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.”
Repentance and
Freedom
Matthew 21:28-32 –
New International Version (NIV)
28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He
went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind
and went.
30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same
thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The
first,” they answered.
Jesus
said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are
entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to
you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the
tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did
not repent and believe him.”
What did the man
say to the first son (verse 28)?
How did the son
answer (verse 29)?
What
happened later (verse 29)?
How did the other son respond when
the man ask him the same question (verse 30)?
What did the other son do (verse 30)?
Which of the two sons did what the
father wanted (verse 31)?
In your opinion, why did Jesus tell
the chief priests and the elders that “the
tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of
you” (verse 31)?
Who believed John about the “way of righteousness” (verse 32)?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Matthew 21:28-32 show us about the Great Commission?
Jeremiah 31:27-34 -
New International Version (NIV)
27 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah
with the offspring of people and of animals. 28 Just as I
watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring
disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord. 29 “In those days
people will no longer say,
‘The
parents have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
30 Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats
sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.
31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them,”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them,”
declares the Lord.
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”
What will happen
in the days to come (verse 27)?
In your opinion, why did the Lord say that
“just as I watched over them to uproot
and tear down” “so I will watch over them to build and to plant” (verse 28)?
Why are the
children’s teeth on edge (verse 29)?
What will happen “instead” (verse 30)?
Who will the Lord make a “new covenant” with (verse 31)?
Why won’t it be like “the covenant I made with their ancestors” (verse 32)?
Where will the Lord put the law (verse 33)?
In your opinion, what is it like to have a
relationship where “I will be their God,
and they will be my people” (verse 33)?
Why won’t “they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord’” (verse
34)?
What will the Lord forgive (verse 34)?
When will the Lord “remember their sins” (verse 34)?
In your opinion, how does the Lord’s
statement about the new covenant in Jeremiah 31:27-34 that “I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more”
help in understanding the statement that Jesus made in Matthew 21:28-32 about
the “way of righteousness” that John
came to show and that the tax collectors and prostitutes believed?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Jeremiah show us about the Great Commission?
Colossians
1:15-23 – New
International Version (NIV)
15 “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created:
things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers
or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might
have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his
fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to
himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making
peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your
minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has
reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in
his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you
continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope
held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been
proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a
servant.”
Who is “the
image of the invisible God” (verse 15)?
In your opinion, what is the connection
between the “beginning and the firstborn
from among the dead” and having supremacy in everything (verse 18)?
What is God pleased to “reconcile to himself” in Him (verse
20)?
Why were we alienated from God (verse 21)?
How is God “reconciled” to us (verse 22)?
In your opinion, why are we “holy in his sight, without blemish and free
from accusation” (verse 22)?
What “has
been proclaimed to every creature under heaven” (verse 23)?
In your opinion, how does the breaking of
the covenant and then the forgiving from wickedness and the remembering sin no
more of Jeremiah 31:27-34 foreshadow the statement from Paul that “once you were alienated from God . . . but
now he has reconciled you” in Colossians 1:15-23?
In
your opinion, how does the son saying that he would not go work in the vineyard
and then changing his mind in Matthew 21:28-32 provide an example of being “enemies in your minds” and then not
moving “from the hope held out in the
gospel” in Colossians 1:15-23?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Colossians show us about the Great Commission?
Revelation 1:4-8 –
New International Version (NIV)
4 “John,
To
the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace
and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the
seven spirits before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who
is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the
kings of the earth.
To
him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and
has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be
glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”
So shall it be! Amen.
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”
So shall it be! Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is,
and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Who does John
bless the seven churches with “grace and
peace” from (verses 4 and 5)?
In your opinion, why is Jesus Christ
described as being “the faithful witness,
the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth” (verse
5)?
How has Jesus freed us from our sins (verse
5)?
What has Jesus made us into (verse 6)?
How is Jesus coming (verse 7)?
In your opinion, why will people “mourn because of him” (verse 7)?
How does God describe Himself (verse 8)?
In your opinion, how does the
reconciliation that Paul talks about in Colossians 1:15-23 find a fulfillment
in the “kingdom and priests to serve his
God and Father” of Revelation 1:4-8?
In your opinion, how does the promise of
Jeremiah 31:27-34 that “I will be their God, and they will be my people”
fulfilled by the relationship of the “him who is,
and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and
from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness” and the “kingdom and priests” of Revelation
1:4-8?
In your opinion,
how does the discussion of Jesus about repentance and belief in Matthew
21:28-32 become complete when we have Jesus described as “the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler of the kings of the earth” in Revelation 1:4-8?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Revelation show us about the Great Commission?
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