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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 6, Day 4: Ruth 3
Summary of Passage: Naomi is now playing match-maker with Boaz. She tells Ruth to go to the winnowing party and look her best. Then, once Boaz is finished eating, Ruth is to uncover his feet and lie...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 6, Day 5: Ruth 4
Summary of Ruth 4: Boaz goes to the town gate and waits for the other kinsman-redeemer to come along. When he does, Boaz gathers 10 of the town elders and asks this guy if he is going to redeem...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 7, Day 3: 1 Samuel...
Summary of 1 Samuel 2:1-11: Hannah praises God in her prayer as she leaves her son, Samuel. She boasts of God’s strength, His holiness, His omniscience, of how God feeds and raises up, He humbles and...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 7, Day 5: 1 Samuel 3
Summary of 1 Samuel 3: God first speaks to Samuel late at night as he lay in the temple. Samuel thought it was Eli calling him but by the third time, Eli realized it was God calling Samuel. He tells...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 8, Day 2: 1 Samuel 4-5
Summary of 1 Samuel 4-5: 1 Samuel 4: Israel fought against the Philistines who defeated them. Not understanding why, the elders of Israel decide to bring the ark of the Covenant out from Shiloh and...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 8, Day 3: 1 Samuel 6
Summary of 1 Samuel 6: The priests and the diviners of the Philistines hatch a plan to send the ark of the covenant back to the Israelites: they made gold models as a guilt offering of 5 gold tumors...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 8, Day 4: 1 Samuel 7
Summary of 1 Samuel 7: The ark of the covenant is now at Kiriath Jearim, guarded by Eleazar. The ark stayed here 20 years until the Israelites rid themselves of foreign gods and Ashtoreths. All the...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 8, Day 5: 1 Samuel 8
Summary 1 Samuel 8: Samuel grew old and his sons, Joel and Abijah, did not walk in the ways of the Lord. Thus, the elders of Israel asked for a king. Samuel consulted God who said the Israelites were...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 9, Day 2: 1 Samuel...
Summary 1 Samuel 9: Saul, a tall young man, was sent by his father, Kish, to find their donkeys. Saul’s servant suggests they go ask a man of God where the donkeys are because they couldn’t find the...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 9, Day 3: 1 Samuel 11
Summary 1 Samuel 11: The Ammonite threatened the city of Jabesh Gilead. Jabesh wanted to surrender, but the Ammonites said only if we gouge out the right eye of every one of you to disgrace Israel....
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 9, Day 4: 1 Samuel...
Summary of 1 Samuel 12: Samuel, having found a king the people asked for and served the people of Israel faithfully, retires. Samuel warns God will be against them if they do not obey like it was...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 9, Day 5: 1 Samuel...
Summary 1 Samuel 14: Jonathan decides to attack the Philistines single-handedly with just his armor-bearer by his side. They both climbed up a cliff to where the Philistines were who told Jonathan to...
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Why Did God Reject Saul as King?
Every human on this planet has been rejected at some point in their life. Either for jobs or colleges or people or loved ones or to get a book published or what-have-you. But Saul faced the ultimate...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 10, Day 2: 1 Samuel...
1 Samuel 16:1-13: God speaks to Samuel and sends him off to Bethlehem, where God has chosen one of Jesse’s sons to be king. He needs Samuel to anoint the new king. Samuel is afraid Saul will get wind...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 10, Day 3: 1 Samuel...
Summary of 1 Samuel 16:14-23: God left Samuel and put an evil spirit upon him. His servants thought music, a harpist, would help. They suggest David whom the Lord is with. Saul sent for David who came...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 10, Day 4: 1 Samuel...
Summary 1 Samuel 17:1-32: The war between the Israelites and the Philistines continues as both sides prepare for battle at Socoh in Judah. A valley separates the two armies. The Philistines send out a...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 10, Day 5: 1 Samuel...
Summary 1 Samuel 17:33-58: Saul tells David he’s only a boy; he can’t go and fight Goliath. David says he has killed bears and lions in defense of his sheep, and God will deliver him from this...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 11, Day 2: Psalm 139
Summary of Psalm 139: David prays/sings to God, saying how God knows everything about him and where he’ll go and what he’ll say. God is everywhere, guiding him. God made David in the womb and knew...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 11, Day 3: Psalms 7...
Summary of Psalm 7: A psalm of David’s concerning Cush, a Benjamite, David entreats God to save him and be his refuge. If he has done wrong, let his enemies overtake him. David pleads for justice to...
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BSF Study Questions People of the Promised Land 1: Lesson 12, Day 3: 1 Samuel...
Summary 1 Samuel 19: Since the plan with the Philistines didn’t work, Saul would take matters into his own hands and call for David’s death. He asked his son and attendants to kill David. Jonathan...
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