January 23-27, 2023
Study Guide
Bible Lesson 19: Saul Is Prideful
Memory Verse: 1 Samuel 15:22b-23a “Look: to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry.”
- God had specific qualifications for a king. He must be chosen by God from Israel. He would not multiply the number of his horse, his wives, or his wealth. He would copy the law, read it every day, and obey the law.
- The king would be humble and not become proud and think of himself as better than the people.
- Saul’s downfall began when he took matters into his own hands instead of trusting God and waiting for Samuel to make the pre-battle sacrifices. As a result, Samuel prophesied that Saul would lose the kingdom and God would seek another king with a heart for God.
- God told Saul to carry out His judgment and completely destroy the Amalekites and all their possessions. Instead, Saul spared their king and the best animals.
- When confronted with his sin, Saul made excuses by saying that the people took the animals to offer as sacrifices to the Lord.
- Saul’s partial obedience was actually disobedience.
- Saul became so prideful that he built a monument to himself instead of giving God the glory.
- When God rejected Saul as king because of his pride and disobedience, Saul was not concerned about his relationship to God. He was concerned about how it would appear to the people.
- God says that obedience is better than sacrifice.
- The occult refers to any practice seeking power from or contact with the ungodly spiritual realm.
- Abomination means something worthy of hatred or causing extreme disgust.
- Occultic practices include fortune telling, palm reading, mediums, spiritists, séances, witchcraft, sorcery, divination, astrology, horoscope, and omens.
- God equates rebellion to the sin of witchcraft.
- Saul’s final act of disobedience was asking a medium to call Samuel up from the dead.
- Samuel reminded Saul of Saul’s sin and prophesied his death.
- Saul and his sons died on Mount Gilboa.
- Proverbs 16:18 states that pride comes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Haughty means blatantly proud or arrogant.
- God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6).
- Saul is remembered as a disobedient and prideful king whom God rejected.
- Demanding your own way or demanding your first choice is not a good idea because it may not be God’s plan.
- Remember: Give God credit or glory for your accomplishments and remember that your abilities come from God.
- A prideful person will find himself/herself in a very humbling situation because God loves his children too much to leave them in their sin.
Spelling Lesson 20
afford – to be able to bear the cost
source – a point of origin or procurement
chores – tasks
normal – ordinary
internal –inner; interior
squirrel – a small or medium-sized rodent
nervous – uneasy
purpose – intention
calendar – a table listing days and dates
searching – seeking
particular – specific
courtroom – a room where court is convened
habitat – the environment in which an animal normally lives
tolerate – to bear
nourished – to feed
carnivore – a meat-eating animal
herbivore – a plant-eating animal
marsupial – a mammal whose offspring partially develop in a pouch on the mother’s abdomen
vertebrates – animals with backbones
recapture – to take back again
Test Schedule January 23-27, 2023
Spelling Pretest – No spelling pretest this week
Bible: Chapter 18 (Saul Becomes King) Test – Tuesday, January 24
Reading Tests – Vocabulary and Story comprehension Friday, Jan. 27
Spelling Definition Test – Thursday, January 26
Spelling Word Test – Friday, January 27
Read and Comprehend Cold Reads – Friday, January 27
Math – Chapter 5 Test, Wednesday, January 25
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 January 17-20, 2023
Bible – Chapter 19 – Saul Is Prideful
Literature – The Whimbrel
English – Adjectives/Adverbs
Math – Chapter 5 2-Digit Divisors and Chapter 5 Test/ Chapter 6
Social Studies – Our Nation’s Geography
