Key Passage: Romans 4:1-12

We are made right with God by faith, not by earning.

Promise → Faith

1. God makes a promise…
2. We respond with faith…
3. God makes us righteous…
4. Then we begin to obey.

We don’t obey to become righteous. We obey because we already are.

Saved by… → FAITH
Not by… → EARNING
Faith first… → OBEDIENCE FOLLOWS
Inside-out… → NOT OUTSIDE-IN

Monday: Leviticus 6, Luke 5
Tuesday: Leviticus 7
Wednesday: Leviticus 8, Luke 6
Thursday: Exodus 12:21-51, Luke 7
Friday: Leviticus 22:26-33, Leviticus 23
Saturday: Psalm 39-41, Proverbs 9
Sunday: 1 Kings 13-19

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20
Genesis 3:15

Monday: Leviticus 6, Luke 5
Tuesday: Leviticus 7
Wednesday: Leviticus 8, Luke 6
Thursday: Exodus 12:21-51, Luke 7
Friday: Leviticus 22:26-33, Leviticus 23
Saturday: Psalm 39-41, Proverbs 9
Sunday: 1 Kings 13-19

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 35, Mark 14
Tuesday: Exodus 36-37
Wednesday: Exodus 38, Mark 15
Thursday: Exodus 39, Mark 16
Friday: Exodus 40, Luke 1
Saturday: Psalm 35-36, Proverbs 8
Sunday: 2 Samuel 23-24, 1 Kings 1-6

Key Passage: Romans 3:1-20

1. Jewish Privilege Does Not Equal Innocence
2. God’s Faithfulness Is Not Cancelled by Human Unfaithfulness
3. Twisting Grace Into an Excuse for Sin
4. The Case Against Humanity
5. The Law Silences Every Defense
Conclusion: Feeling the Weight So We See the Savior

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Key Passage: Romans 3:21-31
Proverbs 31:8

Righteous = right with God, justified

Slave Market Redemption (v. 24)
24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

*Les Miserables
Jean Valjean: Why are you doing this?
Priest: Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to evil. With this silver, I've bought your soul. I've ransomed you from fear and hatred. And now I give you back to God!

Temple Sacrifice (v. 25)
25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

Propitiation = mercy seat, atonement sacrifice, sacrifice for sin

*Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur - Leviticus 16

• The spotless blood was sprinkled on the mercy seat.

Law Court Justice (v. 26)
26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

*Chariots of Fire
“Now in one hours time I will be out there again. I will raise my eyes and look down that corridor,  4 feet wide, with 10 lonely seconds to justify my whole existence. But will I?”  
- Harold Abrahams, in the movie Chariots of Fire

Justified freely = free justification
Justification is more than just forgiveness

• Forgiveness is a negative - free from liability of punishment
• Justification is a positive - bestowal of a status with all the rights and privileges

"The voice that spells forgiveness will say: “You may go; you have been let off the penalty which your sin deserves.’   But the verdict which means acceptance (justification) will say: “you may come; you are welcome to all my love and my presence.” —Sir Marcus Loane, The Surpassing Excellence

Monday: Exodus 35, Mark 14
Tuesday: Exodus 36-37
Wednesday: Exodus 38, Mark 15
Thursday: Exodus 39, Mark 16
Friday: Exodus 40, Luke 1
Saturday: Psalm 35-36, Proverbs 8
Sunday: 2 Samuel 23-24, 1 Kings 1-6

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

What are some things people boast about besides Christ?
(Strength, family, morality, success, ethnicity, nationality, reputation, being admired) Where do you see the tendency to boast or “justify yourself” in everyday life?

Which picture of the gospel helps you most right now:  redemption from slavery, sacrifice in the temple, or justification in the courtroom?  Why?

Why is it important that God is both “just” and the “justifier” of the one who has faith in Jesus?  How does the cross show that God did not ignore sin, but dealt with it fully?

How does boasting in Christ destroy both pride and despair? Why does the gospel humble us on the one hand and make us deeply secure on the other?

What would it look like this week to live as someone who is already accepted by God in Christ?  How would that change the way you handle failure, repentance, relationships, or people who are different from you?

Monday: Exodus 30:11-38
Tuesday: Exodus 31, Mark 11
Wednesday: Exodus 32, Mark 12
Thursday: Exodus 33, Mark 13
Friday: Exodus 34
Saturday: Psalm 33-34, Proverbs 7
Sunday: 2 Samuel 15-22

Key Passage: Romans 2:17-29
Genesis 3:21
Genesis 15:17
Deuteronomy 10:16
Deuteronomy 30:6
Galatians 3:24, 27-28
Galatians 5:6
Isaiah 61:10
Jeremiah 31:33

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 30:11-38
Tuesday: Exodus 31, Mark 11
Wednesday: Exodus 32, Mark 12
Thursday: Exodus 33, Mark 13
Friday: Exodus 34
Saturday: Psalm 33-34, Proverbs 7
Sunday: 2 Samuel 15-22

Key Passage: Romans 3:1-20
Psalm 130:3-4 NLT
Proverbs 9:10
Psalm 8:3-4

Righteous = right with God
Self-esteem = Success ÷ Standards

Question: 3 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
Answer: 2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Question: 3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Answer: 4 By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written,
“That you may be justified in your words,
    and prevail when you are judged.”

Question: 5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
Answer: 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world?

Question: 7 But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

The movement of Romans 1–3 is:

• Gentiles are guilty (Rom. 1:18–32)
• Moralists are guilty (Rom. 2:1–16)
• Jews are guilty (Rom. 2:17–3:8)
• Everyone is guilty (Rom. 3:9–20)

Therefore … Everyone needs the gospel.

All are under sin (3:9–18)

• Legal standing: none righteous
• Mind: no one understands
• Motives: no one seeks God
• Will: all have turned aside
• Speech: mouth is full of curses and bitterness
• Relationships: the way of peace they have not known
• Worship: no fear of God before their eyes

"In our natures we totally lack spiritual good before God: It is not just that some parts of us are sinful and others are pure. Rather, every part of our being is affected by sin -- our intellects, our emotions and desires, our hearts (the center of our desires and decisions -making processes), our goals and motives, and even our physical bodies …
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it?
In [passages like these] Scriptures is not denying that unbelievers can do good in human society in some senses. But it is denying that they can do any spiritual good or be good in terms of a relationship with God. Separate from the work of Christ in our lives, we are like all other unbelievers who are “darkened in their understand, alienated from the life of God because of ignorance that is in them due to their hardness of heart. (Eph 4:18)" — Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology

“No one is as bad as he or she might be” and at the same time “no action of ours is as good as it should be.” — JI Packer summary in Concise Theology

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 27:20-22, Mark 7
Tuesday: Exodus 28, Mark 8
Wednesday: Mark 9
Thursday: Exodus 29
Friday: Exodus 30:1-10, Mark 10
Saturday: Psalm 31-32
Sunday: 1 Samuel 26-31, 2 Samuel 6-14

Key Passage: Romans 2:1-16
Romans 1:28-32

1. evil, 
2. covetousness, 
3. malice. (They are full of)
4. envy, 
5. murder, 
6. strife, 
7. deceit, 
8. maliciousness. 
9. They are gossips, 
10. slanderers, 
11. haters of God, 
12. insolent, 
13. haughty, 
14. boastful, 
15. inventors of evil, 
16. disobedient to parents, 
17. foolish, 
18. faithless, 
19. heartless, 
20. ruthless. 

1. God is the righteous judge and everyone will get what they deserve.
2. Bring all of your life into the light of God’s Word and you will find mercy to rest in or repentance to walk in.

1. Glory-seeking perseverance (v.7)
2. Self-seeking disobedience (v.8)

“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. Those who knock it is opened.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

1. In Romans 2:1, what are some common ways we “pass judgment” on others—while excusing ourselves? We often judge others by actions but ourselves by intentions. Where do you see that in your own life (traffic-level everyday examples count)?
2. Romans 2:4 says God’s kindness is meant to lead to repentance. What’s the difference between receiving kindness as permission and receiving kindness as an invitation? What are signs (practically) that a person is becoming hardened rather than tender under God’s patience (2:5)?
3. Romans 2:6–8 describes two trajectories. Which “seeking” (glory-seeking vs self-seeking) most exposes what drives you this season? Why?
4. Conscience can accuse or excuse (2:15). Which danger do you lean toward: wrongfully excusing or wrongfully condemning? 
5. What is one step of obedience that you can take this week in light of the truth you have received?

Monday: Exodus 27:20-22, Mark 7
Tuesday: Exodus 28, Mark 8
Wednesday: Mark 9
Thursday: Exodus 29
Friday: Exodus 30:1-10, Mark 10
Saturday: Psalm 31-32
Sunday: 1 Samuel 26-31, 2 Samuel 6-14

Key Passage: Romans 2:17-29
Deuteronomy 7:7-9
Deuteronomy 28:1-2
Deuteronomy 31:27, 29
Deuteronomy 30:4-6
Isaiah 52:5
Exodus 36:22
Matthew 23:27-28
Deuteronomy 10:12-16
Colossians 2:11-14

1. Writing to people with the privilege of religious identity
2. The futility of external signs

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 25
Tuesday: Exodus 26
Wednesday: Exodus 27:1-19, Mark 4
Thursday: Mark 5
Friday: Mark 6
Saturday: Psalm 27-30, Proverbs 6
Sunday: 1 Samuel 26-31, 2 Samuel 1-5

Key Passage: Romans 1

Introduction to Epistle to the Romans
Paul’s Passion for Those to Whom He is Called
Paul’s Unashamed Obligation
God’s Righteousness Given

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 25
Tuesday: Exodus 26
Wednesday: Exodus 27:1-19, Mark 4
Thursday: Mark 5
Friday: Mark 6
Saturday: Psalm 27-30, Proverbs 6
Sunday: 1 Samuel 26-31, 2 Samuel 1-5

Key Passage: Romans 2:1-16
Romans 1:28-32

1. evil, 
2. covetousness, 
3. malice. (They are full of)
4. envy, 
5. murder, 
6. strife, 
7. deceit, 
8. maliciousness. 
9. They are gossips, 
10. slanderers, 
11. haters of God, 
12. insolent, 
13. haughty, 
14. boastful, 
15. inventors of evil, 
16. disobedient to parents, 
17. foolish, 
18. faithless, 
19. heartless, 
20. ruthless. 

1. God is the righteous judge and everyone will get what they deserve.
2. Bring all of your life into the light of God’s Word and you will find mercy to rest in or repentance to walk in.

1. Glory-seeking perseverance (v.7)
2. Self-seeking disobedience (v.8)

“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. Those who knock it is opened.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

1. In Romans 2:1, what are some common ways we “pass judgment” on others—while excusing ourselves? We often judge others by actions but ourselves by intentions. Where do you see that in your own life (traffic-level everyday examples count)?
2. Romans 2:4 says God’s kindness is meant to lead to repentance. What’s the difference between receiving kindness as permission and receiving kindness as an invitation? What are signs (practically) that a person is becoming hardened rather than tender under God’s patience (2:5)?
3. Romans 2:6–8 describes two trajectories. Which “seeking” (glory-seeking vs self-seeking) most exposes what drives you this season? Why?
4. Conscience can accuse or excuse (2:15). Which danger do you lean toward: wrongfully excusing or wrongfully condemning? 
5. What is one step of obedience that you can take this week in light of the truth you have received?

Monday: Exodus 17
Tuesday: Exodus 18, Matthew 25
Wednesday: Exodus 19
Thursday: Exodus 20
Friday: Matthew 26
Saturday: Psalm 21-23, Proverbs 5
Sunday: 1 Samuel 9-17

Key Passage: Acts 19:8-21

δύναμις (dunamis) is a broad “power” word that ranges from inherent ability/capacity to power put on display—especially God’s power at work
(120 occurrences of δύναμις in the NT.)

• Acts 19:11 - Paul was doing extraordinary extraordinary, unusual, or special miracles [dunamis]
• Romans 15:19 - by the power [dunamis] of signs and wonders
• Luke 4: 14 And Jesus returned in the power [dunamis] of the Spirit to Galilee
• Acts 1:8 – But you will receive power [dunamis] when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 

Romans 1:16 – For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power [dunamis] of God for salvation to everyone who believes,

Encouragement towards a Spirit-empowered life & potential barriers:
1. Get in the game 
(Barrier: too much theory, not enough practice)
2. Give grace to grow -- to yourself and each others
(Barrier: Low resilience for failure and disappointment)
3. Open your hands in repentance 
(Barrier: unrepentant sin)
4. Fix your eyes on Jesus
(Barrier: eyes on the gifts or signs instead of the giver)

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

1. Be reminded of your “only God” moments. Take a moment around the group/table to share stories of God coming through in your life in powerful ways.
2. Of the encouragements (and barriers) to the spirit empowered life. Which one do you think you most needed to hear the most and why?
3. How can we pray for signs and wonders with real faith while keeping our focus on Christ, not the experience?
4. Read all of Romans 1 multiple times as you prepare for next week’s teaching. How does Paul describe them? What are the elements of the gospel story presented in his opening of the letter? Write down questions that you have about the text as you read.

Monday: Exodus 10, Matthew 16
Tuesday: Exodus 11, Matthew 17
Wednesday: Exodus 12, Matthew 18
Thursday: Exodus 13:1-16, Matthew 19
Friday: Matthew 20
Saturday: Psalm 17-18
Sunday: Judges 14-21, Ruth 1

Key Passage: Acts 16:25-34
Romans 15:18-19
Acts 16:19-24
Galatians 5:13-14
1 Corinthians 9:19
Hebrews 12:2
Proverbs 11:25

The Story in Philippi: Suffering Love in a Roman Colony
Love for God That Becomes a Witness
Love That Restrains Its Own Freedom
Love That Prepares the Way for the Word

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 10, Matthew 16
Tuesday: Exodus 11, Matthew 17
Wednesday: Exodus 12, Matthew 18
Thursday: Exodus 13:1-16, Matthew 19
Friday: Matthew 20
Saturday: Psalm 17-18
Sunday: Judges 14-21, Ruth 1

Key Passage: Acts 16:25-34
Acts 16:9-10, 14-18, 22-24
Acts 10:38
James 2:19
Philippians 2:1-15

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 6
Tuesday: Exodus 7, Matthew 13
Wednesday: Exodus 8
Thursday: Exodus 9, Matthew 14
Friday: Exodus 5, Matthew 15
Saturday: Psalm 12-16, Proverbs 3
Sunday: Judges 6-13

Key Passage: Acts 13:7-49
Isaiah 41:10
Isaiah 49:6
Luke 10:6, 17-20
Psalm 119:11, 105
Psalm 19:10
John 1:1, 14
Romans 10:17
2 Timothy 3:16-17

Introduction: From Prayer to Proclamation
An Update on Paul and Barnabas
Two Antiochs, Two Worlds
Paul Enters the Synagogue
The First Response: Faith Begins to Spread
The Result: A City Gathered
A Dividing Line Appears
Boldness Clarifies the Mission
Joy Marks the Open Door
The Outcome: The Word Advances
Personal Application: Receiving and Releasing the Word
A Simple, Faithful Practice

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 6
Tuesday: Exodus 7, Matthew 13
Wednesday: Exodus 8
Thursday: Exodus 9, Matthew 14
Friday: Exodus 5, Matthew 15
Saturday: Psalm 12-16, Proverbs 3
Sunday: Judges 6-13

Key Passage: Acts 13:23-52
Acts 6:7
Acts 11:1
Acts 12:24
Acts 13:23-41
Psalm 2:7
Psalm 55:3
Psalm 16:10

The Five Tenets of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD)

1. A god exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth.
2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
3. The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
4. God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.
5. Good people go to heaven when they die.

Acts 13:16-22
God is the subject of nearly ALL of the verbs.
“The God of this people Israel chose our fathers” (v.17)
“made the people great” (v.17)
“led them out” (v.17)
“put up with them in the wilderness” (v.18)
“destroyed seven nations” (v.19)
“gave them their land as an inheritance” (v.19)
“gave them judges” (v.20)
“God gave them Saul” (v.21)
“ removed him” (v.22)
“raised up David” (v.22)
“God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus” (v.23)

Then on the third at break of dawn
The Son of heaven rose again
O trampled death where is your sting
The angels roar for Christ the King

Diagnostic questions to ask of every gospel you speak or hear:

• Is God the main character—or am I?
• Is the resurrection of Jesus the climax of the story?
• Is salvation something God accomplished—or something I activated or earned?

The Word we proclaim is the story of what God has done through the risen Christ—and the resurrection changes everything.

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 1, Matthew 8
Tuesday: Exodus 2, Matthew 9
Wednesday: Exodus 3, Matthew 10
Thursday: Exodus 4, Matthew 11
Friday: Exodus 5, Matthew 12
Saturday: Psalm 9-11, Proverbs 2
Sunday: Joshua 22-24, Judges 1-5

Key Passage: Acts 4:23-31
Psalm 2:4
Psalm 33:10-11, 16-17

Part 1: You Are Sovereign Lord over everything
Part 2: You have said
Part 3: It is true (You said it and it is true therefore: you are in control, you can be trusted.)
Part 4: Strengthen us to obey

John 16:33 — “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
2 Timothy 3:12 — “All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
Hebrews 13:5 — “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Isaiah 41:10 — “Fear not, for I am with you… I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
John 10:10 — “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life.”
Ephesians 6:12 — “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood…”
Isaiah 55:11 — “My word… shall not return to me empty.”
Matthew 16:18 — “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Jeremiah 33:3 — “Call to me and I will answer you.”
Romans 8:23 - And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

"A God whom we could understand exhaustively, and whose revelation of Himself confronted us with no mysteries whatsoever, would be a God in man's image, and therefore an imaginary God, not the God of the Bible at all." ― J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Exodus 1, Matthew 8
Tuesday: Exodus 2, Matthew 9
Wednesday: Exodus 3, Matthew 10
Thursday: Exodus 4, Matthew 11
Friday: Exodus 5, Matthew 12
Saturday: Psalm 9-11, Proverbs 2
Sunday: Joshua 22-24, Judges 1-5

Key Passage: Psalm 78:1-8
Psalm 145:1-4, 10-11, 14, 18-19
Psalm 71:18
John 14:2-3

"Just because you have a multi-generational gathering does not mean you have a multi-generational ministry." — Pastor Herbert Tan

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Genesis 47:28-33, Matthew 4
Tuesday: Genesis 48, Matthew 5
Wednesday: Genesis 49
Thursday: Genesis 50, Matthew 6
Friday: Matthew 7
Saturday: Psalm 6-8
Sunday: Joshua 10-21

Key Passage: Matthew 12:46-50
Matthew 28:19-20
1 Peter 3:15
John 13:35

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Genesis 47:28-33, Matthew 4
Tuesday: Genesis 48, Matthew 5
Wednesday: Genesis 49
Thursday: Genesis 50, Matthew 6
Friday: Matthew 7
Saturday: Psalm 6-8
Sunday: Joshua 10-21

Key Passage: Acts 4:23-31
Psalm 2:4
Psalm 33:10-11, 16-17

Part 1: You Are Sovereign Lord over everything
Part 2: You have said
Part 3: It is true (You said it and it is true therefore: you are in control, you can be trusted.)
Part 4: Strengthen us to obey

John 16:33 — “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
2 Timothy 3:12 — “All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
Hebrews 13:5 — “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Isaiah 41:10 — “Fear not, for I am with you… I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
John 10:10 — “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life.”
Ephesians 6:12 — “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood…”
Isaiah 55:11 — “My word… shall not return to me empty.”
Matthew 16:18 — “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Jeremiah 33:3 — “Call to me and I will answer you.”
Romans 8:23 - And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

"A God whom we could understand exhaustively, and whose revelation of Himself confronted us with no mysteries whatsoever, would be a God in man's image, and therefore an imaginary God, not the God of the Bible at all." ― J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Hebrews 12-13
Tuesday: Genesis 23, James 1
Wednesday: Genesis 24, James 2
Thursday: James 3-4
Friday: Genesis 25:1-18, James 5
Saturday: Psalm 125-131
Sunday: Ezekiel 45-48, Daniel 1-3

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 4:6-8
2 Corinthians 5:21

• The Crown of Life – (Revelation 2:10) 
• The Crown of Glory – (1 Peter 5:4)
• The Crown of Righteousness – (2 Timothy 4:8)
• The Imperishable Crown – (1 Corinthians 9:24-25)
• Brand New Bodies!
• Grand Bodies! (1 Corinthians 15:37, Phil 3:21)
• Immortal Bodies! (2 Corinthians 5:4)
• Treasures! (Matthew 19:21, Luke 12:33)
• Power to rule the Kingdom with Jesus Reigning with Christ – (2 Tim 2:12, Revelation 3:21; 5:10; 20:4)
• A room in the mansion of God (John 14:2)
• We will see other Christians! (Acts 20:32)
• Irreversible Political Peace: A Kingdom Immovable – (Hebrews 12:28)
• Right to eat of the tree of life (Rev. 2:7)
• Hidden Mana, a white stone with a new name (Rev. 2:17)
• He will give us the Morning Star (Rev. 2:28)
• White Garments and a Name that Can Never be taken out of the Book of Life (Rev. 3:5)
• New Earth and New City: (Rev. 21-22)
• A spring of water without payment (Rev. 21:6)
• It looks of crystal and jasper (Rev. 21:11)
• Has gates made of pearls (Rev. 21:12-14)
• And walls made of precious stones and jewels. (Rev. 21:12-14)
• Streets made of gold! (Rev. 21:21)
• No night because light of the Lord (Rev. 21:23)
• No detestable thing or person ( Rev. 21:27)
• River of the water of life like crystal from the throne of God (Rev. 22:1) 
• The Tree of Life that has the fruit of life (Rev. 22:2)
• Leaves for the healing of the nations  (Rev. 22:2)
• We will see His Face (Rev. 22:4)

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Hebrews 12-13
Tuesday: Genesis 23, James 1
Wednesday: Genesis 24, James 2
Thursday: James 3-4
Friday: Genesis 25:1-18, James 5
Saturday: Psalm 125-131
Sunday: Ezekiel 45-48, Daniel 1-3

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 4:6-22
Luke 22:20
Philippians 2:17-18
Romans 12:1

1. A Life Poured Out
2. The Fight, the Race, the Faith
3. Paul's Future Reward
4. People Let You Down, the Lord Stands by You
5. Grace Afterall

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

• Where do you see God calling you to “pour yourself out” more fully right now? What holds you back from doing so?
• What does the “good fight” look like in your current season of life
• Which part—prayer, holiness, endurance, defending the faith—feels most challenging?
• How often does eternity shape your daily decisions? What is one practical way you could cultivate a deeper “longing love” for Christ’s appearing?
• Share a time when someone’s failure or absence hurt you in your walk with Christ. How did (or how can) the Lord stand by you in that season?
• What helps you keep a soft heart toward people after being disappointed? What spiritual practices or truths guard you from withdrawing or becoming bitter?
• Where are you tempted to look for recognition, affirmation, or applause in this life? How does remembering that “we’re not home yet” reshape those desires?

Monday: Genesis 18, Hebrews 8
Tuesday: Genesis 19, Hebrews 9
Wednesday: Genesis 20, Hebrews 10
Thursday: Genesis 21, Hebrews 11
Friday: Genesis 22
Saturday: Psalm 120-124, Proverbs 28
Sunday: Ezekiel 37-44

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Desire/Passion/Lusts > Than logic

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Genesis 18, Hebrews 8
Tuesday: Genesis 19, Hebrews 9
Wednesday: Genesis 20, Hebrews 10
Thursday: Genesis 21, Hebrews 11
Friday: Genesis 22
Saturday: Psalm 120-124, Proverbs 28
Sunday: Ezekiel 37-44

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 4:1-5
1 Timothy 3:16-17
1 Timothy 1:16
Matthew 7:18

1. The Weight of the Charge
2. Call to Faithful Proclamation
3. The Temptation of a Comfortable Gospel
4. The Mission of Endurance

"This participial phrase is depicted as the activity of those who heap up the opportunistic teachers, who in essence prostitute themselves. In that sense it is an exercise in self-gratification. The expression is a figure of speech describing religious voyeurism that looks for interesting and juicy bits of information. This itching is relieved by the messages of the new teachers...North America and other relatively affluent regions, with their consumerist and often narcissistic social orders, decreasing biblical literacy, and lack of appetite for features of the gospel and God as presented in Scripture, are prime venues for such activity. Through electronic means the West's deceptions and delusions find ready recipients worldwide. The antidote would lie, not in denouncing the West, but in rediscovering the message Paul and Timothy preached and living accordingly." - Robert Yarbrough

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Genesis 12, Titus 3, Philemon 1
Tuesday: Genesis 13, Hebrews 1-2
Wednesday: Genesis 14-15, Hebrews 3
Thursday: Genesis 16, Hebrews 4-5
Friday: Genesis 17, Hebrews 6-7
Saturday: Psalm 119:89-176, Proverbs 27
Sunday: Ezekiel 28-36

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:10-17

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?

Monday: Genesis 12, Titus 3, Philemon 1
Tuesday: Genesis 13, Hebrews 1-2
Wednesday: Genesis 14-15, Hebrews 3
Thursday: Genesis 16, Hebrews 4-5
Friday: Genesis 17, Hebrews 6-7
Saturday: Psalm 119:89-176, Proverbs 27
Sunday: Ezekiel 28-36

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:10-17

3DQ - 3 discipleship questions to ask each other: What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it? How can I help?