Week 3: Stumbling blocks, and the idols of the world

Title: Stumbling blocks, and the idols of the world

Objective: 

• Discuss the meaning of being a stumbling block and how to avoid stumbling others
• The struggle in the service and one's spiritual life and its reward
• Today's idols and how to avoid them

Resources:

• Catena Bible Commentary
• HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
• Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
• Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary

Reading:

• 1 Cor 8-10

Key verse(s):

• "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. " 1 Corinthians 9:24

Comments:

Review questions:

1.  Who is known by God?
2. Therefore, if food makes my ______ stumble, I will never again eat _____, lest I make my brother _______.
3. Give verse that proves the Oneness of the Father and the Son.
4. What should make a person never eat meat again?
5. What personal rights did St. Paul give up?
6. In what way should we run and for what?
7. Why did St. Paul become all things to all men?
8. What does St. Paul say we should compete for?
9. List the failures the Israelites fell into.
10. What comfort does St. Paul give to believers in verse 13?
11.  What we should flee from?
12. Give verse that shows that all believers are one body.

Homework:

1. We know that we all have ________. Knowledge puffs up, but ______ edifies.
2. Therefore, if food makes my brother _____, I will never again eat _____, lest I make my _____ stumble.
3.  St. Paul says we should run to receive
   a) first prize b) an imperishable crown c) a tournament cup
4. The Lord has commanded that those who ______ the Gospel should live from the _______.
5. Who is our spiritual rock? a) Moses b) the Lord Jesus Christ c) our priest d) our brother
6. What we should flee from? a) the enemy b) the judge c) idolatry