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REVOLUTIONARY
discovery
Do you look like one of your parents?
Are you tall like your uncle? Do you have blue eyes like your grandmom? These characteristics, called traits, are dictated by your DNA. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule that contains segments called genes, which in turn contains the coding, or instructions, for the traits that separate you from everyone else in the world.
Did you know DNA was first isolated in the 1860’s by a Swiss doctor named Friedrich Miescher. It seems Dr. Miescher noticed some sort of microscopic substance in the accumulated pus of discarded bandages. In addition to being super gross, this finding led to a string of discoveries by numerous scientists. By the 1950’s, researchers had more or less figured out the basic structure of DNA. Today DNA is studied to find cures for all sorts of diseases. It is used to convict criminals, or free the wrongly accused. The discovery of DNA has changed the way we look at the world.
Israel Was Once Mighty (2 Samuel 7:22-25) Israel Fell Away From God (I Kings 11:9-12) Evil Kings Ruled (2 Chronicles 21:5-6; 22:2-3; 25:1-2; 28:1-2)
Then, Along Came An Eight Year-Old King . . . Read 2 Chronicles 34:1-8. How did Josiah first show faithfulness to God?
Read 2 Chronicles 34:14–19. What important discovery was made?
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Read 2 Chronicles 34:29-33. What did Josiah do in response?
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TRUTH: KnowingEssential God’s Word Is for Your Life.
PROOF: Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost
Paul’s First Missionary Journey
Philip and the Ethiopian
Matthew 4:1-11
Acts 2:32-36
Acts 13:46-48
Acts 8:30-35
How does Jesus show the importance of knowing God’s Word?
How does Peter show the importance of knowing God’s Word?
How does Paul show the importance of knowing God’s Word?
How does Philip show the importance of knowing God’s Word?
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ESSENTIAL
Jesus’ Temptation by Satan
Complete the study below to see how Peter interacted with God’s Word.
Background
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1. Look in Acts 2:1-2. What is the setting? Where is Peter? Who is with him?
2. Acts 2:14 says Peter spoke to the crowd. Who was in the crowd (Hint: Read Acts 2:5)?
3. Why is Peter addressing the crowd?
Peter’s Defense
MAKING HIS CASE
1. Read Acts 2:22-25. Peter is making an argument. What was it? (Hint: Look at verse 24)
PROVIDING EVIDENCE 2. What does Peter do in verse 25-28?
CLOSING ARGUMENTS 3. What does Peter do in verses 29-32?
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Nard Pugyao was a six-year old Philipino boy when he met an American missionary named Dick Roe. Roe had traveled to Pugyao’s village to learn the native language. You see, Roe wanted to translate the Bible into a language Pugyao and the other villagers could understand. Roe wanted to introduce the villagers to the God of the Bible.
The villagers were interested. They asked if God was powerful: “More powerful than the spirits that have controlled our lives from the beginning of time,” they asked. “Is He more powerful than our ancestors, the headhunters?” Roe assured them that God was more powerful. Hopeful, the villagers started teaching Roe their language. The first thing Roe translated was the Book of Mark. Nard Pugyao was 13 when Roe gave him the translated copy of Mark. It was the first time Pugyao had ever encountered God’s Word. Pugyao quickly read through the Book of Mark, growing more and more captivated by the stories of Jesus’ life and ministry. But when Pugyao came to the parts of the Gospel where Jesus was arrested, tried, and crucified, Pugyao became angry and disillusioned. Pugyao could not understand why God allowed Jesus, His Son, to be killed. He threw the book down in disgust. Pugyao was confused: “I couldn’t understand why God wouldn’t protect His own Son. [The Spirits we worshiped] defended us to the death. Because of them, no one could touch us. I wanted a god like that, someone who would protect me from the spirits that demanded that we sacrifice our cows, chickens, pigs and dogs. This God didn’t even save His own Son.”
Suddenly, Pugyao heard God’s voice stirring deep within him. Pugyao recalls the moment: “‘Nard, don’t you understand,’ I heard Him say. ‘That’s how much I love you. I gave my Son on your behalf.’ For the first time I understood grace. I understood how much God loved me.”
CHANGED
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n 2007, Jordan Sparks became the youngest winner of American Idol™. Sparks was actually rejected after her first tryout for the show in L.A. But, instead of giving up, Sparks buckled down and tried harder. Her rejection turned into a transforming moment for her, giving her the motivation to try harder.
Shaun White, a.k.a. “The Flying Tomato,” was a professional snowboarder by the time he was
thirteen. But it was the 2003 Winter X-Games™ that put White on the map. He dominated the field, winning Gold in the Slopestyle and Superpipe events, while taking home the “Best Athlete” award. The 2003 Winter X-Games were a transforming moment in Shaun’s life.
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hile not his biggest film, Shia LeBeouf’s role in the Disney™ movie Holes might have been the transforming moment in his life. He had already earned a measure of success on Disney’s TV show Even Stevens. But it was his performance in Holes that caught the eye of Steven Spielberg. Spielberg eventually cast LeBeouf in the movies Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Write down a transforming moment in your life. ______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________
Ask yourself this question, “Are you willing to allow
God’s Word to transform your life?
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