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Begin with object lesson: “Two Identical Boxes”
Focal Passage:
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.
is all about God begin an All-Knowing, Ever Present God.
What do you think that that means?
Read the entire Psalm:
This Psalm teaches us three things about God:
A. The omniscience of the Lord (139:1–6)
139:1.
The theme of verses 1–6 is announced in the opening verse: the LORD knew David penetratingly.
David said God’s knowledge came as if He had scoured every detail of David’s life and thus knew him intimately.
The daily activities of the psalmist were also thoroughly familiar to the Lord.
The opposites of going out in the morning and lying down at night represent the whole day’s activities (another merism; cf.
vv. 2, 8).
B. The omnipresence of the Lord (139:7–12)
139:7.
The thought of such confining knowledge (vv.
1–6) may have prompted David’s desire to escape, as verses 7–12 suggest.
This is indicated in verse 7 by two rhetorical questions: there is absolutely no place where he could escape from the presence of the Lord (cf.
Jer.
23:24).
C. The omnipotence of the Lord (139:13–18)
The thought that darkness cannot conceal anyone from the Lord (vv.
11–12) brought to David’s mind this meditation in verses 13–18: God knew all about him when He created him in his mother’s womb.
Verse 13 begins with “For,” indicating that this strophe (vv.
13–18) explains the preceding two strophes (vv.
1–6, 7–12): since God can create a person, He certainly knows him intimately and is with him everywhere.
Two identical boxes will be wrapped and sitting on a table in front of the group.
Ask for two volunteers to come forward and they will get to pick a box.
Then tell the group that one of the boxes contains a $5 bill, while the other one contains nothing.
Ask the group to guess which box has the $5 in it.
After a min or two of discussion have the volunteers open their boxes.
the one that finds the $5 may keep it as a prize.
Have he volunteers to sit down and leave their boxes and wrappings on the table.
1) Did you believe that the box that you selected had the $5 in it?
Why or why not?
2) What was the only way to find out which box contained the $5 bill?
God judges the potential and value by what is inside a person rather than what is on the outside.
The outside may look the same, but it’s what’s inside that matters.
Why do we spend so much time worrying about what is on the outside vs. what is on the inside?
Note: The empty box is like a lot of students today who try to look good on the outside but are empty on the inside.
Extra Scriptures:
1 Sam
Ephesians 2:8-10
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