June 1, 2014 – The Great Commission –
A Study of Matthew – Disowning and Acknowledging
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.”
Disowning and
Acknowledging
Matthew 10:24-42
– New International Version (NIV)
24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above
his master. 25 It is enough for students to be like their
teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been
called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed
that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27 What
I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear,
proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill
the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy
both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a
penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. 30 And
even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t
be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also
acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns
me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the
earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I
have come to turn
“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not
worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy
of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is
not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and
whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who
welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a
prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a
righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s
reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one
of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will
certainly not lose their reward.”
What
is the student’s relationship with the teacher (verses 24 and 25)?
In
your opinion, what is the connection between not being afraid and “for there is nothing concealed that will
not be disclosed” (verse 26)?
What
are we to do with what Jesus tells us in the dark (verse 27)?
Where is what it whispered to be
proclaimed (verse 27)?
Who should we not be afraid of (verse
28)?
Who should we be afraid of (verse
28)?
In your opinion, what is meant by
the discussion about two sparrows being sold for a penny (verse 29)?
What is numbered (verse 30)?
Why should we not be afraid (verse
31)?
In your opinion, what will it mean
to be disowned before the Father in heaven (verse 33)?
What did Jesus come to bring (verse
34)?
In your opinion, what did Jesus mean
when He said He had “come to turn . . .”
(verses 35 and 36)?
Who is not worthy of Jesus (verse
37)?
Who is not worthy of Jesus (verse
38)?
Who will lose their life (verse 39)?
Who will find their life (verse 39)?
Who welcomes the “one” who sent Jesus (verse 40)?
In your opinion, why would one who
welcomed a prophet as a prophet “receive
a prophet’s reward” (verse 41)?
What does Jesus say about “anyone” who “gives even a cup of cold water to one of the little ones” (verse
42)?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Matthew 10:24-42 show us about the Great Commission?
Isaiah 8:11-22 – New International Version (NIV)
11 “This is what the Lord
says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of
this people:
12 “Do not call conspiracy
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread.
14 He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.
15 Many of them will stumble;
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
13 The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread.
14 He will be a holy place;
for both Israel and Judah he will be
a stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.
15 Many of them will stumble;
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured.”
16 Bind up this testimony of warning
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait for the Lord,
who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
17 I will wait for the Lord,
who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.
18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from
the Lord Almighty, who dwells on
Mount Zion.
19 When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists,
who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult
the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction
and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word,
they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, they will
roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and,
looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then
they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful
gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.”
Who does the Lord warn Isaiah not to
follow the way of (verse 11)?
In your opinion, why would the Lord tell
Isaiah “Do not call conspiracy everything
this people calls a conspiracy” (verse 12)?
How is the Lord Almighty to be regarded (verse
13)?
What will the Lord be “for both Israel and Judah” (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what does it mean to “Bind up this testimony of warning” (verse
16)?
Where is the Lord (verse 17)?
What are Isaiah and “the children the Lord has given me” (verse 18)?
When should a people inquire of their
God (verse 19)?
What do people who do not speak
according to God’s instruction not have (verse 20)?
In your opinion, why would people who
are famished, become enraged and look up and curse the king and their God
(verse 21)?
Where will they look and see only
distress and darkness (verse 22)?
In your opinion, what does Isaiah’s
description of the people who stumble help us understand about the people that
Jesus indicated that he would disown in Matthew 10:24-42?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Isaiah show us about the Great Commission?
Romans 5:1-11
– New International Version (NIV)
1 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through
whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And
we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we
also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces
perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And
hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our
hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still
powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will
anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might
possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for
us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more
shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if,
while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his
Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”
Since we have been justified through
faith, what do we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (verse 1)?
What do we boast in (verse 2)?
In your opinion, why do “we also glory in our sufferings” (verse
3)?
Why does hope “not put us to shame” (verse 5)?
Who did Christ die for (verse 6)?
How does God demonstrate “his own love for us” (verse 8)?
What does being “justified by his blood” save us from (verse 9)?
Who were we when “we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son” (verse 10)?
Who do we boast in (verse 11)?
In your opinion, how do we reconcile the
Lord Almighty, who Isaiah says in Isaiah 8:11-22 that we should fear and dread
with the God that Paul says in Romans 5:1-11 demonstrates His love for us by
sending His Son to die for the ungodly?
In your opinion, how does Paul’s
teaching about being reconciled to God through His love teach us about the ones
that Jesus will acknowledge before the Father in Matthew 10:24-42?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Romans show us about the Great Commission?
Philippians
1:20-30 – New International Version (NIV)
20 “I eagerly expect and hope that I
will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as
always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For
to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 If I am to go
on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I
choose? I do not know! 23 I am torn between the two: I desire
to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24 but it
is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. 25 Convinced
of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for
your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that through my being
with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.
27 Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of
the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you
in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together
as one for the faith of the gospel 28 without being frightened
in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be
destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God. 29 For
it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but
also to suffer for him, 30 since you are going through the same
struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.”
What does Paul “expect
and hope” to have sufficiently “so
that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by
death” (verse 20)?
Who does Paul say “to
live” is (verse 21)?
What does Paul say “to
die” is (verse 21)?
In your opinion, is it significant for us that Paul
indicated that “If I am to go on living”
that it will “mean fruitful labor for me”
(verse 22)?
Why is it necessary for Paul to remain in the body (verse 24)?
How should we conduct ourselves “Whatever happens” (verse 27)?
Who is our not being frightened a sign that they will be
destroyed (verse 28)?
What two things are granted on behalf of Christ (verse 29)?
In your opinion, how does Paul’s teaching in Philippians
1:20-30 that “to live is Christ and to
die is gain” help us understand his instruction in Romans 5:1-11 to “glory in our sufferings”?
In your opinion, what does the discussion in this passage from Philippians
about “without being frightened in any
way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed”
help us to understand about “We are signs
and symbols in Israel from the Lord
Almighty” in Isaiah 8:11-12?
In your opinion, what does this Philippians teaching about “For it has been granted to you on behalf of
Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him” help us to
understand “Whoever acknowledges me
before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven” in Matthew
10:24-42?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Philippians show us about the Great Commission?
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