The Rich Young Man:
READ Matthew 19:16-17
Why did the young man come to Christ?
What is implied in his first question?
What is Christ’s definition of “good”?
Why might Jesus have reacted like this to
being called “good”?
READ Matthew 19:18-19
Why does Christ answer the young man’s
question with the counsel to “keep the commandments”?
Why does the young man ask “which”?
What kinds of commandments does Christ
tell him to keep?
Has the young man kept all of the
commandments that he has been given?
READ Matthew 19:20
What response should the young man have
given the Lord at this point?
Despite this, why is “what lack I yet” a
key question that all of us must ask the Lord?
What is the danger of asking this
question?
What is the danger of not asking this
question?
What might a better question haven been?
READ Matthew 19:21
Why did Christ ask the young man to sell
all that he had?
READ LoF 6:7-10
Why had the young man been given his
great wealth in the first place?
What would the young man have lived
through and learned if he had followed Christ?
READ Matthew 19:22
How many chances like this did the rich
young man have in his life?
What are the characteristics of an
opportunity like this?
READ Mark 10:23-27
Is there inherent evil in wealth?
How else are people “rich” in this world?
So why did Christ say it will be hard for
the rich to enter the kingdom of God?
Does the Gospel demand that we walk away
from riches?
The Widow’s Mite
READ Mark 12:41-44
What did the average observer see at the
Temple Treasury that day?
Who did the Lord take notice of at the
Temple Treasury and why?
What is the lesson the Widow teaches us?
The Widow is living the spirit of which
law?
The Rich Fool
READ Luke 12:16-21
How did the man become rich?
What is the key question that this
parable teaches us and why?
What are the man’s choices?
If the man had known it was his last day
on earth, would he have chosen differently?
Why did the widow give all she had – did
she have a terminal disease?
The Unjust Steward
There are at least two interpretations of
this parable – here is the first:
READ Luke 16:1-12
What did the Steward do when he found out
he was about to be fired?
Why did the lord commend the unjust
steward for defrauding him?
Why did the Steward go to those two
particular customers?
What is the Steward worrying about?
What is Jesus suggesting that we do when
we find ourselves in trouble?
How do you ensure this?
How do you ensure you have friends at the
judgment bar of Christ?
Here is the second interpretation – this
makes sense in the context of the fact that Christ tells this parable right
after condemning the Pharisees with the Parable of the Lost after they
correctly accused him of eating with publicans and sinners (which was against
their oral tradition law), and before the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.
Who does the rich man or lord represent?
What are the Lord’s goods and what does
it mean to waste them?
Who does the steward represent and how do
we know?
Who are the Lord’s debtors?
What do the bills, wheat and oil
represent?
What does “unjust” mean?
What does it mean for a disciple to fail?
What are the everlasting habitations?
