WHAT GOES ON AT YAM?
The Gathering--learning how to make God look good 24/7, Sundays at 10 AM, on the TFB campus, in the Young Adult room
Eating together--most Sundays, around 11:30 am, give or take...
Tuesday Bible Study—Tuesdays—bring your bible, bring your brain, 8 pm, YAM room
HomeBase--fellowship in homes
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
Calendar
Coming Up
NewsFlash—HomeBase at the Lundquist’s!!!
Studying Romans with Pastor Charlie
Tuesday Bible Study—Big Rocks: where we’ve been and where we’re going
The Gathering—What do we do now that we know why we’re here?—Discipleship
Resources For Living Out The Lesson—Spiritual Disciplines
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CALENDAR
Every SUNDAY, Worship @ 8:45 am—Main Worship Center
Every SUNDAY, The Gathering @ 10 am—YAM room
Most every SUNDAY, Eating together @ 11:30 am—see Mike N for info
Every TUESDAY, Bible Study @ 8 pm—YAM room
Fourth FRIDAY of every month, All Church Prayer Vigil @ 11:30 am—Friends in Christ Room
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COMING UP
SATURDAY, March 15 @ 7:00 pm, HomeBase at the Lundquist’s
SATURDAY, March 22 @ 3:00 pm-7:30 pm—Beach Fest (OUTREACH EVENT!, visit http://www.gospelcom.net/lpea/festivals/beachfest/ftlaud/ for more info)—FREE!!!
Sometime in March—March Madness (NCAA Men’s basketball)
FRIDAY, April 18 @ 5:00 pm—Avengers Game (Arena Football)
SUNDAY, May 4 @ 5:00 pm—See Spot Rock (concert, visit http://www.seespotrock.com for more info)
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NEWSFLASH— HomeBase at the Lundquist’s
March 15
7:00 pm to around 9
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STUDYING ROMANS WITH PASTOR CHARLIE
The Christian View of Life
The Danger of Judging Others
Romans 2:1-16
The judgmental person is self-righteous, v. 1-4
1. We are self-righteous when we accuse others and excuse ourselves.
2. We are self-righteous when we measure other people by our own standard.
3. We are self-righteous when we think that judging others puts us in a better position.
4. We are self-righteous when we misinterpret God’s blessing on our life.
The judgmental person is piling up God’s righteous anger, v. 5
--Indicators of passing judgment on others—
1. When we are doing the same thing we are pointing out as wrong in others.
2. When we are not dealing with our own faults and yet pointing out the faults in others.
3. When we are drawing a conclusion based on outward appearances.
4. When we decide a person’s spiritual condition based on external standards.
5. When our dialogue about a person degrades them or damages their character in the eyes of others.
6. When we act as the “motive” police.
Only God has the right to judge others, v. 6-16
1. God will judge at a time and date of his choosing, v. 16
2. God will judge truthfully, v. 6
3. God will judge impartially
- God will judge our conduct, v. 6, 10
- God will judge our consciences—how we respond to what we know, v. 12-15
- God will judge our character—what we are in the dark, v. 16
God made a way for us to escape the final judgment
Revelation 20:12-13, 15
John 3:16
Suggested Study Plan for Romans
1. Read a chapter a day. When you’ve finished the book, start over. By the end of the series—about six months—you will have read Paul’s Letter to the Romans eleven or twelve times. How cool is that?
2. Memorize! Three plans:
LIGHT LOAD: memorize Romans 14:1-15:2—a total of 25 verses. Memorize one verse a week and you will finish in about six months.
MODERATE LOAD: memorize Romans 14:1-15:2 and Romans 12— a total of 46 verses. Memorize two verses a week and you will finish in about six months.
HEAVY LOAD: memorize Romans 12:1-15:13— a total of 71 verses. Memorize three verses a week and you will finish in about six months.
To know it, you gotta DO it!
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TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY
YAM Tuesday—Big Rocks: where we’ve been and where we’re going
Big Rock One: The Word: 2 Timothy 3:10-17; Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Big Rock Two: God: Psalm 145:17-21; Hebrews 12:4-11
Big Rock Three: Man: Genesis 1:26-31
Here’s the jist of “Man: Genesis 1:26-31”
God intentionally created humans in his image, meaning that humans reflect the “usness” and “rulerness” of God. Humans reflect the “usness” of God by being male and female and by being fruitful and increasing in the earth (v. 27-28). Humans reflect the “rulerness” of God by ruling the animals and by filling/subduing the earth (v. 26, 28). Couple of thought questions: Where do you see the image of God in the world? Where do you see the image of God distorted? [NOTE: I made up the words “usness” and “rulerness” but I think you get the idea. If not, send me an email.]
This week: Big Rock Three, part two: Man: 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:4
If you’re away at school—or if you’re here in Torrance and would like to discuss the Tuesday Bible Study, or catch up on what you missed, the YAM blog (a log-in journaling place for YAM) can be found at http://tfbyam.blogspot.com/
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THE GATHERING—What do we do now that we know why we’re here?
Three: Discipleship
Discipleship is learning. Sound simple? Depends.
Let me tell you a story. Back around 686 to 760 BC (or BCE, if you prefer), there was a guy named Hosea living in the northern kingdom of Israel (the ten tribes to the north, who split after King Solomon died). He was a godly man. A rare thing, given the tendency for the northern kingdom to participate in idolatry. God asked Hosea to do a really weird thing—to marry an adulterous woman. Hosea did it. And as expected, his wife—Gomer (yes, Gomer)—slept around with other guys. In fact it got so bad that Hosea had no idea whether the kids were his. Eventually, Gomer got herself into real trouble—she ended up as a slave-prostitute. You would think that this man of God would be justified in dropping her. Nope. Hosea gathered up the cash, paid the slave price for Gomer, and brought her home to be his wife.
What does all this have to do with discipleship? It has to do with what it means to be the people of God. God uses Homer’s relationship with Gomer as a picture of God’s relationship with Israel. God is the bridegroom, and Israel is his adulterous wife.
Read Hosea 2:14-23. This is a poem-song of God concerning his adulterous wife, Israel. Underline all the things that God does (the “I” statements). Circle all the things Israel does (the “you” and “she” statements). Look over what you’ve marked. Given what you know from this passage, how would you describe the people of God? The language in this passage is the language of love, of love scorned, and of love’s sacrifice.
So, becoming the “wife” God wants us—the church—to be (and the church is the bride of Christ, look at Revelation 18 through the end) is the aim of the learning—the discipleship. Throughout the centuries, Christians have used spiritual disciplines to put themselves in training. There are two general categories: disciplines of abstinence and disciplines of engagement.
Disciplines of Abstinence are the disciplines in which we deny ourselves basic needs and desires so that we may draw closer to God in our discomfort.
Solitude
Silence
Fasting
Frugality
Chastity
Secrecy
Sacrifice
Disciplines of Engagement are designed so that we may dwell with Him.
Study
Meditation
Worship
Celebration
Service
Prayer
Fellowship
Confession
Submission
[see RESOURCES FOR LIVING OUT THE LESSON for a link to more info on the disciplines]
THE GROUP APPLICATION: Pick two or three disciplines you would like to learn more about. Go to the link above. Decide when and how you will start practicing this discipline. Then think about how YAM might incorporate the disciplines in our group time.
--Laura
Four: Ministry
Here’s the prep for week four:
Two questions to consider: What does God want you to be? What are you afraid of?
Five: Evangelism
One: Worship—Application: Starting in March, YAM will be inviting other TFB Sunday School classes to join us for a stone soup lunch—probably once a month or so.
Two: Fellowship—Application: Commit to spending time with one another outside of Sunday morning.
Each week an overview of the upcoming week’s lesson will be on http://tfbyam.blogspot.com/
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RESOURCES FOR LIVING OUT THE LESSON
Spiritual Disciplines, or the Classic Devotional Means of Grace, are the ways that we can use to come to a greater understanding of God and to a better relationship with Him. They all work together for a common goal of making the person practicing the disciplines more Christlike.
Another site to check out is Water's Edge
This is a series of lessons on the disciplines.
