October 16, 2009

  • 10 16 09 class review and assignment.

    Review of 10  16 class content

    In class today we started out sharing what some saw on their own in studying Onesimos; however, as we kept discussing  facts concerning the story, I decided to just read the whole book so we could be refreshed in it.

    We read verses 1 through 13, stopping along the way to ask for word definitions. Several words (e.g., "consolation", "effectual", "begotten", "bowels") were not known by all students.  We also discussed meaning of the verses.

    On another track away from Philemon:  I noticed that during worship at 9:30 AM several of the kids were just standing there doing nothing as Robert sang the song of the Lord in English.  This reminded me of the fact we are going to continue with the prophetic seminar tomorrow and we will be singing the song of the Lord in English and in tongues. So then I asked who sang in tongues at home. No one sang in tongues. Nearly all spoke in tongues; no one SANG in tongues  -- neither in church , nor when alone.

    In class, we "practised" singing in tongues.  And it was obvious more practise was needed to bring forth more boldness in this .  (It was clearly explained that this was a private prayer language exercise not a speaking in tongues meant for a prophetic interpretation.)

    This explanation will explain a portion of the assignment for 10 23 Assignment:

    Assignment: 

     1.  Every day...from today through next Friday, pray in tongues for one minute and then sing in tongues for one minute  1 Cor 14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.KJV

    2.   Reread Philemon -- we will discuss Philemon again and look at how to fill out more parts of the Bible study sheet using Philemon as our book.

    There is not a paperwork assignment to hand in on 10 23.