Showing posts with label literal translation. Show all posts
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Friday, June 20, 2014

LESSON OUTLINE: "Love Letters: Communication within the Godly Family”



“Love Letters: Communication within the Godly Family”
Lesson prepared by Tony Thomas
Family Life Class 
June 15, 2014

 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]

Foundational Truth #1: God Communicates with us through His Word.

  1. In Proverbs 30:5 what one word is used to characterize the Word of God?
  2. In Hebrews 4:12 how is the Word of God described.
  3. What word would you use to describe what Jesus is saying about His Word in Matthew 24:35?
  4. Does God protect his Word?
  5. Can we trust our modern English translations of the Bible?*
  6. 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?