SPC Summer Adult Sunday School: The Righteous Reign of God (God’s Kingdom of Peace)

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 second meeting, we used Isaiah 65:17-25 to discuss how remembering the rule of God can enable us to face the future with hope. Below is a recording of our discussion and the scripture we used. 

Isaiah 65:17-25 [New International Version]

17 “See, I will create

    new heavens and a new earth.

The former things will not be remembered,

    nor will they come to mind.

18 But be glad and rejoice forever

    in what I will create,

for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight

    and its people a joy.

19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem

    and take delight in my people;

the sound of weeping and of crying

    will be heard in it no more.

20 “Never again will there be in it

    an infant who lives but a few days,

    or an old man who does not live out his years;

the one who dies at a hundred

    will be thought a mere child;

the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred

    will be considered accursed.

21 They will build houses and dwell in them;

    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,

    or plant and others eat.

For as the days of a tree,

    so will be the days of my people;

my chosen ones will long enjoy

    the work of their hands.

23 They will not labor in vain,

    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;

for they will be a people blessed by the Lord,

    they and their descendants with them.

24 Before they call I will answer;

    while they are still speaking I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together,

    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,

    and dust will be the serpent’s food.

They will neither harm nor destroy

    on all my holy mountain,”

says the Lord.