Posts from May 2022

Posts from May 2022

Luke 18:35-19:10 Study Questions

Luke 18:35-19:10 Study Questions 1. What did the blind beggar do as Jesus approached Jericho? 2. How did people in the crowd following Jesus react to the blind beggar?  What did the beggar do in the face of opposition? 3. Jesus had a mission to accomplish in Jerusalem and yet he stopped to meet the needs of one blind beggar.  What can we learn from Jesus about caring for others in these verses? 4. In what ways would being healed…

Luke 18:9-34 Study Questions

Luke 18:9-34 Study Questions 1. Why did Jesus tell the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector? 2. Compare and contrast the attitudes of the Pharisee and tax collector in this parable. 3. What was the tax collector humble about?  Why is this type of humility exalted by God? 4. Define righteousness.  What is required for a person to be righteous in the eyes of God? 5. Who was preventing people from bringing their children to Jesus and what…

Luke 17:20-18:9 Study Questions

Luke 17:20-18:9 Study Questions 1. What did the Pharisees ask Jesus about and what was Jesus’s answer in vs 20-21? 2. How was the kingdom of God in the midst of them?  Why were the Pharisee’s missing it? 3. What does Jesus tell his disciples to expect to see on the day when the Son of Man returns?(vs 24) 4. What did the days of Noah and Sodom and Gomorrah have in common?  5. What will people be doing when…

Luke 16:18-17:19 Study Questions

Luke 16:18-17:19 Study Questions 1. What did the rich man and Lazarus have in common?  How did they differ? 2. Review Leviticus 25, Exodus 23:11 & Deuteronomy 14:28-29.  If the Jewish people followed God’s laws, what would that have meant for the poor among them like Lazarus? 3. What did the rich man request that Father Abraham have Lazarus do and what do these requests teach us about the rich man? 4. Why would Abraham not send a warning to…

Luke 16:1-17 Study Questions

Luke 16:1-17 Study Questions 1. Jesus told his disciples a parable.  Write out the parable in your own words. 2. Define the word “shrewd”. 3. Why was the manager being fired and in what way did he show shrewdness? 4. Jesus was not commending the manager on his dishonesty, but was commending him for what instead? 5. How does being faithful with a little lead to being faithful with a lot?  6. How is faithfulness impacted by taking an eternal…