Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

--> March 28, 2015 SS Teacher:   Larry R Evans Introduction The study for this week is built on Proverbs 31.   The quarterly’s title suggests that the subject is about wine and women.   We’d like to suggest that while wine and women are certainly discussed in this chapter, Proverbs 31 is an amplification and a conclusion to Proverbs 1:7—“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” The setting is about a king’s calling and vocation.   Any glamor associated with lose living is removed.   The king must keep his role clearly in focus.   He is to be the protector and advocate of his people (vss 8,9).   With his responsibility clearly set before him, it becomes obvious that he must not anaesthetize himself with those things that would minimize or impair his judgment.   He must not compromise his God-given principles.   In the context of Proverbs, the king must not separate himself from the Source of true wisdom. The

--> [I apologize for this being posted late.  Technical problems made it impossible. -- Larry Evans] March 14, 2015 Sabbath School Class Notes Larry R Evans, Teacher Introduction: “I’ll Tell You Later” It seems to be human nature for us to have questions and to want them answered right away.   We get impatient if the answers aren’t found “now.”   At times we allow our questions and our circumstances to master us.   This was not the case with Abram.   Genesis 12-15 presents 4 crises faced by Abram and with each one Abram asked God questions and each time God essentially said, “I’ll tell you later.”   1.    God told Abram to leave his country , his people and his family.   God said He would make of him a great nation. Implied with the command was the assurance that he would have a child and a land.   So Abram essentially asked , “Why? Why do I need to leave? And God said.   “I’ll tell you later – just go!” 2.    Abram asked, “Where” should I go?