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2 HOME DAILY BIBLE READINGS FALL QUARTER 2018 UNIT I: GOD CREATED THE WORLD Aug. 27 M. 1 Peter 4:15-19 In Your Suffering Trust the Creator Aug. 28 T. Colossians 3:8-11 Renewed by the Creator Aug. 29 W. Isaiah 41:17-20 God Provides the Water Aug. 30 T. Mark 4:35-41 The Wind and Water Obey Voice of Jesus Aug. 31 F Matthew 5:43-48 God Sends the Rain to Everyone Sept. 1 S. Psalm 33:1-9 God Is Great; God Is Good Sept. 2 S. Genesis 1:1-13 God Created the Heavens and Earth Sept. 3 M. Psalm 136:1-9 Creation, Testament of God s Steadfast Love Sept. 4 T. Hebrews 1:1-4 Jesus, Agent of God s Creation Sept. 5 W. Psalm 104:24-30 All Creatures Depend on God Sept. 6 T. Job 12:7-13 Plants Witness to the Lord s Work Sept. 7 F. James 1:17-18 Gifts from the Father of Lights Sept. 8 S. Acts 11:5-9 God Made all Creatures Clean Sept. 9 S. Genesis 1:14-25 God Created Heavenly Lights and Animals Sept. 10 M. Psalm 104:1-4 God Glorified in the Heavens Sept. 11 T. Ephesians 4:17-24 People Created in God s Likeness Sept. 12 W. 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 Light of the Gospel Sept. 13 T. 1 John 1:5-10 Living in the Light of God Sept. 14 F. Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Observe and Keep the Sabbath Holy Sept. 15 S. Genesis 2:1-3 The Seventh Day, Hallowed and Blessed Sept. 16 S. Genesis 1:26-31; 2:4-7 God Created People Sept. 17 M. Matthew 19:3-6 Becoming One Flesh Sept. 18 T 1 Cor. 7:1-7, Married and Devoted to the Lord Sept. 19 W Hebrews 13:1-6 Honor the Sanctity of Marriage Sept. 20 T. 1 Peter 1:13-16, Cultivate Deep Mutual Love Sept. 21 F. 1 Peter 4:7-11 For the Sake of Your Prayers Sept. 22 S. Genesis 4:3-12 Cain Ducks Responsibility for Abel Sept. 23 S. Genesis 2:18-24; 4:1-2 The Family, Whole and Broken Sept. 24 M. 2 Samuel 11:1-5 King David Gives in to Temptation Sept. 25 T. Romans 5:12-19 Death by Adam; Life by Christ Sept. 26 W. Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus Overcomes Temptation Sept. 27 T. Mark 9:42-48 Removing the Stumbling Blocks to Temptation Sept. 28 F. James 1:12-15 Endure Temptation, Receive Crown of Life Sept. 29 S. Genesis 3:1-7 The Serpent s Temptation Sept. 30 S. Genesis 3:8-17, The Sins of the First Humans CHURCH SCHOOL HERALD-JOURNAL 4 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2018

3 UNIT I: THEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS UNIT I: THEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS "GOD CREATED THE WORLD" REV. GINA CASEY God Created the World. lessons earth, and people and then declaring all things - lished the institution of marriage and the process of reproduction in order to populate the chose to do wrong and thus introduced sin erything, but this declaration is agreed upon For Jehovah created the heavens and earth and put everything in place, and He made the world to be lived in, not to be an empty chaos The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands essence and character of the Divine, and is, therefore, compelling proof to one and all of was logical, rational and reasonable in design and functionality. And God said... occurs, the reader is reminded of the willfulness, the intentionality and the au- entity created with a role and a purpose. Light Two, and then dry land, plants and fruit trees on Day Three. The evening-morning construction of days versus morning-evening ues to be practiced in Judaism today. brew word for God is plural, yet the word translated created is singular. This unique grammatical structure has been used to support the doctrine of the Trinity (compare also s the subsequent lessons in this cooperate, to communicate and to share out- Genesis teaches a point in time at which an irreversible process began... You and I can the chance interplay of mindless atoms. But our lives were given us by another living personality. If God exists, and God is the cause of the material world, then there is meaning to the universe, and a purpose to human life. 1 1 CHURCH SCHOOL HERALD-JOURNAL 10 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2018

4 T and sequence of creation. the sustenance of living things, as well as the development of a delicate balance between each living organism and its environment, it is essential that all of t - these elements is to provide light for the earth, and to establish signs and seasons, which are all necessary for, among other things, the development of atmospheric and agricultural cycles. After four full days of creation activity, the earth is now prepared to receive and sus- an incredible array of aesthetically- astounding animals. These are primarily, oviparous creatures, which means, their reproductive method is to lay eggs that continue their postembryonic development outside the mother. Be fruitful and multiply are known for prodigious and frequent reproduction. part in the creation activity is to bring forth [B]ring forth cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind. - As you read this intimate creation account, all. The psalmist David pondered this same When I look at your heavens, the that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? The God who made the world and everything in it is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything Then God walked around, And God looked around On all that He had made. He looked at His sun, And He looked at His moon, And He looked at His little stars; He looked on His world With all its living things, And God said, "I'm lonely still." Then God sat down On the side of a hill where He could think; By a deep, wide river He sat down; With His head in His hands, God thought and thought, Till He thought, "I'll make me a man!" we can only surmise the divine reasoning for - When Christianity says that God loves man, it means that God loves man: not that He has some disinterested concern for our welfare, but that, in awful and surprising truth, we are the objects of His love. 2 This theology is supported by familiar biblical statements like, God is love, God so loved the world and God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. haps, in The Creation, - desire for a relationship with living beings that have the capacity to freely respond to and love toward them. This theological perspective, at the very least, helps us appreciate and embrace the invaluable worth of all people, 3 - CHURCH SCHOOL HERALD-JOURNAL 11 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2018

5 regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religious - cere love, respect and dignity. (See Matthew is so critical that, if unmet during infancy, it the healthy development of the human brain. This type of unmet need can also impact a per- adult relationships. emotional and physical need for a loving relationship with another person is inherent, - names to the animals he becomes painfully an afterthought, as some have misguidedly completion of human creation, for without - embracing Cain as her possession or acquisition from the Lord. Abel means breath. The names given to these boys indicate their the importance of relationships. - - ics of a familiar hymn describe this still-pervasive human condition, Prone to wander, Lord I feel it; prone to leave the God I love. - blaming and denial soon follow in rapid suc- ever, these actions are the consequences of establishing a divine love relationship between when establishing love relationships with one - a path to redemption foreshadowed in the ref- God could have chosen to never love again Fallen man could have gone his way and died in his sin But God in His compassion said, I ll pay redemption s price. So He took on the form of man, and became Somebody once said that the best relationships take a whole lot work to remain that CHURCH SCHOOL HERALD-JOURNAL 12 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2018