Student Assignment Presentation

Reminder that we need one another in our growth in Bible understanding.

We all need to be discipled...

We all need knowledge to help us grow in knowledge.

Instructions:

Take 6-7 minutes to present.

Then the class (and I) will give feedback.

Not a sermon or exposition.

An exercise to find the main point and defend the main point with the passage.

In your time to present:

Read your Passage

What is your main point in 1 or 2 sentences?

Write it on the whiteboard.

Prove your main point with textual proof.

An incorrect of its main point is ______?

What textual details show that this interpretation is incorrect?

Psalm 6

Structure:

1-3 Rebuke me not

4-7 Turn

8-10 Depart

Main Point:

Cry to the LORD for help in reliance on God’s unfailing love, and have confidence.

Psalm 7

Structure:

1-5 (1-2 and 3-5)

6-16

17

Main Point:

The King takes refuge in the Lord and calls on Him to execute His righteous judgment and as a result his heart is filled with thanksgiving and praise.

Psalm 13

1-2 Complaint / situation

3-4 Request

5-6 Trust / Faith

David trusts in the steadfast love of the Lord enabling him to walk through dark days when God seems absent and his enemies strong.

Psalm 56

Structure:

1-4 (1-2 and 3-4)

5-11 (5-9 and 10-11)

12-13

Main Point:

Do not fear mortal man, but trust in God who knows our sufferings and is able to deliver you from death to walk before Him in the light of life.

Psalm 69

Structure:

(Notice 1, 29 and 35)

1-29 (1-5, 6, 7-12, 13-21 and 22-29)

30-36

—OR—

1-12

13-29

30-36

Main Point:

Look with the king who cries to God for deliverance and will praise him for saving the king and his people.

Psalm 109

Structure:

Note: 1 and 30-31

1-5

6-20 (6-15 and 16-20

21-29 (21-25 and 26-29)

30-31

Main Point:

David pleads for God to vindicate him against wicked foes who unjustly accuse him so that all will know God has done it and is worthy of praise.

Psalm 18 (Becky)

1

2-29

2-3

4-15

16-19

20-29

20-24

25-27

28-29 -the reason God comes to fight for him

30-45

46-48

49-50

Main Point:

David loves and praises God, the Warrior who fights for him, equips him, and secures the reign of his house forever.

Psalm 107 (Charley)

Note: 1-3, 43, also vv.4, 10, 17, 23 and

1-3

4-32 (each section ends similarly “Let them…steadfast love”)

4-9

10-16

17-22

23-32

33-42

43

Main Point:

The wise person sees God’s steadfast love, even in the difficult circumstances.

Psalm 116 (Lorena)

1-11

1-4

1-2

3-4

5-9

10-11

12-19a

12-14

15-19a

19b

Main Point:

Love and praise the Lord all your days because he hears/answers when we cry for mercy.

Psalm 113 (Tirsa)

Note: 1a and 9c

1a (Praise the LORD)

1b–3

4-9b

4

5-6

7-9b

9c (Praise the LORD)

Main Point:

Praise the Lord because, though He is so great and over all, He both sees and stoops down to raise up the lowly

Psalm 114 (Gerson)

1-2  - In the Exodus God took up residence in the midst of His people

3-6  - What happens when God resides among His people?

3-4

5-6

7-8 - How should we respond?

Main Point:

When God resides among His people, tremble for His power brings life out of nothing

Psalm 115 (Karina)

1

2-8

2-3

4-7

8

9-13

9-11

12-13

14-18

14-15 - pronouncement of blessing

16-18

Main Point:

Let your life express praise and trust in the Lord for He alone is the living God who remembers and blesses His people.

Last night’s Exercise in Psalm 3

Why do you think I had you look at the verses in Psalm 3 in order to:

identify similar struggles that we go through...

identify NC promises that we have in the NT...

And, if the passage allows, how is Christ the fulfillment?

And, this why we gave a false main point and had you prove it wrong from the text.

The Gospel of Mark

Overall Theme

Jesus is the Son of God and has authority over all things.

Jesus proves this with Miracles

He speaks about His sacrifice as a ransom

Jesus shows how He uses His authority to save His enemies.