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.”
Remorse,
Repentance and Salvation
Matthew 27:1-10 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 “Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders
of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2 So
they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was
condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver
to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he
said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What
is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he
went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is
against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So
they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for
foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood
to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was
fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the
people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s
field, as the Lord commanded me.”
When did “all the chief priests and the elders of the
people” make their plans on “how to
have Jesus executed” (verse 1)?
Who did they hand
Jesus over to (verse 2)?
When was Judas “seized with remorse” (verse 3)?
What did Judas do
after he was “seized with remorse” (verse
3)?
How did the chief priests
and elders respond to Judas when he told them “I have sinned, for I have betrayed innocent blood” (verse 4)?
In your opinion,
why did Judas throw the money into the temple (verse 5)?
What did Judas do
after throwing the money into the temple (verse 5)?
In your opinion,
how is it hypocritical for the chief priests to say “it is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood
money” (verse 6)?
How did they
decide to dispose of the money (verse 7)?
Who did Matthew
quote (verse 9)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
Job 42:1-6 - New
International Version (NIV)
1 “Then Job replied to the Lord:
2 “I know that you can do all things;
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.’
5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.’
5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Who does Job reply
to (verse 1)?
What does Job know (verse 2)?
In your opinion, why does Job say “surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know” (verse 3)?
What had the Lord said (verse 4)?
In your opinion, what is the difference
between Job’s ears hearing “of you”
and his eyes having “seen you” (verse
5)?
How does Job react to having seen the Lord
and then despising himself (verse 6)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, why are the outcomes so
different for Judas, who was “seized with
remorse” in Matthew 27:1-10 and then hung himself and Job who despised
himself in Job 42:1-6 and then repented?
2 Corinthians
7:8-11 – New International Version (NIV)
8 “Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter,
I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but
only for a little while— 9 yet now I am happy, not
because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For
you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.
10 Godly sorrow brings
repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow
brings death. 11 See
what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to
clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern,
what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves
to be innocent in this matter.”
What did Paul
regret “only for a little while” (verse
8)?
What did sorrow lead the Corinthians to (verse
9)?
Who intended for the Corinthians to be
sorrowful (verse 9)?
What does Godly sorrow bring and lead to (verse
10)?
What does Godly sorrow not leave (verse 10)?
What does worldly sorrow bring (verse 10)?
In your opinion, how does Godly sorrow
produce earnestness, eagerness to clear yourselves, indignation, alarm,
longing, concern and readiness to see justice done (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how does Job despising
himself and repenting in Job 42:1-6 illustrate the progressing of Godly sorrow
bringing repentance that leads to salvation as explained by Paul in 2
Corinthians 7:8-11?
In your opinion, how does the remorse that
Judas felt that led him to hang himself in Matthew 27:1-10 show the truth of
Paul’s statement in 2 Corinthians 7:8-11 that “worldly sorrow brings death”?
2 Timothy 2:23-26 –
New International Version (NIV)
23 “Don’t have anything to do with foolish
and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And
the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able
to teach, not resentful. 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope
that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,
26 and that they will
come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them
captive to do his will.”
Why should we
avoid “foolish and stupid argument” (verse
23)?
Who should the “Lord’s servant” be kind to (verse 24)?
How should opponents be instructed (verse 25)?
Who leads people to a knowledge of the
truth as a part of the granting of repentance (verse 25)?
In your opinion, how does having a
knowledge of the truth help people come to their senses (verse 26)?
What can people escape from once they come
to their senses (verse 26)?
Who has taken people “captive to do his will” (verse 26)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, in
the discussions about repentance what is the relationship between the knowledge
of the truth that Paul talks about in 2 Timothy 2:23-26 and the Godly sorrow
that he talks about in 2 Corinthians 7:8-11?
In your opinion, how does Paul’s
discussion about the knowledge of the truth being a part of repentance in 2
Timothy 2:23-26 help understand the process that Job went through in Job 42:1-1-6
where he saw the Lord, then despised himself and repented?
In your opinion, what
was Judas, who suffered remorse when he realized that he had “betrayed innocent blood” in Matthew
27:1-10 missing from the process of repentance that Paul talks about in 2
Timothy 2:23-26?
In your opinion, what do these passages,
from Matthew, Job, 2 Corinthians and 2 Timothy show us about the Great
Commission?
Next, back to Matthew 27:11 –
(sprucewhispers.blogspot.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment