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.