Key Thought: The prophets wrote in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Interpreting the words, phrases, and narrative of Scripture within the original contexts help us more fully understand God’s message for us today.
May 16, 2020

1. Have a volunteer read Genesis 1:26,27. Isaiah 6:1-3.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What words are repeated here? How are these words enhanced by different ideas introduced through repetition?
3. Personal Application: How does it make you feel to realize you were created by a loving God rather than evolved from an animal? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “I believe that God created the world but allowed the evolutionary process to take place. There’s too much scientific evidence to disbelieve evolution.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 1:27, 2:7

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. In what ways can we see the word, “Adam” used for all humanity in one case and for a single man in the other?
3. Personal Application: How important is it for you to believe that you (i.e. mankind) were created in the image of God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “I don’t believe Eve was made from a rib from Adam. That would make the woman secondary to the man. I believe God is a woman and She has the power to give the woman leadership that man has usurped and misused.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Genesis 15:1-6.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. How significant is it to us that Moses wrote the book of Genesis?
3. Personal Application: How important is it to teach the Bible stories to our children and help them believe the truths of the Bible? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “The book of Genesis has a bunch of wild stories in it that are very hard to believe and seemed to be based on superstition instead of science. Why is it important to believe that man was made by a personal God and fellowshipped with rather than the result of an evolutionary process by impersonal forces?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Deuteronomy 32:46,47.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Why was it so important for Israel to obey “the words of this law”? How did obedience prolong their lives?
3. Personal Application: How does the teaching of the Bible and the telling of stories increase our faith as well as benefiting others? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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