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Wives and Husbands

Life In Christ Bible Study
Topic: Wives and Husbands
Presented by Michael Webb
Scripture References: Ephesians 5:22-33
August 15, 2020

 

Open It

  1. What husband-and-wife team do you greatly admire?
  2. *In your view, what one quality or ability sustains a marriage relationship?

Explore It

  1. What service should wives render to the Lord? (5:22)
  2. What is the relationship of the husband to the wife? (5:23)
  3. How is Christ’s headship of the church an example to the husband? (5:23)
  4. *How is the relationship of the church to Christ an example to wives? (5:24)
  5. How are husbands commanded to love their wives? (5:25)
  6. How did Christ prepare a bride for Himself? (5:26-27)
  7. *How should husbands love their wives? (5:28-30)
  8. How is the bond between husband and wife greater than the bond between parent and child? (5:31)
  9. *How does the bond between Christ and the church illustrate the love of a husband for his wife? (5:32)
  10. In sum, what are the responsibilities of the husband and wife toward each other? (5:33)

Get It

  1. *How should both husband and wife model themselves on Christ?
  2. *Why would unselfishness be an essential part of a Christian marriage?
  3. What should a Christian wife give her husband?
  4. How should a Christian husband care for his wife?
  5. How does a healthy Christian marriage relationship honor the Lord?
  6. What are some ways local churches can help Christian couples strengthen their marriages?

Apply It

  1. *What is something you can do to help a Christian couple strengthen their marriage?
  2. How can you treat your spouse with more respect and love this week?
  3. How can you express your thankfulness to Christ today for making you His bride?

 

 

Ephesians 5:22-33 (NKJV)
22  Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23  For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
24  Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26  that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,
27  that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
28  So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
29  For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
30  For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
31  “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
32  This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33  Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Love

Life In Christ Bible Study
Topic: Love
Presented by Michael Webb
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

August 1, 2020

 

Open It

  1. What, to you is an unmistakable demonstration of love?
  2. *Who is the most loving person you know? Why do you think so?
  3. What qualities do you associate with love?

Explore It

  1. What makes speaking in tongues, faith, generosity, and even martyrdom worthless? (13:1-3)
  2. How could a person use spiritual gifts in a useless manner? (13:1-3)
  3. *What do we gain if we don’t have love? (13:3)
  4. Why is love important? (13:3)
  5. *What qualities does love have? (13:4-8)
  6. Why will prophecy, tongues, and knowledge pass away? (13:8-9)
  7. How will we be different when we see Christ? (13:10-12)
  8. What is our spiritual imperfection like? (13:11)
  9. How do adults and children act and reason differently? (13:11)
  10. How will our knowledge of God change when we see Christ? (13:12)
  11. *What is the greatest of all gifts? (13:13)

Get It

  1. Why do you think Paul wrote about love to the Corinthians?
  2. Why might it be easy to use a spiritual gift without love?
  3. How can a person demonstrate love?
  4. How should Christians demonstrate love for each other?
  5. *In what practical ways can you show a love that never fails?
  6. How did Jesus exemplify love?
  7. Why won’t prophecy, knowledge, and tongues be necessary when Jesus returns?
  8. *When have you received the love described in this passage?
  9. What is difficult about loving?
  10. What expectations do you have, knowing you will see Jesus face to face one day?

Apply It

  1. What will help you to remember to use your gifts in a loving way?
  2. *How could you show love to a difficult person this week?

 

 Scripture for Lesson:

 

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NKJV)
1  Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2  And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3  And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4  Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5  does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6  does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7  bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8  Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9  For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10  But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11  When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12  For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13  And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

 

Spiritual Blessing In Christ

Life In Christ Bible Study
Topic: Spiritual Blessings in Christ
Presented by Michael Webb
Scripture References: Ephesians 1:1-14
July 25, 2020

Words to Understand:

  1. Salvation – deliverance from the power of sin; The salvation that comes through Christ may be described in three tenses: past, present, and future. When people believe in Christ, they are saved (Acts 16:31). But we are also in the process of being saved from the power of sin (Rom. 8:13; Phil. 2:12). Finally, we shall be saved from the very presence of sin (Rom. 13:11; Titus 2:12–13) Salvation is a free gift from God. It is by grace alone man is saved. Man can do nothing whatsoever to save himself.  Man cannot earn, win, or merit salvation. All man can do is accept the fact that God says He will save him; Every aspect of Salvation is born out of the purpose and the will and the plan of God that when it is accomplished it may be solely and only to the praise and the glory of God. God has saved us in order that He might be glorified; therefore, all our salvation belongs to His credit.
    Salvation is received by faith.  Faith comes through your belief in Jesus Christ.
    Read:( Ro 3:27, 4:2, 5: 1 Cor 1:31) Free offer of Salvation (Ro 11:6)
  2. Grace — Undeserved favor, unearned blessing, unmerited goodness and kindness. grace is giving us something we don’t deserve or could not obtain for ourselves.  Means all the favors and gifts of God, all good and perfect gifts.
    Read: Titus 2:11-14, Titus 3:6-7 
  3. Holy – means to be set apart and consecrated to God. Same word used for Saints.
    Read: 1 Peter 1:15-16, 2 Cor 7:1, Eph 4:24 
  4. Blameless — means to be free from sin, dirt, and filth; means to be without blemish; to be without fault and defilement.
    Read: Ph 2:15, Col 1:21-22
  5. Foreordained –  To know beforehand. It does not mean that God chooses some persons for salvation and everyone else for eternal punishment.  Scripture teaches the exact opposite.
    Read: Jn 3:16, Ro 10:13, 1 Tim 2:3-4 
  6. Predestination — means to destine or appoint before, to foreordain, to predetermine, to mark off or to set off.  Read: Jn 6:37, Jn 6:39 
  7. Adoption – To place as a son. Adoption is by Jesus Christ.  God accepts us because we believe and trust His Son. Gods purpose of adoption is that we might live forever
    Read: Ro 8:28
  8. Glory – beauty, power, or honor; a quality of God’s character that emphasizes His greatness and authority. God’s moral beauty and perfection of character. This divine quality is beyond human understanding (Ps. 113:4). All people “fall short” of it (Rom. 3:23) Magnificence of God, Light of Gods Character
  9. Redemption — To buy back.  Deliverance or setting a man free by paying ransom. God redeems man because of the riches of His grace.  He loves man with an unbelievable love – a love that spurs Him to save man no matter what. God redeems man once and for all, purchases and removes him from further sale.  Redeemed eternally
    Read: Gal 3:13, 4:5, Col 4:5
    Redeemed through the Blood of Jesus Christ; Mt 20;28, Ro 3:24;7:23: Heb 9:15 
  10. Forgiveness — means to send off, to send away, to release, to let go.
     
  11.  Sin — means transgression, trespass, a falling by the way, deviating form the way.
    Read: Acts 13:38, Acts 26:18 
  12. Wisdom — means seeing and knowing the truth. It is seeing and knowing what to do. Wisdom is found in Jesus Christ and promised to those who search after Him.
    Read: 1 Cor 1:30, 2:10-16, Eph 1:8, James 1:5 
  13. Prudence – good judgment, and common sense. Means seeing how to use and do the truth. It is seeing the direction to take. Understanding, insight.
    Read: Eph 1:17-18, Col 1:9, 2 Tim 2:7, 1 John 5:20
  14. Inheritance – means heritage.  God takes the believer and makes him is own heritage and possession.  The believer is made the inheritance of God. The believer receives his inheritance by hearing the word of God and believing and trusting in Jesus Christ.
    Read: Dt. 9:29, Dt 32:9, Is 43:1, Mal 3:17, 1 Peter 2:9 
  15. Sealed: You are sealed with the Holy Spirit for a lifetime once you become a true believer. 
  16. Earnest means pledge, guarantee, a down payment. The Holy Spirit is given to the believer to give the believer perfect assurance of his salvation.

 

Open It

  1. How often do you compliment others?
  2. How do you usually respond when someone compliments you?
  3. *What blessings have you received recently?

Explore It

  1. How was Paul made an apostle? (1:1)
  2. To whom was the letter addressed? (1:1)
  3. What greetings did Paul extend to the believers at Ephesus? (1:2)
  4. *How has God blessed believers? (1:3)
  5. When did God’s work of election take place? (1:4)
  6. What is the purpose of God’s election? (1:4)
  7. What did God determine beforehand for those who believe in Christ? (1:5)
  8. What is the goal of God’s election? (1:6)
  9. What is redemption? (1:7)
  10. *What does the work of Christ do for the believer? (1:7)
  11. What has God given the believer? (1:8-10)
  12. When will everything be brought together? (1:10)
  13. How did God’s plan include people of different cultures? (1:11-12)
  14. *What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of those called to receive spiritual blessings in Christ? (1:13-14)

Get It

  1. What are spiritual blessings?
  2. *In everyday language, how would you describe the spiritual blessings given to you?
  3. How do you picture the persons of the Trinity at work in your life?
  4. How should knowing that you were chosen to be in the family of God affect your involvement in evangelism?
  5. What has Christ done on our behalf?
  6. How have you benefited from the grace of God?
  7. *For what work of God on your behalf are you most thankful? Why?
  8. Why did God do this amazing work for us?

Apply It

  1. *How can you say thank you to God this week for what He has done for you?
  2. What do you need to do differently to live for the praise of God’s glory this week?

 

Ephesians 1:1-14 (NKJV)
1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:
2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4  just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
5  having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6  to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
7  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8  which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9  having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10  that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth–in Him.
11  In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
12  that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
13  In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14  who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

 

Life Through The Son

The Believers Life Style Bible Study
Life Through the Son – John 5:16-30
Presented Online by Michael Webb
July 11, 2020

 Open It

  1. What different groups of people have suffered persecution throughout history?
  2. *What are some of the positive aspects of your relationship with your parents?

Explore It

  1. Why did the Jews persecute Jesus? (5:16)
  2. Whose work did Jesus do? (5:17)
  3. Why did certain Jews want to kill Jesus? (5:18)
  4. *What did Jesus say that the Son could do? (5:19)
  5. What did Jesus tell the Jews that He would show them? (5:20)
  6. What did Jesus say He was able to do? (5:21)
  7. To whom did God entrust all judgment? (5:22)
  8. *Why did God entrust judgment to Christ? (5:23)
  9. How did Jesus say a person can gain eternal life? (5:24)
  10. What time did Jesus say had already come? (5:25)
  11. *What did Jesus say the Father has in Himself that He has granted to the Son? (5:26)
  12. What time did Jesus say was coming? (5:28-29)
  13. Whom did Jesus say He desires to please? (5:30)

Get It

  1. In what way does the world persecute Christians today?
  2. How have you been persecuted as a believer?
  3. When have you experienced pressure not to practice or share your faith in Christ?
  4. Why does the world persecute Christians?
  5. *How can we honor the Son and the Father with our lives?
  6. How can we know for sure that we have eternal life?
  7. *Why should we feel secure in our relationship with God?
  8. How should we prepare ourselves for Jesus’ judgment?
  9. In what way are we like Jesus with respect to our relationship with God the Father?
  10. In what way is Jesus an example for us to follow?

Apply It

  1. *What steps can you take this week to enjoy more fully your relationship with your Heavenly Father?
  2. What can you do today to bring honor to God?
  3. How will you allow Jesus’ example in this passage of Scripture to influence your life this week?

 

John 5:16-30 (NKJV)
16  For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
17  But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
18  Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
19  Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
20  For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21  For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
22  For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
23  that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
24  “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
25  Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
26  For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
27  and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
28  Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29  and come forth–those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
30  I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

 

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

The Believers Life Style Bible Study
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus – John 3:1-21
Presented Online by Michael Webb
July 4, 2020

 Open It

  1. When have you felt like you wanted to start life all over again?
  2. Why do people like to get new things (such as clothes, cars, or gadgets)?
  3. What is the best gift you have ever received?

Explore It

  1. To what group did Nicodemus belong? (3:1)
  2. At what time did Nicodemus visit Jesus? (3:2)
  3. Why did Nicodemus believe Jesus was from God? (3:2)
  4. What is the qualification for seeing the kingdom of God? (3:3)
  5. What did Nicodemus think Jesus meant when He said that a person must be born again? (3:4)
  6. *What is required to enter the kingdom of God? (3:5-6)
  7. How did Jesus compare the wind to the Spirit? (3:8)
  8. Why should Nicodemus have understood what Jesus said? (3:10)
  9. About what category of things did Jesus say He was talking? (3:12)
  10. Who did Jesus say had gone to heaven? (3:13)
  11. How did Jesus compare Moses’ snake with the Son of Man? (3:14)
  12. What is the result of believing in the Son of Man? (3:15, 18)
  13. How did God demonstrate His love for the world? (3:16)
  14. Why did God send His Son into the world? (3:17)
  15. How does the person who lives by truth respond to the light? (3:19-21)

Get It

  1. When would you say you were born again?
  2. How would you describe what it means to be born again to someone?
  3. What were some of the circumstances that led you to Jesus?
  4. What were some of the things that caused you to believe that Jesus is the Son of God?
  5. Why are spiritual truths often hard to understand?
  6. What are a few spiritual truths that you struggle to understand?
  7. How does God’s gift of His Son affect our lives?
  8. How can a person live by the light?

Apply It

  1. How will you change your daily routine to better appreciate and enjoy God’s gift of His Son?
  2. For what specific spiritual truths will you seek answers this week?

 

Scripture for today’s Lesson:

John 3:1-21 (KJV)
1   There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2  The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4  Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8  The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9  Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10  Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

12  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Jesus Changes Water to Wine

The Believers Life Style Bible Study
Jesus Changes Water to Wine – John 2:1-11
Presented Online by Michael Webb
June 27, 2020

 

 Open It

  1. Why are people interested in miraculous or supernatural events?
  2. *What makes an event miraculous or supernatural?
  3. What supernatural or miraculous events have you witnessed?

Explore It

  1. Where did the wedding take place? (2:1)
  2. Who was at the wedding? (2:1-2)
  3. What did Jesus’ mother say to Him? (2:3)
  4. *What was Jesus’ response to His mother? (2:4)
  5. How did Jesus’ mother respond to His reply? (2:5)
  6. What were the water jars used for? (2:6)
  7. What did Jesus tell the servants to do? (2:7)
  8. To whom did the servants take the water? (2:8)
  9. What happened to the water? (2:9)
  10. *What was the banquet master’s response? (2:10)
  11. *Why did Jesus perform this miracle? (2:11)
  12. How did Jesus’ disciples respond to this miracle? (2:11)

Get It

  1. How have you had faith in Jesus’ power this week?
  2. *What is something you would like Jesus to change in your life?
  3. *What recent miracle has Jesus done in your life?
  4. How does Jesus reveal His glory to us today?
  5. In what ways has Jesus transformed you into a new person?
  6. How has Jesus given you a new life?
  7. What things has Jesus done that have caused you to have faith in Him?

Apply It

  1. *What is one specific habit or characteristic you will ask God to change in your life this week?
  2. How will you enjoy today the new life Jesus has given you?

 

Scripture for the Lesson:

John 2:1-11 (KJV)
1  And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2  And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3  And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4  Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5  His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6  And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7  Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
8  And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
9   When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
10  And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11  This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

 

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

The Believers Life Style Bible Study
Presents
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
June 20, 2020
Scripture: John 1:43-51
Presented by Michael Webb

Open It

  1. How do people feel when they find something that’s been missing for a for long time?
  2. What famous people would you like to meet? Why?
  3. *About what things are people today skeptical?

Explore It

  1. How did Jesus and Philip meet? (1:43)
  2. What did Jesus say to Philip? (1:43)
  3. *How did Philip respond to Jesus’ invitation? (1:44-46)
  4. What did Philip do after he followed Jesus? (1:45)
  5. What did Philip tell Nathanael about Jesus? (1:45)
  6. *Why was Nathanael skeptical that Philip had found the Messiah? (1:46)
  7. How did Nathanael respond to the fact that Jesus was from Nazareth? (1:46)
  8. What did Jesus say when he saw Nathanael? (1:47)
  9. What was Nathanael’s response to Jesus’ greeting? (1:48)
  10. Why was Nathanael surprised? (1:48)
  11. Why did Nathanael call Jesus the Son of God and the King of Israel? (1:48-49)
  12. What were the greater things to which Jesus referred? (1:50)
  13. What did Jesus tell Nathanael he would see? (1:51)
  14. Who is the Son of Man? (1:51)

Get It

  1. What about Christ stirs skepticism today?
  2. *What stereotypes about Christ prevent people from trusting Him today?
  3. What convinced you that Jesus was the Son of God?
  4. *What makes Jesus qualified to rule our lives?
  5. How is Jesus the King of your life?
  6. What do you have in common with Jesus?
  7. How can Jesus’ identity as the Son of God inspire your confidence in Him?

 

 

Apply It

  1. How will you show your trust in the God who knows all about you this week?
  2. *How would you share your faith with a skeptical person this week?
  3. In what way will you recognize Jesus as the ruler of your life today?

 

 

Scripture for today’s Lesson:

John 1:43-51 (NKJV)
43  The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.”
44  Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45  Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote–Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46  And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47  Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
48  Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49  Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
50  Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
51  And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

 

Jesus First Disciples

The Believers Life Style Bible Study
Presents
Jesus First Disciples
June 3, 2020
Scripture: John 1:35-42
Presented by Michael Webb

 

Open It

  1. What gets you excited or enthusiastic?
  2. *How would you feel if a good friend abandoned your friendship in favor of someone else?
  3. What nicknames have you had over the years?

Explore It

  1. Who besides Jesus had disciples? (1:35)
  2. What did John say when he saw Jesus? (1:36)
  3. How did John identify Jesus for his disciples? (1:37)
  4. *What did John’s disciples do when John identified Jesus? (1:37)
  5. What did Jesus ask John’s disciples? (1:38)
  6. What did John’s disciples call Jesus? (1:38)
  7. What did John’s disciples ask Jesus? (1:38)
  8. *What was the first thing Andrew did after he had followed Jesus? (1:40)
  9. Who was Andrew’s brother? (1:40)
  10. *What did Andrew tell his brother about Jesus? (1:41)
  11. What nickname did Jesus give to Simon? (1:42)
  12. What words did the author interpret for us? (1:37, 41, 42)

Get It

  1. *What does it mean to follow Jesus?
  2. What hinders us from following Jesus?
  3. *What must we leave to follow Jesus?
  4. To what friends and relatives could you introduce Jesus?
  5. How can we spend time with Jesus to get to know Him better?

Apply It

  1. Whom do you want to introduce to Jesus this week?
  2. How could you introduce Christ to a friend or relative?
  3. *What change in your daily routine would enable you to follow Jesus better?

 

John 1:35-42 (NKJV)
35  Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples.
36  And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”
37  The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38  Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”
39  He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
40  One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41  He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).
42  And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone).

 

Jesus the Lamb of God

The Believers Life Style Bible Study
Presents
Jesus The Lamb of God
June 10, 2020
Scripture: John 1:29-34
Presented by Michael Webb

Open It

  1. What function do initiation rites serve in a club or society?
  2. *What can you infer about someone from his or her title (such as Doctor, Professor, or Prince)?

Explore It

  1. *Why did John call Jesus the Lamb of God? (1:29)
  2. What are the sins of the world? (1:29)
  3. What does Jesus do with the sins of the world? (1:29)
  4. *What did John mean that Jesus surpassed him because He was before him? (1:30)
  5. How was Jesus before John? (1:30)
  6. Why did John say he didn’t know who Jesus was? (1:31)
  7. What reason did John give for baptizing Jesus? (1:31)
  8. Why did John come to baptize people? (1:31)
  9. What creature represented the Spirit of God? (1:32)
  10. Why did the Spirit come down upon Jesus? (1:33)
  11. With what did John baptize? (1:31, 33)
  12. With what will Jesus baptize? (1:33)
  13. *What title did John ascribe to the person he baptized? (1:34)

Get It

  1. What sin of yours has Jesus taken away?
  2. *How do we receive the forgiveness that Christ bought for us?
  3. In what way do you share Jesus’ identity as a child of God?
  4. What role does the Holy Spirit play in your life?
  5. *How does Jesus baptize us?

Apply It

  1. *How can you honor Jesus’ Sonship with your life this week?
  2. What steps can you take to appreciate better who Jesus is?
  3. In what way can you reveal Christ to others this week?

 

The Lamb of God

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who [a]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”

32 And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

The Word Became Flesh

The Believers Life Style Bible Study
Presents
The Word Became Flesh
May 27, 2020
Scripture: John 1:1-18
Presented by Michael Webb

Open It

  1. What are some of the slang expressions you used growing up?
  2. *In what ways are words different from visual images?

Explore It

  1. Who is the Word? (1:1)
  2. *What is the relationship between the Word and God? (1:1-2)
  3. What was the Word’s role in creation? (1:3)
  4. How is the “life” the light of men? (1:4)
  5. What was John’s role in relation to the light? (1:6)
  6. How did the light give light to every person? (1:9)
  7. Why didn’t the world recognize the light? (1:10)
  8. *What is the benefit of receiving or believing in the Word? (1:12)
  9. *How and why did the Word make His dwelling among us? (1:14)
  10. Whose glory did the Word reveal? (1:14)
  11. What did God give us through Moses? (1:17)
  12. What did God give us through Jesus? (1:18)
  13. Why is it significant that no one has seen God but “God the One and Only”? (1:18)

Get It

  1. Why did the Word become flesh and live among us?
  2. *How does a person receive the Word?
  3. What happens when we receive or believe in the Word?
  4. In what way can you receive or welcome Christ into your life?
  5. *What insights can you gain from seeing Jesus as God’s Word?
  6. How should being a child of God affect our lives?
  7. In what way is John an example for us to follow?
  8. How did Jesus reveal God’s glory to us?

Apply It

  1. What do you need to do to be certain of your relationship with God?
  2. *What will you do this week to better enjoy your status as a child of God?
  3. How should the reality that God became a man affect your life today?

 

 

John 1:1-18 (NKJV)
1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2  He was in the beginning with God.
3  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
4  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
6  There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7  This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.
8  He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9  That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10  He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
11  He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
12  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
13  who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15  John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ “
16  And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
17  For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18  No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

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