Week 17

How great is God's Word?! Week 17, Day 1: Monday, 27 April 2009 Judges 13, 14 What is it that the Israelites can’t seem to overcome? (13:1) What happens every time God’s people disobey? (13:1) What was the vow of the Nazirite? (13:5; see Numbers 6) Who decided Samson would take up the Nazirite lifestyle? (13:7) Who was is that Manoah did not recognize? (13:16-18, 22) How did God enable His leaders? (13:24) Was a Jew to marry a Philistine according to God’s commands? (14:2) What was the Law for a Jew after handling an animal carcass? (14:6-9) What sort of people was Samson marrying into? (14:15) Proverbs 27 What are some of the subtle things we do to boast about ourselves? (27:2) How powerful is jealousy? (27:4) Can a rebuke be at times the best show of love? (27:5) How could verses 27:7 and 27:8 relate to each other concerning marriage? Does God want us to develop relationships of trust and confidence in our neighborhoods, and does this require a certain level of vulnerability? (27:10) Does God intend for us to ever go it alone? (27:17) How do verses 27:20, 21 relate to 27:1, 2? Romans 9 Who are God’s children? (9:8)

On what does your salvation depend? (9:16) What prevented the Jews from suffering the same fate as Sodom and Gomorrah? (9:29) What mistake did the vast majority of the Israelites make? (9:32, 33) Week 17, Day 2: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 Judges 15, 16 Who was Samson serving and defending, God or himself? (15:3) What was Samson’s weakness? (16:1, 4) Compare 16:21 with Matthew 5:29. To the very end, what was Samson’s focus? (16:28) Did God accomplish His purpose through Samson despite Samson’s sin? (16:30) Proverbs 28 Can unbelievers understand justice? (28:2) What happens to those who get rich quick? (28:8) Who falls into trouble? (28:14) Compare 28:8, with 28:16, and 28:19, 20. Romans 10 What is your heart’s desire? (10:1) Is zealousness for God enough? (10:2) What causes many religious to stumble? (10:3) Who is saved? (10:13) Week 17, Day 3: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 Judges 17, 18

What crime did Micah commit against his mother? (17:2) Compare to Proverbs 10:1, 19:26, 28:24, How does Micah’s mother respond to his terrible sin? (17:2) Review Proverbs 29:15. What was Micah’s mother’s vow? (17:3) How far out of touch have the Israelites with the Lord’s commands? How much did she actually give to the silversmith? (17:4) What happened to the Israelites to make them sink so low? (17:6) Compare with Proverbs 29:18. How were Levites supposed to live? (17:10, Numbers 18, Numbers 35, Deuteronomy 12:19, Joshua 21) How badly did Micah misinterpret his relationship with the Lord? (17:13) Did the Levite really know what God’s will was? (18:5, 6) What sort of people did the Danites decide to slaughter? (18:7, 10, 27) What sort of character do the Danites and the Levite reveal in themselves? (18:1721) Did the Danites worship God in His House? (18:31) Proverbs 29 How does 29:3 apply to Samson’s life (Judges 16:1) How does 29:6 apply to what you learned about Samson? Did Samson turn away anger? (29:8) Does God keep account of all men’s actions? (29:13) Will conflict exist between the wicked and the upright? (29:27) Romans 11 Is it easy for us to sometimes feel defeated? (11:3) How is the Remnant chosen? (11:5)

Does God use even man’s failures for His glory? (11:11, 12, 15) What does God want to result from the salvation of the Gentiles (11:11, 14) Should we be prideful in our faith? (11:19-24) Can we fully understand God’s ways? (11:33) Week 17, Day 4: Thursday, 30 April 2009 Judges 19, 20 How far has Israel slipped that a Levite would take a concubine? (19:1) What are the consequences of marrying an ungodly person? (19:2) Could the Israelites be trusted anymore? (19:12-20) How far had the people fallen? (19:22) How hard were the hearts of the homeowner and the Levite? (19:24) Why did the Levite cut up and send out the concubine’s body? (19:29, 30) Compare 19:13 with Romans 1:32. What were the consequences of Israel’s sin? (20:12-48) Proverbs 30 Does God know exactly what you need and what you cannot handle without temptation? (30:7-10) How do those who are pure in their own eyes treat others? (30:12-14) Do sinners manage to justify any action? (30:20) Does anything good come from a married woman who is unloved? (30:21-23) What is to be learned from 30:24-28? Romans 12

How are you to worship the Lord? (12:1) How can you discern God’s Will? (12:2) What attitude should we have when showing mercy to others? (12:8) What does genuine love look like? (12:9-21) How are we to treat those who persecute us? (12:14, 17-20) How are we to treat those who are socially unacceptable? (12:16) What is our daily task? (12:21) Week 17, Day 5: Friday, 1 May 2009 Judges 21 What should we learn from Judges about emotional, ungodly oaths? (21:1, 5, 18; 11:31) Can people justify terrible actions as a godly calling? (21:3, 10-24) Note that the Israelites used a time dedicated to God to perpetrate their second immoral act. What happens to society when men do not follow God’s laws? (21:25) Proverbs 1 How does a disciplined and prudent person live (1:3) Do you ever gain so much wisdom that you don’t need to review God’s Word? (1:5) Is wisdom easy to find if you want to find it? (1:20-23) Romans 13 Does God enable all governments, even bad ones? (13:1) Why is love fulfillment of the law? (13:10) Week 17, Day 6: Saturday, 2 May 2009 Ruth 1, 2

Why might there have been a famine in the land? (1:1) Do you demonstrate the same loyalty and fidelity in your relationships as Ruth did? (1:16-19) Did Naomi, though in Moab for many years, continue to follow God’s Laws? (1:1113; see also Deuteronomy 25:5) Did Ruth ever lose hope, give up, or abandon Naomi in her desperate times? (2:2) Does God control circumstances to bless His people? (Chapters 1 and 2) Proverbs 2 Where does wisdom come from? (2:6) How do you get wisdom from your brain to your heart? (2:1-4) Psalm 49 What hope did David have? (49:15) Week 17, Day 7: Sunday, 3 May 2009 Ruth 3, 4 What type of reputation did Ruth have in town? (3:11) Did Ruth and Boaz obey the marriage laws? (Deuteronomy 25:5-6) Did the Israelites recognize the important role of women in their history? (4:11; see also Joshua 6:25, Judges 4:9, and Matthew 1:5) God’s plan resulted in what important lineage? (4:17, Matthew 1:5-16) Proverbs 3 Where do God’s people place their trust and turn for wisdom? (3:5-7) To whom does God reveal His ways? (3:32) Psalms 50, 51 What sort of sacrifice do God’s people make to Him? (50:5; see Romans 12:1)

Compare Psalms 50 with Proverbs 4. What was David’s plea to God? (51) Compare 51: 17 with Romans 12:1