Michael Quattlebaum

2 Samuel 7:5-16

Kings compared to David:

• Solomon (1 Kings 3:3)
• Abijam (1 Kings 15:1-3)
• Asa (1 Kings 15:11)
• Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:7-8)
• Ahaz (2 Kings 16:2)
• Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:1-3; 2 Chronicles 29:1-2)
• Josiah (2 Kings 22:1-2; 2 Chronicles 34:1-2)
• Jesus (Luke 1:32)

God Deals Kindly with Israel and Judah for the sake of David

• In punishing Solomon (1 Kings 11:13)
• In punishing Judah for the deeds of Jehoram (2 Kings 8:16-19)
• Protects Hezekiah against Assyria for David’s sake (Isaiah 37:33-35)

The Temple

• Solomon builds the temple (2 Chronicles 3:1)
• Dedication of the temple (2 Chronicles 6)

The Everlasting Kingdom

• In prophecy of Christ (Isaiah 9:6-7)
• In the arrival of Christ (Matthew 1:5-6, 17)
• Christ’s entry into Jerusalem before his crucifixion (Mark 11:10)

In Salvation (John 1:1-14; 3:13-18)

OK…so I totally didn’t realize that I had forgotten to blog last week’s lesson…sorry everyone!  Here it is..

2 Timothy 1:1-12

1.     Did you grow up in a Christian home?  Did you have positive influences in your home that showed you what it meant to live as a Christian?

2.     Look at Paul’s greeting to Timothy in the first 3 verses.  What is unique about the way the Paul greets Timothy compared to some of his other letters?

3.     What does it mean to have a legacy of faith?  What was Paul’s faith legacy like?  What about Timothy’s?  Why was this important in Paul’s greeting of Timothy?

4.     How are the legacies mentioned in verses 3-5 related to the spirit of power, love, and discipline described in verse 7?

5.     Read verse 8.  Why were people ashamed of the gospel?  Why were they ashamed of Paul?

6.     What was God’s purpose that Paul mentions in verse 8-10?  How were Paul and Timothy participants in this purpose?  What about us today?

7.     Explain Paul’s reason for suffering.  Where does his confidence for what he believes come from? 

8.     Read verse 12.  What needs to be guarded?  How is it guarded?