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Weekly Bible Readings for December, 1937.
Subject: "Gifts."
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"As Moses" (14). The brazen serpent a type.
December 5th.
Point out the acrostic in John 3: 16.
John 3:
God so loved the world that He gave His
GOD SO LOVED . . . . .
Only begotten
THAT HE GAVE.
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
Perish, but have
Everlasting
Life.
Verses 19 and 20 are Paul's personal testimony as
December 12th.
Galatians 2:
to why he had finished with all attempts to
THE SON OF GOD
save, sanctify or justify himself. (If pressure
LOVED . . . . . GAVE.
is brought to bear upon your children to be
"christened" etc., etc., use this passage to
expose its futility).
"Me . . . . . me", "I am . . . . . yet not I" (20).
Confessedly difficult chapter, but you will be
December 19th.
surprised how young people understand.
Romans 6:
Verse 23, Wages earned, see Rom. 4: 4--Death.
THE GIFT OF GOD.
Gift unearned, see Eph. 2: 8.
Note the figure of "sowing" (6).
December 26th.
II Corinthians 9:
Give with the heart and cheerfully (7).
THE UNSPEAKABLE
Unlimited sufficiency to draw on (8).
GIFT.
All christian giving but a faint reflection of
God's unspeakable gift.
Verses to memorize (one each week):
John 3: 16; Gal. 2: 16; Rom. 6: 23; II Cor. 9: 15.
"Search and See" Section.
John 3:--
(1) Why was a brazen serpent lifted up?
(2) Why is Christ compared with this?
(3) What was the reason for God's wonderful gift? (verse 16).
Galatians 2:--
(1) John 3: says `world': What does Paul say?
(2) John 3: says `everlasting life': What kind of life did Paul speak of?
(3) John 3: says `God loved and gave': What does Gal. 2: 20 say?
Romans 6:--
(1) What is the difference between `wages' and `gift'?
(2) Can we earn eternal life?
(3) Through whom does God's gift come?
II Corinthians 9:--
(1) What is an `unspeakable' gift!
(2) How are we to give and why? (verse 7)
(3) Write any verse you know that speaks of God's gift.