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Sermon Summary

What Scripture is the Sermon is based on?

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What is the main point of the Sermon?

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Write down any figures of speech used by the preacher (Metaphors, Similes, hyperbole)

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Write down any new, unusual or particularly interesting words the preacher uses

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Next week:Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17

Middle-School Pew-work ...Page 2


Rearange the tiles to create a Scripture quotation, then answer this question:

  1. What is “walking in darkness” a metaphor of?
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7For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
11For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

  1. What do we learn for our own lives, about the joyful return of the Babylonian captives?
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  2. In what ways have you experienced exile?
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