Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 22

  1. Why is loss of communion with God the first misery mentioned?
  2. What does it mean to be under God’s wrath and curse?
  3. What does our catechism have in mind when it speaks of the miseries of this life?
  4. Everyone dies. Why? (see Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 3:4; Romans 6:23)
  5. What is hell? Who goes there?
  6. How does Christ save his people from each of these miseries? 
  7. How does the teaching of Baptist Catechism 16-22 prepare us to hear the good news about Jesus Christ the Redeemer?
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Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 21 & 22

  1. Did human beings cease to be human when Adam fell into sin? In other words, were they no longer image-bearers?  Stated one more way, did human beings lose any faculties (the ability to think rationally, feel emotion, and make free choices) when Adam fell? If not, then what changed? 
  2. What effects did Adam’s fall into sin have on the human condition? Our catechism lists three things.  
  3. What is the result of man’s fallen condition? How does this affect man’s behavior?
  4. What does this teaching reveal about our need?
  5. What does this teaching have to do with Jesus Christ and the gospel? Try to connect some dots, theologically speaking.
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Discussion Questions: Luke 11:14-28

  1. What are demons? What does it mean that Jesus cast out a mute demon?
  2. What was unique about the way Jesus cast demons out? In whose name and by what authority and power did he do it? Why were the people astonished about this?
  3. Why did Jesus cast our demons? What did this reveal concerning his identity and his mission (see Luke 11:20)? 
  4. What did Jesus mean when he said, “It is by the finger of God that I cast out demons”?
  5. What does the illustration of Luke 11:21-22 mean?  Who is the “strong man” of Luke 11:21. Who is the one stronger than the strong man of verse 22?  What does the palace represent? What does this illustration teach us about the mission of Christ?
  6. In Luke 11:24-26 Jesus teaches that it will do no good, ultimately, if a demon is expelled from a man and yet his “house” remains empty. What will happen? What needs to happen instead?
  7. What do verses 27-28 have to do with all of this teaching about Christ and his kingdom overthrowing Satan and his? In other words, what are these verses urging us to do with Christ?
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Discussion Question: Baptist Catechism 18

  1. Why was it a sin for Adam to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? (Remember Baptist Catechism 17)
  2. Did Adam violate God’s moral law, his positive law, or both when he ate the forbidden fruit? 
  3. What was so bad about Adam’s sin of eating from the forbidden tree? 
  4. Adam’s sin was a sin of commission and omission. Discuss. 
  5. Why is it important for us to have a proper view of sin?
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Discussion Questions: Luke 11:1-4

  1. What is prayer? (see Baptist Catechism 105)
  2. Those who love God will pray. Discuss. 
  3. Jesus prayed. Why did he need to given that he is the Son of God?
  4. How is the Lord’s Prayer to be used? Is it merely to be recited?
  5. How does the Lord’s Prayer in Luke differ from the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew? 
  6. What does it mean to address God as Father? Why is this significant?
  7. What sorts of things should we pray for under each petition of the Lord’s Prayer? Baptist Catechism 107-114 might help.
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Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 17

  1. Sin always has reference to God’s law. Why is this an important truth?
  2. What does it mean to fail to conform to God’s law? (Sins of omission)
  3. What does it mean to transgress God’s law? (Sins of commission)
  4. Why is it important to have a proper definition of sin? What does this have to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ?
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Discussion Questions: Baptist Catechism 16

  1. Who are our first parents?
  2. What is meant by “estate”?
  3. What is the short answer to the question, Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
  4. What estate (state of being or condition) did Adam and Eve fall from and into?
  5. How is it that Adam and Eve could fall given their perfect, pure, innocent, and upright condition at the time of their creation?
  6. What is free will? (You may want to read Second London Confession chapter 9). Did Adam and Eve have free will in the garden before sin entered the world? Was free will (properly defined) lost when Adam fell into sin? What was lost?
  7. Will we have free will in eternity? Why will we not be able to sin in eternity?
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Discussion Questions: Luke 10:38-42

  1. What does the story about Mary and her sister Martha have to do with the first and second greatest commandments mentioned in Luke 10:27?
  2. Compare and contrast Mary (in Luke 10:39)  with the lawyer (in Luke 10:25). What is similar about them? What is different?
  3. All who love God truly must sit at the feet of Jesus to receive, believe, and obey his word. This is a bold statement. Why is it true now that the Christ has come? Related to this, we know that the lawyer did not keep the second greatest commandment. Did he keep the first? Why or why not?    
  4. Why does Jesus say that Mary chose the good portion? What is meant by this?
  5. Does Jesus criticize Martha for her service and hospitality? If there is anything wrong with her service and hospitality, what is it?
  6. How might Mary and Martha represent the responsibilities of the church and the two offices of the church, elder and deacon?
  7. How does this text apply to your life today? How should this text change the way that you think, speak, and act?
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