1. GOD’S WILL FOR HIS PEOPLE (PART II)
LESSON 19
GOD’S WILL FOR HIS PEOPLE
(PART II)

2. Opening Prayer Before lesson
Dear God, when I think of the times I've misused your name, I blush with shame. All around me I hear your names used at the silliest times...when people are angry or excited or amused. But you don't think it's so silly. It's your name. Dear Jesus, forgive me for the times I've fallen into that sin. Help me to know you better so that I use your name in a way that shows my love for you, not my disinterest and disobedience. Teach me more about you through your Word and get into my heart so that I really want to live for you -- not just on Sunday, but every day of my life. Help us with this study today. We pray believing that you will help us. Amen.
Before lesson
Dear God, when I think of the times I've misused your name, I blush with shame. All around me I hear your names used at the silliest times...when people are angry or excited or amused. But you don't think it's so silly. It's your name. Dear Jesus, forgive me for the times I've fallen into that sin. Help me to know you better so that I use your name in a way that shows my love for you, not my disinterest and disobedience. Teach me more about you through your Word and get into my heart so that I really want to live for you -- not just on Sunday, but every day of my life. Help us with this study today. We pray believing that you will help us. Amen.

3. The Second Commandment
You shall not misuse the
name of the Lord your God
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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4. GOD’S
NAME
Illustration: What do you think of when you hear the name Abraham Lincoln? (Answers may vary) How about Lebron James (Basketball star). How about (fill in a name of someone you know but they don’t) Some names are important and well known; others are not. Today we are going to talk about the most important name of all – God’s name. As we shall see God has a lot of names. And God gave the second commandment to protect all his names.

5. God’s Name God’s Name is
every word or title that He has made known about Himself.
He makes His name known to us in
The Bible.
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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6. Romans 10:13
13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage what happens when a person calls on the name of the LORD?
Answer: They are saved. (Hint just saying the name of the Lord doesn’t save a person, believing in the LORD saves a person. However, many times a person does literally call on his name.)
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7. God’s Name God’s Name is
every word or title that He has made known about Himself.
He makes His name known to us in
The Bible.
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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God has made His name known to us so that
we will be saved.

8. USING GOD’S NAME IN THE RIGHT WAY
Illustration: Let’s make a list of some of the world’s greatest inventors. (put suggested names on a sheet of paper) Now let’s make a list of some of the world’s most notorious criminals. What are your feelings about these people as you read each list? (admiration of the people on the first list; disgust for the names on the other list) The way we use God’s name not only shows our love toward God, it also affects the way other people feel about God’s name. So lets see how God wants us to

9. Using God’s Name in the Right Way
We gain a blessing from God’s name for ourselves and for others when we:

10. Psalm 50:15
15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage when would be a good time to call on the name of the LORD?
Answer: In the day of trouble.
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11. Using God’s Name in the Right Way
We gain a blessing from God’s name for ourselves and for others when we:
1. Call on Him in every trouble
Since He has promised to deliver us
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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12. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 17pray continually;
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage what should we do at all times?
Answer: Pray
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13. Using God’s Name in the Right Way
We gain a blessing from God’s name for ourselves and for others when we:
1. Call on Him in every trouble
Since He has promised to deliver us
2. Pray at all times
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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Because He has promised to answer us

14. 1 Peter 2:9
9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what do we do for God since he has called out of darkness?
Answer: Praise him
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15. Using God’s Name in the Right Way
We gain a blessing from God’s name for ourselves and for others when we:
1. Call on Him in every trouble
Since He has promised to deliver us
2. Pray at all times
Because He has promised to answer us
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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3. Praise Him publicly
So others learn about Him

16. Psalm 118:1
1 Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good; his love endures forever.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage what else do we do to God since he is so good to us?
Answer: We thank him.
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17. Using God’s Name in the Right Way
We gain a blessing from God’s name for ourselves and for others when we:
1. Call on Him in every trouble
Since He has promised to deliver us
2. Pray at all times
Because He has promised to answer us
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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3. Praise Him publicly
So others learn about Him
4. Give thanks to Him
For everything He gives us

18. USING GOD’S NAME USELESSLY OR CARELESSLY

19. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
This is called
using
God’s
name in
vain
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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God expects us to have
reverence
for His name

20. James 3:10
10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what else besides praise can come out of a person’s heart?
Answer: cursing
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21. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
mocking God (blasphemy)
Cursing = or
wishing evil from God on someone
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration: Remember - to blaspheme literally means to make God’s name mean nothing. A common curse is “God damn you or it.” Go ahead and say it and then talk about what you are asking God to do to that person or that thing.
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22. Matthew 26:63-64
63But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." 64"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what did the high priest ask Jesus to do in order to make sure that he told the truth?
Answer: He had Jesus take an oath or swear to God that he would tell the truth.
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23. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
mocking God (blasphemy)
Cursing = or
wishing evil from God on someone
Calling on God to witness the truth and punish the lie
Swearing =
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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24. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
mocking God (blasphemy)
Cursing = or
wishing evil from God on someone
Calling on God to witness the truth and punish the lie
Swearing =
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration: (I.e. – in a courtroom)
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Swearing that is permitted
Required by proper authority

25. Matthew 26:69-74
69Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said. 70But he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said. 71Then he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw him and said to the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth." 72He denied it again, with an oath: "I don't know the man!" 73After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away." 74Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!"
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: What do you think about Peter’s swearing in this section?
Answer: He was committing perjury. Or needlessly swearing.
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26. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
mocking God (blasphemy)
Cursing = or
wishing evil from God on someone
Calling on God to witness the truth and punish the lie
Swearing =
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration: Remind them that they should not have to tell someone something and then add the comment “I swear.” As Christians we should be characterized by the truth so that we don’t even need to add the comment.
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Swearing that is permitted
Required by proper authority
Swearing that is forbidden
Perjury, unnecessary, thoughtless

27. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
Practicing Superstition =
Trusting in something besides God’s Word
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration: Give some additional examples of things we trust in besides God’s Word. (rabbits foot, sports socks, etc.)
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28. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
Practicing Superstition =
Trusting in something besides God’s Word
Examples:
fortune telling
palm reading
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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astrology
ouija board

29. Matthew 15:9
9They worship me in vain;        their teachings are but rules taught by men.
[Have your youth read the passage]
There were false teachers in Jesus day who did not proclaim the truth of God’s Word. However, they said that they were speaking for God. As they represented God they gave people a false impression of God.
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30. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
Lying by God’s Name =
Teaching false doctrine and saying it’s God’s Word
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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31. Matthew 15:7-8
7You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:     8" 'These people honor me with their lips,        but their hearts are far from me.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what does a hypocrite do?
Answer: They say that they believe in God but they really don’t.
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32. Using God’s Name Uselessly or Carelessly
Deceiving by God’s Name =
Pretending to be a Christian (hypocrisy)
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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33. Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy
The Third Commandment
Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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34. THE
SABBATH

35. Exodus 20:8-11
8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Look at the book and have your youth answer the questions in their book as they read the passage. You may have to help with the idea that Sabbath means rest.
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36. The Sabbath Old Testament believers were required to worship on the
7th day (Saturday)
Sabbath is a Hebrew word which means
rest
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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Old Testament believers were to
rest on the Sabbath
as God
rested after He created the world.

37. Colossians 2:16-17
16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage , what was the Sabbath to be a shadow of?
Answer: It was to be a shadow of things to come.
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38. shadow of things to come
The Sabbath
The Old Testament Sabbath was a
shadow of things to come
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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39. Matthew 11:28-29
28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: As our last passage said, the reality of all of this foreshadowing was found in Christ. According to this passage what kind of rest does Jesus give?
Answer: He gives rest for the soul.
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40. shadow of things to come
The Sabbath
The Old Testament Sabbath was a
shadow of things to come
It pointed to
Jesus
who is the
giver of rest.
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration: You can talk about the spiritual rest that we enjoy when a person’s sins are forgiven. Sometimes you just have to exhale and enjoy that kind of rest. That is what I love about the LORD’s Supper I always leave so well rested!
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41. shadow of things to come. have rest, have the reality.
The Sabbath
The Old Testament Sabbath was a
shadow of things to come.
It pointed to
Jesus
who is the
giver of rest.
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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Jesus gives
rest by
forgiving us our sins.
No longer do we need the Sabbath as a reminder of the rest to come; with Jesus we
have rest, have the reality.

42. The Sabbath OLD TESTAMENT WORSHIP ON SATURDAY NEW TESTAMENT WORSHIP
ANY AND EVERY DAY
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration: You can touch on the fact that we worship on Sunday because it is a remembrance of Jesus’ resurrection. Just a reminder about some other area worship times:
Good Shepherd: Thursday
Bloomington: Saturday, Monday
Bethlehem: Monday
Heritage: Wednesday
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43. GOD’S
WORD

44. Luke 10:38-42
38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" 41"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this section what did Mary chose which was the one thing that was needed? (Hint verse 39)
Answer: Mary listened to Jesus’ teaching rather than worrying about house work.
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45. God’s Word hear and learn His Word. 1. God wants us to
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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46. 2 Peter 3:18
18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what does God want us to do in His Word?
Answer: He wants us to grow in grace and knowledge.
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47. to grow in our faith and knowledge
God’s Word
1. God wants us to
hear and learn His Word.
study and share His Word.
2. God wants us to
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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to grow in our faith and knowledge

48. Luke 11:28
28He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."
[Have your youth read the next 2 passages]

49. James 1:22
22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: In addition to listening to God’s word what else does he want us to do?
Answer: Do what it says.
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50. to grow in our faith and knowledge
God’s Word
1. God wants us to
hear and learn His Word.
study and share His Word
2. God wants us to
to grow in our faith and knowledge
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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live according to His Word
3. God wants us to
for true happiness.

51. WORSHIP

52. Hebrews 10:25
25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage, what does God not want us to give up doing?
Answer: Meeting together
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53. Worship 1. God wants Christians to gather together for worship
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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54. Luke 10:16
16"He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: When someone speaks God’s Word truthfully and faithfully who are we actually listening to?
Answer: We are listening to Jesus himself.
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55. Worship God wants Christians to gather together for worship
When we listen to faithful ministers of the Word, it’s the same as listening to
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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Jesus Himself

56. Matthew 18:20
20For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."
[Have your youth read the passage]
Question: According to this passage what happens when people gather in Jesus’ name?
Answer: He is there with them.
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57. Worship God wants Christians to gather together for worship
When we listen to faithful ministers of the Word, it’s the same as listening to
Jesus Himself
[Have your youth record the answer]
Illustration:
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Whenever we gather together in Jesus’ name,
Jesus is with us.

58. His Word in My Life
Bob has good intentions. He promises himself that he’s going to take some time each evening to read God’s Word. But most nights he forgets. He comes home, turns the TV on, and ends up watching it instead. He’s not happy with himself about this, and he asks you what he should do. What are some things you might suggest that he do?
Tell him to pray that God will help him overcome this weakness. Urge him to put his Bible on top of the TV remote to remind himself to reach a chapter or so before he even turns the TV on. Suggest how he might combine both TV watching and Bible reading: make a plan for himself at the beginning of each week what TV programs he wants to watch and also what time each evening he will set aside for Bible reading.

59. His Word in My Life
Agree or Disagree: It’s okay to miss church if the only job you can get to support yourself is on Sunday.
This doesn’t have to be an either/or matter. God doesn’t say that Sunday is the only day of the week that he wants us to worship. Man or our synod’s congregations have services on weekday evenings for those who have to work on Sunday. If your congregation doesn’t have such a service, you might ask to have one started. There are probably other people like you who face the same problem.

60. His Word in My Life
What’s wrong here? Teri says that she doesn’t have to go to Bible class or read the Bible at home because she gets all the spiritual strength she needs from the Sunday worship service.
She certainly gets spiritual strengthening from attending the Sunday service. Bur the Sunday service doesn’t give her the chance to study parts of the Bible in depth and more detail as a Bible class could. And reading the Bible at home, either by studying a chapter a day or using a devotional book, can give her food for her soul seven times a week instead of only once a week. Today’s young Christians are constantly confronted with temptations and attacks on their faith (such as com at us from unbelieving people at school or work, or from man TV programs and some kinds of music). So we need to be strengthened by God’s Word as frequently and as much as possible – rather than trying to get by with a minimum.

61. His Word in My Life
Agree or Disagree: It is not cursing if we don’t use God’s name in the form that it is used in the Bible, e.g., “gol darn you” or “Gosh darn it.”
As with many things in God’s

62. Closing Prayer After lesson
Dear Father in heaven, I want to grow in my knowledge of you. That will only happen as I'm in your Word. Help me do my work faithfully this week, out of love for you. Amen.
After lesson
Dear Father in heaven, I want to grow in my knowledge of you. That will only happen as I'm in your Word. Help me do my work faithfully this week, out of love for you. Amen.

63. ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK
Study carefully the notes you have taken in class; be sure you understand them.
Study carefully questions in the Catechism.
Complete the “Working with God’s Word” section.
Memorize the Fourth and Fifth Commandments and “What Does This Mean?”
Memorize these Bible passages:
Psalm 50:15 – “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you will honor Me.”
VIP - Luke 11:28 – “Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and obey it.”
6. Complete Worksheet #19 .

64. Key Truths Lesson Nineteen
God gave us his name (told us about himself) so we could _______________ on him in every trouble, _______________ to him, _______________ him and give _______________ to him. Trusting in something other than God's Word is called _______________ . Sabbath means _______________ . Jesus gives us rest, that is, _______________ . Now we can _______________ him any and every day. As we hear God's word in worship, it's the same as listening to _______________ .

65. Key Truths Lesson Nineteen
God gave us his name (told us about himself) so we could CALL on him in every trouble, PRAY to him, PRAISE him and give THANKS to him. Trusting in something other than God's Word is called SUPERSTITION. Sabbath means REST. Jesus gives us rest, that is, FORGIVENESS. Now we can WORSHIP him any and every day. As we hear God's word in worship, it's the same as listening to JESUS.