When God Speaks!

Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him Genesis 3:1-6 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him Genesis 3:1-6 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate.

Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him I. We fail to trust Him when we question His Word. Satan, the father of lies introduced doubt about the Word of God. Satan is a real enemy. He is alive today, and he will seek to introduce doubt regarding God's Word if we will let Him. God has spoken, and He did not stutter.

When God Speaks! Application: Do you read God's Word, showing its authority over you and your submission to it? If you do, how do you respond when you have a question about what you have read? Do you question your understanding of God's Word, keeping God's Word as the trustworthy authority? Or, do you question God's Word, making yourself the authority over His Word? Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him

Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him II. We fail to trust Him when we alter His Word. Nothing in the Word of God needs to be removed, and nothing needs to be added to it. When we alter the Word of God by addition or by subtraction we are demonstrating a lack of trust in God.

When God Speaks! Application: Do you read God's Word, showing its authority over you and your submission to it? If you do, how do you respond when you have a question about what you have read? Do you question your understanding of God's Word, keeping God's Word as the trustworthy authority? Or, do you question God's Word, making yourself the authority over His Word? Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him

Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him III. We fail to trust Him when we disobey His Word. The clearest evidence of our failure to trust God is our disobedience to His Word. Disobedience is our adamant usurping of God's authority and reign in our lives. Our disobedience says, "I know what your word says. I am going to do what I want to do instead."

When God Speaks! Application: Can you think of a time that you have disobeyed God that did not result from doubting God's Word and choosing to rebel against Him? Since you cannot, ask God, by His Spirit, to help you trust His Word and His goodness, leading you walk in obedience to Him. Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him

When God Speaks! Application: We are bent toward distrusting God, His Word, and His goodness, choosing instead to disobey God and go our own way. Whether we add to or subtract from God's Word, we demonstrate our lack of trust in God, His Word, and His character. We place ourselves above God and His Word, making ourselves big and God small. Lesson 4 God Speaks Yet We Fail to Trust Him

Lesson 5 God Speaks And Reveals His Design Exodus 20 Verse 1 - And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Verse 20, 21 - Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

Lesson 5 God Speaks And Reveals His Design I. God's design is for man to be rightly related to Him. God's law is often viewed as a list of things we should not do. If we look beyond the negative format of "Thou shalt not," however, we see the positive principle that demonstrates God's design for His world as He created it.

When God Speaks! Application: Are you an idolater? That sounds like a harsh question. The reality is, we are all prone to idolatry. Though you may not make hand-carved idols or swear using God's name, we easily allow things in our lives to become ultimate for us. Lesson 5 God Speaks And Reveals His Design

Lesson 5 God Speaks And Reveals His Design II. God's design is for man to be rightly related to others. When God has first place in our lives and we walk in complete surrender and obedience to Him as our King, our relationships with others flourish as well. This is not because of our personal effort to be a nice person to others. This is because God works in us to make us more like Him.

When God Speaks! Application: Are you struggling in your relationships with others? If so, it is not ultimately an interpersonal problem but a spiritual problem. In order for us to love our neighbor as ourselves, we must first love God with all that we are. Lesson 5 God Speaks And Reveals His Design

When God Speaks! Application:God's law is a good gift from a good God. It stands as a strong reminder that none of us measure up to God's standard of holiness and righteousness (Ro. 3:10, 23). James reminds us, when compared to a standard of holiness, to be guilty at one point is the same as being guilty of all (Jas. 2:10). Lesson 5 God Speaks And Reveals His Design