Week Four - The
Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit
The
churches of Christ Greet You (Romans
This week you
will study
about the God who we worship and the way He expresses Himself in the
Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
1. Read Mark
14:32-36. Notice the word Jesus uses for God. It is the Aramaic word
"Abba." It was an intimate word and no Jew ever used it before Jesus to
describe God. It was the word little boys and girls used for their
daddies.
2. Read Romans
8:14-17 and Galatians 4:6. Do you see the kind of God we have and how
we can approach Him?
3. Read Matthew
7:7-12. What does this specifically say about God's concern for you
today? What things are you concerned about? What does God feel for you?
1. Read Matthew
16:15-16. Who is Jesus Christ?
2. Read
Philippians 2:5-11. Our whole faith is built on the fact that Jesus
came into this world from Heaven and gave His life for us. What does
that tell you about such a
One?
3. Read John
1:1-18. According to this passage, what is it that we find IN Jesus
Christ? What does
this mean to your personal life?
4. Read Isaiah
53:1-12. This prophecy was made about Jesus long before He came to the
earth. Notice the things He went through for you!
1. Read Acts
2. Read John
14:16-27. Notice that the Spirit is the Spirit of Truth; He will be
with Christ's disciples forever; He will live in them and be in them.
What does this mean to your life?
3. Read John
16:5-14. The work of the Spirit involves convicting us of sin,
righteousness and judgment. He does this through the Word: Read
Ephesians 6:17; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; and Hebrews
4:12-13.
1. Read Romans
8:1-17. What promise is made to you in verses 9-11? Write
down
some ways you can see this practically affecting your life.
2. In our lives
we have
been enslaved to various passions and desires. On our own we have no
real
power to break free from these. Read again verses 12-13. How do we put
to
death the misdeeds of the body?
3. Notice in
verses 14-17 how the Spirit of God in us brings us into intimate
relationship with God.
1. Read Romans
2. Read 1 John
3:2-3. What is the "hope" referred to in verse 3?
3. Read Matthew
11:28-30; Luke 2:52; John 11:33-36. List at least three things that are
found in Jesus Christ that you want to work on in your own life.
4. How would you
respond to someone who might say, "Trying to be like Jesus Christ is an
impossible dream? It can only frustrate you"?
Remember: Get
help from
an older disciple as you move deeper
into this
study. Let him or her check out what you are finding.
1. Read Hebrews
4:14-16. Write down what the statements made here about Jesus mean to
your life.
2. Because of
Jesus, we can approach God’s throne of grace with confidence. How does
this understanding affect you right now at school, on the job, in the
home? Write down the way it changes your attitude.
1. There may be
some things that will happen in your life to make you wonder if God is
for you or against you. Read Romans 8:28-39 to see the kind of God you
now worship.
2. What are some
things in your life that are difficult or threatening? Write verse 37
just as Paul says it and then write verse 38 substituting the things in
your life that might interfere with your relationship to God. What role
do you play in keeping this victory?