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Background on the Book of Job
Job is possibly the oldest book in the Bible (2000 BC).
Job (the person) is mentioned several times throughout the bible as an actual historical person
Ezekiel 14:14
Ezekiel 14:20
James 5:11
The Book of Job is considered as 1 of only 5 books of Wisdom in the entire Bible along with Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs (aka Songs of Solomon)
Job gives us an up close look at how Satan operates
Job gives us hope for a life restored and reminds us that God should be the source of our ultimate happiness
Prologue
Job’s Integrity 1:1-5
Satan Tests Job the First Time 1:6-22
The Heavenly Counsel Meets 1:6-12
1:6
The angels (sons of God),
the LORD (YHWH – Yahweh or Jehovah),
Satan (the Accuser)
The Hedge 1:10
Reference Luke 22:31 (sift you as wheat)
Satan Strikes Job’s Household
Disaster 1 – Job’s donkeys and servants 1:13-15
Disaster 2 – Job’s sheep and servants 1:16
Disaster 3 – Job’s camels and servants 1:17
Disaster 4 – Job’s sons and daughters 1:18-19
Job Responds to the Disaster 1:20-22
In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. 1:22
Satan Tests Job the Second Time
The Heavenly Council Meets Again 2:1-5
Skin for skin! 2:4
Reference Ex 21:24 Dt 19:21
This is not the only time Satan quotes Scripture to God – Ref Mat 4:5-6 Psalm 91
Disaster 5 – Satan Strikes Job’s Body 2:6-7
Painful soars 2:7-8
More than soars: Job 7:5 (worms), Job 7:14 (nightmares), Job 19:17 (bad breath), Job 19:20 (undernourishment), Job 30:17 (unrelenting pain), and Job 30:30 (black peeling skin)
Job’s wife 2:9
Tasteless wife joke: Proverbs 21:9, 25:24.
Tasteless husband joke: Job 19:17
Job Responds to His Illness 2:8-10
Dialogues About Suffering
Job’s Three Comforters Mourn With Him 2:11-13
Shivah – 7 Day period of mourning
Job Curses the Day of His Birth 3:1-26
Eliphaz Responds to Job 4:1-5:27
Job Responds to Eliphaz 6:1-7:21
Bildad Responds to Job 8:1-22
Job Responds to Bildad 9:1-35
Job Pleads with God 10:1-22
Zophar Responds to Job 11:1-20
Job Responds to Zophar 12:1-25
Job Wants to Argue His Case 13:1-19
Job Asks How He Has Sinned 13:20-14:22
Eliphaz Responds to Job 15:1-35
Job Responds to Eliphaz 16:1-22
Job Defends His Innocence 17:1-16
Bildad Responds to Job 18:1-21
Job Responds to Bildad 19:1-29
Zophar Responds to Job 20:1-29
Job Responds to Zophar 21:1-34
Eliphaz Responds to Job 22:1-30
Job Responds to Eliphaz 23:1-17
Job Asks Why the Wicked Are Not Punished 24:1-25
Bildad Responds to Job 25:1-6
Job Responds to Bildad 26:1-14
A Hymn to God’s Wisdom 28:1-28
Job Speaks of Former Blessing 29:1-25
Job Speaks of Present Anguish 30:1-31
Elihu’s Speeches 32:1-22
Elihu Presents His Case Against Job 33:1-33
Elihu Accuses Job of Arrogance 34:1-37
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Justice 35:1-16, 36:1-21
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power 36:22-33, 37:1-24
Job Gets His Chance to Curse the LORD to His face 38-41
The LORD Challenges Job
Job’s Responses
Job’s First Response 40:3-5
Job’s Second Response 42:1-6
Epilogue – The LORD’s Verdict and Job’s Restoration 42:7-16
Conclusion:
If you have been cursing God, you’ve done so in ignorance not fully understanding the full power of God. Job had a chance to meet God face to face through a storm and then understood the response that was required and the only one possible. The scriptures clearly say that we will all get this same chance: Romans 14:9-12, Phillipians 2:5-11.
The question is: will you praise God now while you still have a choice?
John 8:7 (NLT): They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”
Introduction, Prayer, Announcements, and Administrative
Group Reading & Activity – The Stoning of Stephen (Acts Chapter 7)
Leader Reading – The First Stone Thrown (John 8:1-11) Reference: Lev 20:10 and Deut 22:22
Activity – Highs, Lows, and Stones Thrown
Conclusion – Lessons learned, benediction, and dismiss
New Living Translation Bible Version (NLT)
1 Samuel, chapter 17, verses 1 through 50
Cast:
Narrator Goliath Jesse Army Men David Eliab Saul
Story:
Goliath Challenges the Israelites
Narrator: The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim. Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah. So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them.
Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet tall! He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds. He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder. The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.
Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites.
Goliath: “Why are you all coming out to fight? I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me! If he kills me, then we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves! I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!”
Narrator: When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken.
Jesse Sends David to Saul’s Camp
Narrator: Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons. Jesse’s three oldest sons—Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimea—had already joined Saul’s army to fight the Philistines. David was the youngest son. David’s three oldest brothers stayed with Saul’s army, but David went back and forth so he could help his father with the sheep in Bethlehem.
For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.
One day Jesse said to David,
Jesse: “Take this basket of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry them quickly to your brothers. And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along, and bring back a report on how they are doing.”
Narrator: David’s brothers were with Saul and the Israelite army at the valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.
So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries. Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army. David left his things with the keeper of supplies and hurried out to the ranks to greet his brothers. As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came out from the Philistine ranks. Then David heard him shout his usual taunt to the army of Israel.
As soon as the Israelite army saw him, they began to run away in fright.
Army Men: “Have you seen the giant? He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who defeats him. He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!”
Narrator: David asked the soldiers standing nearby,
David: “What will a man get for defeating this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”
Narrator: And these men gave David the same reply. They said,
Army Men: “Yes, that is the reward for defeating him.”
Narrator: But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry.
Eliab: “What are you doing around here anyway? What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!”
David: “What have I done now? I was only asking a question!”
Narrator: He walked over to some others and asked them the same thing and received the same answer. Then David’s question was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.
David Kills Goliath
Narrator: David told Saul,
David: “Don’t worry about this Philistine, I’ll go fight him!”
Saul: “Don’t be ridiculous! There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”
Narrator: But David persisted.
David: “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats. When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it silly. I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
Narrator: Saul finally consented.
Saul: “All right, go ahead. And may the Lord be with you!”
Narrator: Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat of mail. David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before.
David: “I can’t go in these. I’m not used to them.”
Narrator: So David took them off again. He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.
Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him, sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.
Goliath: “Am I a dog that you come at me with a stick?”
Narrator: And he cursed David by the names of his gods.
Goliath: “Come over here, and I’ll give your food to the birds and wild animals!”
David: “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will defeat you. And then I will give the food of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel! And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to us!”
Narrator: As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him. Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.
So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.
*Words in italics are texts that have been modified for age appropriateness.
Psalm 113:2-3 (NLT): Blessed be the name of the Lord now and forever. Everywhere—from east to west—praise the name of the Lord.
Worship lead by Joe, Nick, and Alex
Introduction – Welcome, Prayer, Announcements, and Administrative
Sermon – The LORD’s name – Know it (Exodus 3:15) Praise it (Psalm 113)
Discussion – Highs and Lows – Prayers of Blessing
Activity – More worship?
Conclusion – Lessons learned, benediction, and dismiss
Blessed be Your Name
Blessed be your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where the streams of abundance flow
Blessed be your name
Blessed be your name
When I’m found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be your name
Every blessing you pour out,
I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say…
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name
Blessed be your name
When the sun’s shining down on me
When the world’s all as it should be
Blessed be your name
Blessed be your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there’s pain in the offering
Blessed be your name
Every blessing you pour out,
I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say…
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, Blessed be your name
Exodus 3:15
15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.
This is my eternal name,
my name to remember for all generations.
Yahweh is a transliteration of the proper name YHWH. This name is probably a form of the Hebrew verb “to be,” so it could mean “he causes to be,” or “he who is,” or “I am.” Later Jews were not permitted to speak God’s name aloud, so the Hebrew text supplies the vowels from the word ’adonay (which means “lord” or “master”) whenever God’s proper name, YHWH, appears. In oral reading, the Hebrew reader would pronounce ’adonay, even though the written text is YHWH. We do not know the pronunciation of the divine name. The widely used Yahweh is an informed guess. The English word “Jehovah” is an artificial term made by combining the vowels of ’adonay with the consonants Y-H-W-H. In the NLT, this name is usually translated “LORD” (with small capitals), but it is transliterated “Yahweh” in the few instances, like this verse, where a point is made about the name itself. Also in 6:2-3; 15:3; 33:19; 34:5-6.
Psalm 113
1fPraise the Lord!
Yes, fgive praise, O servants of the Lord.
fPraise the name of the Lord!
2Blessed be the name of the Lord
now and forever.
3Everywhere—from east to west—
praise the name of the Lord.
4For the Lord is high above the nations;
his glory is higher than the heavens.
5Who can be compared with the Lord our God,
who is enthroned on high?
6He stoops to look down
on heaven and on earth.
7He lifts the poor from the dust
and the needy from the garbage dump.
8He sets them among princes,
even the princes of his own people!
9He gives the childless woman a family,
making her a happy mother.
Praise the Lord!
The name of the LORD (Hebrew Yahweh; see Exod 3:15) reveals his being, character, and reputation. He is exalted in time (now and forever) and in space (from east to west).
Matthew 16:19 (NLT): And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
Worship lead by Nick and Joe?
Introduction – Prayer, Announcements, and Administrative
Discussion – Pass the Keys, Highs and Lows
Group Reading – Matthew Chapter 16, Revelations Chapter 1
Activity – Drawing Doors
Conclusion – What did we learn? And Dismiss
1 Timothy 4:12 (NLT): Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
Group Reading – 1 Timothy, Chapters 1, 2, and 3
Activity – Who wants to be a 10 dollionair, round 1?
Group Reading – 1 Timothy, Chapters 4, 5, and 6
Activity – Who wants to be a 10 dollionair, round 2?
2 Kings 2:15 (NLT): When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah’s spirit rests upon Elisha!”
Continue Reading – 2 Kings, Chapter 2: Elisha Picks up the Mantle
Creative Activity – Draw and Share (What Mantle will you pick up?)
Activity – Evidence of the Holy Spirit (Charades)
2 Kings 2:15 (NLT): When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah’s spirit rests upon Elisha!”
Activity – Highs and Lows (Passing the Mantle)
Reading – 2 Kings, Chapter 2: Elisha Picks up the Mantle
Creative Activity – Draw and Share (What Mantle will you pick up?)
John 3:5-8 (NLT): Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
Matthew 3:6-15
Matthew 28:18-20
Mark 1:4-8
Mark 16:15-18 Luke 3:1-3
Luke 7:29-30
Acts 2:38-41
Acts 8:14-17
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Colossians 2:11-12 KEY VERSES ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Power and Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:16-18
Galatians 5:22-23
BAPTISM EXERCISE
KEY VERSES ABOUT BAPTISM
Matthew 3:6-15
Matthew 28:18-20
Mark 1:4-8
Mark 16:15-18 Luke 3:1-3
Luke 7:29-30
Acts 2:38-41
Acts 8:14-17
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Colossians 2:11-12 KEY VERSES ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Power and Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:16-18
Galatians 5:22-23
The Gifts of the Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:7-11
BAPTISM EXERCISE
- Find a person that was baptized in the New Testament that wasn’t Jesus.
- Practice Baptisms
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
- Get a parent/guardian’s permission to go online and finish the below assignment.
- Pull up today’s lesson on our church website at http://agapentf.com by searching for “Baptism – Born of Water and Spirit”.
- Once you have the lesson, go to the bottom, click on links, and watch the following two YouTube videos:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwyF9scwVJE This video talks about whether or not you should make the decision to be water baptized.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1lRTFkSM1I&feature=related This video is an actual baptism.
