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.”
The Son of David
and the One Who Knocks
Matthew 22:41-46 –
New International Version (NIV)
41 “While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is
he?”
“The
son of David,” they replied.
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the
Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No
one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any
more questions.”
Who was gathered
together (verse 41)?
What question did
Jesus ask them (verse 42)?
How
did they answer (verse 42)?
In your opinion, why does Jesus say
that David was “speaking by the Spirit”
(verse 43)?
What does “the Lord” say that “my Lord”
should do until He will “put your enemies
under your feet” (verse 44)?
In your opinion, why does the
question Jesus asks, “If then David calls
him ‘Lord’ how can he be his son” confound the Pharisees (verse 45)?
Who could “say a word in reply” (verse 46)?
In your opinion, why didn’t anyone
dare ask Jesus more questions (verse 46)?
In
your opinion, what does this passage from Matthew 22:41-46 show us about the
Great Commission?
Psalm 110 - New
International Version (NIV)
1 “The Lord says
to my lord:
“Sit
at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
2 The Lord will
extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.
“Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.
4 The Lord has
sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,
and so he will lift his head high.”
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,
and so he will lift his head high.”
Who said to “my lord” to “sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your
feet” (verse 1)?
Where will the Lord “extend your mighty scepter” from (verse 2)?
How will “your young men” be arrayed (verse 3)?
In your opinion, why does David say “you are a priest forever, in the order of
Melchizedek” (verse 4)?
Who will crush kings on the “day of his wrath” (verse 5)?
Who will He judge (verse 6)?
What will He do when He drinks from “a brook along the way” (verse 7)?
In your opinion, how does knowing that the
quote that Jesus gave in Matthew 22:41-46 came from Psalm 110, in which it was
followed by discussion about the scepter extending from Zion and the crushing
of nations help you understand what the Pharisees thought when they heard it
from Jesus?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Psalm 110 show us about the Great Commission?
Hebrews 1:5-14 –
New International Version (NIV)
5 “For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You
are my Son;
today I have become your Father”?
today I have become your Father”?
Or
again,
“I
will be his Father,
and he will be my Son”?
and he will be my Son”?
6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he
says,
“Let
all God’s angels worship him.”
7 In speaking of the angels he says,
“He
makes his angels spirits,
and his servants flames of fire.”
and his servants flames of fire.”
8 But about the Son he says,
“Your
throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.”
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.”
10 He also says,
“In
the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.”
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.”
13 To which of the angels did God ever say,
“Sit
at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet”?
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet”?
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those
who will inherit salvation?”
In your opinion, to whom did God say, “You are my Son” (verse 5)?
What does God say when He brings “his firstborn into the world” (verse 6)?
Who does God make into spirits (verse)?
Who does God make into flames of fire
(verse 7)?
How is the scepter of God’s Son described
(verse 8)?
With what is the Son anointed (verse 9)?
Who “laid
the foundations of the earth” (verse 10)?
What will perish but the Son remain (verse
11)?
In your opinion, what does it mean that
the foundations of the earth and the heavens will be rolled up like a garment
by the Son, but the Son will remain the same (verses 11 and 12)?
To whom does God say “sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your
feet” (verse 13)?
What are angels (verse 14)?
In your opinion, how
does the understanding of the person that David was talking about when he said “The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right
hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” in Psalm 110
change when you get to the passage in Hebrews 1:5-14 where Paul quotes the
passage of David and continues to talk about the Father and the Son?
In
your opinion, how does Paul in Hebrews 1:5-14 answer the question that Jesus
ask the Pharisees in Matthew 22:41-46, “What do you think about the
Messiah? Whose son is he?”?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Hebrews show us about the Great Commission?
Revelation 3:14-22
– New International Version (NIV)
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These
are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s
creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor
hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because
you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You
say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do
not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18 I
counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich;
and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve
to put on your eyes, so you can see.
19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and
repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone
hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and
they with me.
21 To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit
with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on
his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit
says to the churches.”
Who was John
supposed to write to (verse 14)?
How did Jesus describe Himself to the
people of Laodicea (verse 14)?
What does Jesus know about the Christians
in Laodicea (verse 15)?
In your opinion, why does Jesus say He
will “spit you out of my mouth” to
the Christians in Laodicea (verse 16)?
How are the Christians of Laodicea
deceived (verse 17)?
What kind of gold are the Christians of
Laodicea to purchase from Jesus (verse 18)?
In your opinion, why does Jesus rebuke and
discipline those whom He loves (verse 19)?
Where does Jesus say He is (verse 20)?
What will Jesus do for anyone who “hears my voice and opens the door” (verse
20)?
Where is the one who is victorious going
to have the right to sit (verse 21)?
Who did Jesus sit down with when He was
victorious (verse 21)?
Who should hear what the Spirit says to
the churches (verse 22)?
In your opinion, how does it change your
understanding of the statement in Hebrews 1:5-14 that Jesus, who God said to “your
throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the
scepter of your kingdom” is the one who tells John in Revelation 3:14-22 that
he “stands at the door and knocks”?
In your opinion, how does your
understanding of the crushing of kings and the judgment of nations in Psalm 110
expand when you know that the Son of God may want to “spit” the lukewarm from His mouth in Revelation 3:14-22 but that
He is knocking at the door and will “come
in and eat” with the one who hears His voice and lets Him in?
In your opinion, why
might the statement in Revelation 3:14-22 that “those whom I love I rebuke and discipline” change the way we
think about how Jesus might have felt about the Pharisees
in Matthew 22:41-46?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Revelation show us about the Great Commission?
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