1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 | Bible Study Questions
Observation
What does it say?
- Read 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a
- What characters are mentioned in our text and who are they?
- Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
- What details about Eli do you notice?
- What contrast do you notice between 3:1 and 4:1?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- How does someone "minister to the LORD"? (1 Samuel 3:1)
- Was Eli ministering to the LORD?
- Why do you think that the "word of the LORD was rare in those days"? Are there any clues from the text to support your answer?
- Why do you think that Samuel didn't recognize the LORD's voice?
- What can we learn from Eli's instructions to Samuel in verse 9?
- What was the sin of Eli's house? Why do you think Eli is held responsible?
- What do you think about Eli's reply in verse 18?
- Do you think Eli's reply is humble or passive towards the Lord's decree?
- What does it mean that "none of the LORD'S words fell to the ground"? (1 Samuel 3:19)
- What was the result of this?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- How has the LORD revealed himself to you?
- What can you do this week to follow Samuel's example in responding to God?
- What might it look like in your life to let the Lord speak?
- Eli was condemned for his family's sins. What can we learn from his negative example?
- Is there someone in your life whom you know is in sin?
- What would it look like to warn them with gentleness and love?
- Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
- Sing Speak, O Lord to God and to one another.
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1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 | Bible Study Questions
Observation
What does it say?
- Read 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a
- What characters are mentioned in our text and who are they?
- Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
- What details about Eli do you notice?
- What contrast do you notice between 3:1 and 4:1?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- How does someone "minister to the LORD"? (1 Samuel 3:1)
- Was Eli ministering to the LORD?
- Why do you think that the "word of the LORD was rare in those days"? Are there any clues from the text to support your answer?
- Why do you think that Samuel didn't recognize the LORD's voice?
- What can we learn from Eli's instructions to Samuel in verse 9?
- What was the sin of Eli's house? Why do you think Eli is held responsible?
- What do you think about Eli's reply in verse 18?
- Do you think Eli's reply is humble or passive towards the Lord's decree?
- What does it mean that "none of the LORD'S words fell to the ground"? (1 Samuel 3:19)
- What was the result of this?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- How has the LORD revealed himself to you?
- What can you do this week to follow Samuel's example in responding to God?
- What might it look like in your life to let the Lord speak?
- Eli was condemned for his family's sins. What can we learn from his negative example?
- Is there someone in your life whom you know is in sin?
- What would it look like to warn them with gentleness and love?
- Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
- Sing Speak, O Lord to God and to one another.