“Love Letters:
Communication within the Godly Family”
Lesson prepared by Tony Thomas
Family Life Class
June 15, 2014
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| Photograph: David Levene/Public Domain |
"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than
any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints
and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."
[Hebrews 4:12 ESV]
"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that
which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the
hearers." [Ephesians 4:29 KJV]
- In Proverbs 30:5
what one word is used to characterize the Word of God?
- In Hebrews 4:12
how is the Word of God described.
- What word would
you use to describe what Jesus is saying about His Word in Matthew 24:35?
- Does God protect
his Word?
- Can we trust our
modern English translations of the Bible?*
- Why are there
sometimes differences between different translations?*
{*For questions 4 and 5 you need to thoroughly study "Translation Philosophy" and know the practical difference between what is known as the "majority text / Textus Receptus" and the "revised text".} The following links should prove useful.
Foundational Truth #2: God Communicates with us through His Spirit.
"However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He
will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but
whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come."
[John 16:13 NKJV]
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in
the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for
all saints;" [Ephesians 6:18 KJV]
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God:" [Romans 8:16 KJV]
Read 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
- In what ways does the Holy Spirit communicate with the church?
Family Life Application: Communication within the home
- We know that God’s Word is pure, alive, powerful, penetrating, and discerning. As we live as an imitation of Christ how should this knowledge affect how we talk to each other?
- Are short answers okay? Matthew 5:37, James 5:12.
- Are long conversations okay? Reference Song of Solomon.
- In what way does the human spirit affect our conversation?
