The Unjust Judge
READ Luke 18:1-8
How does the widow perceive the judge?
Who is the unjust judge in this parable?
Who is the widow?
What is this parable about?
What is Christ teaching us to do?
What is the lesson we learn waiting for
God to “avenge His elect”?
Would you rather get from the Lord
exactly what you want, when you want it or trust Him to give you what He wants,
when He wants to give it?
Whose characteristics is this parable
about?
The Prayers of the Pharisee and the
Publican
READ Luke 18:9-14
What is the difference between a tithe
paying, fasting, just, chaste, honest man and a sinner?
What does this parable teach us about
worthiness?
Why is the Pharisee at the Temple
praying?
Why is the Publican at the Temple
praying?
The Publican would not lift his eyes to
heaven – what will give him relief, hiding from God’s presence or coming unto
Christ and petitioning to be made clean?
What does the phrase “would not lift up
so much as his eyes unto heaven” imply about how we should be praying?
The Parable of the Laborers
READ Matthew 20:1-16
Why does the Lord reward them all the
same amount - what does the penny symbolize?
Why did some remain idle all the day long
and what does that mean?
Why do some have to work through the heat
of the day and others just one hour to get the same reward?
What is at the core of the morning
laborers issue with the evening laborers getting the same reward?
What can we imply about Christ’s comments
that the “last shall be first and the first shall be last” and “many are called
but few are chosen”?
Zacchaeus the Publican
READ Luke 19:1-10
Why was Zacchaeus unable to see Christ
when He came to Jericho?
Why did no one help Zacchaeus find a way
up to the front of the crowd to see Jesus?
Why did Christ choose to stay with
Zacchaeus that day, of all the people in the press?
As an interesting side note, how could
Zacchaeus see Christ in the crowd from the tree?
Lazarus Raised from the Dead
READ John 11:1-7, 14-17
Why did Christ wait two days after He’d
been told Lazarus was sick?
READ John 11:18-27
What is Martha saying when she told
Christ “if you had been here, Lazarus would not have died?”
Why did Martha say, “even now, whatsoever
you ask of God, God will give it thee”?
Why does she reply “I know he will rise
in the resurrection” when Christ says “thy brother shall rise again”?
He has raised several people from the
dead already, why is raising Lazarus so hard for her to believe?
What does Christ mean when He says “I am
the resurrection and the life”?
What does it mean that if we believe in
Christ, even though we are dead, yet will we live?
What does it mean that those who live and
believe in Christ shall never die?
READ John 11:28-37
What did Mary and Martha have in mind
Christ wanted to do by asking them “where have you laid the body”?
READ John 11:38-39
Martha and the crowd are horrified by
Christ’s request to open the tomb; what are they afraid of?
READ John 11:40-44
Imagine the scene: Lazarus would have
been bound tightly in burial bandages, with a napkin covering his face. He was buried in a cave with a stone laid
across the entrance. The cave tomb
behind the narrow door was pitch black.
Christ commands the dead man to come forth. After several seconds there is a movement in
the dark. Then a dark figure slowly
appears inching toward the light, feet bound together, arms bound to his sides,
head bound with a cloth. Finally, he
emerges into the light from the mouth of the tomb! Jesus commands them to quickly cut him loose
from his bands.
Why did Christ pray before commanding
Lazarus to rise from the dead?
READ John 11:45-53
Why did the Jewish religious leaders
begin to plan Christ’s death in earnest after Lazarus?
What was the real question that Lazarus’
miracle asked of the Jewish leaders?
How does one tell the answer to this
question?
