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March 11: There Is No God Like You (2 Chronicles 6:12-21)

To engage the learners in a study of the Scripture text:

Divide the class into three groups, giving each group one of these research assignments:

Promise about the temple (2 Chronicles 6:14, 15; 1 Kings 5:5; 1 Chronicles 17:1-12; 22:5-10a; 28:20).

Promise about the throne of David (2 Chronicles 6:16, 17; 2 Samuel 7:16; 1 Chronicles 22:10b; Luke 1:30-33; Acts 2:29-32).

Promise about God’s presence (2 Chronicles 6:18-21; 2 Chronicles 2:6; Isaiah 66:1; Acts 17:24, 25; 2 Corinthians 6:16).

Have groups read their assigned verses and summarize what is said about the promise in them. After ten to fifteen minutes, have groups report. You are looking for responses like these:

Promise about the temple David wanted to build a temple, but God would not allow it. Rather, that privilege would go to Solomon. In our text, Solomon is standing in that completed structure, thanking God for fulfilling that promise.

Promise about the throne of David God promised David that, unlike Saul’s throne, David’s family would always rule. That was not only fulfilled by Solomon and kings that followed, but it is true today. Jesus reigns forever as the final king in David’s line.

Promise about God’s presence Solomon recognized that no building, no matter how grand, could hold God. But God promised that he would hear prayers and accept sacrifices offered from the temple. Finally, however, the ultimate temple of God is the church in which God’s Spirit lives and acts.

 

To encourage personal application:

Download the “Promise Prescriptions” worksheet here. Make copies for all your class members.

To close class, distribute the worksheet and encourage class members to look through the list of problems listed there. Have them pinpoint two or three of these concerns that especially apply to them. If time permits, allow them to look up the Scripture prescriptions for their struggles and write them on the back of the worksheet. Ask them to take the worksheets home and memorize the promise prescriptions that address their concerns.

Jim Eichenberger

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