SPC Summer Adult Sunday School: The Righteous Reign of God (God Reigns)

During the Summer, the adults of Sligo Presbyterian Church will discuss the the righteous reign of God, on Sunday mornings, beginning at 9:00 a.m. We'll follow the schedule below:

The Prophets Proclaim God’s Power

• June 4 - God Reigns (Isaiah 52:7-12)
• June 11 - God’s Kingdom of Peace (Isaiah 65:17-25)
• July 2 - God’s Servant-King (Ezekiel 37:21-28)

Jesus Envisions the Kingdom

• July 9 - The Kingdom Has Come Upon You (Matthew 12:22-32)
• July 16 - The Sower and the Seed (Matthew 13:1-9,18-23)
• July 23 - The Weeds Among the Wheat (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)
• July 30 - Finding and Gathering (Matthew 13:44-52)

God’s Eternal Reign

• Aug. 6 - Inheriting the Kingdom (Galatians 5:13-26)
• Aug. 13 - The Nature of the Kingdom (Romans l4:10-23)
• Aug. 20 - Judgment in the Kingdom (1 Corinthians 4:1-6,17-21)
• Aug. 27 - God’s Kingdom Will Be All in All (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)

During our first meeting, we used Isaiah 52:7-12 to discuss how remembering the rule of God can lift up deflated spirits. Below is a recording of our discussion and the scripture we used. 

Isaiah 52:7-12 [New International Version]

7 How beautiful on the mountains

    are the feet of those who bring good news,

who proclaim peace,

    who bring good tidings,

    who proclaim salvation,

who say to Zion,

    “Your God reigns!”

8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;

    together they shout for joy.

When the Lord returns to Zion,

    they will see it with their own eyes.

9 Burst into songs of joy together,

    you ruins of Jerusalem,

for the Lord has comforted his people,

    he has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm

    in the sight of all the nations,

and all the ends of the earth will see

    the salvation of our God.

11 Depart, depart, go out from there!

    Touch no unclean thing!

Come out from it and be pure,

    you who carry the articles of the Lord’s house.

12 But you will not leave in haste

    or go in flight;

for the Lord will go before you,

    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.