2024-07-28 Transformed 09 (shared slides).pptx

Lesson 9 of 13 in a Heritage bible Master Class study of "Transformed: Changed from the Inside Out"

1. Lesson 9: Transformed by Effort July 28 , 2024

2. Question 1 Colossians 1:29. This verse varies quite a bit by translation. Note how different translations treat the phrase, “strenuously contend.”

3. Question 2 From the context, what was Paul working so hard at?

4. Question 3 1 Corinthians 15:10. What does this verse tell us about the role of hard work in Christian discipleship?

5. Question 4 What does this verse tell us about God’s grace?

6. Paul realized that his life was simply a backdrop for God’s grace. He was without peer: h e traveled more, suffered more opposition, wrote more New Testament letters, and founded more churches than anyone else. Yet he knew it was not his power but God’s that produced results.

7. Question 5 What does Paul mean by “grace” in this context?

8. God’s unmerited favor “I am unworthy to be an apostle, but by God’s unmerited favor I am one.” “God’s grace addresses my unworthiness” God’s enabling power “By God’s enabling power I am an effective apostle.” “God’s grace addresses my inadequacy”

9. Question 6 Is there a conflict between grace and hard work?

10. Question 7 What bad things happen if I don’t recognize the importance of hard work?

11. Question 8 What bad things will happen if I don’t recognize the importance of depending on God’s power?

12. GOD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you didn't trust me, didn't treat me with holy reverence in front of the People of Israel, you two aren't going to lead this company into the land that I am giving them.” Numbers 20:12, MSG He and Aaron rounded up the whole congregation in front of the rock. Moses spoke: "Listen, rebels! Do we have to bring water out of this rock for you?" With that Moses raised his arm and slammed his staff against the rock—once, twice. Water poured out. Congregation and cattle drank. Numbers 20:10-11, MSG

13. “I got caught up in the scouting reports, what I read in the papers, and the phone calls from the Dodgers. I stopped praying. And I stopped listening to God. I started going out with the guys and not really having a focus on what I was supposed to be doing.” “It was like God had come down from heaven and hit me over the head and said, ‘You dummy. Remember who got you here. Remember where your abilities come from.’ ”

14. Billy Sunday D.L. Moody A.T. Robertson George W. Truett

15. Question 9 Nehemiah 4:9. Why was it important for Nehemiah to both pray to God and post a guard?

16. But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat. Nehemiah 4:9, NIV

17. “Trust in God and k eep your powder dry.” Oliver Cromwell

18. The Rallying Cry of a Pearl Harbor Chaplain

19. Question 10 How would you summarize the message of today’s lesson?

20. Lesson 9: Transformed by Effort July 28 , 2024

21. Lesson 10: Transformed by Faith August 4 , 2024