Weekly Guide ：Week 8
March 18, 2018
Question
What did Moses go up to Mount Sinai for?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Moses went up to Mount Sinai and received the laws and commandments from God. God told Moses to accept offerings from people to build a sanctuary. This passage contains detailed instructions on materials and construction.
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God wanted to dwell among the Israelites in the sanctuary they build. God loves His people and wants to live with them.
Meditation: My Story
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Walking with God - “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.” God wants us to give willingly. Am I giving willingly? What’s my attitude toward offering tithe to God?
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Fidelity - “Exactly like the pattern I will show you.” It is important to keep obedience in mind when serving. Do I obey to God’s will when I serve?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Question
What were the details in the instructions for building the Tabernacle?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
-
The detailed instructions in building the Tabernacle. Including the curtain, tent, frame, altar, courtyard, lampstands, etc.
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God does not dwell in what man has made. But with such detailed instructions, God wanted His people learn to live an obedient life and to set apart their best as holy and offer to God.
Meditation: My Story
-
Walking with God - God wanted to dwell among man and gave detailed instructions to build the Tabernacle. We can see how God wants us to live. Can I offer the best of myself to God in my journey with Him?
-
Fidelity -The finely detailed instructions require great patience and attentions. Do I serve God with great patience and pay great attentions?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Question
What are the instructions for priests?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
-
God’s instructions for priests. Including the priest’s garment, the priest’s duty, and the sacrifices.
-
The purpose of priests is to be holy, to serve God, and to serve His people. In the Old Testament, God chose Aaron and his descendants to become priests. In the New Testament, God wants every believer to be His priest, to serve Him, to preach Him.
Meditation: My Story
-
Identity - The identify of priest is glorious and magnificent. “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9) How do I understand the meaning of this? How do I identify myself with this knowledge?
-
Fidelity - The duty of a priest is to serve God and His people. We are told in 1 Peter 2:9 that we are of the Royal Priesthood. That we may declare the praises of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light. How should I preach God’s truth?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Question
What are the other instructions for the Tabernacle?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
-
The other instructions for the Tabernacle, including the altar of incense, atonement money, basin for washing, anointing oil, incense, and craftsmen. God also wanted man to observe Sabbath.
-
God established Tabernacle so He could dwell among His people. He established the Sabbath to indicate the Israelites are set apart and belong to Him. Building Tabernacle and observing Sabbath are the two sides of the same coin of worshiping.
Meditation: My Story
-
Walking with God - God established Tabernacle to be with us, sabbath for us the rest, and set apart us to Him. How do I sanctify myself to make myself His?
-
Fidelity - God values our services of all kinds. He filled the craftsmen with His Spirit so they would have the skills and wisdom to serve Him. Do I value the gifts God has given to me to serve Him?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Question
What happened down below when Moses went up to the mountain to see God?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
-
Israelites made a golden calf and broke the covenant with God when they couldn’t wait for Moses to come back from the mountain. Moses pleaded to God for forgiveness to the people so that some of them were given a new chance.
-
Here we see God’s blessings and love. Although man continued to rebel against God, He continued to keep His promises and give man opportunities to repent.
Meditation: My Story
-
Walking with God - God and Moses were talking in the Tabernacle like friends. How could Moses be so close to God when he was not perfect? Besides being chosen by God, Moses also leaned on Him completely. Do I often experience God’s presence and walk with Him?
-
Community - Moses showed his love for his people. He pleaded for them and was willing to sacrifice for them. Am I willing to forgive and sacrifice for others?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Question
What was the content of the new covenant?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
-
The narrative of the new covenant.
-
Aron announced the “festival to the Lord” with burnt and fellowship offerings during the Golden Calf incident (Exodus 32:5-6) As result, God reiterated the forbiddance on idol worshipping and obedience on festival celebrations.
Meditation: My Story
-
Walking with God - God made new covenant with Israelites out of His love for them. Do I go back to God and ask for His forgiveness when I make mistakes? Do I reiterate my willingness to follow His steps?
-
Integrity - God asked the Israelites to be faithful and not to worship false gods and idols like the Gentiles. There are different idols and false gods in each age (money, power, success, games…) What are my idols? How should I win over them?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Scripture Reading
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What were the differences between the value of the Kingdom of Heaven and the value of the world that Jesus spoke to His disciples?
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### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus spoke of the value of the Kingdom of Heaven. Be weary of the Pharisees' yeast. Do not be afraid of the world but fear God.
+ Do not gather earthly riches but heavenly treasure in God.
+ Do not worry about tomorrow but seek His kingdom first.
+ Faithfully serve God and vigilantly wait for Jesus' second coming.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - The ignorant rich stored up things for himself to enjoy but didn't know his life was in God's hand. What am I pursuing? Does it have an eternal value?
+ **Identity** - Am I worried about tomorrow and meeting the needs of daily life? Ask God for His guidance in getting closer to Him and finding peace and fulfillment in His promises.
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What is true faith?
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### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus spoke of the true meaning of Sabbath.
+ Parable for the Kingdom of God. One must strive to enter through the narrow gate to follow Jesus.
+ Jesus' sorrow for Jerusalem.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Integrity** - The path of Jesus is not easy. He teaches us to make every effort to enter the Kingdom of God through the narrow gate. Do I brush aside God's salvation? Is my conduct commensurate to Jesus' grace?
+ **Fidelity** - It is by God's grace and mercy that Jesus healed the sick during Sabbath. Do I value precious souls higher than rules and regulations?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What is God's intention for us and how should we respond to Him?
{% include BibleLinks2020.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Be humble and take seat at the lowest place in a wedding feast.
+ Many refused to attend the Banquet in the Kingdom of God.
+ The cost of discipleship.
+ God searches for the lost souls.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - God loves us and asks us to feast with Him. Do I understand that I am sitting with Him today? How does it affect my conduct knowing this fact?
+ **Fidelity** - God searches for all those who are lost. Can I comprehend how God loves the world? Can I love all those around me as God loves the world? Am I praying desperately for their salvation? Am I willing to pass the Good News onto them?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
How may one have faith in God's Kingdom?
{% include BibleLinks2020.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus teaches us that if we are faithful in the insignificant, we will then be faithful in the important.
+ Different endings for the rich man who enjoyed earthly wealth and the poor beggar Lazarus.
+ Faith as small as mustard seed.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - Jesus teaches that we cannot serve both God and money. Who am I serving? Is my heart set on the Kingdom of God or the corruptible temporal pleasures of the world?
+ **Fidelity** - Do I seek other people's approvals or the fulfillment in presence of God when I serve? Am I pursuing a sense of self-satisfaction and feeling of success? Or, do I want to know God deeper?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
How may one persevere to wait for the Kingdom of God?
{% include BibleLinks2020.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus healed ten lepers.
+ Jesus taught what to expect when the Kingdom of God comes.
+ How should one pray in front of God.
+ The cost of following God.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - Only one of the ten lepers healed by Jesus came back to give thanks to God. Do I often remember the healing and salvation of Jesus and start each day by giving thanks to Him?
+ **Identity** - It is revealed that our hearts are tarnished by the worldly temptations and values when Jesus said: "How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!" Reflect on the effects of the worldly material temptation has on me and how has it impeded me to devote myself fully to Jesus?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
How did Jesus prepare the disciples for His death?
{% include BibleLinks2020.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus predicted His own death and gave sight to the blind.
+ Through Zacchaeus the Tax Collector, Jesus explained the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
+ Through the parable of the minas, Jesus explained the importance of wisely put to work our gifts.
+ Jesus rode donkey into Jerusalem. Jesus' sorrow for Jerusalem.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - Jesus said He came to seek and to save the lost. Am I unable to let go of my past sins and failures? How does Jesus' word help me realize my value and worth?
+ **Fidelity** - When the servant said to the master that he reaps what he did not sow, the servant looked down upon the mina his master entrusted to him. Am I able to see the gifts the Lord has entrusted to me and am willing to be used by Him to become the blessing of others?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
{% include BibleLinks2020.html %}
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What were the differences between the value of the Kingdom of Heaven and the value of the world that Jesus spoke to His disciples?
{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus spoke of the value of the Kingdom of Heaven. Be weary of the Pharisees' yeast. Do not be afraid of the world but fear God.
+ Do not gather earthly riches but heavenly treasure in God.
+ Do not worry about tomorrow but seek His kingdom first.
+ Faithfully serve God and vigilantly wait for Jesus' second coming.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - The ignorant rich stored up things for himself to enjoy but didn't know his life was in God's hand. What am I pursuing? Does it have an eternal value?
+ **Identity** - Am I worried about tomorrow and meeting the needs of daily life? Ask God for His guidance in getting closer to Him and finding peace and fulfillment in His promises.
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What is true faith?
{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus spoke of the true meaning of Sabbath.
+ Parable for the Kingdom of God. One must strive to enter through the narrow gate to follow Jesus.
+ Jesus' sorrow for Jerusalem.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Integrity** - The path of Jesus is not easy. He teaches us to make every effort to enter the Kingdom of God through the narrow gate. Do I brush aside God's salvation? Is my conduct commensurate to Jesus' grace?
+ **Fidelity** - It is by God's grace and mercy that Jesus healed the sick during Sabbath. Do I value precious souls higher than rules and regulations?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What is God's intention for us and how should we respond to Him?
{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Be humble and take seat at the lowest place in a wedding feast.
+ Many refused to attend the Banquet in the Kingdom of God.
+ The cost of discipleship.
+ God searches for the lost souls.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - God loves us and asks us to feast with Him. Do I understand that I am sitting with Him today? How does it affect my conduct knowing this fact?
+ **Fidelity** - God searches for all those who are lost. Can I comprehend how God loves the world? Can I love all those around me as God loves the world? Am I praying desperately for their salvation? Am I willing to pass the Good News onto them?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
How may one have faith in God's Kingdom?
{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus teaches us that if we are faithful in the insignificant, we will then be faithful in the important.
+ Different endings for the rich man who enjoyed earthly wealth and the poor beggar Lazarus.
+ Faith as small as mustard seed.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - Jesus teaches that we cannot serve both God and money. Who am I serving? Is my heart set on the Kingdom of God or the corruptible temporal pleasures of the world?
+ **Fidelity** - Do I seek other people's approvals or the fulfillment in presence of God when I serve? Am I pursuing a sense of self-satisfaction and feeling of success? Or, do I want to know God deeper?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
How may one persevere to wait for the Kingdom of God?
{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus healed ten lepers.
+ Jesus taught what to expect when the Kingdom of God comes.
+ How should one pray in front of God.
+ The cost of following God.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - Only one of the ten lepers healed by Jesus came back to give thanks to God. Do I often remember the healing and salvation of Jesus and start each day by giving thanks to Him?
+ **Identity** - It is revealed that our hearts are tarnished by the worldly temptations and values when Jesus said: "How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!" Reflect on the effects of the worldly material temptation has on me and how has it impeded me to devote myself fully to Jesus?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
How did Jesus prepare the disciples for His death?
{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Jesus predicted His own death and gave sight to the blind.
+ Through Zacchaeus the Tax Collector, Jesus explained the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
+ Through the parable of the minas, Jesus explained the importance of wisely put to work our gifts.
+ Jesus rode donkey into Jerusalem. Jesus' sorrow for Jerusalem.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - Jesus said He came to seek and to save the lost. Am I unable to let go of my past sins and failures? How does Jesus' word help me realize my value and worth?
+ **Fidelity** - When the servant said to the master that he reaps what he did not sow, the servant looked down upon the mina his master entrusted to him. Am I able to see the gifts the Lord has entrusted to me and am willing to be used by Him to become the blessing of others?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What did Moses go up to the Mount Sinai for?
{% include BibleLinks2024.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Moses went up to Mount Sinai to receive the laws and commandments from God. God told Moses to accept offerings from people to build a sanctuary. This passage contains detailed instructions on materials and construction.
+ God wanted to dwell among the Israelites in the sanctuary they build. God loves His people and wants to live with them.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Walking with God** - God told Moses, "Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give." God wants us to give willingly. Am I giving willingly? What's my attitude toward offering tithe to God?
+ **Fidelity** - God reminded Moses, "Exactly like the pattern I will show you." It is important to keep obedience in mind when serving. Do I obey to God's will when I serve?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What were the details in the instructions for building the Tabernacle?
{% include BibleLinks2024.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ The detailed instructions in building the Tabernacle. Including the curtain, tent, frame, altar, courtyard, lampstands, etc.
+ God does not dwell in what man has made. But with such detailed instructions, God wanted His people learn to live an obedient life and to set apart their best as holy and offer to God.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Walking with God** - God wanted to dwell among man and gave detailed instructions to build the Tabernacle. We can see how God wants us to live. Can I offer the best of myself to God in my journey with Him?
+ **Fidelity** -The intricately detailed instructions require great patience and attentions. Do I serve God with great patience and pay great attentions?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What are the instructions for priests?
{% include BibleLinks2024.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ God's instructions for priests. Including the priest's garment, the priest's duty, and the sacrifices.
+ The purpose of priests is to be holy, to serve God, and to serve His people. In the Old Testament, God chose Aaron and his descendants to become priests. In the New Testament, God wants every believer to be His priest, to serve Him, to preach Him.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Identity** - The identity of priest is glorious and magnificent. "You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood" (1 Peter 2:9) How do I understand the meaning of this? How do I identify myself with this knowledge?
+ **Fidelity** - The duty of a priest is to serve God and His people. We are told in 1 Peter 2:9 that we are of the Royal Priesthood. That we may declare the praises of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light. How should I proclaim God's truth?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What are the other instructions for the Tabernacle?
{% include BibleLinks2024.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ The other instructions for the Tabernacle, including the altar of incense, atonement money, basin for washing, anointing oil, incense, and craftsmen. God also wanted man to observe Sabbath.
+ God established Tabernacle so He could dwell among His people. He established the Sabbath to indicate the Israelites are set apart and belong to Him. Building Tabernacle and observing Sabbath are the two sides of the same coin of worshiping.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Walking with God** - God established Tabernacle to be with us, sabbath for us to rest, and set apart us to Himself. How do I sanctify myself to make myself His?
+ **Fidelity** - God values our services of all kinds. He filled the craftsmen with His Spirit so they would have the skills and wisdom to serve Him. Do I value the gifts God has given to me to serve Him?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What happened down below when Moses was up in the mountain to see God?
{% include BibleLinks2024.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ Israelites made a golden calf and broke the covenant with God when they couldn't wait for Moses to come back from the mountain. Moses pleaded to God for forgiveness to the people so that some of them were given a new chance.
+ Here we see God's blessings and love. Although man continued to rebel against God, He continued to keep His promises and give man opportunities to repent.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Walking with God** - God and Moses were talking in the Tabernacle like friends. How could Moses be so close to God when he was not perfect? Besides being chosen by God, Moses also leaned on Him completely. Do I often experience God's presence and walk with Him?
+ **Community** - Moses showed his love for his people. He pleaded for them and was willing to sacrifice for them. Am I willing to forgive and sacrifice for others?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
### Question
What was the content of the new covenant?
{% include BibleLinks2024.html %}
### Meditation: God's Story
+ The narrative of a new covenant from God.
+ Aron announced the "festival to the Lord" with burnt and fellowship offerings during the Golden Calf incident (Exodus 32:5-6) As result, God reiterated the forbiddance on idol worshipping and obedience on festival celebrations.
### Meditation: My Story
+ **Walking with God** - God made new covenant with Israelites out of His love for them. Do I go back to God and ask for His forgiveness when I make mistakes? Do I reiterate my willingness to follow His steps?
+ **Integrity** - God asked the Israelites to be faithful and not to worship false gods and idols like the Gentiles. There are different idols and false gods throughout history (money, power, success, games...) What are my idols? How should I win over them?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
{% include BibleLinks2024.html %}
Prayer
Notes and Responses