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Weekly Guide：2022-2023 Week 40
October 09, 2022
Week 40 Day 1: Grace of Election ⇧ ⇩
Question
Through what are we saved?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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We are elected through God’s grace by faith.
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We are elected through Jesus Christ who is the culmination of the laws and through His death and resurrection for us. Everyone who calls on His name will be saved. To call on His name, one needs to believe. To believe, one needs to hear gospel. To hear gospel, one needs to be preached.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - The Jews had zeal but no knowledge. Today, we have the knowledge but do we also have the zeal? What are the differences between the righteousness of man and the righteousness of God?
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Fidelity - All who call on His name will be saved. But to call His name one must first believe. To believe one must first hear the gospel. To hear one must be preached. It is through God’s sovereignty that we are elected. It is through God’s grace that we believe. But it is our responsibility to preach. Are there people around me to whom I can preach and give them the opportunity to hear gospel?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 40 Day 2: Wisdom of Election ⇧ ⇩
Question
How does God’s election come to the Israelites and the Gentiles?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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There’s a remnant of Israelites chosen by God’s grace.
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Because of the Israelites’ transgression, the salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
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By the depth and riches of His wisdom and knowledge, God’s mercy has come to the Israelites as well as the Gentiles.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - God’s election is full of His wisdom and knowledge as well as His grace and mercy. We sometimes ask why He elected those who seemed wicked but not those who look to be moral. What does passage on the wisdom of His election remind and inspire me?
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Integrity - They were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. Do I look down on those who don’t believe because I feel being superior? What does God’s warning remind me of?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 40 Day 3: Life of Elected ⇧ ⇩
Question
What is the life of one who’s body is offered as living sacrifice?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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The life of a disciple is to serve according to one’s gifts. To love others and overcome evil with good. Submit to governing authority. Clothe with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Meditation: My Story
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Integrity - A Christian’s life should be filled with love. To love not only the fellow Christians but to love even those who are wicked as well as submit to those who have authority to govern. A Christian is to faithfully serve, to clothe in Jesus Christ, and not to submit to one’s own fleshly desires. Which of the aforementioned is the most difficult for me? In what area do I need to pay more attention? Have I gained more understanding through reading today’s passage?
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Fidelity - The offerings in the Old Testament were first killed then burnt. How does the Living Sacrifice different from that? What does it mean to offer our bodies as Living Sacrifice? What kind of life is a Living Sacrifice?
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Fidelity - In verse 12:1, this is your true and proper worship. How does this help me to have deeper understanding of the Living Sacrifice?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 40 Day 4: Essence of Elected ⇧ ⇩
Question
How should our attitude be toward our brothers and sisters in Christ?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Accept those whose faith are weak. Do not judge. Act in love. Do not cause others to stumble. Bear with the failings of the weak.
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Serve Lord Jesus Christ in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - What matters in the Kingdom of God as described in verses 14:17-18? How does accepting the differences of the others relate to the life in Kingdom of God?
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Community - Think about how Jesus Christ accepts us while we are still sinners. What is real acceptance when we face others? Think about how Jesus Christ bears our weaknesses and our failings. How should we bear the failings of the others?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 40 Day 5: An Exemplified Life ⇧ ⇩
Question
What kind of life did Paul display in his parting words?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Paul would not dare to mention anything outside of what Lord Jesus Christ called him to do.
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Paul was determined to spread the gospel to the end of the earth.
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Paul asked all believers to work with him and pray for him.
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Paul advised all believers to greet each other, to watch out for those who serve their own appetite.
Meditation: My Story
- Integrity - Paul explained the reasons for writing the letter and tasks he relegated to the Roman Christians in the closing words. From his writing, we can see fully that Paul’s life is a testimony of the New Life in Christ. What can I learn from Paul in offering my own body as Living Sacrifice to serve God? What can I learn from Paul to stand for truth, hate evil, and cling to good? What can I learn from Paul to love others as myself?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 40 Day 6: Wisdom of God ⇧ ⇩
Question
What is wisdom and where does it come from?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Paul reminded the church of Corinth there should be no division and quarrel.
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God wants the church to unite in mind and thought.
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God uses the foolish things of the world instead of the wisdom of human to save those who believe.
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God does not like those who proclaim to be wise.
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God’s people are taught His wisdom through the Holy Spirit for the wisdom of human does not understand the mystery of God.
Meditation: My Story
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Community - Have I had caused or even thought of division and quarrel? Let me ask God to help me unify with other Christians.
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Integrity - I am a follower of Christ but still living in the infancy of my spiritual life? Pray and ask God to help me to have a God centered life instead of focusing on the world.