Teaching how God is involved in our lives Psalm
78
This month we will teach you to prepare a written spiritual
legacy to hand down to your generations to come.
Format of your letter:
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Introduction- just state purpose
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Your salvation testimony.
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Add any family
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Selected works of God.
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Conclusion: we are/have/live because of God's
love
Selected works of God: iconic events that illustrate God's
character and faithful involvement in
your family
The conclusion...
We are... because God has blessed us. So we must teach them
that God is involved in our lives.
A testimony uses story to teach them to:
Recognize God is involved.
Respond to God's involvement.
God’s character means he acts
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If God is jealous, then He disciplines
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If God is gracious, then He forgives
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If God is purposeful, then He establishes
We respond by faith and obedience to His work in our lives
THE CREED BOOK OR GOD'S BOOK?
ReplyDeleteThe majority of denominations use their creed books as the authority in the church for faith and practice. If the final authority is the creed book(catechism), then what purpose would the Bible serve. The Bible is relegated to a secondary reference book.
If the creed book is the authority. Why read the Bible? Why even own a Bible? There are some who say, we do not have a creed book, we a have statement of faith. Statement of faith is just a euphemistic way of saying creed book.
If denominations claim to use the Bible as their rule for faith and practice, then there would is no need for a man-made creed book.
Acts 17:10-11 Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 There were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
The Berean's did not search the man-made creed books written by the scribes and elders, to substantiate the truth. The searched the Scriptures.
Acts 17:2-3 Then Paul, as his custom was, went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."
Paul did not use man-made creed books to teach about Jesus Christ. He reasoned from the Scriptures.
The Pharisees and scribes liked to teach from the man-made creed books of the elders. (Mark 7:1-13....3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders....... 13 "making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.")
The Pharisees used man-made creed books as their final authority.
If denominations are using man-made creed books as there final authority for faith and practice, are they not making the word of God of no effect through their tradition?
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