October 13, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Blessed Are The Merciful

October 13, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Blessed Are The Merciful

October 13, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Blessed Are The Merciful

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 The Merciful

•       Matthew 5:7

Who is blessed?

How will they be blessed?

In your opinion, why is this an appropriate blessing?

Exodus 33:12-23

What does Moses say the Lord is telling him to do?

What does Moses say that the Lord has said about him?

In your opinion, why does Moses say these things before he makes his request of God?

What does Moses want the Lord to teach him?

How does the Lord respond to Moses’ request?

In your opinion, why does Moses request not to be sent if the Lord’s Presence does not go with them (see verse 16 for help in answering)?

How does the Lord respond to this request from Moses?

In your opinion, what is the connection between the statements “I am pleased with you” and “I know you by name” (NIV)?

After this reassurance from the Lord, what does Moses ask for?

What does the Lord say that He will do instead?

In your opinion, if you heard the quote “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” out of context and standing alone what would you think the meaning was?

Is this the actual meaning?

In your opinion, what does it mean for us today that God had mercy on Moses when he ask for something that would have killed him?

What did the Lord actually say that He will do?

What In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 5:7?

     James 2:1-13

What are believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ not supposed to do?

Could what is illustrated in verses 2 and 3 happen today?

In your opinion, what does it mean to be “poor in the eyes of the world” (NIV)?

Why would God choose those who are “poor in the eyes of the world” to be “rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom” (NIV)?

Who did God promise the kingdom to?

In your opinion, is there a connection between being one of “those who love him” and being “poor in the eyes of the world” (NIV)?

In your opinion, which is the worst of the things the rich do: 1) exploiting you, 2) dragging you to court, or 3) “blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong” (NIV)?

In your opinion, why, in a discussion that bans favoritism, does the law, “Love your neighbor as yourself” (NIV) get mentioned?

In your opinion, does verse 10 mean that those who show favoritism are as guilty of breaking the law as the adulterer or the murderer?

What is the “law that gives freedom” (NIV)?

In your opinion, what does it mean to “speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom?

What will happen to those who are not merciful?

What does mercy triumph over?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 5:7?

     1 Peter 2:4-10

Who is the living Stone?

How are we, “God’s elect” in 1 Peter 1:1 described in verse 5?

What is the promise in verse 6 for the one who trusts in the chosen and precious cornerstone?

What is the statement about that same chosen and precious cornerstone found in verse 8?

In verse 9 what is the “chosen people”, the “royal priesthood”, the “holy nation”, “God’s special possession” (NIV) to do?

In your opinion, why is it significant that the “people of God” (NIV) are described as those who “have received mercy” (NIV)?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 5:7?

            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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