May 25
4
- How does the power struggle between Christ and the principal men of Israel illustrate the power struggle that all experience when confronted with the gospel of Jesus Christ? Who will respond in repentance and faith?
- Just as the crowd that followed Jesus was infiltrated by spies and insincere men, so too the church will be threatened by false teachers and false converts. What must the church do?
- Why was Christ’s answer to the question about paying tribute to Rome wise? What does his answer teach about the relationship between Christ’s kingdom and the kingdoms of this world under the New Covenant?
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May 25
4
- What is the fifth commandment?
- What is the most obvious and direct thing this commandment requires and forbids?
- Does the fifth commandment only require children to honor their parents? What else does it imply?
- Does the fifth commandment only require those with an inferior position to honor those who are over them? What else does it imply?
- Give examples of how a superior is to show honor to an inferior (from the Bible and from real-life experience).
- Why is it important to note that the fifth commandment is the first of the second table of God’s moral law?
- What is another word we could use instead of honor? Hint: Matthew 19:18-19; 22:39.
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Apr 25
27
- What is the fourth commandment?
- What does it mean to keep the Sabbath day holy?
- What is legalism?
- What is antinomianism?
- Is it legalistic to say that the Sabbath day is to be kept holy? Why or why not?
- How would you argue for the permanence of the Sabbath and the change of the day from day seven to one from the Scriptures?
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Apr 25
20
- What is the fourth commandment?
- What does it mean to keep the Sabbath day holy?
- Why should we not work on the Sabbath day?
- Why should we not recreate on the Sabbath day?
- Does this mean that no fun or joy is allowed on the Sabbath day?
- If we are to rest from these common things, what are we to do instead?
- What is public worship?
- What is meant by private worship?
- Are there any exceptions?
- In Isaiah 58:13-14 God tells us to consider the Sabbath a delight. What is meant by this? What are we to delight in on the Sabbath day?
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Apr 25
18
- Why was it wise for Jesus to answer the high priests, scribes, and elders’ questions with a question? What did this accomplish?
- How does the parable of the wicked tenants answer the question asked by the high priests, scribes, and elders?
- How is the parable of the wicked tenants similar to the prophecy of Isaiah 5:1-7? In what ways is it different?
- What did Jesus mean when he said the owner of the vineyard “will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others” (Luke 20:16, ESV)? How were these prophecies of Jesus fulfilled over time?
- What is the answer to the question of the high priests, scribes, and elders? Who gave Jesus the authority to cleanse the temple and to teach as he did?
- What application may be drawn from this passage?
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Apr 25
13
- Why did Jesus weep over Jerusalem?
- What did Jesus predict would soon happen to Jerusalem?
- Why did Jesus drive those who sold out of the temple? What portion of the temple were these people selling in? What was the significance of Jesus cleansing this portion of the temple?
- Where is the temple of the New Covenant?
- What are the people of God to devote themselves tin the temple of the New Covenant?
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Apr 25
12
- What is the fourth commandment?
- The first four commandments are about the worship of God. The first tells us who is to be worshiped. The second tells us how. The third commandment is about attitude. What is the fourth commandment about?
- When was the sabbath commandment first introduced?
- What was the Sabbath day a picture of when it was first given?
- What day of the week was the Sabbath from Adam to the resurrection of Christ?
- What day of the week is the Sabbath from the resurrection of Christ to the end of the world?
- Why did the day change?
- When will the practice of Sabbath keeping come to an end?
- What should you do on the Lord’s Day Sabbath?
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Apr 25
6
- Why is it important to remember all that Jesus said earlier in Luke’s gospel regarding his purpose for going to Jerusalem?
- Why is it important to remember what Jesus taught in the parable of the minas regarding the invisibility of his inaugurated kingdom? What does this teaching have to do with Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem? Should we expect the earthly city of Jerusalem to have anything to do with Christ’s inaugurated kingdom?
- How is Christ the fulfillment of the typological city of Jerusalem?
- How is Christ the fulfillment of the Davidic kingship?
- Which verbal/written prophecies did Christ fulfill when he entered Jerusalem?
- Why is it important, practically speaking, for Christians to understand the spiritual and invisible nature of Christ’s inaugurated kingdom?
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