Monday, September 8, 2008

Exodus 27 - Proverbs 3 - John 7 - Galatians 2

Exodus 27
- The alter was 5 x 5 x 3 cubits.
- It had horns on 4 sides and was covered in bronze.
- All of the utensils should be made of bronze also.
- The alter shall be carried with poles of acacia wood.
- North and South sides of court of the Tabernacle were 100 cubits with 20 pillars.
- West Side was 50 cubits long with 10 pillars.
- The East side is 50 cubits and has a screen made for it of linen.
- The height of the court is 5 cubits.
- The people were supposed to bring beaten olive oil to light the lamp which Aaron and his sons were to keep burning.
- This should be done for all generations.

Proverbs 3
- Steadfast love and faithfulness will lead to favor and good success before man and God.
- We are to trust in God and not our own understanding.
- We need to acknowledge God in all we do and He will bless us.
- We are called to honor God with our money (steward it well).
- God disciplines us because He loves us.
- Wisdom leads to peace and riches
- God created the world with His wisdom.
- Wisdom will keep you safe and unafraid.
- Don't withhold good when it's possible for you to do it.
- Don't make others wait when you can help them today.
- Do not envy people who do wrong.
- The Lord curses the wicked but blesses the righteous.
- God grants favor to the humble.

John 7
- Jesus did not go to the Feast of Booths with His brothers. Instead He came later, alone.
- Jesus said His time had not yet come and that the world hated Him for speaking truth about them.
- The people wondered why Jesus wasn't there. Some said He was good, others said He was leading people astray.
- Jesus told the people He spoke to glorify God not Himself.
- When Jesus asked why they were seeking to kill Him, many said He had a demon.
- Jesus again asked why it was wrong to heal on the Sabbath but not wrong to circumcise.
- There was a debate about whether Jesus could be the Christ because He was from Galilee not Bethlehem as the prophets had written.
- Jesus said they would seek Him but not find Him soon.
- On the last day of the feast He told people to come to Him for living water.
- Why did He talk about receiving the Spirit when He hadn't been glorified yet?
- How did the last part of this chapter and first part of chapter 8 get added to this section of Scripture if it wasn't in early manuscripts?

Galatians 2
- After 14 years of preaching to the Gentiles, Paul went back to Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus.
- Titus was not circumcised in order to preserve the truth of the gospel.
- Paul was called to preach to the Gentiles while Peter, James, and John preached to the Jews.
- Why did they encourage Paul to remember the poor?
- Paul confronted Peter when he disassociated from the Gentiles when Jews were around.
- What caused this fear in Peter? Wasn't he filled with the Holy Spirit?
- Why does Paul refer to Peter as Cephas?
- We are justified by faith in Jesus not by what we do!
- Paul says we have been crucified with Christ (our sinful ways of the past are dead).
- The Law leads only to death. If the Law could save a man, then Christ died for no reason.

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