50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 33 – Sunday, March 18, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Please read John 16:17-24 and answer the following questions.

 

1. What didn’t the disciples understand?

 

 

2. How did Jesus respond to them and their refusal to ask their question?

 

 

3. What will be the response of the world and of the disciples at His departure.?

 

 

4. What image does Jesus use to illustrate their future joy?

 

 

 

5. What do we learn about joy in these verses?

 

 

 

Today’s Quote: “The words in My name are not a magical formula which enable the user to get his will done; instead those words tied the requests to the work of the Son in doing the Father’s will (See “in My name” in 14:13-14; 15:16; 16:24, 26).”

– Dr. Edwin Blum

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…

Proverbs 17:3 – The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.

1 Samuel 16:7 – But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 32 – Saturday, March 17, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Please read John 16:12-16 and answer the following questions.

 

1. What is the Holy Spirit’s job with reference to the disciples?

 

 

2. How will the Holy Spirit do this?

 

 

 

3. What is the Holy Spirit’s job with reference to Jesus Christ?

 

 

 

4. What should we expect of people and ministries that claim to be Spirit controlled?

 

 

 

Quote of the Day: “When you compare John 14:26 with 16:13, you see the wonderful way that God arranged for the writing of the New Testament Scriptures. The Spirit would remind them of what Jesus had taught them; this gives us the four Gospels. The Spirit would also “guide” them into all truth; and this would result in the epistles. “He will show you things to come” refers to the prophetic Scriptures, especially the Book of Revelation.“

– Dr. Warren Wiersbe

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…

50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 31 – Friday, March 16, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Please read John 16:5-11 and answer the following questions.

 

1. Why does Jesus say His leaving is to the advantage of the disciples?

 

 

 

2. What three things does the Holy Spirit convict the world of?

 

 

 

3. Why will He convict the world of these things?

 

 

 

4. As we witness to individuals, whose job is it to touch their hearts?

 

 

Quote of the Day : “When the Holy Spirit is come, He will convict the world in the way a judge or a prosecuting attorney presents evidence to bring a conviction. The Spirit of God wants to present evidence in your heart and in my heart to bring us to a place of conviction, and that, of course, means a place of decision. There must be a conviction before we can turn in faith and trust to Jesus Christ”. – Dr.  J. Vernon McGee

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

– John 16:33

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…

Friday, March 16th, 2018

8:00 P.M – “In His Presence, All Church Prayer Meeting”

7:30 P.M. – DIVAS and CHAMPIONS dinner

8:00 P.M. – DIVAS and CHAMPIONS, program for young women and men ages 13-18 years of age.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Church Membership Class – 11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. – 26 Maple Pkwy Conference Room

Noon – 2:00 P.M. – Tutoring for students of PS 44

Sunday, March 18th, 2018

9:00 A.M. – Worship Celebration – “Thriving as a Believer in an Unbelieving World – Be Confronting – 2 Peter 3:1-10″

10:15 A.M. – Angie’s Connection Café
Life Groups
Youth Life – Teens
THRIVE – Young Adults
BLAST – Adults

11:15 A.M. – Worship Celebration – “Thriving as a Believer in an Unbelieving World – Be Confronting – 2 Peter 3:1-10″

 1:00 P.M. – Leadership Team Meeting – 26 Maple Pkwy Conference Room

Our 11:15 A.M. Worship Service is streamed live at http://www.calvarychapelsi.org and facebook at @calvarychapelsi and is also carried live on 570AM The Mission and at http://www.wmca.com and http://www.iheartradio.com, beginning at 11:30 A.M.

50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 30 – Thursday, March 15, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Read John 16:1-4 and answer the following questions.

 

1. What is Jesus’ reason for speaking these words?

 

 

2. What does Jesus predict will happen to the disciples?

 

 

3. Why will individuals persecute believers this way?

 

 

4. Should we be surprised by persecution today?

 

 

 

5. Why would someone persecute Christians in 2006?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s Quote: “The hatred would be so strong that eventually they would be excommunicated from the synagogue. This meant isolation from the social life of Israel. It meant loss of employment and rejection by their own families.” – Dr. Edward Dobson

 

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

– John 16:33

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…

The Law of the Leadership Vaccum – When no fruit producing leaders are willing to step up, inevitably a fruitless leader, one who has little to offer in terms of pleasant fruit but only thorns, will step in to fill the leadership vaccum and things will get prickly.

JUDGES 9 Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family, 2“Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”3 And his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him. 5 And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself. 6 And all the leaders of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem. 7 When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. 8 The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?’10 And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’11 But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’12 And the trees said to the vine, ‘You come and reign over us.’13 But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’14 Then all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come and reign over us.’15 And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’

50 Days with Jesus in the Upper Room

Day 29 – Wednesday, March 14, 2018

 

Today’s Assignment – Read John 16 and do the following:

 

1. Write a three or four sentence summary of the chapter.

 

 

 

 

2. Give the whole chapter a title.

 

 

3. Give each section below a one or two word title

 

John 16:1-4 – __________________________

 

John 16:5-11 -__________________________

 

John 16:12-16 – _________________________

 

John 16:17-24 -_________________________

 

John 16: 25-33 – ________________________

 

Today’s Quote: “He specified in greater detail how the Spirit confronts the world, i.e., not only does He testify about Jesus but He convicts men of sin. Through conviction of sin and testimony of the gospel, the Spirit turns the hostile hearts of men away from rebellion against God into belief regarding Jesus as Savior and Lord.” – Dr. John MacArthur

 

This Week’s Memory Verse – These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

– John 16:33

 

So?…..What’s it to me? – As a result of today’s study I will…

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.” And Gideon said to them, “Let me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) And they answered, “We will willingly give them.” And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil. And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels. And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Judges 8:22‭-‬28 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/jdg.8.22-28.ESV

The spoils from Gideon’s victory became the seeds of he and the nation of Israel’s downfall. As a leader he did the right thing and pointed the people to the Lord as their ultimate leader. Yet he felt entitled to a share of the winnings, the spoils. After all he had been on the frontlines and risked everything. Surely he must have thought I deserve something for my efforts and sacrifice. These spoils became something that was a snare to him, his family and the nation. We all need to make sure that when God provides a win through us that we don’t feel entitled to anything.

We need to keep in mind the words of Jesus in Luke 17:10 – So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'”
Luke 17:10 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/luk.17.10.ESV