The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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manifested in order to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3.8). To love Jesus is to hate the world and set one’s affections on the things above where Christ sits, at God’s right hand (Col. 3.1-3). As a disciple of Jesus, arm yourself with a mind to do battle, for the fight is on!

After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer: Our Father in heaven, we praise Thy Name. We glorify Thy Name and ask Thee that Thy will may be done and that Thy light may break into Thy Church. We ask Thee to guide our ship. We long to be a little part of Thy true, great Church and ask Thee to guide this ship through wild oceans and through all dangers and clefts. Amen.

Nicene Creed and Prayer

~ Henri Arnold. May Thy Light Shine . Rifton, NY: Plough Publishing House, 1985. p. 170.

Put away your notes, gather up your thoughts and reflections, and take the quiz for Lesson 2, God’s Reign Inaugurated .

Quiz

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Scripture Memorization Review

Review with a partner, write out and/or recite the text for last class session’s assigned memory verse: Luke 11.15-20.

Turn in your summary of the reading assignment for last week, that is, your brief response and explanation of the main points that the authors were seeking to make in the assigned reading (Reading Completion Sheet).

Assignments Due

Commitment to Christ, Church, or What?

How would you respond to the statement: “No one can claim to be intimate with Jesus Christ while ignoring or rejecting his people, the Church.” In this day of televangelists, individualized Christianity, and church-hopping, does this statement make sense to you? Many believe that while every Christian ought to belong to a church of some kind, it is not absolutely necessary to be intimately involved in a church in order to be spiritual. As long as one’s heart is open, they are committed to