Titus 2:14 – God’s “own” or “peculiar” people

 

1)    Many times our lives depend upon or help by some type of “description.”  Examples:  __________________

2)    God has described His people in many ways; this study looks at some of the descriptions (both testaments).

3)    ____________________________ (Judg. 5:31).  How does this differ from Mt. 13:43?  ________________.

4)    Dan. 12:3 - ______________________________, and this applies to what time?  _____________________.

5)    Ps. 135:4 - __________________________.  Thoughts on this verse:  ______________________________.

6)    1 Pet. 2:5 - ____________________________.  Explain this verse:  ________________________________.

7)    Mt. 11:25 - _________________________.  A nice description?  __________________________________.

8)    1 Pet. 1:14 - ____________________________________________________________________________.

9)    1 Cor. 12:20 - _______________________________. 

10)How often do people in the world want to be “a member” of something?  What do they do?

11)2 Tim. 2:3-4 - ______________________________.  What is our current “status”?  __________________.

12)1 Cor. 9:24 - __________________________.  What does this description tell us? ___________________.

13)Mt. 25:21 - ___________________.  What is the basis for this description?  ________________________.

14)1 Pet. 2:11 - ________________________.  Additional comments:  _______________________________.

15)Mt. 25:33 - ____________________.  Why this description?  ____________________________________.

16)Malachi 4:2 - _____________________.  Explain:  ____________________________________________.

17)Prov. 28:1 - ______________________.  Why the boldness?  ____________________________________.

18)Ps. 42:1 - ___________________________________.  Explain:  _________________________________.

19)Mt. 13:47-48 – a strange description & explain why it is used:  ___________________________________.

20)Ps. 52:8 - __________________________________.

21)Mt. 5:9 – More than one description:  _______________________________________________________.

22)Find a description in 1 Cor. 1:2:  _______________________________________________.

23)Find a description in 1 Cor. 1:2:  _______________________________________________.

24)Find multiple descriptions in 1 Cor. 6:11:  _______________________________________________.

25)Find a description in Col. 3:12:  _______________________________________________.

26)Find a description in Phil. 3:20:  _______________________________________________.

27)Find a description in Acts 9:14:  _______________________________________________.

28)Find a description in Acts 6:3:  _______________________________________________.

29)It is also interesting to see descriptions that are “sons of” descriptions:

30)Mt. 9:15 - ____________________________.

31)Lk. 6:35 - ____________________________.

32)Lk. 16:8 - ____________________________.

33)Lk. 20:36 - ___________________________.

34)Gal. 3:7 - ____________________________.

 

35)All these descriptions do show Christians are a “peculiar” and special people.

 

36)Thought question:  List some Bible topics that are “described” in the New Testament:

 

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38)Discuss the value of descriptions:

 

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40)Reasons why God’s descriptions are not always used:

 

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