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PROVIDENCE WOMEN
FALL 2018
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BIBLE STUDY FORMAT 4 SESSION 4 41
GRACIOUS - WEEK 7
SESSION 1 9
Reading Plan
Bible Study
INTRODUCTION - WEEK 1
Notes
Large Group Teaching Notes
SESSION 2 13 SESSION 5 53
SESSION 3 27 SESSION 6 65
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BIBLE STUDY FORMAT
READING AND TEACHING STRUCTURE
This fall, we are meeting every other week to gather together for large group teaching and
small group discussion. These bi-weekly gatherings are a rich, meaningful time where you
meet with the same group of women each time to talk about what God is teaching you as a
result of your time in the Word. Please make these Tuesday gatherings a priority as you are
there for other women as much as you are there for yourself!
Our homework each week will consist of reading one chapter from Jen Wilkin's book, In His
Image and studying 3-4 scripture passages that are related to that week's attribute. In this
study guide, you have the passages printed out, as well as study pages and additional notes
pages to use during your reading and/or the large group teaching time.
Below is a schedule of our large group teaching topics. Each large group teaching time will be
structured around the concepts discussed in In His Image. Reading the book is strongly
encouraged but will not be a requirement in order to participate. This is first and foremost a
Bible study, not a book study, so please use the book as a resource and not as your primary
study material. If you only do one thing, we ask that you study God's Word.
Prior to coming to each week's gathering, please complete the homework that is related to
the topic. For instance, before Session 2, you will have read chapters 1 and 2 in In His Image
as well as the scripture readings for those weeks.
SESSION SCHEDULE
LARGE GROUP TEACHING TOPICS FOR EACH WEEK
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READING PLAN
BOOK CHAPTERS AND SCRIPTURE
READINGS FOR EACH WEEK
We will gather together every other week which means we will be discussing two weeks of
content. Below is a reading plan for the chapters and verses you will reading each week.
Read the text at least once all the way through for comprehension. Because many of the read-
ings are from longer passages, read the entire chapter to gain context.
Read it again, this time working through the text slowly and intentionally. Here are some things
you can underline, circle, or highlight:
As you work through the text, note any questions you have about the meaning of certain
words, or of the text in general. You can also mark major themes in the text.
• Use an online resource like blueletterbible.com if there are words you don't know the
meaning to. But also look up the keywords in the text even if you think you know what they
mean. Note the appropriate meaning for the passage and any related words.
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• Consult different translations for clarity and deeper understanding. Many Bible websites
will allow for a parallel view to compare to other translations. You can also look up related
scripture, also known as cross-references.
Ask yourself: What is this text trying to do? What would the original hearers have thought?
It's important to see the scripture in its original context before considering what this passage
means to you today.
• Challenge yourself to evaluate how this passage fits within the greater theme of the Bible:
Creation-Fall-Redemption-Restoration.
• Paraphrase and summarize: Rewrite the text in your own phrasing. This can be challenging,
but it is worth the effort!
• Only after working through your own research in scripture, consult reliable commentaries
and resources. We recommend the ESV Study Bible as one resource. After you understand
what the passage is about, move to Application. (If you still have questions, make note of
them. Feel free to come back to them later in the day or week! Keep reading, talk to your
community, ask the Lord for clarity.)
How will this change the way you respond to God Are there practical things God is leading you to do
and others? differently as your heart changes?
• It is also helpful to pray over the application points, sometimes in the form of a “God/I”
statement. What does this passage teach you about God and, in turn, about yourself? For
example, “God, because you are sovereign, I don’t have to worry about tomorrow. Help me
to see that you are in control.”
• Allow prayer to be one of the first steps in allowing the truths of scripture to transform
you.
• Share what you have learned with others! This helps as you begin to apply the truths of
scripture in everyday life.
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SESSION 1
NOTES
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SESSION 1
NOTES
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12
SESSION 2
SESSION 2
SCRIPTURE FOR THIS SESSION
HOLY
Isaiah 6:1-7 ESV
1
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and
the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings:
with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one
was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips,
and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD
of hosts!”
6
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken
with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your
lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,16 since it is written, “You shall
say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons
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of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and
sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do
you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers,
what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You therefore
LOVING
Zephaniah 3:17 ESV
17
The LORD your God is in your midst,
God and knows God. ⁸ Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
⁹ In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the
world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that
he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God
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scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even
to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9
Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by
him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the
death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More
than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now
received reconciliation.
IN HIS IMAGE
Chapters 1 and 2
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BLUEP T
SETU
ADCY
HING NOTES
READ
Isaiah 6:1-7
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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BLUEP T
SETU
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HING NOTES
READ
1 Peter 1:14-16
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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BLUEP T
SETU
ADCY
HING NOTES
READ
Matthew 5:43-48
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION22
L A R G E GBRIO
BLUEP T
SETU
ADCY
HING NOTES
READ
Hebrews 12:14
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION22
L A R G E GBRIO
BLUEP T
SETU
ADCY
HING NOTES
READ
Zephaniah 3:17
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION22
L A R G E GBRIO
BLUEP T
SETU
ADCY
HING NOTES
READ
1 John 4:7-12
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION22
L A R G E GBRIO
BLUEP T
SETU
ADCY
HING NOTES
READ
Romans 5:6-11
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 2
NOTES
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SESSION 2
NOTES
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SESSION 2
NOTES
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SESSION 3
SESSION 3
SCRIPTURE FOR THIS SESSION
GOOD
TITUS 3:3-7 ESV
3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and
pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. ⁴ But
when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because
of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regen-
eration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ
our Savior, ⁷ so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope
of eternal life.
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who
sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing
good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let
us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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JUST
Deuteronomy 10:17-19 ESV
17
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the
awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. 18 He executes justice for the fatherless
and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 Love the sojourner,
for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
6 The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast
love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means
clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children,
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IN HIS IMAGE
Chapters 3 and 4
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L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Titus 3:3-7
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 32
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Psalm 25:8-10
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 32
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Galatians 6:8-10
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 32
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Deuteronomy 10:17-19
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 32
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Psalm 9:7-10
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 32
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Exodus 34:6-7
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 32
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Isaiah 30:18
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 3
NOTES
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SESSION 3
NOTES
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SESSION 3
NOTES
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SESSION 4
SESSION 4
SCRIPTURE FOR THIS SESSION
MERCIFUL
PSALM 51:1-2 ESV
who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to
you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect to re-
ceive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your re-
ward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and
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GRACIOUS
Psalm 145:8-9 ESV
name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on
Jonah 3:10;4:1-2
10
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the
disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
4
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the LORD and
said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste
to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and
5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always
be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
IN HIS IMAGE
Chapters 5 and 6
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YI N G N O T E S
READ
Psalm 51:1-2
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 42
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Lamentations 3:22-24
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 42
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I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Luke 6:32-36
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 42
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Psalm 145:8-9
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 42
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Exodus 33:19
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 42
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Jonah 3:10; 4:1-2
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 42
L A R G E G RBO
I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Colossians 4:5-6
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 4
NOTES
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SESSION 4
NOTES
52
SESSION 5
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SCRIPTURE FOR THIS SESSION
FAITHFUL
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV
23
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and
soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you
Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is,
through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw
near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our
PATIENT
Colossians 3:12-15 ESV
12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness,
humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint
against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body.
And be thankful.
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers said
to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are do-
ing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show
yourself to the world.” 5 For not even his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, “My
time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates
me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not going
IN HIS IMAGE
Chapters 7 and 8
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L A R G E G RBO
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UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 52
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YI N G N O T E S
READ
Hebrews 10:19-23
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Numbers 23:19
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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YI N G N O T E S
READ
Colossians 3:12-15
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Psalm 86:15
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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I BULPE TSETA
UCDH
YI N G N O T E S
READ
Psalm 37:7
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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I BULPE TSETA
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YI N G N O T E S
READ
John 7:1-8
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 5
NOTES
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SESSION 5
NOTES
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SESSION 6
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SCRIPTURE FOR THIS SESSION
TRUTHFUL
John 1:14-18 ESV
14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the
only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried
out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was
before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was
given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen
God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable
seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for
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WISE
Colossians 3:16-17 ESV
16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all
wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to
God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world
did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to
save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach
Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the
foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
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IN HIS IMAGE
Chapters 9 and 10
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BLUEP T
SETU
ADCYH I N G N O T E S
READ
John 1:14-18
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION22
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BLUEP T
SETU
ADCY
HING NOTES
READ
John 8:31-32
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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BLUEP T
SETU
ADCYH I N G N O T E S
READ
1 Peter 1:22-25
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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ADCYH I N G N O T E S
READ
Colossians 3:16-17
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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ADCYH I N G N O T E S
READ
1 Corinthians 1:20-25
OBSERVATIONS
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words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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ADCYH I N G N O T E S
READ
Romans 11:33-36
OBSERVATIONS
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words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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BLUEP T
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ADCYH I N G N O T E S
READ
Proverbs 9:9-10
OBSERVATIONS
What does it say? Mark repeating
words, themes, etc.
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean? Where does
it fit within the grand narrative
of the Bible?
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SESSION 6
NOTES
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SESSION 6
NOTES
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