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May 16th





Year of the Bible Sunday School Class
 
May 16, 2010 ~ 2 Samuel and 1 Corinthians
 
 
 
 
 
1 Corinthians 5-10:
 
1.      Paul writing to the Corinthians because of the problems within the young church: divisions, arrogance, and false teachings.
 
2.      Chapters 1-4: Paul calls for unity in mind and thought; with their loyalty to Jesus Christ, not the messenger. Paul also writes to them about spiritual wisdom
 
3.      Chapters 5-10: Paul writes to clear up misunderstandings about moral issues, marital practices and practices within the church:
 
a.       Sexual immorality: instead of grieving over a member’s immoral behavior (incest) they were arrogantly accepting the behavior as if being spiritually “open-minded.” Paul says the man should be excommunicated and handed over to Satan until he repents.  Paul also writes about prostitution and other sexual sins.  Sin is like yeast working through the Body; corrupting the whole church.
 
Lesson: professing to be a Christian while openly living an immoral life is reprehensible a gives a false testimony about Christ’s character. We are responsible to maintain high moral standards, living a holy life to glorify God. 
 
b.      Lawsuits among believers: church members were taking disputes before secular courts; the church was being held up to public scrutiny and their disgraceful behavior was weakening the testimony of the gospel; even the unbelieving Jews settled their civil suits in the synagogue courts.
 
Paul’s instruction: members shouldn’t be at odds with another; if disputes arise, they should be settled within the church.  Even if you ‘win’ a case, you’ve lost: it’s better to lose money/possessions than to lose a brother in Christ and lose your testimony as well. 
 
Overall themes: 
 
a.      Faith in Christ makes a ‘sinner” into a new creation, so live as part of God’s creation, living in obedience and with other believers in unity
 
b.      Our sins can weaken the testimony of Christ and infect the Body of Christ; a church needs to deal with internal disorder and members should not take on the secular values of the world around them (indulgence & promiscuity, litigiousness); instead be a witness to society around us 
 
c.       Because of what God has done for us – washed us of sins, sanctifies us, justified us – we have an obligation to use our bodies for his service and not for evil purposes
 
 
 
2 Samuel
 
Chapter 1-10 overview: 
 
     1.      King Saul is dead and David is King over Judah.                                                                                            
   2.      When Saul’s only living son is murdered, David becomes King over all of Israel at age 30; rules a total of 40 years.                                                                                                                                                 
    3.      David conquers Jerusalem, brings the Ark into the city and God gives him many military victories  extending the Israelite empire in all directions (defeats Philistines, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites…)                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                    
  4.      God makes promises to David saying He will establish David’s house; David becomes a military   ‘giant’                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 
David and Bathsheba     Chapters 11 and 12
 
 
David: “a man after God’s own heart” (1Sam.13:14) Even the best of people have their faults and failures and yet the Lord in His sovereign grace uses them to accomplish His purposes.
 
  1. Temptation: idleness (danger), imagination (the 2nd look)        Read James 1:14-15
  2. Commits the sin                                                                                  
  3. Covers it up:                                                                                      
    1. Calls Uriah home from the battlefield                                                   
    2. Calls Uriah for a second talk                                                             
    3. Invites Uriah for a meal to get him drunk                                               
    4. Plans Uriah’s death                                                                         
 
  1. Confession and the Pardon -  Read 1 John 1:9                                             
  2. Punishment                                                                                        
  3. Comforted                                                                                                                                      
 
 
Bathsheba:  a willing player, granddaughter of Ahithophel (David’s favorite counselor)
 
 
Uriah: a Hittite, one of David’s faithful and courageous soldiers, stood on his principles
 
 
Nathan:  prophet who tells a story to prepare David to deal with his sin, assures David of God’s
 
forgiveness. In the story, who is: the rich man __David______; the poor man __Uriah____,
 
the little ewe lamb __Bathsheba______; the traveler ____temptation/the Enemy__________.
 
If we open the door, sin comes in as a guest but soon becomes the master. (Gen. 4:6-7)
 
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The broken Commandments: (Ex. 20)   ___#7 - adultery________________________, 
 
__# 6 - murder_________,   ____#10 – covet neighbor’s wife           # 9 – false testimony___