We have a pattern – lesson 2

 

1.    The information from the last study shows that patterns can vary in detail.

2.    Bear this information in mind with the fact that a pattern does exist for us.

3.    Jesus affirmed a pattern in Mt. 16:19 - _______________________________.

4.    Another statement associated with a pattern and Jesus is Col. 3:17 – READ.

5.    What does this verse mean?  _____________________________________________________.

6.    We have a pattern, but a pattern is not limited to us.  God follows one as well.

7.    Acts 13:23 says, ________________________________________________________.

8.    What did Paul declare in Rom. 2:16?  ___________________________________________________.

9.    In Rom. 8:28 we are told, ________________________________________________________.

10.  We can find God’s pattern for our lives in three basic ways.

11.  There are direct statements (some of these are commands and some are not).

12.  Christians are to be _____________________ (Lk. 6:36), part of the pattern for Christian living.

13.  If this verse is not part of a pattern, is just “stuck” somewhere in the Bible.

14.  1 Cor. 16:2 – this implies we have a pattern for _______________________.

15.  Acts 2:38 implies a pattern for _____________________________________.

16.  Would you say ALL direct statements are part of our pattern?

17.  2 Tim. 4:13 - ___________________________________________________.

18.  Direction statement may be the easiest part of the pattern to detect.  We also have examples.

19.  Jas. 5:10-11 leaves no doubt about this.

20.  Do we find an example in Acts 2:42?  _____________________________________.

21.  What about Acts 20:7? _____________________________________.

22.  Are all examples “positive”?  ___________.  Lk. 17:32; 2 Pet. 2:6.

23.  What does 1 Cor. 14:1 tell us about examples? _____________________________________.

24.  Based on these verses, are examples binding?  ________________________.

25.  We should look for examples of _________________________________________________.

26.  The book of Acts is a book of ___________________________________________________.

27.  Not following an example that is part of the pattern is just as bad as _______________________.

28.  Inference is a third way the Bible provides information about God’s pattern.  An illustration.

29.  1 Kgs. 9:2 says, _____________________________________________________________.

30.  1 Kgs. 3:5 says, _____________________________________________________________.

31.  By combining these two verses we may infer what for 1 Kgs. 9:2?  ______________________.

32.  Relate inference to baptism:  ____________________________________________________.

33.  When we follow God’s pattern there is also the matter of expediency.

34.  What is this?  ________________________________________________________________

 

** When reading the Scriptures ask if what you see was a common practice by all Christians in all the first century congregations or it was “circumstantial” and not part of God’s pattern.