Jun 24
2
- Why did Christ condemn his generation as an evil one? What was wrong with the people’s request for more signs from heaven?
- What did Jesus mean when he said, “No sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet?”
- Biblically speaking, what is typology?
- Give examples of types found in the Old Testament that find their fulfillment in Christ, the antitype.
- How was Jonah a type of Christ? How is Christ greater than Jonah?
- How was Solomon a type of Christ? How is Christ greater than Solomon?
- Discuss Luke 11:33-36. What is the meaning of this? What is the warning that Christ here delivers?
- How is this text to be applied by us today?
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Jun 24
2
- Why is loss of communion with God the first misery mentioned?
- What does it mean to be under God’s wrath and curse?
- What does our catechism have in mind when it speaks of the miseries of this life?
- Everyone dies. Why? (see Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 3:4; Romans 6:23)
- What is hell? Who goes there?
- How does Christ save his people from each of these miseries?
- 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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May 24
26
- 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?
- What effects did Adam’s fall into sin have on the human condition? Our catechism lists three things.
- What is the result of man’s fallen condition? How does this affect man’s behavior?
- What does this teaching reveal about our need?
- What does this teaching have to do with Jesus Christ and the gospel? Try to connect some dots, theologically speaking.
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May 24
26
- What are demons? What does it mean that Jesus cast out a mute demon?
- 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?
- Why did Jesus cast our demons? What did this reveal concerning his identity and his mission (see Luke 11:20)?
- What did Jesus mean when he said, “It is by the finger of God that I cast out demons”?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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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May 24
12
- Why was it a sin for Adam to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? (Remember Baptist Catechism 17)
- Did Adam violate God’s moral law, his positive law, or both when he ate the forbidden fruit?
- What was so bad about Adam’s sin of eating from the forbidden tree?
- Adam’s sin was a sin of commission and omission. Discuss.
- Why is it important for us to have a proper view of sin?
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May 24
5
- What is prayer? (see Baptist Catechism 105)
- Those who love God will pray. Discuss.
- Jesus prayed. Why did he need to given that he is the Son of God?
- How is the Lord’s Prayer to be used? Is it merely to be recited?
- How does the Lord’s Prayer in Luke differ from the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew?
- What does it mean to address God as Father? Why is this significant?
- 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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May 24
5
- Sin always has reference to God’s law. Why is this an important truth?
- What does it mean to fail to conform to God’s law? (Sins of omission)
- What does it mean to transgress God’s law? (Sins of commission)
- 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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Apr 24
28
- Who are our first parents?
- What is meant by “estate”?
- What is the short answer to the question, Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
- What estate (state of being or condition) did Adam and Eve fall from and into?
- How is it that Adam and Eve could fall given their perfect, pure, innocent, and upright condition at the time of their creation?
- 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?
- Will we have free will in eternity? Why will we not be able to sin in eternity?
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