The Birdcage (Learning to Sing Through Hardships)

We will post our teaching notes later in the week. We would encourage you to read the suggested texts before answering. They may or may not directly apply but are intended to encourage reflection before answering.

Questions for Reflection
Sabbath School Lesson
October 20, 2007
Larry R Evans

  1. The degree of our happiness is the degree to which God is our Shepherd. True or False [Ex.14:9-14]
  1. The key to being led by God is our ability to maintain the proper attitude. True or False [Jer 29:11-14]
  1. The hardest part in trusting God is putting our trust in the leaders He chooses. True or False [Ex. 14:31]
  1. God is more interested in changing our thinking than in changing our circumstances. True or False [Ex.15:22-27]
  1. God does not tempt but He does expose us to Satan’s temptations. True or False [Lk 4:1-13]
  1. Being burned and being purified are two different experiences. True or False [Luke 16:1-4; Matt.26:69-75]
  1. Once we reach 65 years of age we are no longer strangers to this world. True or False [1 Peter 1:1,2; Lk 18:16, 17]
  1. The eye of faith always sees the light at the end of the tunnel. True or False [Rom. 5:1-5; Hab. 1:2-4]
  1. God always leads us to green pastures and by still waters. True or False [Ps 23:2; Heb.11:32-40]

10. Which is more true of Christians:

a. They are “in the world and of the world.”
b. They are “in the world but not of the world.”
c. They are “neither in the world nor of the world.”

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