Loving God Forever
Ezekiel 24:1-14 - New International
Version (NIV)
1 In the ninth year, in the tenth month on the tenth day, the word
of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son
of man, record this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has
laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 3 Tell
this rebellious people a parable and say to them: ‘This is what the
Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Put on the cooking pot; put
it on
and
pour water into it.
4 Put into it the pieces of meat,
all
the choice pieces—the leg and the shoulder.
Fill it with the best of these bones;
5 take the pick of the flock.
Pile wood beneath it for the bones;
bring
it to a boil
and
cook the bones in it.
6 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Woe to the city of
bloodshed,
to
the pot now encrusted,
whose
deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
in
whatever order it comes.
7 “‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
She
poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
where
the dust would cover it.
8 To stir up wrath and take revenge
I
put her blood on the bare rock,
so
that it would not be covered.
9 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘Woe to the city of
bloodshed!
I,
too, will pile the wood high.
10 So heap on the wood
and
kindle the fire.
Cook the meat well,
mixing
in the spices;
and
let the bones be charred.
11 Then set the empty pot on the coals
till
it becomes hot and its copper glows,
so that its impurities may be melted
and
its deposit burned away.
12 It has frustrated all efforts;
its
heavy deposit has not been removed,
not
even by fire.
13 “‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you
but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean
again until my wrath against you has subsided.
14 “‘I the Lord have spoken. The
time has come for me to act. I will not hold back; I will not have
pity, nor will I relent. You will be judged according to your conduct
and your actions, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”
When did the word of the Lord come to
Ezekiel (verse 1)?
What else happened on “this very date” (verse
2)?
Who is Ezekiel to tell the parable to (verse 3)?
In your opinion, what is the meaning of the
parable (verses 3 through 5)?
Where did the “city of bloodshed” pour
the blood it shed (verse 7)?
Where will the Lord pour “her blood” (verse
8)?
How will the Lord pile the wood (verse 9)?
Why will the pot be put “on the coals till
it becomes hot and its copper glows” (verse 11)?
When will Jerusalem “be clean again”
(verse 13)?
How will Jerusalem be judged (verse 14)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what can we learn about the
consequences of our choices in this passage?
John
6:53-58 - New
International Version (NIV)
52 Then the Jews began
to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to
eat?”
53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly
I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has
eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real
drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 Just
as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one
who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This
is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but
whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
What were the Jews arguing sharply about (verse 52)?
What did Jesus say the Jews would not have if they
did not “eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood” (verse 53)?
Who has eternal life (verse 54)?
What will Jesus do for those who have eternal life on
“the last day” (verse 54)?
In your opinion, why does Jesus say “for my flesh
is real food and my blood is real drink” (verse 55)?
Where will the one who eats the flesh and drinks the
blood of Jesus remain (verse 56)?
Where will Jesus remain (verse 56)?
Why does Jesus live (verse 57)?
Why will those who feed on Jesus live (verse 57)?
What is the difference between the “bread that
came down from heaven” and the manna (verse 58)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what
can we learn about the consequences of our choices in this passage?
In
your opinion, how are those who refused to be cleansed in Ezekiel 24:1-14 and
those who refuse the bread from heaven similar?
1 John 2:12-17 – New International Version (NIV)
12 I am writing to you,
dear children,
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his
name.
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
14 I write to you, dear
children,
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God lives in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone
loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For
everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the
world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but
whoever does the will of God lives forever.
Why
is John writing to the “dear children” (verse 12)?
Who
do the fathers know (verse 13)?
What
have the young men done (verse 13)?
In
your opinion, what is the same for the children, the fathers and the young men
(verses 12 and 13)?
Who
do the “dear children” now know (verse 14)?
Who
do the fathers still know (verse 14)?
What is added to what the young men know (verse 14)?
What is not in the one
who “loves the world” (verse 15)?
Where does “everything
in the world” come from (verse 16)?
Who “lives forever”
(verse 11)?
In your opinion, what
is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what can we learn about the consequences of our choices in this
passage?
In
your opinion, how is the transformation of the “dear children”, fathers
and young men in 1 John 2:12-17 a result of the choice to eat the flesh and
drink the blood of Jesus as presented in John 6:53-58?
Revelation 8:1-13 – New International
Version (NIV)
1 When he
opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an
hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven
trumpets were given to them.
3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the
altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s
people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. 4 The
smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before
God from the angel’s hand. 5 Then the angel took the
censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth;
and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an
earthquake.
6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to
sound them.
7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and
fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A
third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and
all the green grass was burned up.
8 The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge
mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea
turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures
in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing
like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the
springs of water— 11 the name of the star is
Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died
from the waters that had become bitter.
12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was
struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of
them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third
of the night.
13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call
out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the
earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other
three angels!”
What happened in heaven when the seventh seal was
opened (verse 1)?
Who
was given the “seven trumpets” (verse 2)?
What
was the angel with the golden censer given to offer (verse 3)?
What
went from the angel’s hand and up before God (verse 4)?
In
your opinion, why are the “prayers of all God’s people” presented to God
before the bad things started to happen on the earth?
What
did the angel do with the censer after he filled it with fire from the alter (verse
5)?
Who
prepared to sound the seven trumpets (verse 6)?
What
happened when the first angel sounded the first trumpet (verse 7)?
Where
was the “something like a huge mountain” thrown (verse 8)?
What
was the name of the star that fell on “a third of the rivers and on the
springs of water” (verse 10)?
When
did a third of the day and a third of the night become “without light” (verse
12)?
Why
did the eagle cry “Woe! Woe! Woe!” (verse 13)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what can we learn about
the consequences of our choices in this passage?
In your opinion, how are the woes to the
“city of bloodshed” in Ezekiel 24:1-14 similar to the sounding of the
trumpets in Revelation 8:1-13?
In your opinion, will the terrible things
that happen when the trumpets sound in Revelation 8:1-13 have any effect on the
promise of Jesus from John 6:53-58 that whoever feeds on His flesh and drinks
His blood has “eternal life” and that He “will raise
them up at the last day”?
In your opinion, how is the statement in
1 John 2:17 that “the world and its desires pass away, but whoever does
the will of God lives forever” beginning to be fulfilled in heaven and
on earth by what in revealed in Revelation 8:1-13?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Ezekiel, John, 1 John and Revelation teach
us about what is eternal and what is not?
In
your opinion, how can we move from troubles to loving God forever?
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