Will You Attend?
Isaiah 25:6-9 – New International Version (NIV)
6 On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
7 On this mountain he will
destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
9 In that day they will say,
“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
Who will the feast on the mountain that the Lord Almighty prepares be
for (verse 6)?
What will be destroyed (verses 7 and 8)?
Who will “wipe away the tears from all faces” (verse 8)?
What will be removed (verse 8)?
What had “our God” done after “we trusted in him” (verse
9)?
What should we “be glad” (verse 9)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, what does this passage teach us about a Christian’s relationship with
God?
Matthew 22:1-14 - New International
Version (NIV)
1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like
a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those
who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to
come.
4 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have
been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have
been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another
to his business. 6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
7 The king was enraged. He sent
his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but
those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 So go to the street corners and
invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into
the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the
good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man
there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in
here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and
throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.’
14 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”
How did Jesus speak to them (verse
1)?
What had the king prepared for his son (verse 2)?
How did those who had
been invited respond to their notices (verse 3)?
What did the king then do (verse 4)?
How did the
invitees respond (verses 5 and 6)?
What happened
to the invitees (verse 7)?
Who did “not
deserve to come” (verse 8)?
Where did the
servants go to find people to attend (verses 9 and 10)?
In your
opinion, did these people deserve to attend (verses 9 and 10)?
What did the
king see (verse 11)?
How did the
man respond to the king’s question (verse 12)?
What happened
to the man (verse 13)?
How many are
chosen (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, what does this passage teach us about a Christian’s relationship with
God?
In your
opinion, how are the people who attend the banquet in Isaiah 25:6-9 and the
people who attend the banquet in Matthew 22:1-14 similar?
Hebrews 2:1-15 - New International Version (NIV)
1 We must pay the most careful
attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every
violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we
ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the
Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. 4 God also testified to it by
signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit
distributed according to his will.
5 It is not to angels that he has
subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6 But there is a place where someone has testified:
“What is mankind that you
are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
7 You made them a little lower
than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
8 and put
everything under their feet.”
In putting everything
under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do
not see everything subject to them. 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a
little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so
that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10 In bringing many sons and daughters to
glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists,
should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. 11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are
of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.
12 He says,
“I will declare your name
to my brothers and sisters;
in the assembly I will sing your praises.”
13 And again,
“I will put my trust in
him.”
And again he says,
“Here am I, and the
children God has given me.”
14 Since the children have flesh and
blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the
power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their
fear of death.
Why should we “pay the most careful attention” (verse 1)?
What has “every violation and disobedience” received
(verse 2)?
Who “confirmed” the salvation “first announced by
the Lord” (verse 3)?
How did God testify to the salvation (verse 4)?
Who did the Lord not subject “the world to come”
(verse 5)?
Who was made “a little lower than the angels” but
had everything put “under their feet (verses 6 - 8)?
Where was Jesus “for a little while” (verse 9)?
Who tasted “death for everyone” (verse 9)?
How was “the pioneer of their salvation” made
perfect (verse 10)?
Who makes up “the same family” (verse 11)?
Where will “praises” be sung (verse 12)?
Who is “here” (verse 13)?
How was the “power of him who holds the power of death”
broken (verse 14)?
Who is freed (verse 15)?
In your opinion,
what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about a
Christian’s relationship with God?
In your opinion, what does Hebrews 2:1-15 help us
understand about how the people who are at the banquet in Isaiah 25:6-9 have
their disgrace removed?
In your opinion, what does Hebrews 2:1-15 help us
understand about how the guests at the wedding banquet that the kingdom of
heaven is like in Matthew 22:1-14 were provided with the appropriate clothes?
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 - New International Version (NIV)
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of
Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 To the church of God in Corinth, to
those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together
with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their
Lord and ours:
3 Grace and peace to you from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I always thank my God for you because
of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of
speech and with all knowledge— 6 God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any
spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
8 He will also keep you firm to
the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, who has called
you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who was Paul “called to be an apostle” of (verse 1)?
How does Paul define the “church of God in Corinth”
(verse 2)?
Who is the letter to in addition to the “church of God
in Corinth” (verse 2)?
How does Paul bless those the letter is sent to (verse 3)?
Why does Paul thank God for those the letter is sent to
(verse 4)?
How have the letter’s recipients been “enriched” (verse
5)?
What does the recipients’ enrichment confirm (verse 6)?
What do the recipients not lack (verse 7)?
Why will the recipients be kept “firm” (verse 8)?
Who called the recipients “into fellowship with his Son”
(verse 9)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about a
Christian’s relationship with God?
In your opinion, what
does 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 help us understand about what comes after the removal
of disgrace that Isaiah 25:6-9 proclaims?
In your opinion, what does 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 teach us
about the enrichment of each of those who are invited to the wedding in Matthew
22:1-14?
In your opinion, what does the combination of Hebrews 2:1-15
and 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 teach us about the transformation of those who come to
God’s amazing banquet?
In your
opinion, what do these passages from Isaiah, Matthew, Hebrews, and 1 Corinthians
teach us about who will attend the heavenly banquet?
In
your opinion, why can we rejoice and be glad in His salvation today?
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