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The Question of Civil Disobedience

Two Scenarios for Civil Disobedience

  1. When human government commands something God forbids
  2. When human government forbids something God commands

7 Guiding Principles Before Civil Disobedience

  1. Thanksgiving - 1 Thessalonians 5:18
  2. Forbearance - Romans 12:10
  3. Obedience - Matthew 22:21; Romans 13:1-7; Titus 3:1-2; 1 Peter 2:13-17
  4. Stewardship - Acts 16 & 22
  5. Prayer - 1 Timothy 2:1-3
  6. Cooperation
  7. Creativity

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Tools for Interpreting Proverbs

5 Tools for Interpreting Proverbs

  1. Interpret Proverbs by remembering what a proverb is.
    • Brief
    • Poetic
    • Guide to godly living
  2. Interpret Proverbs as general principles, rather than unconditional promises.
  3. Interpret Proverbs recognizing that the proverbs generally fall into two literary forms.
    • Instructions/commands
    • Wisdom sayings
  4. Interpret Proverbs by understanding parallelism.
    • Synonymous parallelism
    • Antithetic parallelism
    • Emblematic parallelism
    • Synthetic parallelism
  5. Interpret Proverbs with the broader teaching of scripture.

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God's Calling

Text: Ephesians 5

Theme: God's Calling …in building his church through Jesus Christ for his own glory.

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  • Read Ephesians 5:8 and then study light in the following texts: Prov 4:18; Isaiah 60:1; Matt 5:13-16; John 8:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 1:5-7
  • Look through the Ephesian letter to see the number of uses of the idea of “fullness”: 1:23; 3:19; 4:10; 4:13
  • How does 1 Peter 1:13-16 echo Ephesians 4-5?
  • Read Titus 3:8 as further commentary on Eph 5:11-16.
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God's Design

Text: Ephesians 4

Theme: God’s Design …in building his church through Jesus Christ for his own glory.

  • Let your eyes fall on multiple uses of the word “all” and the word “one” in verses 1-6. Can you see how this shapes a foundation for unity?
  • Read Psalm 133. You will encounter “unity” in v.1, and what is found at the very end of the Psalm? How are these two ideas connected?
  • Think of one person to show special kindness to today.

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God's Reconciliation

Text: Ephesians 2:11-3:21

Theme: God's reconciliation ...in building his church through Jesus Christ for his own glory.

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  • Consider the Old Testament revelation of God’s plan to save his people out of all the nations. We see the hope of reconciliation in: Genesis 12:3, 22:18, 26:4, 28:14; Psalm 67 & 72; Isaiah 11:10, 49:6, 60:1-3; Hosea 1:10; Amos 9:11-12
  • Add to that Ephesians 2:11-22 and Colossians 1:18-23.
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