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Weekly Guide：Week 50

January 06, 2019

Week 50 Day 1: Submit for God ⇧ ⇩

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Happy New Year!

We continue reading the first and second book of Peter.

The meaning of suffering is fully portrayed in the first book of Peter. In this Christmas season, it brings the thought on how those of us who are suffering may be helped by Jesus’ suffering. We persevere and strengthen our hearts to wait for Jesus’ coming just like those early believers who suffered persecutions to experience His presence in difficult circumstances. Living without peace is caused by the gap between God’s promise and the harsh reality. However, God is capable of closing that gap to display the meaning of His son’s birth in the humble manger.

Humbly accept life’s hardships, patiently face the suffering, do not give up and be consumed, but by the name of God and His promises, carry on through the turbulence with tenacity. Like precious metals, we are being refined by fire. Like grains in the fields, we await patiently for the spring rain to come. We declare victory by Jesus’ love.

May you all be renewed in His word each day!

Question

What kind of relationship with others can be seen in those who have reborn life?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

We as foreigners and exiles, shall abstain from sinful desires, live good lives, so others may see our good deeds and glorify God.
Submit ourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority, to the emperor or the governors; In reverent fear for God, submit to our masters, whether they are harsh or good and considerate; For the Lord’s sake, wives shall submit to husbands, dressed in pure heart and reverent live, if any of their husbands do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives.
For people of God, husbands shall be considerate living with their wives, and treat them with respect.

Meditation: My Story

Identity - We are foreigners and exiles of this world. How is such identity like? What is the focus of my life in this world? Am I seeing this temporary tent as a permanent house?
Integrity - Abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. What is the meaning that it “wages war against your soul?” Do I have a real-life example? Abstain from sinful desires is done once or is it a continuous process? What is my experience with that?
Integrity - Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God. Why do the pagans accuse me? What is the purpose of my good deeds?
Integrity - What is our relationship with our country’s authorities and bosses at work? What about relationship with our spouses? Think about my attitude and conduct according to this passage. Ask for the Lord’s help to change me to know my identity, so that my attitude and conduct are commensurate to the grace I receive.

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 2: Suffering for Good ⇧ ⇩

Question

What should be the attitude toward suffering for doing good?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Therefore, be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Use whatever gift you have received to serve others with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing.
If you suffer for what is right, you are blessed. In your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.
We shall obey God’s will for our suffering and follow Jesus’ example.
Arm ourselves with Jesus’ attitude to suffer for righteousness so that our bodies are done with sins.

Meditation: My Story

Walking with God - What shall be my attitude toward suffering for doing good? What examples did Lord Jesus Christ give us? What spiritual benefits does suffer for righteousness bring?
Integrity - How should we treat one another? Repay evil with evil, insult with insult, do not purify us in front of God because this is no different than doing evil. What does this remind me of? What does it mean that love covers over a multitude of sins? Have I experienced such love? Or, would I cover their sins if I love those who are unlovable?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 3: Suffering for Faith ⇧ ⇩

Question

What should be the attitude toward suffering for being a Christian?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Rejoice in the suffering for being a Christian as it is a participation in the sufferings of Christ, so that we may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
Elders shall be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them-not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be. Not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. When Christ appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
You who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders.
Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another. Cast all your anxiety on him. Be alert and of sober mind, stand firm in faith and resist the devil.

Meditation: My Story

Walking with God - What are the possible scenarios where Christians might suffer for their Christian identity? In this time of peace and freedom and within my own circumstance, how might I suffer for being a Christian? Have I ever been in a situation where I might suffer for being a Christian? Have I had such opportunity but covered up my Christian identity and felt guilty? How does this passage (4:12-19) encourage me?
Integrity - What did God urge through Peter those who are church elders? Let me pray for the elders and pastors in my church. How shall I respond to their shepherding? How shall I treat them? How did Peter describe the works of devil? How shall I respond to the devil’s attack?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 4: Making Every Effort ⇧ ⇩

Question

How may we become productive in our spiritual lives?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

God has given us everything we need for a godly life, his very great and precious promises, so that we may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Make every effort to add to our faith goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, mutual affection, and love, to keep ourselves from being ineffective and unproductive in our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, to confirm our calling and election, never stumble, and to receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, witnessed by Peter in his own eyes and foretold through completely reliable prophetic message, is true and trustworthy.

Meditation: My Story

Walking with God - God has given us everything we need for a godly life along his very great and precious promises are sufficient for us to grow our lives to be like Jesus’. Peter was speaking to those who believed in additional mysterious knowledge and false teachings. What does it remind me of that God has already given is sufficient? We can find answer to everything we need, so, how shall I find the answer to grow my life in the new year?
Integrity - What are “these qualities” that appeared several times in the passage? Think about the meaning of each quality. What benefits does it bring me by making every effort to achieve these qualities?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 5: The False Teachers ⇧ ⇩

Question

What do the false teachers do and what will be their end?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

There will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
God’s response to those lawless, men or angels, has always been the same since ancient time. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
The false teachers blaspheme in matters they do not understand; Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They left the straight way, never stop sinning, are experts in greed, seduce the unstable; They mouth empty, boastful words, and they entice people by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh.

Meditation: My Story

Walking with God - The false teachers will appear. Do not be surprised when hearing or seeing them. We must know God has already determined how they’d end. This passage made examples of judgement brought about the sinned angels and ungodly people of the ancient world. The righteous Lord will not delay such judgement. The heresies and depraved conducts from the false prophets and false teachers of this age caused blasphemy of Jesus’ truth. How does that disturb me? Has today’s passage bring certainty and hope to me? Why?
Walking with God - The proto-Gnosticism of the time may be the reason Peter mentioned false teachers several times in this chapter. Let me summarize the false teachers’ characteristics through the description of their conducts in the chapter to help me distinguish them.

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 6: Lord will Come ⇧ ⇩

Question

How shall we prepare ourselves for the day of the Lord’s coming that He had promised?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

There will be scoffers in the last days scoffing the Lord’s promise is not real.
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
The day the Lord comes, all elements will be destroyed by fire; There will be a new heaven and a new earth where the righteous dwells by His promise.
We shall make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with Him; Do not distort what Paul wrote in his letters and other scriptures, or be destroyed; Be on guard not to be carried away by the error of the lawless, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Meditation: My Story

Walking with God - How shall I prepare myself to face the Lord at peace? Bible should not be interpreted erroneously. What does it mean to interpret erroneously? What is the result of erroneous interpretation? How to avoid erroneous interpretation? How does this remind me about studying Bible and devotion?
Integrity - The promise of the Lord’s coming is real. He is not slow but patient, wanting all to come to repentance, and not wanting anyone to perish. Do I have the same merciful heart toward others? The day of His coming, all elements will be destroyed by fire and there will be a new heaven and a new earth. How does this promise contradict with things I am pursuing?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 7: Mend the Loose Ends ⇧ ⇩

Scripture Reading

Psalms 97 | [YouVersion]

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 1: Superior to Angels ⇧ ⇩

### Question Who is Christ? Do you know Him? {% include BibleLinks2020.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Christ is prophet, high priest, king, and all of God's mysteries. + Christ is the Son of God, is the radiance of the glorious God, is the exact representation of God's being, and superior to the angels. + Christ is the creator and through Him the universe was made. + God is the one in control that the universe follows His plan, not to the left, not to the right. Jesus is the appointed heir of all things. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Think about the miracle of God's creation and my understanding of His glory with the knowledge that Jesus is the creator of the universe. How does this affect my identity and value?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 2: The Great Salvation ⇧ ⇩

### Question How did Jesus accomplish the salvation? {% include BibleLinks2020.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + We must pay careful attention to God's word as it is crucial to our eternal lives. + The salvation was first announced by the Lord, then confirmed by those who heard Him, then testified by signs, wonders, and various miracles, and by the gift of Holy Spirit distributed by His will. + Do not ignore God's salvation. Willingly missing it will cause the utmost regret. + Mankind was made a little lower than the angels, but still God gave mankind the authority over all creations. + Jesus is our savior. He suffered death of flesh and blood so that we may be saved and freed from the slavery of our fear of death. + Jesus' resurrection dissolved the power of sin and won over the authority of death. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - How does keeping in my mind the Lord's grace and paying careful attention to God's word help me strengthen my identity and value? + **Identity** - How does the knowledge that we were made little lower than the angels, but still God gave us the authority over all creations helps me with my identity and value?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 3: Enter God's Rest ⇧ ⇩

### Question In what does Jesus surpass Moses? {% include BibleLinks2020.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Moses was a servant of God in the old testament, but he fell far short of Jesus who is the Son of God. + Jesus builds the house of eternity. + We ought to make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following the example of disobedience. + The word of God is alive and active. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Have I entered God's rest? What is impeding me from entering God's rest? + **Community** - Am I often encouraging and lifting up others so that they would not be deceived?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 4: High Priest Jesus ⇧ ⇩

### Question How to understand Jesus' duty as the great high priest {% include BibleLinks2020.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The Lord is the source of growth of our spiritual lives, we shall depend only on Him and make Him the goal of our focus. + Jesus is the great high priest of grace and faith, the priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. + Jesus can empathize with our weakness, has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet He did not sin. + Jesus completely obeyed God's will to bear for us our suffering. ### Meditation: My Story + **Community** - How am I willing to accept and understand those who are weak in faith or have already fallen to encourage them to get closer to God? + **Integrity** - Bible teaches us to move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity. Am I mature or still in the infant stage of my spiritual growth? How would I move forward in the knowledge of truth?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 5: Jesus the Guarantor ⇧ ⇩

### Question What are the differences between the priesthood of Jesus and Aaron? {% include BibleLinks2020.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Jesus is the great high priest in the order of Melchizedek, not of the Aaron's. + Jesus is eternal and His priesthood is forever and permanent so that He is able to save completely those who come to God through him. + Melchizedek blessed Abraham. Jesus surpasses any man and blesses all mankind. ### Meditation: My Story + **Walking with God** - What role does Jesus, the great high priest, play in my relationship with God? Jesus is worthy of all praises and glories. How am I worshiping Him every day?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 6: A Superior Covenant ⇧ ⇩

### Question Why is the new covenant superior? {% include BibleLinks2020.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Jesus' ministry is superior as He is the mediator of the superior covenant. + We may reconcile with God only through Jesus as He is the mediator of the new covenant which we shall have faith in. + God writes His laws on man's heart and makes Himself known, forgives his wickedness, and remembers his sins no more. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Do I understand the meaning of "I will be their God, and they will be my people?" Do I often remind myself of my identity as God's people?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 7: Mend the Loose Ends ⇧ ⇩

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Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 1: Superior to Angels ⇧ ⇩

### Question Who is Christ? Do you know Him? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Christ is prophet, high priest, king, and all of God's mysteries. + Christ is the Son of God, is the radiance of the glorious God, is the exact representation of God's being, and superior to the angels. + Christ is the creator and through Him the universe was made. + God is the one in control that the universe follows His plan, not to the left, not to the right. Jesus is the appointed heir of all things. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Think about the miracle of God's creation and my understanding of His glory with the knowledge that Jesus is the creator of the universe. How does this affect my identity and value?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 2: The Great Salvation ⇧ ⇩

### Question How did Jesus accomplish the salvation? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + We must pay careful attention to God's word as it is crucial to our eternal lives. + The salvation was first announced by the Lord, then confirmed by those who heard Him, then testified by signs, wonders, and various miracles, and by the gift of Holy Spirit distributed by His will. + Do not ignore God's salvation. Willingly missing it will cause the utmost regret. + Mankind was made a little lower than the angels, but still God gave mankind the authority over all creations. + Jesus is our savior. He suffered death of flesh and blood so that we may be saved and freed from the slavery of our fear of death. + Jesus' resurrection dissolved the power of sin and won over the authority of death. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - How does keeping in my mind the Lord's grace and paying careful attention to God's word help me strengthen my identity and value? + **Identity** - How does the knowledge that we were made little lower than the angels, but still God gave us the authority over all creations helps me with my identity and value?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 3: Enter God's Rest ⇧ ⇩

### Question In what does Jesus surpass Moses? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Moses was a servant of God in the old testament, but he fell far short of Jesus who is the Son of God. + Jesus builds the house of eternity. + We ought to make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following the example of disobedience. + The word of God is alive and active. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Have I entered God's rest? What is impeding me from entering God's rest? + **Community** - Am I often encouraging and lifting up others so that they would not be deceived?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 4: High Priest Jesus ⇧ ⇩

### Question How to understand Jesus' duty as the great high priest {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The Lord is the source of growth of our spiritual lives, we shall depend only on Him and make Him the goal of our focus. + Jesus is the great high priest of grace and faith, the priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. + Jesus can empathize with our weakness, has been tempted in every way, just as we are, yet He did not sin. + Jesus completely obeyed God's will to bear for us our suffering. ### Meditation: My Story + **Community** - How am I willing to accept and understand those who are weak in faith or have already fallen to encourage them to get closer to God? + **Integrity** - Bible teaches us to move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity. Am I mature or still in the infant stage of my spiritual growth? How would I move forward in the knowledge of truth?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 5: Jesus the Guarantor ⇧ ⇩

### Question What are the differences between the priesthood of Jesus and Aaron? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Jesus is the great high priest in the order of Melchizedek, not of the Aaron's. + Jesus is eternal and His priesthood is forever and permanent so that He is able to save completely those who come to God through him. + Melchizedek blessed Abraham. Jesus surpasses any man and blesses all mankind. ### Meditation: My Story + **Walking with God** - What role does Jesus, the great high priest, play in my relationship with God? Jesus is worthy of all praises and glories. How am I worshiping Him every day?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 50 Day 6: A Superior Covenant ⇧ ⇩

### Question Why is the new covenant superior? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Jesus' ministry is superior as He is the mediator of the superior covenant. + We may reconcile with God only through Jesus as He is the mediator of the new covenant which we shall have faith in. + God writes His laws on man's heart and makes Himself known, forgives his wickedness, and remembers his sins no more. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Do I understand the meaning of "I will be their God, and they will be my people?" Do I often remind myself of my identity as God's people?