New Hope High School – Lesson 8 - The Great
Commission - A Study of Matthew – Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Matthew 28:18-20 - 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.”
Matthew 5:8 New International
Version (NIV)
“Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.”
for they will see God.”
Who is blessed?
How will they be blessed?
In your opinion, why is this
an appropriate blessing?
In your opinion, what does
this passage from Matthew 5:8 show us about the Great Commission?
Psalm
51:1-12 New International Version
(NIV)
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him
after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1 “Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my
transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop,
and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart,
O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Who wrote the Psalm?
When did he write it?
What does he plead at the
beginning of the Psalm (verse 1 and 2)?
1)____________________________________________
2)____________________________________________
3)____________________________________________
4)____________________________________________
Who has he sinned against
(verse 4)?
When did his sinfulness begin
(verse 5)?
What did God desire “even in the womb” (verse 6)?
In verse 9 what does the
Psalmist request of God concerning “sins”
and “iniquity”?
What is the request of verse
10?
In your opinion, why is the
negative request of verse 11 between the positive verses 10 and 12?
What is the positive request
of verse 12?
In your opinion, what does
this passage from Psalms teach us about Matthew 5:8?
In your opinion, what does
this passage from Psalms show us about the Great Commission?
Titus 1:15 New
International Version (NIV)
15 “To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who
are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds
and consciences are corrupted.”
For who are “all things pure”?
In your opinion, why would
this be true?
What is pure to “those who are corrupted and do not believe”?
In your opinion, why would
this be true?
In your opinion, what does
this passage from Titus teach us about Matthew 5:8?
In your opinion, what does
this passage from Titus teach us about the Great Commission?
Revelation
22:1-5 New International
Version (NIV)
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as
crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city.
On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of
fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the
healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of
God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.
4 They will see his face,
and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need
the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them
light. And they will reign for ever and ever.”
What flows in the river in
the New Jerusalem (verse 1)?
Where does the river
originate (verse 1)?
What stands on each side of
the river (verse 2)?
When will there be any curses
(verse 3)?
Who will be served (verse 3)?
Who will serve him (verse 3)?
What will they see (verse 4)?
In your opinion, what is the
significance of “his name will be on
their foreheads”?
In your opinion, are these
who have “his name” “on their foreheads”
pure in heart?
Why will there be no more
need for lamps or light from the sun (verse 5)?
In your opinion, what does
this passage from Revelation teach us about Matthew 5:8?
In
your opinion, what does this passage from Revelation teach us about the Great
Commission?
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