August 3, 2014 – The Great Commission
– A Study of Matthew – Brothers and Heirs
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.”
Brothers and
Heirs
Matthew 12:46-50
– New International Version (NIV)
46 “While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and
brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone
told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to
you.”
48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my
brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my
mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my
Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Who
as waiting to speak to Jesus while he was talking to the crowd (verse 46)?
How
did Jesus find out about them (verse 47)?
What question did Jesus ask (verse 48)?
In your opinion, why did Jesus say
that the disciples were his “mother and
brothers” (verse 49)?
How does Jesus explain that
statement (verse 50)?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Matthew 12:46-50 show us about the Great Commission?
Genesis 4:1-12 -
New
International Version (NIV)
1 “Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant
and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” 2 Later
she gave birth to his brother Abel.
Now
Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of
time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also
brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his
offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with
favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
6 Then the Lord
said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If
you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is
right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule
over it.”
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the
field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed
him.
9 Then the Lord
said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
“I
don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10 The Lord said,
“What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the
ground. 11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the
ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When
you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a
restless wanderer on the earth.”
Who was Adam and Eve’s child (verse 1)?
Who was Adam and Eve’s second child (verse
2)?
What was the difference between the two
children (verse 2)?
How did that difference display itself
in the offerings they made to the Lord (verses
3 and 4)?
In your opinion, why would God look
favorably on Abel’s offering and not on Cain’s (verses 4 and 5)?
How did Cain react to God not looking
favorably on his offering (verse 6)?
In your opinion, why did God tell Cain, “If you do what is right, will you not be
accepted” (verse 7)?
What did God tell Cain was crouching at
his door, “if you not not do what is
right” (verse 7)?
How did the sin crouching at Cain’s door
bear fruit (verse 8)?
Why did Cain say “Am I my brother’s keeper” (verse 9)?
What cried to God from the ground (verse
10)?
How is the punishment, that Cain would be
“driven from the ground”, appropriate to the crime (verses 11 and 12)?
In your opinion, how does the discussion
of the behavior of the first brothers on earth in Genesis 4:1-12 influence your
understanding of Jesus statement about His mother and brothers in Matthew
12:46-50?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Gensis show us about the Great Commission?
Galatians 4:1-7 – New International Version (NIV)
1
“What I am saying is
that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although
he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians
and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 So also, when
we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of
the world. 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his
Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under
the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because
you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit
who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So
you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God
has made you also an heir.”
What is the underage heir no different
from (verse 1)?
Who is the heir subject to (verse 2)?
In your opinion, what does Paul mean he
says that we were underage (verse 3)?
Who was sent “when the set time had fully come” (verse 4)?
What are we who are redeemed to receive
(verse 5)?
Who did God send (verse 6)?
What are the redeemed (verse 7)?
In your opinion, how does the discussion
about being redeemed by the Son of God by Paul in Galatians 4:1-7 complete a
process that the punishment of Cain in Genesis 4:1-12 was a part of?
In your opinion, how does the discussion
about being children of God by Paul in Galatians 4:1-7 help us understand the
statement
“whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and
mother”
by Jesus in Matthew 12:46-50?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Galatians show us about the Great Commission?
1 John 5:1-12 – New International Version (NIV)
1 “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of
God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This
is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out
his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his
commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone
born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the
world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world?
Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He
did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who
testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are
three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and
the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony, but
God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has
given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God
accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a
liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.
11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life;
whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”
Who is born of God (verse 1)?
How do we know that we love the children
of God (verse 2)?
What is love for God (verse 3)?
Who overcomes the world (verse 4)?
In your opinion, why does John say that
Jesus came by water and blood (verse 6)?
Who is the truth (verse 6)?
Who testifies and are in agreement (verses
7 and 8)?
In your opinion, why is God’s testimony
greater than human testimony (verse 9)?
What do those who don’t believe God make
Him out to be (verse 10)?
Who is the eternal life that God has
given us in (verse 11)?
Who has life (verse 12)?
In your opinion, how does John’s
discussion of the source of our life in 1 John 5:1-12 help us understand the statement
that Paul made in Galatians 4:1-7 about our being children and heirs of God?
In your opinion, what does John’s discussion
about overcoming the world in 1 John 5:1-12 help us understand how we can deal
with the sin that is crouching at our door, just like it crouched at Cain’s
door in Genesis 4:1-12?
In your opinion, how does John’s discussion
of loving God and obeying His commands in 1 John:1-12 increase our
understanding of Jesus statement that “whoever
does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother” in Matthew
12:46-50?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from 1 John show us about the Great Commission?
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