1) Explain the significance of Isaiah’s presence before the LORD on his throne in Isaiah 6.1-2. What elements of God’s person are evident from this vision of the LORD’s throne room?

2) Explain the meaning of what Isaiah heard said of the LORD in his vision of the throne room: “And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy,…

1) What does Paul’s description of we “being dead in trespasses and sins” mean (Eph. 2:1)? In what way do the lost follow the course of this world under Satan’s power (v. 2)?  In what ways do those who don’t know the Lord follow the course of the world, being children of wrath (v. 3)?

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1) What does the psalmist exhort himself to do in connection to the LORD (Psalm 103:1-2)?  Explain the specific benefits that the psalmist says he should never forget, the benefits that spawn this blessing (vv. 3-5)?

2) List out the truths laid out regarding the Lord’s person and works, specifically in connection to our sins and our iniquities (vv. 6-10).  How…

1) Explain the significance of God inviting Moses up to the mountain, just after Moses pleads with God to show to him the glory of God? (Exod. 34:14).  Why do you think God asked him to come alone, and early in the morning? What role do the two tablets play in this visitation?

2) What is the significance of this visitation from the LORD for Moses—explain the weight…

1) Why does Jeremiah ask the Lord to remember his “affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall” �(v. 19)?  Why ought we to petition the Lord to remember us during our time of trial?

2) What role does memory and remembrance play in our spiritual refreshment or discouragement (v. 20-21)?  Explain the relationship between calling the Lord’s actions to mind and our…

1) Explain the significance of God asserting that he has searched and known us (Ps. 139.1).  Why is this important, that God knows our sitting down, our thoughts, our lying down, and all our ways, even the words on our tongue and our life situation (vv. 2-5)?

2) Answer the question of verse 7: Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? What is the significance of God finding us in either heaven or in…

1) How does the LORD address his people regarding his ability to be found, and his nearness to them (Isa. 55.6)?   What is God’s advice to the “wicked” and the “unrighteous person” (cf. v. 7a)?  What is the reason God says the wayward person should return to him (v. 7b)?

2) What metaphor does the LORD employ to describe the distance between his thoughts and ways and ours (vv.…