Acts: The Spread of the Gospel

This study is taken from John MacArthur's "Acts: The Spread of the Gospel." My prayer and goal for this devo is that we will learn more about how the early church laid the foundation for what we possess today, and that we would allow God to use us to turn our world upside for Him!

This will be an exciting journey, so encourage others to join you! I'm looking forward to the interaction we will have on this blog as we study the book of Acts!

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Chapter One - Seeing the Invisible - Devo for 10/17/08

THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN CHANGED A BIT SINCE MEGAN'S ORIGINAL ANSWER...IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A BIT EASIER TO ANSWER. GOOD JOB, MEGAN, IN GIVING IT A SHOT ANYWAY!

Reading
Hebrews 11:7, 23-27

Ok, today we're going to stretch your memories a bit and ask you about some familiar Bible stories. Each of these is an example of someone who chose to see beyond what was going on in the world around them, and focused instead on spiritual truth that they could only see in faith.

1. Noah building the ark (v. 7)
- what couldn't he see in the world around him that probably made it more difficult to follow God?
- what blessing(s) did Noah receive because of his choice to believe God instead of what "made sense" in the world around him?

2. Moses's parents in hiding him when he was a baby from Pharoah's order to kill all baby boys (v. 23)
-What benefits did Moses's parents receive because they refused to kill their newborn son, as ordered by Pharoah?

3. Moses choosing to lead Israel out of Egyptian slavery instead of living as an heir of Pharoah. (v. 24-27)
- What would have made Moses's choice so difficult?
- What benefits came from Moses choosing to obey God instead of living it up in Egypt?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

questions
1.noah had faith in God and just built the ark.did what God said beilieved in him.
2.they believed that God was going to take care of their baby why they hid him and why he was hidden.
3.by faith he would rather suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

Anonymous said...

questions:

1.
-he had never seen rain before so it was hard to explain what was going to happen to the earth.
-noah became the heir of the rightousness.
2.
-they got to keep him until he was done nursing.
3.
-he had to leace everthing he had and live a whole new life.
-he was spared and God found favor with him.

Anonymous said...

1. - everyone was mocking him and telling him that it was dump to make the ark.
-he was able to stay alive because he listined to God, also all the animals were alive and God was very pleased with Him.
2. -even after he was fond in the water his oarents still got to see him and take care of him.
3. -he had to choose from worry about the king killing him from bring the kings "son".
-he wasnt killed and God had favor in him.