Posts from February 2022

Posts from February 2022

Luke 11:37-54 Study Questions

Luke 11:37-54 Study Questions 1. Who invited Jesus to dine with him and for what reason? 2. What were the Pharisee’s astonished over and why? 3. How does inward righteousness result in outward cleanliness? 4. In what ways do people attempt to be “clean” on the outside but neglect the underlying heart issue? 5. Why is God more concerned with a clean heart rather than outward behavior? 6. What did Jesus’s first 3 “Woes” accuse the Pharisees of doing? (sidenote/helps:…

Luke 11:14-36 Study Questions

Luke 11:14-36 Study Questions 1. When Jesus cast out the demon, what was he accused of and why did this accusation have no logical basis? 2. What was the more logical conclusion and why were some resistant to accepting this? 3. Why is it impossible for people to remain neutral towards Jesus?  4. What happens to those that choose not to be gathered to Jesus? 5. What immediately happened in the life of the person when the unclean spirit left…

Luke 10:38-11:13 Study Questions

Luke 10:38-42 Study Questions 1. When Martha invited Jesus into her home, what was she doing as compared to what her sister, Mary was doing?  2. What did Marth assume about Jesus and her sister in her angst?  How can assumptions or personal agenda’s impact relationship with others and with Jesus? 3. What “good portion” did Mary choose and why will it never be taken away? 4. How was Mary’s behavior countercultural for a woman in those times?  What does…

Luke 10:25-37 Study Questions

Luke 10:25-37 Study Questions 1. What question did the lawyer ask Jesus and how did Jesus answer? 2. What did the lawyer desire when he asked Jesus “who is my neighbor”, and how did Jesus answer him? 3. How was the lawyer’s heart condition revealed by Jesus’s parable? 4. Define mercy and how did the Samaritan demonstrate mercy to the injured man? 5. What would be modern day examples of groups that are contentious towards each other like the Jews…