Blessings
and Grace
Genesis 47:1-10 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with
their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of
Canaan and are now in Goshen.” 2 He chose five of his brothers
and presented them before Pharaoh.
3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”
“Your
servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.” 4 They
also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is
severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let
your servants settle in Goshen.”
5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have
come to you, 6 and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your
father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen.
And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of
my own livestock.”
7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him
before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh, 8 Pharaoh asked
him, “How old are you?”
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a
hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal
the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.” 10 Then Jacob
blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
Who did Joseph
tell the Pharaoh was in Goshen (verse 1)?
In your opinion,
why did Joseph only bring five brothers to Pharaoh (verse 2)?
How did his
brothers answer the Pharaoh’s question, “what
is your occupation” (verse 3)?
Why did Joseph’s
brothers ask the Pharaoh to “please let
your servants settle in Goshen” (verse 4)?
Who said to Joseph
“your father and your brothers have come
to you” (verse 5)?
What part of the
land was Joseph to settle his father and brothers in (verse 6)?
In your opinion,
why did Jacob bless the Pharaoh (verse 7)?
How old was Jacob (verse
9)?
What did Jacob do
again before he “went out from his
presence” (verse 10)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
John 12:12-19 - New
International Version (NIV)
12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival
heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm
branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Blessed is the king of Israel!”
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see, your king is coming,
seated on a donkey’s colt.”
see, your king is coming,
seated on a donkey’s colt.”
16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only
after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written
about him and that these things had been done to him.
17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from
the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many
people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to
meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this
is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”
Who heard that
Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem (verse 12)?
Where did they take
the palm branches (verse 13)?
What was shouted
(verse 13)?
In your opinion,
why did Jesus sit on a donkey (verse 14)?
Why was Daughter
Zion not to be afraid (verse 15)?
When did the
disciples understand all this (verse 16)?
What word was
spread about Jesus (verse 17)?
Why did people go
out to meet Him (verse 18)?
How did the
Pharisees react (verse 19)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is Jacob blessing the
Pharaoh in Genesis 47:1-10 similar to the great crowd shouting blessings to
Jesus in John 12:12-19?
Romans 3:10-24 - New
International Version (NIV)
10 As it is written:
“There
is no one righteous, not even one;
11 there is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.”
13 “Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
11 there is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.”
13 “Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who
are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held
accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be declared
righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we
become conscious of our sin.
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been
made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This
righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There
is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
How many are righteous (verse 10)?
Who understands (verse 11)?
Who has “together become worthless” (verse 12)?
What does
everyone’s tongues do (verse 13)?
Where is “cursing and bitterness” (verse 14)?
What are their feet swift to do (verse 15)?
What marks their ways (verse 16)?
In your opinion, what does Paul mean when
he says “the way of peace they do not
know” (verse 17)?
Do they fear God (verse 18)?
Why does the law say things to “those who are under the law” (verse 19)?
How does the law benefit us (verse 20)?
What has been made known that is “apart from the law” (verse 21)?
How is righteousness given (verse 22)?
What has everyone done (verse 23)?
Who justifies freely by grace (verse 24)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what does Romans 3:10-24
help us to understand about those who blessed with words in John 12:12-19?
In
your opinion, how is the Pharaoh’s generosity in allowing Joseph’s father and
brothers to settle in Goshen in Genesis 47:1-10 different from the generosity
of Jesus that Paul reveals in Romans 3:10-24 when he reveals the righteousness
that “is given by faith in Jesus Christ
to all who believe”?
Revelation 22:6-11
– New International Version (NIV)
6 The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true.
The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his
servants the things that must soon take place.”
7 “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the
words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when
I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who
had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me, “Don’t do
that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all
who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!”
10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy
of this scroll, because the time is near. 11 Let the one who
does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let
the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue
to be holy.”
In your opinion, what words “are trustworthy and true” (verse 6)?
What did the “Lord, the God who inspires the prophets” send His angel to do (verse
6)?
Who is blessed (verse 7)?
What did John do when he had “heard and seen” these things (verse 8)?
Who does the angel say to worship (verse 9)?
Why is the scroll not to be sealed up (verse
10)?
What is the person who does wrong to do (verse 11)?
What is the person who does right to do
(verse 11)?
What is the holy person to do (verse 11)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what
does Paul in Romans 3:10-24 tell us about the people who John is instructing in
Revelation 22:6-11 should “continue to do
wrong” and also how a person can become one of those “who does right”?
In your opinion, how
has the One who the great crowd in John 12:12-19 shouted blessings to changed
things so that in Revelation 22:6-11 He can say “blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this
scroll”?
In your opinion, how
are the two blessings that Jacob gives to the Pharaoh in Genesis 47:1-10
different from the blessing given by Jesus in Revelation 22:6-11?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Genesis, John, Romans and Revelation teach us about blessings given by
those who expect to receive something and the blessing given by the One who has
given all?
In your opinion, how
do these passages encourage us to view God’s grace?
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