>
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590. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 Jesus replied, “Why do you break the command of God by keeping the rules handed down to you? 4 For God said, Honor your father and your mother, and The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death. 5 But you say, ‘If you tell your father or mother, “Everything I’m expected to contribute to you I’m giving to God as a gift,” then you don’t have to honor your father.’ 6 So you do away with God’s Law for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you. 7 Hypocrites! Isaiah really knew what he was talking about when he prophesied about you, 8 This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me. 9 Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human rules.”</span></div>
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593. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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595. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me. (Matthew 15:8)</span></div>
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598. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts </span></div>
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600. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By</span></div>
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602. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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605. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s lesson presents an interesting challenge to today’s Church. How do we separate God’s commandments from tradition?</span></div>
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608. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our text this week is about whose authority are we to follow?  The Pharisees took a rule dictated about the priest and applied it to all.  </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Leviticus 22:4-7 </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4 </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any descendant of Aaron who is afflicted with skin disease or has a discharge cannot eat of the holy things until he is clean. Anyone who touches anything made unclean by a dead body, or who has an emission of semen, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or who touches any swarming creature or another person who makes him unclean—whatever the uncleanness might be— </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the person who touches these things will be unclean until evening. He must not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once the sun has set and he has become clean again, he may eat of the holy things, for that is his food.</span></div>
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611. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Likewise, they had taken the Ten Commandments and made a more convenient law they called “corban.” Deuteronomy 5:16 puts the law concerning honoring parents this way: </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Honor your father and your mother, exactly as the Lord your God requires, so that your life will be long and so that things will go well for you on the fertile land that the Lord your God is giving you.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The elders tradition of “</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">corban” </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">said if the children gave the money to the temple they did not have to take care of the parents in their old age. Jesus called this</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> hypocritical.</span></div>
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614. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today we face similar problems, our seminaries teach that the bible is not necessarily God’s word, we have a cafeteria type approach, that is, we can pick and choose what to believe. </span></div>
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617. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Discerning  what is God’s will and what is man’s idea of God’s will requires being in touch with God constantly. God’s commandment is </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“if you love me , keep my commandments.” </span></div>
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620. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “Constantly Abiding” Jesus is mine.</span></div>
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623. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/6863030790322399977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=6863030790322399977&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/6863030790322399977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/6863030790322399977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/06/adult-uniform-sunday-school-lesson-for_11.html' title='Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 17, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-8955634699174478697</id><published>2018-06-04T12:59:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2018-06-04T12:59:27.424-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 10, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Parables of God&#39;s Just Kingdom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
624. <span id="docs-internal-guid-9d5fedda-cbb4-6007-592d-1ca7cf410505"></span><br />
625. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
626. <span id="docs-internal-guid-9d5fedda-cbb4-6007-592d-1ca7cf410505"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 10, 2018</span></span></div>
627. <span id="docs-internal-guid-9d5fedda-cbb4-6007-592d-1ca7cf410505"><br />
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629. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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631. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To understand God’s redemptive justice and how we can enable others to experience it</span></div>
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634. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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636. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Matthew 13:24-43 </span></div>
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639. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 13:24-33 (CEB)</span></div>
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641. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like someone who planted good seed in his field. 25 While people were sleeping, an enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 When the stalks sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared. </span></div>
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644. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">27“The servants of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Master, didn’t you plant good seed in your field? Then how is it that it has weeds?’ </span></div>
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647. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">28“ ‘An enemy has done this,’ he answered. “The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’ </span></div>
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650. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">29 “But the landowner said, ‘No, because if you gather the weeds, you’ll pull up the wheat along with them. </span></div>
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653. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 Let both grow side by side until the harvest. And at harvest time I’ll say to the harvesters, “First gather the weeds and tie them together in bundles to be burned. But bring the wheat into my barn.” ’” </span></div>
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656. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">31He told another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in his field. 32 It’s the smallest of all seeds. But when it’s grown, it’s the largest of all vegetable plants. It becomes a tree so that the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.” </span></div>
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659. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through all the dough.”</span></div>
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664. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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666. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let both grow side by side until the harvest. And at harvesttime I’ll say to the harvesters, “First gather the weeds and tie them together in bundles to be burned. But bring the wheat into my barn.” (Matthew 13:30)</span></div>
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670. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts </span></div>
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672. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By</span></div>
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674. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
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677. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This the first of three lesson on parables taught by Jesus. So what is a “</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">parable</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">?”  C. H. Dodd, a great New Testament scholar (1884–1973), once defined the parable form by saying, “At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt about its precise application to tease it into active thought.”</span></div>
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680. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus used parables because it was easy for the common agro society of His day to understand. Others also used parables, one of the most notable was the Prophet Nathan using a parable to awaken King David of his terrible sin.  (2 Samuel 12:7)</span></div>
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683. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The parable of the weeds is often referred to as the parable of the wheat and the tares. A tare is a destructive weed that looks similar to wheat in its early development. As Jesus often did, he set this parable in an agricultural situation. Jesus likened the kingdom of heaven to someone going out to grow wheat.</span></div>
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686. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then something unusual happens. While everyone is asleep in the night, an enemy comes and plants weeds, or bad seed, among the good. The servants being dedicated went to the owner and ask if they should pull up the weeds. The owner has a better idea, let them grow together and later be separated at harvest time.</span></div>
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689. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let me interject a personal comment, today we hear a lot about the universalist belief that everybody gets into heaven. I think this parable taught by Jesus debunks that idea. It also answers the question about why the bad are successful. As Christians we are ask to wait till the end, for justice. </span></div>
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692. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As for the other parables concerning the yeast and the mustard seed, again these also demands our patience.  I think the church might be the object of these parables.</span></div>
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695. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The church of Jesus Christ  started in the smallest of fashion, One unique Son of God came and lived as a man, and from that, the church grew from one to twelve to one hundred and twenty to five thousand in fifty days. That is the miracle and mystery of our faith. Who would not want to share this amazing story?</span></div>
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698. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “We’ve A Story to Tell to the Nations.”</span></div>
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704. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/8955634699174478697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=8955634699174478697&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/8955634699174478697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/8955634699174478697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/06/adult-uniform-sunday-school-lesson-for.html' title='Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 10, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-3897898486191388862</id><published>2018-05-29T12:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-05-29T12:05:34.582-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Justice and Sabbath Laws</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Justice and Sabbath Laws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
705. <span id="docs-internal-guid-48c9f2d1-ac9a-159c-a4a6-72abb235439f"></span><br />
706. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
707. <span id="docs-internal-guid-48c9f2d1-ac9a-159c-a4a6-72abb235439f"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for June 3, 2018</span></span></div>
708. <span id="docs-internal-guid-48c9f2d1-ac9a-159c-a4a6-72abb235439f"><br />
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710. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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712. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To discover how the Law enhances our lives as God’s people</span></div>
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715. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson </span></div>
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717. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matthew 12:1-14 (CEB)</span></div>
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720. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 At that time Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry so they were picking heads of wheat and eating them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are breaking the Sabbath law.” </span></div>
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723. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and those with him were hungry? 4 He went into God’s house and broke the law by eating the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat. 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple treat the Sabbath as any other day and are still innocent? 6 But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what this means, I want mercy and not sacrifice, you wouldn’t have condemned the innocent. 8 The Human One is Lord of the Sabbath.” </span></div>
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726. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 Jesus left that place and went into their synagogue. 10 A man with a withered hand was there. Wanting to bring charges against Jesus, they asked, “Does the Law allow a person to heal on the Sabbath?” 11 Jesus replied, “Who among you has a sheep that falls into a pit on the Sabbath and will not take hold of it and pull it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So the Law allows a person to do what is good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he did and it was made healthy, just like the other one. 14 The Pharisees went out and met in order to find a way to destroy Jesus.</span></div>
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729. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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731. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you had known what this means, I want mercy and not sacrifice, you wouldn’t have condemned the innocent. (Matthew 12:7)</span></div>
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734. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Commentary </span></div>
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736. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By</span></div>
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738. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
739. <br />
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741. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week we start a new series of lessons, with the overall theme</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Justice in the New Testament.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  The first four lessons are subtitled </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“God Is Just and Merciful.”</span></div>
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744. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the chapter before out text, we find Jesus approached by John’s disciples asking if He is the One or should they wait for another. While Jesus does not answer directly, He simply tells them to go back and report to John what they have seen.</span></div>
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746. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The previous chapter 12 closes with these three verses</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”</span></div>
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749. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we take those veres and compare them to our lesson text, Jesus might be offering a new yoke that is not as burdensome as the old yoke of the law. Jesus is offering a new way that can bring rest, a humble way that brings gentleness.</span></div>
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752. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When Jesus is confronted by the Pharisees for breaking a sabbath law,  He is saying laws are not bad, He only says, There needs to be compassion administered along with the law.</span></div>
753. <br />
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755. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In our society today He might have said, “is it wrong for an ambulance or fire truck to disobey the traffic laws?”</span></div>
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758. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God had given the Israelites laws for their own good, because a society cannot exist without some order and laws help provide that order. But at the same time the Priest were instructed to work on the Sabbath, because it was for the benefit to the community.</span></div>
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761. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">None of God’s laws apply, when good can be performed. Human life supersedes God’s law of the Sabbath. Therefore Doctors, Firemen, Policemen, and Preachers appear to be exempt from Sabbath laws.</span></div>
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764. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More importantly we that have accepted Christ as the Son of God, are now bound by a new law.  Love your neighbors, and more importantly love the Lord with all of our heart, mind and soul.</span></div>
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767. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just as “obedience is better than sacrifice” so is “mercy.” Can we go wrong extending mercy?  What if we follow Jesus’ lead and become a merciful people, and less legalistic? Would burdens be lifted? Would Jesus be glorified?  Is human life more valuable than animal life?</span></div>
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770. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “Jesus Took my Burden and left with a Song.”</span></div>
771. </span><br />
772. &lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; encrypted-media&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/ozi2VPbvb7w&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/3897898486191388862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=3897898486191388862&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/3897898486191388862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/3897898486191388862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/05/justice-and-sabbath-laws.html' title='Justice and Sabbath Laws'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-3044266429063844640</id><published>2018-05-21T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-05-21T13:55:45.575-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 27, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Rejoicing in Restoration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
773. <span id="docs-internal-guid-3c2689d7-83d1-8d19-f0fa-b93cd44363b3"></span><br />
774. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
775. <span id="docs-internal-guid-3c2689d7-83d1-8d19-f0fa-b93cd44363b3"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 27, 2018</span></span></div>
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777. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
778. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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780. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To claim the reconciliation and healing God offers us through Jesus Christ</span></div>
781. <br />
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783. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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785. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Leviticus 16; Psalm 34; Hebrews 2:5-18</span></div>
786. <br />
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788. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psalm 34:1-10 (CEB)</span></div>
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790. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise will always be in my mouth. </span></div>
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792. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 I praise the Lord— let the suffering listen and rejoice. </span></div>
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794. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 Magnify the Lord with me! Together let us lift his name up high! </span></div>
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796. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4 I sought the Lord and he answered me. He delivered me from all my fears. </span></div>
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798. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 Those who look to God will shine; their faces are never ashamed. </span></div>
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800. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 This suffering person cried out: the Lord listened and saved him from every trouble. </span></div>
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802. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 On every side, the Lord’s messenger protects those who honor God; and he delivers them. </span></div>
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804. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 Taste and see how good the Lord is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy! </span></div>
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806. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 You who are the Lord’s holy ones, honor him, because those who honor him don’t lack a thing. </span></div>
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808. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 Even strong young lions go without and get hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.</span></div>
809. <br />
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811. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hebrews 2:17-18 (CEB)</span></div>
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813. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17 Therefore, he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every way. This was so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, in order to wipe away the sins of the people. 18 He’s able to help those who are being tempted, since he himself experienced suffering when he was tempted.</span></div>
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816. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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818. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Taste and see how good the Lord is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy. (Psalm 34:8)</span></div>
819. <br />
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822. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts on This Week's Lesson</span></div>
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824. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By</span></div>
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826. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burgess Walter</span></div>
827. <br />
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829. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I prepare for this week’s lesson, there is news of yet another school shooting in Texas. This epidemic is reaching more and more people every day. Our politicians and educators do not seem to have an answer. Although no one wants to state the obvious, our text says it very well.</span></div>
830. <br />
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832. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the past forty or fifty years America has done everything possible to keep  God and biblical teachings out of our schools. In addition we have cheapened human life by allowing abortion as a form of birth control.</span></div>
833. <br />
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835. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The challenge is laid out for us in today’s text, when we sincerely worship and praise our living God, we will find our suffering wanes, and our joy is increased. Believing and serving God will make a difference in our personal lives and in our countries life.  </span></div>
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838. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Psalmist assures us that God listens and is willing and able to help us in our times of trouble. We are then challenged in verse 8</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Taste and see how good the Lord is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!” </span></div>
839. <br />
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841. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have the Lord’s assurance, but it is conditional on our own willingness to honor Him as it says in verse 9</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “You who are the Lord’s holy ones, honor him, because those who honor him don’t lack a thing.” </span></div>
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844. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We can not continue to ignore God’s words, and expect different results. The call is for repentance and reconciliation. God has gone to great lengths to provide a way through His only begotten Son. One that came and lived as a man, suffered the cruelest of deaths in order that we can have not only a high priest that has lived life as a man, but also a savior that has died for us.</span></div>
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847. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What more could we ask? “Taste and see,” True happiness depends on it.</span></div>
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850. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is simply “How Great Thou Art.” We have not because we ask not.”</span></div>
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852. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/3044266429063844640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=3044266429063844640&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/3044266429063844640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/3044266429063844640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/05/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for_21.html' title='Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 27, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-2818968143121465691</id><published>2018-05-14T13:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-05-14T13:09:18.353-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson For May 20, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Remembering With Joy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
853. <span id="docs-internal-guid-349ca3a1-5f90-496c-dbe3-d823f5251ff4"></span><br />
854. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
855. <span id="docs-internal-guid-349ca3a1-5f90-496c-dbe3-d823f5251ff4"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson For May 20, 2018</span></span></div>
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858. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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860. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To consider the biblical understanding of jubilee and how to celebrate jubilee today</span></div>
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863. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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865. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Leviticus 25</span></div>
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868. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leviticus 25:1-12 (CEB)</span></div>
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870. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 The Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai, 2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: Once you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must celebrate a sabbath rest to the Lord. 3 You will plant your fields for six years, and prune your vineyards and gather their crops for six years. 4 But in the seventh year the land will have a special sabbath rest, a Sabbath to the Lord: You must not plant your fields or prune your vineyards. 5 You must not harvest the secondary growth of your produce or gather the grapes of your freely growing vines. It will be a year of special rest for the land. 6 Whatever the land produces during its sabbath will be your food—for you, for your male and female servants, and for your hired laborers and foreign guests who live with you, 7 as well as for your livestock and for the wild animals in your land. All of the land’s produce can be eaten. 8 Count off seven weeks of years—that is, seven times seven—so that the seven weeks of years totals forty-nine years. 9 Then have the trumpet blown on the tenth day of the seventh month. Have the trumpet blown throughout your land on the Day of Reconciliation. 10 You will make the fiftieth year holy, proclaiming freedom throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It will be a Jubilee year for you: each of you must return to your family property and to your extended family. 11The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee year for you. Do not plant, do not harvest the secondary growth, and do not gather from the freely growing vines 12 because it is a Jubilee: it will be holy to you. You can eat only the produce directly out of the field. </span></div>
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873. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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875. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will make the fiftieth year holy, proclaiming freedom throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It will be a Jubilee year for you: each of you must return to your family property and to your extended family. (Leviticus 25:10)</span></div>
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877. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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880. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Growing up on a farm in Indiana in the 1940’s & 50’s, we practiced a form of the sabbath year. Back then it was common to rotate crops from year to year and different fields would get rested. Farmers had learned what God told the Israelites thousand of years earlier, the land needs to be rested. Today because of modern farming methods and chemicals, the ground is rarely plowed, and  it has become more effective, to do less toiling of the soil and use more chemicals.</span></div>
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883. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What God revealed to Moses at Mt. Sinai was that once they got to the land God had given them, this was what God wanted them to do.  Reminding them it was His land and this is the way he wanted it farmed. If they did as He commanded they would have sufficient crops in the six prior years to carry them through the seventh year. Back on the farm, when we left a field rest, it would often produce what we called volunteer crops, that is crops would appear that had not been planted, this is what God if referring to when He refers to secondary crops.</span></div>
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886. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While they were allowed to eat from the secondary crops they were not suppose to harvest them for storage, but rather use them for everyday meals.</span></div>
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889. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The following command applied to the year after they had observed seven sabbatical years or the fiftieth year.  It was to be a year of Jubilee, celebrating seven sabbaths for the land, and a returning to the original hiers all of the land that had been put up as collateral for debts and foreclosures. As you can imagine from a financial standpoint this became problematic for lenders during that time just prior to the Year of Jubilee. </span></div>
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892. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This seven year sabbath for the land became a real big problem after the end of the Judges  reign. Because the people failed to obey this sabbath law for the land, God counted that in the 490 since Saul was King, they had not observed this sabbath rest for the land. So, God forced the land to rest for seventy years while the nation was taken captive by the Babylonians and Assyrians, from 586 - 516. One year for each sabbath year missed in the previous 490 years.</span></div>
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895. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the end of this time, the people were restored and debts forgiven and the temple was rebuilt. All of this shows God’s mercy and grace towards His people.</span></div>
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898. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It should serve to us as a reminder, God keeps His word, and is willing to forgive, when we repent. Today we have redemption promised by the acts of Jesus resurrection and death.  Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the nation of Israel being established in 1948, an anniversary celebrated by the USA establishing it’s embassy in the city of Jerusalem.  The words of the prophet are coming true.</span></div>
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901. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “Jerusalem.” or "The Holy City"</span></div>
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905. <br />
906. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/2818968143121465691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=2818968143121465691&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/2818968143121465691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/2818968143121465691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/05/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for_14.html' title='Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson For May 20, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-4827254264278237477</id><published>2018-05-07T13:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-05-07T13:09:19.405-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 13, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Bringing First Fruits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
907. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"></span><br />
908. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
909. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 13, 2018</span></span></div>
910. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"><br />
911. </span><br />
912. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
913. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></span></div>
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915. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To give God our first and best</span></span></div>
916. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"><br />
917. </span><br />
918. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
919. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></span></div>
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921. <span id="docs-internal-guid-95e1b2e9-3b8d-0279-f5aa-6339e7544320"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Leviticus 2:14; 23:9-22</span></span></div>
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924. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leviticus 23:9-14, 22 (CEB)</span></div>
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926. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 The Lord said to Moses: 10 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and harvest its produce, you must bring the first bundle of your harvest to the priest. 11 The priest will lift up the bundle before the Lord so that it will be acceptable on your behalf. The priest will do this on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day the bundle is lifted up for you, you must offer a flawless one-year-old lamb as an entirely burned offering to the Lord. 13 The accompanying grain offering must be two-tenths of an ephah of choice flour mixed with oil, as a food gift for the Lord, a soothing smell. The accompanying drink offering must be a quarter of a hin of wine. 14 You must not eat any bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until the exact day when you bring your God’s offering. This is a permanent rule throughout your future generations, wherever you live. . . . </span></div>
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929. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 When you harvest your land’s produce, you must not harvest all the way to the edge of your field; and don’t gather every remaining bit of your harvest. Leave these items for the poor and the immigrant; I am the Lord your God.</span></div>
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932. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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934. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and harvest its produce, you must bring the first bundle of your harvest to the priest.” (Leviticus 23:10)</span></div>
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937. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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940. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Book of Leviticus has many enemies today, it has been stigmatized as a “bloody book” as antiquated and as unhistorical. However, it is also the “gospel” of the Old Testament. It is the first book that Jewish boys are told to read. </span></div>
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942. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Historically it was probably written by Moses during the time after the completion of the tabernacle at Mt. Sinai.</span></div>
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945. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The purpose of the book, is to teach sinful men, how to have a relationship with a </span></div>
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947. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Holy God. Each sacrifice and holy day point us to the Christ in the New Testament. </span></div>
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950. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Moses time, God communicated through the tribe of Aaron and Moses, which was the tribe of Levy</span></div>
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953. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Offerings offered without going through a Levitical Priest, were not accepted. The reason for that was there were conditions and practises that the priest had to obey that qualified them to be an intermediary between man and God.</span></div>
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956. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One cannot help but notice, that the offering is to take place on the same day of the week as the resurrection, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(11 The priest will lift up the bundle before the Lord so that it will be acceptable on your behalf. The priest will do this on the day after the Sabbath.) </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The pureness of the offerings and being the first fruits also speaks of Christ. </span></div>
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959. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In much the same way as Christ teaches us through the beatitudes, God instructs the Israelites to be generous to the poor and the Aliens in the land. A fact that was important in the story and Book of Ruth.</span></div>
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962. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What would be the best way for a Holy, Righteous God to communicate with mankind that is selfish and sinful?  While we can never be as pure and holy as God, He has provided a way through the sacrifice of His only begotten Son and the blood He shed and victory achieved by raising Him from the dead.  Our choice is to accept or reject that gift, our faith is counted as righteousness when we believe.</span><br />
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964. </span></div>
965. My hymn for this week is “I Need No Other Argument.” or “My Faith Has Found a Resting Place.”</span><br />
966. <div>
967. </div>
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970. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/4827254264278237477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=4827254264278237477&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/4827254264278237477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/4827254264278237477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/05/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for.html' title='Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 13, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-6064254925627458080</id><published>2018-04-30T12:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-04-30T12:48:11.234-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 6, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Giving From a Generous Heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
971. <span id="docs-internal-guid-653047bc-175d-492f-46d0-88e38b7a1d3b"></span><br />
972. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
973. <h3>
974. <span id="docs-internal-guid-653047bc-175d-492f-46d0-88e38b7a1d3b"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for May 6, 2018</span></span></h3>
975. </div>
976. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span><br />
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978. </span>
979. <br />
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981. <span id="docs-internal-guid-653047bc-175d-492f-46d0-88e38b7a1d3b"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To give eagerly</span></span></div>
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983. <br />
984. </span><br />
985. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
986. <span id="docs-internal-guid-653047bc-175d-492f-46d0-88e38b7a1d3b"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></span></div>
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988. </span>
989. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
990. <span id="docs-internal-guid-653047bc-175d-492f-46d0-88e38b7a1d3b"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Exodus 25:1-7, 35:4-29; Leviticus 27:30-33; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8</span></span></div>
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994. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exodus 35:20-29  (CEB)</span></div>
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996. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 The whole Israelite community left Moses. 21 Everyone who was excited and eager to participate brought the Lord’s gift offerings to be used for building the meeting tent and all its furnishings and for the holy clothes.</span></div>
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998. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 Both men and women came forward. Everyone who was eager to participate brought pins, earrings, rings, and necklaces, all sorts of gold objects. Everyone raised an uplifted offering of gold to the Lord. 23 And everyone who had blue or purple or deep red yarn or fine linen or goats’ hair or rams’ skins dyed red or beaded leather brought them. 24 Everyone who could make a gift offering of silver or copper brought it as the Lord’s gift offering. Everyone who had acacia wood that could be used in any kind of building work brought it. 25 All the skilled women spun cloth with their hands, and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and deep red yarns and fine linen. 26 All the women who were eager to use their skill spun the goats’ hair. 27The chiefs brought gemstones and gems to be set in the priest’s vest and the chest pendant, 28 spices and oil for light and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet-smelling incense. 29 All the Israelite men and women who were eager to contribute something for the work that the Lord had commanded Moses to do brought it as a spontaneous gift to the Lord. </span></div>
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1001. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Corinthians 9:6-8 (CEB)</span></div>
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1003. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 What I mean is this: the one who sows a small number of seeds will also reap a small crop, and the one who sows a generous amount of seeds will also reap a generous crop. 7 Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn’t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver. 8 God has the power to provide you with more than enough of every kind of grace. That way, you will have everything you need always and in everything to provide more than enough for every kind of good work.  </span></div>
1004. <br />
1005. <br />
1006. <br />
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1008. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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1010. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I mean is this: the one who sows a small number of seeds will also reap a small crop, and the one who sows a generous amount of seeds will also reap a generous crop. (2 Corinthians 9:6)</span></div>
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1013. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
1014. <br />
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1016. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This lesson is the first in a new unit titled “Give Praise to God.” As the title for this lesson suggests, one of the ways we give praise to God is by giving from a generous heart.</span></div>
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1019. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After Moses descended Mount Sinai the second time “with the two covenant tablets in his hand” (Exodus 34:29), he “gathered together the whole Israelite community and said to them: These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do” (Exodus 35:1). The biblical text for this lesson picks up the story here.</span></div>
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1022. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you read the background scriptures you find each text contains a list of gift offerings that will “be used for building the meeting tent and all its furnishings and for the holy clothes” (Exodus 35:21). The passage from Exodus 25 is included in the words God spoke to Moses during their first meeting on Mount Sinai. The passage from Exodus 35 is included in Moses’ report to the Israelites of what God desired for them to do. Note the words in both texts: “freely wants to give” (Exodus 25:2; 35:5)</span></div>
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1025. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exodus 35:20-21</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: This begins the Print Passage for this lesson. After the people heard Moses declare God’s instructions regarding the construction of the holy dwelling, they dispersed in order to obey God’s command and collect the necessary items. Note these important points:</span></div>
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1027. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The people who wanted to participate were “excited and eager” (verse 21). Giving was not required. The command to “collect gift offerings for the Lord from all of you” was followed by “whoever freely wants to give” (verse 5). The instruction to give was extended to everyone, indicating “both men and women” (verse 22). Moses gave the Lord’s instructions “to the whole Israelite community” (verse 4), yet the gifts were offered by individuals, not the community as a whole. We saw in the backstory that the Israelites had previously responded to God’s gift of deliverance from Egypt with complaints  about living in the desert and unfaithfulness by worshiping an idol. These actions almost caused God to destroy and abandon them. Perhaps their “excited and eager” attitude toward giving was a sign of relief and thankfulness for a second opportunity to live in God’s presence.</span></div>
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1030. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In our passages from 2 Corinthians, Paul talks about the act of giving as also being an expression of faith and trust in God. Note the repetition of the phrase “more than enough.”  Paul was talking about abundant generosity on the part of God and the people. He wrote, “God has the power to provide you with more than enough of every kind of grace.”</span></div>
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1033. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Verse  7 has a new theory on giving, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn’t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver.”</span></div>
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1036. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our gifts should reflect our faith and trust in God’s grace. As recipients of that grace, we are equipped “to provide more than enough for every kind of good work.” When the people of Israel placed their trust in God to provide for their needs in the desert, they were able “to provide more than enough” to complete the construction of “the meeting tent and all its furnishings and for the holy clothes” (Exodus 35:21). They reaped the harvest of God’s grace and faithfulness.</span></div>
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1039. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “He Giveth More Grace.”</span></div>
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1042. <span id="docs-internal-guid-afc7c565-f360-5384-3146-1205b2be7028"></span><br />
1043. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1044. <span id="docs-internal-guid-afc7c565-f360-5384-3146-1205b2be7028"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for April 29, 2018</span></span></div>
1045. <span id="docs-internal-guid-afc7c565-f360-5384-3146-1205b2be7028"><br />
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1047. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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1049. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To appreciate the symbolism and significance of Christ as the Lamb that was slain</span></div>
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1052. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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1054. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Revelation 5:6-14 (CEB)</span></div>
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1056. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 Then, in between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb, standing as if it had been slain. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are God’s seven spirits, sent out into the whole earth. 7 He came forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one seated on the throne. 8 When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each held a harp and gold bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 They took up a new song, saying, </span></div>
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1059. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slain, and by your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation. </span></div>
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1062. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will rule on earth.” </span></div>
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1065. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11 Then I looked, and I heard the sound of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. They numbered in the millions—thousands upon thousands. 12 They said in a loud voice,</span></div>
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1068. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Worthy is the slaughtered Lamb to receive power, wealth, wisdom, and might, and honor, glory, and blessing.” </span></div>
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1071. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea—I heard everything everywhere say, </span></div>
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1074. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Blessing, honor, glory, and power belong to the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb forever and always.” </span></div>
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1077. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshipped.</span></div>
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1080. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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1082. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Worthy is the slaughtered Lamb to receive As John continued watching, he saw “in between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, . . . a Lamb.” The Lamb represents Jesus Christ and was “standing as if it had been slain.” The proximity of the Lamb to God’s throne symbolizes the close relationship between God and Christ. The Lamb power, wealth, wisdom, and might, and honor, glory, and blessing! (Revelation 5:12)</span></div>
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1085. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 22pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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1087. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last week John, witnessed an amazing scene of worship. He reported seeing God on a throne in heaven. The throne was surrounded by 24 elders and encircled by four living creatures, while “the seven spirits of God” were in front (Revelation 4:2, 4-6).</span></div>
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1090. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week As John continued watching, he saw “in between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, . . . a Lamb.” The Lamb represents Jesus Christ and was “standing as if it had been slain.” The proximity of the Lamb to God’s throne symbolizes the close relationship between God and Christ. </span></div>
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1093. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Lamb that was slain emerged victorious over death. Theologians compare John’s imagery here with the Passover lamb. In the story of Israel’s escape from bondage in Egypt in Exodus, God said, “Your lamb should be a flawless year-old male.”  (Exodus 12:5, 12-13)</span></div>
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1096. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The apostle Peter used language reminiscent of the Passover when he wrote, “You were liberated by the precious blood of Christ, like that of a flawless, spotless lamb” (1 Peter 1:19). Likewise, the apostle Paul made this connection: “Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7).</span></div>
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1099. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Old Testament prophet Daniel noted the power of the beasts with horns that he saw in his apocalyptic vision: “I saw a fourth beast . . . with extraordinary power . . . it had ten horns” (Daniel 7:7). “I suddenly saw a ram with two horns. . . . No animal could resist the ram, . . . It became powerful” (Daniel 8:3-4).</span></div>
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1102. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The response of the four living creatures and the 24 elders was worship. The “elders fell down before the Lamb” just as they fell down before God in worship in Revelation 4:10.</span></div>
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1105. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The living creatures and the elders offered a new song in recognition of the new day that had come. The words of praise and worship, “You are worthy,” that were proclaimed to God the Creator in Revelation 4:11 are now proclaimed to Christ the Lamb. Only Christ, God’s perfect Son, was worthy to purchase or redeem all humankind for God by the sacrifice of his blood. This continues the theme of understanding Christ as the flawless Passover lamb.</span></div>
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1107. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John reported seeing angels too numerous to count come to this place of worship. They surrounded the throne and everyone within the worship space and offered their own refrain of praise.</span></div>
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1110. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following the angels’ song, John “heard every creature” in the universe proclaim words of adoration and praise to God seated on the throne and to Christ the Lamb. Their words of praise affirmed that “blessing, honor, glory, and power” belong to God and Christ “forever and always.” </span></div>
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1113. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This dramatic experience of worship ended with the four living creatures saying amen and the elders falling down once again before God and Christ in worship.</span></div>
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1116. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blessing and Honor.”</span></div>
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1119. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b0f99e84-cfc5-6bbc-52cf-dd05fcee84eb"></span><br />
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1121. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b0f99e84-cfc5-6bbc-52cf-dd05fcee84eb"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson For April 22, 2018</span></span></div>
1122. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b0f99e84-cfc5-6bbc-52cf-dd05fcee84eb"><br />
1123. </span><br />
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1125. <span id="docs-internal-guid-b0f99e84-cfc5-6bbc-52cf-dd05fcee84eb"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></span></div>
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1128. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To recognize the power of symbol in ritual and worship</span></div>
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1131. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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1133. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Revelation 4</span></div>
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1136. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Revelation 4:1-6, 8-11 (CEB)</span></div>
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1138. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 After this I looked and there was a door that had been opened in heaven. The first voice that I had heard, which sounded like a trumpet, said to me, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in a Spirit-inspired trance and I saw a throne in heaven, and someone was seated on the throne. 3 The one seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and surrounding the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald. 4 Twenty-four thrones, with twenty-four elders seated upon them, surrounded the throne. The elders were dressed in white clothing and had gold crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came lightning, voices, and thunder. In front of the throne were seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God. 6 Something like a glass sea, like crystal, was in front of the throne. In the center, by the throne, were four living creatures encircling the throne. These creatures were covered with eyes on the front and on the back. . . . </span></div>
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1141. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings, and each was covered all around and on the inside with eyes. They never rest day or night, but keep on saying,</span></div>
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1144. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is coming.” </span></div>
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1147. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one seated on the throne, who lives forever and always, 10 the twenty-four elders fall before the one seated on the throne. They worship the one who lives forever and always. They throw down their crowns before the throne and say, </span></div>
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1150. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you created all things. It is by your will that they existed and were created.”</span></div>
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1155. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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1157. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you created all things. It is by your will that they existed and were created. (Revelation 4:11)</span></div>
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1160. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
1161. <br />
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1163. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today's lesson is a leap from the days after the resurrection to the apocalyptic scenes that John experiences in the Book of Revelation. </span></div>
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1166. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Book of Revelation is an example of apocalyptic literature. Simply defined, in this type of literature a seer is given a vision of the future and writes it down. The vision is usually filled with symbolism.</span></div>
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1169. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this book, the seer is John, the beloved disciple, who has been exiled by the Romans to the tiny Isle of Pathos. John has been chosen by God to receive a look into the future and what lies ahead. And to share with the seven churches of that period, but also with us who would follow.</span></div>
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1172. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the time of John’s vision, the accepted view was the universe was like a three story building,  “consisting of the earth, with Hades, the bottomless pit, and the lake of fire below, and a single heaven above.”  Another ancient view was that “there were seven heavens . . . God dwelled, as a rule, in the highest heaven.” Moses reflected this view when he told the people of Israel, “Clearly, the Lord owns the sky, the highest heavens, the earth, and everything in it” (Deuteronomy 10:14).</span></div>
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1175. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What John saw in this vision is described in verses 3-8. All that John saw was symbolic of a place beyond our wildest imagination.  Throughout the Old Testament God’s presence is often associated with thunder and lightning.</span></div>
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1178. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interestingly the jewels mentioned are the same jewels that were sewn into the breastplate of the High Priest as recorded in  (Exodus 28:15, 17, 20).</span></div>
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1181. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The rainbow was a full circle rather than the arc we normally see. The Twenty- four elders could represent the twelve tribes and the twelve disciples, or it could represent the early martyrs of Christianity, like Peter, Paul, John the Baptist, Stephen, James and others, John is the only surviving disciple and many martyrs have given their life.</span></div>
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1184. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You have to jump to the next chapter (5:6) to see that the Lamb of God was also standing before the throne.</span></div>
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1186. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The seven spirits of God could be the “Gifts of the Spirit”  (Romans 12:6-8)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 We have different gifts that are consistent with God’s grace that has been given to us. If your gift is prophecy, you should prophesy in proportion to your faith. 7 If your gift is service, devote yourself to serving. If your gift is teaching, devote yourself to teaching. 8 If your gift is encouragement, devote yourself to encouraging. The one giving should do it with no strings attached. The leader should lead with passion. The one showing mercy should be cheerful.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  </span></div>
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1188. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also those recorded in  Isaiah 11:2-3 </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">  “2  </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Lord’s spirit will rest upon him, a spirit of wisdom and understanding,     a spirit of planning and strength,    a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord. 3 He will delight in fearing the Lord.He won’t judge by appearances,    nor decide by hearsay.”</span></div>
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1191. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is another theory that they represent the perfect (seven meaning perfection) Spirit of God. (The third person of the Trinity)  </span></div>
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1194. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As for the Four beast that are all eyes that sees all, I think it is a depiction of God’s omnipresence in the four corners of the earth, but no theologians seem to agree.</span></div>
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1197. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember this whole scene is about worshipping God, today in our sanctuaries we have many symbols to remind us of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, all being part of the Triune God we worship.</span></div>
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1200. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is a hymn that talks about some of these things, it was written many years ago by Fanny Crosby “Blessed Assurance,  Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!” and in the second verse “Angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love.”</span></div>
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1212. &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/8380823269900815846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=8380823269900815846&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/8380823269900815846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/8380823269900815846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/04/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for_16.html' title='Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson For April 22, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-5718586797604405022</id><published>2018-04-09T14:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-04-09T14:34:24.750-04:00</updated><title type='text'> Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for April 15, 2018 </title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Follow Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1213. <span id="docs-internal-guid-891d95d7-aba6-db9f-ae2f-c64b385e1230"></span><br />
1214. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1215. <span id="docs-internal-guid-891d95d7-aba6-db9f-ae2f-c64b385e1230"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for April 15, 2018</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
1216. <span id="docs-internal-guid-891d95d7-aba6-db9f-ae2f-c64b385e1230"><br />
1217. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1218. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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1220. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To feast on Christ’s presence and Word and share the feast with others </span></div>
1221. <br />
1222. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1223. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson </span></div>
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1225. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John 21:15-25 (CEB)</span></div>
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1227. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15 When they finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” </span></div>
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1230. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simon replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”</span></div>
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1233. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simon replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Take care of my sheep.” 17 He asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” </span></div>
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1236. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter was sad that Jesus asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” He replied, “Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.” </span></div>
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1239. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. 18 I assure you that when you were younger you tied your own belt and walked around wherever you wanted. When you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and another will tie your belt and lead you where you don’t want to go.” 19 He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus said to Peter, “Follow me.” </span></div>
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1242. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. This was the one who had leaned against Jesus at the meal and asked him, “Lord, who is going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw this disciple, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” </span></div>
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1245. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain until I come, what difference does that make to you? You must follow me.” 23 Therefore, the word spread among the brothers and sisters that this disciple wouldn’t die. However, Jesus didn’t say he wouldn’t die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I come, what difference does that make to you?” 24 This is the disciple who testifies concerning these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. 25 Jesus did many other things as well. If all of them were recorded, I imagine the world itself wouldn’t have enough room for the scrolls that would be written. </span></div>
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1248. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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1250. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” Simon replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” (John 21:15)</span></div>
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1253. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Comments</span></div>
1254. <br />
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1256. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we look at today’s text, there are three questions I have about Jesus’ question to Peter. What did He mean when Jesus said,  </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” </span></div>
1257. <br />
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1259. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are three possible answers, (1) more than fishing equipment and a return to a fishing career (2) more than you love these other disciples (3) more than these other disciples love me?</span></div>
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1262. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember, it was Peter that said after the resurrection, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I am going fishing.”  </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(John 21:3) It was also Peter that told Jesus at the last supper,  in Luke 22;33</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Lord, I’m ready to go with you, both to prison and to death!”</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Jesus reminded Peter, you will deny you know me three times before the cock crows.</span></div>
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1264. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1265. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All of these events are the reason for the questions ask by Jesus to Peter. Jesus had promised Peter and others that “He will make them fishers of men.” Now He was about to commision them and especially Peter for this ministry.</span></div>
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1267. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1268. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first time Jesus ask the question is the only time He uses the phrase </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“more than these” </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Was there a hand gesture that went along with the question? Did Jesus wave his hand toward the boat and nets or the other disciples.</span></div>
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1271. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After the third time Jesus ask the same basic question Peter becomes annoyed, why? Does Peter now realize that he had denied knowing Jesus three times as Jesus had predicted. And now Peter knows that Jesus knows that did in fact happen.</span></div>
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1274. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Verse 18 takes Peter further down the rabbit hole, Jesus is now talking about Peter’s death. Peter immediately tries to change the subject to John, what about this guy?</span></div>
1275. <br />
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1277. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus assures Peter one has nothing to do with the other, Peter you are called to follow me and take care of my flock. What I decide for John has nothing to do with your call. (I am paraphrasing)</span></div>
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1280. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John writes his closing thoughts on the life of Jesus and lives to a ripe old age and is an important part of early Christianity, becoming the Bishop of Ephesus.</span></div>
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1283. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter according to the Roman Church becomes the Bishop of Rome.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> According to Christian tradition, Peter was crucified in Rome under Emperor Nero Augustus Caesar. It is traditionally held that he was crucified upside down at his own request, since he saw himself unworthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus.</span></div>
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1286. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The time and commitments we make to Jesus are important, but also knowing we have been forgiven sets us free for joyful obedience.</span></div>
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1289. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hymn for this week is “I Know who Holds Tomorrow”</span></div>
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1291. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/5718586797604405022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=5718586797604405022&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/5718586797604405022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/5718586797604405022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/04/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for.html' title=' Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for April 15, 2018 '/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-7907354561000957617</id><published>2018-04-02T13:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-04-03T11:00:47.402-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Sunday School Lesson from the Uniform Series for April 8, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;The Risen Lord Appears&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1292. <span id="docs-internal-guid-45861ec3-875a-36bf-09e6-6512436486fc"></span><br />
1293. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1294. <span id="docs-internal-guid-45861ec3-875a-36bf-09e6-6512436486fc"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">     Adult Sunday School Lesson for April 8, 2018</span></span></div>
1295. <span id="docs-internal-guid-45861ec3-875a-36bf-09e6-6512436486fc"><br />
1296. </span><br />
1297. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1298. <span id="docs-internal-guid-45861ec3-875a-36bf-09e6-6512436486fc"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></span></div>
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1301. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To encounter Jesus in shared experiences</span></div>
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1304. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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1306. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John 21:1-14 (CEB)</span></div>
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1308. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1Later, Jesus himself appeared again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. This is how it happened: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two other disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter told them,“I’m going fishing.” </span></div>
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1311. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They said, “We’ll go with you.” They set out in a boat, but throughout the night they caught nothing. 4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples didn’t realize it was Jesus. </span></div>
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1314. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 Jesus called to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?” </span></div>
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1317. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They answered him, “No.” </span></div>
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1320. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 He said, “Cast your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” </span></div>
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1323. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So they did, and there were so many fish that they couldn’t haul in the net. 7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked) and jumped into the water. </span></div>
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1326. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 The other disciples followed in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they weren’t far from shore, only about one hundred yards. </span></div>
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1329. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 When they landed, they saw a fire there, with fish on it, and some bread.10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you’ve just caught.” 11 Simon Peter got up and pulled the net to shore. It was full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three of them. Yet the net hadn’t torn, even with so many fish. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples could bring themselves to ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish. 14This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.</span></div>
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1332. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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1334. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples could bring themselves to ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. (John 21:12)</span></div>
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1337. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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1339. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Gospel of John records four of Jesus’ Resurrection appearances: first, to Mary Magdalene as she stood crying “outside near the tomb” (John 20:11) and then three more appearances to the disciples. </span></div>
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1342. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first appearance to the disciples was on the evening of the day of the Resurrection. Jesus “breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’ ” (John 20:19-23). </span></div>
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1345. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thomas was not with the disciples at that time, but he was present eight days later when the risen Jesus appeared a third time. Thomas then confessed his belief, saying, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus responded by saying, “Do you believe because you see me? Happy are those who don’t see and yet believe” (John 20:24-29). The third Resurrection appearance to the disciples in the Gospel of John is recorded in John 21</span></div>
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1348. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">John is the only Gospel writer who uses the name Tiberias for the Sea of Galilee (John 6:1). Two early non biblical writers, Josephus, who lived in the first century, and Pausanias, who lived in the second century, also used this name.</span></div>
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1351. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have noted that in John’s Gospel, Jesus’ first two appearances to the disciples took place in Jerusalem, the second appearance eight days after the first. The text does not indicate how much time passed before Jesus’ third appearance. Several of the disciples had apparently left Jerusalem and were now in the area of the Sea of Galilee, perhaps in Peter’s hometown of Bethsaida, northeast of the sea.</span></div>
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1354. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Verse 5. Jesus was still unrecognized as he asked a question frequently asked of fishermen. In his words of farewell to his disciples before the Crucifixion, Jesus called them “little children” (John 13:33).</span></div>
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1357. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who was the disciple whom Jesus loved? In John 21:20, 24, the author of the Gospel identifies himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” In verse 2, he may be one of the two other disciples. It is also possible that he named the other disciples who were in attendance, and he was then the eighth person in the group of fishermen.</span></div>
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1360. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A leading bible commentator wrote that Peter was not actually completely naked. “He was wearing a loincloth as the fisher always was when he plied his trade. Now it was the Jewish law that to offer greeting was a religious act, and to carry out a religious act a man must be clothed; so Peter, before he set out to come to Jesus, put on his fisherman’s tunic, for he wished to be the first to greet his Lord.”</span></div>
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1363. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The whole setting we see in our text is about worshipping together, with diner on the ground and fellowshipping while we worship. Knowing without a doubt that we serve a Risen Saviour, .which brings me to my Hymn of the week “He Lives.”</span><br />
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1365. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">P.S. I am adding a note received from a high school classmate about this passage. </span><br />
1366. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>"</b></span><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Just to interject an intere</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">sting fact which the Greek Orthodox Church has taken from this passage.</span></b><br />
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1369. <b>At the meal after a funeral (the makaria - ma ka REE a) fish is served because of this passage. Christ was living, after having been crucified, and the meal shared was fish and bread." Thanks Eleanor</b></div>
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1373. <span id="docs-internal-guid-91c2d9d0-6328-2d45-5a85-ef8932aaa295"></span><br />
1374. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1375. <span id="docs-internal-guid-91c2d9d0-6328-2d45-5a85-ef8932aaa295"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for April 1, 2018</span></span></div>
1376. <span id="docs-internal-guid-91c2d9d0-6328-2d45-5a85-ef8932aaa295"><br />
1377. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1378. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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1380. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To realize that for nonbelievers “the cross is foolishness” while we know “it is the power of God” for our salvation (1 Corinthians 1:18)</span></div>
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1383. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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1385. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: Luke 24:1-35</span></div>
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1388. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luke 24:1-12, 30-35 (CEB)</span></div>
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1390. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Very early in the morning on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb, bringing the fragrant spices they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in, they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 They didn’t know what to make of this. Suddenly, two men were standing beside them in gleaming bright clothing. 5 The women were frightened and bowed their faces toward the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He isn’t here, but has been raised. Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Human One must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” 8 Then they remembered his words. 9 When they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles. 11Their words struck the apostles as nonsense, and they didn’t believe the women. 12 But Peter ran to the tomb. When he bent over to look inside, he saw only the linen cloth. Then he returned home, wondering what had happened. . . . </span></div>
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1393. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 After he took his seat at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts on fire when he spoke to us along the road and when he explained the scriptures for us?” </span></div>
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1396. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">33 They got up right then and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and their companions gathered together. 34 They were saying to each other, “The Lord really has risen! He appeared to Simon!” 35 Then the two disciples described what had happened along the road and how Jesus was made known to them as he broke the bread.</span></div>
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1399. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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1401. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They were saying to each other, “The Lord really has risen! He appeared to Simon!” (Luke 24:34)</span></div>
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1404. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts On The Lesson</span></div>
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1407. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you prepare for this lesson it is important that you read the other three accounts found in Mark 16:1-7, Matthew 28:1-10, and John 20:1-18. In addition to the Gospel account you might also want to read Paul’s account as recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried,that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6  After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.”</span></div>
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1410. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the time of Paul’s writing it is important to remember the New Testament did not exist. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Paul’s reference to the scriptures applies to the Old Testament writings)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Paul’s writing is the first time this story was ever written down. The Gospel accounts were all written at a much later time.  The Gospel accounts followed Paul’s writing by as much as 10-35 years. The order of accounts as to date written follows the list above, 1st Mark, Matthew, then John. </span></div>
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1413. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the four Gospel accounts have some variance, it is the differing accounts that make it more believable. It is hard for witnesses to testify to the exact same thing.</span></div>
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1416. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The things they all agree on is; the day of the week, the time of day and that the tomb was empty.</span></div>
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1419. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting with verse 30 of our lesson we are reading the tail end of the “Road to Emmaus” account as recorded by Luke. My take on this story is once you invite Jesus into your home or heart He will take charge and goes from guest to host. Jesus wants to be more than just a guest, He wants to be Lord.</span></div>
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1422. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Hymn for this week is “Lead Me to Calvary.” </span></div>
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1427. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/5834877102646752479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=5834877102646752479&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/5834877102646752479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/5834877102646752479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/03/adult-uniform-sunday-school-lesson-for.html' title='Adult Uniform Sunday School Lesson for April 1, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-3781707667381383103</id><published>2018-03-19T12:36:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-03-19T12:36:46.225-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for March 25, 2018</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Keep My Statutes and Ordinances&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1428. <span id="docs-internal-guid-6a210bc8-3f17-ace1-68de-32c61594f030"></span><br />
1429. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1430. <span id="docs-internal-guid-6a210bc8-3f17-ace1-68de-32c61594f030"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for March 25, 2018</span></span></div>
1431. <span id="docs-internal-guid-6a210bc8-3f17-ace1-68de-32c61594f030"><br />
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1433. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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1435. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To commit to “turn from [our] wicked ways” and seek God</span></div>
1436. <br />
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1438. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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1440. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Chronicles 7:12-22 (CEB)</span></div>
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1442. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place as my house of sacrifice. 13 When I close the sky so that there is no rain or I order the locusts to consume the land or I send a plague against my people, 14 if my people who belong to me will humbly pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 15 From now on my eyes will be open and my ears will pay attention to the prayers offered in this place, 16 because I have chosen this temple and declared it holy so that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. 1 7As for you, if you will walk before me just as your father David did, doing all that I have commanded you and keeping my regulations and case laws, 18 then I will establish your royal throne, just as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a successor ruling in Israel. 19 But if any of you ever turn away from and abandon the regulations and commands that I have given you, and go to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot you from my land that I gave you, and I will reject this temple that I made holy for my name. I will make it a joke, insulted by everyone. 21 Everyone who passes by this temple—so lofty now—will be shocked and will wonder, Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and temple? 22 The answer will come, Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them. This is why God brought all this disaster on them.</span></div>
1443. <br />
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1445. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
1446. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1447. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If my people who belong to me will humbly pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)</span></div>
1448. <br />
1449. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1450. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
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1452. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
1453. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1454. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is our fourth lesson in this series, and maybe one of the most important for today’s Christian.</span><br />
1455. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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1457. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God said, “If my people . . . seek my face . . . I will hear . . . forgive . . . and heal” (2 Chronicles 7:14). God also said, “When you search for me, yes, search for me with all your heart, you will find me” (Jeremiah 29:13). </span></div>
1458. <br />
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1460. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33, NIV). The opposite of seeking is not seeking. Yet worse than not seeking is willfully abandoning or rejecting. Like the people of Israel, we may be tempted to offer our allegiance to false gods (career, wealth, power, luxury, popularity) and cease to give our devoted and undivided worship to the one true God. What do we sacrifice when we do this? </span></div>
1461. <br />
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1463. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus promised the kingdom of God here on earth and in the life to come. When we live within God’s kingdom on earth, we experience fellowship with other believers. We reap “the fruit of the Spirit . . . love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). We know “the peace of God that exceeds all understanding” (Philippians 4:7). We pray with confidence knowing that our prayers are heard, forgiveness is granted, and our loving God calls us righteous. </span></div>
1464. <br />
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1466. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the people of Israel abandoned God, they lost their land and their Temple. When we abandon God, we sacrifice the Kingdom here on earth and in eternal life. Jesus said, “Seek first” “strive first for” (NRSV), “desire first and foremost God’s kingdom” (CEB). It is an amazing and loving invitation. </span></div>
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1469. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God’s message is the same for us as it was for those in Solomon’s day,. My hymn for this week is “Depth of Mercy.”</span></div>
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1472. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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1474. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
1475. </span></div>
1476. </span><br />
1477. &lt;iframe allow=&quot;autoplay; encrypted-media&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKynnhA4yQw&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/feeds/3781707667381383103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4297189055987089421&amp;postID=3781707667381383103&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/3781707667381383103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4297189055987089421/posts/default/3781707667381383103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://burgessd.blogspot.com/2018/03/uniform-adult-sunday-school-lesson-for.html' title='Uniform Adult Sunday School Lesson for March 25, 2018'/><author><name>Burgess Walter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02708697507150405111</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKAkURA-rNg_qKJcckbRveH1RurXmGq6rhlAY0jw2O7LfcabUF4ZAEn6Rq16EaqxScS8nIxdRvY5Re0h3NskLaAo3XmOeGUmUWerxsSl-3AOaikXTOykcUlh9CAE9lcg/s96/Burgess.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s72-c/Burgess.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4297189055987089421.post-3696812565508990533</id><published>2018-03-12T14:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-03-12T14:15:35.345-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Sunday School Lesson for March 18, 2018 on Worship</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s1600-h/Burgess.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441239350030457858&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EPHuo2Oqmcv-9ZlAQ7of4bSscGPew3VN_SsLWpnZl0GbGxn4hmxOdoo1wn2rCyuSRXtM6RIU8VG1ceyENzZw5-dBVyXhUYOh3fDtQsUQclPkdztAF2tvNxOwd7rw9FcTMRh6Xolo7kwI/s320/Burgess.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height: 127px; width: 108px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;e People Gave Thanks to God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1478. <span id="docs-internal-guid-ade5fc1e-1b65-7726-391e-c611aaaa98b1"></span><br />
1479. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1480. <span id="docs-internal-guid-ade5fc1e-1b65-7726-391e-c611aaaa98b1"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">     Adult Sunday School Lesson for March 18, 2018</span></span></div>
1481. <span id="docs-internal-guid-ade5fc1e-1b65-7726-391e-c611aaaa98b1"><br />
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1483. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></div>
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1485. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To express our thankfulness to God with heartfelt, awe-inspired worship</span></div>
1486. <br />
1487. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
1488. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bible Lesson</span></div>
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1490. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: 2 Chronicles 7:1-11 </span></div>
1491. <br />
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1493. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Chronicles 7:1-9 (CEB)</span></div>
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1495. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 As soon as Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the entirely burned offering and the sacrifices, while the Lord’s glory filled the temple. 2 The priests were unable to enter the Lord’s temple because the Lord’s glory had filled the Lord’s temple. 3 All the Israelites were watching when the fire fell. As the Lord’s glory filled the temple, they knelt down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, worshipping and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “Yes, God is good! Yes, God’s faithful love lasts forever!”</span></div>
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1498. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4 Then the king and all the people sacrificed to the Lord. 5 King Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred twenty thousand sheep when the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple. 6 The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the Lord’s musical instruments, which King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “Yes, God’s faithful love lasts forever!” and which David had used when he gave praise. Across from them, the priests were blowing trumpets while all Israel was standing. </span></div>
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1501. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 Solomon also dedicated the middle of the courtyard in front of the Lord’s temple. He had to offer the entirely burned offerings and the fat of the well-being sacrifices there because the bronze altar Solomon had made was too small to contain the entirely burned offerings, the grain offerings, and the pieces of fat. </span></div>
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1504. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 At that time Solomon, together with all Israel, celebrated the festival for seven days. It was a very large assembly that came from Lebo-hamath to the border of Egypt. 9 On the eighth day there was a gathering. They had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for another seven days. </span></div>
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1507. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Key Verse</span></div>
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1509. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All the Israelites were watching when the fire fell. As the Lord’s glory filled the temple, they knelt down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, worshipping and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “Yes, God is good! Yes, God’s faithful love lasts forever!” (2 Chronicles 7:3)</span></div>
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1511. <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
1512. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Thoughts</span></div>
1513. <br />
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1515. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week’s lesson is a continuation of last week’s lesson. Our overall theme for this months  lessons are “Follow In My Ways.”</span></div>
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1518. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The goal is to get us to think about how we do worship.  Is our worship meaningful to us and to God?  If you could design or plan a worship service, what would it include?  </span></div>
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1521. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The worship service in our text was years in the making, and King Solomon planned it both as a coronation of the newly built temple and combined it with the Festival of Booths and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur..  So we have three holidays rolled into about 20 days of celebration. This year it begins with Rosh Hashanah (New Year) Sept. 10, then Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Sept. 19, then ends with Sukkot (Festival of Booths/Tabernacles), on Sept.24-30. </span></div>
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1524. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you see all that Solomon was celebrating and the period of time involved you can understand the enormous amount of sacrifices it took just to feed that many people for all of those days.</span></div>
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1527. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The promise made to David was partially fulfilled by Solomon’s building of the Temple, but the best part for us is that God’s promise from the previous chapter. In 6:21 when Solomon prayed, </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Listen from your heavenly dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive!”</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> . God offers forgiveness to everyone through David’s descendant Jesus Christ. Through Christ, God offers everlasting life to all who believe.  </span></div>
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1530. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the people in Solomon’s day the all consuming fire confirmed God’s acceptance of the offerings made. Today we depend on a changed life as proof of God’s acceptance of our offering of repentance.  Lives changed are every bit as powerful as a temple filled with smoke.  When we repent we offer ourselves, our desires, our time, and a willingness to change from a life of taking to a life of giving and growing to be more like Christ.</span></div>
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1533. <span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most worship services today are based on the “Road to Emmaus” story found in Luke 24:13-35. That is we have a “Gathering,”  “Proclamation”  “Communion” “Sending Forth.” Our services consist of various forms of that encounter. The goal should be for us to be as excited about meeting Jesus as those on the road to Emmaus, after they knew they had encountered Jesus.</span></div>
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