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.”
Forsaken and
Entrusting
Matthew 27:45-49 –
New International Version (NIV)
45 “From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over
all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out
in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?”).
47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said,
“He’s calling Elijah.”
48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it
with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49 The
rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
When did the
darkness come “over all the land” (verse
45)?
Who cried out “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani” (verse 46)?
What does “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani” mean (verse 46)?
In your opinion,
why did some of the people standing there think that Jesus was calling Elijah
(verse 47)?
What did they
offer Jesus to drink (verse 48)?
Why were they
going to leave Jesus alone (verse 49)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
Psalms 22 - New
International Version (NIV)
1 “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.
3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
you are the one Israel praises.
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”
9 Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
10 From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God.
11 Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13 Roaring lions that tear their prey
open their mouths wide against me.
14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted within me.
15 My mouth is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.
16 Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.
19 But you, Lord,
do not be far from me.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20 Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
20 Deliver me from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dogs.
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;
save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
22 I will declare your name to my people;
in the assembly I will praise you.
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
in the assembly I will praise you.
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!
before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the Lord will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!
27 All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations.
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations.
29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!”
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!”
In your opinion,
how are David in the Psalm and Jesus from the cross similar (verse 1 and Matthew 27:46)?
What question does the Psalm begin with (verse
1)?
When does David, the Psalmist, cry out (verse 2)?
How does David view change beginning in
verse 3?
Who trusted in God (verse 4)?
In your opinion, why does David say “they cried out and were saved” (verse 5)?
How does David perceive himself (verse 6)?
In your opinion, could Jesus have had the
same view of Himself from the cross (verse 6)?
What do the people who see David, or his
descendant Jesus, do (verse 7)?
Who did the mockers say should rescue
David, or later Jesus (verse 8)?
In your opinion, why was it important for
David, and later Jesus, to affirm that God brought them from their mother’s
womb and trust in God (verse 9)?
What plea does the writer of the Psalm,
and later Jesus, make (verse 11)?
In your opinion, why are verses 14 through
18 excellent descriptions of Jesus’s crucifixion?
How does David, and later Jesus, identify
the Lord (verse 19)?
What plea is made (verses 20 and 21)?
What promise is made (verse 22)?
In your opinion, why is it important for
David, Jesus and even us today to remember “For
he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not
hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help” (verse 24)?
Who will praise the Lord (verse 26)?
What will “all the families of the nations” do (verse 27)?
Who does “dominion” belong to (verse 28)?
What will serve the Lord (verse 30)?
Who will “his righteousness” be proclaimed to (verse 31)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does reading Psalm 22 help us to understand about what Jesus
was thinking and what hope He was clinging to as He hung on the cross in
Matthew 27:45-49?
2 Corinthians
5:17-21 – New International Version (NIV)
17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation
has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is
from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry
of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to
himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has
committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are
therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through
us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God
made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.”
What has come for
anyone who “is in Christ” (verse 17)?
Who “reconciled
us to himself through Christ” (verse 18)?
How is God able to not count “people’s sins against them” (verse 19)?
What does Paul implore “on Christ’s behalf” (verse 20)?
What did God make “him who had no sin” (verse 21)?
How do we “become the righteousness of God” (verse 21)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, in 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 how
does knowing that “God made him who had
no sin to be sin for us” help us understand in Psalm 22 why Jesus might
want to cry with David “but I am a worm and
not a man”?
In your opinion, how is the despair of Jesus
in Matthew 27:45-49 related to the new creation that Paul talks about in 2
Corinthians 5:17-21?
1 Peter 2:21-25 –
New International Version (NIV)
21 “To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you,
leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22 “He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate;
when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who
judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the
cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds
you have been healed.” 25 For “you were like sheep going
astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”
Who did Christ suffer for (verse 21)?
What example did Christ set (verses
21 and 22)?
How did Jesus not respond to insults
and suffering (verse 23)?
Who did Jesus entrust Himself to
(verse 23)?
Why did Jesus bear our sins “in his body on the cross” (verse 24)?
What
did Jesus wounds do (verse 24)?
Who
was “like sheep going astray” but now
have been “returned to the Shepherd and
Overseer of your souls” (verse 25)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion,
how does Peter saying “but now you have
returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls” in 1 Peter 2:21-25
help us to understand about why Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 that “The old is gone, the new is here! All this
is from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ”?
In your opinion, how does Psalm 22 help us
to understand about the wounds that Peters says in 1 Peter 2:21-25 healed us?
In your opinion,
how was it possible for Jesus, who cried “My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me” in Matthew 27:45-49 to entrust “himself to him who judges justly” according
to 1 Peter 2:21-25?
In your opinion, what do these passages,
from Matthew, Psalm, 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter show us about the Great
Commission?
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