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.”
Love and Judgment
Matthew 25:31-46 –
New International Version (NIV)
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels
with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the
nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from
another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He
will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you
who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for
you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and
you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and
you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you
came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see
you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When
did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did
for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you
who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For
I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me
in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and
you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or
thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help
you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do
for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the
righteous to eternal life.”
Where will the Son
of Man sit when He comes in His glory with all the angels (verse 31)?
How will the Son
of Man separate the people (verse 32)?
To whom will the
King say “come, you who are blessed by my
Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation
of the world” (verses 33 and 34)?
What did the King
say that these who are blessed by His Father had done (verses 35 and 36)?
How
do the righteous respond to the King (verses 37, 38 and 39)?
In
your opinion, why does the King say “whatever
you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for
me” (verse 40)?
What did the Son of Man call “those on his left” (verse 41)?
Where were they to go (verse 41)?
In your opinion, why will they say “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty
or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you”
(verse 44)?
How does the Son of Man answer
(verse 45)?
Where do the righteous go (verse 46)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
Daniel 7:13-14 - New
International Version (NIV)
13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me
was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the
Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given
authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language
worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away,
and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.”
What was the one
that Daniel saw in his vision like (verse 13)?
How was He coming (verse 13)?
Who did He
approach (verse 13)?
What was He given
(verse 14)?
In your opinion,
why did “all nations and peoples of every
language” worship Him (verse 14)?
When will His
dominion end (verse 14)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how does it make you feel
that the one “like a son of man” who
is given “authority, glory and sovereign
power” and who has a dominion that is everlasting and a kingdom that will
never be destroyed is the one who tells the “sheep”
on His right to “come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your
inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world”?
John 5:16-30 - New
International Version (NIV)
16 “So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath,
the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense
Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I
too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to
kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his
own Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son
can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing,
because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the
Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even
greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. 21 For
just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives
life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father
judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that
all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the
Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes
him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over
from death to life. 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming
and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those
who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself,
so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And
he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who
are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those
who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is
evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing;
I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please
myself but him who sent me.”
Why
did the Jewish leaders begin to persecute Jesus (verse 16)?
How did Jesus defend Himself (verse 17)?
Why did this cause the Jewish leaders to
try “all the more to kill him” (verse
18)?
In your opinion, why can the Son “do nothing by himself; he can do only what
he sees his Father doing” (verse 19)?
Why will the Father, who “loves the Son and shows him all he does”
also show “him even greater works than
these” (verse 20)?
Who does the Son give life to (verse 21)?
What has the Father “entrusted” to the Son (verse
22)?
In your opinion, why is it that “whoever does not honor the Son does not
honor the Father, who sent him” (verse 23)?
What will not happen to “whoever hears my word and believes him who
sent me” and has eternal life (verse 24)?
In your opinion, what does it mean to have “crossed over from death to life” (verse
25)?
What has the Father, who has “life in himself” granted the Son (verse
26)?
Who has the “authority to judge” (verse 27)?
Who will “hear his voice” in a time that is coming (verse 28)?
What will those who “have done what is good” do (verse 29)?
What will those who “have done what is
evil” do (verse 29)?
What can Jesus do by Himself (verse 30)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is Daniel’s statement
that the “one like a son of man” would
have an “everlasting dominion that will
not pass away” in Daniel 7:13-14 expanded on by what Jesus says in John
5:16-30 “whoever hears my word and believes
him who sent me has eternal life”?
In your opinion, how should we reconcile
what Jesus says in Matthew 25:31-46 about judgment “he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats” with what He says in John 5:16-30 “whoever hears my word and believes
him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over
from death to life”?
Jude 17-25 –
New International Version (NIV)
17 “But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord
Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times
there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These
are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not
have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your
most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep
yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to
bring you to eternal life.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save
others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with
fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present
you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to
the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus
Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.”
What are the “dear friends” supposed to do with “what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
foretold” (verse 17)?
Who will follow “their own ungodly desires” (verse 18)?
How are the “people who divide you” described (verse 19)?
In your opinion, how does “building yourself up in your most holy
faith and praying in the Holy Spirit” result in “keeping yourselves in God’s love” (verses 20 and 21)?
What is the “mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ” going to bring (verse 21)?
How should we treat “those who doubt” (verse 22)?
In your opinion, how do we “show mercy, mixed with fear” (verse 23)?
What is Savior able to do (verse 24)?
What is to “the only God” “through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and
forevermore” (verse 25)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how
does Jesus statement in John 5:16-30 that “those
who hear will live” and the statement in Jude 17-25 that “scoffers who will follow their own ungodly
desires” help us to understand the sheep and the goats that Jesus talks
about in Matthew 25:31-46?
In your opinion, how does it make you feel
to know that the one “like a son of Man”
who “approached the Ancient of Days and
was led into his presence” in Daniel 7:13-14 is also able “keep you from stumbling and to
present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to
the only God our Savior” according to Jude 17-25?
In your opinion, what
does Jude 17-25 show us about the sheep and the goats that Jesus was talking
about in Matthew 25:31-46?
In your opinion, what do these passages,
from Matthew, Daniel, John and Jude show us about the Great Commission?
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