2 SAMUEL

EXPLORE THE BIBLE®

SUMMER .18

LEADERGUIDE

GENERAL EDITOR: JASON ALLEN

The goal of Bible study is never merely to just know

the Bible. The ultimate goal is worship. We want students to catch a vision

for the glory, greatness, and goodness of God.

Parents are called to be the primary disciplers of their children. We recognize this

and promise to provide opportunities for parents to

exercise this calling.

It’s not enough for students to study the Bible on their own.

God saves us individually, but He calls us to work out

our salvation in the context of community by studying,

applying, and wrestling with Scripture together.

God has given us a mission that begins where we are and

extends to every nation on the globe. Explore The Bible

promises to help students to both see their part and actively

participate in this mission.

Every session of Explore The Bible points students to their need for Christ. We are not

interested in producing good Pharisees, but disciples

who see their need for Christ and seek Him daily.

God loved us so much that He took on human flesh

and entered our culture and context. Every session of

Explore The Bible helps leaders enter the culture and context of their students in hopes of

pointing them to Christ.

WORSHIP

FAMILY

COMMUNITY

MISSION

GOSPEL

CONTEXT

DISTINCTIVESOF EXPLORE THE BIBLE: STUDENTS

WE PROMISE TO HELP YOU MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY BIBLE STUDY BY EMPHASIZING THE FOLLOWING 6 DISTINCTIVES:

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Preparation

Prior to each group meeting . . .• Familiarize yourself with the Scripture text.• Read the passage twice.• Read the chapter of Scripture that precedes and follows each session’s Bible text for context.• Read over the Explore Options, Conversation questions, Now What questions, and leader notes so that you will

be prepared to lead your students to discuss and engage the text.• Refer to the Commentary page for help with questions that come up as you study the text.

Alignment

Explore the Bible for Students generally covers the same texts as Explore the Bible for Adults. Occassionally we will study different verses/passages in order to speak to the unique context of teenagers. Any discrepancies are listed here:

• There are no discrepancies. The Summer 2018 Student study on 2 Samuel covers the same chapters and verses as the Adult study.

Leader Guide

This teaching plan for the leaders of students contains five sections:

EXPLORATIONThis portion of the study is designed to introduce you and your students to the passage of Scripture they will be studying and the Central Truth of the text.

Explore Options: These are interactive activities or engaging illustrations that help illustrate the Central Truth of each session. Each session contains two Explore Options. Review both and choose the one that works best for your group. If you begin your group session with an Explore Options, read that session’s Bible text afterward.

Talk it Out: These are discussion questions that introduce each session's key themes. These questions are designed to help students connect the text to their context. If you choose to begin your group session with the Talk it Out questions, you will want to read this week’s Bible text prior.

CONVERSATIONThis portion of the study is designed to help you walk through the Scriptures with your students. You will find the following two elements:

Discussion Questions: These questions are designed to get students to dig into Scripture, training them to look to Scripture for the answers to their questions. All questions are included in the Personal Study Guide and are numbered “01-10” so that you can guide students to look at particular discussion questions in their Personal Study Guides.

Leader’s Notes: Every discussion question is answered in the Leader’s Guide, so that leaders are prepared to guide discussion as students engage the text.

HOW TO USEExplore the Bible

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COMMENTARYThis portion of the study is located to the right of each Conversation page. The Commentary provides additional information to help leaders understand the text and give additional insight to the discussion questions.

The Commentary contains four types of Context notes designed to help explain the context of the Scripture students are studying:

Literary Context: Key word studies and cross references.

Historical Context: Historical setting, including information on key characters.

Cultural Context: Highlights of the political and cultural environment.

Theological Context: Information to help answer deeper questions from the text.

NOW WHAT?This portion of the study is designed to highlight the Central Truth of the passage and help students apply that truth to their daily lives.• Each session contains four Now What? Questions.• The questions are numbered “11-14” and are included in

the Personal Study Guide so that you can guide students to look at particular discussion questions in their Personal Study Guides.

PERSONAL CHALLENGEEach session concludes with a Personal Challenge that calls students to continue processing what they’ve learned and to apply the Central Truth to their context as students. Each of the following sections of the Personal Challenge are also included in the Personal Study Guide:

Dwell: A challenge to meditate on and consider ways to apply the truths students have learned.

Memorize: Each session provides a memory verse for you and your students to learn together.

Pray: A suggested prayer to guide your closing prayer time and to challenge students to pray throughout the week.

Keep on Digging: Additional passages of Scripture for students to read on their own in order to further understand and apply each session’s Central Truth.

Family Connection

The Family Connection is a new resource that equips parents to have spiritual conversations with their students. The Family Connection provides: • A brief summary of each session to help

parents understand what their students learned in each session

• “As You Go” questions—these are simple questions designed to help families discuss the Bible on the go—on the way home from church or on the way to school or practice.

• A Family Devotion with discussion questions and a prayer prompt for those families who want to go deeper together.

Provide Family Connection for parents of students in your church by making it available on your website, through email, or print it and send it home with students.

Leader Pack

The optional Leader Pack provides leaders with additional ways to make the session interactive with PowerPoint templates, posters, videos, and a downloadable PDF of our Family Connection. To help identify when to use each item, look for the Leader Pack directive in each session.

Midweek Studies

These are additional verse-by-verse studies that can be used in a large or small group setting that complement each session. These can be found at lifeway.com/etbsum2sam.

Middle School Option

This is a Middle School specific version of the Leader Guide and Personal Study Guide. It is available for purchase at www.lifeway.com/explorethebible and in our Explore the Bible App available on the App Store and Google Play Store.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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READING PLANBible

July[ ] Day 1 / 2 Samuel 11:1-9

[ ] Day 2 / 2 Samuel 11:10-13

[ ] Day 3 / 2 Samuel 11:14-22

[ ] Day 4 / 2 Samuel 11:23-27

[ ] Day 5 / 2 Samuel 12:1-10

[ ] Day 6 / 2 Samuel 12:11-15

[ ] Day 7 / 2 Samuel 12:16-23

[ ] Day 8 / 2 Samuel 12:24-31

[ ] Day 9 / 2 Samuel 13:1-7

[ ] Day 10 / 2 Samuel 13:8-14

[ ] Day 11 / 2 Samuel 13:15-20

[ ] Day 12 / 2 Samuel 13:21-29

[ ] Day 13 / 2 Samuel 13:30-39

[ ] Day 14 / 2 Samuel 14:1-8

[ ] Day 15 / 2 Samuel 14:9-14

[ ] Day 16 / 2 Samuel 14:15-18

[ ] Day 17 / 2 Samuel 14:19-26

[ ] Day 18 / 2 Samuel 14:27-33

[ ] Day 19 / 2 Samuel 15:1-6

[ ] Day 20 / 2 Samuel 15:7-12

[ ] Day 21 / 2 Samuel 15:13-18

[ ] Day 22 / 2 Samuel 15:19-29

[ ] Day 23 / 2 Samuel 15:30-37

[ ] Day 24 / 2 Samuel 16:1-4

[ ] Day 25 / 2 Samuel 16:5-9

[ ] Day 26 / 2 Samuel 16:10-14

[ ] Day 27 / 2 Samuel 16:15-23

[ ] Day 28 / 2 Samuel 17:1-10

[ ] Day 29 / 2 Samuel 17:11-14

[ ] Day 30 / 2 Samuel 17:15-20

[ ] Day 31 / 2 Samuel 17:21-23

August[ ] Day 1 / 2 Samuel 17:24-29

[ ] Day 2 / 2 Samuel 18:1-8

[ ] Day 3 / 2 Samuel 18:9-13

[ ] Day 4 / 2 Samuel 18:14-18

[ ] Day 5 / 2 Samuel 18:19-23

[ ] Day 6 / 2 Samuel 18:24-28

[ ] Day 7 / 2 Samuel 18:29-33

[ ] Day 8 / 2 Samuel 19:1-7

[ ] Day 9 / 2 Samuel 19:8-13

[ ] Day 10 / 2 Samuel 19:14-23

[ ] Day 11 / 2 Samuel 19:24-33

[ ] Day 12 / 2 Samuel 19:34-43

[ ] Day 13 / 2 Samuel 20:1-6

[ ] Day 14 / 2 Samuel 20:7-13

[ ] Day 15 / 2 Samuel 20:14-26

[ ] Day 16 / 2 Samuel 21:1-9

[ ] Day 17 / 2 Samuel 21:10-14

[ ] Day 18 / 2 Samuel 21:15-22

[ ] Day 19 / 2 Samuel 22:1-6

[ ] Day 20 / 2 Samuel 22:7-16

[ ] Day 21 / 2 Samuel 22:17-20

[ ] Day 22 / 2 Samuel 22:21-25

[ ] Day 23 / 2 Samuel 22:26-31

[ ] Day 24 / 2 Samuel 22:32-43

[ ] Day 25 / 2 Samuel 22:44-51

[ ] Day 26 / 2 Samuel 23:1-7

[ ] Day 27 / 2 Samuel 23:8-19

[ ] Day 28 / 2 Samuel 23:20-39

[ ] Day 29 / 2 Samuel 24:1-10

[ ] Day 30 / 2 Samuel 24:11-17

[ ] Day 31 / 2 Samuel 24:18-25

June[ ] Day 1 / 2 Samuel 1:1-10

[ ] Day 2 / 2 Samuel 1:11-16

[ ] Day 3 / 2 Samuel 1:17-27

[ ] Day 4 / 2 Samuel 2:1-7

[ ] Day 5 / 2 Samuel 2:8-16

[ ] Day 6 / 2 Samuel 2:17-32

[ ] Day 7 / 2 Samuel 3:1-11

[ ] Day 8 / 2 Samuel 3:12-16

[ ] Day 9 / 2 Samuel 3:17-23

[ ] Day 10 / 2 Samuel 3:24-30

[ ] Day 11 / 2 Samuel 3:31-39

[ ] Day 12 / 2 Samuel 4:1-8

[ ] Day 13 / 2 Samuel 4:9-12

[ ] Day 14 / 2 Samuel 5:1-8

[ ] Day 15 / 2 Samuel 5:9-16

[ ] Day 16 / 2 Samuel 5:17-25

[ ] Day 17 / 2 Samuel 6:1-11

[ ] Day 18 / 2 Samuel 6:12-22

[ ] Day 19 / 2 Samuel 7:1-7

[ ] Day 20 / 2 Samuel 7:8-17

[ ] Day 21 / 2 Samuel 7:18-21

[ ] Day 22 / 2 Samuel 7:22-24

[ ] Day 23 / 2 Samuel 7:25-29

[ ] Day 24 / 2 Samuel 8:1-6

[ ] Day 25 / 2 Samuel 8:7-13

[ ] Day 26 / 2 Samuel 9:1-6

[ ] Day 27 / 2 Samuel 9:7-13

[ ] Day 28 / 2 Samuel 10:1-6

[ ] Day 29 / 2 Samuel 10:7-12

[ ] Day 30 / 2 Samuel 10:13-19

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FEATURES

How to Use ..........................................................................................2

Bible Reading Plan .......................................................................... 134

App & Study Plan ........................................................................... 135

SESSIONS

SESSION 1: A New King .................................................................. 4

SESSION 2: On His Throne ................................................................... 14

SESSION 3: Rejoice in Him ................................................................ 24

SESSION 4: Eternal Kingdom ............................................................. 34

SESSION 5: Show Kindness ............................................................ 44

SESSION 6: Sin and Justice ................................................................ 54

SESSION 7: Sin’s Destruction ........................................................... 64

SESSION 8: Evaluate Ambition ............................................................ 74

SESSION 9: God Restores .................................................................. 84

SESSION 10: Embrace Wisdom .......................................................... 94

SESSION 11: Promise Keeper ............................................................ 104

SESSION 12: Give Thanks .................................................................. 114

SESSION 13: Need for Discipline ..................................................... 124

EXPLORE THE BIBLE: STUDENTS

Leader Guide, Summer 2018VOLUME 4 • NUMBER 4

ERIC GEIGERSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, LIFEWAY

RESOURCES

JASON ALLENGENERAL EDITOR

DREW DIXONEDITOR

JOHN PAUL BASHAMMANAGER, STUDENT

MINISTRY PUBLISHING

BEN TRUEBLOODDIRECTOR, STUDENT MINISTRY

Send questions/comments to: Drew Dixon, Editor

drew.dixon@lifeway.com Explore the Bible: Leader Guide

One LifeWay Plaza Nashville, TN 37234

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is published quarterly by LifeWay, One LifeWay Plaza, Nashville, TN 37234,

Thom S. Rainer, President. © 2018 LifeWay

For ordering or inquiries, visit www.lifeway.com, or write LifeWay Customer Service, One LifeWay Plaza,

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We believe that the Bible has God for its author; salvation for its end; and truth, without any mixture of error,

for its matter and that all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. To review

LifeWay’s doctrinal guideline, please visit www.lifeway.com/doctrinalguideline.

CSB—Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken

from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible

Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks

of Holman Bible Publishers.

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SUGGESTED FOR THE WEEK OF

June 3

June 10

June 17

June 24

July 1

July 8

July 15

July 22

July 29

August 5

August 12

August 19

August 26

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FEATURES

Introduction to 2 Samuel................................................................ 2

Outline of 2 Samuel ....................................................................... 3

Bible Reading Plan ............................................................................ 82

7 Arrows for Bible Reading ............................................................... 83

Notes ................................................................................................ 84

SESSIONS

SESSION 1: A New King................................................................... 4

SESSION 2: On His Throne ................................................................. 10

SESSION 3: Rejoice in Him ............................................................... 16

SESSION 4: Eternal Kingdom ............................................................... 22

SESSION 5: Show Kindness ........................................................ 28

SESSION 6: Sin and Justice .............................................................. 34

SESSION 7: Sin’s Destruction ........................................................... 40

SESSION 8: Evaluate Ambition ......................................................... 46

SESSION 9: God Restores ............................................................ 52

SESSION 10: Embrace Wisdom ........................................................... 58

SESSION 11: Promise Keeper .............................................................. 64

SESSION 12: Give Thanks ................................................................... 70

SESSION 13: Need for Discipline ...................................................... 76

EXPLORE THE BIBLE: STUDENTS

Personal Study Guide, Summer 2018VOLUME 4 • NUMBER 4

ERIC GEIGERSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, LIFEWAY

RESOURCES

JASON ALLENGENERAL EDITOR

DREW DIXONEDITOR

JOHN PAUL BASHAMMANAGER, STUDENT MINISTRY PUBLISHING

BEN TRUEBLOODDIRECTOR, STUDENT MINISTRY

Send questions/comments to: Drew Dixon, Editor

drew.dixon@lifeway.com Explore the Bible: Personal Study Guide

One LifeWay Plaza Nashville, TN 37234

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Explore the Bible: Personal Study Guide (ISSN: 2377-0384; Item 005646504)

is published quarterly by LifeWay, One LifeWay Plaza, Nashville, TN 37234,

Thom S. Rainer, President. © 2018 LifeWay

For ordering or inquiries, visit www.lifeway.com, or write LifeWay Customer Service, One LifeWay Plaza, Nashville, TN 37234.

For orders with three or more issues shipped to one address, mailed monthly, at the ministry rate, visit

lifeway.com/mediaoptions, fax (615) 251-5933, or write to the above address.

We believe that the Bible has God for its author; salvation for its end; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter and that all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy.

To review LifeWay’s doctrinal guideline, please visit www.lifeway.com/doctrinalguideline.

CSB—Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian Standard

Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian

Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

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