Key Thought: This week, we explore the complexity, limitations, conditions, and the spiritual implications of Divine war.
November 1, 2025
1. Have a volunteer read Genesis 18:25, Psalm 7:11, 50:6, 82:1.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
- How does the role of God as the Judge of the universe help us understand the function of Divine war ?
- Personal Application: What these verses say about God’s character? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What is the difference between revenge, anger and righteous judgment and indignation? What is the line between mercy and forgiveness and punishment?” How would you respond to your relative?
2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 23:28:32, 33:2, 34:11, Numbers 33:32, Deut 7:20.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What is the purpose of Israel’s conquest and the extent of the destruction?
- Personal Application: What elements in your own character and habits must be uprooted and annihilated? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your friends states, “I don’t see many people discussing God’s wrath anymore. They focus on love and forgiveness. But does God approve of war now like He did when Israel was conquering the Promised Land? Or is any kind of war justifiable in today’s world? ” How would you respond to your friend?
3. Have a volunteer read Deuteronomy 20:10, 15-18, 13:12-18.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- How does the law of warfare against a town in Israel help us understand the limits of destruction in the war Israel was engaged in?
- Personal Application: What are the spiritual implications and consequences of our free choices when in defiance of God? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “I am involved with a conflict with my coworker. He is unreasonable, talking behind my back, verbally abusive, and argumentative. How can I be an agent of peace when this person is anything but peaceful?” How would you respond to your neighbor?
4. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 9:6, 11:1-5, Micah 4:3.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- How do these Scriptures describe the future that God has planned for His people?
- Personal Application: How can we, by seeking to reflect Jesus, be agents of peace? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.
(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared. ”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).
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