Apr 24
14

Discussion Questions: Luke 10:30-37

  1. In the previous sermon and this one, I mentioned three uses of God’s law. The first use of God’s moral law is to restrain evil in the world generally by God’s common grace. Here we may compare the law to a curb or guardrail. What are the other two uses of the law? To what can we compare these?
  2. In Luke 10:25-37, how did Christ use the law as a disciplinarian or mirror to show the lawyer his sin? 
  3. How is the law used as a light to our feet or as a guide in this same passage?
  4. The law commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Who is our neighbor?
  5. What does it mean to love our neighbor? What will this look like in practice?
  6. How should the Christian view God’s law? How should we read, interpret, and apply it to ourselves? 
  7. What is legalism? What is antinomianism? Why are these to be avoided?
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Apr 24
13

Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 14

  1. What is God’s works of providence?
  2. What do we mean when we say that God preserves all things?
  3. What do we mean when we say that God governs all things?
  4. What does God preserve and govern?
  5. Why does our catechism say God’s providence is “most holy, wise, and powerful?” What previous Q&A should this remind us of? What is meant by the word “most”?
  6. How should we think of God’s relationship to evil, sin, and suffering? (Reminder: You will find a much more thorough statement about God’s providence in Second London Confession, chapter 5. Please read it sometime soon.)
  7. How is this truth about God’s providence a comfort to the Christian? 
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Apr 24
8

Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 13

  1. Why does our catechism give special attention to the creation of man?
  2. What is meant by “man”?
  3. How did God create Adam? How did God create Eve? What is the significance of this?
  4. What do men and women share in common? How are they different?
  5. What does it mean to be made in the image of God?
  6. Was the image of God lost after man’s fall into sin?
  7. What does Jesus do for the image of God? In other words, what does he fix in those who trust in him? What does he redeem and restore?
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Apr 24
7

Discussion Questions: Luke 10:25-29

  1. Why is the question, what must I do to inherit eternal life, a good question? Why it is a good question to ask personally? Why is it a good question to ask when assessing someone’s theological understanding?
  2. What is the correct answer to the question, what must I do to inherit eternal life? In other words, what does the gospel of Jesus Christ say?
  3. Why then did Jesus say, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live”, when the lawyer said that eternal life was to be obtained through law-keeping?  
  4. How did Jesus inherit eternal life for himself? How did Jesus inherit eternal life for his elect? 
  5. Why did Luke decide to tell this story about the lawyer who tested Jesus at this point in his gospel? In other words, what does this story have to do with the previous passage?
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Mar 24
31

Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 11 & 12

  1. When considering the works of God, why is it important to talk about God’s eternal decree before considering his work of creation and his works of providence? 
  2. What did God create?
  3. What did he create from or out of?
  4. How did God create?
  5. How long did God take to create?
  6. Why did God take six days to create?
  7. What was the condition of God’s creation when he finished his work?
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Mar 24
31

Discussion Questions: Luke 10:23-24

  1. The disciples of Jesus were blessed to see what they saw and hear what they heard in two senses. Explain and discuss. 
  2. Why did Jesus draw attention to the fact that prophets and kings longed to see these things?
  3. Is there a sense in which the faithful prophets and kings of old did see Jesus?
  4. The disciples of Jesus (except for one) believed that Jesus was the Messiah but their understanding of him increased with time. What was the main thing they struggled to comprehend? When did they finally see clearly?
  5. Read Ephesians 1:15–23. How will our understanding of Jesus, his person, and work, grow over time?
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Mar 24
24

Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 10

  1. What is a decree?
  2. Why is right to talk about God’s decree before we consider his work of creation and his works of providence? 
  3. What did God decree?
  4. Why did God decree what he decreed? What “moved” him?
  5. What is the end goal or objective of God’s decree?
  6. Why is it wrong for us to seek our own glory and right for God to seek his own glory? Stated differently, why would it be wrong for God to not seek his own glory supremely? 
  7. How is it our greatest good for God to glorify himself?
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Mar 24
17

Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 8 & 9

  1. If there is only one God, why do the Scriptures speak of “gods”? (i.e. Deut.  6:14)
  2. Why does our catechism stress that God is the “living” and “true” God? What do the words “living” and “true” communicate? What errors do they correct?
  3. Why is it important to stress that God is one before speaking about the plurality in the Godhead What error does this guard against?
  4. Who are the three persons of the Trinity? What do the three persons share in common as the one living and true God? What distinguished them from each other?
  5. Though it is true that the doctrine of the Trinity is a mystery (God is incomprehensible, remember?), our confession says that the  “doctrine of the Trinity is the foundation of all our communion with God, and comfortable dependence on him (Second London Confession, 2.3). What is the meaning of this statement? How does the doctrine of the Trinity serve as the foundation of our communion with God and bring comfort to God’s people? 
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