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Weekly Bible Readings for December, 1937.
Subject: "Gifts."
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"As Moses" (14). The brazen serpent a type.
December 5th.
Point out the acrostic in John iii. 16.
John iii.
God so loved the world that He gave His
GOD SO LOVED . . . . .
Only begotten
THAT HE GAVE.
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
Perish, but have
Everlasting
Life.
Verses 19 and 20 are Paul's personal testimony as
December 12th.
Galatians ii.
to why he had finished with all attempts to
THE SON OF GOD
save, sanctify or justify himself. (If pressure
LOVED . . . . . GAVE.
is brought to bear upon your children to be
"christened" etc., etc., use this passage to
expose its futility).
"Me . . . . . me", "I am . . . . . yet not I" (20).
Confessedly difficult chapter, but you will be
December 19th.
surprised how young people understand.
Romans vi.
Verse 23, Wages earned, see Rom. iv. 4--Death.
THE GIFT OF GOD.
Gift unearned, see Eph. ii. 8.
Note the figure of "sowing" (6).
December 26th.
II Corinthians ix.
Give with the heart and cheerfully (7).
THE UNSPEAKABLE
Unlimited sufficiency to draw on (8).
GIFT.
All christian giving but a faint reflection of
God's unspeakable gift.
Verses to memorize (one each week):
John iii. 16; Gal. ii. 16; Rom. vi. 23; II Cor. ix. 15.
"Search and See" Section.
John iii.--
(1) Why was a brazen serpent lifted up?
(2) Why is Christ compared with this?
(3) What was the reason for God's wonderful gift? (verse 16).
Galatians ii.--
(1) John iii. says `world': What does Paul say?
(2) John iii. says `everlasting life': What kind of life did Paul speak of?
(3) John iii. says `God loved and gave': What does Gal. ii. 20 say?
Romans vi.--
(1) What is the difference between `wages' and `gift'?
(2) Can we earn eternal life?
(3) Through whom does God's gift come?
II Corinthians ix.--
(1) What is an `unspeakable' gift!
(2) How are we to give and why? (verse 7)
(3) Write any verse you know that speaks of God's gift.