February 13-17, 2023
Study Guide
Bible Lesson 22: Absalom Rebels against David
Memory Verse: Hebrews 3:12 Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. CSB
February 13-17, 2023
Study Guide
Bible Lesson 22: Absalom Rebels against David
Memory Verse: Hebrews 3:12 Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. CSB
- Rebellion refers to an act of opposition or an uprising against those in authority.
- Conspiracy is defined as a secret plan to commit a crime or wrongdoing.
- Absalom, King David’s son, won Israel’s allegiance and ultimately stole the people’s devotion to God. This grew into a conspiracy to take his father’s kingdom.
- Although Absalom and those around him proclaimed him to be king of Israel, God had not chosen him as king.
- Absalom led a failed battle to try to kill his father, David, in which 20,000 men died.
- As Absalom fled the battle in defeat, his hair became caught in the branches of a tree, and Joab, with 10 of his men, killed Absalom.
- A godly father should respond to a rebellious child with loving discipline.
- Five of Absalom’s negative character traits were being hateful, unforgiving, disloyal, overly ambitious, and conspiring. These negative character traits were also sources of rebellion in his life.
- Absalom demonstrated his character flaws by bringing hateful and unforgiving to his brother, being overly ambitious by conspiring against his father and god, and being disloyal to King David and God.
- The cause of Absalom’s failure was a rebellious, wicked heart.
- Once a pattern of rebellion forms in a person’s life, it must be broken, or there will be severe consequences.
- Four steps to break the patterns of rebellion are to trust God, to memorize Scripture, to serve humbly and to think rightly.
- Satan uses every means possible to try to prevent the purposes of God.
- The name Satan means adversary.
- An adversary refers to an enemy, or one who opposes or fights another.
- Satan’s rebellion and Absalom’s sinful actions were similar in that both were attractive, both conspired to take over the throne, both were deceptive in convincing many to rebel with them, both had a problem with pride, and both failed. They both acted on their own selfish impulses, rejecting authority, including God.
- When people are not content with God’s plan for their life, it can lead to open rebellion and direct disobedience against God, leading people to act more like Satan than like Christ.
- David had the right to demand submission from Absalom, because David was both Absalom’s father and the king of Israel.
- Revenge shows a belief that God cannot or will not properly take care of the matter. It is rebellion to ignore God’s instruction.
- Vengeance belongs to the Lord (Romans 12:17-21).
- When it comes to dealing with revenge, Christians must trust completely in God to do His work in His time and way.
Spelling Lesson 23
exports – sends things out from one country into another country
exchange – trade
expression – a word, sign, or phrase that represents a feeling
impolite – rude; not polite
imperfection – a defect, flaw, or blemish; not perfection
imports – bring things into one country from another country
inactive – idle; sluggish; not active
incapable – lacking ability; not able to do something
incomplete – unfinished; not complete
nonsense – word or actions that have no meaning or are silly and foolish; not sensible
nonfiction – something told or written that is factual; not false
thorax – the middle section of an insect’s body
species – a category or kind of animal
antenna – one of a pair of sensory organs on the head of an insect
abdomen – the third section of an insect’s body
segmented – divided into sections or parts
invertebrate – an animal that does not have a backbone
bilateral – relating to two sides
exoskeleton – the hard, outer covering of an animal
informative – full of news and facts
Test Schedule February 13-17, 2023
Spelling Pretest – No spelling pretest this week
Bible: Chapter 21 (David Sins) Test – Tuesday, February 14
Reading Tests – Vocabulary and Story comprehension Friday, Feb. 17
Spelling Definition Test – Friday, Feb. 17
Spelling Word Test – Friday, Feb. 17
Read and Comprehend Cold Read – Friday, Feb. 17
Social Studies – Thursday, Feb. 16 Chapter 2 Test
Math – Friday, Feb. 17 Chapter 6 Test (Multiply and Divide Decimals)
Language – Friday, Feb. 17 Chapter 6 Test (Modifiers)
Homework: Please check your child’s agenda for daily homework. (i.e., math)
Study for upcoming tests!
Read AR book for 20 minutes each night.
Weekly Focus February 13- 17, 2023
Bible – Chapter 22 – Absalom Rebels against David
Literature – The Streets Are Free
Language – Using Modifiers Well
Math – Order of Operations, Problem Solving, Division
Social Studies – The Age of Exploration
