Sunday, September 29, 2013

October 6, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Blessed Are Those Who Hunger



October 6, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Blessed Are Those Who Hunger


October 6, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Blessed Are Those Who Hunger
The Great Commission – A Study of Matthew

Matthew 28 - New International Version (NIV) – The Great Commission
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger

       Matthew 5:6
Who is blessed?

How will they be blessed?

In your opinion, what will they be filled with?

Psalm 42
Why would a deer pant for streams of water?

In your opinion, why would a soul pant for God in that way?

In your opinion, is it appropriate for a soul to thirst for God?

What is the question that people are asking the psalmist?

In your opinion, what does it say about the psalmist that this question would be ask of him?

How does remembering the house of God and shouts of joy and praise and a festive throng make the psalmist seem even more forlorn?

In your opinion, how does putting hope in God and anticipating praising God begin to move the psalmist from being forlorn?

In your opinion, what does “deep calls to deep” (NIV) mean?

What does verse 8 say that the psalmist recognizes is happening, even while feeling forlorn?

Even though bad things are happening in verses 9 and 10, where does the psalmist end up?

What In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 5:6?

     Isaiah 55:1-9
Who is supposed to come?

In your opinion, what is meant by buying wine and milk without money and without cost?

What are the hungry and thirsty to do to eat what is good and delight in the richest of fare?

What are the hungry and thirsty to do to live and have an everlasting covenant?

Who does verse 6 indicate that the hungry and thirsty should seek and call on?

In your opinion, what do the wicked and unrighteous of verse 7 have in common with the hungry and thirsty?

What do the wicked and unrighteous have to do to receive God’s mercy and pardon?

In your opinion, why does God have Isaiah contrast and compare His Thoughts and our thoughts?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 5:6?

     Titus 3:3-8
Titus is written to further the faith of God’s elect, but what does verse 3 indicate that God’s elect had in common?

How, or in what way, did God our Savior appear to us to save us?

Did our righteous acts contribute to our salvation?

What attribute of our Savior allowed our salvation?

In your opinion, why does Paul stress the washing of “rebirth and renewal” (NIV) by the Holy Spirit?

How is the Holy Spirit poured out on us?

Through what are we justified (made right with God)?

For what are we justified?

In your opinion, why are those who trusted in God to devote themselves to doing what is good?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 5:6?

            So, what do these passages lead us to understand about the Great Commission?

So, what components of the Great Commission does this illustrate?

                              1) Jesus
               2) All authority in heaven and on earth
               3) Go and make disciples
               4) Baptize them
               5) Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
               6) Teaching them to obey everything
               7) I am with you always
               8) All Nations
               9) Obey Commandments

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