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โข What is the most valuable hand-me-down item (e.g., jewelry, clothes, furniture) you have received? Why is this item important to you?
โข How much do you know about your family lineage? Share something interesting about one of your oldest family members.
โข What is one thing you are enjoying now that you had to wait a long time for?ย
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ญ:๐ญ
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ!โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ.โ ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ข๐ข๐ค, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฎ:๐ญโ๐ฎ
(Read also ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฎ:๐ฏโ๐ญ๐ด)
Matthew knew Jesus and His miraculous works. But interestingly, he began his gospel with Jesusโ genealogy. Jesus is the ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ, who the Israelites highly regard as the first patriarch or father figure of Israel. Abraham was tested by God to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac, but because of Abrahamโs obedience, Isaac was spared. God honored Abraham by promising him that the nations would be blessed through him. That promise was fulfilled when Jesus became man and the sacrificial Son who was not spared. In this lesson, we will look at the significance of Jesus being the fulfillment of Godโs promise to Abraham and how this applies to us today.
๐ญ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.ย
โ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.โย ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฐ:๐ญ๐ฎ
As His Son, Jesus was sent by God to pay the penalty of sin and the only one who fulfilled Godโs holy standard for a Savior. Jesus, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ (Hebrews 4:15), is the only perfect sacrifice. Therefore, no other person, philosophy, or religious system can save humanity. Jesus alone has the authority and power to save us. Why does God require a perfect sacrifice?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
. . . ๐ด๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ.ย ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ฆ ๐ต:๐ฎ๐ด
In the Old Testament, people made repeated sacrifices to atone for their sins. However, no sacrifice was enough to satisfy Godโs justice. But when Jesus came, He paid the price for our sin in full. Godโs plan of redemption, as foretold throughout Scripture, was fulfilled. His life, death, and resurrection made our salvation complete. There is nothing more that needs to be done or added to what Jesus has already accomplished. This grants everyone who puts their trust in Him the assurance that despite what they have done, their relationship with God has been completely restored. How does Jesusโ nature and person give you security in life?ย
๐ฏ. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ญ๐ฌ
In Christ, we have the assurance that our life has meaning. God is now actively working in and through us to fulfill His plans and purposes. He is transforming our lives daily as we walk with Him and experience His reality. The truth that God has set us apart and is involving us in what He is doing in the world can give us confidence and a deep sense of purpose. We know that what we do has eternal significance as we live out our faith. How did you know Godโs purpose for your life and how did it change the way you live?ย ย
๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
โข Ask God to show you if you are still putting your trust in other things or people for your salvation. What does todayโs topic teach you about trusting in Jesus alone?
โข How secure are you that Jesusโ sacrifice is enough to pay for all your sins? What are the things you would do differently knowing that Jesusโ sacrifice is final and complete and is enough to restore your relationship with God?ย
โข God has made us part of His plan to restore humanity to Him. Ask God for open doors to share your faith with your family and friends this week. Be ready to share your hope in Christ.ย
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โข Praise God for sending Jesus to the world. Thank Him that we can be secure in the finished work Jesus fulfilled on the cross.
โข Ask God to soften your heart whenever He shows you something in you that needs to change. Pray that as you allow God to mold you, you will live out His plans and purposes for your life.ย ย
โข Thank God for His plan to redeem the world through Jesus and for preparing your part in His plan. Pray for courage and boldness as He uses you to proclaim what Jesus has done on the cross.ย