- Year 10 Irish Class
- Balaam is Summoned (22:1-41)
- Balak’s master plan (vv. 1-20)
- Angels and donkeys (vv. 21-41)
- Balaam’s Oracles (23:1 – 24:25)
- Behold Your God
- Remember God’s power and protection
- Realise the extent of God’s grace
- Leaders make mistakes too (20:1-13 and 20:22-29)
- God’s timing and ours (20:14-21)
- Trusting God when trouble comes (21:1-3)
- Impatience, penitence and God’s provision (21:4-9)
Where will Israel go from here?
- Korah and co.
- YHWH’s fury
- Israel’s insolence, and the human heart
What’s the issue behind the issue?
- The first two complaints
- Moses’ complaint and YHWH’s response
- The third complaint
Chernobyl …
- Getting our bearings again on Israel’s story
- The problem of war in the Old Testament
- Genesis 15
- Israel’s more pressing issue
- The formation of the tribes
- The fear and hope of Israel
- Getting our bearings again
There Must Be Something More …
- Saved to
livefor Jesus (2 Cor 5:15)- 1 Tim 5:3-4, 8
- Eph 4:28
- 1 Thes 4:12a
- 1 Thes 4:12b
- 2 Thes 3:11-12
- Saved to
seelike Jesus (2 Cor 5:16) - Saved to
embodyJesus (2 Cor 5:17) - Saved to
speakfor Jesus (2 Cor 5:18-21)
Bible Reading: Genesis 1
Thinking Biblically About Work
- Attitudes and views about work
- The surprising view of Psalm 8
- Back to Creation: Genesis 1 and 2
- The Fall (Genesis 3) and work
- Wisdom about work: Ecclesiastes 2:17-20; 5:10-15, 18-20
- There’s more to life than work
The hour is come! v23
Five responses to Jesus’ coming victory
- Mary v1-3, 3-7
- Judas v4-6
- The Chief Priests v9-11
- The Crowd v12-19
- The Greeks v20-22
Three questions:
- Will you believe? v35-36
- Will you be bold? v41-43
- Will you obey? v47