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Lesson #9 & #10

Lesson #9 & #10

Finding God in Every Old Testament Book

• The Bible is a book about God.

• The Bible explains how God brings us his salvation.

From your reading of each Old Testament book, note one thing you discover about God (with a Bible reference).

   

The Historical Books of the Old Testament

Genesis 1:1

 

God is creator

 

Exodus 6:6

 

God is redeemer

 

Leviticus 20:7 –8

 

God is holy

 

Numbers 14:22 –23

 

God punishes those who reject him

 

Deuteronomy 10:12 –13

 

What God requires of us

 

Joshua 1:8

 

God’s recipe for success

 

Judges 2:20 –21

 

God’s warnings are clear

 

Ruth 4:17 –22

 

God’s plan for the redemption of the world

 

1 Samuel 15:22

 

God places great importance on obedience

 

2 Samuel 7:12 –13

 

God’s kingdom will last for ever

 

1 Kings 9:4 –5

 

God requires integrity of heart

 

2 Kings 2:6

 

God is alive

 

1 Chronicles 29:11

 

The whole world belongs to God

 

2 Chronicles 16:9

 

God sees everything, especially those who are loyal to him

 

Ezra 1:1

 

God moves the hearts of rulers for his purposes

 

Nehemiah 6:15 –16

 

God works through the efforts of godly people

 

Esther 4:14

 

God’s special care for his people, revealing his will through things that happen. (Esther is the only Bible book in which God is not mentioned or directly referred to.)

 

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power

and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,

for everything in heaven and earth is yours.

Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom;

you are exalted as head over all.”

1 Chronicles 29:11

Poetic Books

Job 19:25

 

God our redeemer lives

 

Psalm 100:2

 

God is to be worshiped

 

Proverbs 1:7

 

We are to reverence God

 

Ecclesiastes 12:13 –14

 

God will judge everything

 

Song of Solomon 8:7

 

God positively endorses marital love

 

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,

but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”

Proverbs 1:7

Prophetic Books

Isaiah 53:6

 

God has taken our sin upon himself

 

Jeremiah 31:33

 

God promises his new covenant

 

Lamentations 3:22 –25

 

God is a God of mercy

 

Ezekiel 36:24 –26

 

God promises to give us new hearts

 

Daniel 2:44

 

God rules over the nations

 

Hosea 14:4

 

God heals our turning away from him

 

Joel 2:28 –29

 

The pouring out of the Holy Spirit is promised

 

Amos 5:12 –14

 

God is against social injustice

 

Obadiah 21

 

God is to be king

 

Jonah 2:8 –9

 

God brings salvation

 

Micah 6:8

 

God wants us to walk humbly before him

 

Nahum 1:7

 

God protects his followers

 

Habakkuk 3:17 –19

 

God’s strength is to be our strength

 

Zephaniah 3:15

 

God’s presence is promised

 

Haggai 2:23

 

God chooses people to do his will

 

Zechariah 9:9

 

God appears in humility

 

Malachi 3:1

 

God is almighty

 

“I will heal their waywardness

and love them freely.”

Hosea 14:4

   

Following a Chain from Genesis to Revelation

     

Many key words in the Bible can be traced from Genesis to Revelation. The references which link up in this way are sometimes referred to as “chain” references.

The word “sin” – rebellion against God, and the concept of sinning against God, can be studied in this way.

   

Sin Chain

Genesis 2:17

 

The fatal choice.

 

Genesis 13:13

 

Sin spreads.

 

Exodus 12:5 –7

 

The blood of the killed lamb protects the people from death.

 

Exodus 32:7

 

The sin of making the golden calf.

 

Leviticus 16:6

 

Aaron makes a sin offering.

 

Numbers 14:18

 

The Lord forgives sin.

 

Numbers 32:23

 

Your sin will find you out.

 

Deuteronomy 20:18

 

Worshiping other gods is sin.

 

Joshua 22:17

 

Sin needs to be cleansed.

 

Judges 3:7

 

Forgetting God is sin.

 

1 Samuel 2:17

 

Showing contempt for God is sin.

 

2 Samuel 12:13

 

David confesses his sin.

 

1 Kings 15:26

 

Not being fully devoted to God is sin.

 

2 Kings 8:18

 

Doing evil in God’s sight is sin.

 

1 Chronicles 9:1

 

Unfaithfulness to God is sin.

 

2 Chronicles 7:14

 

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.”

 

Ezra 6:17

 

As the Temple is dedicated, a sin offering is offered.

 

Nehemiah 1:6

 

Nehemiah identifies himself with the sin of Israel.

 

Job 1:5

 

Job shows his concern for any sins of his children.

 

Psalm 51:3

 

“My sin is always before me.”

 

Proverbs 5:22

 

“The cords of his sin hold him fast.”

 

Ecclesiastes 5:6

 

“Do not let your mouth lead you into sin.”

 

Isaiah 6:5

 

“Woe is me … for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips.”

 

Jeremiah 14:7

 

Backsliding is sin.

 

Lamentations 1:5

 

Sin brings grief.

 

Ezekiel 18:4

 

“The soul who sins is the one who will die.”

 

Daniel 4:27

 

“Renounce your sin by doing what is right.”

 

Hosea 14:1

 

“Your sins have been your downfall.”

 

Amos 5:12

 

“For I know how many are your offences and how great are your sins.You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts.”

 

Micah 6:7

 

Sin cannot be covered up by empty outward actions.

 

Zechariah 1:4

 

“Turn from your evil ways.”

 

Matthew 5:27 –28

 

Inward sins are not hidden from God.

 

Mark 7:20 –23

 

Thirteen deadly sins.

 

Luke 18:11 –14

 

The Pharisee and the tax-collector.

 

John 16:8 –9

 

The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin.

 

Acts 2:36 –41

 

God offers forgiveness for sin.

 

Romans 7:7 –25

 

The “I” of self (sin) comes 32 times in Romans 7 .

 

1 Corinthians 15:21

 

“Death came through a man.”

 

Galatians 1:3 –4

 

“The Lord Jesus Christ … gave himself for our sins.”

 

Ephesians 1:7

 

“In him … we have forgiveness of sins.”

 

Philippians 2:15

 

“A crooked and depraved generation …”

 

Colossians 2:11

 

“Putting off the sinful nature…”

 

1Thessalonians 2:16

 

“They always heap up their sins to the limit.”

 

2 Thessalonians 2:12

 

Some people delight in wickedness.

 

1 Timothy 5:20

 

“Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly.”

 

2 Timothy 3:6

 

“Loaded down with sins …”

 

Titus 3:11

 

Divisive people are “warped and sinful.”

 

Hebrews 12:1

 

“Let us throw off … the sin which so easily entangles.”

 

James 1:15

 

“Sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death.”

 

1 Peter 2:24

 

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness.”

 

2 Peter 1:9

 

A reminder about being cleansed from sin.

 

1 John 1:7

 

“The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.”

 

Revelation 1:5

 

“… [He] has freed us from our sins.”

 

     

Something to Do

• Use a reference or chain reference Bible to do some more chain studies. Suggested topics: love, holiness, vine.

 

   

The Names of God

   

The names and titles given to God have special meanings. They tell us just how great he is.

Hebrew name

 

Meaning

 

Bible reference

 

Elohim

 

The All-Powerful One

 

Genesis 1:1

 

El (singular)

 

The Strong One

 

Exodus 6:3

 

El-Elyon

 

The Most High God

 

Genesis 14:18 –22

 

El-Shaddai

 

The All-Sufficient One

 

Genesis 17:1

 

El-Olam

 

The Everlasting God

 

Genesis 21:33

 

Jehovah (Yahweh)

 

The Self-Existent One

 

Exodus 3:14

 

Jehovah-Elohim

 

Lord God, as Creator

 

Genesis 1:26

 

Jehovah-Jireh

 

Jehovah Will Provide

 

Genesis 22:13 –14

 

Jehovah-Rapha

 

Jehovah Who Heals

 

Exodus 15:25

 

Jehovah-Nissi

 

Jehovah Is My Banner

 

Exodus 17:15

 

Jehovah-Shalom

 

Jehovah Is Peace

 

Judges 6:24

 

Jehovah-Shammah

 

Jehovah Is There

 

Ezekiel 48:35

 

Jehovah-Tsidkenu

 

Jehovah Our Righteousness

 

Jeremiah 33:16

 

           

Name in the Psalms

 

Meaning

 

Bible reference

 

 

Jehovah-Raah

 

The Lord Is My Shepherd

 

Psalm 23:1

 

Jehovah-Sabaoth

 

The Lord Of Hosts (God’s power in time of trouble)

 

Psalm 46:7

 

The Living God

 

God gives strength

 

Psalm 42:2

 

King

 

God rules

 

Psalm 44:4

 

Strength

 

God gives us power

 

Psalm 59:9

 

Redeemer

 

The God who saves

 

Psalm 78:35

 

The One of Sinai

 

The God who gives the Law

 

Psalm 68:8

 

           

   

Other titles

 

Meaning

 

Bible reference

 

Rock

 

God’s strength

 

Deuteronomy 32:15

 

Savior

 

God rescues

 

Deuteronomy 32:15

 

The Ancient of Days

 

God’s global authority

 

Daniel 7:9

 

Father

 

God loves his family

 

Ephesians 3:14

 

God of gods, Lord of lords

 

The great, mighty God

 

Deuteronomy 10:17

 

   

Attributes

 

Example

 

Bible reference

 

God is compassionate

 

“compassionate and gracious”

 

Exodus 34:6

 

God is merciful

 

“his mercy is very great”

 

1 Chronicles 21:13

 

God is holy

 

“I am holy”

 

Leviticus 11:44

 

God is love

 

“God so loved the world”

 

John 3:16

 

God is Spirit

 

“God is Spirit”

 

John 4:24

 

   

Something to Do

• Look up the above references to each name, title or attribute of God. Read the surrounding verses to understand more fully the significance of the name and why God was called by it.

Source: Water, M. (1998). Bible Study made easy . The Made Easy Series (22–25). Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishers Ltd.