Unlocking the Bible Story Study Guide Volume 4

By Colin S. Smith

Pastor Colin Smith's four-volume masterpiece moves you past Bible stories to understand the Bible as one story--the glorious, unbroken account of Christ's work to redeem a fallen world. With this accompanying Study Guide, you'll be able to make the journey even more rewarding. The Volume 4 Study Guide matches the first volume of the book series, and will help you unlock the Bible Story from Romans to Revelation.

Unlocking the Bible Story Study Guides will help you:

• Focus you or your small group's study time to be as productive and rewarding as it can possibly be
• Enrich your understanding of the book and your comprehension of God's Word
• Apply the book's lessons in ways that will change your life forever

Volume 4 is a perfect follow-up to studying volume 3, which takes you through the beginning books of the New Testament, from Matthew to Acts--you or your small group could move through the entire New Testament by using volume 3 and 4 in less than a year. Then dive into the Old Testament study guides also by using volume 1 and 2!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Release date: Mar 1, 2004
• ISBN: 9781575677989

Colin S. Smith

COLIN S. SMITH is the senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights, IL, where he has been since 1996. He is the author of The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life and can be heard on his Unlocking the Bible broadcast with Moody radio.

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City

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the final volume in a series of four study guides designed to help small groups grasp the big picture of the Bible. The studies are based on the four-volume book series Unlocking the Bible Story. They will take you on a fascinating journey through the Scriptures.

The whole Bible is one story. It begins with two people in a beautiful garden and ends with a vast crowd in a magnificent city. Once you have grasped the main story line, you will be able to see how the individual stories of the Bible fit together, how the whole Bible points to Jesus Christ, and how God speaks through the Bible into your life today.

As you prepare for each study, you will find it helpful to read the relevant chapter from the Bible along with the chapter from Unlocking the Bible Story (volume 4). Then, as you gather with others to discuss what you have read, the study guide will help you to apply what you have learned. (This study guide also can be helpful for individual study and application of each chapter.)

Study guide volume 4 leads us through the letters written to the New Testament churches, which tell the full significance of what God has done in Jesus Christ, and concludes with the revelation of the apostle John, who brings us right into the future city of God. Together, study guides three and four take you through the entire New Testament and can be completed by a small group meeting weekly in less than one year.

For the complete journey through the Bible, consider also touring the Old Testament with study guides one and two. Imagine how much your group could benefit from a journey through the entire Bible in less than two years!

LAUNCHING

1. Describe a time someone was very angry with you. How did the person express his or her anger?

What is the wrath of God and how can I avoid it?

EXPLORING

The God You Cannot Alter

2. Why do you think people create their own concept of God? How do you think most of the non-Christians around you would describe God?

The God Who Loves You

3. In your own words define each of the attributes of God in the chart below. Then describe how this knowledge of God should impact your attitudes and actions. Finally, rate yourself on how much this attribute of God is actually impacting the way you live, with 1 meaning very little and 5 meaning very much.

The God Who Hates