April 6, 2014 - The
Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Protecting and Punishing
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.”
Protecting
and Punishing
Matthew 8:28-34 - New International Version (NIV)
28 “When he arrived at the other side in
the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met
him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 29 “What
do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture
us before the appointed time?”
30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 The
demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the
pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in
the water. 33 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the
town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed
men. 34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when
they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.”
Who met Jesus when he got to the region of Gadarenes (verse 28)?
What kept people from passing that way (verse 28)?
In your opinion, who knew that Jesus was the “Son of God” (verse 29)?
What authority was assumed for Jesus in the questions (verse 29)?
What was feeding some distance away (verse 30)?
Who plead to be sent into the herd of pigs (verse 31)?
How many words did Jesus say (verse 32)?
In your opinion, what does the action of the pigs following the
demons going into them show about the motives and desires of the demons (verse 32)?
What did the pig tenders do (verse 33)?
In your opinion, what motivated the people of the town to plead
with Jesus to leave their region (verse 34)?
In your opinion, what is shown about the motives of Jesus and of
the demons in this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage from
Matthew 8:28-34 show us about the Great Commission?
Job 2:1-10 - New International Version (NIV)
“On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. 2 And the Lord said to
Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan
answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and
forth on it.”
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my
servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a
man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though
you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man
will give all he has for his own life. 5 But
now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely
curse you to your face.”
6 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is
in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of
the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles
of his feet to the crown of his head.
8 Then Job took a piece
of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still
maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 He replied, “You are talking like a
foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”
In
all this, Job did not sin in what he said.”
Who came before God to present themselves (verse 1)?
Who also came with them (verse 1)?
How did Satan respond to the Lord’s question, “Where have you come from?” (verse 2)?
In your opinion, what is Satan insinuating about
Job in verses 4 and 5?
How is Satan’s testing of Job limited by God
(verse 6)?
What did Satan do to Job (verse 7)?
How did Job respond to the suffering (verse 8)?
In your opinion, how does Job’s wife’s comment affirm
Satan’s view (verse 9)?
How does Job, whose understanding of the
situation will mature during the course of the book, respond to his wife (verse
10)?
Were Job’s words and actions sinful (verse 10)?
In your opinion, is there similarity between
Satan’s actions to Job and the demon’s actions to the pigs in Matthew 8:28-34?
In your opinion, what can the actions of Satan to Job, and
the demon’s to the pigs, teach about what the demons were doing to the two
demon possessed men in Matthew 8:28-34?
In your opinion, what does this passage from Job and the
passage from Matthew 8:28-34 teach us about the actions of God and Satan in our
lives today?
In your opinion, what does this passage from Job show us
about the Great Commission?
2 Peter 2:1-9 - New International Version (NIV)
“But
there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false
teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even
denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on
themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will
bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In their greed these
teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long
been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent
them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 5 if
he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly
people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6 if
he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and
made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7 and
if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct
of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day
after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and
heard)— 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the
godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of
judgment.”
Who did Peter say would be among
us like false prophets were among the people (verse 1)?
What is the ultimate destructive
heresy that well be introduced among us (verse 1)?
How will many people respond to
the destructive heresies (verse 2)?
What is “hanging over” these false teachers (verse 3)?
Who did God not spare when they
sinned (verse 4)?
Who was protected when the ancient
world was flooded (verse 5)?
What were Sodom and Gomorrah made
an example of (verse 6)?
How was Lot, described as a
righteous man, effected by the “depraved
conduct of the lawless” (verses 7 and 8)?
What does God know how to do for
the godly (verse 9)?
What does God know how to do for
the unrighteous (verse 9)?
In your opinion, is it fair to say
that there are similarities between the actions of the false teachers in 2
Peter 2:1-9 and Satan in Job 2:1-10?
In your opinion, is it fair to say
that there are similarities between the protection of Noah and the rescue of
Lot in 2 Peter 2:1-9; the limitations put on Satan in his torment of Job in Job
2:1-10, and in the rescue of the two demon possessed men in Matthew 8:28-24?
In your opinion, how do Peter’s comments here help us
understand Matthew 8:28-34?
In your opinion, what does this passage from 2 Peter show us
about the Great Commission?
Revelation
20:7-15 – New International Version (NIV)
7 “When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released
from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the
four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In
number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9 They marched
across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the
city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And
the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where
the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and
night for ever and ever.
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on
it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place
for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing
before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the
book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded
in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and
death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged
according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were
thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone
whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake
of fire.”
Who will be released from his prison (verse 7)?
What will he do (verse 8)?
Who will be surrounded (verse 9)?
In your opinion, why are the nations gathered and marched to
surround God’s people?
Where did the fire come from that devoured the nations and Satan (verse
9)?
Who was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur with the beast and
the false prophet (verse 10)?
What and Who appeared (verse 11)?
Who was before the throne (verse 12)?
What was in the first books that were opened, not the book of
life but the others (verse 12)?
How were the dead judged (verses 13)?
Where were death and Hades thrown (verse 14)?
Who else was thrown into the lake of fire (verse 15)?
In your opinion, what are the similarities between what Satan
does here in Revelation 20:8 and what the false teachers do in 2 Peter 2:1?
In your opinion, what are the similarities between what Satan
does in Revelation 20:8 and 9 and what the demons do in Matthew 8:32?
In your opinion, what does this passage from Revelation
teach us about Jesus having authority over and casting out the demons Matthew 8:28-34?
In your opinion, what does this passage from Revelation show
us about the Great Commission?
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